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Congratulations!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27301926@N02/2548976366/sizes/o/ Oh yeah!! Keep up the good work! Thingg^⊕^⊗ 17:59, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Te he. It's a shame it was deleted really. I'd like my own article. Epbr123 (talk) 18:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice! I was reverting vandalism and found my username a few times in articles earlier today, where it said "Gary King is an X" basically, or "GK is an X". Gary King is already taken, so I guess the same thing won't be happening to me any time soon :p Gary King (talk) 21:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good Luck

Best of luck with your RfA; looking good so far :) ——Ryan | t • c 10:24, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I'm late, I didn't check my RFA chart for some time. Would you mind if I did a late co-nom? bibliomaniac 1 5 00:35, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'd be delighted. Many thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 00:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

May I pile-on the co-nom? It will look weird if I didn't do co-nom this time when you have improved a lot since 3 months ago. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 03:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, go ahead. Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 10:28, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your RFA

Best of luck for your RFA -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - 11:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

International vandalism

Dear "colleague",

I came across User talk:78.13.246.24, where you posted a final warning. Just to let you know: this is a cross-wiki vandal who is emptying articles on Wikipedia throughout the world. Just check Special:Contributions/78.13.246.24 and compare it to e.g. nl:Speciaal:Bijdragen/78.13.246.24...

On Dutch Wikipedia I blocked this vandal for one day now, but a cross-wiki block wouldn't be such a bad idea if you ask me. Anyway, feel free to block this IP now ;)

Kind regards,

Erik1980 (talk) 20:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC) (sysop on Dutch Wikipedia)[reply]

Aftoater

Hello Epbr123, do you recall where Aftoater came from? I don't see it at the stated coordinates and there doesn't seem to be anything about it on Google books, which is rather worrying. Angus McLellan (Talk) 12:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dashes

Hi Epbr123. I've have been redirected here by SandyGeorgia. Could you give the article Emmy Noether a look ragarding dashes (or any other style and prose problem)? Cheers, Randomblue (talk) 17:55, 6 June 2008 (UTC).[reply]

Dates in refs question

Hi. A few weeks ago you changed some but not all of the dates in the references of Assata Shakur from "Year, Month Day" to "[[Month Day]], [[Year]]" with the edit summary "MoS". I have since added more references in the former format. My preference is for the former because the year is generally far more important for the readers than the day and month (and this is how every college professor that I've had so far has asked me to do dates in footnotes for news articles) and becuase I find the wiki-linking to be over-crowding and unecessary (articles about dates and years are notoriously uninformative to readers; I know that wiki-linking the month and day allows readers to customize their date their preferences for how the date is displayed, but I think the utility of this is minized in a footnote and does not outweigh the cost of creating an orgy of blue text).

I wanted to check with you before I change the references one way or the other. Could you more specifically refer me to the imprimatur in the MoS that you were working from. I've noticed that there are featured articles which employ a variety of reference styles, so it's hard for me to believe the MoS is too determinate on this question. If any additional rationale you had for the change has eluded me, please let me know. Savidan 20:47, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. According to WP:MOSNUM#Full date formatting, the same date format should be used in the main text, footnotes and references of each article. So all the dates in the article should either all be linked or all be unlinked. Epbr123 (talk) 21:01, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you're referring to but I can't for the life of me figure out why that is desirable. For example, nearly every article uses "Retrieved on 2008-05-09." for access dates, but such a format is unthinkable in the main text...Thanks anyway. Savidan 21:06, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: My RfA

Thank you for clarifying your position. Below I explain my position, and what would convince me to change my vote to support.

I am greatly distraught at the slow but steady creep of policies, guidelines, rules, and codes of conduct on WP, and the nearly complete emasculation of IAR (it transformed from a guiding principle to a small tool to overcome occasional technicalities). One of WP's great strengths used to be the bottom-up nature of editing decisions (is this specific edit better or worse for this specific article), but that is now being steamrolled by top-down imposition of global rules and guidelines, to the detriment of the encyclopedia. For example,

There is a growing class of very long articles in desperate need of splitting. The reason they aren't split is that editors are afraid the sub-article will be deleted, as WP:N would have it. The splittable material is important, but not independently important.
Generally good, knowledgable editors get a little hotheaded one day, break one of the ever increasing "incivility" codes, and get banned. These people are the lifeblood of the project - people who add the majority of content to articles - and we are banning them by the thousands. Why do you think there are so few wikidragons these days? By the way, what's even worse is the case where 2 wikipedians get into a dispute, and the more politically connected wikipeidan pours through the rules to find a "incivility rule" to bust the other guy on. This happens way more than you might think.
Useful templates that add to articles are getting deleted since they don't fit one of the prescribed "appropriate uses" of template space. The discussion at TfD generally goes,

Nom: "Delete: misuse of template space per RULE 8345b12",
Editors of the article: "yeah, true it doesnt fit the rules, but it actually helps this particular article out.",
Several people who lurk deletion discussions but haven't edited the particular article in question: "Delete per nom."
Closing admin: "Result was Delete: keep voters failed to make policy-based argument for keeping".

In other words, the poor foresight of the people who made the template rules is hurting actual articles.

In order for me to support you as an admin, I need to be sure that you will not contribute to global instruction creep and the destruction of IAR. There are 2 ways you can convince me to support. 1) You can demonstrate that you share my views on the subject. 2) You can convince me that, while you disagree with me, you will not use your admin powers nor your extra social influence to promote harmful top-down applications of global rules. AfD hero (talk) 01:24, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I do agree with your first point, and an example I can use to demonstrate this was my vehement opposition to the deletion of Eiffel Tower in popular culture. This was a topic that was acceptable as a section of an article, but not deemed acceptable as its own article. When I said I wanted WP:CIVIL to be clarified, I meant it should move more towards what the community's opinion of civility is, which is that each incident of supposed incivility should be judged with common sense and on a case-by-case basis. It should be more closer to this essay. Regarding your third point, I don't have much involvement with TfD, but would agree that a template should be kept if it helped a particular article. Epbr123 (talk) 04:59, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I seem to have misjudged you. I've changed my position to support. Good luck. AfD hero (talk) 19:20, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I urge you not to follow the advice given to you above. The great improvement of Wikipedia is the adoption of some definite rules, instead of the use of IAR as equivalent to ILIKEIT. In order for many of us to support anyone as admin, we need to know that you will use IAR only when it is absolutely unavoidable. It can be an argument for anything at all. Unless the goal of it has complete consensus it tends to mean improve the encyclopedia the way I want it to be, regardless of the rules the community has established by consensus. Consistency, not improvisation. DGG (talk) 20:21, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, basically I think the guidelines should be followed unless common sense dictates otherwise. I don't think this opinion is too different from either your's or AfD Hero's. Epbr123 (talk) 20:46, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DGG, what you suggest (adopting more and more rules for everything and virtually never using IAR), is contrary to the core foundations of Wikipedia. If you think that makes the project better, fine (maybe it would?). If thats what you think, then work to demote IAR and BURO from policy to guidelines, rather than promoting the current situation where lip service is paid to IAR and BURO but they are toothless in practice. AfD hero (talk) 21:13, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

another RfA

Hiya, I'm finally ready to go ahead with my RfA, for which you nominated me some time ago. I realise you're rather busy at the moment with your own - remarkable - RfA, but when you have a chance I'd be happy to start with mine. Thanks again - and good luck! Pinkville (talk) 02:43, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for answering

Thanks for answering my Question in your RfA. I decided to give you a support. {Hellboy2hell (Want to talk?) 11:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)}[reply]

And do please contact me

Please contact me if your RfA is succesful. {Hellboy2hell (talk to me!) 11:08, 8 June 2008 (UTC)}[reply]

Yep. Thanks for the support. Epbr123 (talk) 11:12, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Leonardo (Disambiguation)

Do you have noticed that on the disamb page the vandalism (intentionally mispelled) in reference to Leonardo da Vinci ? I'm removing it... Best regards from Italy, dott.Piergiorgio (talk) 22:01, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks. It's too late to warn the vandal though. Epbr123 (talk) 22:08, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FAC MoS help

Your name came up here as a person I could ask regarding the use of WP:HYPHEN, so I am leaving this message to ask if you would check the article Montana class battleship and ensure that the article is HYPHEN compliant, and if not, get back to me with needed fixes. Thanks in advance. TomStar81 (Talk) 23:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Well done, and well deserved. Kbthompson (talk) 18:08, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

congratulations

A consensus has been reached by your peers that you should be an admin. I have made it so. Please review Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list and keep up the great work. Sincerely, Kingturtle (talk) 18:12, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I knew you could do it. Wield your tools boldly, but do not rush into the role. bibliomaniac 1 5 18:28, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations from me, Epbr123. Here's a link to the school for new admins, and here is your new shirt. Good luck. Acalamari 18:29, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well done from me too. Sorry I missed out on "making it so" myself! Enjoy, and don't hesitate to give me a shout if you need anything. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:30, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Feel free to transclude or copy my admin dashboard somewhere. You may find it handy, depending on your intended administrative focus. xenocidic (talk) 19:08, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well done, could do with more people like you as admins. Congratulations ——Ryan | t • c 21:22, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! Now we another admin at GA. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 21:36, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations from me as well! Now you'll have admin stuff to do so you don't beat me to Huggle reverts as often. :D Cheers, Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 21:39, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And additional congratulations on having made more edits to the English Wikipedia (14,765) than any other human contributor in the thirty-day run-up to the most-recent generation of the list of Wikipedians by number of edits! Definitely someone who will find the mop and bucket handy! :) GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 21:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yay! Congrats, well deserved! :) PeterSymonds (talk) 21:58, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Félicitations/Congrats. Do you really get a t-shirt? ;~) Well done, and see you soon! Pinkville (talk) 22:20, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on the successful RfA! Hope you're doing well with the tools! SchfiftyThree 00:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Soccer player speedy tags

Hello. None of those players are notable for their own article and the redirect serves no purpose. It was my expectation that they met the CSD criteria since the articles consists of nothing other than the redirect. Is it possible to relist them under CSD or do you have another recommendation? Best regards. Jogurney (talk) 12:09, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, in my opinion, the redirects do serve a purpose, as the club article contains some basic information about these players, which a reader searching for these players may find useful. Epbr123 (talk) 12:14, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for MOS check in FAC

Hi Epbr123, could I ask for a big favor at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Worlds End State Park? SandyGeorgia found some MOS issues with it, which are detailed on the FAC page. I believe that I have corrected the problems Sandy noted, but she suggested you might be able to help, so if you are able, I would appreciate your taking a look at the article. It has five supports and no opposes, so the MOS issues are the only known problem. Thanks in advance for any help, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:45, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PS Congratulations on your RfA! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:54, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for the MOS fixes on Worlds End State Park. Please let me know if there is ever anything I can do for you, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 11:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

	<font=3> Thanks for your extremely helpful MOS edits on Worlds End State Park, which made Featured Article today! Dincher (talk) and Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 00:06, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My edit on "Dwarf"

I am very sorry! :* —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.114.249 (talk) 22:23, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bot query

Epbr, do you have a bot/script that will delink all the solo years at History of the Roman Catholic Church? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:19, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA

Don't Mention It. Hellboy2hell (talk) 02:19, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Stephanie Biddle

An article that you have been involved in editing, Stephanie Biddle, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephanie Biddle. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Eastmain (talk) 06:25, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for MOS check in FAC

Hello. I have submitted the article Angus Lewis Macdonald for featured article status. SandyGeorgia suggested I ask you for a MOS check because there are errors of logical punctuation, as well as problems with layout and italics. I'd be very grateful if you would do this MOS check for me. Many thanks! Bwark (talk) 14:29, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion request

I tagged Paris Hilton's Dog for CSD, which you declined; I have now moved the page to Paris Hilton's dog as per WP:TITLE and would again like you to delete the page please. Thanks. ~ Jafet _{Speaker of many words} 18:15, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that it warrants deletion, as it's plausible that someone might search for "Paris Hilton's dog". I've changed the redirect to Paris Hilton#Personal life, which is the section that mentions the dog. Epbr123 (talk) 18:42, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm? Well there are now two titles differing only in the capitalization of "dog", and according to WP:TITLE "dog" should be lowercased as it is not a proper noun. So I requested that you delete the original all-capitalized title leaving the lowercased title as the redirect. I hope you see what I am getting at. ~ Jafet _{Speaker of many words} 08:00, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects don't need to follow WP:TITLE, as one of their actual purposes is to redirect titles that don't follow WP:TITLE to ones that do. For example, Paris hilton redirects to Paris Hilton. The main purpose of redirects is to help readers search for articles, and it's plausible that someone may search for Paris Hilton's Dog, as well as Paris Hilton's dog. Epbr123 (talk) 09:10, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see then. Thanks anyway. ~ Jafet _{Speaker of many words} 17:47, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

American Airlines Flight 11

Do you have time to check this one over? In particular, I saw some WP:PUNC logical quotation issues, but there may be more. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:57, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

full-stop tension

Where a single quote includes internal full-stops, I'm more likely to assume that the last portion of text is actually a complete sentence in the original; in that case, the example above is correct, and we just put up with the fact that the higher-level WP sentence in which the quote is embedded loses its own full-stop (two jostling full-stops, even separated by the closing quotation-marks, would be worse). TONY (talk) 02:47, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what any of that means; I guess that's why I ask Epbr123 to check WP:PUNC. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:50, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MoS copyedit request

Hi Epbr123. I rewrote 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, and I hope to send it off to GAN and FAC before too long. If you have time, would you mind giving it a look and checking for MoS breaches? Thanks, Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 19:27, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked vandal changing talk page comments

Hi, a vandal that you just blocked is repeatedly vandalizing the warnings on his own talk page and making personal attacks in edit summaries. See this edit [[1]]. It looks like blocking from the talk page as well is in order. --Loonymonkey (talk) 23:27, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid it's not possible to block people from editing their own talk page. Epbr123 (talk) 23:34, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It could possibly be protected for a certain period of time to prevent that user from vandalising their talk page. SchfiftyThree 23:36, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you're right. They seem to have stopped now though, so I'll leave it unless they start again. Epbr123 (talk) 23:45, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The same vandal is using a different IP to do the same edits now. I'm curious to get your opinion as to what if anything can be done. This guy shows up pretty much every day and vandalizes these pages and then vandalizes the warnings and attacks editors. All of the IP addresses come from within a certain range of AOL IPs, but change often. Can the range be blocked? It seems a shame to semi-protect all these pages for just one person. --Loonymonkey (talk) 01:31, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Range blocks can only be used as a last resort, as they can affect large numbers of uninvolved users. Also, they can only be very short-term blocks, so they wouldn't be much use against persistant daily vandalism from a user. According to the Rangeblock-Calculator, up to 4,000,000 users could be affected if I blocked the entire range that vandal's been using. Epbr123 (talk) 10:33, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Message from yourself

Hi, I just got this message : Current revision

[edit] June 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Luiz Felipe Scolari has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 20:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC

This was very strange as i've never even heard of that, it definitely wasn't done by myself or this PC/Computer on this network.

Please can you look into this & ammend it? I'm guessing it's some IP mix up or something but I can assure you 110% it was not done from here, I have no idea what Luiz Felipe Scolari is in my entire life lol

The vandalism definitely came from the IP address that you are currently using (see Special:Contributions/93.96.219.152, from June 11). Consider creating an account so you don't receive these errant warnings from people who have previously used the IP address you are assigned. xenocidic (talk) 16:51, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Trump Chicago

You have recently edited Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago). There is a current discussion at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) about its prospect as a featured article. Feel free to participate.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:25, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fantastic!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I'm awarding you this barnstar because I can't hardly keep up with you, and I thought I was good! Very well done. Thanks for all your help! Carter \| Talk to me 10:57, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much. Epbr123 (talk) 11:48, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why the revert?

Why the revert on the history of Germany article? The link I removed hardly seems to meet the reliable sources criterion. Bytwerk (talk) 13:20, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, sorry, I missed the intervening edit that you reverted. Apologies. Bytwerk (talk) 13:24, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

different kind of newbie

FA thanks

Don't let my delinquency diminish your perception of my appreciation for your assistance. You may want to add the following somewhere:

This user helped promote Tyrone Wheatley to featured article status.

--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:24, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nick Fearby CSD

Hi. regarding the speedy on this article, I submitted it as G1 (nonsense), but you deleted it as A7 (notability). In circumstances like this, where the article is about a person (who may or may not actually exist), but is complete rubbish, does A7 have 'precedence' over G1 ? I'm guessing that, because it was a (bad) vanity article, the person does exist, but in future, should biographical articles like this always be submitted under A7 ? Just curious :-) CultureDrone (talk) 11:50, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Firstly, G1 only applies to articles that are totally incomprehensible, for example, they contain the text "hdeju e4yyy3wd". If the article looks like a hoax, G3 (vandalism) is more appropriate. In the case above, either G3 or A7 would have been appropriate, as it's probable that the person was real. In hindsight, G3 would probably have been more appropriate than A7, although A7 wasn't wrong. Epbr123 (talk) 11:59, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :-) CultureDrone (talk) 12:01, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Day of Summer!

Request

I've just nominated the Elaine Paige article for featured article, and it has been suggested to me that I should ask you to do a quick MOS check on the article. If you could possibly find some time to do this, it would be a massive help! Many thanks, Eagle Owl (talk) 20:35, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for your time. Eagle Owl (talk) 13:04, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello User:Epbr123, my name is Rahul Zinta (Bollywood Dreamz) and I came across your name on Kareena Kapoor's edit history. I noticed that you've significantly contributed to 5 GA's and 8 FA's, and was wondering if you could help me copyedit Kapoor's article. After doing some copyedits, I was going to start a peer review for the article and ultimately nominating it for a GA. That is as far as I would like the article to go. Could you please help me as I would really appreciate it?? Regards --Bollywood Dreamz ^Talk 20:31, 22 June 2008

Hi. Yes, I'll look at it later today or tomorrow. Epbr123 (talk) 20:36, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article is in serious need of some copyediting!! Thanks for your help!! I really appreciate it!! Regards --Bollywood Dreamz ^Talk 21:30, 22 June 2008

Hey, Epbr, would you mind looking over American Airlines Flight 77 and Cold War if you have a chance? I left comments on both FACs, but I see the nominators haven't requested your help, and I'm not sure all issues have been addressed correctly. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:43, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Donald Bradman

Hi. This FAC is close to passing, but Sandy Georgia thinks it could do with one of your famous MOS run throughs. Would you oblige? Thanks in advance! --Dweller (talk) 09:53, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tyvm! --Dweller (talk) 11:20, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your e-mails

Note to outside parties: Please do not reply to this subject/thread. I aim to have this conversation between Epbr123 and I in an public back and forth, since this issue is now public, for all intents and purposes. Please respect this, thank you. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Mail Me} 00:28, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Epbr,

In the interests of transparency, I would like to have our communications via our talk pages. If that is OK by you, please let me know. I am more than willing to discuss this issue openly, and I would like to get this settled as soon as humanly possible. This is a particularly nasty situation, particularly for you as a recently promoted admin.

Rest assured that I was sincere in my congratulation of your accomplishment of achieving administrator status, as well as my willingness to help you (and any other member of WP or the WMF) track down any impersonator within my ability to do so. As I have noted, I have been the victim of scumbags who have impersonated me on the internet, and the damage they can inflict is substantive beyond even your belief.

I would very much appreciate it if you offer your replies, questions, and other concerns via this talk page (or mine, but I would like to keep everything in one place so as to maintain a continuity). I do not think it is in either of our best interests to communicate via e-mail. It is nothing personal, but since this issue is out in the open now, I believe my request for transparency in this matter is reasonable. If you do not feel this way, please let me know. Thank you. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Mail Me} 00:28, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: I would also like to apologize for publishing your e-mail address in public. Had I any hard evidence that it was your e-mail address, I would have withheld it. I had no way of knowing this. However, I have no such strictures for scumbags who impersonate people on the internet, and will publish their e-mail addresses without a second thought. By the way, personally, I detest hotmail and I really don't know why people still use it... Hotmail is part of the Web 1.0 stone age. I remember using that, oh, in 1995 and it was despised even then! LOL -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Mail Me} 00:35, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Joe, I accept your explanation. I don't have much else to say really, except that I'm sorry for the disruption caused. Epbr123 (talk) 01:10, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful. I'm glad that we're able to work this out. Good luck in your future endeavors! -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Mail Me} 01:33, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Userpage protection

Your userpage seems to come under a lot of vandalism. Would you like some permanent semi-protection, or would you prefer to let 'em take their anger out on it? –xenocidic (talk) 17:11, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

oops, you're an admin. add yourself to the cat ;> –xenocidic (talk) 17:12, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for offering. I think it's already semi-protected, actually. Epbr123 (talk) 17:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it expired June 15. –xenocidic (talk) 17:15, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One more suggestion: upgrade your userpage and talk pages to move=sysop. No reason for anyone other than you to be moving those. –xenocidic (talk) 17:19, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Xenocidic. Page protection isn't my forté. Epbr123 (talk) 17:24, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Just passing along the advice I got when I was an FNG. =] –xenocidic (talk) 17:29, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Huggle Feedback Response

Hello, Epbr123. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Huggle/Feedback.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 17:26, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

well excuse me sir im sorry i wanted to add a bit of humor to the internet just as a joke, what are you, some 37 year old that comes home every night and gots on wikipedia cause its the closest thing to a extracurricular activity youve ever had, hey congrats by the way on the vandalism stopper award of the month you must really enjoy living in your moms basement, but some of us have lives, and need some actual entertainment, outside of watching anime. Oh and by the way i opened that message in a church thank you very much for that, thats really freaking cool. I know your going to kick me off or come back and say something like i have a hot wife and i have crazy horse sex every night, save your time because the only sex youll ever have is with a horse.

FAC Help

Hi there. SandyGeorgia pointed me in your direction and said that you might be able to help. I'm attempting to get Operation Varsity up to FA-Level, via this FAC, but apparently it has a lot of MoS issues. I was wondering if you might be able to look through the article and see what needs doing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Skinny87 (talk) 18:01, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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 ==Huggle Feedback Response==
 {{talkback|Wikipedia:Huggle/Feedback|tp=1}} <font color="blue">'''[[User:Addshore|·Add§hore·]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Addshore|T<small>alk</small>]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Addshore|C<small>ont</small>]]</sub></font> 17:26, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
+well excuse me sir im sorry i wanted to add a bit of humor to the internet just as a joke, what are you, some 37 year old that comes home every night and gots on wikipedia cause its the closest thing to a extracurricular activity youve ever had, hey congrats by the way on the vandalism stopper award of the month you must really enjoy living in your moms basement, but some of us have lives, and need some actual entertainment, outside of watching anime.  Oh and by the way i opened that message in a church thank you very much for that, thats really freaking cool.  I know your going to kick me off or come back and say something like i have a hot wife and i have crazy horse sex every night, save your time because the only sex youll ever have is with a horse.
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