You missed all the fun of having a WikiDefcon 2 tonight. You're right; it was crazy. Of all the edits on the NewPages, about 80% were vandalism. Spent forever tagging stuff for speedy deletion. Sharkface217 04:29, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Please, can you continue the discussion of what is acceptable for this page, instead of removing our work and calling it "heavy vandlaism". We accept that much of what is currently on the page is WP:OR, and are currently tryng to fix it by finding sources. Thanks! DanCrowter 08:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just to say thank you for re-protecting the Lung cancer page - it was getting really irritating having to revert it every few hours! Appreciate it. Nmg20 09:19, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nishkid64! I am Mumun. I noticed that you have been dealing with repeated vandalism at Bodington Hall. One of the same vandals also is repeatedly vandalizing the Regina, Saskatchewan article. The IPs are 130.88.79.70, 130.88.77.46, 130.88.160.68 and others. I put in a formal request for protection and I left a message on the vandal's talk page. However, not sure I am going about this in the right way. PLease help. Mumun 13:33, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Blast from your AfD past.

Can't wait till they add it to the main page (if they manage to). --Majorly 18:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, i had a name change, i was chavatshimshon. Please can you tell me whats wrong with the status thing you made me so kindly? its not working!? Thanks! FrummerThanThou 19:07, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Nish, noticed that Seadog left a message here and you gave him some good advice so I'll bite. I'm sure you've noticed that I've failed 2 RfAs already. I'm not going to try again until I know I'm good & ready, but I was just wondering what you thought I could do to improve. I always see you around making helpful edits and it's frankly appalling to me that your RfA had so many opposes. Mike (Talk) 21:15, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your very helpful reply, I'll be sure to keep it handy for myself to see what I can improve on. As you said, I think that April sounds like a good time. I admittedly rushed it on the second nom, tho I think it was the first, premature nom that killed me. It seems that "over eagerness" is what the majority of the opposes were based upon. BTW, thanks for letting me know about Michael J. Fox getting to GA! I wasn't even aware. I guess that if I can't put an FA on my resume, I can at least say I've contributed to several GAs.

As for my 5 edit/article average, I think this has more to do with the type of editor I am as compared to most others. I participate in several collaborations, and when I'm not doing that I generally try to focus my attention on improving/ cleaning up a few particular articles rather than patrolling recent changes and the like (though I do occasionally).

For the vandal stuff: I hear you, I'll definitely try to improve. I've never been particulary fond of chasing vandals because I think that my time is better spent improving articles rather than stopping people from defacing them. When I see vandalism on a page I revert it, but I'm usually not inclined to report anybody to AIV (in fact I don't think I ever have) unless I absolutely have to. Mike (Talk) 23:09, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I see what you mean. I wish I didn't enter that first RfA though. If I didn't I have a good feeling I'd be an admin now. Mike (Talk) 00:29, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're all set up. Looks like you don't need an archiving at the moment, so keep an eye on it for the next couple days and make sure it doesn't make any mistakes. Also, you may want to remove the Werdnabot call tag as you could end up with both doing it at the same time. Should you need to update any information in the archiving, please leave me a message on my talk page. Essjay (Talk) 01:57, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He hasn't assumed good faith and has done personal attacks against me: Talk:WWE New Year's Revolution and here: Talk:WWE Armageddon. After posting a AFG1 template on his talk page, he removed it. I've re-added the template, along with a no personal attacks template. I'm not sure what else to do at this point. There was a note about him on WP:AN before but it didn't seem to solve much. He controls articles, and attacks people. This is getting very tiresome. His latest page he controls: WWE Armageddon, the match order doesn't make a big deal... but he reverts any and every edit he hates (dispite there being a talk page discussion about it, which isn't settled). RobJ1981 04:37, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think we should try WP:AN or WP:AN/I again, and see what happens. This ongoing problem needs to be dealt with, and be known to others. RobJ1981 22:22, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The previous post was just me agreeing with you. I just created a note on WP:AN/I about him. I wrote a bit, so hopefully that helps others in the right direction... then this matter can be fixed somehow. --RobJ1981 22:40, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He's it again: Wikipedia_talk:Sock_puppetry#What_if_two_people_use_the_same_computer. TJ saying someone has a vendetta against him. He is obviously in reference to me. I would post the bad faith warning, but I'm not sure if it will even do any good. As of now, there has only been one response to the AN/I section I made on TJ. RobJ1981 19:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your input would be appreciated at this Request for Comments. Kelly Martin (talk) 19:34, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for looking into this and for blocking the anonymous IP source of vandalism. Sarayuparin 22:47, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not at all, have at it — I've been out of the loop for a while, so I didn't want to commit to an indef. block and have that not be the policy for vandalism-only accounts anymore :) —bbatsell ¿? 00:02, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...if you take a look at Allegations of Israeli Apartheid you'd know what a real edit war looked like, but it turns out you were the guy who put that on lock down last time. So you should be aware that most of us working on Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid are veterans of that other article, and are quite used to simmering edit conflicts over a clause here and there. I generally frown upon current events being protected for reasons explained in WP:BITE. -- Kendrick7^talk 00:40, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for fixing up the wording at WP:NOT. --Yamla 01:19, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! --Gray Porpoise_{Your wish is my command!} 11:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks for blocking 38.148.106.41 after my request so quickly !! Pete Orme 15:35, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - just stumbled upon Sheogarath (talk · contribs) - seems to be another "Star of the North"/"Molag Bal" sock (actuallay, that's pretty certain, as both Molag Bal and Sheogarath are charcters from the same game). The talk page design may remind you of someone else's in the past! What alerted me firstly was his first edit to his user page, where you were mentioned - [1]. I thought I'd better inform you, and also I'm wondering where we go from here - a block, WP:ANI or give him a chance (though I don't doubt the PAs and vandalism will soon reoccur)? Thanks, Martinp23 22:20, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you that we leave him until things start to go wrong (and we can go on a sock-bashing campaign!). Although, I'm sure he'll behave himself this time (!). Thanks Martinp23 22:44, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that's me I'll admit. I've read the policy and DON'T plan to vandalise wikipedia. I'm actually doing the opposite. I'm contributing to Wikipedia, and cracking down on vandalism, Don't worry. If I were to vandalise, You have all the evidence you need here, please don't block me, give me another chance. By the way, the creating page with you thing, was experimenting with userboxes, I copied some off your page which I fitted into. One more thing, star of the north wasn't a vandal account, and another, you're really paying attention to the elder scrolls games aren't you, knowing all the names of the characters? Sheogarath 16:39, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Haha - about the games - it wasn't the first thingf I noticed, but the resemblance suddenly struck me as I typed "Molag Bal" above. Martinp23 19:10, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah - hopefully we won;t have a similar problem again, though the community has clearly rejected a welcoming bot in the past, so hopefully it won't be put to another purpose when/if the BRFA is declined. I think it's just another list of contribs to keep an eye on - remembering that if the bots starts doing a harmless task without approval, it can still be blocked anyway. I just really hope that I'm not taking WP:AGF too far here! We can only hope! Martinp23 21:20, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How do you assess the AIV entries so quickly, by the time I've check they have been warned you already blocked them. Gnangarra 15:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for that. Gnangarra 15:45, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since your around a question whats your thoughts on this I gave User:Zzzaaaccchhh a 31 hour block but theres been a request for an extended period to be applied. I dont think the edits are the bad to warrant an extended period but I'd like your opinion. Gnangarra 15:50, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, im thinking of starting a project to deal with too long or too short lead paragraphs. Please see the proposal here [2]. Thanks FrummerThanThou 15:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I'm acting as advocate for an editor who has been having issues with Mitsos. As part of the DR process, we have opened an RfC in order to get community input on behavior that several users feel is uncivil and biased. Seeing as how you have interacted with Mitsos in the past, we would appreciate any input you may have on the matter. Please visit the Request for Comment page and leave your thoughts. Thanks very much, →Bobby← 15:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just noticed the creation of User:Welcomebot.... perhaps you should bring this up on the Village Pump? Over the years there have been many proposals for such a bot, but many people believe that it's important for there to be a real person behind every welcome message. Personally, I don't have a strong opinion about it, but I wanted to warn you that you may be opening a can of worms here. FreplySpang 16:20, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm creating the welcomebot, I'm going to appeal it. Welcomebot 16:25, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By "appeal", I assume you mean "file a request at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval" ? FreplySpang 19:14, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the confusion - When he originally created the user page for this bot, Sheogarath was being silly and claimed the bot was yours: [3]. I fell for it. :-S FreplySpang 02:00, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm glad I'm not the one keeping track of all those puppetty details... sounds like you have a good understanding of the situation. FreplySpang 02:07, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can I get your opinion on how I handled a situation? On AIV, there was this [4], which was removed here [5], re-reported here [6], which I then removed [7] as I saw the first removal by Sam. A Talk page discussion then ensued here and here. -- Gogo Dodo 00:22, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback. =) I'm slowly getting the hang of things. I get the CSD thing, but the AIV stuff is still a work in progress. Still not quite used to working on it from the other side. =) -- Gogo Dodo 00:34, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hey nish

i thought i did the sand box thing and im still getting told off.

why am i not allowed in your community?

is wikipedia not be everyone? wiki should be jesus and help people

yeah who cares

im going to bed cya

download soem horrorpops, awesome band.

I just noticed User:MER-C has doppleganger accounts made to protect him from impersonating vandals. That made me realize perhaps I should make one for my name: Warthogdemon (D not capitalized.) Unless Bug 2290 doesn't already prevent that from happening, I just have an odd question password-wise. Would it be acceptable for me to just close my eyes to bash my fingers against the keyboard, creating a long gibberish password that no one (not even I) can figure out? -WarthogDemon 04:20, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nishkid64, could you please use {{schoolblock}} as your reason for blocks on education IP address in future. Thanks. --  Netsnipe  ►  11:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for protecting Rabbit so quickly after my request! Much appreciated. •JZ• 15:45, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Don't block me. There's been some mistake. Welcomebot hasn't done anything!? I'm not a vandal, please, there's been some sort of mistake. I've been away since last night, I never even programmed the welcome bot!? Sheogarath 16:27, 8 December 2006 (UTC) Its not for vandalism, I have it up for appeal and everything, I don't understand.[reply]

Thank you for your concern with my RfA. For what it's worth, my 3RR violation was accidental; I was dealing with a user who was persistently reverting to the same text, and had been blocked before. I lost count over the course of a day and did a fourth reversion in 23:45, instead of proposing an alternate text, as I had intended, or going to AN3 myself. Septentrionalis 20:00, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Nish. What's up with DJ_Webstar? Your AfD result was keep but the page is deleted and blocked from recreation. The song and esp. the dance are wildly popular here in NYC. I think the artist or least the song ("Chicken Noodle Soup") would satisfy the notability requirements. Would a deletion review be apropos? Cheers. L0b0t 21:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Nish, you rock. The deletion of that page and its ancillary articles devolved from personal attacks on the talk pages into vandalism of user pages and accusations of racism. While I am usually of the exclusionist persuasion, especially with post 1985 pop culture, it seems that a charting artist that has spawned a cultural meme such as this dance is notable enough for inclusion. Plus it has the added benefit of countering systemic bias. Cheers. L0b0t 00:05, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to decline; I feel I need a few more months of experience before being nominated. --TBCΦtalk? 14:34, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nishkid64! I see on Wikipedia:Esperanza/Admin coaching/Status that you don't have a student right now. Is this correct? If so, would you like a student? I am trying to match people at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Admin coaching with coaches. If you'd like a student, I would place you with User:Mallanox. Please let me know. Thanks! --Fang Aili ^talk 17:42, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. How about User:Mallanox and User:Heimstern Läufer? Please contact them to get started. Thank you for participating! --Fang Aili ^talk 18:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've already added welcomebot to the approval page. The page for the welcomebot approval exsists, but, its not showing up on the page for approval for some reason. Sheogarath 18:12, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nishkid! I have another RFA question for you. I have noticed over time that age seems to be a factor in RFAs, should I be concerned about my age in a future RFA? Will this mean I will have to wait even longer? Cheers! — Seadog 18:56, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick reply. I shall be very careful. Cheers! — Seadog 19:07, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not a member.

I was looking at the info on Winston Chuchill and there is a pic at the external link section. I think it should be removed.

Kind regards,

Kevin

kmcminn7@hotmail.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.148.51.100 (talk) 05:02, 10 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]