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If you leave a message here, I'll reply here. The same applies to you. If I leave a message on your page, I keep it watchlisted and I'll see when you reply.

They're out of the woodwork

See this. WP:3RR isn't the only policy he is having trouble with today. Do you want to do the WP:CIVIL thing for me whice I compose a 3RR listing for this youngster? Libs (talk) 14:20, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Actually.. on further review based on the number of IPs this guy uses to edit war he has gone past 3RR'ness and into the full bore world of trolling. Don't you think? Libs (talk) 14:22, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the step-in. East718 spoke to the little mister as well. Unfortunately we were all ignored. The edit summary ending in don't like it, too bad pretty much reveals the editor's intentions to ignore WP:3RR, WP:CON, WP:CIVIL and every other WP:X he can get in there. :D . I'll take vandals any day over POV pushers, soap-boxers and edit warriors. At least the vandals are easily dealt with. Libs (talk) 11:44, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

He should be blocked for 3RR, but the policy wonks you run into there will scream about the fourth revert not being within a 24 hour period. I suppose we wait until Pat gets back. He should be back by now! Enigma 21:11, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I will be back tomorrow afternoon your time, Enigma ;-) - I am currently sitting in a beautiful living room in Munich, sipping coffee with my mother in law. So up yours. :-D (I'll deal with the guy tomorrow) Much love. Scarian 21:35, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

He's blocked now for 24 hours. East finally did it. Thanks for nothing, you lazy admin! Enigma 21:38, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm not lazy, I'm just editing with my eyes closed... Night night! 88.217.20.177 (talk) 21:42, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

User page

Thanks for the revert. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 22:51, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Protection

Done for two weeks. I have also sent an abuse report to Southwestern Bell Internet about this. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 23:39, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

They are on a dial-up. All they do is hang up, redial and get a new IP. It happens every so often. The sad thing is they never seem to figure out that there is only one of them and lots of us with rollback tools. They seem to think that they are the first people to have ever thought of doing what they do. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 23:44, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Hessam hessamyan

Hihi, I was looking at this one, it's been deleted speedy 3 times, mind if I dump the speedy and take it to AfD for salting? LegoTech·(t)·(c) 04:36, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Sure, go ahead, although I'm not sure why it should have to go to AfD in order to be salted. If it's been deleted three times, then it should be deleted and salted straight off. Enigma 04:39, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

heh, actually the AfD lasted all of 30 seconds before Stormie saw it and speedied and protected....sometimes it's difficult to explain to an admin whats going on in just the CSD thingy :) LegoTech·(t)·(c) 05:23, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Genre delimeters

I am restoring this page to how it were before some Ip users change, with some cosusions to make both those who whaned prog death and commas in the page. These user changed the page without consenus, therefore I see fit to revert these edits. While I did go overboard, I wish to make an effort so we don't go though a very messy edit war. Johan Rachmaninov (talk) 07:17, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Two things

Thanks for the explination and the fix. Opposing my own rfa would be embarressing (though if i recall correctly, I "excepted" one of my two earlier rfas until someone suggested it may be better to "accept"). TomStar81 (Talk) 07:19, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

If you're still awake...

Scarian 09:09, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Basically there's consensus against adding in alternative rock on the article talk page; that guy just doesn't get it. I'll be home in about 6 or 7 hours. I hate flying so much. See you soon. Thanks for the revert, by the way. Scarian 12:28, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Political hip hop (2nd nomination)

I'd take a closer look =o — _Maggot 11:49, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Block request

Sorry to take so long to respond, I jumped in the shower and grabbed a bite to eat (no, not at the same time...yum, soap). As for blocking 70.240.131.121, he stopped vandalizing after his final warning and hasn't vandalized in an hour, so blocking him now would be punitive not preventative, so I'll decline to block, but I'll keep an eye on him. Thanks for the heads up. Useight (talk) 18:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_July_2#Category:Israeli_atrocities

That CFD is now closed. I actually conflicted with Acalamari closing it, so it looked weird and I undid my edit. Either way, it's closed. Thanks for the heads up. Useight (talk) 22:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Celona

Yeah, I really wish I'd known about Tommypowell, say, eight months ago. Would've saved a lot of time for a lot of people. Oh well - I'm just glad to have this coming to an end (I'm inclined to agree that the first admin to review that will pull the trigger on an indef-block; I don't see how they could do otherwise). Sarcasticidealist (talk) 04:54, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I'll close it once an admin does the block. No point in enumerating fetal chickens. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 05:07, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

I didn't think the sock would openly come to my page. I'm seeking confirmation via RfCU and subsequent IP range block. My fan club is bigger than yours. ;) - Arcayne () 05:23, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't know about that one. Enigma 05:32, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Wanna swap horror stories offline? Without naming names, of course. That would only terrify you all the more ;) - Arcayne () 05:33, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I always welcome a few good stories. I actually had to get my userpage and talk page protected due to a few recurring trolls, most notably User:Seancarlin84 and his cavalcade of disruptive socks. Enigma 05:36, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank You

		The TomStar81 Spelling Award
		Be it known to all members of Misplaced Pages that Enigmaman has corrected my god-awful spelling on the page Armament of the Iowa class battleship‎, and in doing so has made an important and very significant contribution to the Misplaced Pages community, thereby earning this TomStar81 Spelling Award and my deepest thanks. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 07:59, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

		The TomStar81 Spelling Award
		Be it known to all members of Misplaced Pages that Enigmaman has corrected my god-awful spelling on the page USS Missouri (BB-63), and in doing so has made an important and very significant contribution to the Misplaced Pages community, thereby earning this TomStar81 Spelling Award and my deepest thanks. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 07:59, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Whoa! I didn't know I'd get these! I'm going to have to do a few more articles now! :D Enigma 18:03, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

My spelling sucks, so this is my way of thanking those who endovear to cleanup the mess. This is for that area thats grater than a simple thank you but less than the copyediters barnstar. I find it helps keep people around to correct my sp&g. TomStar81 (Talk) 20:44, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

AN block

I'll take a look into it right now. And feel free to bug me any time. Useight (talk) 19:51, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

After giving the matter due consideration, I found his persistent disruptive behavior to warrant an indef block and did so per Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/John celona and Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard#User:John celona socking. Useight (talk) 20:33, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Odd stuff

Thanks for the links to those two pages, I added them to User:Useight/Fun. Useight (talk) 06:03, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank You

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		For endevouring to copyedit all the FA articles I listed on my rfa I herby present you with The Copyeditor's Barnstar. Thanks you for the help, and keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 23:14, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Friendly IP

If it's OK I think that I'll leave it unprotected for the next 24 hours. The IP really likes my talk page and I'd much rather they were hitting it than hitting a brand new user at random, who then couldn't reply to me because my page was protected. I'm off tomorrow, 16:00 MST (22:00 UTC), for a week anyway so it's not a problem for me and I'll do them all before I go. It'll probably need to be user pages as well. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 00:34, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:WPTO Newsletter

StormBot (talk) 13:50, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Pat has been notofied

The calvary horn has been blown. I am disappointed in you :D . No civilty warnings no 3RR warnings, no sockpuppetry warnings... are you getting soft and lovable? :D Libs (talk) 05:11, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

What, warnings here? C'mon, you know me better than that. I just warned Niftey for 3RR in his ongoing edit war with Shoplifter at Poison (band), though. Enigma 05:22, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Proposed early closure of Bring em on‎ AfD

User:Blueboy96 early-closed Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Bring em on‎ on your recommendation. As I said on his talk page, I don't think an early close wasn't warranted. I understand these things are judgment calls, but in this case, the "safe" thing to do would be to let the AfD run its course. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 21:29, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree that an early close was warranted. ;) Anyway, I was just bringing it to his attention because I noticed it was a clear SNOW candidate. Enigma 14:05, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU, Status, and you!

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so lucky you're on vacation

otherwise I'd very likely have taken you up on the offer of moving help. :) Hope you're having a wonderful trip. I think I have paint between every eyelash and on every hair and nail and. But I'm in. Almost! TCari  01:16, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Maybe next time! Check out those pictures later if you get a chance. Enigma 14:05, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Reyes Point

mm I see an addition to your to-do list, if you're interested in writing on places :) Not too interested in the All Star game this year, it's more theater than baseball IMO. I wish I were on vacation right now, seems as if everyone else is. TCari  19:21, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Seems the name is actually Point Reyes. Oopsie. I climbed the equivalent of 30 stories there and still mixed up the name! Enigma 00:26, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Looks gorgeous! I've been to the Bay area, but never there that I remember. TCari  02:30, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

User:AndonicO/Membernotice

Not sure I can be of much help there. Enigma 05:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Dumpster muffins

Very odd. I've warned (and, per policy, will treat a removal of the warning as a confirmation that it's been read and understood) and watchlisted the talk page. I think that's sufficient for now; we'll see how the user reacts. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 05:42, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I reviewed the page history and his contributions. His mainspace contributions appear to be generally productive (though he has some proclivity towards edit-warring), which suggests to me that he may be a good-faith user whose current talk page behaviour is his idea of a joke. I'm hoping this is the case, and that my warning convinces him that it's not an appropriate joke. If not, I have a block button. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 05:50, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Articles Needing Copy Edit

Hey, glad to see your support at our project proposal! We have just created a project page; see you there! -Samuel Tan 05:30, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Done. Enigma 05:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Oops! Your name wasn't updating on the participants list cos of a silly coding error. (No wonder I thought no one had signed up... gosh...) Fixed now! See you there. :) -Samuel Tan 07:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

My RFA

It should pass. I have been a registered user for 7.5 months and have made over 1800 total edits. My last RFA was 4 months ago. Anyway, how did I not format my request correctly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Footballfan190 (talk • contribs)

Re:stop removing tags

dear that articles were incomplete that's why I have deleted that tags, If I am not allowed to do that I won't do it again, sorry for inconvenience.

Regards,

--Mangrio (talk) 06:51, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar

According to the article, he was a member of the National Legislature and thus incontestably notable. -I assume you didnt notice that part. I therefore removed the speedy tag you had placedDGG (talk) 08:40, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Given the state the article was in when I tagged it, yes, I must've missed it. Enigma 12:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:deletion

I didn't know that about {{hangon}} tags, so someone has deleted that articles and I recreated again that. now I know about above tag, but you are still deleting, then how can satisfy that these people are famous here in Sindh.

--Mangrio (talk) 12:29, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Boigny

Hi Enigmaman. Thank you for proofreading Mr. Boigny's article--it is greatly appreciated. You don't have to stop due to edit conflicts--we're looking for a FA (or at least GA, at its current state) ASAP, and we need more users like you. --I'm an Editorofthewiki 00:42, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

I worked with Biruitorul on Barthelemy Boganda for FA a few months ago. After it passed FAC, he mentioned that he planned on translating on the French Misplaced Pages FA versions of Houphouët-Boigny‎ and Léon M'ba. Editorofthewiki began translating Houphouët-Boigny‎ in May, but stopped shortly thereafter (the article at this point was 20KB long). I asked Biruitorul if he was interested in translating and EOTW if he was going to keep translating. Both editors decided to continue translation, and I volunteered to join them. Much to my surprise, we finished the complete translation in six days (a fourth person, Aldux, also collaborated with us). That's the long-winded story of how this collaboration came about. :) Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 01:06, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. I was just curious. I found it via User:Keeper76's talk, and I was surprised to see no recent discussion on the talk of an article that has aspirations! Enigma 01:11, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Pig Empire

I'm not going to push this anymore, but I think it's pretty clear from Eusebeus comment that he was agreeing with Rossami on it's significance, but coming to a different conclusion (that should be deleted). As such, a withdrawal is not valid as withdrawals are only done if there are no delete votes. I am not sure why this raised so much fuss. Leaving the {{rfd}} tag on the redirect and letting it run for a day is hardly a hardship for the editors. And it is a much better idea than trying to shut down someones opinion. -- JLaTondre (talk) 01:37, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

I disagree on both points. Either way, thank you for not persisting. Enigma 01:41, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Both points? I'm not sure what the second point is, but if it's about withdrawals when there has been a deletion opinion, that's part of the deletion guidelines. Once someone has said delete, their opinion is just as valid as the nominators and the nominator's change of mind doesn't invalidate their opinion. -- JLaTondre (talk) 01:49, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

As for Eusebeus, have you tried contacting him and asking his opinion on the dispute and the new proposal? I think that would resolve it to everyone's satisfaction. Enigma 01:43, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it would have. But that should have been done by those seeking to close it. The only thing he highlighted was delete & his edit summary was "del". It should have been interpreted as a delete instead of reading into it. -- JLaTondre (talk) 01:49, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

I think that instead of arguing about what someone else meant, the best way to resolve it is to get it straight from the horse's mouth. It also reduces the drama and tension. Enigma 01:52, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm not arguing over what he meant. I'm suggesting that his opinion should have been taken at face value. Those that wanted to read "or re-target" into his words should have been the ones to ask for clarification. That is the proper path to reducing drama and tension. We don't reduce drama and tension by assuming someone agrees with us when they haven't stated the words that are being assumed. -- JLaTondre (talk) 01:57, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree that the burden was more on them than on you, but it was an easy way out, and as a participant in the conflict, you should have asked him yourself to comment on it. A lot of unnecessary heat could have been avoided. Enigma 01:59, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Point taken. Though I'd suggest you make the same point to the other side. -- JLaTondre (talk) 02:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. I will do so. Both sides could have behaved a little better here, and I'm glad that it is now resolved. Enigma 02:08, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Found it

Patrolling new pages :-)  Frank  |  talk  02:18, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm, what is this following up on? I can't recall any discussion. Please remind me. Either way, good to have another set of hands at Special:Newpages Enigma 02:21, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

This (Was trying to be discreet in case others were stalking, which is likely...)  Frank  |  talk  02:25, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, you and User:Adolphus79 pretty much suck. What can I say? I guess I should've known to close that loophole by also specifying Newpages as well. You fiendish devil, you! Enigma 02:27, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, it wasn't really a loophole in my case. I wasn't looking for it...it just showed up and I investigated; it led me to familiar territory.  Frank  |  talk  02:29, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

So basically, you saw it on Newpages and investigated by looking at my contributions? That's what I'm getting from this, anyway. :P Enigma 02:32, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Close. I saw it on recent changes as a new page and said "this has to be a CSD" without even looking at its author. Then when I clicked the page itself, I understood what was going on. In retrospect, since we've had little or no direct interaction, you probably could not have had any clue what I was referring to.  Frank  |  talk  02:38, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Exactly. And as Keeper would say, That's probably a good thing that you haven't seen one of those, or know where to find one. Enigma 02:54, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

User talk:The Evil Spartan/Can't sleep, clown will eat me

This is not a G8 deletion as it's not an article. As noted in my speedy decline, I'd suggest you talk to The Evil Spartan if you want it deleted. I originally deleted the User page under U1 but if he wants the talk gone that needs a tag too. Pedro :  Chat  10:28, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Kind of silly to keep just the talk, but I went ahead and asked him. Enigma 15:32, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

I know, but if you look at the G8 template this specifically is not covered. I know it seems a bit like process wonkery, but given it's a long standing editors user space I'd prefer we did it strictly by the book. Pedro :  Chat  20:50, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Deleted now. He tagged it for deletion. There was a redirect to it too; hopefully that was deleted as well. Seems to be, from looking at what links here. Enigma 04:24, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

??

Huh? This user hasn't been blocked (and you couldn't block him if you wanted to. His block log is clean. Wrong template? Keeper ǀ 76 19:40, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Wait, scratch that. The user is blocked. Enigma 19:45, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

There are two accounts User:TheWikiArtifact is indef blocked as a sock of User talk:WikiArtifact, which is where you posted the "block" template incorrectly. The log says the latter account isn't blocked. I replaced your block template with a final final final warning. Sorry for the confusion, you didn't do anything wrong, its confusing as hell. Keeper ǀ 76 19:50, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, I added the block template to the latter account after a block message came up on my watchlist. Seems to me they are blocked. From the sounds of it, this account is on the fast track for an indef block anyway. I suppose it doesn't matter so much whether it's actually blocked. It just postpones the inevitable. Enigma 19:53, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, good Lord, Eman, you are so right, and I'm so wrong. I looked at the user log, not the block log. forehead smack for keeper, going there now to undo my undo of your edit. Good gravy keeper, go back to what you're good at, which is not blocking. Keeper ǀ 76 19:57, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey, keep your chin up. I screwed it up, too. I forgot to add the time to the block, so it ended up as a generic message. Enigma 20:00, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

FWIW, this exchange (which I just saw) makes me feel a lot better about my own cluelessness. --barneca (talk) 21:00, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you.

I appear to be having a very rough time, and can use all the help I can get. hTis intertube stuff iz hard. --barneca (talk) 20:01, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

LOL. You just made me laugh. Congratulations. I love those messages. Anyway, I was about to fix the name thing for you Artefact -> Artifact, but you beat me to it!

All this is almost as entertaining as last night. If this happens again, should I sign for you and just use the unsigned template? Some people are touchy about other people actually signing their posts. :) Enigma 20:06, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

I was trying to deal with adding that note and something in the real world at the same time, and that doesn't work. I completely missed Mandarax's note that there were two accounts, so the sockpuppetry thing confused me.

re: signatures: By all means, feel free. I turned off sinebot because it kept signing my name in places I didn't want, but if you actually see me mess it up, yes, please clean up after me. --barneca (talk) 20:11, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks!

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page... I imagine those comments would have caused me much grief if I hadn't found out what was going on. Again, thanks! DaRkAgE7 02:27, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem. :) Glad to be of help. Enigma 04:24, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

IP edits

IDK? RC-0722 /1 04:10, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

k Enigma 04:24, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

It's better not to edit other people's userspace

Perhaps you missed that User:Giano/A fool's guide to writing a featured article is in userspace? Please don't edit such pages unless the user asks you to. However well you mean, the user will in my experience rarely be grateful. For references to defunct pages etc, I'd suggest a note to the author. Regards, Bishonen | talk 20:46, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

My bad, I suppose. What I saw was this edit, so I thought it was ok to run through it. Enigma 01:12, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, you're quite right. I just saw the revert. Bishonen | talk 13:27, 27 July 2008 (UTC).

I suppose he changed his mind about letting others edit it. Oh well, not a big deal. I would say that he might be better off asking for full protection in that case. The way I came across it was someone was linking to it as the authoritative guide on writing an FA. One of the flaws I have is that I automatically proofread anything I read. I checked the edit history before submitting any changes. Thanks for the message anyhow, Enigma 16:35, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

This is the closest Barnstar I could find to Bold that isn't Bold

		Home-Made Barnstar
		For your WP:BOLD actions on WP:AN/I. :D <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 08:43, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate it. I'm also pleasantly surprised that I was able to do it without someone getting upset about it. Enigma 06:53, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Something odd

I did not get you. What were you referring to? =Nichalp «Talk»= 09:30, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I have speedily deleted the page, and left a note on the user's talk page. It does not need oversighted. Oversight is needed if you come across people's addresses, phone numbers and othe such personally identifying information. See: WP:OVERSIGHT =Nichalp «Talk»= 09:54, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Request for assistance

I'm sorry, I completely missed your comments. :) I've closed the Pig Empire one as retarget, but it no longer goes to American Empire. It goes to a Hoffmann book, which seems fine with me, but I read a comment about it going to a new section at the Abbie Hoffmann article. If not, no worries; I've left the target out of my closing note. Sorry about the delay. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 22:05, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

RFBs and Tangobot

It doesn't, really - but we do use Tango's tool for RFA Analysis to check for duplicate !votes, thus; That's where I saw the error, as it can't understand when someone uses multiple paragraphs for their !vote. Sorry for the confusion, UltraExactZZ ~ Evidence 17:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

RFA thank-you

Thank-you for your support of me at my recent RFA, which was successful. I have appreciated everyone's comments and encouragement there. Good Ol’factory 03:54, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

RfB Thank You spam

My talk page

Thank you for your speedy reversion on my talk page. Useight (talk) 04:19, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

I'll do those in a moment, as soon as I finish brushing my teeth. It's hard to type with one hand. Useight (talk) 05:10, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Both accounts are indef blocked and the article is deleted. I left the redirect for you in case you were bored. Plus I'm going to get some sleep now, I've got an early morning class to attend. Useight (talk) 05:19, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Whoa

Regarding your comment closing the "Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets/75.47.129.129" page, were you saying that the IP I noted is related to the SSP suspect? - Arcayne () 18:51, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Technically it was my comment through Enigmaman. I was referring to the whole thing. IPs are easily more dealt with than accounts. Just RBI the whole lot, to be honest. Scarian 19:07, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Right on. It is nice to know that when you are dealing with a disruptive IP that you aren;t the only one going through it, though. :) - Arcayne () 23:45, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey Arcayne, if you'd like, I could keep an eye on it too. Let me know what to do and I don't mind helping out. Enigma 23:53, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

JaimeAnnaMoore

Re Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets/JaimeAnnaMoore - I saw a note asking for assistance at WP:SSP and waded in. I have next to no experience of the subject and would appreciate any advice or comment you have to offer. It seemed clear that said user was not operating a sock farm, but I wondered if the next step would be to pursue the matter per "Alternative accounts being used inconsistently with this policy (WP:SOCK) or otherwise used inappropriately may be blocked as "an inappropriate alternative account" and tagged as such." Ben MacDui 21:25, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

The user was not violating WP:SOCK because she (?) was not using it disruptively. Merely editing from your IP does not constitute abusive sockpuppetry. I don't see anything there that merits a block. I was discussing it with User:Scarian and he agrees. Enigma 21:31, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

As for helping on SSP, yes, that would be very useful. As I said at WP:AN, there's a limit to what a non-administrator can do, but if you look at the case and evidence and give your opinion, it makes it much easier for the admin who comes along to either block or not block. Enigma 21:33, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Understood and thanks. Ben MacDui 07:24, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

little mistake

Thank you for correcting it. :) —αἰτίας •discussion• 21:50, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Award

Thanks for the award!--Greg D. Barnes (talk) 23:37, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets/24.3.180.166

Hello, I noticed you've closed my sock puppetry case for "lack of manpower," but like I've explained in my July 28 edit, an admin (Thatcher) confirmed that the user Fragments of Jade and 76.120.173.40 were one and the same despite their claims to the contrary.

Shouldn't that be enough to close the case?

That would be helpful, as that user has been quite bothersome in the past few weeks... Ludicrous and baseless accusations of racism, sock puppetry, etc... Erigu (talk) 00:04, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello, yes, that should be enough. Thatcher is an admin and a checkuser. However, there's no reason for the SSP case, if that's so. Thatcher or any other admin could simply have blocked based on that. Sorry for the inconvenience. Enigma 00:44, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, the confirmation from Thatcher came a while after I filed the SSP case, so...

But what should I do now? I told Thatcher about the sock puppetry case, but nothing got done...

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Oh, don't be, really! I'm actually grateful for your quick reply. If anything, I'm sorry for bothering you with that... Erigu (talk) 02:33, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Fragments of Jade has two prior blocks for edit-warring, too. I'd recommend going to User talk:Thatcher again and asking for blocks based on his findings. I suppose the other option would be to file another SSP case, but I doubt that it's worthwhile. Hope it works out! Enigma 02:37, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

I guess I'll try and ask Thatcher again... I feel a bit bad about asking him again about that, but... ^^;

Thank you very much anyway! Erigu (talk) 05:41, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

I would but...

It's one of those books I was forced to read as part of the curriculum (it's a common mandatory text in the Australian English Higher School Certificate) that made me stop reading because of how poorly written and overrated it was. It left me with a sour taste in my mouth and I didn't pick up novels again for another year and a half.

While I would like to aid in fixing the article I currently have other issues in real life that is keeping me from doing anything really contributory to[REDACTED] outside of basic janitorial tasks, I only de-prodded the article because despite my disdain for it it is a notable work. I will, however, in due course aid as best I can when I get an opportunity. –– Lid 06:31, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Here you go... complete with copy/paste effort too.

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For doing a really good job at WP:SSP when no one else will bother. Good job, my friend. Scarian 23:30, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Would you two get a room already? I'm tired of seeing both of you pop to the top of my watchlist, and I'm too curious to unwatchlist either of you. Go fuck somewhere, and come back refreshed and ready to edit? Excellent :-) Keeper ǀ 76 23:36, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

RfA

I guess if I'm going to keep working the night shift, I should learn how to close these things. Seems to come up a lot. :) Darkspots (talk) 09:19, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm up way past any decent hour. I should've been sleeping hours ago. Next time I expect you to cover for me! In case you didn't know, I put together a short instruction manual for closing an RfA early (non-bureaucratic closure due to SNOW/NOTNOW or because of candidate withdrawal). Enigma 09:23, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I did not know but I suspected something like this might exist. This is perfect. And I'm hoping to get some sleep someday myself. Thanks, Darkspots (talk) 09:26, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: ANI

And we thought that people having guestbooks and secret pages was a bad idea. Forget WP:MYSPACE, how about WP:EHARMONY. I ought to update the WP:NOT page with that: "Misplaced Pages is not an online dating service". J.delanoy_adds 22:43, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I forgot to hit preview before saving that, and I was praying that WP:EHARMONY was not a bluelink *lets out breath* J.delanoy_adds 22:44, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Buddy film afd

Buddy film has been nominated for deletion. If you with to provide input in the nomination for deletion process, please do so here.--Loodog (talk) 02:16, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Footballfan190/Darkspots

Something doesn't smell quite right here. Footballfan was blocked following the SSP/RFCU, yet he still edited today? Also, what's up with this edit from Darkspots? GlassCobra 04:08, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

That edit was made by Footballfan on his talk page, not by Darkspots. Footballfan is able to edit his own talkpage, but not anywhere else. I reverted that edit because it's out of line, but I don't see anything out of the ordinary going on. Cheers, Enigma 04:17, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Wait, I see your confusion now. What happened was Footballfan made a post and fraudulently signed it with Darkspots's signature, making it appear that Darkspots made a racially-motivated attack. He then responded as if Darkspots had actually said it. I'm going to push for an indef block. Enigma 04:19, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Wow, you're right. That's pretty underhanded. GlassCobra 04:48, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey Enigma, I've been crazy busy offline. No time to wiki this last two months. I'll be back soon though. Non Curat Lex (talk) 21:42, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Volano Software Inc. spam and trolling

FYI, see this blacklisting entry:

• MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#Spam and article-tampering by Volano Software Inc. (permanent link)

I'm not sure that this will stop our Volano Software spammer/troll, but it may slow him down some.
--A. B. 04:29, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Reopen case

I would like for you to reopen this case if at all possible. The reason given -"There is not enough manpower on a volunteer-run encyclopaedia to deal with this. Consider checkuser"- for closing it does not seem suitable to me. I would understand if you said it may take some time, in which case you would have to leave it open longer. I doubt that there is lack of manpower. I was told that the evidence was inconclusive, so I would prefer it if the admins would all be on the same page when it comes to closing a case. As far as checkuser goes, I do not think it will reveal anything given that the suspect is thought to have IP spoofing software. I have more evidence to submit. While this would make the case bigger, I would like some feedback on how to proceed. Libro0 (talk) 18:56, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

There is a clear lack of manpower. No one bothers with SSP cases like that because they're too long, okay? So no one bothers. So only Enigmaman and I bother to deal with it. But we cut the crap. Scarian 19:10, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate anyone who has patience enough to give their time. If the case cannot be reopened, I would like to open a second case in order to make the situation as clear to you as it is to me. Libro0 (talk) 19:36, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

• I would like the behavior of Libro0, his false sockpuppet allegations, other passive aggressive attacks, uncivil behavior, threats, ultimatums and other uncivil actions looked into. If anyone is causing a problem and wasting people's time it is he. Your Radio Enemy (talk) 17:43, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

My Signature

I have 2 things to ask you:

1) Every time I sign with my signature with 4 ~ it then later had (precedingly unsigned by jonni_boi) is there anyway of stopping it???

2) Will I manage to stop the unsigned bit added on the end, by making my signature in colour??? If so how do I go about doing it in colour???

I noticed you've been on here for long so I thought you could help me...

Please reply on my talk page Jonni Boi 19:24, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

if it doen't work it's User: Jonni_boi

Thanks --Jonni Boi 21:11, 13 August 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonni Boi (talk • contribs)

Second Annual WikiNYC Picnic

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Mariano Messera

Hi, I noticed your recent "major cleanup" of Mariano Messera, two things, you deleted the sort key leaving the article without a defaultsort key of any description and you replaced the piped link to Association football with a piped link to a redirect page, Football (soccer) was moved rather a long time ago. I fixed these problems. EP 21:25, 13 August 2008 (UTC)