User talk:Can't sleep, clown will eat me/9

Wikipedia talk:Revised vandalism warning system

Hi Can't sleep, clown will eat me, as a vandal-fighter I thought you might be interested in seeing this discussion. Regards, Accurizer 22:26, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers

Will take him offa my friends list now, the cheating bastard. Glad I voted for you for ArbCom now. Vizjim 08:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Big thanks for the barnstar. Always a pleasure to revert vandals, that is when you haven't already beaten me to the punch. Usually you have. Prolog 16:29, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Continued vandalism by 148.65.194.201

Since you gave the user with IP 148.65.194.201 a temporary ban recently, I thought you may be inclined to renew the ban given his or her continued pattern of vandalism. I just gave test4, but as you can see, the user was not warned for most of the infractions. Thanks, Dan Slotman 22:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Dan, taking a look now. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 22:29, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Comment

As an editor of the article "Jhonen Vasquez", you are invited to a Request for Comment (as suggested by Admin Luna Santin). Please see: Talk:Jhonen Vasquez#Request for Comment: Book format. -- Tenebrae 04:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your time and effort and well-thought-out posting on this. In fact, it was gratifying to see, at least from my quick initial look, that the vast majority of those commenting were, like you, thoughtful and very positive. Thank you again, Cscwem! --Tenebrae 00:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for the barnstar!

:) Gzkn 13:21, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Questionable edits to Kurt Cobain article

This editor's edits are somewhat questionable. He previously attempted to prod all the chaos magicians. Now he keeps adding the category of chaos magician to Kurt Cobain even though nothing is mentioned in the article about it. He has also personally attacked me and appears to think he knows who I am, attempting to expose (someone's) name. He is the series of IPs he has recently edited. See the talk pages for warnings given. He switched IPs to avoid 3RR. I'm not even sure how to report a roving violation.

71.219.141.151 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
71.219.132.57 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
71.219.158.188 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

—Hanuman Das 14:22, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the category, again, and added this to my watchlist. If this persists, just add the article to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. The WP:3RR does not apply if you are removing unsourced material with respect to biographies. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 14:39, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I will if he adds it to a living person. He had been adding it to Larry David, but stopped. Of course, Kurt Cobain is no longer living, so the BLP noticeboard won't be of help in that case. I'm glad you are also watching it. :-) —Hanuman Das 18:31, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

71.219.150.102 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
71.219.142.137 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
71.219.142.172 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Just making a personal note of these additional relevant IP addresses. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 14:51, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anon-only block enabled

When you blocked 65.19.91.99 you must have forgotten to check the Anom only box because I was blocked as well and had to be unblocked by another Admin. Just a headsup.--St.daniel 18:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, thanks for the notification. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 18:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Soviet Union and Islamic Fundamentalism

Thanks. KazakhPol 19:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Vuong Ngan Ha

Could you look into unblocking this one? Also, the accounts he's logging in as appear to be proxies for the whole country of vietnam - maybe they could be indef bcked AO or not AB. Part Deux 02:47, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up, I will take a look. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 03:07, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User page problem

Can't Sleep,

I have a problem with a specific user page. I was reffered to you by Persian Poet Gal. The user:patrick hyde page has mentioned specific names and personally attacked them. Would you be able to either warn, block, or delete the page? Andrew Winston 02:49, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Consider it done. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:52, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Um, did you delete the page because I cannot access it. Andrew Winston 00:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is correct, the attack page has been speedy deleted (G10) and the person responsible for creating the page has been appropriately warned. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:19, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. One more question. Will that person be able to create another page? Also I wish to get in contact with the person. Do you know his or her account name? Andrew Winston 00:24, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You may leave a message for this person at User talk:Oodog if you would like. The account has not been blocked, so it is still possible for that person to make positive contributions going forward. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:43, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock list

G'day Can't Sleep, A user called Sandra Brown has sent a message to the unblock list. She claimed that you were the blocking admin. Capitalistroadster 07:06, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There it is. The block is configured as anon-only right now, and I've offered to assist her if she needs help editing. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:54, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Frederick Guy Butler

Could you now consider removing the "cite sources" note on the above page - I've cited the obituary page and included a link.

Thanks

Thank you for the barnstar :-) Although I am curious what precisely were my contributions you gave the barnstar for... Reverting vandalism or main article edits..? Or both? --BorgQueen 00:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All of the above, it was an all-purpose barnstar. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:44, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank from Vuong Ngan Ha

I tried as you adviced and through Special:Userlogin there it is seeming no any problem with editing in Wikipedia, but there also a little inconvenience, because I always have to reply/confirm to the message box of "Security information". Anyway, it is better than always get message showing that user is blocked. Vuong Ngan Ha 03:25, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:UW

Hi,

You have put yourself as interested in helping out atWikiProject on user warnings. We are now at a stage where we are creating the new templates and are wondering if you are still interested? If so please visit the overview page and choose a warning type you wish to work on. There is a base template available here, which you can copy and use to get you started. Have a look through the redirects and see what old templates are affected and incorporate them into the the new system. Anyway, any questions please don't hesitate to give me a shout. Regards Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 08:41, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:IPA

This is not a high risk template. It does not appear on article pages, and should never be transcluded.
brenneman 00:53, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please see my response on the administrator's noticeboard. More than 10,000 articles appear to be transcluding this template. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks man, this website is pretty complicated, I am still learning and I am sure I will be learning for a long time :)

Repeated vandal

Hi CSCWEM. It seems a vandal I've warned with a test4 thinks that because he uses a shared IP that he's immune from blocking ([1]), which worries me somewhat. Cheers, ----Dweller 14:15, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

James Blunt fansite removal

Hi there - noticed that you had done a clean-up of the excessive number of fansite links on this article. Unfortunately, it appears you've taken off a few that weren't really fansites, such as Blunt's official website, and the IMDB link; as well as a single fansite which had been allowed to remain pursuant to some fairly extensive discussion on the talk page (it is a fact site that complements the Wikipedia article without driving it into pointless detail). If you have no problems, I will re-add those three sites later today when I am back at my home computer; however, if you have concerns, please let me know. I have no desire to step on anyone's toes. Thanks. Risker 19:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Risker. I just went back and double checked, and the official website and IMDb links were never removed. Which fan-operated website was there a consensus to include, and is it maintained by a recognized authority? Whichever it was, please feel free to replace it, provided it does not violate our Wikipedia:External links guideline, and I will discuss this further on the article talk page. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Happy Holidays and very, very many thank yous for catching the vandalism to the Hughes article. I understand that you were doing routine vandal patrol. Still, thank you so very much.TonyCrew 00:22, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bloods

Ya beat me to it, I was just about to remove that material as well. Did not sound convincing one bit, and the fact that it was added by someone with "Knowledge" in their username makes it extremely suspicious/obvious. Search 4 Lancer 07:14, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lyrics

Sorry for adding lyrics thank you for warning me. cristy 12:54, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jupiter

Hello, Can't sleep, clown will eat me! Thank you for reverting those edits on Jupiter. I was going to do it but then you did it. Besides why would someone vandalize a page like that? Kamope 13:17, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If it exists, someone will eventually vandalize it, it seems. This should be resolved once Wikipedia:Stable versions is implemented. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 13:28, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice userpage!

For having such a funny and simply AWESOME userpage, I, Randfan, am hereby awarding you, I am very Coulrophobic with, the *Excellent User Page Award*. Good job! Post scriptum: would you mind signing my Autograph book? Thanks! Cheers! —¡Rand fan !^{Sign here?} 16:50, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your monobook.js

Hello, Can't sleep! I was wondering what does your monobbok code do? No offence intended, but I hate trying to read the script and find it easier to just ask. Also, if I have your permission and I if I wish to use it, may I "borrow" the code? Thanks and since I can't remember your talk page rules, coul you respondd on my talk page? Thanks a bunch! Post scriptum: can youplease sign my Autograph book? Thanks for that too! —¡Rand fan !^{Sign here?} 17:03, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Last night you send me a note to join Wikipedia. I'm afraid that I can't join to the English Wikipedia, because I'm not sure about my English level (I am a member in the Hebrew Wikipedia. click here to see my user page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.130.179.145 (talk • contribs) 08:24, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem, I understand. :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 15:48, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Smile

Patelco has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

You deserve this

		The Surreal Barnstar
		Who else would block someone for "8.625 fortnights?" That's too cool. I'm glad to have you on our side. —Scouter Sig 17:45, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

!!!! Where? Who? That's AWESOME! -- weirdoactor ^t^|^c 17:51, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tony Yayo vandalism

That page doesn't look protected to me, I still see random vandalism from IPs. Georgia Peachez 22:41, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is because it isn't protected. ;-) I'll leave a note for ABarnett. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 22:44, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much :) Georgia Peachez 22:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For always beating me to the reverts!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I'm still a bit of a "noob" but I don't think a night goes by when on RC patrol that you don't beat me to a revert. You rock! :) PWdiamond 06:04, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kangarooo

Why are you doing this? You deleted my page and picture... I have permision to use that picture... So dont try to tell me that im doing something illegal/bad! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kangarooo (talk • contribs) 14:08, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Kangarooo. As ScorpO has explained to you on your talk page, this article was deleted because it appeared to meet one of our speedy deletion criteria. Content hosted on Wikipedia must be verifiable by way of reliable sources, and in the case of biographies should meet the standards produced by our notability guidelines available at Wikipedia:Notability (people). After failing to locate anything which authenticates this material, I have decided to list this at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kangarooo for discussion. If you are aware of sources which confer the notability of this subject, please post them there. I understand that this process can be a daunting experience for new users, so if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me for help. Thanks, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 15:37, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for spotting and reverting that vandalism on my userpage - in fact, just thanks for anti-vandalising! Good work :D. Ck l o stsw o rd|^queta!|_Suggestions? 16:22, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas

Just to let you know you are doing a GREAT JOB blocking vandalze. Thanks a lot. Merry christmas.--§Sir James Paul<<--wikiholic§ 00:33, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

§Sir James Paul<<--wikiholic§ has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thank you Sir James Paul, and a happy holidays to you as well. :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Request for reblock

While I like to assume good faith regarding my fellow students, I find the vandalism coming from this IP after your good faith unblock a violation of your trust. Please reblock. FYI, it has been discovered that the IP is for the entire school district. Typer525 ^Talk 07:19, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to hear that Typer_525. I've gone ahead and reblocked using the new {{school block}} code, allowing registered users to continue to edit without issue. If you need anything else, please let me know. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:00, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Which School District does this IP belong to? I just want to check. -- Pikminlover ^Meep!↑ 17:53, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"ABC Unified School District" in Cerritos, California, according to WHOIS records. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:55, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Even on wikibreak

Even on wikibreak, you are faster than me with the reverts and blocks. Clown, I salute you! -- Samir धर्म 09:05, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are one of the great assets of wikipedia

I am just wondering how this clown operates on removing vandalism contents. Do you also have Bot to find out vandalism? Any way this clown is one of the greatest assets to wikipedia. How this clown is able to work 24 hours a day? --Indianstar 13:14, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No bots, just Lupin's recent2.js with a custom dictionary file and an ancient version of Henna's VF. Some use VandalProof by AmiDaniel which works equally well, if not better. Check out Category:Wikipedia counter-vandalism tools if you're interested. :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 15:47, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Non-Latin username blocks

There is some dispute as to whether these blocks are supported. There are many active editors who do just fine contributing with non-latin names. Per the discussion here, there seems be support for reccomending for to people creating a username at en.WP to not use non-latin characters. But does not appear to be consensus for blocking people on sight who already have a non-latin account at another Wikimedia wiki. Will you please start taking these non-latin username through Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names in order to better gather opions on the mattter? Thank you for your attention to this matter.--Birgitte§β ʈ Talk 17:05, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My personal feeling is that we need to deprecate this portion of username policy, as it runs contrary to meta:Single login specifications. Is there a specific case at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names you would like me to comment on? The best place to discuss this right now, I believe, is at Wikipedia_talk:Username. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:06, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, it appears this policy rule has been removed: (diff) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:10, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is not a paticular case, it is rather that people do not agree on how the policy is interpereted. There are claims the non-latin usernames are not be automatically blocked and therefore no reason to change the policy [2]. I thought if RfC's were used it would shed light on how people are interepreting the policy. Then we might be able to hammer something out. Right now there is not even agreement on what has happened with non-latin name in the past. Since there are several active non-latin editors it does not appear there was a widespread community effort to rid en.WP of non-latin usernames. I am told the policy does not need changing since there were only a trivial number of blocks. This is why I left messages for the admins who invovled in blocking non-latin names. If non-latin usernames are no longer blocked for whatever reason I would be happy. But I thought if anyone still wanted to make these blocks taking it through RfC could clarify the issue. I have been disscusing the issue at the talk page, and there has also been disscusion on mailing lists. BTW that is the third time for that removal, I wouldn't count on it sticking--Birgitte§β ʈ Talk 19:27, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names looks like a good channel for sorting things out when a name comes into question, but it just isn't my area of focus. That is why I asked if you had something specific in mind; to the best of my knowledge I've never blocked a contributor solely because their username contained non-Latin characters. You will find that I take a relatively lax interpretation of WP:U, and will not enforce a username block unless that name is patently offensive or a blatant doppleganger of another contributor. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:42, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify, I only contacted you because of this block. I went through the list of non-latin blocked usernames and got a sampling of admins. Since I did it by hand it was not conclusive and this may have been the only such block performed by you. Since you are not making these blocks currently please disregard the RfC suggestion.--Birgitte§β ʈ Talk 19:58, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I appreciate the heads up on this. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:07, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Winterval(s)!!!!

File:FireplaceWithFire.jpg

Dear Can't sleep, clown will eat me/9,

I wish you a very, very merry Winterval!

And since I don't know which you celebrate, I hope you have/had/will have a very happy Holiday!. Hope you and your family have a magnificent day, or series of days! You might wanna install the "SaucyMillionaire" font to see this correctly. Cheers, mate!:) —Rand fan !!

God (or your deity/deities) bless you and your family! —¡Rand fan !^{Sign here?} 02:30, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

— I was planning to hand these out on the 22nd of Dec. but things got in the way.... Happy holidays! —¡Rand fan !^{Sign here?} 20:18, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and a happy holidays to you as well my friend. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:31, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Courteousy note

Your name is brought up here: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:GabrielF/ConspiracyNoticeboard (2nd mfd), as your comments to User:XP (who has since left the project) have been brought up.

User:Tyrenius, who is also discussed in the same section, has already commented: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:GabrielF/ConspiracyNoticeboard (2nd mfd)#Second separation Best wishes, Travb (talk) 23:32, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agathoclea's RfA

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Awesome Talk Page!!!

Your talk page is by far the nicest talk page I have seen in Wikipedia! How did you get the design for your talk page? Kamope 17:53, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You could say it has just naturally "evolved" over time, thank you for the compliments. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:31, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Can't sleep, clown will eat me! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May you and your family have a Merry Christmas, as well as any other Holiday you may celebrate. I hope that warmth, good cheer, and love surround you during these special days. May God bless you during the Holidays. | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

File:Julekort.jpg

Extremely sexy 22:59, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

A largely irrelevant aside: My husband's Christmas present included Season 4 of The Simpsons, which brought you to mind as Homer finished the fateful bed with which you're so familiar (but of which you're so afraid) ... enjoy your holiday season!Lawikitejana 08:14, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays to you all, I hope your husband enjoys season four. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:08, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Awwwwwwww

I'm sorry that you didn't get the arbcom job. Well. You had my support. And you will next time as well if you ever run again. You are my favorite Wikipedians. --Woohookitty^(meow) 11:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your support. There were so many strong candidates in the election this year, it was a true honor to run with the best of them. Happy holidays, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 11:39, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My Request for Adminship

Can't sleep, clown will eat me/9

Thanks for your support on my successful Request for Adminship (final result 78 Support /0 Oppose / 1 Neutral) I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months. I am humbled by your kind support and would certainly welcome any feedback on my actions. Please do not hesitate to contact me. Once again, many thanks and happy new year! All the best, Asterion^talk 16:11, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aoife Mulholland

I created this Aoife Mulholland page, and then was told it was previously deleted, with you as closing admin. At the time she was a losing contestent. She is now the lead in London's Chicago, making her a quite notable actress. Should this go to deletion review, can we boldly revert the old page with out review, or shall we just build the page from here? Obina 18:26, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Obina. My concern with the earlier versions of this article is that they failed to WP:CITE reliable sources. In this particular case, I would suggest starting from scratch, with a strong emphasis on providing references along the way. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 21:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense. Thanks.Obina 00:36, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism on Old King Cole

Please take a look at the image that User:Mr Goff persists in adding to the Old King Cole article. Thanks. --Macrakis 23:16, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About a half-dozen nonsense redirects have been deleted as well. If this crops up again, please do let me know. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:55, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Raiden Project

Is there any reason you keep deleteing all the hard work i put into Raiden Project? I finally found out how to add stuff to it and your deleteing it -.- Im just putting in missing data and tips and tricks. get me back soon Slim ShadySlimSha8dySlim Shady

Sorry, Wikipedia is not a game guide, nor is the mainspace meant to be used as a sandbox. It appears that you were making several "test edits" on the main article; please use the WP:SANDBOX for this purpose in the future. Thank you, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:52, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My User Page

Thanks for reverting my page bro. Cheers! xCentaur | talk 10:34, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

Thanks

DoDoBirds 12:54, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Khalil Kalfat on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Khalil Kalfat. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. I originally voted delete, but the original article author came back, insulted us all, and provided some sources. Thanks! cab 07:02, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks cab. This was deleted through the normal Articles for Deletion process, not speedy deletion, but I appreciate you bringing this review to my attention. Given that the original text was without references, and none were cited during the deletion discussion, I believe the closure to be correct; all participants, yourself included, unanimously favored the deletion. I'm also sorry to hear that the primary author felt the need to resort to insults — please feel free to create a new article based upon any newly provided sources at any time if you consider the subject to meet our WP:BIO guidelines. If you need anything else, please let me know, and have a happy new year!! :-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:53, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Love the Name

Just wanted to say that I totally dig your username. That is one of my favorite parts of that episode. *rocks back and forth* "...can't sleep....clown'll eat me".-SVRTVDude 08:12, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Femslash

Hey, I assume your reversion was accidental? — Deckill e r 09:47, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It sure was, sorry about that. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem ^^ — Deckill e r 09:53, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where to report vandals?

I didn't want to be overly bold, because I'm no expert on Digimon / Pokemon topics, but this editor appears to be making minor (subtle) but spurious changes: Chronoknight. Can you look into him, and maybe drop me a message with how to handle this in the future? --Snicker^|¥°^€| 17:47, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Name

Is your name a reference to The Simpsons? John Reaves 00:46, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism to Hook and lateral play

Figured since you got the power to warn users and such, 70.130.155.61 was hitting up the Hook and lateral play (American football) page a bit with some vandalization. Me and a couple of other users have reverted it's stuff, and looking though the history portion of the page, he hit more than once. I figured, as mentioned, that I would pass the word down to you, or at least other admins (your the only one I have contacted so far), so you can be able to handle the user with that IP. Thanks :) Whammies Were Here (PYLrulz) 10:43, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. It looks as if this was an incident of hit-and-run vandalism, but if you notice any additional disruption from this address, please feel free to leave a comment at WP:AIV and drop me a line here as well. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 10:48, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One other question. If I find an edit in the form of a YouTube link (I know those are prohibited), or other prohibited links, do I post it in the page to report vandals, or is there a seperate page for that? Whammies Were Here (PYLrulz) 12:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From what I understand, YouTube links are not explicitly prohibited according to Wikipedia:External links/YouTube#Recommendations, but this guideline extension is still undergoing development. If you find that someone is repeatedly linking to obvious copyright violations, and not responding to notices on their talk page you might want to bring it up on the admin noticeboard (WP:AN) for assistance. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 12:53, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SAFC

Do something about the page Sunderland A.F.C: it has been flooded with a mixture of vandalism and good edits today, and I've had to revert it about 15 revisions backwards, to deal with all of it. But I've lost some good edits as well. The page is always vandalised though, but never at this speed.--Rasillon 15:43, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Block mistake?

Hi, you indef blocked an IP [3]. Mistake? CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 09:50, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you for fixing that, it should have been for 31 hours. 24 is fine. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Memon

Why are you reverting edits to Memon page ? Please provide a valid argument. Siddiqui 12:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the confusion. I later realised you were removing that jpg. How did it ended with my edit ? I any case, I apologize for my tone.

Siddiqui 13:11, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disco79

Based on what User:Disco79 has been doing with his talk page since you blocked him, I wonder should the block be made indefinite? Grandad 17:27, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On a side note to this, I've locked his talk page for repeat personal attacks against you, as well as heavy incivility. If you do choose to extend his block at all, just let me know so I don't accidentally unprotect it. Thanks. Canadian-Bacon 17:43, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Possible future request for deletion

The article Ooze is proposed for deletion. If its proposal is accepted may you please delete it? If the proposal is accepted, delete on January 8, 2007 and don't forget to sign its deletion page. Kamope 21:33, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind! Canadian Bacon (talk) removed the deletion tag. Kamope 21:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New pages by user:Webmailnet

Could you do me a massive favour and look into the edits of the above user? He's created some new pages recently and its almost like he's trying to harbour muslim beliefs, I've had one article speedied already (Kuwait kerala islahi centre ) but could you give your opinion please on the other articles? Thanks a million RyanPostlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or lets have banter} 23:32, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dude!

I put in my edit history over at AFI (as well as on the talk page) that I was hoping for a bit of time to cite the information before someone reverted the 'early years' section. I wonder; is there a template appropriate to the situation that I could use to ward off reversions until I get the time to cite the information? - Enzo Dragon 04:04, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not really, no. Please refer to this email from Jimmy Wales with regards to unsourced content. I'll see what I can do to help you find some references, but until then we need to refrain from replacing this material. Sorry about that. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:12, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's all good. I found sources for all of the information and added them. Thanks for the offer, though, and thank you for your devoutness to upholding the standard's on Wikipedia. I hadn't the slightest clue on Wikipedia's policy of unsourced material, but I'll be sure to follow it strictly from now on. - Enzo Dragon 23:00, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ten minute breaks

Hi CSCWEM, again I find myself asking you to place block notices on user talk pages after you have blocked them. I just ran across User talk:62.253.219.178. To quote WP:BLOCK "Users should be notified of blocks on their talk pages. That way, other editors will be aware that the user is blocked, and will not expect responses to talk page comments.". Thanks, Gwernol 13:01, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It happens. Please {{sofixit}} if you notice such an oversight in the future. Thanks, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Block request

159.191.12.27 (talk · contribs) can you block the vandal please? --HIZKIAH (User • Talk) 19:02, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This address has been soft-blocked with a {{school block}} notice for the time being. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:38, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, cool, thanks ;-) --HIZKIAH (User • Talk) 08:05, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Suspicious edits

Hello Can't sleep, clown will eat me, I was recently scrolling recent changes and noticed the odd contributions of User:Zarert. Somehow a user who admits to being sockpuppet looks suspicious, especially when their first edits are already vandalism if you see the article history of Denmark. Could you take a look at it please? Thank you.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 01:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked as a transparent vandal-only account. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:13, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Serlmano

Not sure if this should be reported, or brought up in a cabal case or what. User:Serlmano's past contributions have been all disruptive, including abusive doctoring of comments and minor vandalism. Should this be handled somehow? -WarthogDemon 05:40, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Its been a few days since this person has made any "contributions", but if you see any more editing like this again please let me know. Wikipedia is constantly timing out on me right now, so I'm about to call it a night. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:50, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Pikminlover ^Meep!↑ has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

A fan of unusual units

I see you're a fan of unusual units. Did you know you can use Unix timestamps if you put an @ symbol before them? I tried it and was amazed at some of the interesting (and probably useless) features that the block function supports. Have a nice day anyway :-) --Deskana (For Great Justice!) 20:44, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So thats how you employ Unix time units. :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:46, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I expect to see a few from you now :-P --Deskana (For Great Justice!) 20:49, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Infact, theoretically, you could say something like "tomorrow ago" for "yesterday", but the block function doesn't allow you to set block dates in the past. That ruined a bit of my fun --Deskana (For Great Justice!) 20:50, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Teletubbies

Someone altered the "teletubbies.jpg" image and switched it for a pic of Osama and his buddy Bert. Someone removed the vandalised pic and you replaced it? Is this a "new look" for the tubbies that I haven't read about? :) Just curious. Not sure how to fix the pic BTW??? Your toolbox may help. Cheers and take care! Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 01:26, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just clear your image cache, I reverted the vandalism to the JPEG as well. If you still see the Osama and Bert after refreshing your browser, please let me know. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:27, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Will do...I knew there was a simple fix for me somewhere. Not that the Osama bin Bert pic wasn't amusing. Cheers! Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 01:30, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, here's the image history just to confirm:

(Delete all revisions of this file) (cur) 01:20, 6 January 2007 . . Can't sleep, clown will eat me (Talk | contribs | block) . . 140×165 (4,288 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
(del) (rev) 22:51, 5 January 2007 . . Koolmatrixx (Talk | contribs | block) . . 291×241 (27,244 bytes) ( http://www.mlcsmith.com/strange/bertsama_bin_laden/art/bert_osama.jpg)
(del) (rev) 19:26, 1 November 2006 . . Midnightblueowl (Talk | contribs | block) . . 140×165 (4,288 bytes) (The teletubbies Can be seen at http://www.pbs.org/parents/tvprograms/program-teletubbies.html )

The person responsible, User:Koolmatrixx, has been indefinitely blocked as a vandal account. Thankfully the image was harmless in contrast to some of the shock imagery we've been seeing by way of transcluded templates lately. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:32, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're right about the shocking images. I opened up The Beatles article 2 weeks ago - just after the template vandal had struck - and got a screen load of a bloody ......oh well no need for details. Cheers! Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 01:38, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Very good! I see overwhelming support with very valid reasoning. Any/all safeguards in place to protect Wiki...especially templates...can only be good. Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 01:57, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PS...is that discussion open to any nosy non-admin types like me to add another, not really req'd, sup vote in? Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 02:07, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To the best of my knowledge there aren't any !suffrage requirements, in the event you would like to weigh in. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:07, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gmail accounts

Do they cost money? How much?--C J King 03:13, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Once upon a time they could be auctioned off for hundreds of dollars on eBay. Not any more though. Email me and I'll send you an invitation, free of charge. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:05, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock

Thanks for your kind words. I'm still learning my way through the admin tools... Asterion^talk 12:22, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Davey Havok

Once again, you've removed information from an article I watch. This time, the information was cited. I did see your reasoning in the history, but there isn't much other way to cite the info. I would like to say, in the source's defense, that the information is coming from official sources (the official message board, the official myspace). In fact, the policy regarding sources only mentions personal websites [4], but I doubt that it means to say that citing the subject's own website is out of the question. Of course, this only touches upon the band's 'official' myspace. [5] The other citation, the forum, is an FAQ in the form of a forum post. The forum is AFI's official, hosted on their official fanclub's site [6]. Therefor, I think that it is an appropriate place to cite from, regardless of what format the media is in. Even if there is a policy that rejects forum-posts and myspaces as citable sources, I believe that these citations are special cases, and that their inclusion into the Davey Havok article is important to the end of improving and maintaining wikipedia, as per WP:IGNORE. - Enzo Dragon 23:26, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is fair enough regarding the FAQ, but it still does not support the leading paragraph. Have there been multiple reports in the news that suggest there has really been such a huge debate over this? Feel free to copy our comments over to Talk:Davey Havok, since this is more of a content-based discussion. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:47, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I could definitely find interviews from big names that would give the impression, if that would be appropriate. I think the quote itself, and the fact that the question "are any of the members gay or bi?" is listed in their list of Frequently Asked Questions, is also proof enough that it's certainly been asked enough times to merit mention.

As for placing these comments on the talk page, I'm going to do it right now. - Enzo Dragon 10:07, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tony Romo help

Thanks for helping me with the Tony Romo vandalism. JelloSheriffBob 04:36, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I've semi-protected the article and am double checking to see if there was anything we may have overlooked. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:38, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help with Eastbourne

I am trying to gather a small group of people to improve the Eastbourne article and writing to you as you have edited that page recently. I have set up a what needs to be done section on the talk page, and I am hoping that I will get a few people to start a discussion. It would be wonderful if you could spare a few minutes just to look at the current Eastbourne article and give your opinion. It would be even more wonderful if you could join in with this small project as well. Thank you MortimerCat 12:10, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your name

You have such a nice name, how did you choose it? --HIZKIAH (User • Talk) 17:43, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You have the best username on Wikipedia that I have seen yet.-JLSWiki 14:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chaotic links

Some of the links are appropriate and have information on the show, even if some aren't. You should then review all links, if they don't have relevant information, then delete them. Also why does someone keep deleting the two tables? thanks82.41.208.201 07:32, 8 January 2007 (UTC)(aka TheDalek, I forgot to sign in, again!)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a game guide, the list of game codes are inappropriate for an encyclopedia article. The fansites are not reliable sources and are a clear violation of our external linking guidelines as well, please review Wikipedia:External links for details. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

well anyway there have been other pages that list promotions, and at the moment this is some of the most relevant info, and that page is a guide to chaotic, which is a game. Check for other game pages, they list rules and stategies, and lists of cards and stuff. ok, fair enough some links are inappropriate, but the tables should be kept. and why don't you review the links first and then explain why they are inappropriate. if u on't agree discuss and we should have a vote by the readers of the article, that's fair. 82.41.208.201 17:02, 11 January 2007 (UTC)(TheDalek)[reply]

Both reverted at same time

Hwa Chong Institution still has problems. Apparently we both reverted it at the same instant. Please fix it or let me know if you want me to. thanks. Jerry lavoie 11:41, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just saw that. If you see anything else remaining which stands out as problematic, please do correct it. Great work by the way. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 11:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Freedom

I'm urgently waiting to be freed from your autoblock. I'm confident a quick check of my record will make it plain that this is the appropriate action. Wareh 15:21, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your record checks out fine. ;-) If you can leave me messages you are not blocked. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 15:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks, someone has freed me. Wareh 16:42, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just a suggestion

You might want to take a look at WP:RPP. The admin backlog is slowly building up there. Diez2 16:52, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

vandal only ip

after yr final warning there was this [7] & it's pretty much all this ip's been used for recently is similar. there's no way in hell these guys are going to sue (literally against their religion) but it is pretty annoying. cld it be sblocked or whatever? ⇒ bsnowball 18:49, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kimberly Franklin on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Kimberly Franklin. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 18:54, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Need some help

Ok, so I'm new to the whole reverting vandalism thing and it seems as though I have accidentally gotten myself in between an editing war. Can you please help me?? If you can read my user talk page about the continuation war you will see what I mean. Sorry to bother you but I really need some "guidance from above".Plm209 20:35, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Autoblock

Actually, while I am able to make edits, it can be very cumbersome. To leave this comment, I had to clear and reload the page (CTRL-F5) three times. The first two times I got the autoblock message pertaining to 149.106.224.2. I've been experiencing the same symptoms editing articles and answering Ref. Desk questions. This IP is a shared college IP. If the Wikipedia software is supposed to let me edit from it as long as I'm signed in, then the Wikipedia software is not working well. In any case, I am a big fan of blocking vandals, but if there's not another solution, I'd humbly suggest that you unblock the IP, since the vandalism will probably have died down, and meanwhile I'm trying to improve articles. Wareh 20:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The problem has been solved by another Administrator. The block was converted to anonymous-only, and the user page was flagged as a shared IP for an educational institution. Wareh 21:54, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Airace (talk · contribs) requesting unblock

Airace (talk · contribs), who you blocked back in November for creating nonsense pages, is requesting to be unblocked. Do you remember if she create more deleted pages than just The Siege of Ytas? If it was just that one, it seems like she may genuinely have not known about Wikipedia, and perhaps should be given a second chance? Wanted to run it by you though, since you would know more about the situation, and were the blocking admin. Thanks, -- Natalya 21:30, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with User 68.88.68.110

This guy keeps vandalising the Ramones page and template, by adding an unsourced member to the band. When a source proved said member was not part of the band, he deleted the source. I have asked him repeatedly to stop be he has added back this wrongful information countless times.

The person who he claims is in the band is Billy Rogers. You can look at the history of that page to see his vandalism. The history of the Ramones page will also identify this.Hoponpop69 22:38, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He is back at it. Can you please ban him or something? It is getting ridicolous.

This time he is using the ip 68.88.73.0Hoponpop69 04:42, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:68.88.76.165 a sock puppet of his has now violated the Wikipedia:Three-revert rule on the ramones page. Can you please put stop to this guy!

Chair article

Antivandalbot made a misttakeon the Chair article and i cant revert the page. The Great White Hunter 01:51, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just checked, and everything seems fine to me? The vandalism and poofbags spam appear to have been removed, unless there is something I'm missing? Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:57, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Overnight Delivery

I'm sorry, but I don't understand how Wikiquote is relevant to the Trivia section on the Overnight Delivery page. There are numerous movie entries which feature quotes from films, and they aren't removed to be added to Wikiquote. And this information is verified, and is a note of interest to trivia buffs, so I don't see what it hurts to leave this on the main Overnight Delivery page. --CJ 11:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That isn't really an excuse, those quotes should be removed or transferred to Wikiquote as well. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 11:22, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Citing sources

Hi there -- I spoke to you before about the Pine Crest School page and you informed me that everythign on wikipedia needs quotes and that using the "citation needed" notation is not okay. Please see Maurice Wilkins -- the entire DNA section is basically marked "citation needed" after each sentence. By what you told me before, since you deleted my work off of the Pine Crest School page since it wasn't cited, does that mean that the entire DNA section on the Wilkins page should be deleted because there are no sources? I see these notations everywhere on almost every single page... Nadsat 18:00, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Material which cannot be verified through reliable sources should be removed; this standard applies to all articles. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 22:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My Request for Adminship

Thank you for your support in my my RfA, which passed with a tally of 117/0/1. I hope that my conduct as an admin lives up to the somewhat flattering confidence the community has shown in me. I'll figure I'm doing good anti-vandal work when I get an imposter with a name similar to yours ;) Please don't hesitate to leave a message on my talk page should you need anything or want to discuss something with me.--Nilf anion (talk) 22:51, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mount Everest

Hi, external links again. An editor has been adding details of a trip and external links to a site with which sings his praises and may be his own. These are the sort of additions and links that we agreed should not be added. I am told that 480 people climbed Everest this year, many for causes. If we all add our trip reports then the article will overflow with them. I reverted him twice but if I revert him again he will add them back again and I will be neutralised by 3RR. He makes no attempt to put the case on the talk page. Other editors of this site seem to be either not around or uninterested. Please advise me, thanks. Viewfinder 19:02, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question for experienced editor

I have a question concerning banning/blocking policy but I need to ask an editor very well-versed in wiki policy. Can you direct me to an experienced editor who can answer this question for me quickly? Or can you answer it for me? 141.213.211.12 19:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Our policy is available here, but feel free to ask any additional questions you may have. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:38, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've read those but I'm still iffy on several matters. Can indefinitely banned users never edit again under any circumstances? 141.213.211.12 19:47, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It really depends on the circumstances. Care to elaborate? Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:48, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Meaning, can an indefinitely banned user edit under a new name if the edits are legitimate and following wiki policy? And further, is it ok for others to revert edits of an indef banned user using reasonings such as banned-users-edits-should-be-reverted in order to "win" in a content dispute - especially if such accusations are not proven? 141.213.211.12 19:51, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is an interesting hypothetical, but again it really depends on the circumstances of the original block. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:56, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't say this was hypothetical. I need to know because I'm consistently accused of being a sockpuppet of various users and such arguments are being used to disenfranchise my edits. I don't know the circumstances behind the original block or what the original block was. I figured the best way to get around having to go deep into finding out why is seeing if its true that indef-banned users can't make good edits. In which case it would just be an illegitimate reasoning for reverting my edits. 141.213.211.12 20:01, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You may want to bring this up on the administrator's noticeboard or provide more detail as to where you are being disenfranchised and why it is believed that your are an indefinitely banned person. Your current IP address, 141.213.211.12 (talk · contribs), has less than a dozen edits, all of which are to my talk page. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:07, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is a dynamic IP so I have no control over which IP I get. I would get a username but that would likely be "banned" as a sockpuppet of my IPs or whatever user anyway. I've tried bringing it up before, it gets long and people don't respond after a while so I go back to square one explaining what I know to a new user. I think the best way is to simply see if its ok to just revert someones edits based on accusations of being a banned user sockpuppet. I'm sure there's some details somewhere on wiki policy which would help me. 141.213.211.12 20:13, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From what I know though, the first user I was accused of being a sockpuppet of was banned indefinitely for...you guessed it..."persistent sockpuppetry." It's an infinite loop originating form who knows where and nobody is vandalizing anything. 141.213.211.12 20:15, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Userbox unprotection

Would you please help me on editing the Template:Userbox. i've found from history tab that, you've re-protected it, after Aaron Brenneman unprotected it, on Dec 19, 2006. I want to add few extra features so that text line gap space and cell padding space, etc can also be specified, so that, overal height of userbox can be properly set at 45px, which is the recommended userbox height. Those feature will atleast give the option to do that. Also, see my comment on that template's discussion page. Many Thanks. --Tarikash 21:39, 10 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Sure thing, the template is now semi-protected so give it a shot. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:24, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Shawn Feeney

There is positively no reason for the deletion of Shawn Feeney. The article was being expanded and was deleted prematurely. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EBisAWESOME (talk • contribs) 02:08, 11 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

The subject does not meet WP:BIO and appears to be actionable under section A7 of our speedy deletion policy. Thanks, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:11, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Still, it did not pass the five-day deadline.--EBisAWESOME 02:14, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was so far below our standards, it didn't need to. Please refer the matter to Wikipedia:Deletion review if you wish to contest this removal. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

rateyourmusic.com vandalism

Hi clown, I'm getting a bit desperate, could you help me? This website is clearly taking the mick out of wikipedia for posting Rock Slope, and myself for requesting it be speedy deleted. My userpage has taken a hamering today since the aobve page has been in existance. Could you please look into speedying the original page asap, salting the page and protecting my userpage temporarily. The band are a hoax RyanPostlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 02:32, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorted on admin noticeboard, thanks anyway! RyanPostlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 02:34, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sorry to hear that; your page is now semi-protected. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Block of Adam Carr

Greetings! I hope you are well. User:Adam Carr claims you have accidentally blocked him while blocking an IP. Johntex\^talk 07:59, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Checking your contributions log, it looks like you are no longer online. I am going to take a chance and unblock Adam. Johntex\^talk 08:06, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the assistance, I've left a follow up message on his talk page in case there are any lingering autoblocks that need to be cleared. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:14, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Actually, I couldn't figure it out. I couldn't find anything in the autoblock log. I must be overly sleep-deprived or otherwise brain dead. I put the {{unblock}} on his page to call for help. Johntex\^talk 08:22, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I'll keep an eye on his talk page, and as soon as he provides the affected IP address we can adjust the block parameters. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:27, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. He seems to have drifted off. Maybe he found something better to do in South Thailand than to edit Wikipedia. (Nah, how could that be?) Anyway, I have to go to bed. I thank you again for your help. Best, Johntex\^talk 08:34, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sleep? ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:35, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh no! If ever there was a wrong thing to say to the Clown. I'm going to go hide in Lisa's room! Johntex\^talk 08:43, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for blocking the user I pointed out.

It is times like that (User:J00sux0rz) when I see stuff which could be fixed on sight without needing to bring it to the attention of another admin because it is so obvious that I see the advantages of being an admin myself. However before I even consider going through RfA I thought it would be handy to start of by getting some comments from an established admin, hoping you would consent to spending a few minutes taking a look at what I've contributed to wikipedia so far and giving any tips from your experiences? Here is a handy link for you of wannabe kate's editcounter. [8] Thanks. Mathmo ^Talk 19:58, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clown picture

Now honestly? Is that really you in that clown picture? How do you look like? King Lopez 11:08, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I could tell you, but... Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:54, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plastic Paddy

Hey, CSCWEM ;-) Thanks for closing the AfD. There seems to be a problem happening there now, though. 2 users who argued for deletion are now attacking the article and trying to remove sourced content. I am hesitant to just revert them as they have shown a tendency to edit-war in the past. Thoughts? ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 23:23, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If people are repeatedly reverting without discussion, the article would be a likely candidate for WP:RFPP, but I don't see that happening right now. My best suggestion is to continue to engage in constructive dialogue on the talk page, as you and several others are doing, and try to work it out there. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:35, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 01:22, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Award

Hey CSCWEM, I have something for you!!!!

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		I award CSCWEM this BarnStar because of his endless defending of Wiki...You Rock...Keep it up ;^)!!! BarnStar Boy 03:27, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

!

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		Can't sleep, clown will eat me, I award you the Barnstar of Good Humor for your hilarious userpage. I was laughing when you changed the image! Kamope \| userpage \| talk \| contributions 15:06, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Witness Lee and Local churches

Bart, some 'Christian apologists' (i.e. people that believe its their job to tell other people what to believe) continue to hack the Witness Lee and Local Churches articles. I'd like it if you could:

A. Help me against them

B. Notify a higher-up sysop to protect these articles. They should be objective, and Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a place for proselytyzing.

Sincerely, Robert Young → R Young {^yakł_talk} 00:46, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will notify someone else of this vandalism. Extremely sexy 17:20, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Bart, I've added both of these pages to my watchlist. This appears to be the work of a single user roaming a /16 range. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:51, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's my pleasure, as you already know. Extremely sexy 20:11, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Danny Daniel and suspected socks

Since you were the one who blocked the vandal Danny Daniel, I'd like to ask you this question: When should I report Poppapop (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to WP:AIV? I believe that this may be a sockpuppet of Danny Daniel (see WP:LTA#Danny Daniel and sockpuppets for more information) because the user edited articles related to The Fairly OddParents and anime (articles Fairy Idol and Avatar: The Last Airbender). The user also recreated the hoax article De-Animated, which is directly related to Re-Animated, another article in which Danny Daniel's sockpuppets seem to edit. I've already warned the user with verror2 for vandalising List of characters in Ed, Edd n Eddy. Squirepants101 19:37, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The WP:AIV page is primarily for reporting obvious and blatant vandalism. If it isn't obvious per se, just post a note at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents for review, and consider filing a case with WP:RFCU if you suspect any additional socks. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:49, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance needed with User:Riostat and Teknoscape

You're the last admin I see having blocked someone listed on AIV, so I'm trying to get in touch with you - please see WP:AIV for details on the issue with User:Riostat, and note his contribution history now including vandalism of my talk page as well. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. —Krellis 04:34, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can disregard this request, Wknight94 took care of them. Thanks, and sorry to bother you. —Krellis 04:38, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Passover (Rome)

Can you tell me then, why are you deleting all that content, because from what I can tell, their is no reason to, unless I am missing something.--RyanB88 04:59, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, trivial lists of quotes do not belong on Wikipedia, we have Wikiquote for that reason. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:02, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

should they not then be replaced with a link for related quotes in wikiquote or something, I didn't see one.--RyanB88 05:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unless he's willing to go back to every other episode article and remove those quotes, he needs to refrain from removing them. This sort of wanton deletion is not acceptable under any circumstances. 66.90.151.114 05:10, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's perfectly acceptable and certainly not a "wanton deletion". Quotations should go in Wikiquote. Please read point number 1 at WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory. Gzkn 05:18, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong. Until you go back and make these corrections on the other episode articles, do *NOT* remove them again. I will be filing a vandalism complaint, and will be requesting that the article be locked if you persist. Don't ruin this for everyone else, son. 66.90.151.114 07:56, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please file that complaint of yours as soon as possible. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:58, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well it does seem after looking into it a bit more, I have have been a little quick on the revert there, i saw text being deleted without any resoning or linking to say wikiquote and acted on that. Sorry about the confusion.--RyanB88 05:23, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Fleming & Co.

I think I disagree with your deletions of the reference to The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation. This foundation seems to be legitimate (see http://www.ffandp.co.uk/activities/art.asp), and are directly on point (Flemings collection of Scottish art). Could you please revert them or explain the thinking in deleting them? Thanks. Cbmccarthy 14:44, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree with my deletion as well, and have restored the link. It must be time for a wikibreak. :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:47, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Puzzled

In this ([9]) diff, is there a reason why you deleted my question? I assume it was an accident, but didn't want to repost it if I've been a fewl and akst a stooopid kweschun. --Dweller 14:47, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I've no idea why that got removed, but it has been replaced. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:53, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. --Dweller 09:31, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fortnight?

that was a strange block: Length: 5 fortnights "repeated vandalism for several days" _→AzaToth 20:44, 15 January 2007 (UTC) :)[reply]

Oddly enough, MediaWiki also supports Unix time units as well. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:49, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Google Web Accelerator

Why can't I edit a page if Google Web Accelerator is activated?? -ilovevancouver90909 21:44, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It utilizes anonymising proxies, which are expressly not allowed on Wikipedia. Please refer to Wikipedia:Google Web Accelerator for advice on how to disable it for the .wiki.x.io domain. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:22, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Suspecting another sockpuppet

Hello Can't sleep, clown will eat me. I noticed a somewhat suspicious post on my talk page by a user called User:Fathatsack. I looked through their contributions and found this edit summary in their contributions, which links to one of those pesky java script loops. A sockpuppet of JINXTENGU left the same java script loop in a message by one of his sockpuppets as shown here. I really think this is another sockpuppet of his. I appreciate your opinion. Thanks.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 02:34, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To put it simply, it kills your browser...not a pretty thing at all.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 02:45, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tony Yayo page

My bad about the text dump I did, but why does the Studio album information continually get removed??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harish101 (talk • contribs) 08:55, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The studio album you refer to is in dire need of reliable sourcing. Preferably something which did not originate from a blog or MySpace. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:56, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I got it from G-Unit's group page though, not from some blog or MySpace garbage :/ Also, why remove the entire table? For shame on you for not wanting to make wikipedia pages look decent, but instead opting for the lazy route. Harish101 21:56, 16 January 2007 (GMT)

The lazy route is not citing your sources, please start doing that. To date, neither article provides any reliable sourcing regarding this upcoming album. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Touché. I read what I wrote and I apologise if it came off in a bad way. You didn't have to remove his official website link or the slighly better table (minus that one album) though. Outta curiousity - when you end your messages, do you actually type in the time and date manually or is there a code that will automatically do that for you? Harish101 08:44, 17 January 2007 (GMT)

To sign your comments with the date and time, just enter ~ four times (~~~~) at the end of your message. Detailed instructions are available at Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages, which include helpful suggestions on things to avoid if you're interested in creating a customized signature. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:02, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah ok, thanks. Harish101 18:25, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator

Hello Clown, I need to ask you a Question ....... How do i become an Administrator?? Please help me! thankyou Vandle-Fighter14

Copyright violation: Boubli

The above article was recently speedy deleted for a copyright violation whilst on AfD, but Uncle G who speedy deleted it hasn't closed the AfD, could you look into closing it for me? Cheers RyanPostlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 13:34, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing, the discussion is now closed. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:44, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and a plea

Thanks for keeping an eye on articles like Pony. I have requested semi-protection for it (again.) If you have any pull with TPTB for getting the article protected for a week or so, please add your support. Maybe if we protect it for awhile, the people who think it's their sandbox will go play elsewhere. (Why do they want to pick on Ponies, anyway??) Thanks Montanabw 20:12, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Someone probably didn't get the pony they wanted as a child. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:04, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Revision as of 00:58, 17 January 2007 (edit) 124.183.176.155 (Talk) (Before the European arrival)

Your revert on Indig Australians is appreciated you reverted a sockpuppet of a serial pest - I felt that you should know that SatuSuro 01:44, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Through a number of issues - I have given User:Longhair a full detailed list of actions re that user ( I can send a blow by blow outline if you request - otherwise I'll leave it with what I have sent so far) - I am supposing if you both have it on your watchlist - and your time zone diffs - we are in a matter of speaking covered :)

As for the nullabor demoscene afd - keep - I am interested to see that how afd process can get hijacked to notoriety when the original issue gets more or less ignored - that has happened on two this week, I think there is good argument for alternative measures at this stage - but as I am a plain old ed and no admin - I shall just watch and learn I suppose.

Thank you for your help and offer of help in these areas - keep up the good work! SatuSuro 11:56, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a plan. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 12:00, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nah - I have enough admins as friends here in Perth - not interested :) SatuSuro 12:01, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Real life is about to step in when my kids go back to school in two weeks - and I have cubic metres of things to sort through from my fathers estate, and my own collection of 40 years worth of collecting things. SatuSuro 12:05, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quite the collection. See you soon. :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:20, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm new here

I've been trying to revert as much vandalism as I can. I'm new here. I just want to know some of the popular people on here. --Lexon darkheart 20:22, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah, have you heard of Homestar Runner? --Lexon darkheart 20:40, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well of course. I'm still waiting for their Atari 2600 game to be released. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 21:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To tell the truth, I kinda have my doubts about that game.... --Lexon darkheart 20:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

True, it has been about three years since it was announced. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:16, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Then again, It would take long to make... --Lexon darkheart 11:29, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hell Yeah review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Hell_Yeah. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Tedivm 07:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the update, I'll follow the review with interest. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:10, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Vijay

Hello, Can't sleep, clown will eat me (can I call you Clown or something equally shorter?) I noticed what you did on Joseph Vijay's article. I'd love to rewrite the entire article (along Ajith Kumar, but that's another story) and will provide reliable reference, but could you help me to keep the article clean afterwards? There are many fans out there and arguing has proven to quite exhausting, especially when you are alone. What do you think? Best regards, --Plumcouch ^Talk2Me 17:40, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I would be glad to help. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:41, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a ton! --Plumcouch ^Talk2Me 17:43, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Clown, I have re-added the "Personal section" and referenced it with Hindu.com and Rediff. Both have been reliable in the past. Think that's okay? --Plumcouch ^Talk2Me 18:00, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me. :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 18:11, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Collateral damage

Hi, Clown. I trust your judgement, but see here User talk:Peterwhy#Autoblocked. Ninety minutes of collateral damage is not the worst price to pay to stop vandalism, but I'd thought I'd let you know. Take care. -- Avi 16:57, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rusty trombone

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Rusty trombone. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. CyberAnth 02:33, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

External links

Hi, I noticed you'd reverted the links I added. I read the guidelines before adding links, and felt the ones I added came under this category: Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks) or other reasons.

For example, this page: http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Costa_del_Sol has little information, but if you look at the page http://www.andalucia.com/costa_del_sol/home.htm the information is much more comprehensive, and of course it's not possible to use this writing directly due to copyright reasons.

Please explain further. Is it always the case that you have to discuss additions on the talk page? I thought content could be added directly. I wasn't aware that everything had to be verified by a wikipedia editor first. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.5.83.159 (talk • contribs) 08:42, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Even if it is not the case, you appear to be using Wikipedia as a vehicle for self promotion, as all of your contributions are external links to the same website. If you are an affiliate of this site, there is a conflict of interest issue at hand. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:48, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Juliuse15

Looks like this is a vandal-only account. Got to love his contribs... :: Colin Keigher (Talk) 09:15, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New warning grid

Heya! I don't know if you had the time to check the new warning templates that went live an hour ago. You can find them at the usual place: WP:UTM. Hope you'll like them since you were involved on the project at the start if I remember well. -- lucasbfr ^talk 21:25, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yisroel Dovid Weiss

page was protected because of multiple libellous edits. these continued on the talk page. there is every reason to expect they will be ongoing. could you please reconsider unprotecting it. ⇒ bsnowball 10:07, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

thnx. on the odd chance you just took my word for it, there's a chance someone might accuse you of intervening in the rather slow edit war going on (i'm just about to take it to mediation if i don't get what i want with my latest...). tho i think protection is justified even if he's never going to sue. on the score of dying down, perhaps when he gives up trying to talk to israel's enemies... but i'll keep you posted ;) ben ⇒ bsnowball 12:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Casa Blanca Rifa

Since you seem to be the resident SoCal gang expert (or at least the SoCal gang article vandal-whacker—that's where I usually see your edits on my watchlist, except for the occasional haiku vandal revert), I was wondering if you would take a look at this new article: Casa Blanca Rifa.

(Amazingly, it's already indexed by Google.) If you googlesearch -Wikipedia you only get 14 hits. To me, it looks like about 20% Original research, and 80% Nonsense ("It's notoriety grew when gang members shot down a police helicopter in the mid 1970s, then again in the early 1990s.").

I've already caught the article creator, Loco 13 (talk · contribs), creatively editing the demographics data in Riverside, California and left a warning on their talk page. ^Blank ^Verse 12:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Boy, that was quick! Thank you.

BTW: You should change your message to read Casa Blanca Rifa, instead of Riverside, California.

I'm getting real tired of all the nonsense being added to articles on gangs. I'm real tempted to risk being accused of trying to make a WP:POINT by nominating every gang article that doesn't have any references at WP:AFD. Actually, I'll probably WP:PROD them first, and any remaining ones I'll AFD. ^Blank ^Verse 13:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That isn't a bad idea. Some of them are indeed notable, but they all tend to attract their share of nonsense. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 13:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The big problem is finding reliable sources. Even the couple of websites for the gang consultants are pretty iffy in my opinion, because they have their own agendas. On the other hand, much of what I see on gangs in the Los Angeles Times is pretty clueless. Some of the police dept. webpages on gangs, however, have been some of the most clueless. So what do you use as a reliable source unless you start quoting from court records etc. (I found quite a bit of that online when I was trying to find out if one particular gang was even real). ^Blank ^Verse 15:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandal account

I think you should block him, he's a vandal account Anticvs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) --HIZKIAH (User • Talk) 18:32, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding death dates to biographies of living persons

I have noted a recent increase in this form of blatant vandalism. Imo it is obnoxious, because it is not immediately obvious to readers and anti-vandal patrollers. Like vandalism by registered users, it tends to go unreverted for much longer than obvious vandalism. Recently it survived on the page of a well known UK politician for 48 hours. and should imo be responded to with bv warnings and block on first and second offence respectively. See 195.137.115.129 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), who has reoffended after my bv warning. Still, if that is not Wikipedia policy, then I will respond to it with milder warnings on first offence. As an active vandal patroller, perhaps you could advise. Thanks. Viewfinder 19:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

John Jay

Hi! I had accidently re-reverted your removal of vandalism. Sorry for the trouble. Just wanted to tell you that I am not a vandal :)--æn↓þæµß¶-ŧ-¢ 16:46, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, it happens to all of us. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:48, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MA

Can you take a look at [10] this 3RR report? I note that you semi'd the page, so presumably have an opinion as to whether its libel or not. Thanks! William M. Connolley 20:19, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another JINXTENGU Sock

Hello Can't sleep, got another JINXTENGU sock for you: User:Froshk.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 01:50, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know who this might be?

Here. User created an account and then went after your vandal box with something about Teletubes? No need to reply to me, just thought you might want to check. Teke^(talk) 03:59, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Gower

Could you please be explicit about the libel concerns that led you to protect Andrew Gower. Not an interested party, just ran across it, but if you could be explicit about whether the subject made objections and what they were that would be helpful. Thanks, Sdedeo (tips) 07:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

October Revolution

I guess you do have to take a nap now and then :-0), otherwise clowns will get you one way or another `'mikka 17:29, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for catching that mikka. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:33, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They are picking on ponies again

Another round of kids vandalizing the pony article again. Any advice on getting semi-protection? I keep being turned down...sigh... Montanabw 19:16, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Those poor ponies. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Block request

Cumming14 (talk • contribs) can you block the vandal please? Calbaer 19:38, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chilean edits

Hello, Can't sleep, clown will eat me/9, since you have made several edits to articles about Chile, you may be interested in looking at the Wikipedia:Chile-related regional notice board to pick up on other topics that need attention, or to express needs which you perceive pertaining to Chile. JAXHERE | ^Talk 01:25, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tamaskan Dog recreation

You were the admin who deleted this article. The article's proponent has now created a new article. I'm wondering what the recommended procedure is for a situation like this ... recreate the article after an AfD, or request a deletion review. Thanks for your help! Keesiewonder ^talk 10:18, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any thoughts on this? I am certainly not getting anywhere on the article's talk page with the article's only proponent. Keesiewonder ^talk 22:15, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Keesie. Since the article is not an exact recreation per se (although the content is similar to what was previously deleted), this is somewhat of a grey area. The referencing style of the current article still leaves something to be desired, but that may or may not be something that can be resolved through editing if the sources are valid. As far as I am concerned, this can either be relisted on AFD or sent to Deletion review. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 22:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help. I see you restored the AfD discussion. The proponent will not be happy about that! I'll mull over the options. Maybe someone else will take action. Keesiewonder ^talk 22:38, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the discussion should be restored, at least temporarily, until this matter is resolved. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 22:40, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Overlapping images

It's hard to read your user page as your images overlap and the vandal box has somehow creeped up the page and is covering things. Simply south 15:25, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It displays fine here on several different browsers, but you are free to try and make corrections to my user page if you would like. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 22:42, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having problems with it as well! Just wanted to say Thanks for your help with Leonardo. That page needs a full-time vandal-chaser with a big stick. --Amandajm 01:28, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed fast

You just reverted vandalism by 209.7.96.2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), so he switched to 10 successive vandal pranks on Nuclear Weapon. I need admin help pronto, and can barely keep up with this prankster....HJ 21:10, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

All set now. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:24, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mucho graciasHJ 06:50, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

About Lloyd Banks Page?

Thanks for te note but i dont relly understand wut u ment can u give me some help? User talk:Killian35

Orphaned fair use image (Image:LUEshi_-_Patamon.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:LUEshi_-_Patamon.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Hbdragon88 01:58, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please

You just blocked User:Cheesepie123 indef for vandalism, yet they have still vandalized my userpage from an ip. would you mind blocking this as well? User:89.241.221.121 DUBJAY04 06:11, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

.. for reverting the persistent vandal who keeps hitting my user page. Thanks! :) - Alison ^✍ 07:53, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikibreak?

Hi, although I don't want to become a player myself, could you explain to me the rules of the game you're playing? I think it's called Thaddeus Young. All the best, <KF> 11:04, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kwinana

I am trying to think about which template to put in for that one:) I might wait till later for that though... Thanks for the reverts SatuSuro 07:15, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Local churches

Bart, someone inserted a libelous attack message on the local churches talk page which includes some kind of illegal insertion to prevent further editing. When I tried to respond, the SPAM FILTER blocked me...but only for this section. Clearly, whoever planted this 'bomb' knew what they were doing. How can labeling a church as 'organized crime' be a fair discussion? How can not allowing an alternative viewpoint be fair (the sheer hypocrisy of which is astounding...the charge made below is not allowing alternative viewpoints, yet the user inserted a Trojan spam to prevent alternative viewpoints). Please forward this to a higher editor. Clearly, an attack like this is no different than someone labeling Martin Luther King Jr a "Communist", attacking gays, etc.→ R Young {^yakł_talk} 11:30, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Writer beware

Like entries on similar organizations, such as Scientology and the Jehovah's Witnesses, no fair discussion can take place on this topic. If anyone dare edit this article, it will be swiftly and aggressively reverted to reflect only the official point of view of the Local Church and its headquarters, the Living Stream Ministry. Try it.

What darkness fears most is the bright light of day.

Don't even bother to note it is "controversial"

I will now notify arguably the best moderator. Extremely sexy 14:15, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cdojo78

Grsh darn it, I was stalking that one! :) Teke^(talk) 23:24, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Curiouscdngeorge

He is a persistent vandal (look here), at least at the John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon articles, plus I noticed he doesn't answer questions at his talkpage either, so he definitely deserve to be banned for a long time at least: could you do just that for me, please, man? Extremely sexy 00:46, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion review notification

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Marsden-Donnelly harassment case. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. ~ trialsanderrors 19:43, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Valentines Day!

I wish you and your family have a wonderful Valentines Day!

Kamope · talk · contributions 12:02, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Although this is a wee bit early then. Extremely sexy 19:58, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ajith Kumar

Hello, Clown, additionally to Joseph Vijay's site, I'm trying to tidy up Ajith Kumar's site. Unfortunately, an editor, User:Anwar saadat keeps adding tons of fangush. There have been problems with Anwar in the past, especially about his involvement in Kumar's article. Could you help to keep the article clean? Best regards, --Plumcouch ^Talk2Me 22:09, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Those images

Hey Clown, can you do me a favour and respond to Jeffness's questions about image licensing? I already pointed out to him that you have every right to revert messages on your talk page, but his last message seemed pretty civilized, and rolling it back without a response doesn't seem right. I think he's correct on this point; a photo of a Pepsi bottle -- even one that you take yourself -- still contains images that are copyrighted by Pepsi. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 04:39, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding admins

Hey CSCWEM: I have another wiki on a different page, and I was wondering how you add administrators to the admin list? Vikedal 04:50, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Vikedal. Which list are you referring to? I'm not sure I understand the question. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:52, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was meaning to say that i am an admin on another wiki, and i have someone who looks like admin quality. how do i give him admin-level privileges on my wiki? Vikedal 05:06, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unless you've made some significant changes to your wiki, you will need Bureaucrat privileges to add accounts to the Sysops group. The page you are looking for can be found under Special pages > User rights management. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:15, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

When trying to access the URM page on my wiki, i get:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /homepages/12/d168542623/htdocs/pyrosummit/wiki/includes/HTMLForm.php on line 129 Vikedal 05:27, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Front page

Can you, please, put History of the guillotine in Russia on the front page? I want people to know about the article I am writing. --Linear Model 08:30, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Section on woman premiers in jeopardy

Continuing vandalism alert: I thought that you might be interested that User:TRFA is stripping out a section in the woman article on women's advances and is stripping out a list of women premiers and other political leaders such as Tansu Ciller, Condoleezza Rice and Nancy Pelosi from the woman article. Dogru144 18:34, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your Talk Page

Please consider moving your talk page to the Archives folder. It is getting pretty hard to navigate it because it is too long. Thanks. King Lopez 09:24, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Just a friendly Hello to a Fellow Vandalism Fighter! :^) §†SupaSoldier†§ 01:56, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Purple Star
		I hearby award you this barnstar as I have seen the abuse and vandalism your userpage has gone through during your time on wikipedia. Retiono Virginian 19:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DRV on October AFD

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Sarah Hanson-Young. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. The claimed issue is mostly inconsistency with a later AFD. GRBerry 03:47, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]