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Comet

Should we semiprotect Comet? Almost all the vandalism is coming from IPs, and likewise, almost all the IP edits are vandalism. The previous semiprotection has since expired; should we petition a new one? -RadicalOne•^{Contact Me}•_{Chase My Tail} 02:13, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm not acquainted enought with the situation to have a particular opinion. If you think it's warranted, I'd say go ahead. I'll trust your judgement. Tiderolls 02:17, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Um, how? -RadicalOne•^{Contact Me}•_{Chase My Tail} 02:18, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought you knew. Requests are made at WP:RFPP. Hope that helps. Tiderolls 02:23, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Done. Thank you. -RadicalOne•^{Contact Me}•_{Chase My Tail} 02:27, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

My Undying Wish

I made a page for a local band and this IanThomson deleted the page! I was asked by the band to make a page for them so i made an email account for them,they arent very tech savvy, and it was working fine for several days until just now this guy starts posting crap on the page saying its in process for early deletion, so i have been deleting off my page because it is not an autobiography and i find it absurd to delete the page off that i myself have put days into and it was deleted for no goddamn reason so until i get some justice i promise i wont stop vandalizing his page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Myundyingwish (talk • contribs) 02:46, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

I can understand that you might be frustrated. However, the plan of action you describes seems an awful waste of time that will accomplish nothing. You would probably be better served by contacting the adminstrator that deleted the article and asking how the article could be improved for addition to the encyclopedia. Good luck Tiderolls 02:50, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Ruby Jane Smith

On January 21, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ruby Jane Smith, 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, quick check ) 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.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:00, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

• Congrats, Tide! Drmies (talk) 00:44, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

The credit is yours, sir. I did a little leg work, but you pulled it together. I'm proud of my contribution and damn glad to have the help of a dedicated editor. See ya 'round Tiderolls 00:49, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		You deserve this one, for all-around niceness--esp. in your patience with "vandals" and newbies. Drmies (talk) 00:55, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Many thanks for the recognition :) Tiderolls 00:58, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry about the Kolbe page.

-KittyKittyRaw —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kittykittyraw (talk • contribs) 02:41, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Re:Talk Page Stalker

Your welcome; although it should be noted that I was Huggle-patrolling, not talk page stalking ;) Ajraddatz (Talk - Contributions) 03:16, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Whichever...I liked the result and I appreciate the effort :) Tiderolls 03:22, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Apology

Hey Tide rolls sorry man! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.60.11 (talk) 14:22, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

If your apology is sincere, then I accept. Please help us keep the place tidy. You can learn more here. Thanks Tiderolls 14:27, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

How to optimize counter-vandalism

Hello Tide rolls,

Just like you, I do my best against vandalism on Wikipedia. Many times, members of Recent Change Patrol end on the same incident and work against each other. This morning, I started the recovery of the article about Ben Bernanke. After one undo, I founded more vandalism under it and was about to fix it when you did.

Is there any way we could optimize RC Patrolling for avoiding situations like that ? After all, there is enough vandalism to revert for all of us (unfortunately...).

The best would be not to submit changes to RC Patrollers before letting the bots do their job. Next, editions could be grouped or dispatched to RCP just like blocks of data are splitted and distributed in projects like Distributed.Net ?

Regards,

Heracles31 (talk) 15:26, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

I wouldn't describe this situation as "working against each other" as our goal was identical. However, I think I take your meaning. You may have a good idea regarding distributing tasks at recent changes. My problem is that I can offer no input on the technical aspects of implementing your idea. You might consider approaching editors at the recent changes talk page or the technical section of the Village pump. I would be interested in any progress you make so please let me know if any of your discussions bear fruit. Thanks Tiderolls 15:36, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply.

"I wouldn't describe this situation as "working against each other" as our goal was identical.". You are right on that one and indeed, you understood me correctly.

I searched in the recent changes talk page as you suggested and founded that others had the same idea before me.... Wikipedia_talk:Recent_changes_patrol#Coordination_of_RC_patrol

Should they decide to try a second time, I will be happy to join such a coordination. Until then, we just have to consider this double-checking as a second protection against the most obvious vandalism, despite it means less effort on finding / reverting the others kind of vandalism.

Regards,

Heracles31 (talk) 16:07, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Sir,

Hello kind sir, i believe you have removed all my paragraphs by mistake. The information i have posted is verifiable by actual students who attend the school, including myself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greenisforslytherin (talk • contribs) 07:00, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you.

Thank you for your help. Unfortunately, most people do not know what the AIM bot scheme is when it happens to them, so there are no real sources on the Internet to back up the information in the Wikipedia article. This is basically the only source of information for people who get caught in the bot setup. I try to refer people to TheGreatHatsby in order to explain to them what's happening, but whoever runs the bots found out about the article and has been trying to undo my changes ever since. It's really frustrating. I appreciate your advice, and I will try to fight the vandalism while still abiding by the policies of Wikipedia.

Regards, Victim of Coho (talk) 08:40, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Please be aware you can be blocked for reverting more than three times if what you are reverting isn't obvious vandalism. Good luck Tiderolls 08:44, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

What is considered to be "obvious vandalism?" It seems now that Baseball1015 is removing an entire section of important information, and I keep typing it back. It this vandalism on his part? So confused about this stuff. Victim of Coho (talk) 08:49, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Removing information is not necessarily vandalism. This is most times termed a content dispute. That is why I recommended you locate sources for the content you wnat in the article. If you have reliable sources then the content can't be removed without consensus. You can find Wikipedia's definition of vandalism at WP:VAN. Regards Tiderolls 08:54, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Tide rolls. You have new messages at Drmies's talk page.
Message added 03:01, 25 January 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

^Bongo_matic 03:01, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Huggle edit summary

Hey, I like your edit summary. I assume you want to be caught up with The Thing, eh? Heh, I'll probably have to catch up myself! :-) Keep it up. Schfifty3 03:29, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

P.S. I thought you would immediately respond to me. You don't have to right now if you don't want to, but I was expecting a quick response. :-) Schfifty3 03:32, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

HA! I'll never catch up with The Thing. That guy is all over, engaging in all aspects of the project. I'm still learning...maybe if I eat all my veggies, get plenty of rest and exercise, one day I'll approach his expertise :) Tiderolls 03:36, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Finding vandalism

Hi TR.
I was just wondering something: how do you find so much vandalism? I usually only make about three reverts a day, but almost any article about any subject will have you reverting vandalism in the history. Do you have hundreds of pages in your watchlist, do you patrol recent changes, or do you have some automated tool? --The High Fin Sperm Whale 21:57, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for helping out with vandalism. I watch recent changes with an automated tool. If you're interested, you must apply for rollback first. If you need more info just leave me a message. See ya 'round Tiderolls 00:12, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

I already have rollback, but how do activate Huggle? And were could I find a manual on using it? --The High Fin Sperm Whale 00:51, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

You can find a download link and user manual here. Hope that helps. Tiderolls 00:53, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

G-O-R-O-G

I declined the speedy because a game is not a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content. Nothing else is eligible for deletion under speedy criterion A7, and I didn't see any other criteria that could reasonably be used. I agree with you that it needs to be deleted; otherwise, I wouldn't have placed a prod. Nyttend (talk) 00:37, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I appreciate the info. See ya 'round Tiderolls 00:45, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. The creator has removed the prod, so it's now at AFD. Nyttend (talk) 00:50, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Jobs

Do you have one? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.159.212.248 (talk) 06:12, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

He does not. Or does he... December21st2012Freak ^{Talk to me} at ≈ 02:04, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

HA! Tiderolls 02:05, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

RfA

Hello, Tide rolls. I was wondering if I could nominate you for adminship. You have made excellent edits to Wikipedia, and I think you would be a great admin. -NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits) 01:15, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

^{(Talk page stalker)} I would support this RfA, if it makes a difference :) Ajraddatz (Talk) 01:18, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

I'll also gladly support, as an enthusiastic vandal-fighter; you have great edits to articles and talk pages; some might worry about a lack of input to WP:ANI/WP:AFD/WP:AIV, etc, but to me that shows a willingness to get on with it without drama, and I can't fault that. You have no problems as a rollbacker. Rodhullandemu 01:24, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Ok...trying to edit around this pile on is cramping my huggling LOL. Seriously, thanks for the confidence expressed here by editors I respect. Y'all may have seen my thoughts expressed on this subject before, if not you can find them here. Your opinions do mean a lot to me and I will commit to reconsidering my option soon. Thanks again for the kind words. See y'all around Tiderolls 01:37, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Fine. Whenever you're ready, just let me know. Rodhullandemu 01:45, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

I will support him for admin, and he can be a J.delanoy-type admin who reverts vandalism. December21st2012Freak ^{Talk to me} at ≈ 01:53, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Per above, there is no problem with WikiGoon admins ;) Ajraddatz (Talk) 01:57, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

my edits

hi i just dont understand y u reverted my edit. the pillow one. its true. plz reply also u were kinda antagonistic wit ur message —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.223.127.68 (talk) 01:43, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

The content of your message stretches my assumption of good faith to its limit. However, you've asked politely so I will answer. The reason I reverted your edit can be found here. If the templated message I left on your talk page seemed antagonistic, perhaps it was because you insisted on adding your edit beyond the first warning. I hope this helps. Regards Tiderolls 01:54, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikiout

Swarm^(Talk) 04:20, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my talk. :) Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 03:57, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Alwyas glad to help. I know that you are capable of maintaining your own talk, but I ususally don't want personal attacks to stand. Thanks for letting me know you didn't mind me butting in. See ya 'round Tiderolls 04:12, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

I've been called worse things than a dickbutt. I found it funnier than anything else. Plus, we always find some new friends after a session of NPP or vandalism reversion, right? Have a nice evening, Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 04:16, 3 February 2010 (UTC)