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Hiya I saw you recent post at the village pump, and thought I'd come an teach you how you could have done it.

Firstly do a reverse DNS check to see the internet provider. If it's AOL give up. AOL is far too large, has far too many computers for you to ba able to block the vandal.You'll sucseed in blocking loads of legit users and probably won't get the actual vandal.

Assuming it's not AOL then proceed as follows,

64.12.116.10 through 64.12.117.22

Set the last digits to 0 64.12.116.0 ->> 64.12.117.0

do two /24 blocks 64.12.116.0/24 and 64.12.117.0/24 that will block a total of 512 IPs

Stick to /24 only if you are at all unsure about what you are doing. Note that /31 will block fewer than /24 and /16 will block a lot more. Never go lower than /16 ( I don't you you can in actual fact anyway) Also since range blocks catch innocents as well as vandals keep them short. Policy is 24 hours only I think.

HTH theresa knott 22:28, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

You always seem to be under a lot of stress, what with dealing with trolls and vandals and people who just don't get it. Relax and have a cookie. You'll feel better (food allergies excepted). -- Cyrius|✎ 06:18, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Wishing you a happy and vandal-free birthday. :) Angela. 01:11, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)

Eh, heh heh heh. Birthday boy. Have a good one, Rick! (Anyone want to start a List of Wikipedians by birthday page?) --Ardonik.talk()^* 01:19, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)

Already done. See m:Wikipedians by birthday. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 22:52, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)

Well, damn. I was sure I'd be the first one. How old are you? You can tell me. :-) Mike H 04:46, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)

Is this the part where I say you're exactly one week eight days older than my mother? Mike H 22:41, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)

I am unfazed by the "old" thing. I have three siblings over the age of 30. Mike H 22:44, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)

Happy birthday, Rick. Much appreciate your hard work here. Antandrus 04:49, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Like Mike, I'd thought I'd be the first one here. :-) Happy birthday, Rick -- I hope you can relax and have a great time. Best wishes, Jwrosenzweig 22:23, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

• Agree with reasons already stated.  :^) Have a happy birthday! - Lucky 6.9 22:41, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
• Happy birthday, Rick! [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 22:44, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)
• Happy belated birthday, as well. Category talk:Lord Marshals of England seems as good a place as any. john k 20:15, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)

User:JillandJack seems to be using a somewhat non-standard opening sentence style 1, 2, 3. I don't remember exactly what DW was advocating, but I don't think it was this. If JillandJack is DW it should be acknowledged that he has edited without acrimony or dispute for several months now. However, I am concerned about the continued uploading of potentially copyrighted images. - SimonP 21:23, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. I don't know if my parents really have the time to contribute. Plus, they're native russians, so they're not too good with English. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 22:32, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Please see the policyWikipedia:Deletion_policy#Unlisting_a_page_from_VfD. Or you still insist on the deletion of the article? In that case please provide a more detailed explanation of your position at the VFD page. Mikkalai 05:18, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I do think it qualifies: Your reason for vfd no longer applies. If you think that I misunderstood your reason, please write it more clear. I am not an original author. And I don't see why the perception of the original autor is of lower quality than ours. And I don't like a precedent of putting a page on vfd with a cryptic phrase (although I agree it made a perfect sense when appllied to the original article). Mikkalai 05:28, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)