User talk:Skinnydipping

June 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Pit Bull has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. - tholly ^--Turnip-- 16:19, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

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JW Robinson

Your recent edit to JW Robinson was incorrect. May Company acquired the company along with Associated Dry Goods in 1983, NOT 1982. I have reverted your edits. Dma124 (talk) 23:14, 7 June 2008 (UTC) Whatever!--Skinnydipping

June 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Archie Comics), did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you believe there has been a mistake and would like to report a false positive, please report it here and then remove this warning from your talk page. If your edit was not vandalism, please feel free to make your edit again after reporting it. The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Archie Comics) was changed by Skinnydipping (u) (t) blanking the page on 2008-06-10T18:35:12+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 18:35, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

The recent edit you made to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Archie Comics) constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to vandalize pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thanks. Thingg^⊕⊗ 00:32, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Please do not delete content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to List of The Flintstones media, without explaining the valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. Hqb (talk) 17:57, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to blank out or delete portions of page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did to Archie Comics, you will be blocked from editing. If you believe the material in question is incorrect or otherwise inappropriate, please discuss the issue on the Talk page first. Hqb (talk) 10:31, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Impersonating administrators

Please do not attempt to impersonate administrators (or other users, for that matter), as you did in this message on my talk page. If you were referring to the messages above, you'll achieve more by following the advice given to you, than by trying to intimidate other editors. Thanks, Hqb (talk) 20:51, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

This is your last warning. You will be blocked from editing the next time you vandalize a page, as you did with this edit to Laugh Digest. Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 03:02, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely for being a sockpuppet account and impersonating administrators. To contest this block, please reply here on your talk page by adding the text {{unblock|reason for unblock here}} along with the reason you believe the block is unjustified, or email the blocking administrator or any administrator from this list. Daniel Case (talk) 04:46, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Skinnydipping (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I'm not a sockpuppet

Decline reason:

Regardless of that, you do impersonate other users (see [1], which happened after a previous warning for the same offense). This will not be tolerated. --Kinu ^t/_c 17:15, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

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Skinnydipping (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I never impersonated another user

Decline reason:

We can read your edit history, and besides, you're a checkuser verified sockpuppet of User:Elladog. Bye. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 15:34, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

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Skinnydipping (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I never harm wikipedia

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