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Re: What on earth are you doing?

I could ask that myself, sorry about that! I misclicked when I was viewing my contributions! :( --Addihockey10 22:00, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Tuscarora?

A robot program griping about alleged copyright violation in a non-existent article? Has someone managed to obtain a copyright on the empty set now? ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 22:20, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Fan page

Just nuked Half shadow: contents were "8". Looks like you have a fan :) Airplaneman ✈ 22:59, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Communist POV

I took the liberty of referring that IP, the Augusto Pinochet fan, to the vandal blockers after I saw you had again reverted their edit. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 01:46, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

hist rollback

I went to click hist in my watchlist and the screen jerked with the mouse over rollback as I clicked. There's no confirmation "Are you sure" with rollback. Sorry. Slightsmile (talk) 01:59, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

That would be 109. You caught my attention last summer when you were making puns with TT. Slightsmile (talk) 02:11, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

No this is my first account. Never edited before as an IP nor a user. No sock here, check my contribs - learning curve since February. I was surprised to get rollback today, nice recognition. If I remember right it was Phantomsteve who gave me this, Watcher last March. Slightsmile (talk) 02:29, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I don't get it. I was here since February. How is it unusual I would notice things going on during the summer? Slightsmile (talk) 02:37, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion converted to PROD: GCube

Hello HalfShadow. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on GCube to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. A7 does not apply to Software. Thank you. Tikiwont (talk) 14:08, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

199.219.144.54 (talk · contribs)

I actually already warned him for this edit. Do what you want. I don't care at all. :)--Talktome 17:31, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

That was a different Ip (goes and looks it up)Talktome 17:35, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

207.241.252.130 (talk · contribs) was the other one. I thought I reverted it. I guess not. :)Talktome 17:35, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Blocked already.Talktome 17:37, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

First, (Last?) Ip reported to AIV. :) revenge is sweet. :)--Talktome 17:39, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Huh?--Talktome 17:48, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Yea, I kind of forgot about it. Then one day I got bored. and two months later here I am. :)--Talktome 17:53, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)110, sweet :)--Talktome 17:58, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Quick look

I've tagged it for cleanup. If it's not been rewritten by Sunday evening (when I get back home...) I'll have a go at sorting it. Peridon (talk) 21:01, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Ah well, I had doubts about it anyway... Peridon (talk) 21:07, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Raffle

Thanks, made me laugh! DuncanHill (talk) 00:31, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

One strategically placed cork, done.  :)

Gee,some guys just know how to have fun on a Friday night. He's done. Thanks for the heads-up! PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:18, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

We's damn good, okay.  :) Yeah, please do keep an eye on James' page. Somebody remind me how much fun it is to deal with vandals, please... --PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:23, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Db-spam?

You mean, tag the userpage? I have never seen that done before. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 02:30, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

I'll do that if they decide to recreate it. It's pretty clear the username is promotional, and the userpage was entirely promotional. I doubt they will edit again, though. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 02:35, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Chase me dinosaurs

Regarding this, it turns out that the point the sock was trying to make is that there is a user on the French wikipedia (since 2005) named "Buggs". I'm assuming that could be someone's real surname. I've known people named "Bugg", though that's obviously not what inspired my user ID. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 18:11, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Edit Summaries

Please don't use insults in edit summaries .. I know sometimes it's clearly silliness you are reverting, but "rv inappropriate material" etc is less inflammatory and more descriptive. Edit summaries are not the place to address the poster (use his talk page) they are a place to describe what you are doing for the assistance of people looking at the history. An IP is unlikely to see your summary anyway.--Scott Mac 09:03, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Sock puppet investigation?

You commented on some sock puppet issue here: User talk:Bongwarrior#I've suggested Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard for SP.

There is an SPI going on at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Marknutley. At least one of the socks using the botnet has an issue with User:Bongwarrior. I do not know if the new case you were referring to is related. You may wish to comment. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 12:24, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Two targets

If it's of any interest to you, quite by accident I have found the answer to what you and I have in common, causing us to be the target of the same troll. See an IP's edits at ]. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:18, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Stop please

Kindly do not post what I would term 'egging on' comments on TFM's talk page. This is a request; your comments only will inflame the situation and can also be perceived to be deliberately made to disrupt the discussions. Regards. Wifione _....... 19:11, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Nick Rizzuto

Hello, I think you've made a mistake by reverting this edit. I just thought I'd let you know I reverted your edit. Cheers - CETTALK 04:24, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: User:Henrygichabaobwogi/MR.HENRY GICHABA OBWOGI

Hello HalfShadow. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:Henrygichabaobwogi/MR.HENRY GICHABA OBWOGI, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 does not apply in user space. Thank you. Courcelles 11:36, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Hehe

Hey, I left you a crappy comment, way below the belt, at Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Missed_obvious_vandalism--you're welcome! ;) Drmies (talk) 23:40, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi

Hi HS - just a quick note. I undid the last ANI comment cause I think it could really lead the conversation to spiral out of control. I understand your POV and agree that a CU is probably needed here, but just don't want to feed the trolls. Rgds,  7  04:13, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

NYyankee51

can you explain your edit here? These are declined unblock requests specific to the current block and should not be removed. Your edit summary was unclear on why you performed this action. Kuru (talk) 21:45, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

understood. my preference is not to have to dig through the edit logs when reviewing a block looking for actions that were removed; i presume that is why the restriction is there on the template. this one is a little grey in that there's unlikely to be any further review other than by arbcom.. thanks for the clarification. Kuru (talk) 21:51, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

This

You deserve a cookie for this: It was pretty amusing.

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Unwise

• Hey, about this image, just wanted to point out that the cheeky monkeys out there now knows what you've watchlisted, even if in part. Other than that, no other harm done. --Dave 03:28, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

• Pfft; let 'em. That's why I have them watched. All they're doing is adding to my edit count. HalfShadow 03:51, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

• Somehow, I knew you would say that. --Dave 03:54, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Deleting vandalism

10-4, I will try to keep that in mind for the future. In general, I don't delete stuff from established users' talk pages, unless it's way over the line (such as a BLP violation), as I figure it's up to the user to determine what to do with it, if anything. In the latest case, I likely would have zapped the second incarnation of that ape, if I had been watching. As it was, you beat me to it. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 00:34, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Aha, next time I will replace the vandalism with an equally witty and original comment rather than merely supplementing it. :) I saw there were some IP's getting into the act previously, but I've only noticed the two variants on your handle. He's liable to run out of fractions before long. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 00:42, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

I am gonna post something at WP:AN to see if some clever person can formulate a range block. It is beyond my skillz. --Diannaa 01:14, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

It looks like a fairly wide range, but it doesn't hurt to ask the pros. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 01:40, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Apparently the risk of collateral damage is too great, so says User:Elockid. I guess we will continue with manual intervention for now. But the last sock was whacked in three minutes flat, so we are running into a law of diminishing returns here: the payoff for him to continue the activity is not that high. --Diannaa 04:01, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Regarding the RFPP, your talk page is NOT semi-protected, and the latest ID-iot was just created today. But it's your call as to what to do, if anything. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 01:22, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes, a solution that puts the trolling user in its place is better than a solution that restricts the innocent users. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 02:19, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Here is a cool pic of Half Shadow contemplating the sock puppet collection --Diannaa 01:46, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

for undoing the vandalism to my talk page! --Caltas 21:53, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Translation

Are they wanting to go Spanish-to-English, or English-to-Spanish, do you know? Or was it even a sincere request? ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 17:41, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

OK, I thought there was something fishy going on there, especially as the project page had nothing about it. If RL means "real life", then the internet term URL necessarily must mean "un-real life". ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 18:02, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

I wonder if that troll is connected with "Italian with a 2-way radio" or whatever the user ID was, another one that would make off-the-wall postings. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 18:03, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Trolling sockpuppet

You are of course right. I had suspected something of the sort, but when the new account followed its meaningless posts to my talk page with a similar one to yours, all doubt disappeared. Indef-blocked. JamesBWatson (talk) 19:12, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

by a third

Well said. Dlohcierekim 17:50, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Jameswhatson at ANI

Hello there. I happened to stumble on Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Official_ban_of_User:Jameswhatson purely by accident, looking for something else. I am a little surprised you didn't tell me you were starting this thread. Not a big deal, but I would have thought you would have. JamesBWatson (talk) 16:00, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

ANI note

If there were a barnstar for knocking straight-lines out of the park, this would have been today's winner. :) ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 02:38, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

It may be that I can't resist a straight line either, but I still have some inhibitions, and you're just out there with it, without a net. Did you understand what I was hinting at in my followup about "something like cable"? ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 04:10, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I had wanted to say something to the effect that what was being "fed to the troll" was "enough rope to hang himself". Which turned out to be the case. Anyway, cable and rope have some structural similarities, and that was the subtlety. When it comes to hangings, though, nothing beats good ol' fashioned piano wire. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 04:19, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

• Piano wire? Mamma Mia~! --Dave 11:09, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

OK Bugs, too bad you have outed yourself. --Diannaa 17:18, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm not really a Soprano, more of a Baritone.

One of my childhood pals was, but that might be because he was at the high end of a teeter-totter when the other kid jumped off. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 19:44, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

In addition to clearing the junk off his talk page, I wonder if it would be appropriate to clear the self-pity/mockery on the user page and post the indef banner there? Although maybe an admin should do that? ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 20:38, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Our mutual friend

I have placed a longer range block, following the arrival of another sock. Maybe it will help. You may like to keep your talk page semi-protected too, or try having it unprotected and see if the block works well enough. If it doesn't I may S-P my own talk page. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:02, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Are you sure the earlier rangeblock didn't work? I'm not 100% certain that it wasn't just that it was imposed for only a very short time, so it stopped working. Anyway, unfortunately I think that the real solution has to be to wait for the person to get bored, but just making a bit more trouble for them might just make that time come a bit sooner, even if it doesn't stop them completely. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:10, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

I am pretty sure all of my range blocks expired as of yesterday. --Diannaa 17:17, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Cartoon Sexuality

I posted a response to your statements at User_talk:JamesBWatson#Cartoon_Sexuality WhisperToMe (talk) 21:47, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

You're pushing a fringe viewpoint that's based on roughly the same level of verifiability as the Flat Earth. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 22:46, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Santa Buddies

Maybe if lazy editors didn't keep adding trivia sections I wouldn't go nuclear over them. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 03:33, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Official Giraffe-Stampede-Barnstar

Excuse me?

Awarded to HalfShadow who has managed to insult an entire species with one diff Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 04:38, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Altered speedy deletion rationale: El Semanario de Nuevo México

Hello HalfShadow. I am just letting you know that I deleted El Semanario de Nuevo México, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, under a different criterion from the one you provided, which doesn't fit the page in question. Thank you. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 02:58, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

Dear HalfShadow, Best wishes to you and your family this holiday season, whether you are celebrating Christmas or a different holiday. It's a special time of the year for almost everyone, and there's always a reason to spread the holiday spirit! ;) Love, --Meaghan ≈ 15:26, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

The Thing /_C is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:User:TTTSNB/Merry_Christmas}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Talk:Schapelle Corby...

Regarding your deletion of the content on Corby’s talk page, I completely agree with your sentiment. 100%. To describe further would require to break WP:CIVIL and risk giving further fuel to Kim Bax. However, I don’t think removing it is the best way to go. It stands as a good permanent record of the delusions of the writer. Let her direct people to it – they can see for themselves. Whereas if it’s removed, then there is no easily visible record – I think it reflects well on wikipedia, and poorly on on her. And, she’ll take it as more “censorship” and is thus fuel to her file. Please consider. Cheers --Merbabu (talk) 23:19, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

ha ha - no no no, up to you sir/madam! ;-) The more I think about it, the better it sounds - time for us to move on! I had no intention to revert, hence my comment here. whatever will be. cheers. --Merbabu (talk) 23:26, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

User:Elletsenior10

I've blocked them but felt like leaving a note for you too. Starting with level-4 warning right away is rarely justified, and I think I saw this not once with your AIV reports. What happens in practice is that potential vandals either get away or get away too easily because an admin has no justification for an indef block after one warning. Materialscientist (talk) 23:29, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

I use level-3 for scaring, for several reasons (it allows an admin to block or not block). There is a difference between IPs and users in this sense - AIV admins, on average, tend to block IPs for 24-31hrs and indef users, thus if a user has a not so short history of not so clear edits, one warning makes any admin doubt and often dismiss a valid report. Materialscientist (talk) 23:38, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Just an observation - some AIV reporters have good reputation and high efficiency, partly because they don't assume and don't think much about that. It really saves time sometimes (what would he do if .., maybe he's not that bad .., maybe that page was wrong .. etc.). The mere fact that user ignored several valid warnings already helps admins. Materialscientist (talk) 01:36, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

LOL

Hair-trigger? :) - Alison 05:21, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

I like the hair-trigger, looks good on you and very helpful to me.....:) Dreadstar ☥ 22:00, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh, gosh, nothing to be sorry about, you did absolutely the right thing! I appreciate the help! You beat me to the revert by a millisecond....thanks! Let me know if I can ever be of help...any friend of the lovely and wonderful Alison is a friend of mine...hair-trigger or not.. :D Dreadstar ☥ 22:06, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Velella

Many thanks for all your reverts - 8 I think against my own 3 and I was using Huggle. Most impressive! I can only hope that the human race will evolve in time so that boys go from being 10 years old to 20 years old in a fleeting moment so we can get rid of what I imagine passes for humour. Or I am just a grumpy old man ?!.  Velella    23:17, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

CDC copyright

Well done for spotting the copying from , I was just behind you! However, work from US federal government agencies is public domain, so there can't be copyright infringement. Fences&Windows 23:29, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I confirmed what I thought: :"CDC materials available on the web site are in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions) unless otherwise noted." Fences&Windows 23:35, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

RE: Turns out Vang Pao has died

Thanks for notify me. Tbhotch and © 04:44, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

If this is true a reference will appear, if not, it can be ignored as many deathlism. Tbhotch and © 05:07, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Vancouver Misplaced Pages 10th Anniversary Meetup

The Interior cordially invites you to the Vancouver Misplaced Pages 10th Anniversary Meetup! It is being held at Benny's Bagels at 2505 W Broadway. Meetup will start at 6:30pm. Drop by for some Misplaced Pages-style conviviality and free gear! Feel free to forward this invitation to any Wikipedians who might be able to attend, and visit the discussion page to suggest activities. Hope to see you there and have a Happy 2011!

User:Changechannels/Sounds just like chicken

Please don't tag pages in userspace for A7 speedy deletion; this criterion only applies to mainspace. Nyttend (talk) 23:31, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the talk page help! Active Banana ( 22:12, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

semi-automated tool

If I may ask a minor tech question. I'm boasting on my page that I don't use automated or semi-automated editing tools. Is rollback, which I do use, a semi-automated tool? I wouldn't want to say that which is not true. Slightsmile (talk) 00:02, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Summary

Could we try a different summary please? This one is a bit ambiguous. Prodego 00:51, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

It is, but since the 'troll' never commented on the thread, I wouldn't want people getting confused that anyone who commented there was the 'troll', myself included. Prodego 00:54, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Speaking of feeding the trolls

It was not necessary to link to a specific sock puppet, as the matter was resolved on a different sock puppet, not that one. Please, a closed matter can just be closed without any more troll food. --Kleopatra (talk) 01:02, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Just closing a resolved AN/I thread without calling extra attention to the troll is the best way to handle it. This troll is a long-term community banned user who got enough attention courtesy of the admin's ridiculous restoration and defense of it. --Kleopatra (talk) 01:09, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Just read your edit summary that you're changing it. That's not necessary. I do hope you consider the source of the drama in the future though. This particular banned user thrives on attention and has posted hundreds of these comments against women all over wikipedia. Because wikipedia administrators are largely male, it can often be a problem getting this banned user's sock puppet edits removed, and it can sometimes be work even getting him/her blocked for posting them. Not always the case, but often enough. This was one of the most egregious supports of this banned user by an administrator that I have seen, the conversation thread and the restoration of the edit summary take the cake as far as what it's like being a woman editing wikipedia. I would simply like less hostile editors to consider what is going on. A troll is seeking attention, personal attention. How you give it to them is up to you; but, this one can get plenty without being personally named and linked to in as many places as possible. --Kleopatra (talk) 01:15, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Lol. You poor editor! I see. The last one works, although the first one worked also. --Kleopatra (talk) 01:18, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

IP edit to Pueblo Belgrano

Thanks for the translation, I will look into incorporating it into the article. Zarcadia (talk) 23:41, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Mainline dht

Hello HalfShadow. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Mainline dht, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 does not apply to software. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 21:50, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Uniqua

I have made a page about the main character of the animated series The Backyardigans. Can you stop reverting it to a redirect? It is a high-quality page now and I think Misplaced Pages will find it useful for other sites about the character. --Weemer (talk) 22:56, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

User:Fitness Specialties USA/FSUSA

I agree with you about the spam and have deleted it and blocked the user, but just for future reference the "no content" and "no context" criteria would not apply to user subpage as they are often used as draft pages. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:12, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

senthil.jpg

The user who has uploaded the image has a history of copyright violation. I have recommended for a temporary ban for this user. the image is the first search result on google. So, better to exercise restraint. Boolyme 21:23, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

HalfShadow has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today as HalfShadow's Day! For being a great person and awesome Wikipedian, enjoy being the star of the day, HalfShadow! Signed, Neutralhomer A record of your Day will always be kept here.