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Cincinnati Bengals

Hi! I saw that you warned and anonymous user about their edits that were actually vandalism. I agree completely with you on that. So after seeing that I decided to ask you if you can do anything about an anonymous user known as 24.145.235.244. The person has already blanked/vandalized two pages greatly. Those two pages are Hot Digital Songs and The Cincinnati Bengals. Both pages have been fixed and I have sent 24.145.235.244 a message, but I feel more must be done. Vandals like 24.145.235.244 get on my nerves.--Sportman2 02:10, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry but I realized my message went through but when ever you see 24.145.235.244 in "History" it always takes you back to the edit screen. Why? Anyway, just so you know I know the link to 24.145.235.244isn't working.--Sportman2 02:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

But is has been created. I sent a message to the person twice. The edit page does contain what I wrote though showing that I did send something.--Sportman2 02:29, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind. But,I meant the talk page not the user page.--Sportman2 02:31, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!--Sportman2 02:36, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Alexandria Country Day School

Since you started this article, can you expand it when you can? Is this Alexandria, VA or another Alexandria? Also, please categorize it. Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.168.249.78 (talk) 19:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC).

Hogwarts logo SVG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Rules_of_thumb

“ "Use JPEG format for photographic images, and SVG format for icons, logos, drawings, maps, flags, and such, falling back to PNG when only a raster image is available. Use GIF format for inline animations, Ogg/Theora for video." ”

I'm sure there are many pretty low-res jpeg images of the US president's seal, but for some reason, an svg is preferred. Even if it doesnt have all the cosy pencil shadows.

Untitled

Get lost and stop threatening people about supposed "vandalism" on an electronic web-page. "This will not be tolerated!" Yea, thanks dad for teaching me a lesson about "character". You will not be allowed to edit wikipedia anymore--blah, blah, blah. Whatever. C-YA!

Oh get over yourself. Your not crusading against any evil, your not righting any wrongs or restoring justice anywhere. You are simply hitting keys on a computer where you sit on your butt and browse. Want to feel like a hero? Join the military. Funny how you call editing electronic words "vandalism"--cracks me up. Well, good luck in your patrols fearless chair captain of the computer.

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im am ever so sorry john reaves. God now if you block me i can always get another e-mail at one of a hudred websites so good luck John Reaves. ps check out your new wikipedia page

Untitled 3

I deleted the comment, maybe you should open your eyes and notice vandalism on pages! 149.135.115.132 03:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

You really are stupid! Obviously it's not there now, but it was at the time when I posted my "personal attack" comment!

Try to think before you speak next time! 149.135.115.132 03:12, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

So telling the truth is a personal attack? Yet you're allowed to tell me to open my eye? Did telling the truth get to a bit, is that why you're threatening to block me? Grow up! 149.135.115.132 03:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, touche! I apologise for taking out my bad day on you. 149.135.115.132 03:29, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Ollivander

I'm unhappy with your revision (within one minute!) of a change I made to the Mr Ollivander page. You'll note that on the discussion page I put this up as a topic for people to discuss 5 days ago. No one has seen fit to say it shouldn't be added. Five days, compares to one minute for your reversion and without contributing to the discussion. Coricus 06:26, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I think not. The fact that your revision took place within a minute is an indication to me you did not research the matter before your reversion (in addition to not reading the talk page and engaging in reasonable debate). Google lists 69 web sites carrying this information, while Ask has 81. Many are fan websites.

I refer you to:

• http://swordofgryffindor.com/2006/08/17/what-happened-to-ollivander/
• http://forums.nightly.net/lofiversion/index.php/t39798.html
• http://www.hpana.com/forums/topic_view.cfm?tid=72540&p=33

indicating it is a genuine topic of discussion in keeping with my observation "fans have noted". Coricus 06:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Firstly, your use of quotation marks around "research" and "sources" is both pompous and offensive. It is a further indication to me that you are acting in bad faith (in conjunction with the speed of your reversion, lack of corresponding research and lack of debate).

WP:OR is difficult to know how to apply to fan web sites and theories (see note 1: it's explicitly set up to stop crank physics theories that are hard to disprove). In this particular case though, I tried to seek a balance by showing that anagrams are a method used by Rowling on multiple occasions to show a character's true personality. Particularly given that my posting referenced the fact that it was a TOPIC DISCUSSED BY FANS not that it was per se factual. Your sneering description of 81 sources ignores the fact that many of these sites are chat forums set up to explicitly discuss the issue - and my search was deliberately conservative as I chose: "ollivander "an evil lord"".

If raw numbers are how you choose to judge notability (and personally, they weren't my choice) a broader search reveals from http://www.askpeeves.org/results/?news=1&shop=1&info=1&pics=1&vids=1&cast=1&forum=1&quote=1&scrib=1&q=ollivander that Ollivander Disappearence Theory at http://www.leakylounge.com/index.php?showtopic=14024 has 62986 total posts. Many discuss whether he's evil and that debate largely stems form the anagram. (Seperate page "Why Ollivander dissapeared" has according to Peeves 38680 total posts)

Finally, the addition of the comments to the Ollivander page (as note in the discussion forum) was not originally by me. I merely sought to reintroduce them while trying to bring them further into line with Wikipedia standards. Coricus 07:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Again, you resort to profanity and pomposity.

• Your initial objection was WP:OR - which explicitly states "Material that counts as "original research" within the meaning of this policy is material for which no reliable source can be found and which is therefore believed to be the original thought of the Wikipedian who added it." I have clearly demonstrated that is not so.

I think the fact that a debate is clearly happening over this one (http://s8.invisionfree.com/Ultimate_Discussion/ar/t84.htm is another forum discussing the issue) justifies the comment "fans have noted". The fact that Rowling uses anagrams is similarly not original research, she notes it herself in the books and multiple interviews.

• Your notability argument is a new one.

I agree that non-notable fan theories aren't encyclopedic. I think this one is borderline, you don't. Technically we should put it forward for arbitration. Frankly, for two sentences on a minor character in a series of books I don't care about it's too much effort. Book 7 is out in six months. The comments can be readded then if shown to be correct. Coricus 08:53, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

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Sorry i thought people might be intrested in seeing Emma's boobies

uw Tempates

Hi John, do you have all the templates in your watchlist? I saw you reverted for a second time the removal of the image from {{uw-test2}}, this isn't the first time someone has come in and removed one image off their favorite warning. I had to do {{uw-vandalism2}} last night. Cheers ^{Khukri -} 08:22, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

The Ahruman RFC/NAME

I referred to a comment of yours when I requested the reconsideration of the RFC's closure. Just an FYI, in case you might want to correct, challenge, or otherwise comment on that reference. I included a link to the last version of the RFC before it was deleted -- just one minute after I'd cast my detailed "Strong Disallow" reasoning, which means practically nobody had a chance to read it. Ben 08:36, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply, John. Would you consider CC'ing it to User_talk:WikiLeon#Hasty_closure_of_RFC? I think your opinion may carry some weight with WikiLeon, but I don't know whether he'll see it at my talk page. Thanks again! Ben 09:33, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Hogwarts

you thought that was vandalism? I saw what looked like an obvious spelling error. I will continue to be bold.

Fnorth 15:45, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey - Thank you for your suggestions on my talk page. Both the preview page and the edit summary were functions that I understood, but I had obviously underutilized them. I'm trying harder now and will continue to work on articles I've created - I know that they're not up to Wikipedia standards but I'm only able to improve them small bits at a time due to busy-ness. In the future I'll try to get an article farther along before I post it at all. -Jen3774 19:29, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: WP:RFC/N closure.

Be bold. --w^{L<speak·check·chill>} 21:42, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Requiem For A Dream

Sorry about the edits on the page. I do not recall making these changes, however I did have a rather large party the other night with some rowdy people running to the computer to consult Wikipedia in order settle some debates throughout the evening. My apologies again for the inconvenince.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.64.74.7 (talk • contribs)

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http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metropop/2005/cbsa-01-fmt.xls

The Lexington MSA does not include Madison County; this is why you are getting a different pop. number. Madison County is included in the Richmond, KY MSA, and the Lexington-Fayette-Frankfort-Richmond, KY CSA as well. Take a look at this wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington-Fayette-Frankfort-Richmond%2C_KY_Combined_Statistical_Area. http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro_general/List1.txt - This U.S. Census Bureau site also provides a detail of which counties are included in the Lexington MSA.

Untitled 6 (yes, I'm lazy)

Mmkay, I know about the preview function; yet I just have a question why you decided to tell me about it? If I mess up, I mess up. I appreciate the helpfulness, and I acknowledge I made a mistake, but I'd rather not have somebody tell me something I already know. Have a nice day. ^^72.200.27.179 03:22, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I know I made about a dozen edits, but they were to a bunch of different sections and I had to do it piece-by-piece. 72.200.27.179 04:06, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Sigs

Thanks. I am very familiar with WP:SIG as several users have already downright insisted that I change my signature back when it was two flags (mind, I appreciate the politeness with which you wrote me). As I've told the others, WP:SIG is guideline, not a policy, and I therefore do not have to abide by it until they make it so. If they wanted to make it absolutely sure that nobody used images in signatures, they would make it a policy. As it stands as a guideline, dissent from ranks is perhaps not encouraged, but they cannot tell me it is against the rules. Until they produce verifiable sources to prove it, I disagree with them that an image containing less than 21kb of information will bring Wikipedia to a grinding halt. It is generally believed that signatures "are considered to serve no use to the encyclopedia project," but to that I ask what use is subscript or superscript or any kind of colors at all? That quote, and these:

• "they are potentially distracting from the actual message"
• "images in signatures give undue prominence to a given user's contribution"
• "they reduce searchability, making pages more difficult to read"

...can easily be said about any signature personalization. The next one:

• "they clutter up the "file links" list on the image page every time you sign on a different talk page"

I'm sorry, it is not my fault Wikipedia allows the "file links" page to display talk pages, project pages, etc. The same problem is encountered by a "featured picture" when many people put that on their user page. My objections continue, but my wasting of your time does not need to. Thanks again for politely guiding me to WP:SIG unlike some have in the past. I hope you agree with me that as long as it remains a guideline and not a policy, I have the right to display whatever I please in my signature. :-D. Have a wonderful 3:30 am ;-) JHMM13  08:29, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Monobook.js question

Thanks John! I get it now. TheQuandry 14:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

You removed my comment from Talk:Super Bowl XLI

You removed my comment from Talk:Super Bowl XLI. (Prince halftime show - added "Controversy Sprouts Over Prince's Super Bowl Halftime Show") http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Super_Bowl_XLI&curid=2176132&diff=106420919&oldid=106420621

Your justification for this action was "rewite that in an encyclopedic tone - this isn't a newspaper". I have a problem with this.

• Wikipedia:Removing_warnings#Talk page vandalism

"Talk page vandalism. Deleting the comments of other users from article Talk pages, or deleting entire sections thereof, is generally considered vandalism." You deleted my comments from the article Talk page.

• IF I had added this reference to the Super Bowl XLI page, THEN your comment would have been justified. Adding this reference to the talk page causes NO harm.
• I'm not a great writer and I was simply adding this reference to the talk page. Someone who IS a better writer COULD use that reference to add something to the regular page. Crocoite 23:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Note: Was my mistake and has been reverted. John Reaves (talk)

Thanks for the revert :) Crocoite 00:57, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

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Why do you accuse me of vandalism and threaten to block me? Wasn't Metallica formed in San Francisco? I thought I was right when I edited the page.No harm was intended,please clarify the issue.

And who are you to threaten me anyway? Watch what you say next time! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbblackcat13 (talk • contribs)

Your history of Metallica is wrong. Get your facts right before you threaten me. Do some research and you'll see I'm correct about their hometown. It's not Los Angeles,genius! the date about the group forming is incorrect. You probably started liking them after And Justice for all!You owe me an apogy. And next time I'm going to block you! Whatever dude! Go vandalize yourself! You don't even know the meaning of the word. Plus, You don't have the authority to block me. I corrected errors. You should thank me not criticize me. I'll pray for you. By the way, lose the arrogance. It doesn't suit you. Take care and God bless.

You must think your some big shot or something ,but you're no better than anyone else.Get a life! You need a prayer cause you're real sick. Block me now if you can!

Weird accusations

John Reaves, an admirer of "femme fatale" Vivien Leigh → Get out!--Wbrz 01:09, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

2006 Indianapolis Colts season

Hello, I noticed that you placed a warning comment on User talk:Iambetterthanu and he vandalized the 2006 Indianapolis Colts season article, but I am fairly new to Wikipedia and do not know how to block members or handle anything like that. Please let me know if you know how to handle this situation. Thanks. Manningmbd 17:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

The Fat Poto at the grease trucks.

Why on earth did you pull the "Fat Poto" from the list of fat sandwiches,

I ordered the same sandwich from Jimmy for almost 7 years, one day, he tells me he's gonna name it after me.

AND YES, MY NAME IS POTO

The Sandwich appears on the Mr.c Truck Menu TO THIS DAY

I am not aware of anybody who would take offence at the mentioning of the sandwich.

If there is a valid reason, please contact me at poto@placemonkeyhere.com

Thank you

B. Poto Krewson —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.216.94.233 (talk) 18:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC).

My apologies for the double post, for some reason my initial post didnt appear on my browser. I am sorry.

Checking the history led me to believe that you had removed the sandwick (along with some other sandwiches that could be considered offensive.

The history also led me to believe that the sandwich was innitially added back in December.

If I am reading this wrong, then again, I'm sorry

B. Poto Krewson

Harry Potter Spells - slug vomiting charm

I am disappointed that you take my edit of the slug vomiting charm as vandalism. While it may be my opinion that the effect produced is random it is equally an opinion to state that the effect appears to be an early example of non-verbal magic. Neither can be proven within canon. Only JKR knows for sure. And to my knowledge she has not been asked. Note that I made no attempt to remove your opinion. I would consider that vandalism. If opinions are to be banned yours should be banned as well.

As far as your threats of banning me please feel free if you indeed have the power to do so. It will simply prove that wikipedia is indeed biased toward the opinions of the privileged few. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.88.55.197 (talk) 01:22, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

Slug vomiting

You wrote: "Actually you did revert my edit (see [1]). Speculation and opinion isn't encyclopedic so don't put it back John Reaves (talk)"

I reverted back to my original which still includes your opinion that "Since it is spectacularly unlikely that any standard incantation is based on such a phrase, it would appear to be a very early example of non-verbal magic."

I challenge you to back that opinion up with a citation from canon or from JKR or else remove it since "Speculation and opinion isn't encyclopedic".

Thank you.

Thank you for removing all of the opinions from the Slug Vomiting page. My edits were simply a response to the opinion that was already there. I will refrain from further changes to this material. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.88.55.197 (talk) 02:02, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

Excuse me?

I'm not vandalising the page. Season 3 had sixteen episodes under it, but each season of Ed edd n eddy only has THIRTEEN episodes. I was moving the misplaced episodes to season 4. Can you at least check what I'm trying to do before you assume in vandalizing? DietLimeCola 04:29, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Reminder

• Brutopia (pub)
• irc.freenode.net.

Re: Protection

Hi, I protected the article to thwart the initial blast of vandalism, and meant to unprotect it just some time later. I wasn't online for the last couple of hours, but someone else has unprotected it by now. Thanks for your message. --Ragib 05:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry

The article has a lot of errors, is biased, and does not cite sources.

Untitled 8

Hi this is Louisvillian and there is currently an Edit War on the Southern U.S. page between me and user http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/70.168.88.158 or Gator (his login name)and if I'm not mistaken you are an admin and I was hoping to put an end to this. This war is involving the Cultural variations section about Kentucky. It's basically about is Kentucky more Southern or Midwestern and what not, and me knowing opinions mean nothing on this site provided a few sources to back what I put into the Article here is my Edit

Kentucky, at the confluence of the Upper South or Upland South and the Midwest, served as an important Border State during the Civil War and has long exhibited great cultural variety across different regions of the state. Some studies suggest that while the vast majority of Kentuckians (79%) consider themselves and their state to be Southern, a considerable amount of Kentuckians may not readily identify with the South, most of whom who are opposed to the term Southern opt for the term Midwestern.[1] For example, the culture of Northern Kentucky is more Midwestern than Southern, as this region is culturally and economically attached to Cincinnati. Conversely, Southern Indiana is more Southern than Midwestern, as it is culturally and — particularly in south central Indiana — economically attached to Louisville [2]. Louisville is often described as both "the Gateway to the South" and "the northernmost Southern city and southernmost Northern city." While varying degrees of Northern cultural influence can be found in Kentucky outside of the Golden Triangle region, cities such as Owensboro, Bowling Green, and Paducah, along with most of the state's rural areas, have largely remained distinctly Southern in character.

Here is his edits

Kentucky, at the confluence of the Upper South and the Midwest, served as an important Border State during the Civil War and has long exhibited great cultural variety across different regions of the state. Some studies suggest that many Kentuckians may not readily identify with the South or consider themselves to be "Southern", opting instead for the term "Midwestern" or more neutral regional labels. For example, the culture of Northern Kentucky is more Midwestern than Southern, as this region is culturally and economically attached to Cincinnati. Conversely, Southern Indiana is highly Southern when compared to most of the Midwest, as it is culturally and — particularly in south central Indiana — economically attached to Louisville. Louisville, viewed as a Midwestern city in some analyses of the region , is often described as both "the Gateway to the South" and "the northernmost Southern city and southernmost Northern city." While varying degrees of Northern cultural influence can be found in Kentucky outside of the Golden Triangle region, cities such as Owensboro, Bowling Green, and Paducah, along with most of the state's rural areas, have largely remained distinctly Southern in character.

The other user is having alot of problems at the part where it states that the vast majority of Kentuckians identify with the South (which was cited with The Southern Focus Study). He just wants it to say that Kentuckians may not readily identify with the South, without mention of the source that I've provided. This stems from a debate as to which of our sources is more reliable, My Southern Focus Study which has been conducted for the past decade and is still running, or his pre 1990's study that was conducted for only one year. So I tried to incorperate both of our sources (which you can see in my edit above), But he is using his opinion to counter this source. There is also a problem at the part where it claims that Northern Ky is more Midwestern than Southern (as it was not cited) so I cited it with a map created by this nation most reknwon georgrapher DW Meining's. The problem he has with this is that it proves that Southern Indiana is more Southern than Midwestern. He continues to edit the Southern Indiana claim without touching the Northern Kentucky claim, which are cited by the same source.

Now he is also making a claim that Louisville is considerd a Midwestern city, and attempted to cite it with a JSTOR, that's fine, But what he claimed was not in the Exert from the JSTOR to prove Louisville was a Midwestern city is not in there at all. It doesn't even mention Louisville or Kentucky on the JSTOR. If you aren't too busy can please take time to resolve this matter, if you can please send me a message on my page Louisvillian 03:25, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for notifying the 141 anon of my block. I usually do this myself when I block, but I got called away for a few minutes right after blocking. If there are any problems when the block expires, please let me know and I'll deal with them with a much longer block the next time around. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 03:05, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

changes

do NOT make major changes without discussing on talk page first. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WWWUser (talk • contribs) 06:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC).

User talk:WWWUser Archive

i did.WWWUser 06:40, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

oscar perez

--Angelnore 07:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC)i'm just trying to fix the templates. that's whay i deleted it.

99 cent store

It's supposed to be redirected to Variety store, I originally was unable to locate the article. BuickCenturyDriver 07:10, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/141.157.198.75

Case opened. Ronbo76 15:52, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Battle of Husaybah aid

thanks for your help with that copyright prob however one more major copy violation still remains the article on Battle of Turki (also written by Top Gun) is made up of text riped right out of news pages, thanks again for the help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.211.221.195 (talk) 23:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC).

Listen up I didn't use copyrighted material I wrote the battle of Husaybah the way it was in my own words I can not help it if the events of the story are the same as the ones in the reference source I cited myself. If you wanted it to not be copyviolation as you say then you could have only changed history if you wanted that the story be not copyviolation. The text was very diferent from the reference source. If you wanted me to change the story any more than history of the battle would have been changed. Top Gun

Speedy

No problem; actually, I’m not entirely certain about the interpretation of that criterion myself. When I have time,™ I might eventually petition for a clarification in WP:CSD#G4. Anyway, it’s gone now, for the third time. —xyzzy_n 04:40, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Folken de Fanel

By the way, do not mess up with my talk page any longer. As Wikipedia:Vandalism#Types_of_vandalism says, "on a user's own talk page this policy does not itself prohibit the removal and archival of comments at the user's discretion". That admins want to add/delete/reinstate their own warnings is one thing. However, that external users (that means you) should meddle with others' talk pages and reinstate unwanted and harmful comments (not even warnings) is another, and it is called Talk page vandalism. Folken de Fanel 16:37, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Do not touch my talk page any more or it will be concidered as Wikipedia:Vandalism#Types_of_vandalism, and you'll get the proper warnings for it. You can add comments if you want to talk to me, however I can "remove comments from my talk page at my own discretion", and you can't make reverts and reinstate comments that are not yours (or even your comments that would have been removed). It's only an act of blatant provocation, and I wouldn't advise you to act like that. Folken de Fanel 22:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC)