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Your Blocking of My Editing of Indonesia

Hello, Kuru. Your action is unfortunate, unwarranted, unnecessary, and unkind. Apparently you fell into the trap of some so-called 'editors' here.

I am well-aware of the etiquette required when contributing to Wikipedia, a PUBLIC forum where no registered user or group of users has editorial authority. However, some here (including yourself) do not honor the spirit of this forum but regularly violate it while falsely accusing sincere contributors of violations; I can see you are either one of the false accusers or simply someone who allowed himself to be carried away by a mob mentality instead of exercising character and examining what really happened. This is all I have to say to you. (wikimuppy) Wikipuppy 17:54, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

You've been pointed in the direction of the WP:3RR policy roughly half a dozen times now. I could not honestly care less about your rather simple content dispute. Kuru ^talk 18:02, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Please note also that (s)he is now breaking WP:SOCK policy to circumvent the block. — Indon (reply) — 01:19, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Si. The sock account was blocked right after the above response and a reminder of the policy left on the original account's page. Kuru ^talk 01:24, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

why did you delete my new entry before I even finished it? that's not cool.

I am writing a page about traffic shortcuts - a necessary part of our 21st century auto-centered lives. My intent is to add other tools and links for people to use to help themselves (www.mytrafficshortcuts.com / www.trafficdocumentary.com / www.sigalert.com)

Is this not allowed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Traffique (talk • contribs) 20:49, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

No, you're essentially creating a promotional article for your non-notable commercial web site. Please stop. Kuru ^talk 20:52, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Speedy

Dear colleague administrator-- with respect to the admittedly unsatisfactory article on Nefertiti- Ancient Beauty, Contemporary Leader‎" , which you deleted as "An article already exists on this subject under the correct name; the content is obviously copied form another source, likely a copyright violation; this article is beyond salvage." -- which speedy criterion on WP:CSD exactly does this explanation refer to ? DGG (talk) 20:56, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

To be honest, I misread the tag in my haste and presumed it was the verified variety of copyvio. Thank you for cleaning up the situation, and my apologies. Kuru ^talk 21:06, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

You call this a free encyclopedia, Kuru ?

You are allowed to write about the Spanish Governor's Palace 1722 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Governor%27s_Palace

I am not allowed to write about the Croatian "guvernadur" Prince Frane Posedarski 1658 in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustase

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=%22guvernadur%22+knez+Frane+Posedarski+&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brkic (talk • contribs) 10:05, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Your 3RR block has long since expired. I'm afraid I have no idea what your current issue is, nor does your demeanor endeavor me to assist you. Thanks. Kuru ^talk 12:18, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Just unblock (undo) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustase Kuru

Show me that you are not one of them. (Spylab, Rjecina, laughing man, Steel359, Kuru. Kirker)

--Brkic 14:04, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism of Chapter 27

Just to inform you that User:67.177.229.191 vandalized Chapter 27. I've undone the vandalism but I noticed that 67.177.229.191 has been warned twice already so this would make vandalism nubmer three at least.--Gonzalo84 20:55, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism of Horchata

I did not do anything to this page. I have not even seen this page before? Why did I get a warning? 69.229.96.253 01:14, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Someone using your IP address did indeed vandalize the article back in March; the same time the warning is dated. Safe to say you can simply ignore the warning. Kuru ^talk 03:02, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Kudos Kuru

I don't know how to add smiley faces or stuff to this message, but I've seen you watch over many articles and keep stuff here on track. You welcomed me in a welcome message long ago and I haven't forgotten that nice message from you that made me keep coming back and trying to make Wiki better. Thank you for your welcome and patience and defending Wikipedia against nonsense. Kudos, Kuru! --Foggy Morning 04:08, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I apologize

Between December 14, 2005 and June 7, 2007, I vandalized Wikipedia under my previous username (YechielMan) and under various IP addresses and alternate accounts.

I recently reviewed the contribution logs of all the accounts and IP addresses that I can recall having used. My goal was to identify all of the intentionally harmful edits I caused, and to apologize to the individual users who reverted those edits, or warned me, or blocked me.

Hence, I apologize to you and to all of the following users:

Adam Bishop, Amarkov, Antandrus, AntiVandalBot, Bdj (Badlydrawnjeff), Conk 9, CanbekEsen, DLand, Downwards, Eagle 101, Ericbronder, Gogo Dodo, High on a tree, Hut 8.5, Interiot, Jayjg, Jrwallac, Kingboyk, Kuru, Noclip, Patrick Berry, PFHLai, PhantomS, Pollinator, Rachack, Ranma9617, Rx StrangeLove, SlimVirgin, Tfrogner, TommyBoy, Vary, Woohookitty, Zzuuzz, and some anonymous IPs. (I also reverted one edit myself after it went unnoticed for three weeks.)

Thank you for maintaining the integrity of Wikipedia against everyone who has attacked it, including my old self.

If you wish to respond, please do so at my talk page.

Best regards, Shalom (Hello • Peace) 19:26, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Lease option and Lease purchase contract articles

Kuru, I understand and appreciate your comments. With utmost respect, this is the second time you and I have discussed this matter. As I have stated to you before, I am the original creator of the articles Lease option and Lease purchase contract . As you can see by the history of the articles, original credit goes to Lease2Purchase.com. The link I added to Lease option titled What is a Lease 2 Purchase contract? from Lease2Purchase.com was already included in Lease purchase contract and has 100% relevance to the topic, yet you removed it from both articles, citing it as spam. Did you examine the link I added? Spend a minute of your time and read the link I provided, it is valuable information to most folks whom find themselves researching this topic.

I have been a real estate investor specializing in these techniques for over 10 years. I am an expert on the subject. With all the misinformation on the internet regarding this topic, the link I provided is without question the most accurate definition available and would be welcome information to all visitors who happen upon these pages. I respectfully request that you add the link back to both articles.

Ironically, I am also an original contributor to an open-source *nix server-side email spam filter, which might help you understand how I could be offended that I am now actually accused of being a spammer. I look forward to your reply.

Edit: It is possible I am mistaken about previously speaking with you about this. It could have been with a different Wikipedia member. My apologies if this is the case.

Respectfully, Jeff_B 13:42, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your professional query, Jeff. I'm afraid, as you noted, that I cannot find a previous conversation between us, so apologies if you've covered this before. The links you added were, in my opinion, not a neutral and reliable source of information on the topic. Most of the text seemed to be a sales pitch promoting the topic with some fairly breezy and unsubstantiated claims of wealth building. The pitch ends with a fairly blatant "May I have your business?" section exclusively promoting your product, right along with guarantees and an order spot. I'm happy that you've spent time fighting spam; I'm disappointed that you're using that credential to justify indisputable commercial self-promotion. Please use your obvious knowledge of the topic to add cited and factual information to the articles; and skip the promotional links, please. We'd love to have your contributions to the encyclopedia! Kuru ^talk 23:54, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. Because I'm somewhat new to actually editing articles, would a link to the L2P Chat Board (I will delete this link after I receive your reply), which does not contain promotional material, be considered an unacceptable link for the two articles? My apologies if this is not the right place to discuss this. Jeff_B 01:01, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Edit-1: Also, what if the links to the page in question were removed (the links moving the visitor forward to the How-To page? I could create a special page without any further links. Would the article then be acceptable to add to Wikipedia?

Edit-2: Kuru, are you not willing to discuss this with me anymore? I was thinking about joining the Wikipedia adoption program.

Sorry, I had missed the response. We're here to build articles in Wikipedia. I can see little at your site other than some unreferenced commentary and a low traffic forum. I would strongly favor your constructive efforts in building the article; not in adding external links. Thanks. Kuru ^talk 11:44, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

With much regret, it appears that we will have to agree to disagree. I had sincerely hoped that you would help guide me rather than taking a firm "No" stance.

The L2P chat board averages more than 1,500 unique visits each day, with over 7 years and 20,000+ messages which are searchable in the archive. The vast majority of users come for information, and once they find it they go about their business. I owe it to anyone searching for information on the subject to explain to you that lease options are highly specialized and objective, thus once a topic has been discussed, there really isn't much more to be said about it. Furthermore, your "unreferenced commentary" criticism above is offensive and not appreciated. Like most folks, I work hard at what I do and take pride in it.

Please remember that I've already had this conversation with another Wikipedia member who already authorized the link and content I added -- which you subsequently removed with (apparently) minor due diligence. I am the author of the original articles. Without my contributions, they likely wouldn't even exist.

I've made a conscious effort to check the articles every day (I've already removed some spam in just three days!). As free time allows it, I plan to stay active with them, which includes adding useful links. If you plan to "filter" what I add, please read up on the subject. A great place to start would be here: Lease purchase contract, and then spend five good minutes on the L2P chat board. Jeff_B 11:32, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Kuru, I don't mean to butt in on your talk page, but Jeff_B doesn't seem to understand that Wikipedia is an encylcopedia, not a chat page or forum. Jeff_B might not understand things here, or he might be playing some sort of game. Based on his comments and contributions, I'd say he's just playing some sort of game. I don't know why. Jeff, maybe you could explain your reasons for editing Wikipedia on your talk page or your user page? -- • • • Blue Pixel 01:59, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Blue Pixel, it is possible you're right, maybe I really don't understand how Wikipedia works. I've refrained from updating the pages in question any more until I learn the ropes a little bit better. I AM trying to learn before I go and mess the system up, that's why I've been talking with Kuru. The way I use Wikipedia is to research or learn about a particular subject -- and I've used it a lot lately! :-) I have updated my talk and user pages quite a bit lately, check them out and leave me a message if you like. Jeff_B 11:26, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

WWW Statistics

Why did you delete this:

"Recent (September 26th, 2007) guesstimates shows that the size of the know web (indexed) is around ~1.3 Peta which might hide a ~600 Peta of deeper web."

From the WWW Statistics page - the data in the page isn't updated... and this is the most updated information available; if you want to remove my ref link you can but leave the data.

By the way,

The same question regarding the Project Manager page with this important edit: "Project managers have many responsibilities "

Thanks,

Karmona

P.S. I am new in wikipedia and I might have done some mistakes in the way while editing but my intention are good; am I missing something? karmona 14:30, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

I cannot seem to locate where I deleted such material - could you point out the edit more specifically? I'd be delighted to look into it a little later today. Kuru ^talk 15:20, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Pm master / Cluebot brought me to your talk page and I meant these changes:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Wide_Web&curid=33139&diff=167426129&oldid=167165929
• http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Project_manager&curid=239050&diff=167425497&oldid=167299607

Can you please take a look? (karmona 14:58, 14 November 2007 (UTC))

Thanks!

Thank you for reverting the changes the IP 68.78.76.55 made to my talk page. By the way, here is a barnstar for your other vandal fighting efforts:

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		I, the user SmileToday, hereby award the userKuru, with the Defender of the Wiki Barnstar for efforts in fighting vandalism. [[User:SmileToday|SmileToday](talk) 02:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Hope you have a nice day! SmileToday☺(talk to me , My edits) 02:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks! That was an odd one for sure. I wonder what's going through their minds sometimes... Kuru ^talk 02:13, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

It was the most strange one I have seen, except for the Hagger page move bots. Probably didn't even know what they were doing. Oh well, have a nice night. SmileToday☺(talk to me , My edits) 02:17, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I need some quick deletions if you're available

Sorry to bother you, but I saw you were active and I need a quick favor. Can you delete Ask me for sex, My number and Hot girl number please? It appears to be someone giving out someone else's number, and I'd like to get it out of the history as quickly as possible. Thanks. --Bongwarrior 03:26, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Done! Kuru ^talk 03:28, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Took you long enough :) --Bongwarrior 03:29, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

DHCP and sprotect

A personal thank-you for this fix on top of your regular good work. Like many "challenged" editors "contributing" to articles related to African Americans, our little friend seems curiously interested in fantasizing about homosex. That minor matter aside, he seems to be benefiting from DHCP; if I notice that the AAVE article is hit again by a different but related IP number I'll sprotect it. -- Hoary 03:52, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism on History Portal - Renaissance article

Hello Kuru. There have been some comedians visiting Portal:History/Featured article/November, 2007 this morning. I just did a revert, and I see you've been doing the same. When I saw this article the first time this morning, I made just one small edit. But then I discovered there were several paragraphs missing from the original intended article. So I put it back a couple revs to your last one. I assume that was the right one. I'll keep an eye on this. Just thought you'd like to know as well. Best regards, Hult041956 16:43, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Aye, no idea why someone was going to town on such an obscure article. Kuru ^talk 23:35, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page - not sure how I got to be so "popular". Nice watershed maps too! Take care, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 00:43, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, and not a problem... :) Kuru ^talk 23:34, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Can you help with little problem?

I have a list of books that I use as sources when I put stuff in WIkipedia articles. When I get a new book I add it to my list. But I'm not very technical and have trouble formatting the book citations right for Wikipedia -- and getting the columns and rows iin tables to work out right in Wikipedia. Can you help me get this right? I have my book page on my user page. It's "bookshelf" on my user page. --Foggy Morning 02:08, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I think I see what you're trying to do with the table - I'll take a look at the code later and see if I can fix it. Getting all the "|" characters straight can indeed be a pain in the rear. As for building cites, I usually cheat. There's an excellent site here where you can paste in an ISBN for a book, and it will create and populate the template for you by pulling the rest of the data from an ISBN database. Then you just cut&paste into wiki. A massive time saver. Kuru ^talk 23:19, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm getting a weird message when I click on that link -- "connection refused". Maybe that's because it's Sunday morning? I'll try during the week. Thanks for the help! --Foggy Morning 15:30, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Aye, it was down this morning, apparently. Should be good to go now. Kuru ^talk 19:08, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Good to go, thanks! --Foggy Morning 02:49, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of references on Microsoft Excel page

I added a few references I have found helpful myself in using VBA in Excel. My additions were as follows

For examples of VBA code see Robert de Levie. For more about the Excel Object Model, see Roman.

You deleted these references from the article. In my opinion that reduces the value of the article to a potential user. Why not leave them in? Wouldn't a print Encyclopaedia do that?

One could argue that any choice of references is a bit arbitrary, given the huge number of choices. However, in fact these references are somewhat unique among all the Excel books in being very helpful without hype about how great the software is.Brews ohare 23:16, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Likewise you deleted a section I added: (redact) Same question: doesn't this section aid the user?Brews ohare 23:24, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

You've kind of hit on the problem. The 'references' you added were not really used as references for anything in the existing article, they were just random commercial books that spoke to various issues on Excel. I think you're proposing more of a 'further reading' section, which some articles already have. Those type of sections are hit or miss; some are actually useful and have collections of important works on the topic (ex: Gray's Anatomy for an anatomy article), some are simply spam magnets. I would strongly prefer not to have these links randomly strewn about the article, but I won't object if you add a section called "further reading" or "bibliography" maybe. Kuru ^talk 23:34, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for nabbing the vandal

Thanks for nabbing the vandal with the long numeric name who just vandalized my userpage... much obliged. I suppose my deleting his silly page is what set him off. Accounting4Taste 00:42, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Si. Sadly, one of my first actions as a new admin was to semi-protect my userpage... :) Kuru ^talk 00:45, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

LOL I'm going to keep track of the number of vandalisms as a perverse mark of pride in my contributions. Accounting4Taste 00:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Nice work

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		Nice work reverting vandals, try and save some for the rest of us! KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 01:35, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Bah I counted six 'rollback failed' messages and a 'user has already been blocked' at your hands. Thanks, and back at ya.  :) Kuru ^talk 03:49, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Ahh "user has already been blocked" are the worst. Well I'm glad to know I put up some semblance of a fight. :p Happy editing. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 01:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Finance

Greetings, I apologize for the mess I caused. I thought I was helping. but I only caused a mess. Thank you for cleaning up my mess. Thanks, PGPirate 16:47, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Six Sigma

Why did you remove the University of Miami link? How is it different than the Motorola University link that is already there?

Thanks, Rick

There's an extensive conversation on the article's talk page on the subject. I don't feel that any of the links are needed, personally, but at least Motorola has the distinction of having developed the methodology. If you'd like, please re-open the discussion there. Kuru ^talk 12:17, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Please go through my website carefully before deleting it from wiki

Hi Kuru, i saw you remove my link from CPM and PERT. Well...nothing personal. However, please go through this pagePERT again. My students said it is quite useful. There are 3 parts relevant to PERT 1) PERT 2) PNET 3) Simulation using EXCEL. If there is any problem or suggestion, dont hesitate to tell me. Thanks :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chachrist (talk • contribs) 06:16, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

There are three very brief examples and a google ad column. I don't see how it provides a critical resource that expands on the article's content and there's a conflict of interest; but I'm always open to further discussion. Please take a look at our guidelines on external links and on conflicts of interest when you have an opportunity. Thanks! Kuru ^talk 12:45, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey Kuru...i just add external links on Critical Path Method. It would be nice if you can give me some comment on this one. Moreover, i also add external link on Resource Allocation.

PeeWee McDonald Sockpuppet of PWeeHurman

If you wanted to know, User:PeeWee McDonald is also a sockpuppet of User:PWeeHurman. -Goodshoped 02:31, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Good to know - thanks for the heads up. Kuru ^talk 02:33, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Just to let you know, any username that begins with Pee or PWee are the sockpuppets. -Goodshoped 02:34, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Peaceful on the homefront, thanks to your defense!

I worked on some articles today and noticed that nobody has messed them up with nonsense during the past week or so. Sometimes you made quiet little edits to remove something that didn't belong there. Thank you for helping me!--Foggy Morning (talk) 01:26, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks. I saw your expansion of the term 'biological assets' yesterday - I couldn't help but think that was the new HR euphemism for 'employees'.. :) Kuru ^talk 03:40, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

:)) That's a good one! Bad enough that we're "human resources" instead of people -- makes a person expect to find other departments for goat resources, frog resources, and martian resources :) --Foggy Morning (talk) 02:03, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Personal Attacks

I just noticed that you removed my report of personal attacks by Special:Contributions/86.139.179.254 on WP:AIV, marking it as stale. What exactly was the resolution of my report? Newtman (talk) 03:58, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

AIV is for immediate action on in progress vandalism. You gave the user a warning three hours after his last edit. There were no edits after that. Is there some sort of specific action you are looking for? Kuru ^talk 04:03, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

You've got my back

Thanks for keeping my user page free of trash. I'd give you an arbitrary barnstar but I have no idea how, so instead I will award one to myself. Hermione is a dude (talk) 05:36, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks from me too. I appreciate it, and happy turkey day. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 12:47, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Wow

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For beating me to many reverts. Good Job! :D Sseballos (talk) 02:27, 22 November 2007 (UTC)|} Many thanks... Busy night.. :( Kuru talk 02:28, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject:San Antonio

You were the Wikipedian who welcomed me here back in June and we both hail from San Antonio. I think we should start a WikiProject:San Antonio because I am finding it hard to believe how many San Antonio related articles are red links. Austin, Houston, and Dallas already have one. I think its time we start one. What do you think?--STX 01:53, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

This sounds like an excellent idea. I'd love to get a 'working list' of neglected/missing SA topics together to draw from. I've seen precious few Wikipedians that have self-identified as San Antonians, however - I can only think of a few off the top of my head (User:Eluchil404 and User:Ageekgal seem to be the most active). I'll poke around the Houston and Dallas sites a bit to get a feel for how those projects work! Kuru ^talk 23:54, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Timeline of Aust History

I like your changes - thanks - much better!--Matilda formerly known as User:Golden Wattle ^talk 20:25, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Llano River

Thanks for the help on the Granite Shoals, TX and Llano River sites. FmreillyFmreilly 18:50, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Blacklist

Thanks a lot for the help there it is appreciate. However can I ask you to please log any entries that you make. This may seem a little irritating but in 6 or 12 months time the rationale may be impossible to find and the listing will then be removed by someone. I've just had to do exactly that on a Meta listing than no one logged! Let me know if I can help - cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 08:32, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Makes perfect sense - many thanks for the heads up. I've logged the details. Not sure how I missed that in the instructions, seeing as you've idiot-proofed it by putting it in large red letters! :) Kuru ^talk 13:12, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey - you have no idea how long it took me to get the hang of that on Meta!! However, believe in in a few months time trawling the history of the page is just not an option. Thanks for the help, cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 13:15, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

Re: your message on User talk:128.208.35.159 I'm afraid this is a public library, so you will get a lot of this. For reference, this is the undergraduate library at the University of Washington. 128.208.35.159 (talk) 16:55, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For all your work fighing those vandals :) Tiddly-Tom 19:01, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

...

I'm allowed to edit my own talk page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.187.99.83 (talk) 19:24, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

what happens if you vandalize something 3 or more times —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.73.138.43 (talk) 04:36, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Section added to the IT Governance page

Hi Kuru,

I think what you're doing is great: watch vandalism on THE internet free encyclopedia. In my case, I am a true contributor of the text I wrote (and which by the way has been already copied from my web site by commercial organisations who sell it to readers without my permission!!).

This is the reason why I thought the text would be a good one and because I think Wikipedia is a good (the best) way to distribute information broadly, I have added the section Business to IT Alignment to the IT Governance page.

You can check that I have added the sentence you told me to add on my web site: www.it-to-be.com

I hope this time the section is published on Wikipedia as I prefer to give it for free and let people update/modify it then having commercial minded people make money out of it without asking me if I am OK with what they are doing.

Thanks for your understanding.

Anais Malaussena CEO of IT to BE —Preceding unsigned comment added by IT2BE (talk • contribs) 17:37, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Great! That's just the first issue, however. The entire piece seems to simply be your personal commentary and original research on the topic. If you could add citations to reliable sources, that would be wonderful. Kuru ^talk 18:43, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Really, really bad haiku from a new admin

Setting new lows in thank-you spam:

Click there for my RfA spam haikus! → → →

Janitor's new tools
Spam must stop -- will new mop act?
Ooops, .com blocked

New admin, new tools
Earnest newbie furrows brow
Fare thee well Main Page

New mess all about
Sorcerer's Apprentice mop
Not supporter's fault

A. B. so grateful
Wikipedia trembles
Watch out DRV

A. B. wonders why
Copyright always confused
Fair use, farewell, bye

Qatar is blocked
Shucks those range blocks are tricky!
Will get it straight soon.

Dear RfA friend,
I will learn, chaos will fade
Thanks so much ... A. B.

This RfA thank you card is based on a card originally done by Phaedriel

Kuru, it goes without saying but I'll say it anyway -- thanks so much for your support in my RfA.
--A. B. ^(talk) 22:20, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Vpmi Article deleted and Removed from List of Project Management Software

Somewhere over the past few days the Vpmi article was deleted from Wikipedia and subsequently removed from the list of proprietary web-based applications on the List of Project Management Software page. I am not sure how Vpmi was removed, but it was an article on Wikipedia for months and should be brought back. I have audited my watchlist and cannot find any note as to who deleted this article. It seems malicious. I am requesting that the article be restored and that Vpmi be returned to the List of Project Management Software article where it was before. Please respond as soon as possible. I am hoping you can help. --Tilleyg (talk) 17:48, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

For vandalism reversion on my talkpage. Cheers --Nuttycoconut (talk) 03:55, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. You've made some new vandal friends today.... :) Kuru ^talk 03:59, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Request for Discussion

Hello Kuru,

REF: Direct Inward Dialling - I've started a discussion regarding this article and the list of SELLERS, I think that is the best way forward instead of people making the changes and then having someone undo the changes. kind of pointless really. I would therefore request that the article is locked until such a point it is finalised by either a user discussion or via a wiki mediator. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.69.239.238 (talk) 15:03, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you.

Thedjatclubrock :) ^(T/C) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
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Thanks for the Userpage revert,Thedjatclubrock :) ^(T/C) 03:42, 28 December 2007 (UTC).

sry

sry bout that,my friend dared me 2,my fault,so,r u the creator —Preceding unsigned comment added by Socks rule (talk • contribs) 04:58, 28 December 2007 (UTC) hey,ive heard people talk about editing,but ive nevr done it, u like it?

Range unblock request

See User talk:69.152.216.164. Says you're the blocking admin. Can you provide some input? Daniel Case (talk) 05:05, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Uh, found this. Never mind ... will decline. Daniel Case (talk) 05:07, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Si. I left notes on the page, but he/she/it removed them. I've made a notes page here and included it in the new range block. Kuru ^talk 05:20, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for helping with them,it,her(richardson)...checkout pharmboys user page, there is another list of where the sameones hit. Its a long rapsheet —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acuhill (talk • contribs) 06:01, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. I had missed Pharmboy's list... Kuru ^talk 14:27, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Planesense

Given that they're clearly the latest Richardson socks, and they hit both of us, should we report it to AIV and let someone else do the block? Daniel Case (talk) 06:20, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't really bother with conflict of interest on socks; if someone objects later then we can discuss. Otherwise, it's simply WP:RBI. Kuru ^talk 14:05, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Florence Bates

Your edit was incorrect. She graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio, not Austin. MovieMadness (talk) 19:29, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Could you explain how she passed away 15 years before the university was founded here? 'University of Texas' commonly refers to the main school in Austin, the one here is almost always referred to as UTSA. Kuru ^talk 19:34, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

My reference says she graduated from high school in San Antonio, then attended the University of Texas, after which she taught in San Antonio, then passed the bar and practiced law for four years in San Antonio, after which she operated an antiques shop in San Antonio. No mention is made of Austin anywhere. Was Austin the only UT campus in 1906? Thank you. MovieMadness (talk) 19:38, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Almost - UT Arlington was around then as well, but there is not a law school there. The law school at Austin has been around since the 1800's; UTSA lack such a program as well. The handbook of Texas can be a bit cryptic at times, but I'm almost sure that any reference in there to UT will be to the flagship school. Fun! Kuru ^talk 19:44, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

WikBack

Thank you for registering at the WikBack. I look forward to your posts. (If you didn't register, please let me know as soon as possible since it may have been in imposter) The Uninvited Co., Inc. 00:28, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

your edit of the supercheats page=

i was just wundering why you took out the bit about cez . he was one of the main members of that site . and sumed up certen parts of it . is thair enything we can do to have the info about him edited back ito the page

p.s i dont youse this site mutch so eny tips will be gratfuly reseved respecfuly

Neptis (talk) 22:09, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Another editor removed that passage before I protected the article. I can't say I disagree with the removal, though - it looked like a completely uncited puff piece. I would suggest that someone start adding some real references to the article before it is deleted in its entirety. Kuru ^talk 22:16, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

thank you for the quick responce. I will se what me and the uther members that have looked after that page can get in terms of refrences. althow it is a relitivly small site compared to uthers i have been to . it should have sum refrences . althow i will try to get them from outside the VGN network or is inter network refrences alowd?

but agen thank you for the advice i will relay this to them on sc and se what we can get p.s i will not get the responce till tomorow as i am of now

Neptis (talk) 01:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

is the page fine now. i need to now so i can relay this to said site members

Neptis (talk) 19:10, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

User:AnteaterZot

Watch out; you were actually reverting back the vandalism which an anon was nice enough to blank.  :-) — Coren ^(talk) 02:21, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Man. No idea why that happened. I think I was reacting to the first anon, and caught the second anon edit. Then reflexively reverted the second anon again. Sloppy - my apologies, I'm usually far more careful. Kuru ^talk 02:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Because you are so fast in reverting and always beat me :( —αἰτίας •discussion• 00:21, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks, friend!  :) Kuru ^talk 01:24, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello

Wondered if you could have a look here Talk:Comparison_of_one-click_hosters#RfC:_What_should_be_considered_relevant_on_this_list_of_one-click_hosting_sites. Seems there are mixed views on what is appropriate for inclusion on "list of" or "comparison of" type articles. Any thoughts would be appreciated, there does seem to be a disruptive sock account (Odd Master (talk · contribs), Odd Master2 (talk · contribs) and Odd master3 (talk · contribs)) that trolls this page, another set of eyes would be helpful. thanks--Hu12 (talk) 13:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Will review the history asap. Kuru ^talk 01:24, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

preventing access to good information just because their is a registration form

Kuru - you wrote: > I can't see any reason why people should have to go through an e-mail harvester to acquire this 'information'. Please feel free to add links which actually provide information which expands on the article, but we're not here to help them build mailing lists.

Reply: I would agree to this if there were other sources on the Web where this information is available. Is this case there are not. Its either pay for this information via sites such as: http://www.celent.com/PressReleases/20060829/AMLVendors2006.htm or get it for free from other sites that provide it for free(only an email form has to be filled in; which actually does not prevent you from putting any bogus email address in).

The link I suggested certainly does "provide information which expands on the article" since it goes into more detail into the modules covered on at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-money_laundering_software

So please consent. Preventing people from accessing good information on the web seems wrong in this case.

Let me know what you think. I think these cases should allow for some flexibility. Janhart1@planet.nl (talk) 21:05, 3 January 2008 (UTC) Jan Hart

You seem to be making a curious claim about putting in a 'bogus' e-mail address, since they want to mail the 'document' to that address. 'Members only' and e-mail solicitation sites are covered in our external link guidelines. You may want to also look at our conflict of interest guidelines. Thanks. Kuru ^talk 01:23, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Kuru, Thanks for your reply. I did not double-check this as thoroughly as I should have. I'm sure the site in question use to carry out no email address checks (hence how I got it a long while back). You are right, so my apologies. As far as I can see, it's their loss for adding this check. I'll search further for other useful resources on this subject but alas, I can find no other source for this useful document. Thanking you for your help Janhart1@planet.nl (talk) 11:50, 4 January 2008 (UTC)Jan Hart

Link removed

My colleague updated a link on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_continuity_planning Shortly after it was added, it was removed by you with the comment "rmv odd 'members only' link of dubious value". We are curious about the reason for the deletion. We updated the link because the previous editor posted a url that was no longer valid, however both the previous one and this one required the user to provide their email address to see it. Please advice. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ssolomon att (talk • contribs) 21:50, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for asking. 'Members only' and e-mail solicitation sites are covered in our external link guidelines. I can't see how a 'quiz', even were it accessible, would be of any great use in expanding on the topic. Kuru ^talk 01:15, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Pre Deletion Trama

I am working on an essay at User:Pharmboy/PDT and asking input from a couple of editors and admins whom I most trust. I see a lot of tension in AFD/Speedy from new users who jump into writting new articles, and even find myself BITEing the newcomers from time to time, and think an essay like this will actually improve Wikipedia by reducing tensions and helping educate the newcomers who are adding articles. If you feel the essay is worthwhile, please feel free to edit it, as it is still rough. If you feel it is not worthwhile or better covered by an existing article, please leave a note to that effect on my regular user talk:Pharmboy talk page. You are also free to ignore this request and I won't have any hard feelings. Pharmboy (talk) 16:39, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Excellent topic - I'll look through it asap. Kuru ^talk 02:37, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Fm700

Looks like User:Fm700 has a fake block setup, but not actually blocked. He has been starting accounts like that to try to avoid detection. Pharmboy (talk) 15:33, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

He was blocked fairly quickly; you can still edit your own talk page when blocked. If he keeps posting nonsense unblock requests, I'll start protecting the talk pages. Kuru ^talk 02:36, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for watching my back, I appreciate your quick response in reverting the vandalism on my user page. Trusilver (talk) 05:16, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the revert :) — Xy7 (talk) 19:59, 12 January 2008

User talk:TV-VCR#Unblock

Hello. That user got caught in a rangeblock of yours; can you help him out? Sandstein (talk) 19:24, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Should be fixed - thanks for the heads up. Kuru ^talk 19:48, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Unblocking

Thanks. Dunno what happened there. :) Cheers! --TV-VCR watch 05:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC)