User talk:Elipongo

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What

Okay dude how come when I just try to have some fun I get yelled at someone else messed up and they got away with it I believe it was Michael mad you can't let him get away with this he even threating to kill me —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.90.162.200 (talk) 00:11, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

And how does vandalizing their article help you, exactly? —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 00:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Ridge

"Ridge just loves noodles, and I think you know that Megalark! thats right i know who you really are! megalark! you shal never get away with you evil plans!", so my edit isnt constructive so you revert it to this? im sorry but i think you are just reverting things for the sake of feeling powerful.--Wiki-admin2004 00:44, 29 April 2008 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathtopplintheir40s (talk • contribs) 00:44, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

You're correct, I have fixed it. You shouldn't have blanked the page though. Read WP:REVERT for the right way to go about it. Cheers. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 01:27, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Discoyes speedy declined

it's a userpage. cheers. blocked anyway for other concerns. Dlohcierekim 04:03, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Oops my bad. I'm still on the learning curve on Huggle. Thanks for letting me know! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 04:08, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Problem with a revert to Xbox

Hi Elipongo. This revert of yours to the Xbox article restored vandalism into the article. I'm sure this was accidental. You might want to take a little more care with the reverts. Best, Gwernol 01:50, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. Tracked it down and reverted back to the unvandalized version. Reverted another vandalism that editor did and gave him the {{welcome-vandal}} template. I guess I relied on Cream's edit summary- I should've looked at the one posted by the anon too- not to mention look at what he had deleted! It's very easy to go too fast with the Huggle tool. Thanks again! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 02:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Heehee

Using Huggle tonight, are we? I noticed you beat me to a revert on a vandal's userpage. Guy just got indef-blocked. Cheers. Enigma ^message 02:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes I am indeed. Such a deceptive name for such a powerful tool as this. I'm still getting used to it and making some mistakes. I'm going to put in a feature request for a button to show the cumulative diff of the latest editor so one doesn't have to page back through the edit history to find their first edit. Popups does it* so I don't see how it would be too hard to implement. (*Actually, my popups' function for that seemed to stop working sometime in the past week, not sure why...). —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 02:57, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, would be helpful to see the cumulative effect of the series of edits, not simply the last one. I've never really used popups, so I can't comment on that. Enigma ^message 03:10, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey :D

Long time, no talk. How is it going? Thedjatclubrock :-) ^(T/C) 02:45, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey! Not so much, sitting at home with the tag ends of a cold- listening to show tunes and playing with Wikipedia! How have you been? —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 03:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about the cold. It's been a long time since my non-understanding of the recent changes link ;) I am currently in Admin Coaching and hope to become an admin soon. Good Luck with that cold. Thedjatclubrock :-) ^(T/C) 22:34, 30 April 2008 (UTC).

Help Please

Hi My name is Judith and I live near Cardiff UK.

I recently looked a the Wikipedia page for Samuel Pepys and there I clicked on to the link for his wife Elizabeth. There was only a small entry and I thought that I could add something to her page so I clicked on to the edit page and posted my information.

I receive a brief notice to say that my edit had been reverted as it appears to be unconstructive. I am not sure what that means in Wikipedia terms so I retyped my text and posted it again by using the save page facility.

However I received a curt message saying that I had vandalised the page, and now you have also sent me a warning saying that I have vandalised the page, but no info as to how I can get my edit accepted.

Can you explain to me what I have done wrong as the information I had sent was truthful and can be verified at the National Archives website.

Wikipedia says that they like to receive new information and they encourage edits so what have I done wrong and how can I get my edit to be accepted.

Many Thanks Best Regards Judith —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinkcrystal333 (talk • contribs) 10:39, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Judith. Thanks for the email and for this note too. I'm now back at my computer and have been able to look up the edits you are referring to. I believe you mean this edit and the ones immediately preceding it. I'm afraid that I and the two other editors on recent changes patrol that night who reverted your edits didn't read through the text of the wills that you posted to see that it did actually have something to do with the subject of the article. Frankly, it looked like a bunch of random text posted at the bottom of the article- something a lot of vandals do to articles on a regular basis. I would still probably have deleted the section for a couple of reasons, even if I had recognized that it was related to the subject. Quoting the text of the wills is inappropriate in the context of the article and the conclusion you're making. Then there's the fact that we have no way to check the authenticity of the text of the wills you posted since you provided no citation. The correct way to have gone about this would have been to place your conclusion (that she was a descendant of the Earls of Oxford) into the article somewhere (you wouldn't even need to use a full sentence, really), then verify the information with a citation to a reliable source- I myself like to use citation templates to make sure the citation is in a standard format. Of course, footnotes are to be preferred when providing citations too. Again, I'm sorry that your good faith submission was reverted, and I hope I have helped you to understand how you might go about adding it in a way that won't be deleted. If there is anything else I may help you with, please feel free to ask me. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 12:39, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

why is this vandalism? dont simply try to increase ur edit count by reverting pther ppls edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.208.206.80 (talk) 18:53, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

<edit conflict>It wasn't. That's why I reverted myself seconds later and replaced the warning on your page with a welcome template. Sorry again. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 18:59, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

gud thing u reverted it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.208.206.80 (talk) 18:55, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

sorry 4 being harsh though.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.208.206.80 (talk) 18:57, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

False UAA report?

I think you placed that report there in error? Please be more careful the next time and remove this from there! User Dœ _αT^ΩC 22:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Boy, I'm really, really sorry about that! It was most certainly an error and I would've removed it myself but I had to log off at the end of my shift and only got home just now. I think I was trying to report the same user you had just before that, but Huggle's focus must've gotten shifted over to your edit instead. My most abject apologies! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 01:10, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

• Alright then. No problem, apology accepted. No hard feelings here ;) User Dœ _αT^ΩC 14:34, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

May 2008

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For protecting my user page and user talk page. Razorflame 03:55, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Why thank you and you're welcome. I guess I'll have to go and get some milk now... :-) —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 03:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Archiving

I'm doing fine thanks. I belong to the lazy persons who don't like to create archives them selfs ;). I really never thought about inserting a code to automate the process of archiving (although I knew it is possible). I guess due to my laziness ;). Well I did it now. I decided to use Cluebot III. Thanks for the idea :). User Dœ _αT^ΩC 13:25, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

This is for being a damn good vandal fighter and for beating me to reverting vandalism on many occasions. Keep up the great work! --Kukini ^{háblame aquí} 16:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Wow! Thanks! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 16:22, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually...

Actually I have gotten welcome templates before. But thanks!!! A friendly welcome is always welcome. And I don't consider myself new anymore. I place the newcomer cutoff point at

• A) No userpage

• B) Less than 500 edits

I am well past that point but thank youXp54321 (talk) 23:00, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I must have missed it in browsing your talk page's history. I see you've set up for automated archiving, you might also want to go back to the old versions of your talk page and archive those posts too in order to prevent similar errors like mine in the future. I don't use an algorithm like yours to determine whether someone should get a welcome template, I figure the links in those templates are so useful that everyone deserves to have one no matter how long they've been here. I've still got mine in my archives. Anyways, cheers and happy editing! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 23:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Trolls

Hi Elipongo! First of all I applaud your patience and will to enter into dialogue with trolls and your optimism on trying to guide them. Then I would like tip you about this. I seriously doubt our friend will be ble to find references for this :) I don't quite agree with your "philosophy" in this case...but... Keep up the good spirit!Inge (talk) 08:39, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh certainly! Once he started adding obviously ridiculous and defamatory information to the article I simply reverted and warned him. However I wasn't engaging in debate, simply informing him of the rules, so I don't really consider it troll feeding. Thanks for your note and happy editing! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 08:50, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

To me his first edit was just as ridiculous as the last, but I can see how it might be seen as plausible. Sometimes when you see editors trying to guide obvious trolls you just want to go "What is he dooing!!" you know? But I prefer editors who give the benefit of the doubt and try to guide to those who jump at every oportunity to bite off heads. Keep it up :)Inge (talk) 09:04, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Explanation?

I am confused - I have edited numerous Wikipedia articles with no problem whatsoever. The Evan Lysacek article has numerous errors, both factual and grammatical, and so I edited to correct them. PureRED (Kyle Floyd) reverted the article twice to put back the incorrect grammar and facts and sent me what appeared to be a rather sarcastic message thanking me for "experimenting" with Wikipedia and saying that my "test edits" had been removed and that I should use the sandbox if I want to "experiment" further. He also wrote something about "undo vandalism and then talk about it on the appropriate talk page", but I had not committed any "vandalism" and I had indeed already posted on the discussion page my reasons for editing.

I am unsure as to why it is necessary for incorrect information to remain in the Lysacek article, and for misspelled words and grammatically incorrect sentences not to be corrected. I have never been required to have a Wikipedia account before in order to edit, so that cannot be the problem. The entire Lysacek page reads as if it is written by Lysacek's personal publicist, even giving a shout-out to the kind of skating boots he wears, which I believe he has a paying deal to endorse. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.222.244.219 (talk) 09:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for your note. I think the biggest problem you're running into is that you're not including edit summaries with your edits. Putting your comments on the talk page is indeed very good, but most people who are performing recent changes patrol don't visit the article's talk page if the edit doesn't seem to stand up on its own merits. Your edits trigger a lot of suspicion because some of the stuff you're deleting has citations, so you need to explain why you're deleting it in the edit summary. To address your other point, you don't need to have an account to edit, but there are a lot of good reasons you might want to consider getting an account anyway. I hope you find my suggestions useful and if you have any more questions feel free to ask. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 09:18, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

don't spam me please

I've been around wikipedia over 4 years, I know about edit summaries, please refrain in the future spamming with your scripts. -- m:drini 18:48, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought you dropped the message regardign the image, I'm posting to the talk page for that article- Again I apologize, I thought it was an automatic bot message. -- m:drini 18:50, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

You're right that I should know better than to template the regulars. Sorry for that. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 18:58, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I love to vandalize

Ban me I don't care. I will just create another username. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Silverblack81 (talk • contribs) 22:04, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

How do I...

How do I create a new section on an actual Wikipedia page? Not a discussion page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Piepeople (talk • contribs) 00:21, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh, with the two equal signs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Piepeople (talk • contribs) 00:28, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes that's right. I'm sorry you had to figure it out yourself, but you wrote during Shabbat when I don't use my computer. Happy editing! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 03:02, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Hudok

It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from an article. Please be careful not to remove content from Wikipedia without a valid reason, which you should specify in the edit summary or on the article's talk page. Take a look at our welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. -- 24.108.67.56 (talk) 07:32, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Cute, but I did include a proper edit summary. Please provide a citation for your edit. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 07:36, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Vaginal lubrication

I question your sense of humor. Seriously. -- 24.108.67.56 (talk) 08:11, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. There are more appropriate times and places for humor. Many of your edits are good and you have potential to be good editor, you need to restrain yourself a bit though. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 08:15, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Fcukubs

Hello Elipongo, I noticed your welcome message on its talk page. But shouldn't this user change his user name. The word Fcukubs (Fcuk) usually matches with Fuckubs. What would say--NAHID 09:07, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

I hadn't really noticed it, but I suppose you may be right. You may have the honor. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 09:09, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

It seems that HBC NameWatcherBot has already taken care of it... —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 10:41, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

James E. King

My edit on James E. King was reverted by you for not being notable enough. You claimed that I didn't cite enough "national coverage". The "Truck Nutz" incident has received PLENTY of national coverage, seen here:

• [1]
• [2]
• [3]
• [4] (That is Reuters, a national wire service).
• [5]

Coverage of the incident has made its way all across Florida and even to a national wire service. Plenty notable for a State Legislator, don't you think? I'll allow you to fix your mistake and work the incident into the entry. 24.115.224.185 (talk) 21:30, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. Feel free to re-add the information, if you can think of an encyclopedic way to phrase it. I won't revert it again, but I can't speak for other editors. You should probably use the Reuters reference, but I'd point out the last sentence/quote from that article, "It won't be much of story in a few days." Cheers! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 21:38, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

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my page is tagged for deletion

i am not meaning any vandalism or need of warnings, just some guidance on how to make this page work --Xjerkkx (talk) 22:04, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

so any pointer on how to prevent the deletion of my article? --Xjerkkx (talk) 22:49, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. I'm sure you didn't mean to violate Wikipedia's rules, that's why I gave you the welcome. There are some really good links to different sets of policies and help pages in that welcome, I would highly suggest you read them. You might also want to read through Your first article to learn a bit about article writing. Regarding the We Were Gentlemen article specifically, there are a few problems. The article makes no assertion of how the band meets Wikipedia's notability criteria. You need to explicitly state in the article how the subject meets the criteria and verify that assertion with citations to reliable sources that are published by third parties. Also, the fact that you stated that you are a member of the band here brings up the point that you have a conflict of interest- you should avoid starting or editing articles with which you have a close relationship with. I hope I have addressed your concerns. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask me. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 22:52, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Dwight mcbannerson‎

He's actually a vandal writing fictional articles but I can see why you might think he was legit. Can't win 'em all I suppose. ;) Rob Banzai (talk) 22:06, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah yes, but hoaxes are specifically not included as a criterion for WP:CSD. List the articles at WP:AFD instead, I would suggest. Cheers! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 22:10, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't classify this kind of vandalism as a hoax but I take your point. If you think it's true that's good enough for me. Rob Banzai (talk) 22:17, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I have listed the articles at WP:AFD, where I imagine they will be taken care of quickly enough. Cheers! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 22:30, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Your thoroughness requires a cookie. Any other reward would be insufficient. Rob Banzai (talk) 22:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Now where did I put the milk... —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 22:40, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Wrong number?

Hi, Chris! Thanks for all!!! I love you forever, ever, ever, ever!!!:) My name is Lena, I'm from Russia! email removed to prevent spam writte me...— Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.2.59.164 (talk • contribs) 14:39, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Uhm, hi. My name's not Chris. I think you may have a wrong number, so to speak. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 15:56, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

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User: Ducksofmercy

Please reconsider my block. I don't know who Zippygup is, and am not a sockpuppet 86.145.144.99 (talk) 11:35, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Replied on sender's talk page. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 13:25, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou for your response, which was the only one that I received. My talk page has now been blocked, so I am totally unable to do anything from my account. Personally, I would like to see the evidence from this checkuser, and how it does tie my in with Zippygup - I'm mystified as to how that could have happened. Is there anywhere that I can request results of Checkuser's without being ignored by all the admins. Thankyou once again 86.145.144.99 (talk) 14:05, 22 May 2008 (UTC)