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Welcome

Hello, Sjb72, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions. I hope you like it here and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you will enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! You can sign your name on talk and voting pages using four tildes, (~~~~), which produces your username, the time, and the date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump, or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! -- getcrunkjuicecontribs 19:38, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Stephen Thanks for adding the GAEL page. It corrects a nasty void about the origin of "Guader" who is a key historical figure

Rgds Gerry Coldham —Preceding unsigned comment added by Geronimo5000 (talk • contribs) 20:54, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Spoilers

Saw your note over on Trudy Monk. I agree that there should be a spoiler marker on practically all such pages, but my advice from bad experiences is that if you care about not seeing spoilers, you have to exercise extreme care when you look at web pages associated with the show. (Whichever show, not just Monk.) It's just too hard to mark all the spoilers, and of course material that is a spoiler for one person is ancient history for another. I remember that just looking at the IMDB cast lists for 24 and Alias gave me some spoiler information. I started getting just fanatical about not looking at those pages at all.

Thanks for adding the spoiler tag. Jordan Brown 05:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AIV report

Thank you for making a report on 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 are generally only able to 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 even after their final warning, please report them to the AIV noticeboard again. Thank you. --Chaser - T 09:46, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Thanks for Toora Loora Ref

Thanks for that Simpson's ref. I'm always happy to see an article grow. DDB 11:57, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No worries - glad to be of service!

Your VandalProof Application

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, StephenBuxton. As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that you have been very inactive recently - your last one hundred edits have taken more than a month to make.

Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank again for your interest in VandalProof. Daniel 07:04, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:MagicMons

Actually, editors are allowed to remove things from their talk pages; doing so is an acknowledgement that they've read the message. For example, you're welcome to delete this note, if you like.  :) -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 11:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I saw your edit to my edit, and I understand what you mean. Thanks! StephenBuxton 11:39, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Edit warning re Drug

At first I was puzzled because I've never given the test 3 warning to anyone recently - I think you are slightly mistaken. It was not "warning #3". It was {{template:blatantvandal}}, if you are talking about User:208.108.100.241. The template is for an initial warning, as it begins with "Welcome to Wikipedia". --BorgQueen 17:13, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I stand corrected. I was not aware of that template - at first glance it looked like vandal warning #3, that was all. StephenBuxton 12:16, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reversion

Thanks for the clean-up. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:29, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No worries - now back to my edit war with that ****y anon user. StephenBuxton 13:30, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why i deleted

Fine I won't I only did this to show what happens to any of my submissions if I contrabuted to this website. Since they always seem to be deleted why must others do this? I'm doing something positive, only for someone to come along, then erase it for no clear reason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCOCSOOCSOSC (talk • contribs) 15:58, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is not about vandalism, it's about making a point

This is not about vandalism, it's about making a point, which is whenever I put something I found out to share with everyone else, it's unjustly removed just like that with no clear explanation! Plus this has been happening on such a regular occurence, that it seems as if my sources are being deliberately black listed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCOCSOOCSOSC (talk • contribs) 16:05, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'M dislexic... dyslexic (see i can't even spell that word well)

I have dyslexia...so sometimes I do missspell words or grammer, but I go out of my way to corrected it as best I can. Deeming it unsalvageably incoherent, isn't right; it is so easy when it comes to dismissing some article over this point. If given the chance I would certainly make it meaningful in content or history, but I never seem to be given the chance to correct my work coordinated, consistent, characterized and logically connected in such away that pleases others. Besides this point, what really upsets me is making some corrections to already existing articles or adding some useful information. Only to see it just scrapped right in front of my eyes with no regards as to who might be able to find this found out info appreciable! I only want to help out to share what i've learned with anyone else willing to listen to me, but it seems clear that this cannot be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCOCSOOCSOSC (talk • contribs) 16:28, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have tried that

Sadly I've done that constantly, but I still get my work removed all the same --SCOCSOOCSOSC (talk) 17:03, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Small problem with page "Project Altered Beast"

I have just got a message from you, StephenBuxton, saying that the page may be deleted. I understand it is short and not very clear, but I started the page at school. "Project Altered Beast" is the name of a PS2 version of Altered Beast, often called Altered Beast for short, and looking it up, I noticed no-one had wrote a page about it, which is what I am doing now. I am sorry it is short but I didn't get enough time to add more. I am planning to go on my laptop at home and add more to this. I would also like help to create this page as it is one of my most favorite games and I'm a little annoyed that there is no page about this game. Sorry for any inconvenience and thanks. Sennyl (talk) 14:53, 23 November 2007 (UTC)sennyl[reply]

Vandal on Fire Cupping

You made a good call and then reversed it. The citations were valid. One pointed people to information about Prophet Muhammad and then to the text where the exact quotewas pulled from. User, I do not exist, has a long history of destroying work I have placed on the pages. He has also ignored bad citations and refrences to negative information about cupping. This user has a clear bias. Please review all the history and reconsider blocking this user. Thank you.

More . . . Now he/she has changed the location of the original citation and then said it was irrelevant to the information it cited. The citation was for Prophet Muhammad, not cupping or the Prophetic refrence. This is really frustrating and needs your immediate attention. Thanks.

And still more . . . Now a link to hijama has been removed in the SEE ALSO section of the page. If thatdoes not constitute vandalism and warrent this user being blocked, I am not sure what does. This person has a clear bias towards any refrence associated with the rich history of hijama, cupping in the Islamic faith. Other post he/she has made on Voodoo and Homosexuality confirm this possibility. Please do something about this, he is destroying this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Signpostmaker (talk • contribs) 18:38, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

vandalism

sorry

I forgot to put the edit summary. DurinsBane87 (talk) 17:34, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's ok. Once I saw your talk page, I had a feeling that you were a genuine editor, but I couldn't undo my change, as I had no idea why you removed the text. StephenBuxton (talk) 17:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Ballin35

Yeah it's too bad he got away with that many edits, but at least he's blocked. If you want the tools, I recommend being here for about four to six months with about 3000 edits. I think that's a good guideline for applying at WP:RFA :) Spellcast (talk) 18:10, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I've been here about a year now, but I have no idea bow many edits I have made. How can I find out? StephenBuxton (talk) 18:11, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You can type your name in here. Spellcast (talk) 18:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! StephenBuxton (talk) 18:20, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: JzG

Re: User_talk:JzG#December_2007, if you knew the context, you'd know that JzG was removing provocative harrassment. --Simon D M (talk) 17:17, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fire cupping

I do not exist 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!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Sorry for the delay in response. I'm afraid I'm not really familiar with the dispute resolution process myself. :-/ - ∅ (∅), 08:46, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for the help!

Thanks for the help in explaining version control -- I appreciate the assistance. :) (I came across a bunch of vandalism this morning while I was looking something up, and I kind of just kept going from there.) Rahaeli (talk) 18:10, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for your comments. Will be in touch if I need help. Here's hoping the page is linked to! Mewburn (talk) 17:15, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism

Hello. In the future, your report regarding Neapolitan War belongs at WP:RPP and not wp:aiv. If you have any questions, just let me know. Thanks! Brianga (talk) 18:11, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neapolitan War

Hello. I went ahead and semi-protected the Neapolitan War for 48 hours. For future reference, requests for page protection should be made at WP:RFPP rather than WP:AIV. Thanks for helping keep vandalism in check! --Kralizec! (talk) 18:12, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Neopolitan war

Thanks! I did not know about that page - it is now going in my watchlist. StephenBuxton (talk) 18:14, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How come??

What's wrong with my aritcle about the cd DreamStreet, man??

How come??

What's wrong with my aritcle about the cd DreamStreet, man?? FranK (talk) 18:23, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A HUGE THANX

Thank you for having the paciense and for doing constructive criticism. I love uspporitng wikipedia. becosue it's the gretest information source I've found. It's really cool. So a huge thanks for all the things you told me. Your're right. Thanks again. FranK (talk) 19:35, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Needs some explaining !

Maybe you would like to explain in further detail why you deleted my addition to Wikipedia. All I did was write a small bit about a local celeb and you labelled it as it was trash, I must say that very hurtful and it shows how people like yourself use your job to manipulate the rules and discriminate against others.

I am not here to cause a scene but you certainly have. I have serious doubts about this whole website now, How many other articles have you deleted because of your social influences ? You really are twisted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sorry-kinda-busy (talk • contribs) 22:40, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you have not already seen it, I have responded on your talk page. StephenBuxton (talk) 23:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note

You wrote in your edit summary "added afd template" - that's a CSD not an afd. :-p -- Mentifisto 23:40, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Subtle difference, duly noted. One of these days, I'll get to grips with these TLAs.
Thanks! StephenBuxton (talk) 23:42, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, no problem really. :-) -- Mentifisto 23:48, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for my article i know it has no point, is just a joke for a friend of mine who is a member of the wikimedia foundation, if you allow me to keep the joke a couple of hours i will delete it myself when the joke is over.--Thedevil303 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedevil303 (talk • contribs) 16:21, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]


new article

I'm working on the wesabe.com article. I know it sucks at the moment, but I just started doing the research needed for citations and the like. It's one of many personal finance applications that I use (but am not affiliated with by any means). It's not even the best one, but figured it would be a good first page for me. Thanks -- --05runner (talk) 22:13, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:QU109999

Please stop unblanking User talk:QU109999. Logged in users can blank their Talk pages if they want to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Corvus cornix (talk • contribs) 22:24, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I realised that just after I did it - whilst you were typing your message here, I was adding a comment on the talk page to just that effect. I only did the unblanking once, and I won't do it again. StephenBuxton (talk) 22:29, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Unfortunately, in the process, QU109999 got indefinitely blocked. I've asked for a reconsideration at WP:ANI. Corvus cornixtalk 22:35, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]


New AN/I Thread

Beneath the resolved thread you posted earlier is a new thread I posted about the actions of a single editor, which upon further review I found to be problematic. I'm not a content expert, so maybe you can weigh in on the merits of some of the more objectionable edits? (Also, is 'fisherman' a serious insult or something?). I did notice that when he says some castes are 'backwards' that apparently is a reference to a bureaucratic classification of some kind. Avruchtalk 01:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, I know nothing about this topic at all. I only happened upon it last year when I was hanging around the Recent Edits looking for vandalism to do (I need to get a life :-). I say the insulting edit summary, went to have a look, and saw the edit war in full swing. I then reported it, and have been checking in on it intermittently to see how they were resolving it (or not, as it happened). As soon as I saw the edit war resuming, I reported it again.
Looking on the Talk page, it looks like there may be an impartial editor who knows something about it User:Sundar. I'll see about getting their attention on your thread. StephenBuxton (talk) 07:58, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aquatic ape hypothesis

Hi,

Please see Talk:Aquatic_ape_hypothesis#Gutting_the_page for why the page was gutted. Thanks. WLU (talk) 17:31, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! WLU (talk) 17:37, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE:

Thank you for your advice. I did first assume good faith, but the edits of User:Polysynaptic have only the purpose to falsify facts. He not only deletes scholastic sources and ignores them (for example in the articles al-Farabi and Seljuq dynasty), he even creates alternative articles to already existing ones. That's what he did here. Although the article al-Biruni exists and has a very good shape, he created a second one only for the pupose of claiming him Turk. He also falsified the article Ulugh Beg, again claiming that he was a Turk (while Britannica 1911 says something different: [1]). Simply calling Ulugh Beg a "Timurid" (that was the name of his dynasty) is the best and most neutral solution. User:Polysynaptic registered on December 30th, but he is no new user. His edits are extremely biased toward and based Pan-Turkism, he is deleting sources, ignoring scholastic sources, and he falsifies sources. I believe that he is a sockpuppet of some other (banned) user. Maybe of User:Moorudd whose IP was blocked last week because of racist insults against Iranians: [2]. And he is again at it: [3]. Checkuser has confirmed that the IPs are those of User:Moorudd: [4]. The edits of Moorudd and Polysynaptic are very similar: Moorudd vs. Polysynaptic Some admin should help out.

Thank you for your comment. Yes, I will probably register. But I would appreciate it, if you report him this time so I can learn how to do it. I will be off Wikipedia for a few days, then I will (maybe) register. Thank you very much for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.83.130.148 (talk) 13:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know a great deal about sockpuppets, I'm afraid. However, rather than let things go unchecked, I have posted a report on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, hoping that someone will be able to sort things out. I'll be watching what they do, as I too want to know how to report sockpuppets! BTW, when you do register, please stop by here and say hi! StephenBuxton (talk) 13:41, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Popups

Hi,

I notice you say you can't use Twinkle because of IE on your user page. I'm in a similar boat, but I have installed WP:POPUPS and they work very nicely - a great improvement over no tools at all. I recommend it. I also recommend upgrading to Firefox - my other computer uses Firefox and it does allow Twinkle and other editing tools. WLU (talk) 13:42, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers for that. I'll have to check it out - however, I have a horrible feeling that (with this being a work PC), there will be something to prevent me from completing the set-up. Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Once I get reconnected back home though (dunno when that will be), I will be switching to a different browser. StephenBuxton (talk) 13:45, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I believe POPUPS works through the wikipedia software, though I could be wrong. The page says it's Java. Anyway, note that any tools you install work via your account, not computer, so using a tool that is compatible with one browser, but not another, can give you problems. WLU (talk) 16:36, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

TNX

tnx for ur welcome. please introduce a subject to I contribute there. plz don't say work as you like!--Baaghlavaa (talk) 18:16, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome template

Hi! What is the welcome template that you used on User talk:156.34.210.254? StephenBuxton (talk) 18:01, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey StephenBuxtontalk and Happy New Year. The welcome message I use is actually part of a bot program called VandalProof . If you are interested, you can I apply for privileges at the link provided. Gook luck to you and if you have any questions feel free to leave a note here. Shoessss |  Chat  19:11, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the info - I will see if I can get it. Before I do, I suspect that (as a download is required) I will have to wait until I am up and running with internet access at home - there are blocks here at work that prevent me from downloading programs, mores the pity. StephenBuxton (talk) 17:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism at User talk:Jack Merridew

Thanks for pointing out the amount of IP vandalism. I have User talk:Jack Merridew on my watchlist, so I saw your edit. Then I saw the page's history, so I protected it ... again, alas. I hate protecting talk pages for that, but I hate seeing IP vandals cause trouble even more. —C.Fred (talk) 17:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. I don't think he will mind - I noticed afterwards a general comment at the top of his user page that thanks everyone that helps protect his talk page against vandals. StephenBuxton (talk) 17:49, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Vandalism at Goldquest

Thanks for reverting the vandalism at goldquest . Happy new year. ~~Ubraga608 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ubraga608 (talk • contribs) 05:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jabba the Hiut

Hi Stephen, Sorry about getting in your way - we had some "fun" last night with an editor jumping between IPs and inserting inappropriate fair use images into that article (along with several others) last night, so I was watching it closely. Keep up the good work fighting the vandals. Best, Gwernol 12:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry about it - probably best to have too many people trying to add warnings than no warnings at all! --StephenBuxton (talk) 12:50, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wii Shop Channel

I removed almost all the stuff in the Wii Shop Channel section of the Wii Menu article and transfered it to the Wii Shop Channel article. Please accept this... Versus22 —Preceding comment was added at 19:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'm sorry. How do I use the edit summary though? Versus22 —Preceding comment was added at 20:03, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Donna Ladd

Personally, I don't believe Donna Ladd passes muster for notability. Never have. felt that she was notable and would venture that they are hundreds of other writers with equal or greater CVs who don't have a wiki page. Have less of an issue with the wiki for her tabloid the Jackson Free Press. Won't tell you how I know but many of the IP addresses on the pages for Donna Ladd, Jackson Free Press and Todd Stauffer are addresses from either their own personal office or their place of residence. IMO they abuse wikipedia to self-promote ad nauseum. They (Donna Ladd primarily) also links back to her own website from any number of other locations on the web in order to manipulate search engines. But, I don't get too involved in these matter because, from my observation, the wiki democracy is more often than not like gang rule. I would defer to the judgment of AllstarEcho on this. If he wants to go to the mat, again, then I'll leave a vote. FWIW and thanks for the heads up.75.66.30.193 (talk) 17:05, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BLP

Not sure why you restored this edit Have you read WP:BLP? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeepday (talk • contribs) 14:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, whoops. Right, I um... guess I didn't do what I normally do and read what was removed. Normally I do scan through it for content in relation to the rest of the article. I guess this time I just looked at the edit summary (non-existant), the fact that an entire section was removed, and the fact that the editor in question was a newbie. Sorry about that... Anyway, I've removed the warning on the user's talk page and replaced it with an apology. StephenBuxton (talk) 17:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
no problem, there where several similar edits. Jeepday (talk) 02:41, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Edit Warning

I'm sorry, I dont understand what your talking about....This user and I have been talking about some stuff, and to aviod spamming his page, I cleared past messages from myself. Dustihowe  Talk  18:14, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey no problem, we need people like you here at Wikipedia. Thanks for your concern though. Just some wikilove going on. Oh, yea, I did call him a dork. lol Dustihowe  Talk  18:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thank you for the revert by Dustihowe, however it is not vandalism, we are chatting, and sharing a bit of wikilove. Thank you again for the fast revert, in case it was vandalism Ctjf83talk 18:15, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I realise that now - I've just posted an apology on Dustihowe's talk page. I meant well.... but my apologies for butting in. Note to self - must pay closer attention to Edit History.... (grin) StephenBuxton (talk) 18:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I saw that, and it is greatly appreciated. An apology to me is unnecessary, as I know how vandalism is, and you thought you were reverting some on my page. Keep up the recent patrols!! Ctjf83talk 18:25, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Glad to have aquitted myself (heh heh heh - my face is still a bit red). Once more unto the RCP duties! Or maybe go home. It is getting late. Take care! StephenBuxton (talk) 18:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You said you do patrol recent changes manually...have u heard of Lupin anti-vandal tool? I use Firefox but I checked and it does work on IE. It is a great tool, if you want to try it out! :) Ctjf83talk 18:52, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jaws

Gee..Thanks..if you see the history you will see that something has gone wrong, since instead of reverting the prior edit by that anthony guy, it reverted cluebots edit to that guys edit, I'll complain to the owner of the script about this..thanks for fixing it :) ...--Cometstyles 02:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. · AndonicO Hail! 13:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

np :-) StephenBuxton (talk) 16:50, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, I've "done loads" using huggle, so it's just short of cheating. ;) · AndonicO Hail! 17:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


My gratitude for yoru nice message.Thanks(Shonali2000 (talk) 12:50, 14 February 2008 (UTC))[reply]

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