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Chelseaadmin

Hi there - just a quickie. I think your report of User:Chelseaadmin was a little hasty (leaving aside the fact that they are now blocked for a username violation). The edit you linked to wasn't vandalism, and they had had no warnings in relation to vandalism (and only two edits overall). Thanks! _GB^T/C 20:00, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. Do I get to hit you with the flamingo? _GB^T/C 20:04, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I may do yet, actually - what's with User:163.150.21.253? Looks like good faith additions, to me? _GB^T/C 20:07, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know - by you here. Which of their edits are supposed to be vandalism? I'm a Mac user, so not clear on how Huggle works - how automated is it? _GB^T/C 20:11, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, sorry to harp on, but I've now removed User: Jbi56. You're reporting them to WP:AIV, but I cannot see that any of the edits cited are vandalism. What's going on? _GB^T/C 20:13, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not really questioning your reverts, just the part about reports to AIV. I think you might want to consider not using Huggle - User:Jbi56, for example, actually has no warnings on their user talk page, as far as I can see. User:Chelseaadmin had, and has, none. Something's not quite right, I think...? Either it's reporting when it shouldn't, or you're reporting when you shouldn't. I have no idea which, but it could start to get a bit disruptive if we have to question the veracity of someone's reports to WP:AIV. Thanks! _GB^T/C 20:19, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, you're right on Jbi - the warnings were tucked away deep inside all the standard image warning templates. Thanks for your time! _GB^T/C 20:35, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, this is Timcanterbury616--I think you're mistaken that I was "vandalizing" the "The Megas" page. I changed the See also to More Information because now there are two See Also's. I am going to change it back, but please leave it be next time, and also I don't think the change I made qualifies as "vandalism". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timcanterbury616 (talk • contribs) 20:26, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, better safe than sorry!!!!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Timcanterbury616 (talk • contribs) 20:35, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some confusion?

You've reverted 2 of my edits. One which was simply the addition of cite tags [1], while the other was removal or a previous vandalism and the addition of the word "internationally" [2]. Both are constructive edits, neither of which are vandalism. Your warnings about blocking me from editing are unfounded. As such, I am reverting your changes until proper reasoning is discuss. Thanks!AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 20:08, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Saw you note on my talk page. Thanks for catching that. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 20:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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help with Albanians

Hi, I could use some advice from one more experienced than I. Back in December, user:Србија до Токија created Albanians in Serbia by copy-pasting the contents of Albanians in Kosovo and Albanians in Central Serbia, which were then redirected to this article. This was one of his earliest edits, and occurred not long before he got hit with the banhammer (as you might imagine from his username) for his constant nationalist insults of other editors. Twice I tried to bring Albanians in Serbia to AFD, (most recently here), and it was rejected both times. My preferred solution would be to restore Albanians in Kosovo and rename Albanians in Central Serbia to Albanians in Serbia, especially given the current political situation there. My problem now is not so much that I "lost" the deletion debate. It's more that the other two articles still exist, as there is no consensus for their deletion. Albanians in Kosovo is still being actively edited. So with the information available in two separate articles, doesn't WP:FORK come into play at some point? I discussed this with the closing admin, but he wasn't much help. Any suggestions? // Chris ^{(complaints)•(contribs)} 05:16, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and...

Thanks for removing the personal attack from my talk page. In an unrelated matter, I love the No smoking/Sherlock Holmes sign photo! That's funny! Aleta (Sing) 17:43, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Juvenile edit

I think your bot might be a little hypersensitive. I reverted (again) to the proper version. Original version is too press release like which mostly has nothing to do with the article's subject. Please correct your bot. Thanks. 68.146.154.221 (talk) 19:50, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rock Band song list

Just a quick question. Why are you reverting the edits to the rockband song list without taking part in the discussion on the topic? --Mm03gt (talk) 20:11, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please also be aware of WP:3RR. There has been plenty of discussion on the subject, it's notable and reported in several reliable sources. Oren0 (talk) 21:42, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have to agree with both Mm03gt and Oren0. The new section has been under discussion in the RB songlist talk page since the initial leak two weeks ago. Since it was leaked, 13 songs have been confirmed for release. The wording and sourcing of the section as well as the layout was drafted in my talk page and reviewed multiple times and a consensus was formed among the editors prior to its inclusion. TRTX (talk) 22:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

your response that this is a 'leak' and by definition it is unrealiable is just an arbitrary statement, ignoring the debate on the subject and the numerous sources corroborating the list (including the games manufacturer Harmonix).--Mm03gt (talk) 02:06, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please use the talk page to discuss a change such as this. Your last edit summary implied that I alone made the decision which is most definately not the case. "Possible Rumored Songs section" has been an on going discussion since the initial leak on February 14th. Please review talk pages prior to making a revert or change such as this. TRTX (talk) 15:41, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Computer/Scepbot

If your bot uses the pywikipedia framework, you might want to change the following code in redirect.py:

                    # watch out for redirect loops
                    if secondTargetPage.sectionFreeTitle() == secondRedir.sectionFreeTitle() \
                            or secondTargetPage.sectionFreeTitle() == redir.sectionFreeTitle():
                        continue

to:

                    # watch out for redirect loops
                    if secondTargetPage.sectionFreeTitle() == secondRedir.sectionFreeTitle() \
                            or secondTargetPage.sectionFreeTitle() == redir.sectionFreeTitle():
                        content=secondTargetPage.get()
                        secondTargetPage.put("{{db-r1}}"+content, "Tagging for speedy deletion")

Then, your bot will tag them for deletion when it finds them. Will ^(talk) 20:06, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. I would like to do that but I also want to keep the bot in sync with SVN. Also CSD#R4 would be better criteria me thinks (alas that was created today by me). I'll tell this on #pywikipediabot -- Cat ^chi? 20:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

"<Filnik|away> White_Cat: tell Will that he has an old version of redirect.py and if he will send me a patch suitable for the new version I'll consider it (and apply if correct)"

So if you can do that, we all would benefit from this. :)

-- Cat ^chi? 21:12, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Newest as in SVN, yes? Will ^(talk) 22:35, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd wager $2000 thats what he meant. :) Of course if I am wrong I won't be paying. :P -- Cat ^chi? 22:37, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Is there a place I can test it? Wikimedia projects cache the list, which makes it useless. Will ^(talk) 23:10, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't know. You could test on a private wiki, perhaps wikia. -- Cat ^chi? 23:26, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller

Hi, You just destroyed my editorial work by re-inserting one of my undo's. Please look more carefully before you make this kind of change. The undo was done because the edit concerned produced code in the text. I then corrected this in a separate edit. Now I will undo your re-insert, because we then end up with exactly the wanted result: original persondata code inserted, plus my own new edits! Thanks for not intervening at this point! Doortmont (talk) 20:33, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled thread

Be bold--Pensil (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seedfolks

Just FYI - I identified your revert on Seedfolks as vandalism but now realize your revert re-introduced someone else's vandalism. --NeilN ^{talk ♦ contribs} 15:10, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

United States invasion of Panama

Not that it's clearly unobvious that you digested the stated reasons for deleting the aforementioned material, but your accusation of vandalism is clearly inflammatory and unhelpful. Kindly moderate your tone and try to digest the reasons for deletion before editing. Thank you. 129.71.73.243 (talk) 15:34, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but...

He was right... _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{aka john lennon} 16:49, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Raju

Hi Sceptre, thanks for your help on the Raju page. This guy yenkat whatever is on a rampage of vandalism with some of the pages, is there a way he can be monitored or blocked?--Aphistory1 (talk) 17:01, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review — LS

List at the bottom looks a bit weird. Could do with paragraphing.

Points 1) and 3) in the list tip the scales in Citizendium's favour slightly. How about merging those points together to make something more neutral?

Exactly what list are you talk about? Is it the section starting with, There are three clear differences between Citizendium and Wikipedia which are:

Regards, QuackGuru (talk) 18:22, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is very neutral and well referenced. Tell me what is not referenced or not neutral and I will quote the reference to verify it is extremely neutral. Or do you want it lengthened or shortened? Or what part needs to be tweaked. I have reread it. I don't know what could not be neutral. I need more guidance. QuackGuru (talk) 18:28, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I tried the paragraph version but it is hard on the eyes. It is easier to read in it current form. I tweaked the writing. It is neutral now? QuackGuru (talk) 18:48, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On the talk page it says the reviewed reversion was: Reviewed version: January 29, 2007. I think the date can be corrected. It is March 2008. QuackGuru (talk) 08:36, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

vandalism warning for ip 71.163.67.110

Will, I saw that you placed a level 3 warning on a IP talk page...although he did have a level 2 already, it was for obvious vanalism...I know, I placed it, I am questioning the placement of a level 3 for somthing that appears to be a good faith newbee edit (although pov definatly). what I am trying to say is it looks like you WP:BITE him.Coffeepusher (talk) 20:47, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was User talk:71.163.67.110, sorry for not including that information.Coffeepusher (talk) 20:54, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

":::That revert must've been either:

A mistake, or;
Someone reverted an edit he did to that page and warned him. I normally revert if that happens.

Thanks."

...um...I can't make any sence out of that statement. the ip made what appeared to be a WP:GF edit, you reverted his edit, and then you placed a level three warning to his talk page which I thought was severe and questioned you about it. your responce dosn't adress any of those points that I can see.Coffeepusher (talk) 21:04, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ooh! now your statement makes sence. I will ask if you think what he did realy constitutes vandalism? personaly I think you should remove the template since it was placed by your bot, but that is only my interpritation of the situation. the problem is that the damage has probably already been done. Coffeepusher (talk) 21:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

vandal warning to 80.4.207.185

Hi, I spotted you had added a vandal warning to User talk:80.4.207.185 my belief was that this was a new editor who added reasonable well intentioned content to Bickenhall (which was a one line stub before) and inadvertently deleted the refs, cats, & stub label. I've added the text back in (& formatted it a bit better). I always err on the side of Assume good faith.— Rod ^talk 20:52, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Patkirkwoood

I noticed you had warned this user about vandalism and he has since vandalized a user page, plus is violating 3RR in his persistence to change the lead to the article Mickey Rooney against the consensus of other editors who agree that the changes this user is making is awkward and time dependent. I'm not quite sure which way this should go with the user. Could you take a look and make a determination? Thanks. Wildhartlivie (talk) 00:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday

The Wikipedia Birthday Committee wishes you a very happy birthday! Enjoy your special day.

--Comet styles 00:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here's to you on your birthday, Sceptre/Archive 41! From the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

--SMS ^Talk 03:26, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday! Hope you enjoy your day :) Seraphim♥ ^Whipp 03:30, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy birthday Will. seresin | wasn't he just...? 03:36, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday

from the Birthday Committee

Wishing Sceptre a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!

Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake!--User:DeadEyeArrow (talk) 02:01, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

--Nadir D Steinmetz 19:11, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have a Great Birthday! --The Helpful One ^(Review) 19:43, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RM AnonDemotivator ED Source

Please explain carefully why you have removed a valid source that is relevant to the Anonymous Demotivator deletion review. You refer to RFAR MONGO as justification. I just finished reading it, and there, links to ED were considered unacceptable because they provide unreliable information, and could be used as harassment. However, here ED is a legitimate source for the image and is highly relevant to the delrev - it is not being used for harassment or misinformation, and is not in an article, but rather in an administrative page. Your removal is following the letter of the decision but not the spirit of it. Z00r (talk) 11:39, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Very well, I have found another source. It is unfortunate that ArbCom was so shortsighted - this policy is guaranteed to generate systematic bias on internet culture related articles. Z00r (talk) 11:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I thought WP:RS as used in citing facts is a completely different beast from "sources" for an image..? Z00r (talk) 11:59, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday!

happy Birthday! LB22 (talk to me!)Email me! 20:08, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

March 2008, Marriage

Maybe that was a false-positive revert of my revert you did....? --Wikiscient (talk) 23:15, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List_of_Primeval_episodes

You reverted edits on this page. Some idiot keeps inserting bogus episode summaries for the next season. He has ignored reqests to cite sources and just keeps replacing them when they're deleted. So please don't blindly revert this page without looking at the discussion page. The deletions are not vandalism, they're CLEANING UP vandalism. 210.17.201.25 01:24, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please look before you revert

The edit of mine you reverted on 7912 was not vandalism. It was resolving a double-redirect issue due to the merging of 7805 and 7812 into a new, more general 78xx article. Your reversion of this change now results in a broken page. -- Foogod (talk) 02:21, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rachel Marsden

I replied to your query at user talk:EncMstr#Rachel_Marsden. —EncMstr 02:48, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aww crap! Happy Birthday!

I didn't get the pleasure of changing 16 to 17 on your page with the edit summary "zomg". (I know, I'm always stealing a good line from somebody.) Oh well, /age templates are an integral part of Wikipedia now (?), and since I have one myself, I guess that it balances out. Anyway, enough of my blathering on about how unfair life is—and trust me, by now I'm used to it—and Happy Birthday, And Many More^© to you. Have a well-known Schwarzwälderkirschtorte. :) — $PЯINGεrαgђ 05:20 4 March, 2008 (UTC)

P.S.

Nice hair. Mine doesn't look all that different; only a little more curly, and obviously red. — $PЯINGεrαgђ 05:26 4 March, 2008 (UTC)

RfA

Thanks for your comments and your support. I'm overwhelmed! :) Seraphim♥ ^Whipp 21:41, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Wesson

Hi Sceptre ! I working at the article please give me time - please see history - i am slow - it takes me hours -

have a look here: User_talk:Rudget Regards Tom --Dan Wesson (talk) 22:37, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edit-conflict barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		thanks for helping keep Wikipedia free of vandalism. RFerreira (talk) 23:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your secret admirer

...has earned a one-week vacation.[3] Raymond Arritt (talk) 23:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]