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Category Question
Hello, O Cryptic One. What does this kind of edit to a category label do, exactly? I'm referring to the change in the Newbery Medal cat., rather than the 2001 book cat. addition. Joyous (talk) 18:57, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
- It sorts the article title under S in the category, instead of A. —Cryptic (talk) 19:04, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
Jean Schmidt
Actually, I was *cleaning* the page from that Pokemon and Spice Girls nonsense.
Regards, Ivan
Joy, if you check what were the changes I made (check the IP), you will see that I was *not* repeat *not* vanalizing the page. I saw Pokemon, Spice Girls and that third part and tried to remove them. Please check who added them and see with him/her.
Thanks, Ivan
Hey no problem man - you're just trying to help, same as I am. I was just afraid that you were going to block me due to the error. Happy editing.
Thanks, Ivan
Heh heh, that's a good one. It's like locking yourself out of the apartment!
Mandy Moore vandal
There's a list for the MMVandal's IP addresses at User:Jtkiefer/MMVBorisblue 03:07, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
Blocked?
Are you still blocked? Zoe 07:32, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
- 14:07, 5 September 2005 Joy Stovall blocked "User:Joy Stovall" with an expiry time of 24 hours (repeated vandalism; user warned)
- Hehe...it was that darn cat again, huh? ;-) Func( t, c, @, ) 17:55, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
- Not a problem. I was trying to see where you were unblocked, but I couldn't figure it out. Zoe 05:45, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
re: WP:GVFD
Good evening. I have been working on a top-to-bottom rewrite of the Guide. My goals were, in order, to:
- Reduce the size of the page
- Remove the references to "voting" and return the tone to one of discussion
- Clean up the order and flow
My current draft is 7 screens long (down from 13 screens in the "live" version. I think that I have kept all the relevant lessons, instructions and good advice. I did sacrifice some of what, in my opinion, were rare or secondary situations.
Before I post this for wider discussion, I wanted to ask the opinion of a few people like you who have been intimately involved with the existing process. When you have a minute, would you mind commenting on the draft? Did I cut too much? Have I changed the actual intent of any instruction? Do you consider this better, worse or neutral? By the way, I'd also appreciate any help with format and clean-up. I'm getting bleary-eyed. Thanks. Rossami (talk) 01:29, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks
Hi Joy! Thanks for your strong support on my RfA (and for your support previously, too) and the enthusiastic comment. I was amazed at how wide the support became during the week. Please do keep an eye on me and my logs, especially while I'm learning the ropes of my new buttons. Thanks again, Splash 18:32, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
Open proxy
Thanks! Is there an easy way to check if a certain IP is an open proxy (i.e. not using nmap, which I could never figure out)? — Dan | Talk 03:05, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
Administrator
Hey, Joy, it's me again. I have a question. How to I become an administrator? I have created so many more articles, and helped edit articles. I even made a page. So, what else do I have to do? DiddyKong1234 05:26, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
Vandalism..
Sorry, what are these procedures you mentioned.. I'm new but I learn fast.. NIghTbeAst seems to be doing this with Kuma\War, he is just wiping an article over and over again and replacing it with his own written one. I did not write the original article but it seems much more NPOV than his version, full of his own political commentary. He's been reverting America's Army from another user repeatedly too, he seems to think because he wrote "the first" article he has all power to keep it the way he wants and ignore others.. He constantly derides me for "personal attacks", yet he does the same thing just in a more underhand manner such as pasting quotes about ignorance and such.. --86.132.35.147 17:03, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
Comment
Hello, I'm ]. An edit that you recently made seemed to be a test and has been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on ]. Thanks! 24.101.81.135 23:02, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
LOLZ LIKE UR WELCOME DUDE... WILL YOU MARRY ME ROFL???/
Thanks for contributing to Girl!
For your contributions to the CotW focusing on Girl in September, 2005, I, Mamawrites, award you, Joy Stovall, this THANK YOU. |
BMIComp's RfA
Well, my RfA has not quite completed yet, but either way, I'd like to thank you for your vote and your support, regardless of the outcome. -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 18:34, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thanks for your support in my recent RFA! All those extra buttons might not be a big deal, but getting all this positive feedback sure is, please let me know if you have any problems or comments regarding how I use all these shiny new levers and cranks! Rx StrangeLove 00:52, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
Thank you!
For reverting the vandalism to my user page. It's much appreciated! FCYTravis 01:47, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
- Any time; it was my pleasure. Joyous (talk) 02:31, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Ladying
Thanks. I usually try to make sure regarding what meets criteria for speedy deletion. After all it's easier to put a speedy tag and go on than to set up on AfD properly. -WCFrancis 03:05, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Glavin
You put the Afd on Glavin, I agree that it needs to not be. Would you object if I just redirected it to Professor Frink? If you'd prefer, I'll just suggest a redirect instead, but it seems to me like the speedy redirect is the easiest solution. Friday (talk) 01:54, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
- As for whether it's ok to do while the Afd is in progress, I've seen some editors say yes and others say no. It seems a bit ambiguous, so I asked you as nominator. There's been some backlog on these lately so I'm looking for ways to take some of the load off of Afd. Since you said you don't have a problem with it, and since I strongly feel it's the right thing to do, I'll try the redirect and see how it goes. Friday (talk) 02:50, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks
Hi. Thanks for reverting the anon AOL vandal's attacks on my talk page. I only wish that the idiot would realise that I never see his work unless I go looking for it, thanks to the efforts of good folks like yourself, because he works in the middle of the night my time! -- Arwel 13:05, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
rahul gandhi
why u remove rahul gandhi degree information and his mental state ??
Rahul Gandhi
Man , dont remove references for Rahul Gandhi
He is not a Graduate , he is lying to public that he is Harvard Graduate. A 12th Grade Graduate ,He is mentally retarded , cannot give a Interview forget Speech
References http://o3.indiatimes.com/solutionfutures/archive/2005/09/05/242453.aspx
Mr. Lillig
I was just wondering why you have a problem with my article. Regards, Pub D
==203.43.158.13==
This anon vandalized recent deaths tonight. I see your last warning at his talk page, so you might wish to block him again. He seems to do nothing helpful. Thanks, Xoloz 05:08, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
Stop adding nonsense
I just recieved this message with no explanation of what 'nonsense' you're referring to. Please explain yourself.
DiddyKong1234
Hi Joyous. I saw your comment on DiddyKong1234's talk page. I believe you'd also dealt with him back before he registered. This one user is driving up my wikistress level more than anything I've encountered since I started editing here.( This may be attributable to his tendency to contribute to articles about The Legend of Zelda series, which is my pet project, too. This is also the reason I can't just walk away.)
I don't want to resort to newbie-biting, but Diddy( a.k.a. 24.21.191.65) is really starting to bother me, and though I can't speak for others, I know a few things have gotten to them too, and I think bad feelings toward him would run high among Zelda editors if a few of us didn't end up reverting, correcting, or rewriting much of what he contributes. I keep a folder in my favorites of pages which need to be merged or AfD'd, and pretty much every article he creates winds up there. His articles are often short, unencyclopedic pieces on non-notable parts of video games, usually consisting of what should be contributions to the game articles themselves. The spelling and grammar can only be described as regrettable, and the information isn't even always accurate. When it is accurate, much of it is similar in form to a strategy guide, and therefore appropriate for Wikibooks, but not the Misplaced Pages. On the AfD pages of one or more articles, it's been mentioned how video game articles have been very successfully tied to guides in Wikibooks in the past.
He created several articles on individual songs( or groups of songs with made-up categories as titles) from the Zelda series, and in an attempt to curb this I created the Legend of Zelda series songs article, and redirected the other articles there.( My original intent was to improve and then link or merge his articles, but I realized that "improving" his articles essentially consisted of rewriting them due to the major style problems.) His response was to restore several of these unfortunate pages and link them from the new page.
He contributes tons of great images, but never clarifies the copyright status. At some point, I'm feeling like I'll have to go through his Contribution history and tag them all as unknown copyright status. All this, and he wants to be an admin!!! I'm just thankful he hasn't figured out how to use RfA yet.
You probably can't block him just for being a nuisance, but I was hoping you'd have some advice as to how I should proceed. He has repeatedly ignored comments from me( very civil and even kind, I think you will see) and other users on his talk page, or responded but then failed to follow through with action. This includes a failure to preview his edits, meaning that some sort of NetNanny-esque program on one of the computers he uses tends to remove words from certain articles when he edits them. His eagerness is nice, but his actions are shortsighted and stubborn. If he'd just take a little more time to think over his contributions, I'm sure he could be a decent editor, but it seems from his attitude like he might be too young. I don't want to lose my cool and say/do something I'd regret, but I don't want to clean up after him all the time or abandon the Zelda articles either. Should I start a Wikiquette alert or an RfC, perhaps?? Thanks in advance for your help. -- WikidSmaht (talk) 14:37, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
Vandalism notices
Surprised to see them in my user talk. I have not vandalised anything that I know of. The IP number mentioned is not mine. Perhaps they have been mistakenly directed at me.Dakota 02:48, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
Re Vandalism
I had not logged into my account for quite some time. I have just done so and checked my contribs some of which I did not make. The IP 194.2.41.84 is not me. It is in Holland. I am in the eastern USA. Below you can check with the Arin Whois Database for info on this number. The comments aren't mine but they were interesting. I have just turned 27 and wasn't even born yet. I can't see why they are called vandalism though.Dakota 04:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)