User talk:Zer0431/Archive 2

You have new small engines (last change).

Don't you just love hot tea? Works wonders on the soul...

Never mind. I'm still here, but I'm not all the way here. I'll probably be away on Fridays and Saturdays, that's when I race. So if you've got any messages, post them here, just don't expect a response all that soon. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 11:52, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

{{Archive box|/Archive 1 /Archive 2 /Archive 3 [[User talk:Gp75motorsports|Current}}

Current}}

Archived

I archived your talkpage for you. If you don't like it, just revert it and delete the archives. Thank you! Marlith ^T/C 03:14, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Signature

Is this good? <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 23:34, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Have you checked the RAW signature box? <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 22:42, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

You go to your My Preferences, see the "Signature:" box, where you can type? Put the code, everything in the edit box, into the typing space and check the RAW signature box, and click the "Save" button. <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 21:55, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

When you put it in, check the end of the code, and see if it is all there. <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 22:10, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Then you may have to remove the contribs link, or I can trim it down, and try to keep it similar. <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 22:15, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Try it now. <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 22:20, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Now it should work. <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 22:23, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

How about now? <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 22:59, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

I may have missed something before, try it now. <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 02:41, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

One more second. <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 21:33, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Is this okay now? <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 21:54, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Any information you need can be found here. <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 03:04, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

EfD

I removed you from the prohibited users list. Just read over the instruction creep and keep inline with that. If you have questions, let me know. As for your suggestion to create criteria, that's fine. Check my talk page for the correct name. It's redlinked in your message title. Lara❤Love 04:34, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Your Motives

R's EfD was deleted because of a request from the creator. Your quote "We work hard to create a clean, free encyclopedia for all the world to enjoy." is quite misleading. Do 'We?' Think long and hard before you piss on someone's black kettle. Your role is intregal to this project, but instead of coming of as adversarial, why don't you take the time to better an article? Find a problem, and I'll help you edit mercilessly. But simply being quick with the 'undo' tab is not enough, in my own opinion, to warrant your judgment call. It takes all kinds. You need to find a balance. the_undertow ^talk 12:37, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Blessed editing, and...

Happy Holidays from Marlith ^T/C

Credits: This card was inspired by Macy's123, assistant of V's Shop

Marlith ^T/C 00:15, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Signpost updated for December 17th, 2007.

The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery

Volume 3, Issue 51	17 December 2007	About the Signpost

From the editor: ArbCom elections, holiday publication
Former Wikimedia employee's criminal history detailed	Möller resigns from board, joins foundation as employee
Google announces foray into user-generated knowledge	WikiWorld comic: "Tractor beam"
News and notes: Elections, Wikimania 2009, milestones	Wikipedia in the News
WikiProject Report: Plants	Features and admins
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News	The Report on Lengthy Litigation

You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 18:56, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

ChampionMart

What do you mean by postition. give me a list please. Thanks.  Sunderland06  18:11, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

If dreamafter wants to be sig desinger i'll be assistant sig designer. Thanks.  Sunderland06  18:29, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Sig designing

Hi, please could you give me some requests for a bit practice. Thanks.  Sunderland06  18:41, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Cf38's sig has been done but i'll have a go at Attheabyss's. Sunderland06  18:48, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Damn, dreamafters done AtTheAbyss's aswell, can you please make some up for me, invent some. Sunderland06  18:51, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

I dont know what you mean. Sunderland06  19:10, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

You can find some of my practice signatures here. Thanks.  Sunderland06  20:46, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Aisle Manager position

At this page, I would like to apply for a position as an Aisle Manager. Thanks in advance, <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 20:50, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Or, as a "barnstar designer", or a "userpage designer" Head position, mostly as a reviewer for that one, to check that everything is properly formated on that one. <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 20:58, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

What exactly is a aisle manager.  Sunderland06  21:40, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind, I will stick to my own shop, so you have a second competitor. <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 00:07, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Please do not violate my RTV

Hey, Gp, just to let you know, can you please read RTV? I've gotten a message saying you repeatedly violated my RTV at least twice. Please stop. I don't want to have to say this, but I hear if you violate another's RTV, you may be blocked, not by me, but by an admin for harassment. Watch out! —BoL @ 00:02, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

And one more thing. I quit. —BoL @ 01:18, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot

SuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun!

Stubs Kazunori Yamauchi A Camp Félix Malloum 1998 in games Mickey Wright Zaghawa Kanuri Joe Amato Tommy Ivo Cuiviénen Connie Kalitta Common Eldarin Dungen Stephen Foster Briggs Hollis Stacy Robert Stanek Circuit de Catalunya Irwindale Speedway Languages of Arda

Cleanup Gran Turismo 4 Artemis Fowl (film) Bongo (antelope) Merge Pescara Grand Prix Rainbow Serpent Battle of Borota Add Sources Modern Talking Oromis Durza Wikify Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Cats & Dogs Speculative execution Expand Gravion Zwei 2000 Monaco Grand Prix Zinedine Zidane

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better -- thanks for helping.

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from ForteTuba, SuggestBot's caretaker.

P.S. You received these suggestions because your name was listed on the SuggestBot request page. If this was in error, sorry about the confusion. -- SuggestBot (talk) 16:26, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Sig designing

I don't think that you have finished your comment on my talkpage. Thanks.  Sunderland06  18:16, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

RE:Cool.

Okay, What do you want it to say? Sirkad_talk^sign 20:08, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'm on it. Sirkad_talk^sign 20:25, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Hows this? Sirkad_talk^sign 20:56, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

	ChampionMart
	Thank you for visiting ChampionMart your business is greatly appreciated. We hope to see you again!--Staff at ChampionMart

Okay, cool, I also put a link to champion mart on my user page. Sirkad_talk^sign 21:07, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

ChampionMart

Are you going to put a link to the chmpionmart on your user page so that people know where to find it, and i like the format of the mart, do you want me to get some people?  Sunderland06  20:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello i'm adding a link to this and i've asked User:Esrever and i'll try to bring in some more people. Sunderland06  21:29, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh sorry that's really funny it was meant to say hello not hellp. LOL.  Sunderland06  21:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

RE: ChampionMart

Sorry, I'm just too busy in real life to help. – ABCD✉ 21:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Do you think this is alright or is itto harshly worded, if it is you can change it nicer.  Sunderland06  21:57, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Floating Messages

Hi, i have started the floating messages page, is the shop open or are we waiting till all of the postitions are filled.  Sunderland06  00:39, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

ChampionMart

Do you think that i should put an advert for the ChampionMart up on the Reference Desk t attract more people to be involved with it.  Sunderland06  00:43, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I have put it on the Reference Desk and if you want to follow it you can here.  Sunderland06  01:15, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. If you're going to offer assistance designing userpages that's fine, but this is definitely the wrong way to do it. Either get rid of the whole silly "mart" thing (if someone's going to request a userpage, they don't need to go to a bunch of subpages, that's unnecessary bureaucracy) or I'm putting this up for MfD. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 01:17, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Shop

I'm just going to leave you a message about ChampionMart. Looks that your shop is in danger. Check here. Macy's123 01:52, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Gp75motorsports/ChampionMart

I have nominated your ChampionMart for deletion. Please see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Gp75motorsports/ChampionMart to comment. Thanks, Metros (talk) 02:41, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

The Shop

Im fighting for it! All my negotiating power. seems like it is working! HAZAH! Sirkad_talk^sign 06:16, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Discussion about you

I have opened a discussion about you at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Gp75motorsports. I have concerns about your edits because of the amount of user projects you make that keep creating that do not assist Wikipedia and continually get deleted at MfD. Metros (talk) 14:23, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

You have been blocked

The community's patience has been clearly exhausted for this kind of behaviour, after the numerous MfDs and posts on ANI, and I've blocked you for a month to prevent this kind of stuff. I sincerely hope that you will contribute purposefully after the block has expired. --Maxim_(talk) 15:43, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Zer0431 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

---

Request reason:

I've got a little different way of doing things. When I set a project up, I prototype my structure, i.e. I put the page up, then I go over BURO and use it as a guide and smooth out the rough spots over a period of weeks. It's a slow change but this way I can make sure I adhere to guidelines better. I've explained this on ANI but for whatever reason no one's ever willing to give me time. I want to be unblocked so I can continue with this procedure.

Decline reason:

This is the sort of behavior that scuttled your RfA, and everyone concerned was hoping you would have gotten the hint; your "projects" seem to mistake Wikipedia for a social site, and almost unfailingly forget we are here to build and encyclopedia. I'm not sure why you seem so obsessed with creating structures where you and your acquaintances can give each other titles, but Wikipedia is not the place for it— and I agree that you need some time away to reconsider your methods of contributing. — Coren ^(talk) 17:12, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

---

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

You must want me to quit, huh? Well I tell you the way power-corruted admins treat me, I'm thinking of it. Y'know, you probably could've kept me from editing my namespace, but noo, you had to go the whole nine yards and flat outright ban me without warning. That's not good. Check my contributions. Most of those are concerning how to improve things. This isn't helping. So I take things a little different. To hell with me for doing what I think is right. Pfft. >:E --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 17:26, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm a power-corrupted admin, I'm sure, but this is the smallest amount of power that could ever corrupt a person, I think. I've been watching your edits since you first joined Wikipedia, the best of a bad bunch. Your friends seemed determined to use Wikipedia as a sort of social club, but you were the one among them who was actually making useful edits, too. I've stayed out of your way, mostly, hoping that you would eventually catch on that while your improvements to the encyclopedia were useful, your fascination with creating overly complicated projects achieving nothing that wasn't being done better without them was handicapping you. I hoped that you would get tired of creating all those projects and get on with the useful editing that every month you were getting better and better at. I'm sorry that you didn't. I don't know if I would have gone with a one-month block; but when I saw your unblock request, I knew that I couldn't say he was wrong about your edits, and so I couldn't in good conscience unblock you. I still think you're a useful part of the project, and that you'll eventually find that the useful work is more rewarding than the nonuseful work, and I hope you'll be back when your block is up. Maybe you'll even be ready to just work on the encyclopedia, without needing to create any new systems for working on it. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:35, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

All I request is that I be banned from editing my non-talk, non-main userpage, non-userbox subpages. I like to contribute to the encyclopedia; I've now seen that there are other places I can go to do the exact same thing. Do me a favor and protect all my project pages, but otherwise let me get back to editing the mainspage. And by the way, I don't say I've seen the light just to get an unblock; I really have. I've also got a few articles that I need to work on; see SuggestBot's message. If this means that you have to protect all my projects, so be it, as long as I don't get to edit them. Thanks, --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 17:56, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I am reducing this block to 48 hours, as I believe the current block length to be excessive. Personally I would not have blocked, but there is clearly a consensus that the block was appropriate. Walton^One 18:04, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 18:06, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, one more thing: Could you just go ahead and delete ChampionMart? I don't want this to escalate into a holy war, as did the WuA. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 18:07, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Remember, this reduced block length doesn't give you permission to continue your project obsession. Hopefully you do follow through on your promise above to focus on encyclopedia contributions and not user space edits. Metros (talk) 18:09, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Gp75, you need to listen to the advice of Metros and FisherQueen above, both of whom are trying to guide you in the right direction. Maxim should not have blocked you, but you should listen to experienced Wikipedians who are trying to help. Walton^One 18:24, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, hopefully you guys have some kind of protection against that. Here's an idea: Any project of mine that hasn't been reccomended to WikiProjects will automatically be deleted on the spot. Also, is there a way I can tell ArchiveBot not to delete this message? --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 18:30, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I've closed the MfD debate. Hopefully we can just put this past us, 'eh? ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 18:34, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Don't know how to tell ArchiveBot not to archive something, because I'm afraid of ArchiveBot. In my imagination, it has a large circular saw on one arm, and 'Crush Kill Destroy' tattooed on its bicep. Unlike SineBot, whom I imagine as a small robotic puppy with a quill pen. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:35, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, let's. This needs forgetting. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 18:37, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

(undent) For what it's worth, I'm happy this could be resolved without a long block. There are no available mechanisms to prevent you from contributing to namespaces other than article and article talk, except the remedy of blocking you if you do— so your willpower will have to do. — Coren ^(talk) 18:38, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Uh, hmmm. Gp75motorsports, if you'd like to continue your pursuit of playing around with wikicode and seeing what it can do, I suggest you start a project on Wikiversity (ask around here for help starting it. If you'd like me to copy the deleted pages to Wikiversity, I'll gladly oblige (I will not unblock you, however: this is a Wikipedian affair and involves a consensus that binds me). I assume it will be OK to tell your "customers" where your shop has relocated to after your block expires. --SB_Johnny | ^talk 18:50, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

You could always set up your own wiki... that has the advantage that you can do whatever you want with it. :) ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 18:54, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

To add to this, I've set up my own. It's fairly easy. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 18:55, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Huh. How easy? --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 19:11, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Setting one up = quite easy for a reasonably computer-literate person; see the MediaWiki page various instructions. Getting anyone but yourself to use it = somewhat more difficult. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:14, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

We'll i will certainly use it.  Sunderland06  19:16, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Can you help spread the word of our relocation? --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 19:53, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Certainly can, do you want me to recruit from the delted shop, and has it been created yet, cause i'll do it if you tell me the name. Sunderland06  19:56, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, just go ahead and do that. Also it hasn't been created yet. The URL could be www.championmedia.net for US, championmedia.co.jp for Japan, and championmedia.org for UK and Scotland. Lots of code there, but it'll pay off in the end. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 20:04, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

It is worldwide wiki, ill give you the link to it.

I'm filling out the form you will need to provide to me;

What will this wiki be about? What sort of articles will be included?

It'll mainly be a wiki about HTML and other languages that can be found on wikis. The "Shop" section, which will take up about half the site at the beginning, is derived from the now deleted ChampionMart page on my space and will have transwikiable free images, userpages, userscripts, signature designs, etc. that will be able to be pasted onto any wiki on the Web. All the user will have to do is copypaste the section of nowikied code beneath each example

More information about your project will help us evaluate your request. For example: Who will edit this wiki? Is there already a community around this topic? Do you have friends/colleague who will work with you? How will you promote the wiki to ensure others join in? Also, please provide links to forums and discussion boards on this topic. Thanks!

Anyone who is adept at HTML will be able to contribute, but just like on all Wikimedia or Wikia projects, only administrators will be able to block users or delete pages. Also there are numerous forums on this topic. site, for example, has a relatively large section for it.

Which category should this wiki be in? For example, sports, or arts, or hobbies? Look through the Wikia categories for ideas or select a category from the cloud below. Art, Books, Business, Cartoons, Comics, Communication, Culture, Documentation, Education, Engineering, Entertainment, Events and meetings, Fanon, Finance, Food and drink, Forums, Gaming, Health, History, Hobbies, Humor, Imagination, Language, Miscellaneous, Non-profit Organizations, People, Personal life, Philosophy and Religion, Places, Politics and Activism, Science and Nature, Science fiction, Society, Sports, Sustainability, Technology, Travel.

Documentation, Technology, and Non-Profit Organizations.

They need to be really specific aswell.  Sunderland06  20:12, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Unblocked

Following further review, I unblocked your account.

Please keep in mind that your activities have become extremely controversial, and that re-creating stuff that was MFDed would be disruptive activity. I urge you to engage in civil discussions about what is and is not appropriate Wikipedia content, and attempt to resolve the issues that others have had with your project prior to resuming activities.

Thank you. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 21:56, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Submitted

I have submitted the request and it being considered here.  Sunderland06  20:33, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

You will need to make a request here, and you can leave a support there by following the link above click ok and thenat the bottom of the page you will see the support bit.  Sunderland06  21:23, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Looks good. This might be something I would be interested in getting involved in. I'm running a private corporate wiki and a fairly successfully fan-wiki and a resource like this could be quite useful. Can you do me a favor and drop a link to it on my talk-page if it gets approved? ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 17:02, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Has J.S. made a comment on the Championmedia request page, because we'll need all the support we can, i have asked User:angela what she thinks about the wiki, did you know that you can take your wikipedia signature and put it into the wiki. I have got to tell you this about the wiki, there are not much templates so don't try to make them it will take far to much of your time and you will never keep it updated enough, and if you do keep it updated then your life will be pretty much useless LOL.

The staff at wiki will probablys set up some basic pages like help pages. Sunderland06  19:20, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not involved over in wikia... my input wouldn't be all that valuable over there. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 22:44, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

The wiki has been set up it is here and the main page needs a bit setting up first, and it's called codesnippets.  Sunderland06  19:58, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Open your card →→→

Happy Holidays from BoL @!
If you live in San Francisco, this is located at 21st west of Church.

Credits: This card was inspired by Macy's123, assistant of V's Shop

—BoL @ 03:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Codesnippets

Do you want to be an admin and a beuracrat, seeing as though your the co-founder, Sirkad is creating a logo after christmas.  Sunderland06  23:18, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Before doing the logo make sure you read this, and read all of the help pages.  Sunderland06  23:30, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

What is your user name. Sunderland06  23:33, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Can you type a few words in your user page so i know its you. Sunderland06  23:39, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Signpost updated for December 26th, 2007.

The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery

Volume 3, Issue 52	26 December 2007	About the Signpost

Wales appoints six arbitrators	Board approves expansion, up to 11 trustees possible
WikiWorld comic: "Molasses"	News and notes: Stewards, Senate testimony, milestones
Wikipedia in the News	WikiProject Report: Plants
Features and admins	Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation

You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 13:16, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Please check your emails right away

Please check your emails right away, I sent you some very important stuff. Thanks and LONG LIVE WIKIPEDIA!--Greenwood1010 (talk) 04:03, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Your shop

I am proposing the creation of a wikicommunity that would contain pages such as your shop. See User_talk:Haemo#Deleted_articles Sarsaparilla (talk) 04:24, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Request

Please make a replacement for this:

that has a transparent background.

And then make a version of the new one that spins like this:

Can you do this?

The Transhumanist 07:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

RE:Request

Hmm, i'm not entirely sure how to get the picture to spin, but ill give it a shot and get it back to you ASAP. Cheers! Sirkad_talk 18:03, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Here is what i have made, I cannot make it rotate for two reasons, one, I don't know how, and two is the copyright on the rotating image. here. "...Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.", as i am not sure EXACTLY what this means, it sounds to me like i cant but a picture in front of the spinning image, not entirly sure but i dont know how to make it spin anyway. Oh well =P Cheers! Sirkad_talk 18:19, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

It appears as if he's grinning like the Cheshire Cat! In the original one, the barnstar's hole doesn't show through.

I think there's a way to make the background of an existing image transparent using The Gimp.

The Transhumanist 04:32, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Right, PWee...

...yes, he's been blocked until January 25-ish. No new socks have come up, and for more info, go to User:TigerShark/PeeWee and if you have a suspected account, list it here. Happy new year. —BoL 23:02, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XX - January 2008

The January 2008 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

This is an automated delivery by KevinalewisBot -- 13:27, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Your request for checkuser

You might want to include, in the checkuser, which edit you're claiming wasn't your own. Metros (talk) 19:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Please go here, and add your name to the list. —BoL 01:30, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Or don't, and avoid having your application rejected. Daniel (talk) 01:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

What about me? There's this guy messing with the rollback page. —BoL 01:35, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Er, no, not you either. Daniel (talk) 01:36, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Please adopt me!

10 January 2008 Hi I need adoption! Please! :> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Faithportis (talk • contribs) 16:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Signpost updated for January 2nd and 7th, 2008.

The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery

Volume 4, Issue 1	2 January 2008	About the Signpost

WikiWorld comic: "John Lasseter"	News and notes: Stewards, fundraiser, milestones
Wikipedia in the News	WikiProject Report: Scouting
Features and admins	Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Volume 4, Issue 2	7 January 2008	About the Signpost

From the editor: Stepping in after delay
New Wikipedia discussion forum gains steam	WikiWorld comic: "Goregrind"
Wikipedia in the News	Features and admins
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News	The Report on Lengthy Litigation

You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 08:38, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Apologies

Sorry for this edit, I was testing a script and forgot to changed the config :) . Mønobi 20:59, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

NikhtaSt

You're going to unnecessary lengths to "punish" NikhtaSt. You file a request for checkuser to find out any other socks that he has, if any, which won't happen because it is not what checkuser is for. You then file a request for arbitration which is completely unnecessary – what exactly are ArbCom going to do? Arbitration is the last step in dispute resolution. I strongly suggest you withdraw the RFAR immediately, ArbCom aren't going to do a single thing about your indefinitely-blocked user with 3 edits. I still don't see why you are trying to find out what happened to him and if he has any socks. An account whose only intention was to vandalise pages is not immediately a sockpuppeteer. I strongly suggest you drop all of this. Spebi 01:02, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

If you didn't know he was blocked, why not check his block log? If he wasn't blocked, why not ask an administrator to block him? Why go to all the trouble of setting up unnecessary requests without finding out such an important detail? I really don't understand. Spebi 01:16, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

The block's actually 24 hours, my mistake. Hardly alters the fact that he's blocked and if the behaviour continues we can block him again. Hopefully next time you will know what is the appropriate course of action for this sort of situation. Spebi 01:23, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Gp, for some reason, has been urgently circulating the IP address of a user that only turned up on one day as an urgent vandal problem. Who knows why. Saying that the IP already had 3 warnings. I don't know why, nor do I care. Can we edit the encyclopedia please? AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 01:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

RE: New Message

Where? I just logged in, and there hasn't been any edits to my talk page for 24 hours, and, in the future, do NOT leave message here that pertain to other wikis, instead, do that at the appropriate wiki, not here. --FastLizard4 (Talk•Index•Sign) 01:04, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Shutoff

Yes, it works, but it gives an auto reason of "malfunctioning 'bot". You may want to change that, if possible. All the best, Keilana^talk 01:58, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Trust me, you do not want to be flagged as a bot. It may be easier to come up with a committed identity, like going here, then entering some sentence, phrase, or a random bunch of words, then submit, and copy the algorithm that says SHA-512, like 3a928aa2cc3bf291a4657d1b51e0e087dfb1dea060c89d20776b8943d24e712ea65778fe608ddaee0a191bc6680483ad12be1f357389a2380f660db246be5844. Note: if you copy the code down, you won't know what it means! So, yeah, you should go there, and enter a phrase, such as shutoff something something piledriver (do not copy that phrase!), and copy the longest code, and paste it on your userpage with {{User committed identity}}. Best, —BoL 02:06, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Hash string isn't really a good function as vandals will be able to unlock it. Try calculating it with SHA-512. Check out my example and Keilana's example. —BoL 02:14, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it doesn't flag you as a bot, and the admin can always change the reason. Second, the committed identity is a connection to your real-life identity, such as your middle name or your birthday, which can be used to confirm to an admin that you are in control of the account. You shouldn't make it something that is personally identifying information though, you may actually have to reveal it one day. BoL, a hash string is meant to be extremely difficult to crack; it could take days, and I highly doubt that a WP vandal would have the time to hijack your account and then crack your hash string, providing that it's sufficiently long. Best, Keilana^talk 02:17, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

All SHA-512 hashes are long! And I should think about changing my hash, it's something else. And besides, some Wikipedians know my real name, like you for example, and

Gp75motorsports. But, whatever you do, DO NOT REVEAL MY REAL NAME!!! —BoL 02:41, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Warning

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to User:?, you will be blocked from editing. Metros (talk) 03:23, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Adoption

I am looking to be adopted, can you please help? Daniel.M (talk) 20:38, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Clarification

Hey Gp, what did you mean by your post on User talk:Keilana/Recall? I don't quite understand what you're getting at. Best, Keilana^talk 20:41, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

"Red Alert"

Okay, you and BoL both need to stop making such a big deal about this Pee Wee guy. In any case, the post that you "RED ALERT"ed Jimbo's page about was like a month ago. Why were you only making a stink about it now? We've barely heard from the guy since then.

As I said, the two of you need to calm down and read WP:RBI and WP:MOV very closely. I'd also recommend you take a look at User talk:Blow of Light#What's the point?, where your friend is getting a similar warning. GlassCobra 22:19, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

AN/I

Hello, Zer0431. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Regards, Keilana^talk 00:20, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Toyota "userbox"

Hello. I happened to stumble to User:Your Gp75motorsports/Userboxes/Hates Toyotas (through browsing the Commons Picture of the Year compo pictures) and, through a bit liberal but generally somewhat acceptable interpretation of CSD G10 and U2, deleted it. To wit:

1. This page ("Hates Toyotas", could be construed as "This User gates Toyotas and wants a dump truck so he can crush one") could be construed as an attack against group of people (Okay, you really haven't done this, have you? =)
2. It's in incorrect userspace (User "Your Gp75motorsports" does not exist),
3. It's not even in an userbox format, and
4. It's an orphan page.

So while this page isn't exactly a major infraction, I deleted it. Please consider this an act of garbage collection rather than any kind of a punitive measure. I figured out it's not exactly a big effort to recreate a box "similar" to this one, anyway (or one that has a little bit less hostile language) - creating userboxes isn't exactly rocket science anyway. =) All the best and happy editing. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 12:32, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Notification of topic ban

Per community consensus, you are restricted to editing the article-, talk- and user talk-space only for three months. Furthermore, any interaction in the talk- or user talk-space must not relate to, mention, or infer mention of the vandal formerly known as "PeeWee". Users are prohibited from posting material on behalf of yourself and Blow of Light (talk · contribs), where it would breach the aforementioned conditions.

Futhermore, Blow of Light and yourself are limited to one account only. Breaches of these conditions can result in blocks, up to 48 hours for the first offence (or up to one month for using alternate accounts), and then scaling upwards for further offences at the discretion of the blocking administrator.

Best wishes, ~ Riana ⁂ 01:12, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

For the record, I disagree with this topic ban and have said so at ANI. Walton^One 19:51, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Well there's about a dozen or so editors who were active at this discussion on ANI who agree with it. You're the first dissenting opinion on the ban it appears so far. Metros (talk) 19:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I know. I wish I'd got there earlier. As it happens, I can only say that I hope Gp75motorsports isn't driven away by the needlessly draconian measures the community has seen fit to adopt. I will, of course, abide by consensus, but I am also entitled to disagree with it. Walton^One 20:26, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Gp75motorsports. As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank again for your interest in VandalProof. β^_command 13:49, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Watching my page?

Thanks for warning the guy who blanked my User page a few times. But, uh, you do realize that was last March? Sean Martin (talk) 20:10, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

You've violated your ban three times

In case you didn't notice, the ban restricts you to article space (like University of Michigan or Dinosaur), talk space (like Talk:University of Michigan or Talk:Dinosaur), and user talk space (like User talk:Gp75motorsports or User talk:Metros). Since the ban under 20 hours ago, you have edited the Wikipedia space three times in violation of this ban. I have opened discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Enforcement.3F to see from other users what kind of enforcement should relate to this ban.

In addition, your edits to the user talk space that have taken place since the ban have not been truly productive as already addressed to you by Sean D Martin. Please adhere to the guidelines of the topic ban. Metros (talk) 20:28, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

This is your final warning, by the way. Any further editing outside the above three namespaces, whether "constructive" or "my job" or not, will result in blocks per the enforcement provision of your community namespace and topic ban. Daniel (talk) 22:49, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to go against the flow here and give you one final warning, you've created a redirect which is barely necessary, you've gone around leaving vandalism warnings for users who vandalised in March 2007, and you've completely messed up creating a user account for another editor, all in direct violation of your topic ban and parole as agreed by the community at WP:ANI. I'm sorry, I really don't know how best to say this, but you appear to have absolutly no idea what you're doing in those areas and I believe the best thing would be for you to pay attention to these areas for a few months before beginning to participate again. I'm especially concerned that errors in creating usernames correctly might prevent new editors from being permitted to contribute to the site. I'm therefore not going to block you at this point as I do understand you're trying to edit constructively, but unfortunately these attempts are backfiring. You're probably trying too hard to prove what an excellent contributor you can be, which might be the problem, so I would suggest being more relaxed and laid back when editing, don't rush to warn vandals, nobody judges you on how quickly you do anything around here, we judge you on how well you do it, perhaps justly, perhaps not. Nick (talk) 23:00, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

You deliberately and knowingly violated the terms of your community ban, here. The idea is to get you to focus on article-writing rather than the other useless stuff you have devoted your time to up until this point. Seriously, mate, next time and it's a 24-hour block. Daniel (talk) 23:09, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

You don't have to do wikignome work. Do a some research and expand an article, there are thousands of articles needing all forms of help and thousands of stubs to expand. If you think article work is just a waste of time, perhaps you are on the wrong project. Mr.Z-man 23:16, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Please watch out

The topic ban is enforced in order to help you, not some arbitrary whim cooked up by us. Please at least try to abide by it. Do not create accounts. Do not issue pointless vandalism warnings. Do not waste your own time. You appear to be really interested in cars - there are plenty of car articles which could do with cleanup, because they tend to get vandalised over time and degraded. Why not try working on those? I think a few auto articles are GAs, even FAs - it's just something to work towards, you know? Like I say, we're trying to help you, and while I've never personally written a GA or FA I can tell it's a work that involves a lot of learning, a lot of challenge, and it's educational for both yourself and so many others. Please don't use up your chances. ~ Riana ⁂ 00:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Suggestion

I see you're having a difficult time as of late. With some reservations, I'd like to point you in the direction of recent changes patrol since you've expressed an interest in fighting vandals on your user page. It's a chance for you to revert vandalism and for you to figure out ways to improve edits to the project. I say I recommend this with reservations because one of the aspects of recent changes patrol involves leaving warnings on problematic editors pages. You haven't shown a great deal of understanding about when editors should be warned, so I'd recommend you asking an administrator or another editor (including me) to take care of any warnings you might want to dole out. You don't need to use any special scripts for this, just keep hitting the recent changes button on the interaction menu to the left and checking them out. This will help you figure out how to interact more productively in the mainspace, and show others that you want to participate in improving the encyclopedia not in the MMORPG aspects of the community. Just a suggestion, but you must use restraint. AniMate 01:56, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I'd suggest you restrict your RC/NP patrol to providing constructive improvements to articles. Vandal reversion and warning and tagging is clearly an area that you are not intended to work in during the term of your ban. ^Avruchtalk 02:04, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Another suggestion is helping to helping to get rid of the pesky citation needed templates. Read up on reliable sources and go to a category like this and start finding good sources to replace those templates with. AniMate 02:16, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Suggestions

Looking through your contributions to the article space so far in the last day:

1. Don't tell people "I had to delete it" like you did here. A. You're not an admin so you don't delete anything. And B. "Wikipedia is not a guide" is not a speedy deletion reading. You can see the criteria for speedy deletion at WP:CSD.
2. Articles don't get introduction headers like you gave Accountability mechanisms in local governments in Kerala.
3. Don't add articles to stub as a category. Add a stub template.
4. When you welcome someone (or warn them), like this, make sure you substitute the template like this {{subst:welcome}}
5. You don't need to add the underconstruction template to every article that isn't fully expanded unless you plan on working on that article. That is generally meant for editors of the article to let others know their intentions.
6. Pay close attention to your speedy deletion nominations. You have a couple of "good" nominations which wound up being deleted, but you had more declined because there actually was context when you said there wasn't

Please take some of this advice and utilize it in your edits. You're on the right track, you just have room for improvement (like a lot of people do). Metros (talk) 14:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. I kind of got all caught up in the Newpages patrolling stuff, which gave me a headache and made me forget my topic ban. Anyone got a Tylenol? --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 16:04, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Violation block

With your creation of Template:ArbCase and Template talk:ArbCase, I have blocked you for 24 hours per your topic ban. You were explicitly told and warned several times about what your ban consisted of and what to avoid editing. Because you did not adhere to these restrictions, you have been blocked for 24 hours. In addition, your template was misguided as there are already templates for this purpose. When your block expires, please follow the guidelines of your topic ban, thank you, Metros (talk) 16:02, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. I kind of got all caught up in the Newpages patrolling stuff, which gave me a headache and made me forget my topic ban. Anyone got a Tylenol? --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 16:04, 15 January 2008 (UTC) (cutpasted from above)

Oh yeah, I forgot to do it formally. Here goes:

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Zer0431 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

---

Request reason:

I got too caught up in Newpages and forgot my block.

Decline reason:

Well, then, a 24 hour block will help you remember. Obviously this topic ban has gotten off to a rocky start but you've had several warnings before this since the ban started. Mangojuice^talk 16:49, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

---

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

• I personally think you should have been unblocked. I chose not to because I felt the block should be reviewed by an uninvolved admin. Walton^One 17:02, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

• Hey Metros, I can still edit from an IP. Mind blocking that too, or did you decide not to for a reason? --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 23:14, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Your IP should have been autoblocked when I blocked you, I don't know why it's not working if what you're saying is true. If that is the case, I'd assume good faith that you weren't using it, even if you could. Metros (talk) 23:16, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Well why would I report myself if I didn't intend to serve out my block? I'm gonna be back in a bit. I've got to sign out so I can identify my IP. The next IP comment will be me. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 23:21, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
      • Whaddaya know? My IP block just kicked in. Here it is, for future reference: 70.160.20.204 --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 23:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
        • Also, see below: Someone notified me of a PROD on an article I didn't make. Could someone please notify the person who placed it there? Feel free to take my sig if you want to be stealthy. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 12:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Bloomers Hole Footbridge

Regarding this tag, please be aware that only articles about people, bands, organisations and websites can be speedily deleted for lack of notability; articles about other things (like bridges) can't be. This is because WP:CSD#A7 is intended mainly to deal with the many people who write spammy "vanity" articles about themselves, their band which has played one gig in their local pub, or the website they just started. It's not a blanket way of deleting anything and everything which individual editors don't think is important - it's better to use WP:PROD or WP:AFD for these. Cheers Iain99^{Balderdash and piffle} 16:32, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Wackerbarth-Palais

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Wackerbarth-Palais, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Wackerbarth-Palais. Kannie | talk 02:08, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

That's not my article. I appreciate the heads-up, but I'm not the author. Sorry! --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 02:26, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I added the message because I saw you edited it and wanted to let you know about the deletion. Sorry that it bothered you. --Kannie | talk 19:44, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Hand picked domain

An article that you have been involved in editing, Hand picked domain, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hand picked domain. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 13:58, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Articles

Hi Gp75motorsports, I see you've been warned about topic bans. Would you like to work on some articles with me?? What subject areas are you interested in?? If you let me know, I can try and help you fix some articles!! Feel free to respond on my talk page!

If you help me, I'll help you... is that fair?? Thanks, --Solumeiras ^talk 00:06, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Blocked

31 hours for this. Seriously, mate, just respect consensus. Daniel (talk) 00:43, 17 January 2008 (UTC) ((unblock|Well jeez, no one told me that deletion discussions were in the "project" namespace! If someone would provide me a list of things that are in that namespace, that'd be great!))

No-one said anything about project space. Your ban said "article, article talk and user talk only". Are you going to say you thought this was a) an article; b) an article talk or c) a user talk page? Daniel (talk) 00:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I explicitly told you after your last block the spaces you could edit in. Anything that begins with "Wikipedia:" is the project namespace. Metros (talk) 00:58, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

You can edit articles, article talk pages, user talk pages, and images. That's about it. AniMate 00:59, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Next time I'll know. Now please unblock me. I'm sorry for my edit. I promise I'll never do it again. And I'm not just saying this to land an unblock, I really am and I really won't. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 01:03, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll unblock, on the condition the next edit you make outside the article, article talk, image and user talk namespaces will result in a two-week block which you will not protest. That should test the depth of your promise. Agreed? Daniel (talk) 01:05, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

If you want, I can help you out by putting software restrictions in place that will prevent you from editing outside article, talk, user talk, and image namespaces. east.718 at 01:05, January 17, 2008

=D Equazcion •✗/C • 01:08, 17 Jan 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the unblock, and yes, please implement the software. The only problem is my car stats page, which I update weekly with a new "featured car". I need that unprotected so I can update it. I also need the same done to my userpage, so I can link to it and get more stats requests. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 01:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I think your car page is exactly the kind of things we're looking for you to avoid. Metros (talk) 01:19, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

P.S. That isn't a project. It's a page that provides encyclopedic facts about cars, run only by me. Thanks! --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 01:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Just focus on the areas laid out by your topic ban. AniMate 01:24, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

OK. I'm not unblocked yet, though. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 01:27, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I just removed the autoblock, you should be able to edit now. Mr.Z-man 01:31, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I have put in the restriction, press CTRL+F5 to put it into effect. Hope this helps you adhere to your topic ban and improve as an editor. east.718 at 01:31, January 17, 2008

Are you trying to get blocked? While this edit isn't a violation of the letter of your topic ban, it is a violation of the spirit. You don't need to be studying up on the ways of the admin, you need to be contributing to the encyclopedia. Just focus on improving articles. AniMate 02:12, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I know you feel put upon, and I'm sorry. One final thing, you should probably read up on everything involved at WP:Images. This edit shows a lack of understanding about uploading images. You claimed to hold the copyright of that picture, which I kinda doubt. Basically, holding a copyright means you actually took the picture, unless the photo was printed in a publication or another website. Uploading the picture to wikipedia doesn't mean you hold the copyright. Careful about things like that, as I don't want to see you restricted from images as well. AniMate 02:28, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Chevy Corvette ZR1.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading Image:Chevy Corvette ZR1.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 00:46, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Your edits to Image:Chevy Corvette ZR1.jpg

I have rolled back your edit to this image description page for two reasons:

1. The image description page is in the image namespace, and lies outside the scope of the pages you are permitted to edit by your community ban. Continued defiance of your ban is likley to result in yet another block, and eventually a broader ban.
2. In order to use the template that you placed on the image page, {{GFDL-self}}, you must be the copyright holder of the work; in this case, you must have taken the photograph yourself with your own camera on your own time, or you must have hired someone else to do it specifically as a work-for-hire. That is dubious, at least. You may be able to use the image under a claim of fair use in particular articles, but it is not a free picture.

Let me know if you have any questions about our image and copyright policies, and I'll be glad to help. Cheers, ➪HiDrNick! 02:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

In addition to what HiDrNick says, there's no way that image would be able to stay as a fair use image. Fair use requires that the image cannot be replaceable with a non-fair use image. This car would be replaceable because someone could reasonably take a photo of it and release it for free use. Metros (talk) 02:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

He was expressly told above, by both Daniel and AniMate, that his topic ban allowed him to edit image pages. Walton^One 14:32, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I was just going off of the explicit declaration of topic ban here. Still, I doubt that anyone here would have minded an edit to the image namespace if it were correct or even plausible. ➪HiDrNick! 16:00, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Signpost updated for January 14th, 2008.

The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery

Volume 4, Issue 3	14 January 2008	About the Signpost

From the editor: A new weekly feature
Special: 2007 in Review	Wikimania 2009 bidding ends, jury named
Controversial non-administrator rollback process added	Supposed advance draft of Jobs keynote surfaces on talk page
WikiWorld comic: "The Nocebo Effect"	News and notes: Fundraiser ends, $500,000 donation, milestones
Wikipedia in the News	Tutorial: Fundamentals of editing
Features and admins	Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation

You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 08:19, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot

SuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun!

Stubs Kanuri Félix Malloum Career development Belmonte Calabro 1998 in games Connie Kalitta Dungen A Camp Harmattan Circuit de Catalunya Zaghawa Val Belmonte Mickey Wright Common Eldarin Andrea Chiesa Cuiviénen Irwindale Speedway Brandie Burton Joe Amato

Cleanup Artemis Fowl (film) Gran Turismo 4 Patterson-Gimlin film Merge Rainbow Serpent Battle of Borota Sport compact Add Sources Bas-Lag Oromis Durza Wikify Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Dragon Tamers Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat Expand Islamic mythology Gravion Zwei 2000 Monaco Grand Prix

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better -- thanks for helping.

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from ForteTuba, SuggestBot's caretaker.

P.S. You received these suggestions because your name was listed on the SuggestBot request page. If this was in error, sorry about the confusion. -- SuggestBot (talk) 03:15, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

January 2008

Please do not add copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder, as you did to File:Chevy Corvette ZR1.jpg. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

Again, you do not own the copyright to that image and cannot release it under the GDFL. Please desist. ➪HiDrNick! 00:15, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Entry Help

Hey, Thanks for your response :) I wish to bring back up Incredimail's old discussion page. I hope you don't mind, I have two more questions: DodgerOfZion has added an advert tag into the entry I had edited. How should I revise my entry so it will be removed? Secondly, Incredimail and IncredMail are two different entries. Is there any way to combine them into a single entry?

Thank you in advance, I appreciate your help and patience. (62.219.8.20 (talk) 09:11, 21 January 2008 (UTC))

Blanking pages

I forgot to fill in the edit summary box the first time, but this time I did. It was not intended as vandalism, just standardization. MrKIA11 (talk) 19:55, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. MrKIA11 (talk) 20:18, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Citations

Hi

I am creating articles that appear on WP:AFC these are contributed by inexperienced editors that would not know wikipedia standards. If the information is there I will copy it in, but probably not change citation formats or templates. You are welcome to improve it. Normally I would add links, headings, highlight, stub and cat tags. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:16, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the star! I was not looking for affirmation. Are you willing to spend some time fixing up citations? I must admit that I do not bother much with the correct style with these, and my work will be limited to ref tags. Different people have different enthusiasm for doing things! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:13, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I have done a little bit of new page patrol, even doing the patrolled click, but there seems to be a big backlog that never was finished. My policy is to do as much new page patrolling as new pages I have created! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 06:14, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Signpost updated for January 21st, 2008.

The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery

Volume 4, Issue 4	21 January 2008	About the Signpost

Special: 2007 in Review, Part II	New parser preprocessor to be introduced
Commons Picture of the Year contest in final round	WikiWorld comic: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"
News and notes: Freely-licensed music, milestones	Wikipedia in the News
Features and admins	Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 23:42, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: My monobook.js page

What script would you like added? east.718 at 21:18, January 29, 2008

 Done, happy editing! east.718 at 03:09, January 30, 2008

Looks OK, but I want you to keep one bit of knowledge in mind: no good faith edit is vandalism. It's up to you to apply your judgement and decide if something is meant with the best intentions or not. east.718 at 20:44, January 31, 2008

Warning

This is the only warning you will receive.
Your edit to User talk:Heqwm, seen here, violates the terms of your community probation/ban. According to the consensus-accepted proposal, "[you] are restricted to editing the article-, talk- and user talk-space only for six months ... Users are prohibited from posting material on behalf of these users, where it would breach the aforementioned conditions". Your comment specifically asks for a user to post a message on WP:AN/I for you, "[because you] can't post at ANI because [you're] on a topic ban right now". I have reverted your comment, and this is your only warning that any further attempts to have people proxy your messages to a page that you are banned from editing, whether successfully or not, will result in a block under the terms of your probation/ban and the agreement arising from the last block/unblock. Daniel (talk) 01:49, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

You were put on community probation for six months instead of being community banned for six months. The community probation is a matter of public record and, by editing on Wikipedia, you agree to respect it and will warnings when you violate it. If you cannot accept this, then I will put in place the six-month community ban. The decision is yours, basically. Daniel (talk) 02:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

One of the reasons I've taken an interest in you, is because it's plain to see that you do mean well. Unfortunately, you haven't gone about things in quite the right way, which is why you're having to deal with this unfortunate topic ban. I started coming to wikipedia because I needed a resource that would point me in the right direction when it came to certain historical accuracies. I stayed and started to contribute because it's feels good to learn and feels better to pass on what limited knowledge I have to others. The purpose of being a wikipedian isn't to fight vandals or to take down trolls. We are here to build an encyclopedia and to share knowledge with others, all that other stuff is just background noise. Trust me, don't think of being restricted to the mainspace as a punishment. You can focus solely on the articles, and fuck the background noise.

And for the record, I don't think threatening a community ban against you is productive, and I will oppose if it comes down to it. You're not a bad user, you just need a little guidance. AniMate 02:19, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

See the comment on my talk page. It was either a community ban or a community probation — the latter being a luxury. There is already consensus for a ban should it be implemented, so your opposition would best be directed to the Arbitration Committee should Gp75motorsports continue to edit in defiance of/with selective ignorance towards community consensus. The reason for the topic ban was in the hope that Gp75motorsports could contribute constructively to the mainspace, as consensus was many of his other contributions were problematic. I also urge him to contribute to articles rather than "fighting" vandals and hoping "to be the next RickK", as that was the intention of placing a topic ban rather than a full community ban. Daniel (talk) 02:24, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I've warned him about breaking his topic ban as well. However, it's quite a leap from a topic ban to a community ban. I think you'd have to take that to one of the boards before enacting it, since the topic ban you drafted here doesn't mention escalating to a community ban. Why provoke him like that? He clearly means well, but he also clearly makes mistakes. AniMate 02:44, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

My 11th hour topic ban proposal superceded the community ban discussion above it, which had consensus (many comments along the lines of "support topic ban, although I support a community ban also" were made). He's now had 7 warnings about breaking various parts of his topic ban — how many warnings and chances does one get? Daniel (talk) 02:47, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

This is the ban we're talking about, right? And is he really that disruptive? I think we should give good faith contributors the benefit of the doubt, and I'm frankly baffled as to why you're so hostile to this kid. He isn't a lost cause, and editing under a microscope (and he is... a lot of us are watching him) isn't easy. Please, ease up on the rhetoric, and try to be kind. AniMate 02:59, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism reverting

While we're on the subject, if you really feel the need to perform vandal-fighting, please be very careful - if you're not sure about an edit, don't revert it and definitely don't warn the editor. Some of your recent reverts have been of good edits (I found four in your first page of contribs - for instance this was a correct edit, fact tags are fine here, removing the link was correct as it links to the wrong person, this player hadn't joined the team yet). Thanks, BLACKKITE 02:44, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Another heads up. Throwing out the word vandalism is generally not a good idea unless you're sure that it is vandalism. Take a look at the page describing vandalism:

Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia. The most common types of vandalism include the addition of obscenities or crude humor, page blanking, or the insertion of nonsense into articles. Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism.

This, while undoubtedly original research, is not vandalism. Describing a good faith first attempt at editing as vandalism is also a violation of WP:BITE. You can't just blindly revert and call things vandalism. I've suggested this before, and I'll do it again. Fighting vandalism and keeping tabs on long term vandals is background noise. Adding to and improving the encyclopedia are what you should be focused on. I see SuggestBot gave you some suggestions not too long ago. Why not edit those articles until you have a better grasp on what exactly vandalism is? You react to criticism quite dramatically and in general seem to embrace the more dramatic sides of Wikipedia as seen by your focus on a long term vandal who I'm not going to name. I hope you take this suggestion calmly and in the spirit in which it is given. I think with time and a lot more maturity you can become a good and productive editor. AniMate 19:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I tried. Be careful in the future about your vandal fighting, or you may find yourself facing a second topic ban in regards to leaving warnings. AniMate 22:25, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

A quick note before I have to get back to work. Look at my last few contributions to an entry called Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. I know nothing about medicine or diseases, and in fact I'm employed on the completely opposite end of the spectrum as an artist. So why'd I edit the entry? I notice you think vandal fighting is fun. Finding sources can be just as fun. It's like an easter egg hunt to me. I have to hunt up sources, and the first things I usually find are almost always blogs, so then I have to figure out what the source for the blog entries are. It's actually quite satisfying. Now, I came across Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva because of an upcoming project I'm doing research for (and rare or strange diseases are every artist in comics or anime's best friend). However, I used the same process to source Nazi human experimentation, a painful entry to work on, but I still sourced just about every sentence in the article, and think I've gotten it to good article status (if anyone ever bothers to review it). Doing things like that are incredibly rewarding, and a much more productive and ultimately beneficial use of your time than just vandal fighting. It's back to the salt mines for me. AniMate 23:01, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Signpost updated for January 28th, 2008.

The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery

Volume 4, Issue 5	28 January 2008	About the Signpost

From the editor: New feature
Special: 2007 in Review, Part III	Signpost interview: John Broughton
New parser preprocessor introduced	Best of WikiWorld: "Truthiness"
News and notes: Estonian Wikipedia, Picture of the Year, milestones	Wikipedia in the News
Tutorial: Reporting and dealing with vandals	WikiProject Report: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Wikipedia Dispatches: Banner year for Featured articles	Features and admins
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News	The Report on Lengthy Litigation

You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 03:37, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Shop

Hello, you may not know me, but I have a question for you. After shops like ChampionMart were deleted after a unsuccessful MFD, could you please explain me how this works? Macy's123 ^{(review me)} 23:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Coaching

Can you please outline what you hope to achieve from coaching? I'm not out to get you. I genuinely wish to know what you want to do around here. We need contributors, obviously. We need good contributors more. I would love to help you become a good contributor, but you need to tell me what you hope to get out of it. Please reply here, if you do so. ~ Riana ⁂ 03:42, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

A) I wish to stop being less obstinant in going and getting citations (I heard it's rewarding)

B) I want to be a better vandal fighter, and

C) I just need to have a good knowlede of how to edit productively, not create a mass jam and cause the Apocalypse of Wikipedia. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 03:49, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

OK. My sincere suggestion to you - not trying to shut you down here, mind - is to leave the anti-vandalism efforts alone for a little while. Clearly it's not working, and I think a little more experience in the mainspace would be ideal before you recommence that.

Here's what I think you should do. Find an article in an area you enjoy, which needs wikification or sources. Copy+paste it into a subpage in your userspace. Actually, leave the userspace alone, just work on the article directly. Take a week out and work on it. Then show your efforts to whoever you choose as a coach. Most of us are good writers here and will be glad to help you copyedit, etc. But only work on the article. Nothing else. Just concentrate on it when you're on Wikipedia. If you're bored of that, do something offline, but don't get stuck into RCP again.

As for better vandal fighting, I really think that will improve once you start working on articles and feel a little more grounded here. I sense a bit of a desire to prove yourself, which is fine, but we need quiet, hard workers just as much as the flashier editors. Let your work speak for itself. Don't worry about whether other people are impressed by your efforts or not. And don't think that people are out to get you - we're really, really not. ~ Riana ⁂ 04:02, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Since you're online I'd appreciate it if you'd respond. This is the only way we can move forward from this. ~ Riana ⁂ 04:35, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, my stupid browser decided to go down. Yeah, sounds good. I'll try to find an article that I know something about, like...Chevy Corvette! Yeah! --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 17:06, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Woah, that article's a mess! If you could get it up to scratch that would be great. Looking forward to seeing your efforts :) ~ Riana ⁂ 11:48, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Those look good. Keep it up. :) ~ Riana ⁂ 12:05, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, go for it. As long as they're well sourced and meet the threshold for notability, they'll be fine. ~ Riana ⁂ 14:07, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Blocked for two weeks

Because of your creation of Image talk:Nuvola apps kteatime.png, you have been blocked for violating your ban for 2 weeks. Many things were wrong with this edit. For one, it was outside the areas of your confinement for your topic ban (user talk, article, and article talk). For another, you made it for an image that doesn't exist at all. And your comment was also unproductive since it was simply the word "Cute" with your signature. Per your agreement for unblock on your previous block, you agree to not protest (i.e. request unblock) for this block. Metros (talk) 22:03, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Note: Apparently the image does exist...but something weird is up. When I go directly to the talk page and then click on "Image" to go to the image page, it comes up as non-existent. But the image is there if I do it in reverse. Metros (talk) 22:06, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

That will be fine. However, this comes as a serious hindrance to my small engines articles, which I won't be able to update for two weeks. Don't say it doesn't cocern them, because now they will probably be deleted per WP:CITE and WP:NOTE because I was going to go back and add references today . Also your removal of one of my sections was not appreciated, and I have since reverted and edited it.

Argh. Two week block for an edit to a talk page? He's just got a coach and started editing actual articles and whatnot... ^Avruchtalk 00:32, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Surprisingly, I really disagree with this block. Now we're back to square one. I'm shortening the block to 2 days, as such a long block will cause more problems than it's solving. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 00:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Um, I think that's happening in all images. Every time I click on one, I go to a nonexistent page with content. What browser do you use? --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 00:37, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Why did you do that? The agreement with him last time was that he would be blocked for 2 weeks at the next offense. Especially when he made personal attacks against me right after the block. Metros (talk) 01:02, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Not really much of an attack, IMO. Discussion at ANI? Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 01:57, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

A "commie admin" with "nothing better to do"? Feels like an attack to me. And if you want an ANI report rather than discussion here, that's fine. Metros (talk) 02:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I'd think that community input would be good as this is a community ban, but if you'd prefer to discuss on one of our talk pages or here, that would also work. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 02:02, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Block_of_Gp75motorsports. Metros (talk) 02:27, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I'd prefer that it be discussed in private. I'm tired of the bad light. I've got Aspergers, and stuff like that I just can't handle. And Metros, sorry for the attacks. This just really pisses me off. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 02:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

We told you, if things piss you off here...no one's making you stay. Metros (talk) 02:27, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Even hinting that you're trying to drive him away is uncool, Metros... Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 02:39, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not tying to drive him away. I'm just stating this to help him. He appears to be getting too stressed over being here. If htat's the case, then he can walk away like many people have done when the stress got to them. Wikipedia is not life, so it shouldn't place an undue burden on a person's entire being. His "you all suck, you all hate me, I have Asperger's, this makes my life suck" attitude isn't proper. We've discussed with him that Wikipedia isn't therapy and the like, but he continues to behave like this. Metros (talk) 02:43, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

(undent) I stay because I want to. I'm not getting too stressed. It's fun. I just need to learn spur-of-the-moment self control. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 14:22, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

P.S. For whatever reason my reminder window did not pop up when I made the edit. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 14:40, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Signpost updated for February 4th, 2008.

The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery

Volume 4, Issue 6	4 February 2008	About the Signpost

Special: 2007 in Review, Part IV	Tensions in journalistic use of Wikipedia explored
Best of WikiWorld: "Calvin and Hobbes"	News and notes: Milestones
Wikipedia in the News	Tutorial: Adding citations
Dispatches: New methods to find Featured Article candidates	Features and admins
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News	The Report on Lengthy Litigation

You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 07:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Jesus...

Dude, the guys you're dealing with are harsh.

Don't let it get you down.

 :: RatedR ^{Leg of Lamb} 02:19, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, man. I'd give you a barnstar for your kind words, but, you know, I'm kinda blocked. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 02:39, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually, you're not blocked. You may have missed it but your block was reduced from 2 weeks to 2 days, and it should now have expired. — Lomn 03:06, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Nope, still blocked. My autoblock seems broken. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 18:03, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

IP autoblocks last a bit after the expiration of a block, or a manual unblock. It's some kind of bug. You'll probably be unblocked in an hour or so. Equazcion •✗/C • 18:28, 8 Feb 2008 (UTC)

Actually judging by the start time you should've been unblocked a while ago.... Equazcion •✗/C • 18:31, 8 Feb 2008 (UTC)

I left a message with the blocking admin: User talk:Keilana#Gp75motorsports block not expiring. Equazcion •✗/C • 18:36, 8 Feb 2008 (UTC)

Glad you got that autoblock issue sorted out. No hard feelings. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 05:34, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXI - February 2008

The February 2008 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

This is an automated delivery by KevinalewisBot --11:12, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey I am back

Hey...it has been soooo loooong since I was last very active on wiki! Please respond and keep up the fight with the vandels! --Greenwood1010 (talk) 23:37, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Also

What did you think of the newsletter I sent out?--Greenwood1010 (talk) 23:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Signpost updated for February 11th, 2008.

The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery

Volume 4, Issue 7	11 February 2008	About the Signpost

Petition seeks to remove images of Muhammad	Foundation's FY2007 audit released
Vatican claims out-of-context Wikipedia quote was used to attack Pope	Best of WikiWorld: "W"
News and notes: Working group, Wik-iPhone, milestones	Wikipedia in the News
Tutorial: Basic dispute resolution	Dispatches: Great saves at Featured article review
Features and admins	Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation

You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 08:34, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Ciao!

Greetings, first thank you for adopting me! I am replying a little bit late but only because I have been travelling and moving. I have so many questions about posting in wikipedia. I really want to be able to publish full informational articles without worrying that someone might erase them because of inaccuracy. I will be coming back soon with more questions. I have several ideas about articles and I also want to get involved with translating some wiki entries from English to Bulgarian. In the meantime please check out my website at: prismheart.blogspot.com Thanks again for adopting me! :D

s

Faithportis (talk) 15:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

sig

It's rather long already, I wouldn't add anything more to it, personally. [[User:Gp75motorsports|<span style="color:red">Gp</span><span style="color:black">75</span><span style="color:red">motorsports</span>]] <sup><span style="color:brown">[[User talk:Gp75motorsports|REV LIMITER]]</span></sup> is a bit shorter, using XML colours instead of hex, and removing the font face, which doesn't really make a huge difference and could be unreadable on some browsers. ~ Riana ⁂ 19:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

See [1] - we don't allow it here. ~ Riana ⁂ 20:38, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

User talk:LaraLove/Bathrobe Cabal.

Aww... that's too bad. We have room in WP:TSQUAD, if you're considering alternatives. Not nearly as fun, but in a few months you'll say you have a few FAs under your belt. ;) · AndonicO ^Hail! 21:17, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Er, better check with Riana about whether something like this violates the terms of your topic ban. Avruch ^T 21:29, 21 February 2008 (UTC)