NOTE: IF YOU ARE ANONYMOUS, AND POST ANYTHING ON THIS PAGE, YOU WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT CONSIDERATION.

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)

Cookies!

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)

• Please take a look at Wikipedia:Invalid article names and Talk:Norse saga#Characters "Ǫ" == >& # 4 9 0 ;< and "ǫ" == >& # 4 9 1 ;<. Would be happy for any constructive suggestions also about how to explain technical issues to people skilled in other areas and writing good articles. Thanks!

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• BTW: NOTE: IF YOU ARE ANONYMOUS, ... Please be aware that not all contributors to Wikipedia projects have an user account at en.wikipedia. Some "anonymous" visitors may sign (here) with a signature from their home Wikipedia as I did at many Wikipedia in the past. Regards [[User:Gangleri|Gangleri | T | Th]] 20:41, 2004 Nov 11 (UTC)

I undeleted it and this is a relisting based on Wikipedia:Undeletion policy. The previous vote is clearly linked in my introduction to the listing. --Michael Snow 01:02, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

See the final decision for detail. --mav 04:24, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Could you see where the user who posted this innitially is from? I think it might be someone trying to promote the effect, effectively making it an ad. The Balducci levitation is notable amongst magicians, but thought I know about King Rising, I don't know how it's performed, and it's not really been about all that long. Still, it might be notable amongst its performers, so don't delete it just yet. [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|^(talk)]] 10:00, Nov 12, 2004 (UTC)

RickK, take a look at the "What links here" for this page. It is pretty clear that it is not intended as a rival page, but a refuge from the edit war. The title is certainly not the best (I would have chosen just "temp") and it might belong in a User sandbox, but deletion seems a pretty harsh solution. Just my two cents. Mpolo 14:14, Nov 12, 2004 (UTC)

"Newspaper reporters and technical writers are trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in their writing. This makes them freaks in the world of writers, since almost all of the other ink-stained wretches in that world reveal a lot about themselves to the reader." Kurt Vonnegut Jr., novelist and former technical publicist for General Electric (as quoted in Gary Blake and Robert W. Bly, The Elements of Technical Writing (1993)).

That may be the goal to which we Wikipedia contributors should aspire. Like most goals, it is probably unattainable.

Italo Svevo [who lacks the Wikiexpertise to sign his name properly]

No problem. I'm afraid the approach taken in quite a few of the undeletion requests has gotten to be as much about personality conflicts as about whether undeletion actually makes sense. Hopefully the current rewrite manages the balancing act between NPOV style and clearly stating the relevant facts. --Michael Snow 20:40, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Hi rick, its me, mboverload (again)

Anyway, I have a question for you. I am trying to add some store locations and phone numbers to this article but they always end up on one line instead of two. It's near the end, do you have any suggestions?

--Mboverload 06:31, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

WOw rick, are you on ALL the time? Thanks for the help! --Mboverload 06:36, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

OK will change my handle. PS Fuck You JumboDick 07:12, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I think it should be it's own article. Spinboy 07:35, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I still disagree, but I'm too tired to argue right now. Merge it if you want. Spinboy 07:42, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I should note that there are quite a few other articles, especially from the UK of students societies that have their own articles. See Category:United Kingdom Students' Unions Spinboy 20:40, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Hi RickK, I was going through the list of edits by IP 205.232.75.70, which I was able to show unequivocably originated from User:Pnikolov, when I saw the annonymous abuse he inserted on your talk page. I took the liberty of adding this on the Request for Comment page myself, only because of my evidence that it came from Pnikolov. If I should not have added material from your talk page to that page myself, I apologize and will of course remove it. Thank you, -- Asbestos 15:15, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I see you reverted the removal of vandalism by an anon. Could it get any more surreal? :-) JRM 20:59, 2004 Nov 13 (UTC)

I award you this nice barnstar. Enjoy! --Lst27 (talk) 00:48, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

What "massive vandalism" are you talking about? The edits to the city articles are perfectly valid. I know it's contentious, that's why there are edit wars. I'm well within the three-revert rule, in fact I've been reverting those articles just once a day. And if that's wrong, it's just as wrong for the other side which reverts those articles just as often to the other version. You can protect all those articles, but if not, I have as much right as anyone else to edit them. I have defended my position on various talk pages. Gzornenplatz 01:51, Nov 14, 2004 (UTC)

Nonsense, Gz! There are no "sides" here. It's just you vs the rest of the world. Nobody else shares your view on the "former German names" issue. Nobody else supports you. And you don't defend anything! You admit yourself that at least one third of German pages still calls these cities by those allegedly "former" names! Halibutt showed you links to the freshly printed German Guide Books to Danzig, Allenstein and Frauenburg, yet you still stubbornly spend at least an hour a day to show everybody that you're the only one who sees the "truth", by vandalizing the pages on Polish cities. Space Cadet 03:20, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Hi Rick, it's been a long time since we've gotten in touch. I need you to take a look at Vanesa Littlecrow for me. Someone thinks that I'm POV and I think it's because of the phrase "multitalented". When I wrote that phrase, I was referring to the fact that she has more then one talent. There is a talk page on the subject, could you look it over? I value your opinion very much. User:Marine 69-71