User talk:Shran

Welcome!

Welcome to Wikipedia, Shran! My name is Ryan, aka Acetic Acid. I noticed that you were new and haven't received any messages yet. I just wanted to see how you were doing. Wikipedia can be a little intimidating at first, since it uses different formatting than other sites that use HTML and CSS. In the long run, though, you'll find that the WikiSyntax is a lot easier and faster than those other ways. Here are a few links to get you started:

There are a lot of policies and guides to read, but I highly recommend reading over those first. If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. Please be sure to sign your name on Talk Pages using four tildes (~~~~) to produce your name and the current date, along with a link to your user page. This way, others know when you left a message and how to find you. It's easier than having to type out your name, right? :)

I hope you enjoy contributing to Wikipedia. We can use all the help we can get! Have a nice day. Sincerely, Acetic Acid 01:26, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

Cold War

You are among a handful of new and anonymous to reinsert a dispute tag in the Cold War article. While your reasons for doing so may be legitimate, so far not a single statement explaining the reasoning behind the tag has been offered on the Cold War discussion page or stated to me and the other interested editors. Yet I have made multiple requests to know just exactly what is in dispute so that we start working toward improving the article. In addition to making an inquiry on the talk page, I have been asking some of the accounts reinserting the tag (which may or may not be the same person) individually about their reasoning, only to be ignored. [1] [2] So please, state finally what's in dispute; if it's coherent and plausible, then the tag will be left alone. 172 | Talk 12:55, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ich bin ein Berliner

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. ProhibitOnions 03:14, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Save "List of school pranks" From Deletion

Hi, the article List of school pranks has been targeted by the Wikipedia Thought Police™. Please help preserve this marvellous testament to human inventiveness—and cruelty—from certain extinction by voting Keep at the article's deletion page if you haven't already done so. May algid reason never reign supreme! Thanks, Maikel 15:21, 4 April 2006 (UTC) PS: This is a generic message that has been hand-posted to you as a former contributor—hope you won't mind.[reply]

Not The Real Shran

Just leaving a message to explain that this is not me, the user Shran from Memory Alpha. I am logged in on MA right now, so you can reach me at my talk page there to confirm that this message comes from me. --137.155.21.104 14:11, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This "Shran" has a major interest in Star Trek and related fields as well. I don't know who made the initial connection, but it is very difficult to prove you aren't somebody else online. -Will Beback 20:53, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Further, Shran uses IPs that appear to be from the same geographical area as this IP. -Will Beback 22:51, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since they named themselves "shran" a non-word, it means 1) they're either already farmiliar with trek related interests (Shran) and this username choice is a coincidence, or 2) they're already familiar with memory-alpha, in which case they're familiar with User:Shran--481284 01:32, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Um... the IP above is from a computer at the IT lab back on campus. My home IP is like 172 something... (this is the real Shran, btw). --172.172.119.177 03:40, 5 May 2006 (UTC) <--Yeah, see... that. :P[reply]

Having said that, I did create an account a while back, but I have since forgotten what it was. There is a slight possibility this is it... but, as I recall, I couldn't use the name "Shran" because it was already used, so I used something else... hence, why I forgot it. Can anybody trace down the little-used user accounts created by someone with a 172 IP? Not that it would matter, b/c I have no idea what the password is... (For the record, I do not recall writing anything on the user page... at least, not what is written on this user page.) --172.145.23.98 05:12, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, judging by the contributions, I can tell you this is definitely not me. Aside from Ferengi, I have no real interest in any of the topics there, nor have I ever edited any of them -- including Ferengi. (Sorry for the constant edits, btw.) --172.145.23.98 05:17, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The connection between the WP Shran and the MA Shran was made by another editor and I don't know the basis, beyond the identical name, similar interests (though anyone named "Shran" must be an ST fan), and the apparently close geographical proximity. Without other points of connection I don't see a need to connect the two Shrans. I'm not familiar with MA, but apparently that Shran is an admin and acts responsibly. If the WA Shran was as responsible as the other there wouldn't be a problem. I've already edited the sockpuppet notice on the user page here to remove the connection, so there's nothing else to do. -Will Beback 05:27, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a notice saying that you say you are a different person. -Will Beback 05:31, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I appreciate it. :) --Shran from MA, 172.147.195.151 16:43, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cold War

Ich bin ein Berliner

See also

Save "List of school pranks" From Deletion

Not The Real Shran