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You can contact me quickly via IRC on freenode by using my handle "AaronSchulz".

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VoABot II recently left a comment on my talk page to the effect that my edit on the article Nolan Chart had been reverted. Upon checking the page, I found that the bot had actually reverted another user's edit to mine. You might want to check how your bot leaves messages. Also, the edit reverted might have been valid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided(RookZERO 18:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC))

Psychonauts

My edit to Psychonauts was reverted. I cut out a lot of unnessecary information in the plot summary, and this computer's IP address is banned. I think that might have triggered the bot, but I don't think the edit should have been reverted. Please take a look at it. TDS18 20:59, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Restored. Voice-of-All 21:04, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

RCP script

Sorry to bother you. I've been having some strangeness with the RCP script for a while. When trying to revert a change using anything other than "restore this version" I get the message The recieved top revision id is less than our current revision id, this could indicate that the current revision has been deleted, the server is lagging, or that bad data has been recieved. Will stop proceeding at this point ... ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 13:25, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Fixed [1]. Voice-of-All 04:02, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

CheckUser (or clerk) script

Hey VoA. I've been using the clerking script for a while, mainly to help me with archiving, but I noticed it also has the ability to move cases down to the "Fulfilled" section, and the "Denied" section. This doesn't really seem to be working, because when I click it while editing a case page, it just says "{{case}} not found". Could you fix this, if possible? Thanks. :) GrooveDog 12:50, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser Coldmachine / arthana

Hi, I saw you added 'likely' to the checkuser on Emnx, Arthana, and myself. I would like to know precisely how the checkuser works, because I am certainly neither of these two users and apparently have no way of proving it. How can one prove innocence if the checkuser system BLATANTLY doesnt work in this case? Arthana is from the UK - he/she wrote this on my discussion page. It's also patently clear I come from the UK from my own user page. I've no idea where Emnx comes from but I'm guessing the same. The IP range for UK users is GOING to be similar. My ISP is Orange, Arthana has written on my talk page that s/he uses BT. Are you going to block all UK users from wikipedia based on the possibility they could all be sockpuppets of one account? Ridiculous. If there's one thing I can't tolerate it's people throwing about false accusations against someone's good character. Can you look in to this? I'd like to know precisely on what basis the checkuser system works, and how decisions are made from the results. At least if I can understand how such slanderous accusations can be bandied about so easily and then 'proven' I'll have some reassurance. I would have thought a whole series of things were involved: edit history, IP address, account creation date, user page information, and so on. I can't see how on earth I can be linked to these other users based on this. The ONLY thing we have in common is that we nominated one article (the same article) for deletion. Sharing the same opinion is a huge difference from being the same user. I would have thought, anyway. Coldmachine^Talk 10:26, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Here, I've actually trawled through the edits of Arthana and my own contribs, to see if there were any cases where overlap exists and there are. How, I ask, would you imagine that if we're the same person we're able to edit different pages simultaneously using two different accounts. I may be IT literate, but I don't have four arms, two computers, two phone lines, and two different ISPs. Here are the examples I found:

Example #1

Coldmachine 16:49, 13 June 2007 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Requests for comment/IPSOS (→Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute)

Arthana 16:50, 13 June 2007 (hist) (diff) User talk:Coldmachine (Tired of this C***)

Example #2

Coldmachine

22:44, 13 June 2007 (hist) (diff) m Wikipedia:Requests for comment/IPSOS (→Evidence of disputed behavior - Timestamping)

22:44, 13 June 2007 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Requests for comment/IPSOS (→Evidence of disputed behavior - Adding random sample of diffs from trawling through history of user contribs. Note edit summaries as well as content.)

22:47, 13 June 2007 (hist) (diff) m User talk:Arthana (→Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/IPSOS - Clarifying.)

22:47, 13 June 2007 (hist) (diff) User talk:Arthana

Arthana

22:47, 13 June 2007 (hist) (diff) User talk:74.97.215.97 (General note: Vandalism on Nagasarete Airantou. using TW) (top)

22:46, 13 June 2007 (hist) (diff) m Nagasarete Airantou (Reverted 1 edit by 74.97.215.97 identified as vandalism to last revision by Aebliss. using TW) (top)

Does this help any? Coldmachine^Talk 10:43, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

• Comment from Arthana

I've discussed this with Coldmachine prior to today and if you look on User talk:Coldmachine you will see I stated

I am based in the UK and my ISP is BT (along with around 3,000,000 other BT users!)Arthana

User:Coldmachine replied

I'm based in the UK too but my ISP is Orange Coldmachine

I hardly see how you can conceive it possible that Coldmachine and I are one and the same using two different ISPs to make edits at the same time.

Furthermore I would also again stress that BT (my ISP) has 3 million broadband customers. Searching Google I found numerous references to the fact the Orange Internet customers use subcontracted BT Servers — Orange has in total 2 million internet customers (I don't know if Coldmachine has broadband or not but if so, then it is 1 million customers).

Perhaps it's confusing because we are English and we are just 2 of 4 million customers using BT or BT based services and we all look alike?--217.41.217.22 12:42, 14 June 2007 (UTC) How's that happened? I was signed in? I came here to add a note about my IP address! However, this answers the question and does show that my IP address was indeed changed by my ISP at approx. 14.33 gmt -- see my note on the checkuser page. My current IP is 217.47.46.144. --Arthana 14:01, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Emnx not Arthana not Coldmachine

PLEASE READ THIS and take some time to REALLY consider the events that have transpired.

A very grave injustice has been carried out today by you and other admins. There was a rush to judgement based on the say so of two long term users.

Coldmachine is not me (Arthana). LOOK at Coldmachine's record. We have different ISPs, we were editing different articles at the same times.

You have been blinded by two clever and aggressive editors. God, if only you would take the time to investigate IPSOS, look through his talk page history and likewise his User page. Look how he briefly reverted my edits and those of Coldmachine when we particpated in the AFD for Mandrake of Oxford and disagreed with him/her. Then we were accused of being sock puppets!

On RFC for IPSOS I made a typing error! - In my haste to add a note to a speedy delete which was reverted almost immediately. I added a blank line to the page to make a comment in the edit summary. I typed "I am Coldmachine" it was a complete error - you must surely ask yourself after everything else that has been going on why would I do that. Why am I here now? because I AM NOT COLDMACHINE.

I've only ever been an occasional user in the past and had just got to the position where I could spend more time editing so I opened an acount and this is what I got. I thought joining AFDs was the best place to start learning about articles and I wanted to do something to help fight vandals.

Coldmachine is a longer term account user and exactly the sort of person Wikipedia needs.

Based on me circumventing the ban I guess you'll delete this, ban me and my dynamic IP for ever and you won't spend any time REALLY looking into what Coldmachine and I were trying to achieve.

BUT, if you do nothing else PLEASE reinstate Coldmachine with an unblemished record HE IS INNOCENT. I am beyond caring right now about the accusations that I am Emnx and I am not sure if I'd even want my account re-instated the way I feel about all this.

(Arthana)

I just HAD to make one more post (my sincere apologies, this really is the last.) . . . GlassFET has just awarded IPSOS a barnstar because he has been harrassed. That really is a sick joke between two meatpuppets. I also note GlassFET has removed the revival company from Mandrake Press which was the aim of IPSOS from day one and that led to the creation of Mandrake of Oxford and all that followed. If you want to contact me at all I'll check Arthana talk page from time to time but if you do and you want a reply it will have to be as an anon. I genuinely am quitting Wikipedia from this point but I am prepared to stick around to help if you if you do want to investigate these matters further. (Arthana)

I was asked by a User to ask this of you since his talk page was fully protected

It is a copy and paste a

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:YoSoyGuapo

"June 11, 2006 I made a checkip on a user and it was Declined checkip reason being obvious... [2]. A checkip was done by a vandal and it was allowed allowed checkuser [3] . Can you help to explain to me why this was done. thanks YoSoyGuapo 20:14, 11 June 2007 (UTC)"

thanks Bombaplena 00:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Aaron, I have a question regarding CheckUser.. is there a way to reach you by email? you can write back to me at david.berlind@cnet.com. Thanks.

Dev related question

I'm just inquiring about something that's been brought up on the protection policy page. Way back in January Mets501 made a post to the en-wp about autoconfirmed levels and that we could add an edit count requirement for people to become autoconfirmed (and I've created a proposal page about it). I'm just making sure; this is possible, right? Are you the right one to ask or should I ask another dev (I would ask User:Simetrical since that's who Mets referred to in the post, but he seems to be here only sparatically). Thanks in advance Voice. -Royalguard11(Talk·Review Me!) 04:04, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it can be easily queries via software. There is an edit_count column in the user table. Voice-of-All 22:08, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok good, thanks! -Royalguard11(Talk·Review Me!) 01:08, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

If you believe in truth!

Coldmachine is not Emnx and Coldmachine is not Arthana.

However, IPSOS is continuing with his COI and promoting Mandrake of Oxford. IPSOS moved Mandrake of Oxford material into the Mandrake Press article during the AFD to circumvent the process.

Following the delete decison an Admin also removed the Mandrake of Oxford material from Mandrake Press.

This was followed by GlassFET (accused of being a meatpuppet of IPSOS) removing the revival Mandrake Press details from the article. This was was the intent of IPSOS/GlasFET all along.

During the 2nd Mandrake of Oxford AFD IPSOS and GlassFET were accused of acting as meatpuppets and also that both having a COI. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn for where they start working together and being disruptive. They both have a declared interest in Golden Dawn and IPSOS has an interest Sexual / Magic Tantra. Mandrake of Oxford runs the Oxford Golden Society and publishes books on Sexual Magic. The very name IPSOS is connected to this subject (he created an article about his own name).

Now IPSOS is trying to overturn the 2nd AFD on the grounds that Coldmachine was a sock puppet.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_June_17

Coldmachine is not Arthana or Emnx. That is the truth! If you investigate Coldmachine properly you will see his/her innocence! and if Coldmachine is innocent then logically the AFD should not be overturned as proposed by IPSOS.

Have you once stopped to consider what Emnx, Skrine2, Arthana and Coldmachine were trying to achieve? They were not attempting to impose extremeist views or disrupt Wikipedia. In every case they were trying to protect the integrity of Wikipedia against a disruptive, edit-warring, aggressive editor (IPSOS) who was working with a meatpuppet (GlassFET) to impose views motivated by a blatant COI. Emnx/Skrine2 may have broken the wiki-rules in trying to achieve that aim but Coldmachine and Arthana were found guilty of being sock puppets (by association) based on circumstantial evidence, for merely continuing what Emnx had started - trying to protect Wikipedia.

You claim on your user page

   In the face of contempt, there must remain Grace,
   With Freedom and the Greater Good, there is Duty,
   Through logic and compassion there is Reason,
   May justice be done only through reason and Truth,
   For society to have justice and order, there must be Law.

   Let within your heart and mind lie the Voice of All. 

If you really do uphold the principle of Wikipedia, as you claim, then you will do something about this.

If there is to be justice and order, there must be law . . . but if those who administer it do it badly then all your fine words mean nothing.

Coldmachine is INNOCENT and should be reinstated without a blemish on his reputation.

Arthana

Spreading some Wikilove :D

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Cheri DiNovo

The situation has been going on for eight months without resolution; every single time protection has ever been lifted from the page, the situation started up again within days. I'm afraid that, also speaking as an administrator, I am not willing to accept any unprotection of the page on the basis of "hopefully". Until it's absolutely guaranteed that the anon vandal in question is gone, the page needs to stay protected. And not hopefully gone — unequivocally, permanently, absolutely gone with no chance of the situation ever resuming. The situation really is that serious. Bearcat 00:33, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

It is not prudent to unprotect the DiNovo page. It has been the target of anon attacks continuously. As the protection tag stated, protection will be maintained until after October 10, 2007, the date of the provincial election. Please revert your unprotect action and reinstate protection.--Abebenjoe 08:39, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

The da Vinci Barnstar

		The da Vinci Barnstar
		I'm awarding you this "Da vinci" barnstar for your enhancement of wikipedia through your technical knowledge. Wikidudeman (talk) 05:42, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

An Odd Coincidence?

GlassFET has put a notice on his user page he's gone on holiday. So no posts are occurring?

So why has IPSOS stopped posting too.

Are these meatpuppets the real sockpuppets?????

Coldmachine and I are truly not the same person!

If I was a sockpuppet (of anyone) why would I ask for the AFD on Mandrake of Oxford be suspended and dealt with independently from ALL interested parties - my post, at the bottom of AFD page, is still on record. Why would I do that except to protect the integrity of Wikipedia!!!!

Please consider reinstating Coldmachine and I (perhaps on probation). We really did nothing wrong!

Arthana

Presumably you've seen Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mandrake of Oxford (third nomination). IPSOS is involved in the voting. In previous listings etc. IPSOS and GlassFET were accused of being a meatpuppet and having a COI. If this is to be a clean decision both IPSOS and GlassFET should be disqualified from participation. Also please note that GlassFET posted a holiday notice and stopped editing . . . IPSOS also stopped a couple of days after and has just started editing again no doubt just before GlassFET comes back to add another merge/keep vote. PLEASE look at the history and tactics of these two. They work together all the time! If nothing else, given all the controversy, over Mandrake of Oxford don't allow them to vote as they were just as much of the problem as alleged sockpuppets.--86.131.32.150 00:01, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser question

Hi - I saw you declined Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/NCdave because User:Peroxisome was too old to check. However, Peroxisome (talk · contribs) has just been editing in the last 2 days (June 18th and 19th, 2007). Would these not be checkable, or am I misunderstanding? Sorry to bug you. MastCell ^Talk 21:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

PROOF that Arthana is NOT Coldmachine

Please go to User_talk:86.131.33.92 to see Arthana -v- Coldmachine Comparison of Edit Histories - the analysis is irrefutable proof that Arthana is not Coldmachine.

Arthana

User:Vintagekits

Hi. A user you recently considered "likely" to be a sockpuppet (at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Vintagekits) is up for discussion at AN/I. As it is part of the user's stated case that "the sock and muppetpuppets ... are nothing to do with me", and as I mentioned your name, I thought you would appreciate being informed. --John 22:27, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Could we get an IP block for the ip used by the socks from this checkuser? Apparently another turned up. Thanks. Kwsn^(Ni!) 16:34, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. Voice-of-All 17:51, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, seem like the AfD's were motivated from a site he run getting deleted. Kwsn^(Ni!) 05:16, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

flagged revisions extension update

Hi---I'm a physician geek who is interested in using MW to develop a wiki for continuing medical education purposes, but would like to have all edits made by users placed into a queue for moderation by a physician expert. I'm very interested in your flagged revs extension, but my IT team is concerned by its "experimental" status---how stable is it, would it be relatively usable for a non-techie, and is it going to be updated for MW 1.11? Thanks---dtoub@mac.com--12.41.1.66 14:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

It is stable in that nothing new is being added. It is still being tested for bugs. One of our main developers will have a look at it too. After that, it should be at a beta release. Voice-of-All 17:52, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Diyako checkuser logs

• Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Zanyar (Possible sockpuppets)
• Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Diyako (Diyako is stale)
• Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/71.222.81.30 (Diyako is still stale so no check was made to compare him)

You are receiving this because your username either appears on the checkuser list or you were one of the arbitrators that participated in the relevant Arbcom case (User:Dmcdevit, User:Jdforrester, User:The Epopt, User:Charles Matthews, User:Sam Korn, User:Fred Bauder, User:Jayjg, User:Morven, User:Neutrality).

Currently User:Diyako/User:Xebat is at a stale state for not editing over a month. User hasn't edited for slightly over a year due to an arbcom sanctioned ban. I have a reason to believe ([4], [5], [6]) there may be a connection as the edit pattern seems similar in many ways. Diyako's wikipedia ban has recently expired but if he is continuing a similar behavior as User:D.Kurdistani, there needs to be a further consideration either by ARBCOM or Community Sanction board (latter seems more appropriate IMHO). A successful checkuser would be very helpful in the decision making process on this issue.

This inquiry is to request if you have "personal logs" of Diyako/Xebat's IP's to compare with User:D.Kurdistani and possible other socks. This is NOT a request for the logs themselves but on weather or not you have them. Please reply on my talk page to confirm if you have the logs or not. User:Mackensen appears to be the only person to have preformed a successful checkuser but others may also have this info.

-- Cat ^chi? 10:45, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Simonne

Are you going to block Simonne as well? --DrBat 16:54, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

User:OhFive back again

Bernardofscotland (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) vandalized Hepburn (surname). You declined to block the school IP last time, but this has gone on long enough. Please either issue a schoolblock or pass it onto me in private so I can file an abuse report with the school in question. Thanks. --  Netsnipe  ►  19:53, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

MediaWiki note

I left a question for you on my MediaWiki talk. We seem to discuss ideas there more than anywhere, as I was using it as a scratchpad, but ... eh, it's there if you wanna look. ~Kylu (u|t) 03:33, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Bot Approval BoxCrawler

I have a request pending at the requests for approval page and would like your input (as you are part of the BAG) if it's not too much trouble. I'm glad to answer any questions or concerns you may have. Adam McCormick 23:47, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks to xaosflux I've been able to run a trial of my bot which can be seen here. I have fixed the major problems with the test run (mostly one regular expression) and was hoping to run another test. I'd still appreciate your input. Thanks! Adam McCormick 03:45, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Having a "Clerk" for CU work at WP:SSP

Here's a question: do you need a clerk helping with the maintainence of WP:SSP? You already have that position at WP:RFCU, but it looks like you could have someone at this page as well, especially in the archive department. If so, I could help with that. Please reply on my talk page. Thank you! Diez2 03:28, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

85.12.17.31 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Actually, this IP is an open proxy. I managed to connect to it via http://www.optiproxy.com. I don't know what kind of abuse is behind this proxy, so I'm reporting it here rather than at WP:OP. No wonder it was being used abusively... MER-C 11:59, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Several blocked users used it. Voice-of-All 00:57, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

What does "Possible" mean as a Checkuser result?

Hello,

You gave the result "Possible" in the checkuser request [Bonaparte versus Tones benefit]. Can you, please, explain to me what "Possible" means. I have looked for a description, but there's none. I need to understand this because I have been accused of helping a known troll (Bonaparte) in his latest incarnation (Tones benefit). However, I have yet to see compelling evidence supporting the identification of Tones Benefit as a Bonaparte sock. Thanks. Dpotop 11:41, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

in re deletion of Category:Bingöl:

What about this: Category:Bingol? --Homer Landskirty 20:17, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Casey Stengel

I don't think the semi-protection is working. You've still got these suspected sockpuppets and even IP addresses modifying his colors to the Mets instead of the Yankees, which is idiotic, frankly. His greatest fame and success came with the Yankees, and his Hall of Fame plaque has him in a Yankees cap. Baseball Bugs 14:44, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

The user JoeIdaho is back, posting the Mets colors again. He waited until his user had been established long enough to get around the semi-protection. I have asked an admin for advice. Baseball Bugs 17:27, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Completely random question

I happened on your essay (User:Voice of All/Consensus), and I thought it was very well written. I think I follow a similar set of heuristics in closing discussions. I wondered, however, what your thoughts on weighting homogeneity were. Do you give stronger weight to heterogeneous or homogeneous discussions? This is an issue that has come up recently for me and I can see points on both sides. Homogeneity or a monolithic argument "seems" more like consensus by a formal definition, but multiple points (if they are valid) also seem as they should create a cumulative argument in some way (and users may not want to repeat arguments that others have made). Thoughts? IronGargoyle 07:53, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Multiple unrelated reasons for X can show majority for X (or consensus if you will), but there is no consensus why. So it is just not as strong. BTW, did you get my email? Voice-of-All 20:27, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Nope, I didn't get your e-mail. I just checked it and it seems to be working for me. Thanks for your comments though. Food for thought. What was the e-mail about? IronGargoyle 23:49, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks in part to your support, I am Wikipedia's newest bureaucrat. I will do my best to live up to your confidence and kind words. Andre (talk) 09:26, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Liebman CU

Thanks. He also emailed to unblock-en-l, finally, but with the positive CU results... Georgewilliamherbert 18:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

User:VoABot archiving at WP:CHU

Please see Wikipedia:Bureaucrats'_noticeboard#User:VoABot archiving at WP:CHU. Andre (talk) 22:23, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

can't install checkuser stuck at install.php pls HELP me...

Hi there.. I am stuck while trying to install checkuser extension on my wikipedia... on step 2.Open command prompt and run install.php when I open cmd.exe and write there ...mywikipedia\extensions\checkuser\install.php it just opens the install.php code on notepad and nothing happens... pls can you help me to solve this problem and mail me at efesa@hotmail.com thank you very much for your helps have a good day... :)

Make sure you are typing "php ...mywikipedia\extensions\checkuser\install.php" and your target is the PHP folder (where php.exe is) Voice-of-All 16:22, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

I am sure of wat I tyepd true because install.php "code page" opens (I mean its not installing but just a code page opens in windows)... And wat do you mean by your "target"?? Wat will I do with this target php folder will I install there?? and thank you very much for you patience...

FAC

I've responded to your comments on my FAC. A couple of the things you suggested are not possible, and I'm not sure what exactly you meant by a couple of others. Would you be able to go back and respond? Rebecca 03:50, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

JavaScript help

Hi VoA. You probably get alot of these code-related questions to your talk page, but I was wondering if you know how to add a new tab along the bar of tabs on every page using JavaScript or CSS? I've been fiddling with the CSS, and I know very little of JavaScript, which I believe is used to make the tab appear on all pages. If you could help me, it will be much appreciated. Kind regards, Sebi _[talk] 07:04, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_scripts/Scripts#Libraries. Voice-of-All 00:46, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Ben Bledsoe vandals

Hi I found your name on the abuse report page. Im not so good with Wikipedia procedure and I've contacted several people but no help. I made a report but nothing done. The Ben Bledsoe page and pages affiliated with it (particularly Natural) are being abused by 1 particular user who has had various ips but lately is under 65.219.130.15. If you look at his edits and the contributions its clear its vandalisim. Wikipedia:Abuse reports/4.228.6.99 I made that report on his other ips as well. Anyway to protect this page/block this vandal? Thanks! --Thegingerone 01:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Anti-vandal tool for non-admins

Hello. Could you please take a look at this discussion and see if you can work out what the trouble is with the anti-vandal script? Thanks, Lradrama 08:31, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello? Lradrama 21:32, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

That script simply loads User:VoA/monobook.js, which looks fine when I test it. Voice-of-All 23:14, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

ConfirmAccount Consternation

I have a question concerning the ConfirmAccount extension you coded for MediaWiki 1.8+. First of all, I love the concept and think it's awesome that you take time out of your day to make an extention for us non-programmers, so thanks for your time. Secondly, I'm getting a blank page when i include the php file in the LocalSettings.php, I ran the SQL query from ConfirmAccount.sql as the other sql file would not run correctly, and as there was no prefix needed, i didn't add one to the created table. So my questions are thus: 1) What do I need to enable/disable/etc in order for the extension to function correctly. 2) Does it matter where the include statement is in LocalSettings? If there is anything else you need to know to make an informed decision feel free to contact me at smoothmasterz@gmail.com

1) If your wiki does use a prefix, make sure you add it to the SQL query where the prefix comment is.

2) Not really, though if you wanted to override some settings changes it made, those variables would have to be set after the include() statement.

If you are getting a white screen, go to php.ini and set error_reporting to "E_ALL" or add error_reporting(E_ALL); to localsettings to see what the problem is. Voice-of-All 21:07, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Protection of John Howard page

Hi. You recently unlocked the John Howard page so anyone can edit it. There have already been a couple of cases of vandalism. It may need protecting again. Lester2 01:02, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser question

Hi there, I filed this checkuser that you confirmed [7]. I haven't done one of these before so not sure how it works, but do I now take this Checkuser evidence and ask someone at Admin Noticeboard to block the IP? Thanks! The Parsnip! 04:34, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Hatewatcher

Is this case closed? Are they not sockpuppets? Please respond on my talkpage. SLSB talk ER 01:51, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser case

I feel my privacy was violated by having a checkuser done on my IP address. On case [8] . Almost every other case where a checkuser was done on a user name
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/XAndreWx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Mmtrmm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Platanogenius

the IP address was declined but the usernames were confirmed. Did I accidently use 2 accounts and violate 3rr? Yes I did. According to Wikipolicy on sockpuppets [9] and I was using them in accordance with [10] That wasn't not a serious policy violation that would allow my IP address to outed. I was a serious vandal hunter and led to the blocking of numerous vandals including the users who reported me who made many personal attacks and were blocked of [11] [12] and another personal attack and was blocked for personal attack and 3rr violation of [13] [14]
Requests for page protections
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection&oldid=137392411
Check User Memeco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Memeco
Check User Platanogenius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets/Platanogenius
Blocked Platanogenius
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Platanogenius
Blocked Paneiro1122
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Paneiro1122
block log Memeco
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Memeco
block log Avfnx
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Avfnx
block log EdwinCasadoBaez
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:EdwinCasadoBaez
Especially when the usernames could have been used and not the IP address as the checkuser. How can i go about following this up? such as getting that particular checkuser page deleted and changed to another name such as a blocked account name? thank you. please respond back on my talk page. Looking here it say that pages or articles may be deleted. [15] 03:13, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser-IP on Newspaper guy 999

Hi VoA. I just saw that you confirmed that Newspaper guy and the anon IP are the same. However, Rlest's comments suggest that he was the IP. Does this mean Rlest = Newspaper guy 999 = 84.70.147.233? This would have implications with respect to Rlest's recent blocking and a thread at WP:ANI. -- Flyguy649 ^talk _contribs 18:42, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I should add that if you'd prefer this as a formal RFCU, I'll file there. Flyguy649 ^talk _contribs 19:30, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Mrcineman

In the checkuser request, could you explain which ones were his accounts? And will he be blocked? Cheers, JetLover ^(talk) 21:39, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

IP range search

Hi, I've heard a rumor you have a script for finding out which IP addresses out of a range have edited Wikipedia. I have a fairly tight range but it's too large for manual checking. Here's hoping I've found the right person? Durova^Charge! 00:05, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Gerry Lynch case

Please take a look at this. Jayjg ^(talk) 02:35, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Please see this. Jayjg ^(talk) 03:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

User:OnlySpeak

Regarding [16], can you please, check the history of User:OnlySpeak - [17]. Registered on July 31st, this contributor edited only two pages, making only reverts to remove sourced material and references and simply posting original research in explanation comment, or no comment at all. Atabek 19:43, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Award

		The Original Barnstar
		For all your scripts, bots, and regular contributions. You are a great editor, and one of our best. --Mschel 01:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Please Reprotect John Howard

A while ago you unprotected the article John Howard with this edit, stating that you believed it is not needed anymore. I am here to ask you to reprotect the article again, as the floodgates have been opened to all sorts of IP vandalism and new user wisecracks. The page has been blanked numerous times, replaced with "wazzzzzzuppp", been moved to monkey, etc. etc. Please check the recent history and please reprotect the article. Regards. Prester John ^{-(Talk to the Hand)} 03:58, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Warning on Upon depths of despair

VoABot II recently gave me a warning about an edit to Upon depths of despair. Since the page is now deleted, the history is not viewable anymore. But before it was deleted, I saw that the edit the bot linked to was made by another user, Abc123bb. The revert VoABot II made was correct, but it incorrectly thought that I made the edit and warned me instead of the correct user. Nothing can be done about it now, but I wanted to let you know about the mistake. Thanks. --Mysdaao ^talk 13:54, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Follow My Lead

VoABot said I am responsible for this edit. --- Realest4Life 14:05, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

• Sorry, I had a typo, causing the variable 'user' to be overridden by 'ouser'. Voice-of-All 14:22, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
• I think, this bot is malfunctioning.--NAHID 14:17, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

ANI

Hey VOA, just letting you know that you've been the subject of an ANI complaint for allegedly committing a "gross dereliction of duty". :) The complaint was a drama about nothing but just thought you should know you've been mentioned here. Cheers, Sarah 03:28, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

hey bot I ain't no vandal