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a PageRank boost for Wikia

Hi. I saw your comments at Wikipedia talk:Notability (fiction)#Relocating non-notable fictional material and would like to point out an issue; one I've raised before and gotten nowhere with. See these example links:

• http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Stargate:Children_of_the_Gods
• wikia:Stargate:Children of the Gods

They both go to the same place; the first has a rel="nofollow" automatically added while the second does not. This gives Wikia a PageRank boost for every usage (and there are many thousands) of the interwiki form of link. I believe that this happens for other prefixes, too, but am not sure. This needs to be changed for the same reasons that the regular link has the nofollow inserted. This is a serious conflict of interest for the non-profit org vs the for-profit Wikia as the same god-king is involved. Cheers, Jack Merridew 14:01, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, it gives anything on the m:Interwiki map a PageRank, in theory. I tried to let some people know about it as well, but I should probably have left a note on the meta talk page. I'll do that now. -- Ned Scott 23:00, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

That's an interesting point, and thanks to you both for pointing it out to me. I've been mulling it over a bit, not sure quite what to make of it. I tend to think interwiki links are handy, if we're regularly linking to a given site, but the nofollow issue may complicate that analysis (especially given possible conflicts of interest, if there's not a WMF-centric reason for their inclusion in the link list). – Luna Santin (talk) 22:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

It should be a very easy fix, I'm just not sure who to tell this to. -- Ned Scott 09:16, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

History merge...

Hey, when you merged the WP:SUICIDE articles, you didn't do a history merge. Might want to do that... 8-) Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 05:18, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Ah, is that standard practice? I'd figured I shouldn't, in case somebody wanted to reverse the merge -- I did act unilaterally, after all, even if I waited a while. But I'm not feeling picky about it (if anybody wants to, feel free; if not, tell me I should). – Luna Santin (talk) 10:07, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Mmm, History merge is kinda hard to undo, and makes history navigation harder, I don't think we routinely perform these. -- lucasbfr ^talk 09:57, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: Jamiechef2

Hey - noticed you reverted this, thanks... can you check the rfcu page and the couple things I've sent Alison since? Nobody's gotten around to blocking this abuser since the CU was proven. M1rth (talk) 04:32, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for prodding me about it. Any mentioned account is blocked (either already was or is now); they may be coming at us from a dynamic IP, so I've semi-protected both Hummus (two weeks) and Talk:Hummus (five hours). Anywhere else they're currently active? – Luna Santin (talk) 04:38, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

They hit Mujaddara... you might ask a checkuser to re-run the check, every time Alison runs it she finds 2-3 extra new socks popping up (see what I mean on the rfcu page linked above). It's a pain to fix made worse by users like Tiamut and Jd2718 who are likely not socks but tend to agree with Jamiechef2's POV-pushing. Also has been known to pop up on Za'atar and Falafel, though Falafel is protected right now already thanks to Tiamut going at it with Gilabrand. M1rth (talk) 04:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Checked around once or twice, but haven't seen any more of them; if I'm just missing it, or if they come back, feel free to grab me or post to WP:AN/I. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:28, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

User_talk:Wwwhatsup

Thanks for looking out. I've been a bit too busy to look after it myself these last few days. Wwwhatsup (talk) 09:12, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure thing. Feel free to let me know if you have any more problems in that area. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:27, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

For reverting the vandalism on my talk page. Toddst1 (talk) 00:03, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Glad to help. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:27, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Maybe DRINKING as little too much rum

[1]. LOL... Its all good. I could use a drink myself, now that you mention it... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 04:02, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Heh, yeah, not sure where that one came from. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 22:27, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Christopher Mann McKay

I don't really object to this unblocking. Perhaps indef was too long but it seemed to me that having reached an impasse on WP:ANI over the use of that image, he was then upping the stakes by not only taunting User:Prester John (for whose stance I have equally little tolerance), but also adding an even more offensive caption to the original image. However, CMM seems to have realised that this sort of behaviour is not going to go down too well. Regards. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 15:28, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Cool beans. We'll see where this goes. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Hummus

I question this edit, which has removed etymological information and strays from previous consensus not to include additional transliterations in the header. Gwen Gale (talk) 21:27, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you point me to this supposed "consensus"? I sure as heck can't find one here. M1rth (talk) 21:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[2][3]. I'm neutral as to what additional transliterations might go into the header, but I question making this change again without any discussion. Moreover, you removed additional Arab language material without discussion. Gwen Gale (talk) 21:45, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

All well and good, but I'm not sure why this is on my talk page in particular. I was acting to stop some pretty clear harassment, and have no other involvement in the article itself. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:25, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Gwen's been on some kick to attack me all of a sudden, I'm not sure why. I especially wonder why she quotes a "consensus" based largely on massive sockpuppetry (tons of names, plus a lot of IPs on that page that match) by Jamiechef2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki): stuff like this. Given that her own quotations on the page indicate that the etymological origin is un-knowable, I really don't understand why she chooses to attack me, unless there is something behind the scenes I'm unaware of. I'm also confused by discussions on her talk page in which she insinuates that the Jamiechef2 affair was a "false flag" attack. M1rth (talk) 23:52, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I won't clutter up your talk page other than to say, the two diffs I provided above are not the edits of sockpuppets and I'm not attacking M1rth, I only questioned his sweeping edit to the lead of an article which has seen much edit warring and sockpuppetry. Gwen Gale (talk) 23:58, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh yes

File:Three rums jvp.jpg

Mmmmmm RUM! KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 23:47, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Not to worry, there's a little admin in all of us. (bah, I'll be kicked out of this computer lab in a few minutes, classes and all that) – Luna Santin (talk) 00:00, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Haha. Funny. I have a pint of the ole' Cap'n and I was just mulling over a glass. Anyhow no vandal/troll slaying tool belt here, just the good old fighting tools. :P Great to talk to you again sir Santin! KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 00:06, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Rum on the mind, Luna? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 04:20, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

problem with IP editor

Hi Luna - this person seems to be back under his IP of 70.184.145.239 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), making the same incorrect edit of birthdate to Barbara Walters as done previously and doing the same on Michelle Stafford. Further, he blanked my talk page presumably in retaliation for my earlier reversion of same error, and another time replaced my talk with offensive language. I consider this harassment at this point - see contribution history. Can something be done about this? He has also edited as Cantwaitforit and Zachfins54. Thanks. Tvoz |talk 04:02, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for the delayed response; since they've clearly been at it for a while, now, and the IP doesn't appear to be shared and may have been used for abusive sockpuppetry on top of the visible problem edits, I've blocked all editing from that address for one year. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:38, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - maybe he'll grow up. Tvoz |talk 04:44, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Static school IP

• 64.19.147.2‎ (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · block user · block log) Enigma ^msg! 21:15, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Softblocked. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:39, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Cheers. Added the anon. block message to the Talk page. Enigma ^msg! 02:43, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Murphy

I'm unfortunately turning into a bit of an admin pest here (not really my style!), posting first to ANI, then on LaraLove's talk page (she seems to have gone offline), and now to you. I'm a bit concerned over the situation over at Don Murphy given the past history of which you seem to be aware. See also this ANI thread for background. We have three new accounts (RTFA, Runabrat, and Curiosity Inc.) editing heavily at Murphy's article. Two of those strike me as obviously related (not too hard to tell which two) and it's possible that some or all of them are strongly pushing a POV and might be related to past banned accounts in some fashion (I'm still assuming good faith, but there's suspicious stuff there).

In any case, given the history I think admins or other higher-up types need to figure out what's going on with these accounts. After the last Don Murphy AfD I watchlisted the page specifically to be on the lookout for problems there (which I said I would do since I !voted to keep the article). I don't want some new big mess to crop up and I feel that someone who knows the background needs to take a look at this soon. Not trying to be overdramatic, just overcautious. Any thoughts about who to contact about this? I'm not an expert on this kind of situation and the ANI thread is not drawing much help, perhaps because not a lot of people understand what this is about (I don't even understand it all myself).

Any suggestions would be appreciated, I'll check back here.--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 02:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Will keep an eye out and contribute where I can. Worth keeping an eye on some of these new accounts, as long as we're careful about WP:BITE. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:47, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I guess I think we should be a bit more pro-active given (from what I've heard at least) the supposed level of harassment that took place before. I'm a huge proponent of WP:BITE but I'd say the odds are 99 out of 100 that two of those accounts are related (the edit histories say it all) and this is not your typical situation. I have no idea who dealt with this before or how it was dealt with, my only objective in posting on ANI and contacting you was to make sure that whoever dealt with it in the past was aware of the situation. I don't know how to go about doing that, and that's all I really wanted help on.--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 04:12, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Replied via email. – Luna Santin (talk) 04:36, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm not getting it so far, I think possibly because of a problem with Wiki e-mailing right now - I was not copied on an earlier message I sent out either. Probably just a delay.--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 04:45, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Luna, this problem seems to have been partially dealt with (see ANI thread) but for whatever reason I did not receive your e-mail. If you happen to have a copy, would you mind forwarding it directly to my e-mail account? (I have a hotmail account, my Wiki user name is the first part of the address). If you don't have a copy then don't worry about it.--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 15:35, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Shucks. I've resent, though now that Viridae's deleted the page it may be moot. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:04, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you check on something - weird

You deleted this page today, and rightly so, but somehow it was on my watchlist after deletion. The only reason I can see that happening is that a page was moved to this title and then deleted. Can you check the deleted article's history and see if that is the case? I don't immediately notice any other article on my watchlist "missing", but I probably wouldn't notice it immediately. It's just really weird, and it doesn't make sense to me. Thanks for taking a look into it. • VigilancePrime • • • 05:24 (UTC) 17 Mar '08

Huh. Pagemove vandalism, obviously. :) Only one deleted edit, when I moved it back home, but for whatever reason the summary only says "Moved foo to" (it cuts off). Might have hit the length limit? Unless some more complicated database issue is going on. I haven't fiddled with the ins and outs of moves vs. watchlists, too much, so I dunno if this is normal behavior. – Luna Santin (talk) 05:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Did it say what the page name had been? It is strange... I even went through a bunch of pages on my watchlist that could be "targets" for vandals... how about the user that made the move? Brainstorming here... • VigilancePrime • • • 05:36 (UTC) 17 Mar '08

Was User:Æschere. Looking at their move log, seems the original page was User:Jimbo Wales. – Luna Santin (talk) 05:38, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

::rolls eyes:: You'd think people would have better things to do, ya know? Thanks. • VigilancePrime • • • 06:07 (UTC) 17 Mar '08

Update static school ip block

Hi Luna.

You helped me about a year ago with a block on an ip address range. We've since switched to a new five year agreement with a new ISP and have new ip addresses. I was hoping you could change the block for us.

The old addresses included 209.7.28.226-209.7.28.254. The new addresses include 75.145.173.121-75.145.173.125.

If you need any more information from me, please feel free to contact me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Imsaguy (talk • contribs) 15:04, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

IP vandal

Hey, can you help me with something? I caught a vandalism IP making disruptive edits today, so I reported it to AIV. The report was up at AIV for 30 minutes, and it was completely ignored by the admins patrolling AIV at the time. The only possible explanation I can think of is that the admin(s) in question were hesitant to block the IP, but that's not reasonable. It's just off a block and has the "Further abuse from this IP may result in an extended block..." message on its talk page. Please take a look.

63.3.18.130 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Enigma ^msg! 23:47, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Vandals

Thanks for taking care of the vandals. I was wondering, though, isn't it customary to put a notice on the user page or user talk page that the user has been indefinitely blocked? I had to check the block log for both users to see how they've been blocked. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 03:50, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, I reported the toad for vandalizing Erik's page. Clearly, it's diaper-wearer who's unafraid to sock. Can we send him on his merry, little way? - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 03:56, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

But you got it right away. Does it have to cycle through before it shows as indef ban? - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 03:58, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Some admins do leave block notices; I tend not to, in cases of simple vandalism -- they're not going to have any trouble understanding why they're blocked, I suspect, and further communication may only encourage them. I've made some more lengthy replies at User_talk:Luna_Santin/Archive_26#lack_of_blocked_templates_on_user_talk_pages or User_talk:Luna_Santin/Archive_25#Luna. :) If this particular vandal comes back, feel free to let me know. – Luna Santin (talk) 04:16, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Smart money says they will be back, since a community ban takes too much time to permanently scrub the person's icky away. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 06:55, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Insufficient block for 117.18.81.2

You blocked User:117.18.81.2 for just 48 hours despite two previous longer blocks and huge number of pages being vandalised today just after the last block was released. I think a much longer block is justified. --TimTay (talk) 22:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, I just discovered this IP is a school, so a schoolblock is justified --TimTay (talk) 22:34, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. :) I did find a good edit or two mixed in with the chaff, which makes me hesitate to give it a really long block -- if a shared IP is all bad edits for quite some time, I tend to block for a good while. Will be happy to revisit if it keeps being problematic without any apparent good users, or if consensus determines a longer block is appropriate. Think that covers your concerns? – Luna Santin (talk) 22:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Long time no see!

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Good to see you're still about. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 22:48, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Same here. I saw that you beat me to reverting vandalism. And today is my first edit anniversary, as seen in my userpage. NHRHS2010 |  Talk to me  22:52, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

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Thank you for the common sense judgment in the unblock request review. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 02:54, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Glad to be a little help. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:17, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

ANI

[4] You just beat me to it. :P Tiptoety ^talk 05:09, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

		The Purple Star
		Ouch, that's one nasty anon vandal gunning for you. Look on the bright side - you've just earned this Purple Star :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 05:54, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Heh, thank you both! :) – Luna Santin (talk) 22:17, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Natalie Gauci

Can you please consider unprotecting the page? There has been relatively little discussion about the disputes so far, thus I think its safe to say that edit-warring isn't likely to happen at an alarming rate, and things won't be as bad as before. Thanks. RaNdOm26 (talk) 09:58, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Was about to say it's not protected, anymore, but see you got Gb to have a look. Cheers! – Luna Santin (talk) 22:04, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

thanks

your gallant help is very appreciated. Sssoul (talk) 15:53, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Glad to be of service. Feel free to let me know if you need any further input. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:18, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

IP block

This may well be an open proxy. Came across it on Commons & via CU as well, cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 20:03, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Gotcha, thanks for letting me know. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:20, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you.

I know I am argumentative, and not the easiest to handle. But I just want to thank you for what you said. Figured I'd say it before i got blocked. ShieldDane (talk) 10:41, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

someone needs to make me seriously

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ani#Igniateff_is_Joshuarooney ShieldDane (talk) 12:52, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I do take the accusation seriously, but at this precise moment I think it's most productive if everybody takes a breather. Calmer people make better decisions. Hope you understand. – Luna Santin (talk) 12:55, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Removal of edit

Hi. I'd be interested to know why you removed this [5] from KingsleyMillers talkpage. Is it just because it contains personal attacks or is it because it was from an IP number? This IP number is in fact User:KingsleyMiller who quite often forgets to sign himself in but does not appear to be pretending to be anyone else, and this post is part of his ongoing campaign against me and User:Jean Mercer in relation to a riveting subject called maternal deprivation.Fainites ^barley 14:59, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

An apparently "new" user who shows up and immediately starts rapidly spamming such messages looks suspicious; usually it's somebody evading a block or ban that does that, but at the very least it seems questionable under WP:CANVAS and possibly WP:HARASS. Now that I know a bit more, their discussion style seems a bit more abrasive than we're generally used to, but not to abrasive that dealing/discussing with them is impossible. I can maybe try to keep an eye on it, but hesitate to do anything myself at the moment. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:49, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Kip Miller has been around for a while and this style is pretty par for the course for him but he's not up to speed with policies. I'm not sure he's aware you've removed this particular post. I haven't asked anybody to do anything about his behaviour because he doesn't actually edit war in the articles but it is beginning to get a bit beyond a joke. Fainites ^barley 09:06, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, looks like somebody who manages to be abrasive without doing too many of the things that are "hot buttons" to get admin attention. If it's a problem, you might try an RfC on user conduct; if not, it looks like you're managing okay so far. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 09:11, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks for reverting the Vandalism on My talk page. Thedjatclubrock :-) ^(T/C) 03:44, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Of course. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 21:17, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Deleted article - H.A.G.G.E.R.??????

I noticed that you deleted the bogus article "H.A.G.G.E.R.??????" recently.

The only reason I know this is because it was on my Watchlist. The thing is, I didn't put it there!

Are vandals able to edit user's Watchlists as well as vandalising articles? Just curious to know. Ozzieboy (talk) 19:01, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

The page was a target of pagemove vandalism, unfortunately (similar to #Can you check on something - weird above). Depending on what date it was moved and what you had/have on your watchlist, the article was either Zacarias Moussaoui, The Economist, or The Simpsons. Generally a watchlist entry will change when a page is moved, but I'm actually not totally sure what happens when it's moved back. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:17, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Sweet

Thanks for the protection on Maddox. People keep trying to vandalize the page and it's driving me crazy! Blizzard Beast ^$ODIN$ 23:16, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, hopefully things settle down a bit. Though given his particular place in net culture, we'll have to see. Will try to check back, but feel free to send me a message if things get out of hand. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:09, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I will. You're right, though. Based on his popularity and who his fanbvase consists of, I don't see the vandalism ever truly going away. Blizzard Beast ^$ODIN$ 22:47, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: Kristy22 at WP:AN/I

Thank you. I was wondering what was going to be done with that entry. ... discospinster _talk 01:25, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Epic Win Award!

For this. No further comment necessary. :D Epic cheers, Миша13 11:54, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Heh. :) Thanks! – Luna Santin (talk) 20:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I also find those kind of responses very funny. Keep it short and snappy. When a vandal calls everyone Nazis, just say "OK", or something to that effect. Enigma ^msg! 20:51, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi LS, Just saw your protection of DS's page. Could you take a look at and consider semi-protection for all of his pages as per my request at WP:RfPP (here)? Thanks, R. Baley (talk) 22:28, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I'd go ahead and semi his front page, but that's already done. I typically semi anything in userspace on good-faith request from the associated user. Granted he says he's on vacation, now. Got to get off to class, but if vandalism continues or I hear from David I'll look into it. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, and I've sent an email to DS. R. Baley (talk) 22:43, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Just got back online. Was planning to ask DS, as well, though it's probably moot, now, since Maxim's gone ahead and protected. No skin off my nose. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 01:23, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Beautiful Formosa

• Beautiful Formosa (talk · contribs · logs)

This user has been editing disruptively. Having been warned numerous time by me, he/she seems to be ignoring the edit summaries of my reverts, and sometimes does not even leave any edit summaries while making unilateral moves and edits. He/She has also been adding unsourced contents to biographies of living people. Almost all of the edits are Taiwan-related and controversial. Please see his/her contributions for reference and take action (perhaps a short block). Thank you.--Jerrch 22:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Block of 124.180.116.122

Thanks for blocking User:124.180.116.122; someone using this IP address has placed a bad faith report on WP:AIV against me. Could you also protect User talk:124.180.116.122 to prevent continued nonsense on the IP talk page? NHRHS2010 |  Talk to me  02:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Besuto

He's a user requesting unblock, claiming one of your autoblocks got him. Can you take a look? Daniel Case (talk) 03:54, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Seems to be the same user as is currently blocked on the IP; was editing anon, and got into a bit of a spat, looks like. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

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Whoops!

It looks like we both tried to use rollback on the Hogwarts article at the same time and our edits crashed and burned! Sorry about that! --InDeBiz1 (talk) 05:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem. :) I realized a bit after hitting rollback that I should have been reverting to an earlier version, too, heh. Tcncv seems to have gotten it for the both of us. Always glad to see people helping out. – Luna Santin (talk) 05:45, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Babyboywhiner

I wouldn't recommend unblocking this editor, as it appears to be another sock of JJonz. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 07:09, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Ah. Didn't have much idea who it was, but seemed pretty evident they weren't up to anything good. Thanks for the heads-up. – Luna Santin (talk) 07:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I really feel sorry for User:David A, since he has become the main target of this vandal. Think there is anything that can be done? Perhaps semi-protecing his user pages? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 07:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I could, although the user/user talk pages don't seem to be primary targets at the moment. =\ Depending on how active these socks are being, it may be worth asking checkusers to find sleeper accounts and/or block underlying IP addresses; semi-protection on repeat targets is likewise an option. I'm not sure how best to proceed, just yet, without seeing more of these socks in action. – Luna Santin (talk) 07:56, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for removing the block, I was wondering if there was any way that you can block all account creations from my I.P address (don’t block my account though). I wont want to start another account so that should be fine, because these types of incidents isn’t so good for my reputation (sharing an ip with a vandal) and I really don’t want it to happen again as it is a big time-waster. Fattyjwoods ^{(Push my button)} 04:04, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

If it continues to be an issue, I suppose we could see about it. Looks like it miiiight be dynamic? Wouldn't worry too much, though -- we used to have endemic problems with all of Singapore getting blocked accidentally, and as much of a hassle as it was, we managed. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 04:09, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Seeing from your user contribution you've done quite a bit of anti-vandal work....

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Awarded to Luna Santin for his/her great work fighting vandals. And blocking off vandalism accounts Fattyjwoods (Push my button) 04:21, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Why, thanks. :) We all do our parts, I figure. – Luna Santin (talk) 04:59, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Socks

User:Mohun might well be another sock of DWhiskaZ. Contributions suggest it. See here. Relata refero (talk) 09:11, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I echo the same feeling; not sure if it's conclusive, yet, I'll poke around for second/third opinions and wait for more activity. I won't take any offense if you run this past someone else, in the meantime, of course. – Luna Santin (talk) 09:38, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting vandalsim in my user page. Tanvir che (talk) 09:27, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Of course. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 09:35, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou

Thankyou for your help. It really helps. I hope the page explains it well. Chubbennaitor 11:39, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:RFCU/CN

Luna, just an FYI that I've responded to your post at WP:RFCU/CN#Folding. Would it be more suitable to simply be bold and merge the pages? Just a thought, but it'd allow us to get it over and done with, rather than all this discussion, and get on with other things :) Thoughts? Anthøny 11:49, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Global warming

As you were reverting Ross's latest, I was typing this. Just a heads-up. Raymond Arritt (talk) 01:34, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for keeping me up to speed. Guess I'll check back at some point in the future. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Respond to Luna Santin

No problem, I guess you were using a tool like WP:AVT? I pasted the working copy of the text I had and appended it to the existing text instead of replacing, by mistake. Gary King (talk) 01:58, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

That's the gist of it, yeah. :) Glad it's sorted, anyway. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:01, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Smile Time!

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

-WarthogDemon 02:00, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! – Luna Santin (talk) 02:11, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

User talk:24.63.62.169

I am glad you were able to take time away from fapping to jimbo porn to protect my talk page. Don't bother responding to this I won't read what you write. I don't read stuff written by faggots because I don't want to get aids. --Hrodulf (talk) 02:21, 31 March 2008 (UTC)