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Hi Wikidudeman,

thanks for reminding me -- I'm in the middle of a real life-project at the moment which is turning out to be a bit more complex than I had hoped. Long story short, things have been crazy and I've just been too busy. I also wanted to apologize for not getting back to you sooner. I'd be happy to look into adding those templates to the script. It may take me another 7 or 8 days though since I have my hands full with my RL project (actually, I shouldn't even be on Wikipedia right now but, well, you probably know how that goes ;). Sorry again for not replying to your previous message in a more timely fashion. Talk to ya later. Cheers --Seed 2.0 15:04, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Katikati college edit

I do not recall editing this page at all. According to the page history, the IP address for the vandal edit was 203.173.219.118 . Yet you have put a vandal warning on my page - IP address 222.153.66.184 (not the same). Could you clarify this please. 222.153.66.184 05:53, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Here are the edits you made there that were vandalism.

[[1]]

[[2]]

[[3]]

Wikidudeman ^(talk) 06:17, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Who's being rude to me?

Thank you for your interest. An Admin is not being uncivil, but another editor. I had received numerous personal attacks which eventually resulted in an Arbitration case that resulted in the Editor being cautioned (I was put on probation for what I considered were lesser offenses).

The editor subsequently continued being uncivil with more personal attacks (eg. calling me a liar), and after some pushing, he received yet another caution. And then I received another personal attack, and the response of the Admin was to close the case, and criticize me for complaining.

I feel that if an editor is uncivil, and a report is made, the admin should immediately reprimand, and increase the reprimand if the incivility increases. --84.9.191.165 21:15, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Who was the editor?Wikidudeman ^(talk) 01:11, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On behalf of the anon, I think it would be User:DreamGuy, if you are still wondering. - Zero1328 _Talk? 02:06, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Offtopic:WOW

This is totally offtopic, but do you play World of Warcraft on Akama server? I ask because I ran into a character with a name very similar to yours. Cheers, Skinwalker 14:11, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, No. That's very strange. This is a pretty original name.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 01:15, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, his/her name is either Wkdudeman or Wikdudeman. High level character, looks like he's been around a while. I corpse-camped[4] him last night. Isn't synchronicity fun? Skinwalker 04:22, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know anything about MMORPG's. I don't know what "corpse camping" means either.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 11:02, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adam Abeles

Hi,

To let you know, on the pages where you or someone else has posted the picture of Adam Abeles, I've been re-writing the captions to remove the name. Since he doesn't have a wikipage, it doesn't really add to have his name attached to the picture all the time. The anon who has been removing the picture has had a point in that the name without a wikilink or reason does seem close to promotion. Thought you'd like the heads-up given you uploaded the picture.

Thanks,

WLU 15:57, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's not a problem.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 23:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great, I've made all the changes but some of the captions are kinda crappy. Feel free to tweak if you want. WLU 23:40, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see a problem with the captions. If you do, you should edit them.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 06:32, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

June 2007

Thank you for making a report at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Wikipedia and all users are encouraged to revert, warn, and report vandalism. However, administrators generally only block users if they have received a recent final warning (one that mentions that the user may be blocked) and they have recently vandalized after that warning was given. The reported user has not yet been blocked because it appears this has not occurred yet. If this user continues to vandalize after their final warning, please report them to the AIV noticeboard again. Thank you. Anas ^talk? 22:18, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think a warning more than a month old is what you can call recent. Sometimes, reports are declined when a final warning is four days old. When a final warning (or any warning for that matter) is more than 4 days old, a vandal must receive another set of warnings and vandalize after his final warning before being reported to WP:AIV. Thank you. —Anas ^talk? 22:32, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Gee...thanks a bunch! Haven't been editing articles in a while, though... Sr 13 05:52, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know. I've just been reviewing previous contributions from numerous editors and handing out barnstars when I saw they were deserving.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 05:53, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Thanks for the barnstar! I knew my 43,000 edits would be good for something. ;-) --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 05:55, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

I really appreciate the barnstar Wikidudeman! It makes me glad that someone appreciates my contributions here! Ali ^(t)_(c) 06:31, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck with becoming an administrator.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 06:39, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar. Good to know someone has been monitoring my contributions. :-D --BorgQueen 06:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Robert C. Beck Article.

Thank you for helping with the Robert C. Beck article.

Hopefully the updates will change the minds of those people who want to delete the article within the 5 day time frame.

The appearance looks improved already with your changes.

Kindest regards, Oldspammer Oldspammer 08:10, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it was a nice try.

The 5 day deadline turned into only a few hours it seems.

Within the last couple of hours the article was deleted.

I don't know if it was saved in any way at all. It did not get placed in my user-space to my knowledge...

Will all of our efforts may have been wasted? Oldspammer 09:27, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you haven't copied and moved your efforts to userspace as suggested, then you should contact the closing admin and request access to it so you can do so. That will be allowed as it was the intention that it be placed in userspace. -- Fyslee/talk 09:45, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Oldspammer/Robert_C._Beck

This is a link to the article's new editable location.

The article edit history for the time it was in wiki space has been lost (to my knowledge)? I do not have full versions of it stored locally on my hard disk drive, so some edits have been permanently lost?

I have also kicked off a talk page for it too. If you are able, please recruit the assistance of other interested 'contributors.'

Thanks. Oldspammer 19:26, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the Barnstar

I'm feeling quite humble and honoured at the moment, upon seeing the barnstar. Thank you. - Zero1328 _Talk? 09:11, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Anon vandalizing Llama

Wikidudeman, can you somehow protect the Llama article from anonymous edits? It appears very few anonymous editors are adding information worthy of saving. Thank you. --BlindEagle^{talk~contribs} 16:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, I can't immediately protect it. I'm afraid I'm not an administrator. I requested it be semi-protected for a few days but I can't guarantee it will happen.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 16:14, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I thought you were an Admin as I saw you comment on someone's RfA. No matter. You definitely have done well. Thank you for the semi-protect for one week on the page. Hopefully, it will deter the anon-vandals for a while. --BlindEagle^{talk~contribs} 18:32, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone can comment on RFA's as far as I know.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 18:33, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Thanks very much! TimVickers 16:28, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: The Original Barnstar

Thank you so much for the Barnstar! It's nice to know that my work isn't going unnoticed! Let me know if I can do anything for you! DangerousNerd talk 18:32, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the barnstar!

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Out of curiosity, how did you stumble upon my edits? G 1 ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 22:03, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I also add my thanks to your recognition. I am curious as to which of my edits you noticed. Regards--Golden Wattle ^talk 22:37, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, I add my thanks as well. It looks like you've got a fair amount of good karma, or at least goodwill, coming your way. alteripse 00:22, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I spend time going around looking at random users edits, especially administrators and giving them barnstars is they deserve them.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 03:37, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! ^(Whisper...) 04:50, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded in spades. Dfrg.msc 06:33, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar. Much appreciated :) utcursch | talk 05:41, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

For the Barnstar Corpx 05:47, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Muchisimas gracias Sr. Wikidudeman

Thanks Wikidudeman!!! I notice the combination of science topics and people in the public eye in your edit history--maybe you'd be interested in a new task force several editors have started? We could sure use an editor as productive as yourself!
Cyrusc 06:31, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks!

For the barnstar. I'm really grateful. If you ever need anything, just ask. Cheers! Dfrg.msc 06:33, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Many Thanks

Many thanks for the Editor's Barnstar. Just curious, which edits did you, particularly, find impressive? Anything in my capacity, please tell me. Thanking You, Altruism^{To talk} 06:44, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thanks for the Barnstar.Kumarrao 06:59, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: The Original Barnstar

Thanks a lot :-) ^demon^{[omg plz]} 11:59, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thanks for your award! Andres 04:27, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

For both the earlier barnstar and the vandalism reverts. JoshuaZ 13:57, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Controversies about the word niggardly

Why did you move this page back to Niggardly? The AFD discussion [5] and the talk page consensus [6] both favored the title you moved it from. -Chunky Rice 06:21, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I read both of those and neither seemed to oppose naming it to "Niggardly" as far as I could tell. Moreover, Now it conforms more with the naming conventions since the article is formated in a way to be describing the word itself opposed to simply the controversies. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 06:25, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was moved from "Niggardly" to "Controversies about the word niggardly" to better reflect the content of the article. The fact that people supported a move indicates that there was opposition to the name "Niggardly" -Chunky Rice 13:33, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think there was a majority of 3 people who supported it being moved. The introduction to the article defines the word and explains it's etymology, this is better suited for an article about the word itself opposed to simply it's controversy. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 04:50, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you X 100

Thank you very much for supporting my RfA, which closed successfully yesterday... W00t! I hope to be a great admin (and editor) and I'm sure you can tell that my use of a large, boldfaced, capital "T" and a big checkmark image in this generic "thank you" template that I swiped from some other user's Talk Page that I totally mean business! If you need anything in the future or if you see that I've done something incorrectly, please come to my Talk Page and let me know. So now I've got a bunch of reading to do.... see you around! - eo 13:49, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

....and thanks for the barnstar! How nice of you. Appreciated! :-) - eo 23:21, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the Barnstar

Many thanks for the barnstar that you gave me.GreaterWikiholic 16:21, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Hi. I'm writing to thank you for the Barnstar as well. Seems that others have beaten me to the punch. :) In any case, many thanks for the award. Cheers, Redux 19:20, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Messenger

Hi, I would like to talk to you in an off-wiki way, msn? - Respond on your talk-page please. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.241.47.175 (talk • contribs).

You can E-mail me if you want. Though I would prefer we have discussions here. My E-mail is listed on my main user page under "E-mail". Why do you want to talk privately? Wikidudeman ^(talk) 05:30, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Sign your name by adding ~~~~ to the end. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 05:32, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please give me the name of your hotmail since this is an ip. I´ll explain then. --207.195.246.7 07:11, 23 June 2007 (UTC) 128.241.47.175 (talk • contribs[reply]

I don't have hotmail. I have an E-mail address at Yahoo. Click here to E-mail me You can E-mail me there if you want. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 07:12, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hdt83's RFA

I noticed you voted twice on this RFA, with identical reasons, so I reverted your second vote. If this was in error, please revert me. Thanks! Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 08:05, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. I apologize. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 08:08, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Growth Hormones

First of thanks for the welcome. Since yourself is into bodybuilding I have a question regarding growth hormones. Are the kind of GH that bodybuilders use illegal? Do they have a prescription? I have been thinking of buying this one [7] I found on the net. What do you recommend? Although I am only 15, I have a major interest in building up my size quick and I know the side-effects, and I do workout and diet. I would appreciate your answer.--Wikikidboy 13:01, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The growth hormones that bodybuilders use (The kind that works at least for what they are using them for) are illegal in the United States without a prescription. Prescription are limited (or are supposed to be) to people with health problems, meaning that doctors can only legally prescribe growth hormones to people for medical purposes. Where the majority of pro-bodybuilders get their growth hormones I can not say, simply because I do not know. The link you provided is a growth hormone but I would not recommend anyone use any drug simply because I'm not a doctor and I would not recommend you use that specific drug (I would recommend you do not) simply due to your age. There is no way to predict how someone who is not fully grown will react to any number of drugs, especially growth hormones, thus I would not recommend you use them unless your doctor thinks you should for medical purposes. Moreover, I try to keep my talk pages reserved for discussions directly related to Wikipedia articles, so if unless you have something to say related to a specific article or Wikipedia in general I would suggest you E-mail me. I also would suggest you not E-mail me for any information that is out of my field of knowledge, especially that relating to medical matters because I am not a doctor. I however would advise one thing, that unless your doctor prescribes you a steroid or growth hormone for medical purposes (which is unlikely to happen if you don't have some medical defect) you should not use them, especially at your age. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 13:18, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your answer. That ip requesting your E-mail above was me. I simply wanted to ask you this also and the other thing too, thats why the E-mail request. But just a note its not my real ip, I have an anonymizer program to keep me private since I dont have an antivirus program, but anyway, thanks for taking your time to answer.--Wikikidboy 13:25, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do you still want me to request an edit be made to that article you inquired about via E-mail? I never got a response as to what the specific edits were. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 13:29, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will send the wordpad.--Wikikidboy 13:33, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Brock Lesnar

I made a request for unprotection for Brock´s article on WP:Unprotect, it would be good if you made a comment.--Wikikidboy 14:50, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I requested that already and it failed, I don't this will accomplish anything. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 14:51, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well atleast make a comment, it´s been locked for a month or so now.--Wikikidboy 14:53, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]