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Please have a look at Dead Tissue. I'm pretty confident that this can be speedied A1/A7/G1/hoax, but the author has removed the tag twice now and has not responded to my concerns on either xyr talk page or mine. I've no desire to be baited into a revert war over this material. Thanks for your help! Serpent's Choice 13:26, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted, no need to bother WP:AFD with this. Kusma (討論) 13:30, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There was a bad rash of nonsense last night. Thanks again! Serpent's Choice 13:31, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Y did U - my Sand box? I C a lot of people with 1. So Y can I not have 1 2? ^O_U

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Thank you, I need to stop being SO lazy at times! Wildthing61476 21:38, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm currently away at a beach resort on holiday but wanted to make a point of apologising to you. About 10 days ago I attempted to stop a vandal who had vandalised several articles without being reverted using our mass rollback feature. In my (unnecessary and stupid haste) I hit the wrong user link and began reverting your edits instead. I quickly realised however already about 50 firefox windows opened - freezing windows, and so to stop I tried to reset my PC, which resulted in the blue screen of death, and my being unable to reboot (karma!). The next day I left for my vacation.

Anyway, I dont even know if you noticed (I havent even tried to catch up on past messages) - but, I apologise and hope my doofusness (?!) didnt inconvenience you. Thanks and once again sorry! Glen 11:22, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I had expected it was something like this. I hope you have a pleasant vacation! Kusma (討論) 11:25, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Check also WP:ANI#Countries. He's apparently changing all maps too. Your rv's only reverted the accession date in some cases. •NikoSilver• 14:42, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That was on purpose, since the older maps not showing the EU are better, especially at the size we're using. Kusma (討論) 14:43, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He's started spamming the same message on the talk pages of every EU member. Do you think he should be cautioned against doing this, or is this accepted practice? yandman 15:38, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm counterspamming him to centralize the discussion. The weird thing is that I agree with him on the map, but for completely different reasons :-) Kusma (討論) 15:40, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have any opinion on this to be honest, but I can't stand his way of acting. By the way, he's removed the warnings from his talkpage twice, I've given him a {{Wr4}}, so would you mind blocking him if he does this again? (he removed the stop signs from other warnings a long time ago, but I didn't think this merited reversion). Thanks. yandman 15:59, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe that removing warnings merits a block. It is somtimes impolite, but so is insisting on what other users should do to their talk page. See Wikipedia:Removing warnings and the pages linked from there about the long history of this discussion. Kusma (討論) 16:02, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks for correcting me. I always thought that the presence of the "Wr" templates meant that it was official policy. My mistake. I think he's trying to open an RfC on my conduct, as well as post on WP:AN. This should be interesting... yandman 16:18, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's why I recently voted to delete these templates. I don't think you did anything wrong, though, especially as the templates look like they exist for what you used them for. Kusma (討論) 16:23, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice, thanks! :-) Kusma (討論) 16:48, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. That template was lying unused since a few days – so I thought, why not mention one of Kusma's comments for she's a fabulous wikipedian. :) — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 16:52, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a "he", actually, although my user name ends with an "a". And no, I didn't chose it because it means mumps in Norwegian :-) Kusma (討論) 16:56, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So, you mean; all that flirting was a waste of time? :-( — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 17:01, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are dead anyway :-) Kusma (討論) 17:03, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't mean that I haven't got feelings. Now you're making me sound like Myrtle. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 17:06, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I left a message on his talk page as well. I know it is controversial among admins, but I think it makes sense. If the person persists and is blocked, for example, the warnings remain until he/she is reinstated. And we all know it is always in the history. Rarelibra 16:57, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your quick response to my report of vandalism by User:75.2.250.145. I wanted to point out that the normal protocol of notifying the User is going to be rather difficult here, as indicated by their own tag line: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tammy_Duckworth&diff=prev&oldid=85420515. Their talk page is either disabled or not present, and the user page itself is a "Special Page." Ergo, there is no way to follow normal policy of notification. As well, the language utilized in the edit summaries is remarkable close in nature to an editor permanently block by admin user: Gamaliel. This user was JoeHazleton, and the block was extended indefinitely specifically because o his aggressive behavior and use of sock-puppets and different accounts (including an IP address account) to bypass the block. If I am wrong,then I apologize deeply. However, in the discussion page, it is routine to seek peer review, especially before deleting entire sections. This was not sought prior to the deletions. That, coupled with the hinky account leads me to think something is wrong here. Perhaps expressing this concern in WP: Vandalism was incorrect. If so, blame me for making a noob mistake. However, common sense suggests something is amiss. I would ask that you take a close look at the situation,and possibly confer with admin User: Gamaliel.Arcayne 09:13, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your report at WP:AIV

As the IP gave a decent explanation for his edits in the edit summary, the section blanking was not vandalism, but a content dispute. Futhermore, please talk to editors first (warn them) before reporting them at WP:AIV. That page is only for clear vandals who need to be blocked after not reacting to warnings. Thank you, and happy editing, Kusma (討論) 09:01, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

The German barnstar of national merit is more than deserved for your excellent work in maintaining the Germany portal and for your extraordinary contributions to Germany-related articles in Wikipedia. I, Badbilltucker, can't think of a more deserving recipient. Badbilltucker 16:45, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]