User talk:VirtualSteve
Please be polite,assume good faith & no personal attacks. Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~). 
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Actually, you are correct
I am wrong. You did not approach O'Loughlin directly. You suggested another editor might. And the supportive comments to O'Loughlin were from A.B.
Regards'
Adon Emett (talk) 23:20, 12 February 2008 (UTC).
Thank you
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| Thank you, Steve, for handling that so diplomatically and for making my "job" easier and my day lighter. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:27, 13 February 2008 (UTC) |
- Well now wow and thank you. I appreciate the Barnstar very much and your words even more. Anytime :) --VS talk 04:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
IP vandal back from a block and at it again
[1] Blocked twice, warned like a dozen times. Enigma (talk) 18:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
- Hi Enigmaman - I note that you have warned 72.237.218.146 (talk · contribs) following one case of vandalism on February 14 but that on reflection of his activities he has been a very persistent vandal over the past 12 months with nearly all of his 50 or 60 edits being disruptive. On that basis, whilst IP addresses are not usually blocked for more than a few hours or a day or two - I have blocked for a period of 3 months in the hope that the user will either go away or mend his ways. In the future could you please provide a link to the vandalism as that will make my job a fair bit easier. Thank you for your report.--VS talk 20:35, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you. :) Makes my job quite a bit easier as well. I will try to link the vandalism in the future. Enigma (talk) 20:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
- By the way, this is the anniversary of the IP's first vandalism edits, as you might've noticed. Happy anniversary! :D Enigma (talk) 20:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
- Yes I did notice that - in terms of his first warning but he in fact made his first vandalism on February 3, 2007. Cheers again.--VS talk 21:03, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
- I noticed that after I posted. Oh well. Should've checked contributions first. Enigma (talk) 21:05, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
- By the way, this is the anniversary of the IP's first vandalism edits, as you might've noticed. Happy anniversary! :D Enigma (talk) 20:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you. :) Makes my job quite a bit easier as well. I will try to link the vandalism in the future. Enigma (talk) 20:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
re:Canvassing
I apologize if it was considered "canvassing", the user who "complained" was next on my list to inform of my edit. I will inform no-one else, though I find it intriguing that asking users to look into a situation of WP:BITE violation is considered "canvassing." [2]
- Your apology is accepted. ANI has a way of attracting its own interested parties and asking other users to look into the situation is not necessary. Could I also ask that you (a) sign off each of your edits by using 4 tildes - ask me if you don't know how, and (b) consider creating an account so that your edits gain more weight as not just a drive-by (especially given that your IP is assigned to a University). Best wishes--VS talk 22:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Interesting that you have an actual template (Template:ANI-Notice) for informing users of an ANI discussion related to them then?
As for signing, I'll give it a try.
As for making an account, I really don't see the point - regardless of my creation of a new account, I suspect (given the vitriolic nature of many wikipedia personalities) that it would quickly become accused of being a "sockpuppet", or "proxy for a banned user", or any of a myriad other reasons by which to attack the messenger. I've learned a great deal from the former admin's livejournal page I referred to when commenting to the Mantanmoreland thing as well as by lurking wikipedia and reading up from the past six months and what I've seen gives me little confidence. But I figured hey, might as well try to see if I can inject some outside perspective and get a couple people to look at the poisoned atmosphere. Worst comes to worst... well, I declare the wikipedia project a failure and move on.
There's also the user accusing me of being a "ripened sock"... sigh.
signing test: 129.7.146.249 (talk) 22:25, 13 February 2008 (UTC)