User talk:Enigmaman/Archives/Old

Queens College, City University of New York

I somehow missed your last note on my talk page, Enigmaman, so I just removed the warning here now. Good to see you again, I'm glad that the questionable editing at Queens College, City University of New York has died down. I'll keep the page on my watchlist, let me know if you need any help. Cheers, Iamunknown 13:56, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Enigmaman, why did you delete "Queens College" redirects here. For other uses, see Queen's College (Disambiguation). from Queens College, City University of New York? I have added that line twice and it has been removed twice, and I'd like some sort of reasoning behind the removal. I think that it is necessary because "Queens College" can mean so many things but it redirects there without referencing all the other meanings. The disambiguation page referred to here doesn't just talk about colleges spelled "Queen's" but also those spelled "Queens." Awbeal (talk) 13:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

You say "There is no other major institution called Queens College." Who decides what is a major institution? And I think the existence of the Queen's College Disambiguation page proves that there are other well-known institutions of a similar name. Awbeal (talk) 19:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

There are places called Queen's College, yes. There's a difference between Queen's College and Queens College, and that is why it is unnecessary.

But the first line of the disambiguation page clearly says "Queen's College, Queens' College or Queens College is the name of more than one institution." Awbeal (talk) 01:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Whoever put together the disambiguation page apparently decided to group everything together for some reason, but there is only one Queens College, and I think it's easily distinguished from Queen's. Enigmaman (talk) 04:01, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Reporting vandals

Try the administrators' noticeboard; to report the users, use the template {{vandal|username}} (replace "username" with an actual name or IP of the vandal). Regards, Mike Rosoft 21:17, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

• In general, we don't block for the first act of vandalism (unless the edit makes it obvious that we are dealing with a vandalism-only account). In the cases you have reported, a message on the user's talk page would have been enough; see this page for useful templates. Regards, Mike Rosoft 21:21, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
• You mean the IP address, 149.4.115.5 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)? It's a school IP, shared by many people, so there's little point in blocking it today for something that has been done yesterday by somebody else than who is sitting at the computer right now. (If abuse continues, anonymous editing from the address may be blocked for a longer time, even for several months, and a complaint to the staff may also be made.) - Mike Rosoft 22:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Ping

Hey, Enigmaman! Sorry for the late reply. I've responded on my talk page.  :) Cheers, Iamunknown 05:28, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Just noticed your other message

Enigmaman, I'm really sorry I've been so late in responding. With regards to your other message on my talk page (I somehow missed it...), you can report IP addresses and usernames at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV for short). That page can be kind of confusing, but just click the bottom-most "[edit]" button, and type your report like

*{{Anonlinks|127.0.0.1}} - Repeated vandalism on [[Lorem ipsum]] after final warning --~~~~

for IP address, or

*{{Userlinks|Example}} - Repeated vandalism on [[Lorem ipsum]] after final warning --~~~~

for usernames. Hope this helps.  :-) Feel free to ask other questions. I'll try to offer a more prompt response this time.  :-) Cheers, Iamunknown 05:36, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

ProFootBallTalk.Com

See Talk:Profootballtalk.com for why I think "the site was released" is more appropriate than "the site was created." Kurt Weber (Go Colts!) 17:09, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

December 2007

If you continue to constructively edit pages by adding correct and updated information, as you did to Bobby Petrino, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. -- ALLSTARecho 02:45, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

AIV removal

Hi Enigmaman. It appears that the first IP you reported was removed because it had already been blocked, and the next IP address that you reported was later removed due to the article being vandalised being semi-protected. Hopefully this makes things a bit clearer. Thanks, Spebi 04:34, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

AIV report

So not to clog up Spebi's talk page, lol, I'll just reply here, Ember of Light removed the second report, and a bot removed the first IP once it was blocked by another administrator, but no biggie! And if you'd like to read up on the intricacies of Recent Changes patrol, and how to report (for instance, the last IP had not received a proper set of warnings in succession, and no final warning was given explaining the problems), so it may be helpful for you, if you are planning on getting into vandalism fighting. Anyway if you wish to review these issues, policies and see some examples of templates you can use, take a look at the essay I've written, here. And if you ever have any questions, feel free to ask, I'm happy to help! Cheers! Ariel♥Gold 05:00, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

The "December 2007" section up a ways

Hey, Enigmaman. Long-time no-see.  :) I occassionally check out WP:ANI, so I saw Wikipedia:ANI#Incivility on talk page. I'm not sure I agree that your edit is uncivil, and I appreciate your humor, but I think it would be fair to him if you somehow noted that the current message is not the one he left. (I imagine just adding a diff to his original message would be fine.) That said, feel free to use my advice at your discretion.

I hope you have been well! I'm out for a while, so if you leave a message, I'll probably respond later this weekend (barring one of my disappearances, which seems to happen lately). Later, --Iamunknown 08:27, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy Holidays! :)

Enigmaman, I hope that you have happy holidays, whichever holidays you celebrate.  :) Cheers, --Iamunknown 23:59, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! You too. Enigmaman (talk) 00:23, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Bobby Petrino

Hi Enigmaman. There was nothing wrong with the information that I included on the Bobby Petrino page:

"The decision and the manner in which it was executed was highly controversial, with Petrino assuring that he wasn't planning on leaving, right up to the day before accepting the position with Arkansas. Angry Falcons players became aware of the decision through a four-sentence letter from Petrino which the coaching staff posted in the locker room. The same day, Petrino flew to a pep rally for the Arkansas Razorbacks to publicly announce his decision, further enraging his former Atlanta players and coaching staff."

The descision and manner that it occurred WAS very controversial, and was discussed at length in all forms of media for a month after the decision. The Falcons players WERE angry (even enraged), he DID leave a 4 sentence letter as a goodbye, and the flight to attend the Razorbacks pep rally immediately after quitting DID happen. I also included a source which included the letter to the Falcons players and how the players felt about the decision.

There's nothing POV about what I wrote. However your eliminating the information, even though factually sound and lacking weasel words, may show a bias on your part. Call it POV by eimination if you will.

I will re-edit the page to include the information. My personal feelings about Petrino is that he's a great coach who made a mistake in the way he handled the situation. That's all. I'm neither a Falcons fan nor wish any ill-will for Petrino. Viewers of the page will understand this from what is written on the page, while at the same time becoming aware of the situation regarding his departure from the Atlanta Falcons. Readers have a right to know, and then they can make their own decision. I apologize for not discussing it on the Talk page prior to the edit, but honestly I saw (and see) nothing controversial with what I wrote. It's factually sound. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kinneytj (talk • contribs) 05:53, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it is controversial and of questionable relevance to the section. POV by eimination? Don't know what you mean. But I'm as unbiased as it gets when it comes to Bobby Petrino. Enigmaman (talk) 05:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Glad you are unbiased regarding Petrino. I am as well. However, it was the situation which was controversial, and not my comments. And they fit the section regarding his career in the NFL. By POV by elimination, I mean eliminating particular information in order to present a different biographical view of a person. In other words censoring. Anyways, like I said, I think he's a great coach who just made a mistake. That's why I had no qualms about the other comments such as saying "Petrino is considered by many to be one of the most innovative offensive minds in the college game today." Personally, I think that takes it a bit too far, but who am I to judge, and the editor documented accurately and verifiably. But as a biographical page, people have a right to know everything, including the less savory elements. He'll do well at Arkansas, I'm sure. He's a great coach. Take care!Kinneytj (talk) 07:04, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

dana jacobson page

Enigmaman, I would have sent e-mail but you have that turned off. Anyway, I posted a controversy section for this page because someone had just deleted it. I went back to edit it again because another party was writing things that weren't factual (namely that there were no anti-Notre Dame comments made by DJ). I supported all I wrote. I'm not trying to make trouble but just maintain the integrity of the page. Thanks. p.s. - Oops, I forgot to mention that clicking the link you directed me to (for discussion of the DJ page) just gave me an error. Beorach (talk) 19:48, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Adoption offer

Hello, Enigmaman! I wanted to let you I'll adopt you. Let me know what you decide by leaving a note on my talk page. Have a nice day! :-) Burner0718 ^{(Jibba Jabba!)} 01:54, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I just became an adopter and I've seen some of your work, good job. If you ever need anything, let me know! :-) Burner0718 ^{(Jibba Jabba!)} 02:01, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Umm, what aspects do you need help with? Burner0718 ^{(Jibba Jabba!)} 02:57, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Most of my work is fighting vandalism, so a lot of what I need is how to properly fight vandals. I usually just revert the vandalism and find a standard "welcome to wikipedia" message (if it's their first instance of vandalism), or a warning message (if they have a history). I'm not really sure how adoption works. Is it that when I need help, I ask you questions? I don't have enough experience or knowledge in a lot of areas, but it usually isn't that relevant towards my edits. I'm glad you approve of my edits. That's one thing I was concerned about. I don't know how I'm doing because there aren't people looking over my shoulder and grading my work. Thanks, Enigmaman (talk) 03:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

You are doing the right thing with the vandalism. Adoption is just basically where I mentor you and help you become a more experienced editor. I'm available off and on almost every day so if you need help, just let me know and I'll answer your question ASAP. :-) Burner0718 ^{(Jibba Jabba!)} 19:04, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Sounds great. I'll do that. Thanks for your help! Enigmaman (talk) 19:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

No problem! :-) Burner0718 ^{(Jibba Jabba!)} 19:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

NFL wikiproject

You ought to have the NFL wikiproject userbox on your page :-) RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 19:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

If you want Burner or I can help you with that. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 01:31, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

There you go, the userbox is on your userpage! Anything else? :) Burner0718 ^{(Jibba Jabba!)} 01:46, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Nah, nothing else. One of these days I'm going to look at other people's userpages and try to put together a good one. Enigmaman (talk) 01:55, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Let me know when you do that, I'll be glad to help! :) Burner0718 ^{(Jibba Jabba!)} 02:03, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

IAR

You're right, it's a bear of a question :) I wouldn't normally ask it, but in Remember the dot's last RFA, that exact same question was asked, and the response wasn't satisfactory to me (something RtD mentioned in Question 4). Really, I think all admins should try to gain a basic understanding of IAR, though -- Wikipedia becomes more and more bureaucratic as time goes on. Ral315 (talk) 06:57, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

RE: Wikipedia accounts

No, Wikipedia accounts aren't deleted because of copyrights and stuff like that. As for the userboxes, they can be found here. If you don't find what you need, let me know and I'll make it for you. Me and RC used to live in the same neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio. He's my best friend. Burner0718 ^{(Jibba Jabba!)} 23:24, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Slide Away

Hi there, I'm not sure about how you've done your move of Slide Away... It looks like you were trying to move the content from Slide Away (Verve song) to Slide Away which was fine, but you don't then need to nominate the original page for deletion. afds are generally used for controversial deletions, in future you may want to consider WP:prod or even WP:speedy deletions instead. In this case though, a redirect is probably best, as you don't then need to update every page that linked to the old page, it automatically takes people to the right one. Shout if you need a hand with anything by posting to my talk page. Paulbrock (talk) 21:36, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

re:warning vandals

Hey, the templates are found here. Now, for example, if you type(or copy and paste, which is what I do :)) this, {{subst:uw-vandalism1}}, you'll get this!

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.

Now, if you do this for example, {{subst:uw-vandalism1|Tom Brady}}, you'll get this,

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Tom Brady, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.

Like I said above, you can find the library of warning templates here. Alot huh? Hope this helps. Burner0718 04:08, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

• I'll start using those. I have a lot to learn about the various templates. Thanks Enigmaman (talk) 05:09, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Burner0718 05:15, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

adoption

Hey, uh, if you have over 1,000 edits, why are you adopted? RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 15:41, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Because I never discovered adoption until I was well along. :) Enigmaman (talk) 16:54, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Neither did I. I would adopt a user but my block was last month and they like them to be at least six months old if you have one. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills

Who knows, maybe I'll adopt someone one day. It is possible to have a lot of experience with Wikipedia and not know the finer details of the policies, templates, procedures, etc. So then you can either read through all the material they have, or ask someone. :D Enigmaman (talk) 17:06, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

True, true. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 17:38, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

re:signature

Thanks, I've never had someone complement my signature before. Yeah, I've never heard of allstarecho, but I know nelson (unfortunately). I was blocked by his buddy (pats1) for having a shared account. It was quite a coincidence since a few days before I had a dispute with him over a rewrite of week 17 on the 2007 New England Patriots season. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 18:05, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

re:indenting

Umm, I just go as far as I can before unindenting. the indents help others follow conversation. Your example really isn't too long, although I wouldn't go much further. I've went a little further than that before. I'd say this should be the max:

This is about as far as I'd go. Hope this helps. :) Burner0718 03:47, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. I think I'll just keep indenting in the future and let others worry about it. Heh. Enigmaman (talk) 03:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Good idea... :) Burner0718 03:53, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

The tilding "enigma" :)

I cleaned it up! (I think)--Sallicio^{$\color {Red}\oplus$} 06:53, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

One suggestion: You may want to include a link to your Talk page in your signature. User talk:Sallicio Enigma (talk) 06:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

This signature has my talk page in the target...even though I can't get it to say that it is my usertalk... see for yourself--->----Sallicio^{$\color {Red}\oplus$} 07:18, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Sh%*! I just had it...hold on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sallicio (talk • contribs) 07:19, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ---Okay, NOW it links...but it still doesn't say usertalk. hmmph. ----Sallicio^{$\color {Red}\oplus$} 07:23, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

No, you got it. The oplus thingy now links to your talk page, and that's good. Most people with custom sigs have their name link to their user page and then something after that (a word, a symbol, or anything else) link to their talk page. Enigma (talk) 07:25, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

RfA

I wanted to be the first to congratulate you on passing the RfA this time. Good to have you as an administrator and good luck! You'll need it. Enigma (talk) 16:52, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! There's still 2 more days left in my RfA, though. "It ain't over till it's over." —Remember the dot ^(talk) 18:57, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm calling it now! It's getting ugly. :P Enigma (talk) 19:00, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

re:Not understanding something

I don't think he's not online so let me see. I know Mediawiki is a free software package for wikipedia and other wiki's but I don't know what a mediawiki solution is. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 21:14, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

You mean "I don't think he's online"? :P I'm just curious about it, because it sounded like Luna thought I would understand that. Enigma (talk) 21:36, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry 'bout that. Yeah, I was talking to burner and he said he didn't know either so, you might just want to ask Luna upfront. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 23:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

RCs right, I don't know what a Mediawiki solution is. I'd recommend asking Luna too, sorry. I'm only on the english wikipedia and don't have a mediawiki account. BTW, it's ok about the message thingy... :) Burner0718 23:59, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

You mean you're not going to press charges? I appreciate it. :P Anyway, I did ask him earlier today. I'm waiting for a reply. Enigma (talk) 00:01, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Good idea... :) Burner0718 00:13, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

re:question for you

Yeah, I think so. It used to be like that on my userpage until I added the "My Dictionary" section. Hope that helps! RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 04:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Same here. When I added about three or four sections to my userpage, I got the "contents" box. Burner0718 04:40, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

A new record?

Hi Enigma:

The short-lived user I was asking Jamie about was "Estonecipher666".

Turns out that was not even close to a record.

Some people seem to want to go from first edit to a block quickly.

Cheers, Wanderer57 (talk) 17:22, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Enigma (talk) 18:13, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

One of my favorite pictures

Thank you for participating in my RfA! It was closed as successful with 74 supporting, 3 opposing, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have placed in me. —Remember the dot (talk) 18:44, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Please help with disruptive bot

This is extremely frustrating. The owner of the bot is refusing to address concerns about the bot's edits. [1] There was a WP:AN complaint, but the bot was quickly unblocked and is rampaging again. I posted something there, but I'm out of options. I've tried discussing it on the bot's talk page, but that proved futile. Can you help? Enigma (talk) 01:49, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately, there's not much I can do. You'd have to petition to relax the non-free content policy, which is a daunting task. We could, however, work around the problem by adding more preloaded templates to Wikipedia:Upload, like what is done with the "logo" option. That would at least prevent images uploaded in the future from being needlessly deleted, though all the template jargon would still be confusing to many. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 02:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

It's driving me crazy, and I'm not the only one. A ton of people have complained about it, but Betacommand refuses to do a damn thing. Also, if you see the talk page, there's someone there dismissing all of the concerns and then saying he can't do anything about it anyway. We have a disruptive bot, a disruptive bot owner, and a user trolling the bot's talk page. It's too much and I don't want to deal with it anymore. Enigma (talk) 02:11, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

One option would be to start a petition at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) asking people to sign their names if they want to see BetacommandBot turned off. That might work, though people would scream that polling is evil. —Remember the dot ^(talk)

OK, I'll do it. Of course that makes me a target, but oh well. Enigma (talk) 02:17, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

I reverted your comment to save you from having to have it shot down. The second issue you brought up was already resolved, indeed, if Betacommand does that again then a developer has promised to personally block him. Also, you can't ask people to sign a petition and then say that you might change the petition's text later. Let's try to come up with a better way to approach this. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 02:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

For example, you could bring up that BetacommandBot works extremely fast and has no way to tell whether or not an image is worth keeping. Rather than helping to fix problems with fair use rationales, like Polbot does, BetacommandBot just tags images for deletion mindlessly. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 02:28, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Anyway, just give it some thought, and run your wording past me before you post it. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 02:30, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Im sorry but what am I ignoring? Most of what you brought up has been re-hashed 20 times in separate discussions. I just enforce policy. β^_command 02:19, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

We're proposing a new guideline: "No enforcing WP:NFCC#10c by bot." —Remember the dot ^(talk) 02:20, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer

I'd actually like to say go ahead, but there are actually a couple of individuals who have my talk page on their watchlists who have been using my page as a reference for their efforts at rescuing images (they must be offline this week or something). Although I no longer support images on Wikipedia, I do support the Novels WikiProject and they like to have book covers. I also want to keep it up as an example. But if I can stop the bot from sending me any more, then I'll be happy, too. I have some method in my madness as I hope my request gets a lot of "me too" responses. If there's a bright side, it is my understanding that all "non-conforming" images are supposed to be deleted by the end of March (after which I guess the world blows up or something), so hopefully the flood will end. All this said, if there are any images cited on my page that you want to work on, please feel free!. Cheers! 23skidoo (talk) 03:50, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

• I spotted Remember the Dot's guideline suggestion, above and have asked him for more detail. I don't think there's much can be done about Betacommandbot or the others (his isn't the only one, just the worst) before the end of March, but we can at least try and prevent this disruption from happening again in the future. 23skidoo (talk) 04:01, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

As long as they've stopped it doesn't matter so much. They did appear to have a hate campaign going for whomever the person in the article(s) are/were (I can't remember so much, I'm quite tired heh). Take care! Scarian^{Call me Pat} 01:44, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

RE:71.64.155.216

I've blocked them for 24 hours due to his repeated personal attacks, despite warning by multiple editors. Hopefully when they come back they'll be more willing to cooperate. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 05:19, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw. Blocked that one indefinitely; if he tries to circumvent blocks, he'll keep getting blocked. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 05:29, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Second'd - the situation is well in hand. Guess my efforts at defusing the situation were less than effective - but, eh, it was worth a shot. Now, I guess the sock hunt begins. Best, UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 05:36, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

The user never had any interest in good faith edits. It just kept trying to own pages, and then making personal attacks on anyone who tried to warn it. Good riddance. But hey, at least I got a good laugh out of it calling a bunch of editors "sockpuppets of Enigaman". Enigma (talk) 05:39, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I'm the one who owns socks around here... :P Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 06:09, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar! Happy to help out. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 06:22, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

burner's page

Sorry 'bout that; I'm virus scanning my computer. That is pretty funny, he's probably bipolar. Did he get my page for removing his "comments"? RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 14:14, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Extremely funny. He reported you to AIV for placing a warning? hahahahahahaha. ROTFLOL. he put on my talk page enigmaman user needs to stop vandalizing and go to bed. Like I could do anything about it! Even if I could, I wouldn't! This is hilarious. BTW, I might be gone for a few hours (Star Wars: Battlefront 2 tournament). Funny. That guy needs to get a combine and go race the Amish. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 14:40, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Like I said, hilarious. A little hint of advice; if they blank their talk pages we are supposed to assume that they read the warnings. But yeah, the guy's probably skitzo. LOL. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 18:44, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Diifernt. LOL. O didn't know that. :) RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 20:00, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

re: Shocking  :-)

An anon with a big Wiki-heart. Wikipedia was built on the contributions of anonymous editors. I am just a little "busier" than others. After rejecting my old account(after rolling over 20000 edits with it)... I have dealt with all the positives(many Wiki friends) and all the negatives(anti-anon bias/prejudice) that being an anon can bring. I prefer the "purity" of anonymous editing and will never go back to my old account. Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that "anyone can edit". And I work hard everyday to prove that "an anyone" can do just that... and do it well. Cheers! and have a nice day! ! 156.34.142.110 (talk) 17:57, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

29 years.

No, not really a joke. I block blatant vandals for 29 years instead of indefinitely (technically a shorter period... and middle age usually fixes school vandals). This user in particular was vandalizing multiple pages (including a few that were deleted), so I blocked him for 29; if he wants to be unblocked, I have no problem with that as long as he decides to contribute constructively. · AndonicO ^Hail! 22:24, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

vandals

This is just classic. just classic. That is just too funny. Hey, Burner's getting on. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 20:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

kidd deal

thanks for calling out the misspelling of deveans name. however, he has informed the league he will do so, which blocked the deal. comment added by Wjmummert (talk • contribs) 02:41, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

i did source it.... via espn comment added by Wjmummert (talk • contribs) 02:51, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

re:lol

Sorry, sometimes I forget to warn them, oh well... Burner0718 04:54, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, good idea... Burner0718 06:50, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Recent vandal

Thanks for your message. Can you let me know where the alternate page is where you are reporting this vandal as I would like to track progress and am interested in learning about the process generally. Kind regards--Calabraxthis ^(talk) 18:07, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Don't -

- worry :-) Scarian^{Call me Pat} 01:41, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Since I mixed it up, I decided to look at the user's recent edits anyway. All have been to add questionable links to four different pages. Enigma (talk) 01:42, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

re:signatures & archives

You can get as creative as you want with your sig. Go to WP:Signatures for some guidelines. As for the archives, just create a subpage and cut-and-paste the finished sections to ,for example (you can really use this wikilinked page though... :-)), User talk:Enigmaman/Archive1, while leaving the still live conversations on your talk page. Then of course, wikilink the archive to your talk page. It's easier than using CluebotIII. If you need anything else, let me know. Burner0718 03:57, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I know what ya mean about the vandals :D. I have your page watchlisted. I've been on a small wikibreak the past few days but I'm back to work now. lol. I honestly don't know how to make words diagonal either. My current sig uses this code with the raw signature box checked, '''[[User:Burner0718|<font color="red">Burner</font><font color="gray">0718</font>]]''' ''[[User talk:Burner0718|^{<font color="black">JibbaJabba!</font>}]]''. You can use this as an example. I actually used another user's sig code to design my own so go ahead and use mine if you want :). Feel free to use my sandbox to test your sig and let me know if you need any more help. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 19:36, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Great, let me know when ya finish it. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 19:45, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok, trying to think what to tell ya... lol. The only thing I can think of is to make sure you checked the "Raw signature" checkbox just under the custon signature box. Try that and let me know what happens. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 20:06, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Looks good homie. I read my prefs and saw that it said pretty much that if you use markup, check the raw sig box. Anyway, if you need anything, let me know. :) Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 20:14, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Creepy

I'm on a mac. a 10 year old mac powerbook G3. creepy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RC-0722 (talk • contribs) 04:02, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

lol. Been a while since I've used a really old computer. I've been using the same one for about four years now, from when I bought it new. Enigma (talk) 00:09, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

It's even worse cuz I'm a windows user :( RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 00:10, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

the office: jim's transfer

which episode was that? was that before casino night? if not, by no future i think he meant no future with pam. otherwise, he wouldn't have left if he thought he still had the chance to be with pam. 79.176.143.74 (talk) 19:09, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Burners sandbox

Interesting... very interesting. But did you add your bearded man? RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 18:19, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

I looked in the dictionary and I still don't understand what that means! :D Enigma ^msg! 18:20, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

It's just a pure joke, it doesn't really mean anything. It kind of like the Get a combine and we'll go race the Amish one. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 18:22, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

vandals

Classic. just classic. DIY, that TW give you THREE rollback buttons? But yeah, that is funny. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 04:23, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Say what now? Sorry, I'm not up on all the common abbreviations. Enigma ^msg! 04:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Did you know (DIY) I don't know all of them either; that's why I bookmarked a texting dictionary. I'm going to bed now so don't expect any fast responses LOL. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 04:29, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

WHAT? How is DIY Did you know? And who is TW? I'm even more confused now. :D Enigma ^msg! 04:33, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Last time I checked, did you know was DYN. Also, TW stands for Twinkle. It gives you another rollback button, if you have Mozilla Firefox. Hope this helps. BTW, I noticed that your sig is University of Florida colors. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 04:40, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Haha, yes, I guess it is. I've been doing things manually, without Twinkle or the other tools. Enigma ^msg! 04:43, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Spooky...

I know. I couldn't figure out what to make of that message. Hmm. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 07:21, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

heh. I thought maybe he was threatening to leave, but I'll choose to interpret it as something else. More fun that way. Enigma ^msg! 07:23, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Gracenotes told me it :-)

{{uw-warn}} - simple enough! But she did say that a personal message is sometimes better. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 16:20, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Excellent! That's what I was looking for. I actually asked two different editors, including one admin, and they didn't know of any. Thanks for coming through! I've left personal messages the three times thus far I've felt it was warranted, but it gets a little tiring. Enigma ^msg! 16:24, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

WooHoo

YAY! BTW, he usually doesn't get on till 'bout 2 PM or so, FYI. Congrats! RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 18:21, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, did you see that guy that vandalized my userpage like, three time yessterday? RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 18:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

I actually did, yeah. I wasn't online when it happened, so I couldn't revert it myself! I get a perverse pleasure out of reverting vandalism and warning users. Not sure why. :D Enigma ^msg! 18:35, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool, I actually joined in December but I edited anon for about two years before I joined. One year is a big milestone, congrats! BTW, reverting vandalism is my favorite activity too. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 21:59, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Let me know when you finish! Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 02:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

New mailing list

There has been a mailing list created for Wikipedians in the New York metropolitan area (list: Wikimedia NYC). Please consider joining it! Cbrown1023 talk 21:02, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:

You don't know who John Reaves is? :-D - Check out his userpage and his edit count and you'll see why he doesn't need one of those templates ;-) Scarian^{Call me Pat} 21:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

An admin, yeah. But if anything, that makes it that much worse. Shouldn't admins warn vandals? Another question: what's up with this? Enigma ^msg! 21:49, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

He probably blocked the vandal instead, perhaps? I assume that John was working on the username creation section of Wikipedia. e.g. someone gets blocked at WP:UAA for having a nasty username and then they request another username and an admin makes it for them. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 22:38, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

No. I specifically checked. The vandal was not blocked or warned. That's why I left the message. I always leave a message when vandalism is reverted on a page I'm watching and no warning is left. It's a polite message, and I don't see the problem. It's meant for admins, too. Most of the people I leave the message for probably know about warning vandals, they just don't do it for whatever reason. IMO, it's downright rude to revert a message someone left for you on your talk page without giving an explanation, unless it's vandalism, which my message obviously wasn't. It makes it ten times worse that it's an administrator doing this. Also it just happened again with a different user. Enigma ^msg! 02:01, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, sorry mate, I kept forgetting to reply and then I broke my router so I had no connection for a day. Okay... I think there is only so much you can do. You can give them the message (If they rv it in the case of JohnReaves) then you can politely ask why they did that and why they didn't warn the vandal. It's no use getting angry about it as there's nothing you can do up to a point. Sorry for the delay in reply. Take care! Scarian^{Call me Pat} 10:44, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. Oh well. It's pretty rude to do what he did, but you can't make anyone (even admins) be polite on Wikipedia. Enigma ^msg! 03:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Here you go

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For amazing anti-vandal work Jac16888 (talk) 03:32, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations

1YRThe user, Sallicio, congratulates Enigmaman on his ONE YEAR WIKI-ANNIVERSARY

Happy Anniversary!--Sallicio^{$\color {Red}\oplus$} 21:14, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, happy anniversary! Uhh, anyway, I'm not really sure what to do when someone mass redirects like that. I just looked at your contribs and I'd say you're doing the right thing by bringing attention to them so someone who knows exactly what to do can take care of it. I can only suggest you keep doing that. Sorry I couldn't help more with this one. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 21:24, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

2,000 EDITSCELEBRATION!

I'll be there soon, I'm close to 1,400 in 3 months!--Sallicio^{$\color {Red}\oplus$} 22:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Something went awry with your celebration box, but good effort nonetheless. :P It's taken me a long time to get here, because I've only been very active the last few months. Enigma ^msg! 22:02, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Question

Do u use Firefox Mozilla? RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 23:01, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I use Mozilla Firefox. Used it for several years now. Enigma ^msg! 23:05, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Then you should install WP:TW. It really helped me. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 23:08, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Just saw this message. I'll give it a look, thanks Enigma ^msg! 04:03, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I used for a week and then gave Huggle a try. Both very helpful and makes reverting much quicker. Enigma ^msg! 18:02, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Kick(off) returner

Yo Enigma, what do you think about this? Talk:Kickoff returner, funny huh? Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:32, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I saw it when RC left it on your Talk page. I'm not really sure where I fall on the issue. I'll think about it. Enigma ^msg! 01:15, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Ah, now I see what you mean. Yeah, I'll read it. It certainly exploded. Enigma ^msg! 01:15, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I think you might like this userbox,

vn-3This user talk page has been vandalized 3 times.

.

Here's the code, {{user talk vandalized|3}}. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 02:26, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

OK. I actually have that exact one on my user page. I added it earlier. I guess a separate one for my Talk page would be appropriate. Enigma ^msg! 02:27, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm a little uneasy about it, so I decided not to add the box to my Talk page. Among my other userboxes, it's fine, but I don't like the idea of sticking it at the top of my Talk page. I actually wanted a combined userbox to put on my userpage saying "This user's userpage and Talk page have been vandalized X times..." or something to that effect. Enigma ^msg! 02:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Thats ok then. I think I might have seen the userbox you're talking about though. Let me check... Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 02:31, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Does this one work? This is the only one I could find along those lines. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 02:37, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

vn-6This editor's user page, talk page, or subpages have been vandalized 6 times.

Yeah, that's fine. Color is a little odd, though. I'll use it. Thanks. How did you know my Talk page has been vandalized three times? Enigma ^msg! 02:39, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I saw you subtracted three from the other user page only userbox and said in your edit summary it only covers your userpage. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 02:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Nah, that's not gonna work. I'm going to check the history of my Talk page. What AllStarEcho did counts as vandalism too, so it should be interesting. Enigma ^msg! 02:45, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Eagle Eyes!

That made me chuckle! Believe it or not, that actually was me that made the IP changes on my user page (it had timed me out and logged me off). But, I've always wondered how others notice such discrete changes. I've never been able to do anything with (anti)vandalism. PS: I really do appreciate the look out, though! Thanks, again!--Sallicio^{$\color {Red}\oplus$} 06:59, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I actually wasn't certain whether I should revert it (atypical vandalism), but since it was an IP, I decided to revert it. Sorry about that! I'll be more careful in the future. Enigma ^msg! 07:07, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Nah, don't worry about it, I'm glad you're looking out for me!--Sallicio^{$\color {Red}\oplus$} 07:22, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Scarian

I popped back to Scarian's RfA page, realising I hadn't updated the tally, and noticed you already had. (Thanks, BTW :-) However, I also noticed your unusual edit summary ([2])—might I enquire what you mean? Cheers, AGK (talk) 18:41, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I didn't mean anything by it. I was just running out of things to say! Anyway, I'll let you update the count if you wish. I was just doing it because I didn't see anyone else keeping it updated. :) Enigma ^msg! 18:55, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

If you're curious where that line was from, it's from Slide Away. Enigma ^msg! 18:56, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Ah :) Thanks for clearing that up. On "I'll let you update the count if you wish"—not at all! I express my gratitude (once again :) for your sharp-sighted editing... I was simply curious about what you meant by the edit summary ;) Regards, AGK (talk) 19:15, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Hooah! Thank you for the support and subsequent updates, friend :-) - I really appreciate your comments and everything. If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to contact me on IRC or message me or e-mail me or whatever :-) - And thanks for the stats too! Certainly interesting ;-) - Take care and thanks again! Scarian^{Call me Pat} 12:42, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Bryanqwert

he's already been blocked. But before he was, he vandalized my page. It was just funny. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 20:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

He deleted the block message, so I didn't see that he had been blocked until after I added the messages. Enigma ^msg! 20:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I saw that. That guy's just... special. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 20:12, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Man, that's too bad. Does your laptop have a touchpad? RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 20:18, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I guess they do. That was a lack of thought n my part. Big news (to me anyway), I almost racked up 1,000 edits today!!! YAY!!! RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 20:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

In one day!? What do you mean? You're at 1770 overall, I think. Enigma ^msg! 20:49, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, you're going to hit 100 edits on the day! :) Enigma ^msg! 20:50, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Congrats on hitting 2,000 edits! Thats another big milestone. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 21:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

YAY!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! WHY AM I TYPING IN CAPS??? RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 21:56, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

You know why I typed in CAPS? I hadn't check my edit count since yesterday, and then when I went to look at it, it was 1,999. Remarkable coincidence. IT'S SO EXCITING! :P Enigma ^msg! 21:59, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

As burner would say, "YEA" RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 22:02, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

He's probably a guy from my school. As you can see I'm not very popular. LOL. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 22:08, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

re: Warning vandals

Darn, how could I forget! When I find other people have reverted vandalism, I usually check to see that they warned the user and I issue a warning if they didn't. I'm disappointed when other people don't issue warnings and even more disappointed that I forgot to do it myself. Thanks for the reminder. Sbowers3 (talk) 17:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

re:vandals

Well, being a Bible reader I can tell you right now that that isn't the KJV (King James Version). But yeah, that is interesting. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 18:59, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, does look like NIV. What denomination are you anyway? Cuz I'm a baptist. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 19:34, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I do talk to burner alot. What we do is we get on the phone then get on WP. LOL RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 19:35, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Brehm Ip

yes i attend —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weaponbb7 (talk • contribs) 18:59, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks and. (On McCain in the News)

Thanks for the general message, Enigma.

As for my adding "incorrect information" to the John McCain article, I respectfully disagree. While it has since been reverted, my sentence, "Neither have denied it [an alleged romance]," corrected the sentence "Both have denied [an alleged romance]." Iseman has not made a public statement yet (as best I know), and McCain, while criticizing the article as in some general sense "untrue," did not state whether any of the facts asserted in the Times story (or the Washington Post or New Republic or Associated Press) are true or false.

Blair71 (talk) 21:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. Well, the McCain wikipedia article notes McCain's denial, and I won't remove it. As for Iseman, it appears according to this site that Iseman is considering making a public statement, but has yet to: [3]

Though you've probably already seen it, I've added mention of the independent reports from Washington Post and The New Republic about the Times article and its allegations. I added them because these separate reporters claim similar facts in their articles, thus belying any notion, should it exist, that the NY Times is, on their own, publishing obviously false reporting.

Blair71 (talk) 21:33, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

So far I'm unimpressed with the reporting as well. Blair71 (talk) 21:41, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Cavaliers Wikiproject

You wanna join this? User:Burner0718/WikiProject Cleveland Cavaliers. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:29, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey! I'm not from Ohio!

lol. Nah, I'll pass. I only casually follow the NBA, and I'm not a Cavs fan. Thanks anyway Enigma ^msg! 03:08, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok, door's always open if you change your mind. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 03:24, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

IP vandalism.

User likes blocks, user gets blocks. ;) · AndonicO ^Hail! 09:50, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

BetacommandBot

Thanks for keeping me in the loop as far as discussions about BetacommandBot. I've lost energy for trying to reason with people about this. However, I am trying to spread some truth about explicit use rationales: User:Remember the dot#About use rationales. If there is interest, I could make this section of my userpage into a template and allow others to place it on their own userpages. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 05:34, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

So much irrationality. Beta, Hammer, and Lara Love refuse to see the points others make about the bot, and all attempts at reasonable discussion deteriorate. I gave up. Enigma ^msg! 04:51, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know that "BetacommandBot is ruining Wikipedia" userbox had been deleted (too bad I didn't realize there was a deletion discussion otherwise I would have contributed). I've replaced it with my own "userbox" of a sort. 23skidoo (talk) 21:30, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

It's hard to keep track of all of them. If you want, I can notify you when I see a new one. There are two going on now, I believe. A different one was also archived, along with an MfD. Also, if you don't mind, I'm going to borrow/steal what you wrote to replace the deleted userbox. :) Enigma ^msg! 21:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations on your one-year anniversary! (Well, now I suppose it is a one year and 3–4 day anniversary...) Good to see you writing articles—I have a few I'd like to write (I'd need a lot more spare time). I finding writing more pleasant than administration, though I guess both are necessary. ~ Iamunknown 08:56, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Travis Grant

The default sort will allow you sort by someone's last name instead of the first easily. Without the default sort, all the categories categorized Travis Grant under 'T'. By doing a default sort on Grant, he is now categorized under 'G'. I'm not sure what the difference between Reflist and Reflist2 is. Thanks. Patken4 (talk) 04:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

re:hey

Go to preferences and click on the watchlist tab and adjust the number. You might wanna enable the expanded watchlist tab. How ya been doin'? Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 22:20, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

fine, thanks! Enigma ^msg! 22:21, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 19:34, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

No problem. :) I found it because the vandal that got your page also got a Talk page on my watchlist. Must've been mad at the people who warned him. Enigma ^msg! 19:40, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:HUG.

I'll send you the latest version by e-mail, but you'll have to e-mail Gurch (who is inactive, at the moment) if you want to receive updates. · AndonicO ^Hail! 20:03, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Great, thanks. I'll e-mail him and I guess he'll see it when he sees it. Enigma ^msg! 20:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Vandal warning

I generally warn vandals, but if I feel limited in time or I am not using VP, then I will just revert without warning the editor. When using VP I think I have at times been too strict (it did not matter the degree, I just issued a first or second level warning); when not using VP I get a little lazy in posting warnings given the amount of steps required in the process. Thanks for the question, Cheers. --Storm Rider ^(talk) 00:05, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

RE:TWINKLE

Yep, twinkle is a great tool :). I think about 3 of us kept beating each other to the punch on reverting that user :P. I know I got beaten to the rollback twice. Gotta love them high traffic articles, eh? SexySeaBass 05:38, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

apology

Alright, I'm very sorry for being so disruptive, but I feel compelled to tell you that the comments were made by someone else using my account. I know it doesn't make your job any easier when things like this happen, and I apologize on behalf of my son (he does not know any better; and kids will be kids) and myself for leaving myself logged in. So sorry again, and I hope that this does not happen again. Regards. 203.129.56.249 (Talk)

re:questions

About the archives, I never bothered setting up a bot to do it so I really wouldn't know. I've always done it manually. Anyway, if you go here, you can make your userbox. I use that with the userboxes page in another window and use that as my directions. If you want, you might want to organize your userpage into sections like I did, I had the same problem. Hope this all helps. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 05:33, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Howdy

I note you have been adopted by Burner0718 but do you mind if I make a suggestion to you on your edit summaries? --VS ^talk 21:52, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Sure. Do you mean I should fill out the edit summaries more often? You're right about that. Also, Burner isn't around much. :) Enigma ^msg! 21:54, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

One thing is that on Talk pages, I'm not really sure what to put in the edit summaries. I could just say "reply" or "response" each time, I guess. I wish there were a shortcut. Enigma ^msg! 21:56, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

• (EC) Thanks - Yes & I thought this might help you (if you ever go for Administration this type of thing is scrutinised). So if you go to your edit count you will note that some is in green (that is with edit summaries completed) and some is in red (without edit summaries completed). To help you automatically fix that click on the My Preferences tag at the top of your screen, then click on the Editing tab and check the last tick box which says "Prompt me when editing a blank edit summary". By doing this every time you go to save an edit the system will first remind you there is no edit summary and will allow you to do so before you click on save again. Hope that helps. BTW if you can't find Burner please ask me if you want a tip or help at any time and I will see what I can do. Cheers - keep up the great work. Oh and to add because I read your second reply during our Edit Conflict just now - your system should keep cookies like Reply and Respond so that as you type in the edit summary it will "short-cut" for you in so far as all the things that you have recently typed will come up much like a prompt.--VS ^talk 22:02, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

• Yeah, I've actually participated in a few RfAs, and I've seen that there's a link to the tool so that voters will know whether a candidate uses edit summaries. I don't see an RfA in my immediate future, but who knows. I have seen my overabundance of red, but I wasn't sure of an easy way to fix it. I do use the "shortcuts" (I often update different counts, so when I type U, "updating count" appears), but I don't really consider those shortcuts. Thank you for the suggestions and I'll try to fill out the edit summaries in the future. It's just another step.
• Finally, I'll take you up on your offer and approach you with questions. Cheers, Enigma ^msg! 22:11, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

• I might also just quickly add that as informative (but short) an edit summary as possible will always get you kudos. :)--VS ^talk 22:08, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

• I like pointing out typos, so I'll point out that you added a D to "an". :D As informative as possible about the edit, but also short. Gotcha. Enigma ^msg! 22:11, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

• I'm all green for March. :) Enigma ^msg! 03:50, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

• I had to think about that for a second - thought you were going all early St. Patrick on me. Well done! BTW interesting form of wiki-break you are taking?--VS ^talk 04:12, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

• It's kind of like a partial wikibreak. I'm not on here all day, but people keep leaving messages, drawing me back in. Every time I come back, there's a new message, so then I check my watchlist to see if there's any vandalism that needs reverting or vandals that need to be warned (as you might see from some other messages on my talk page, reverts-without-warns is an epidemic I'm trying to fight). Enigma ^msg! 04:30, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

• I removed the wikibreak because the whole thing was a sham anyway. I never intended to be on a wikibreak, and it only started because of things beyond my control. As for St. Patty's Day, you were the first one to bring up green! It ain't easy being green, my friend. (if I can be privileged to refer to you in this manner) Enigma ^msg! 09:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

• You can - and you should also note that my respect for Sarah as an editor is absolute (she helped in your last question to me) - so I am always happy her for to come to my talk page and to assist when I am away (unlike one or two others who have come recently). Cheers--VS ^talk 21:46, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

We should always welcome users who came back

I am slightly shocked when you posted this comment on Coloane's talk page[4]. Even though I agree that Coloane is being disruptive, we should always welcome those who came back to the community. From what I am interpreting, you are blaming Coloane for coming back and disrupt. This kind of attitude not welcomed in the community, and eventually turning them from (slightly POV-pushing yet productive) editors into vandals (which express their displeasure by vandalizating because they're being outcasted by the community). OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 15:51, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

He claimed he retired in January. He only came back to disrupt the community, and then restored a false message stating "he permanently retired" in January. If he had permanently retired, the number of people that were affected by his latest ridiculous attempt at drama wouldn't have had to deal with it. I have no sympathy and the community would've been better off had he stayed "permanently retired". I'm not the only one who feels this way. Enigma ^msg! 15:54, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I have to go with enigma on this one. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 16:14, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I find your conclusion over-summarizing. Yes, I admit most of his edits are disruptive. However, I did find some of his edits are constructive, especially articles related to Macau.[5][6][7] Had he decided to leave permanently in January, I think it will take a long time before someone else add such a large amount of information on Macau into these articles. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 17:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Not worth the headache. As I discovered yesterday, IPs can be blocked for weeks even if they do make useful contributions, based on a few bad edits. Sorry, the disruption was significantly more than any of the contributions you mentioned, and I find it insulting that he's now lying about when he left Wikipedia. It's not necessary. Enigma ^msg! 23:09, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

re:yay

Nice to hear from ya! I've been on a short "unofficial" wikibreak myself. Anyway, thats an interesting experience. Sounds like fun. :) Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 21:56, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

The Citybest section

Thanks a bunch pal

So I make personal attacks do I? Well, you have insulted me now. First you victimise me by deleting my redirects (which are referenced in the article), then you threaten me. Well, I'm not having this. I will report you to Jimmy Wales if you carry on. Don't bother replying to this message because I have requested my user page and talk page be deleted. After I have left this message, I am going to change my password and I'm not going to remember it and I'm not coming back. You have driven me away. Thanks pal. I'll never forget this and I will tell all my friends not to edit Wikipedia and besides, everyone knows that Wikipedia has no real value as a reference because of idiots. Citybest (talk) 20:04, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Redirects to Amateur pornography

Why do you think this is distasteful? These subjects are referenced in Amateur pornography and creating these redirects was an attempt to prevent creation of articles on what would be a non-notable subject by itself. Citybest (talk) 14:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps you support the idea of censorship? If so, get back to the 1950s where you surely belong! Haven't you realised we live in a liberated world now? Citybest (talk) 14:25, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I Apologise

I want to apologise. I do stupid things sometimes. I suffer from bi-polar disorder and go a little nuts sometimes. I've taken my pills now though so I'm all right. So I'm sorry. Please accept my apology. Citybest (talk) 22:34, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Comment

Hello. I'm a consultant psychiatrist working in the Birmingham area and have just found my way to this page. If this guy really does have bi-polar disorder, you might want to consider removing this section. It seems a little unfair to me. Kind regards. Dr Amer Latif.

81.152.149.79 (talk) 12:24, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

personal attacks

your getting almost as popular as me!!! YAY!!! RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 20:18, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. While your gone do you want me to watch your userpage and talk page? RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 20:22, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Your welcome. So have you reported this sockpuppet? RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 20:25, 29 February 2008 (UTC)