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Why did you revert me when there's so much evidence, easily obtained, showing what the English meant by the word? -74.162.156.72 (talk) 01:48, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Because your cited source doesn't say that? In part of one sentence it mentions that it may be slang for penis. Slang and euphemisms is not the definition of a word. Q ^{T C} 01:55, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

The English don't always use proper English, especially when saying something rude, like calling us "yankee doodles." Where do you think "Give 'em the raspberries!" came from? ("Raspberry tart" rhymes with "fart.") Much of American, Australian, and modern English was once English slang. I've put the definitions in my edit notes. What more do you want? Yet more academic citations? -74.162.156.72 (talk) 02:03, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Again, definitions are not the same as slang. If I looked up Blue I wouldn't expect the first thing to see is "Blue means sad" Q ^{T C} 02:05, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

You may be having a conversation with an editor banned a few hours ago, Wikipedia sockpuppets of Mbhiii 12.184.187.252 (talk) 02:17, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Prefix it with : so to link to the category you'd do [[:Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Mbhiii]] Q ^{T C} 02:21, 1 September 2009 (UTC).

Thanks, I appreciate that. 12.184.187.252 (talk) 02:22, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

It's only a sock if used to circumvent WP policy, which was inadvertent. W.r.t. blue, I would expect to see "sad" listed, as a secondary meaning. In this case, it depends on what the English were intending, and "yankee doodle" is as clear as a slap in the face. -74.162.156.72 (talk) 02:40, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

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Alex Mercer is a living person?

We're doomed! --Explodicle (T/C) 14:03, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Meant to say dubious unsourced, but no real easy way to go back and fix. Q ^{T C} 14:20, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Sandbox in unblock queue?

Not sure what your sandbox is testing, so just a note to let you know its in the unblock queue in case you hadn't realized. Syrthiss (talk) 17:22, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Was showing strip markers on the users page and I was trying to figure out why and forgot about it. Q ^{T C} 17:41, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

User Sahil16

Hey, I am really new to most of wikipedia rules and stuff so I don't know how to do this other then tell you that Sahil16 recently vandalized the page Gears Of War and I see that said user has been warned by you before and that they'll be blocked next time they vandalized a page so yeah. I thought you'll like to know. --Requiem One (talk) 20:24, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

AutoRun spam.

The AutoRun article keeps getting spammed by Raymond Lin, who isn't logging in as a user, but keeps adding spam to his product page at raylin.wordpress.com. It looks like a bot might be doing it now as the edits are in pairs. The last linkspam removal done by yourself was almost immediately undone by this guy. I'm not quite sure what to do? Would page protection for the article be overkill? Adding to the spam blacklist might work too.

Admittedly I have an interest given that I authored the page. Even some sort of discussion might have been possible but this is obviously vandalism.

Carveone (talk) 15:36, 2 September 2009 (UTC)