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Sorry i am not well Wiki schooled yet but will get there. I was unable to post to your talk becuase you had me blocked. I should have used a different approach other than deleting the article. Live and learn. About OJ Simpson, he killed people, the party targeted in the article was one of dozens in an office for insider trading. Because his name is unique he will pay a hire price than all others convicted as there names fade into cyberspace. We know who the posts are coming from and it is clearly an antogonist wanting to keep this old conviction in the news. Thanks for your patience with this. Cdcflies (talk) 21:44, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No need to apologise at all - I'm sorry for blocking you, and as you seem to understand what you did, it should never happen again. Fair enough about the article, but I've got absolutely no idea who's editing it... some advice for you (if you want to agree with the content of the article more) is to read through Wikipedia's key policies (WP:N, WP:V, WP:NOR, WP:BLP). If you find anything on Wikipedia that blatantly disagrees with any of those policies, it can be removed, no questions asked. And every administrator and experienced editor on the site will support you in those decisions, provided they're correct. Hope this helps, somewhat —αlεx•mullεr 15:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Care to lend a hand?

I've reverted a vandal over at Video CD several times, noticed you did too. I'm at my 3 reverts, don't want to go over that. The IP has once again changed the article. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done and blocked for 31 hours by Trusilver... hope this helps, and thanks for the tip-off :) —αlεx•mullεr 16:54, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks I appreciate it. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 17:55, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback Request

User:dolphonia

Dolphonia (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi) | give rollback

I would like Rollback so that I can use huggle more efficiently for dealing with vandalism on Wikipedia Dolphonia (talk) 20:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done as you can be trusted with it... make sure to read through the page and only use it for obvious vandalism —αlεx•mullεr 20:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very useful and working perfectly - Dolphonia (talk) 20:39, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thank spam

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral.

Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations.

Thank you again, VanTucky

Re: Rollback

Cheers! +Hexagon1 ^(t) 07:10, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for reverting the recent edit by 163.153.188.88. The district has reported that they have located the student involved, and are taking appropriate action. --NERIC-Security (talk) 15:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem – thanks for letting me know. I've tagged the talk page of the IP address as an education institution —αlεx•mullεr 16:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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hey i have a question for you can you answer it?> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.248.129.123 (talk) 18:09, 24 April 2008

Sure, try me... —αlεx•mullεr 17:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism on my userpage

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my usertalk page. This user is continually tring to vandalise my page. am thinking of putting semi page protection on it so only experienced users can edit. Are you an admin? if you are can you do that for me? Chris19910 (talk) 18:54, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're very welcome for the revert – I presume you're talking about Chuuplo? I actually just blocked him for 24 hours for continuing to recreate the same page over and over (and actually, 24 hours was on the light side, considering what he could have got). Semi-protection won't do much against him though – it only works on accounts that are younger than 4 days, and he's been around since December. If it happens again (from him or anyone else) let me know here and we'll see what we can do. Hope this helps —αlεx•mullεr 18:59, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tim Buckley revert

Thanks for the revert, i'm doing up stuff on the article and I think it's god damn awful in the first place without the vandalism! And if possible: not sure if you know much about the subject but could you check what i've written on Lorca (album) for style? I'm comfortable with chucking in facts n dates and the sort but very wary of NPOV writing. Any other input on my ideas for Tim Buckley things would be appreciated cos i think i'm working alone in a black hole there. Thanks Sillyfolkboy (talk) 19:26, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've got no idea about the content at all, but can happily comment on the article. It seems fine as far as NPOV goes – those quotations need citations though or they "may be removed at any time" (WP:QUOTE). I won't remove them just yet as I haven't had time to do a proper search for the source, but if you know it please include it. —αlεx•mullεr 12:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Have I Got News For You Logo.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:Have I Got News For You Logo.png. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 12:19, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IP vandalism

Hi Alex, glad to be able to help. Best, Gwernol 17:32, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, again. Sorry you're getting all the vandalism. Best, Gwernol 20:19, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strange Situation

You seem to be editing presently, so I'll as you about this stranage situation. User:71.215.92.35, who was previously vandalizing the article The Frederick News-Post, is now making a very long series of edits to that page, adding and subsequently removing a space. While this is strictly not vandalism, I was wondering what to do about this. Thanks in advance. NauticaShades 16:47, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He's stopped after a warning (or seems to have, for now). I'll keep an eye on the IP address for a bit of time now, and if it happens again will block to prevent it. I'll also see if it's worth deleting those revisions to keep the page history nice and empty. Hope this helps —Alex.Muller 16:55, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ha!

My edited info on ANNE ROBINSON was correct as you know.this is wikipedia and users CAN add/edit pages THANK YOU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.254.200.224 (talk) 17:32, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No. —Alex.Muller 17:57, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

please learn about microbiology

it definitely is constructive. c. trach. is an exception to the rule and therefore should be listed. If you want to remove something, maybe you should add it to the talk page saying, "this was removed and I am placing it in the talk page to be verified."

Learn how to be useful.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.151.254.51 (talk) 01:14, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You've only been editing since Nov 07 with this user name. Welcome to the club, youngin'—Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.151.254.51 (talk) 01:19, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'm a complete noob... it's actually been a year, that's all. Hardly that much experience. I'm afraid when I reverted your edit before I was using a piece of anti-vandal software called huggle which helps go through large amounts of edits really quickly. I'm really sorry that I have no idea about biology, and with your addition looking like vandalism I decided to revert it. Apologies if this was the wrong decision —Alex.Muller 01:26, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

why can't they invent some anti-valid bot that automatically transfers possibly useful things to the talk page? Maybe you should not use the bot if it makes mistakes. and if your bot is going to revert stuff, then your little note on the user talk page should say that a bot reverted it and not you. Are you willing to make these changes or is there somewhere where I can make comments / feedback on your administrator status?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.151.254.51 (talk) 01:34, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Remember to use 4 tildes (~~~~) to sign your comment on talk pages. Let me be very clear that it's not a bot, I clicked the button that reverted your edit. The problem is that there are so many recent changes to go through to search for vandalism, and I made the wrong decision there, apparently (still taking your word for it, because I don't know biology). You can make comments on my administrator status anywhere all you want, but that won't do any good. The mistake that I made and owned up to had nothing to do with administrator tools or privileges —Alex.Muller 01:41, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Duchess of Hamilton edit

I think that the edit to Duchess of Hamilton was correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.197.76.101 (talk) 21:17, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Must be...I'll go apologise to him/her. Sorry! weburiedoursecrets inthegarden 21:26, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I owe one as well, in that case... spooky stuff! :) —Alex.Muller 21:28, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, all cleared up now. Weird... weburiedoursecrets inthegarden 21:30, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

George DiCaprio revert

Hi Alex,

I converted the word "comics" to "comix" in the George DiCaprio page because that is the spelling that distinguishes the type of comics that DiCaprio created - underground comix.

It has been spelled that way since the 1960's when these comix were created to show that they were different from the "mainstream" comics because of their content which included graphic depictions of sex and violence.

George DiCaprio was friendly with some of the main creators of underground comix such as Robert Williams, Robert Crumb and art spiegelman (sic).

I think it is a significant change and I would like to change it back that way in the article.

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.250.216.114 (talk) 03:26, 30 April 2008

Hey, I notice this edit is from the 14th February – at the time I didn't realise that the link pointed to the same article, but if you want to point it to Underground comix that's fine. Also, if you leave an edit summary in future it will generally prevent people from reverting your changes when they think they're questionable. Cheers, hope this helps —Alex.Muller 07:22, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:E-on software

As you wish, but it would have been much easier for them to just create a new account, since there are no edits :) -- lucasbfr ^talk 18:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Very true, and I only realised that afterwards... ah well, it'll just get turned away at WP:CHU then I guess. —Alex.Muller 18:15, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

El Farmero (you deleted my 'Kory Bennett' article)

Yeah hi thanks for deleting that I blanked it for a reason...

Kory Bennett is not a very famous man. He's a proffessor. And he does not have any citeable sources. He's just an ordinary person. However, he has a lot of influences on a lot of peoples lives and all of his fellow scholars and students here respect him greatly. So no. He's not a celebrity. He's just a man who helps a lot of people here at the academy achive theor scientific goals. Now you might be thinking, "Make him a myspace and get out of Wikipedia's face" but, no. He's someone who, although not famous, deserves an encyclopedic entry. And wikipedia is the only place that can be accomplished. The freedom of a wiki is so...powerful and has such freedoms that it is the only place where this can be accomplished. So I'm asking you to reconsider. To bend your criteria for 1 page. We all know this guy deserves it.

-El Farmero —Preceding unsigned comment added by El Farmero (talk • contribs) 22:29, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We can't bend the rules, unfortunately – because there are a couple of people I'd love to write entries for, but they just don't deserve it at the moment. There are a couple of choices: spend some time putting together an article, find sources, and really work on it so it fulfils the notability criteria... or, have a look at Biographicon (ref). Definitely give the latter a go, if only to start an article. And please send me a link to there if you do, I've never looked for one before. Hope this helps —Alex.Muller 22:50, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay ummm..he wrote an anthropology thesis for the University of South Florida which is on their website....does that count? For anything? —Preceding unsigned comment added by El Farmero (talk • contribs) 15:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Give it a go - there's a page at User:El Farmero/Kory Bennett which nobody will delete unless you replace it with "{{db-user}}". Fill in the blanks and I'll try and have a look or grab some references sometime in the next few days (when I have time). Hope this helps —Alex.Muller 16:13, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Consideration for Boilerplate Deletion

Dear Muller:

We want to bring to you attention the fact that FisherQueen has remove articles defaming “Ron Bongo” and “Ronald Bongo.” Please see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:JRS-SEC

And it does appear that this admin has stopped the perpetrator:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JRS-SEC, that is the contributor who calls himself JRS-SEC

We are also requesting that you take down http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_SEC_Boiler_Room_Prosecutions. In this case the users are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chopped_Lamb or/and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Smarkflea but we believe its the same person as JRS-SEC under different sign-ins.

While the facts in this article are from the SEC proceedings, the context is totally false and misleading. The term “boiler room” has been used to denote shady securities operators for more than fifty years. In that time there have been thousands of arrests and prosecutions but your article makes it seem like the Mr. Bongo is a “mastermind” and a notable historical figure in the world of boiler room prosecutions. Wasn’t Mr. Bongo’s employer more of a mastermind? Weren’t the thousand other boiler room operators who have also ever been prosecuted?

This article was clearly not written to enlighten the public on the state of boiler room prosecutions. It was created wholly and totally to defame Mr. Ron Bongo.

Here is the true story. When Ron Bongo was a young man who got a job at a brokerage firm that was censured by the SEC. Mr. Bongo along with the principals and other salespeople at the firm were convicted of securities fraud and punished. Mr. Bongo paid his debt to society and went on to another field where he has made a success for himself.

But because he has an unusual name, the notice of his conviction remained to ruin his reputation. Many others were mentioned in the very same SEC document (14 names in all) but because their names were more common, their reputation was not affected because the notice in the back page of Google. Mr Bongo hired us to push down the SEC notice.

For some reason, our helping Mr. Bongo so incensed his attacker that he has worked consistently in Wikipedia and elseswhere (he added Mr. Bongos conviction to various social networking sites.) He has even gone so far as to create an article on "Boiler Room Prosecutions" just so he can "star" Mr. Bongo as a ringleader.

This kind of slander does not belong in Wikipedia which is supposed to be an objective encyclopedia. Mr. Bongo was an employee, a salesman who made a mistake. He was not a ringleader and does not deserve to be the focus of an article on "boiler room prosecutions" -- there have been thousands of such prosecutions not mentioned by the attacker in this article. Do you think Mr. Bongo should be singled out and made to pay for the rest of his life just because his attacker thinks he should?

Please do the right thing and remove all references to Ron Bongo or Ronald Bongo including the false linkage to Ron Bongo as kingpin of boiler room prosecutions.

I’m sure you will agree that Wikipedia should not be misused in a way that serves no public benefit and causes personal harm and pain to an individual who paid fully for his crime a decade ago.

If you cannot remove the boiler room article directly, please tell us how we might proceed to use the Wikipedia Articles for Deletion process.

Thank you for you assistance in this matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.153.87.249 (talk) 21:14, 5 May 2008 (UTC) 205.153.87.249 Jordan G (talk) 21:21, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll happily nominate the article for deletion on your behalf, with the caveat that I don't endorse the deletion at all and am simply doing it for you. If that's fine with you, post back here to confirm. I'll then give you a link where you must leave your rationale for deleting the article. Other members of the community will then also give their opinion and the outcome will be decided in about five days time. Let me know how you feel about this —Alex.Muller 21:33, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

school IP

this IP is the one of fort loramie schools