User talk:Alansohn

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Edit War

Reverting someones contributions more than once is a big no no, especially when it's not vandalism but true and verifiable information. Sometimes a 'gardener' can kill the flowers too. If you saw the film, you would know it's all true, but to revert something that you obviously have no knowledge about is lame.

you are awarded the: Bad Editor Star !!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.188.225.85 (talk) 04:24, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Mehmed V

Prince Mehmed Necmeddin had no children, there are no descendants. Once I had written this Articels, but it is wrong.Please read the Turkish information on this subject .......

Cookie

Its the Cookie Monster (talk) has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!

Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:Cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

Thanks for the cookie. Alansohn (talk) 02:03, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Martyn_Godfrey

Hi! I made a page about an author named Martyn_Godfrey. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Godfrey. Could you please edit the page? Thanks!Neptunekh

I'll check it and improve it if I can. Alansohn (talk) 02:03, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

For expansion

• Harry Harris (director)

Thank you

Thank you for reverting vandalism to my user pages Maen. K. A. (talk)

You're welcome. Alansohn (talk) 02:03, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

why are you reverting changes?

Dude I am an actual students that attends Turner Fenton whereas you Don't. So obvoisuly i have a much more up to date info than you so therefore you causing vandalism by removing information that is accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.242.91.84 (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia needs reliable sources. Alansohn (talk) 02:03, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

being accused of vanalism is a serious charge especially when my statements are true

i may be unfamiliar with your exact process of posting as i stated but vandal i am not. the things i spoke about couldn't be denied under oath. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sing51074 (talk • contribs)

Reliable sources are needed to support the claims made. Alansohn (talk) 02:03, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

two articles on si.com derek jeter interviewed

he denied knowing minka. and had to do a second interview in which he stated ther interviewer had to listen to what he said. the interviewer accused him of lying about even knowing minka. he still never acknowledge her as his girlfriend the second time around.si.com 2008,2009:o) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sing51074 (talk • contribs)

The sources need to be verifiable and added to the article itself. Alansohn (talk) 02:03, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Harrison Ford

What I wrote was true, there are reports of his death, so he is possibly dead! Check google. Have a nice day ! Cheers! I give you Barnstar!

The reports have been greatly exaggerated. Alansohn (talk) 02:03, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Editing Barnstar

		100,000 Edits
		I, Bugboy52.4, award you for reaching 100,000 edits according to the List of Wikipedians by number of edits generated 11:45 pm, 24 February 2009. Keep up the good work!________________________________________________________________

re:emerecy

hi,i just wanna show my teacher what that do and testing it like i am patroling it sorry for the mistake — Preceding unsigned comment added by Berendale1 (talk • contribs)

Vandalism is vandalism. Alansohn (talk) 02:03, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for George Taylor Morris

Number 565 (435 create/expand - 130 nominations)

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EncycloPetey (talk) 02:23, 17 August 2009 (UTC) 04:01, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

thank you for recognisingn the of brave irish citizens that fought against the german forces during the first world war ( north and south as you like to illegitimately call it) . if only men of your ilk would remember their forefathers  !?!?!?!?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.97.47.0 (talk) 22:37, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Hugh Hefner

I noticed you reverted the death dates on this page. Good catch. I was just about to do that myself but I was doing a quick google search to make sure it wasn't true. Cheers. --Kumioko (talk) 19:38, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

I guess I checked CNN a little quicker than you did. Keep up the great work on your part. Alansohn (talk) 22:34, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for George William Beatty

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Wikiproject: Did you know? 18:28, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Arthur L. Welsh

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Aves

Hello, I referenced my article edits the Aves Island. Dominica's claim is complete in 2006, no longer corresponds to a disputed island infobox. Greetings.Cêsar (talk) 23:57, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. Please provide a clear summary for all edits and a more detailed summary when removing content to avoid problems in the future. Alansohn (talk) 23:58, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Spinrad

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Wikiproject: Did you know? 00:42, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism revert

Thank you so much for reverting my talk pages! I'm really glad that you did it, because it was pretty embarrasing:D

I hope there's more people like you out there. Thank you again, Saebjorn! 04:07, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

It was the least I can do. No problem. Alansohn (talk) 19:24, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Anti-vandalism barnstar

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Your efforts have been recognized and appreciated (your name seems to pop up on my watchlist for reverting vandalism more than any other) ;) œ™ 22:50, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the recognition! Alansohn (talk) 19:24, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Nat Adderley, Jr.

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Joe Ferriero

Hi Alansohn, given you created this article I thought you would be interested in seeing this news citation. I tagged the article as unreferenced but I don't have time right now to do much more with it. Regards, Accurizer (talk) 11:23, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

The current article is unreferenced, but only because it gutted completely what I had created in the first place. Alansohn (talk) 11:45, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Albert L. Gordon

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≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 19:07, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Guacamole reciepe

Are you implying they dont put salt in Guacamole, because lemme tell you, I used to work down at the Taco Bell and they put salt in it. 92.8.246.55 (talk) 22:22, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

A favor

Would you put this new article up? The proper name would be Migdal Synagogue thanks Historicist (talk) 23:20, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

OK?! Any issue I can help with? Alansohn (talk) 01:15, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Lou Bender

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≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 01:07, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Hyderabad Police

You reverted changes to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad_City_Police. A List articles supporting my claim existing, you check http://apstatepoliceweekly.wordpress.com/ ( a consolidated list for one month August 2009).

This source appears to be a blog. Reliable and verifiable sources to support the claim must be included in the article to support the claim being made. Alansohn (talk) 11:41, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Adolescence#Image debate: Image:A boy in the mirror.jpg vs. Image:Adolescentboy.jpg.

Hello, Alansohn. I am more familiar with your name than your editing work. But I know that you are very much respected here at Wikipedia. And because of your experience on Wikipedia, I am asking...will you respond here? I need a sufficient number of opinions about this matter. I am the main person editing this article, as well as the main person keeping it free of vandalism. The talk page is not active. I have asked some other editors to respond on this matter as well, but I am not sure how many of them will show up to do so. Any assistance you can provide on this would be much appreciated. Flyer22 (talk) 06:49, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

209.175.156.19 is vandalising --Der Künstler (talk) 17:11, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Carl Hovde

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≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 01:42, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for George Gregory (basketball)

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≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 07:42, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Fictional characters in alumni cats

So, since when did we start putting fictional characters in school alumni categories? Seems bizarre and I've never seen it done before. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 12:35, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

No, no—don't change the definition necessarily ... I was getting excited because I thought you'd now spent enough hours at CfD that you've internalized its mindset and I would be able to formally welcome you into the "bizarro world" that I always see you referencing! Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 12:52, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

So, on a more serious note—what say you about this issue? Shall I go ahead and change it to real people only? Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:57, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

There are additional fictional alums, and if there are sources to back that up, I don't see why they should not be included. Is there any policy that prohibits it? Alansohn (talk) 19:08, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure—I'll look into it though and let you know. I know there has been a general practice not to mix real and fictional people in the same categories. It might be something worth raising at Wikipedia talk:Categorization, which I might do if I can't find anything. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 21:57, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

I started a discussion here to try to get a feel for what other users think about this. As noted there, I could not find any policy or guideline that was directly on point, though there are some hints at WP:COP. It probably hasn't been seriously mooted before. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 23:10, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Notification

Hi Alansohn. I'm posting to let you know that your name has been mentioned on a list of potential candidates for adminship on the talk page for RfA's here. If you are interested in running, or if you would like to make any comments, feel free to join the discussion. decltype (talk) 20:13, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

the truth is the truth

Everything i said about brett delaney was true! i work at rebel sport, you dont, therefore i think i would have more accurate information than you, wouldnt you agree?

why did you deleted my last edit? that one was a true one.. becouse i am a real harajuku subculturic guy. for the toher things before that i am sorry. but for now i want to edit somethings that are waayy to old and waayay out of time for that page.

DYK for Migdal Synagogue

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BorgQueen (talk) 04:07, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Alfred Gottschalk (Rabbi)

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BorgQueen (talk) 10:08, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

September 2009

The edit in question reverted vandalism by another user. Please see this edit which is the one I reverted. Alansohn (talk) 19:53, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

I have removed the warning - we both tried to change my user talk page vandalism at the same time, and so there was a mix-up! Thanks for removing the vandalism on my page -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 19:56, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Removal of Erroneous Information

I left a blank space here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Judas#Scholarly_debates because there is no reason for April's information to be there. The New York Times "Article" is merely an online opinion post. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/01/opinion/01deconink.html?_r=2&oref=slogin

Daimon is very clearly used to be NOT a demon in gnostic texts. Her lack of supportive references outside of her personal opinion blog deem it necessary to remove.

Hans Dieter Betz, Professor of New Testament, Divinity School, University of Chicago.

DYK for Henry S. Coleman

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BorgQueen (talk) 22:07, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Email

I sent you an email message a couple days ago. Did you receive it? If so, are you amenable to the idea? ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 14:02, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I did receive the email. I'm still seriously considering your suggestion and will get back to you as soon as possible. Alansohn (talk) 18:48, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I just wanted to make sure it hadn't been lost out in the ether. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 05:15, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Just following up since it's been a couple weeks. Feel free to reply via email if you wish. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 22:57, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism?

Wait what? I did not do that edit. I'd never do such shallow griefing and especially not abuse such a useful and educational article. Might there be someone acting in my place? A Trojan? Or is it perhaps a wikipedia bug? I never even visited aforementioned article before. --78.145.241.214 (talk) 23:43, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Rational egoism

I have asked User:131.118.39.105 to discuss rather than edit war.--Buster7 (talk) 23:44, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Defining

We can start a discussion re: establishing a definition of "defining" as soon as you like—no need to wait for others to end. Make a proposal and it will be discussed. I have not been able to formulate a proposal of a "positive" definition that I agree with, otherwise I would propose something. I have plenty of ideas about "negative" definitions, but as I recall you weren't enthusiastic about that approach, so perhaps you should get the ball rolling with what you have in mind. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:16, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

The other discussion has petered out, if that's what you were waiting for. Are you going to start the desired discussion about a proposal for "defining"? Is your silence a "no"? Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 05:59, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Let the defining discussion begin. Alansohn (talk) 23:01, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Sweet; though I think I jumped the gun on saying the other one petered out. I didn't realise there was more that would be said. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 23:28, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism?

How was this vandalism? And for the record, if you can have me blocked for "vandalism," what is the penalty of accusing someone indiscriminantly of vandalism? this edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.165.67.131 (talk • contribs)

I am not sure why I reverted this edit as I had seen the WSJ article that talks about the tax issues. The warning will be removed with my sincerest apologies. Alansohn (talk) 19:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Coincidence?

Dear Alan: I have noticed what appears to be a disturbing degree of coincidence in our editing topics. I hope you are not stalking my edits. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 22:36, 24 September 2009 (UTC) Btw: Did you attend Abraham Lincoln H.S. (Brooklyn)?

No to both questions. I've sort of adopted Brooklyn as a topic of cleanup. There are 2,000 articles that should be subdivided in Category:People from Brooklyn alone. We both participate at CfD, and in your past 500 edits I see few articles in common other than Lou Bender and Abraham Lincoln High School (plus a few others), but I edited both of those before you did. Perhaps you're stalking me? Alansohn (talk) 23:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

I guess seeing your name so often at the Lincoln High School page (which is on my watchlist) and at so many AFDs is what made me get a little paranoid. Sorry. No offense. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 01:29, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting the mal-edits made by 163.153.100.132. The district has reported that they have identified the student, and have taken appropriate actions to help insure that this will not re-occur. --NERIC-Security (talk) 12:49, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Rippowam High School

I'm just a tad curious as to why you reverted my edit to the talk page on Rippowam High School. The WP:Schools tag seemed totally appropriate for the page, and the information originally on the talk page seemed much better suited for the article itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sofa jazz man (talk • contribs)

I had a bad feeling as soon as I reverted and I sincerely apologize for my error. The warning will be removed. Alansohn (talk) 01:04, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Your revert on Strawberry Lane, Hammond, Louisiana

I have reverted the Huggle revert you made on Strawberry Lane, Hammond, Louisiana because the creator did not vandalize the article or add any BLP=defaming material. Monument101 (talk · contribs) improved the article and removed the prod. Prods can be removed by anyone, even the page creator (I'm sure you know this already.). Your final warning message to Monument101 is very bitey and may have caused this user to stop making improvements to the article. Could you strike out the final warning you gave to Monument101 and leave a message to the new user explaining that the user did not vandalize Wikipedia? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 06:19, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

I have struck out the vandalism message. Cunard (talk) 23:38, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Teaneck

Long time no see ;) Anyway, I'm reassessing Teaneck, New Jersey's GA status as part of WP:SWEEPS, an effort to make sure older GAs are up to current criteria. You'll be able to see my review on the article talk page or here. Cheers, Mm40 (talk) 12:42, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

I still have a few more issues, but I don't have time to bring them up specifically right now. Basically, fix the dead links found with this tool and reference any unreferenced paragraphs. I'll give you seven days starting when I post the specific issues on the review page, so you have plenty of time. Cheers, Mm40 (talk) 23:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Isabella Karle

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Gatoclass (talk) 15:42, 27 September 2009 (UTC) 20:42, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Would like your eyes on this...

Since you were the warning editor on the "Travis Bickle" edit war, I'd like your opinion on Talk:Travis Bickle#Recent edit war and handling of this article.

Thanks

- J Greb (talk) 03:00, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Huggle Mess-up

Hey there, I'd just like to point out this revert; I thought you would like to know about it. Thanks! --Addihockey ^(t/c) 17:00, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. The page had been effectively blanked, but what I restored to had some vandalism. I had patiently waited to verify the version that was restored, but Huggle would not show it for me. Thanks for making the correction. Alansohn (talk) 17:02, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Jerome Karle

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NW (Talk) 04:42, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Law and Order SVU season 11

Hello Alan - maybe you can tell me why all the edits about the Season 11 episodes are still being allowed when the only citations have been Twitter pages, unconfirmed blogs and "I am right, wait and see". I try very hard to get things right on Wikipedia, but I hope you can understand why it is confusing for some rules to be enforced and not others. If you cannot help me, perhaps you can refer me to someone who can? Thank you very much. Triste Tierra (cannot log in at work) 24.176.191.234 (talk) 19:38, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay, but I will look at this issue in more detail before taking any further action on this matter. Alansohn (talk) 23:37, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph Gurwin

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BorgQueen (talk) 18:30, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Freddy Bienstock

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BorgQueen (talk) 12:28, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Johnny LoBianco

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NW (Talk) 18:29, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Wikis Take Manhattan

WHAT Wikis Take Manhattan is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest aimed at illustrating Wikipedia and StreetsWiki articles covering sites and street features in Manhattan and across the five boroughs of New York City.

LAST YEAR'S EVENT

• Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan/Fall 2008 (a description of the results, and the uploading party)
• Commons:Wikis Take Manhattan (our cool team galleries)
• Streetfilms: Wikis Take Manhattan (our awesome video)

WINNINGS? The first prize winning team members will get Eye-Fi Share cards, which automatically upload photos from your camera to your computer and to sites like Flickr. And there will also be cool prizes for other top scorers.

WHEN The hunt will take place Saturday, October 10th from 1:00pm to 6:30pm, followed by prizes and celebration.

WHO All Wikipedians and non-Wikipedians are invited to participate in team of up to three (no special knowledge is required at all, just a digital camera and a love of the city). Bring a friend (or two)!

REGISTER The proper place to register your team is here. It's also perfectly possible to register on the day of when you get there, but it will be slightly easier for us if you register beforehand.

WHERE Participants can begin the hunt from either of two locations: one at Columbia University (at the sundial on college walk) and one at The Open Planning Project's fantastic new event space nestled between Chinatown and SoHo. Everyone will end at The Open Planning Project:

• Wikis Take Manhattan page at The Open Planning Project

148 Lafayette Street

between Grand & Howard Streets

FOR UPDATES

Please watchlist Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan. This will have a posting if the event is delayed due to weather or other exigency.

Thanks,

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You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 20:37, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism Warning

Hi, I noticed you just gave me a vandalism warning, but I don't think it was fair. All I did was remove a horizontal line as part of my own comment on a talk page that I had accidentally added on my previous edit instead of my signature. Can you please help me understand why this is vandalism? --Zoeydahling (talk) 17:40, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, that's how I read it as well. Would you like to revert that? --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:44, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. :-)--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:02, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Wolfe Kelman

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BorgQueen (talk) 04:42, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Naamah Kelman

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BorgQueen (talk) 04:42, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

New user category

I saw Category:Wikipedians who say CfD is broken and thought of you. Occuli (talk) 11:01, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Jan Peter Balkenende

Would you mind reverting edits on the Jan Peter Balkenende back to your last edit. It is a bunch of spam after that. And then, if you wouldn't mind, could you point me to a page were I might learn how to revert back to last best edit. I know how to revert the most recent, but not how to revert back several edits. Thanks Dkriegls (talk) 19:12, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK

Hi. Would you have time to please assess if this article fulfills the requirements for inclusion into the WP:DYK list? Thank you. Amsaim (talk) 22:22, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Size-wise it seems fine. Do you have a hook for the article? Alansohn (talk) 03:42, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Stop.

I have recently added content to the List of Characters in Metalocalypse, only for it to be deleted repetedly. The content may have SEEMED offensive, but if you were familliar with the show in any way you'd KNOW that the content was true. On top of that all you would need to do is actaully read the article to realize that my content was verifyable, instead of reading the first paragraph of it and deciding that I was vandalizing. I think Wikipedia would be a better place if you wouldn't delete content of others in a subject you obviously know absolutly nothing of. And I know I'm not the only one you've done this too, and now your saying my account will be deleted because you know nothing about the articles you're supposedly "cleaning up". So from now on, before deleting the content of others, make sure you actually know what you're doing. Stay off of articles you don't know anything about if you're looking to clean things up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JordanIsTheCoolest (talk • contribs) 23:32, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Sorry

Just wanted to let you know that apparently I did not read the article, as I was trying to stop vandalism. Thank you for pointing that out to me!!!--NemesisofReason 15:57, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Anti-Vandal Efforts

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For a speedy response to vandalism on Talk:Faggot, you are awarded this barnstar. Take care! --Delta1989 (talk) 00:57, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for W. Horace Carter

On October 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article W. Horace Carter, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

SoWhy 00:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

why

my reasoning is sound I don't know why you're calling it vandalism —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.142.219.32 (talk) 03:23, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for being awsome. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.142.219.32 (talk) 03:30, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Edit on Chetniks

The section that i removed was not ever proven nor did it include documentation. Historians have never accused Draza Mihailovich of mass murder. The title of the section itself is intended to inflame by using 1990's terminology in the context of WWII. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnMSJ (talk • contribs) 03:56, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

There may well be proper justifications, but removal of large sections of text without any explanation is problematic. Please be careful to always provide edit summaries for all of your edits, but be especially detailed when removing content. Alansohn (talk) 12:31, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Boogaloodoo

I don't know how to use this system properly yet. pls edit as needed.

user boogaloodoo - citing external resources. so i would have to get my own experience written up in official document form before i can add it into wiki ? Boogaloodoo (talk) 04:17, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

See reply on user talk page. Alansohn (talk) 12:29, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Mimi Weddell

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Mifter (talk) 12:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Far Rockaway High School

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Mifter (talk) 12:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Verisk Analytics

On October 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Verisk Analytics, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (see the pageview stats(?)) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 18:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Major League Baseball leaders in RBI in one inning

On October 10, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Major League Baseball leaders in RBI in one inning, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (see the pageview stats(?)) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

SoWhy 13:26, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For your huge amounts of vandal fighting. Pikiwyn talk 13:37, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the recognition! Alansohn (talk) 03:06, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

I Did Nothing

i didnt do anything —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.109.193.2 (talk) 01:25, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

What Template do you use for Vandalism?

I found this, and thought it would be useful. How did you do it? User_talk:Korpatelik - Your Vandalism post - Rttam (talk) 02:59, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

I use WP:HUGGLE, which generates messages on its own. Alansohn (talk) 03:07, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Daniel Henney revert

Why was my edit bad? did i vandalize something. Please don't revert without giving a reason. You can't just say it is "bad." That is close to vandalism. 97.124.252.13 (talk)