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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Curps (talk | contribs) at 08:09, 8 June 2006 (Reverted edits by Shankcruick (talk) to last version by Coolboy2008). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

I'm on very long-term wiki-vacation. Good luck to everyone.

Note: "Curps" only exists within the pages of the Misplaced Pages website. Anyone else using this same name anywhere else (IRC chat, e-mail, message forum websites, in person in real life, etc) is not me. -- Curps 00:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

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You are obviously not really on a vacation becasue you revert things all the time almost instantly evwen if the edits are not vandalism. So if you are not on a vacation then you should tell the truth and remove the template saying that you are on a Semi-Wiki vacation.

helped clean up some vandalism on your page--~~~~ 02:21, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I added a vandalism warning here with Vandalproof, which I've removed. It seems that Vandalproof can do a revert right after you have reverted vandalism, and then it warns the one who fixed it. I only spotted it because it told me i was warning an admin. Kevin 13:41, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my page. You're fast. Anonymous_anonymous_Have a Nice Day 17:14, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Autoblock

That's not really what I meant, because this user has only edited mine and his page. What I was thinking was that this was done delibratly so I would have trouble. Mahogany

Smile!

Cowman109 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to two other people, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}} to their talk pages. Happy editing!

Someone registered nick with an almost identical name as mine

Hi. Could you please check ] who recently registered nick very similar to mine (I think he used different fonts). Could you please block this user? Thanks, SrbIzLike 22:30, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

STOP REVERTING MY EDITS-Taracka

Quick question regarding The Beatles

You rv'd an IP a short while ago who had changed quite a lot of the article content. After your initial rv, the anon repeated his/her same edits. Another editor has made a few changes to the article since then. I am not a regular editor on that particular article. I only noticed it because it popped up in my VandalProof watchlist and I traced back a few steps just to see the recent edit history. From your last version to the current one, there appears to be large amounts of text missing including several citations. Perhaps, if you have time, you could take another peek and see if everything looks OK. I'd hate to see an FA suddenly go off track because of 1 bad editor. Cheers and take care! Anger22 00:09, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

17.255.240.78 (User:Licorne?)

17.255.240.78 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) See -- Block if you see fit but please don't revert my talk page for it. Thank you. John Reid 00:53, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Blocking Bar Ilan University

I noticed that you've blocked the IP address of Bar Ilan University three times over the past week. I would like it if you would block for shorter periods of time, given that it is the IP address of over 30,000 students. Please note that Bunchofgrapes blocked that IP address for only 15 minutes, and there was no vandalism for hours after that. Please also notice that this vandal is trying to get the university blocked, and he has been placing fake vandalism warnings on the talk page for that reason. Eli Falk 14:31, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Sickle and Hammer

Why do you keep changing the sickle and hammer? Please revert then back. Leave a message on my talk please. 128.54.126.222 19:34, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Blocked wrong user?

I've sent you an email about this. --pgk 20:13, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: oops

No it's fine! I think you're cool. — Knowledge Seeker দ 20:13, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

About 212.126.5.130

Well, infinite block, maybe it's right way to protect ZETO resources like this IP ;-) . I think our Internet admin must discuss this matter with you, by e-mail or phone. Can you send me e-mail with your data? Reg., Ency 21:12, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Wow, today i don't find any row about bloking this IP at http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Special:Ipblocklist&limit=5000&offset=20000&ip=, that i saw yesterday at 21 UTC. Where i can find any info about deblocking and reason to taht action? Reg., Ency 06:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC) Of course, we must check our servers, but can you give any help about SQUIDWARD bad job, or say who can? Ency 22:42, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Justin Gatlin

Sorry about reverting your revert -- I missed it in the history somehow. Please accept my apologies. TheProject 01:11, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Pan-STARRS

Hi Curps, you wrote in Pan-STARRS "Also, among currently known comets there is a bias favoring those with short perihelion distances. Overcoming this current observational bias will enable a more complete picture of solar system dynamics". AFAIK this bias comes only fom the fact that comets are brighter closer to the sun (and closer to the earth) - so the bias will still be there, although smalle and moe distant comets will be observed. Icek 02:04, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

This is from reading the paper by David Jewitt, as given in the external links . See p. 469 (section 2.2, Comets). I will borrow the exact wording of the paper and change "overcoming" to "reducing the effects of". -- Curps 06:03, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Block conflict

I don't know if you get a notice of these. Thought I'd share since it showed up on #vandalism:

   * 02:20, 17 May 2006 Drini blocked "146.115.230.23 (contribs)" with an expiry time of 3 hours (vandalism)
   * 02:20, 17 May 2006 Curps blocked "146.115.230.23 (contribs)" with an expiry time of 24 hours (vandalism)

Antonrojo 03:02, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Reverting using Popups

Hi,

It wasn't popup's fault and even if I were to do it manually, it would have happened as it I wasn't in my best of alert minds when I did it. I was doing RCP and reverting vandalism. I guess some slips can occur with anyone. Anyway, thanks for pointing it out. I will be more careful now. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:07, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Block of 147.91.173.31

Hi, you blocked 147.91.173.31 indefinetly for being an open proxy. But, that unfortunately caused problems for contributors from University of Novi Sad, so I unblocked it. I understand that some vandalism originated from this IP, but I think indefinite block is a bit to much since some legitimate users like User:Duja use it... --Dijxtra 09:32, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Your RFA/On being a robot

After having a conversation on IRC about you really being a bot, I randomly looked you your RFA. This (in response to Q1) made me smile: "Also perhaps occasional blocking.... So it would be nice to do such things myself occasionally without having to seek out an admin."

And to Q3: "I never get stressed out or emotional" <--See you really are a bot ;)

Anyway, hope you're enjoying your break, and you don't mind looking back at where you came from :) Petros471 20:30, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar for Curps

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar To Curps, for his numerous blocking of the Willy on Wheels, having a fast blockbot and being a good all-round admin!! Plus, he's got to be one of the best admins ever. This one's for you, Curps. (user...)

--Sunfazer | Talk 20:50, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

September 11, 2001 attacks

A user has asked that it be unprotected. Any thoughts? Tom Harrison 00:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

68.193.237.53 (talk · contribs)

Hi, you've recently blocked this user for being an open proxy, but after receiving correspondence from him via OTRS, and checking the account contributions (there are none), I am unblocking him. Thanks. Bastique▼ _voir 19:41, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Auto reversion?

Hi, I had a page into which I put a huge amount of work reverted in less than a minute (see Therianthropy, and I checked your page and it said you were on vacation. Do you have a program that auto-reverts? I know you couldn't have looked over the amount of material I'd created in such a short time.Blue Milk Mathematician 00:06, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Cheese

Durn it, you reverted me instead of the vandal!!! - CobaltBlueTony 17:29, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Guy Walters

This page is attracting more daily vandalism from an apparent single offender at the 195.93.21.98 space. Grusl 18:34, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

More Smiling

—G.He has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk pages. Happy editing!

—G.He 23:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for saving my userpage! --Xyrael 18:03, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

User: InShaneee

I was blocked by this user while having a dispute with him, an obvious violation of WP:BP, this user has abused his powers and is out of hand, as a non-admin, I feel it is not within my power to warn him, I was wondering if you could perhaps let him know he is breaking a Misplaced Pages policy, thanks.--GorillazFan Adam 01:28, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

ere tosser we need unblocking

oi u tosser wen u gonna unblock us from wikipedia u idiot —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.63.160.253 (talk • contribs) .

A little something

Greetings Curps, just thought you should be aware of this list as you are mentioned by name. Cheers. Netscott 15:49, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Djh1102

just checking this user. I can fully understand the ban but perhaos infinite is a little extreme? would 24-48 hours not be a better and more realistic timescale? thanks Cicero Dog 21:04, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hey, man, I think you should go check out the OC page. Someone done vandalized it. Clown shoe 04:40, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

User:210.11.188.15 and User:Nobleeagle

Hi, could you pls take a look at India as an emerging superpower. These two POV-pushers (maybe the same sockpuppet) removed well-sourced contents (which is also supported by other wikiarticles including Indian caste system and caste)

I already warned them on Talk page but they only made replies with senseless excuse.202.40.137.197 09:06, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Backinblack

It's probably a coincidence, but seeing as the name of that autofellatio vandal looked suspiciously like this one, perhaps we should keep a close eye on this account. - Mgm| 10:12, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

AOL dos issue

Hello Curps.

• This user got blocked.
• A large number of IPs got autoblocked as a result, in a short time.
• This suggests a shared IP, almost certainly AOL.
• I've received a request to place this template on the userpage. It's a minor issue; however I'd rather not place such a template indefinitely without having confirmation that the underlying ISP is indeed AOL. Do you mind running a check? Because I'm fairly sure it will be confirmatory, I'll place the template first; feel free to remove it if the check reveals otherwise.

Regards —Encephalon 04:50, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

ThomasK

Could you please explain to me the block of ThomasK (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? Thanks. --Cyde↔Weys 08:56, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

The account went haywire, eg: and pagemove vandalism as well, and the recent edits aren't encouraging . -- Curps 09:37, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Here is my attack

Well, I hace confessed to vandalizing for the past several months, and for permanently scarring my reputation. I want to state now that Tex's contention that I haven't left is entirely false, I only came back on the 23rd to voice my opinion against RobChurch, and his RfA. Well, my attack: I am sorry for being the CIyde vandal and for my attacks on John Reid. I am sorry that I came here, stressing myself, and others out. To further emphasize this, I did create an account with the intention of it being constructive after a three month long meltdown. Hopefully, I will be able to edit constructively, and I am sorry for all the trouble I cause. Yes, people reform, and to be honest, the point of the vandalism was to attract attention to what I see as incivility, and the reasons several of my friends have left here. But vandalism is vandalism, so I better quit before I get in trouble. I am sorry I was ever apart of the project. I DONT want to be a Brian Chase. But, at least I did edit here constructively for a year and three months before I went haywire.εγκυκλοπαίδεια*14:34, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

WoW Block Bot

As stated on you are the one who operate(s/d) the block bot against WoW. Would you please be so kind and send me the source code?

Regards, HardDisk 18:47, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Flameviper12 protesting block

He's protesting your last indefinite block. I removed his {{unblock}} template and told him that there was no chance of me unblocking unless he pledged to stop adding nonsense (he does seem to have made proper contributions in the past), to which he responded with a rather nonsensical apology. See for yourself and decide if you're convinced. --Sam Blanning 14:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

After some brief strife, he's changed his apology to one which, to me, sounds fairly sincere. I would still like your thoughts on whether the indefinite block is warranted. --Sam Blanning 15:58, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Since you haven't responded one way or the other, I've gone ahead and unblocked him. --Sam Blanning 12:05, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Two users with almost identical names

Hi, Curps. I see from your user page that you're on semi wikivacation, so I won't blame you if you don't answer this. A user For_great_justice. (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was blocked for 3RR, and continues to be abusive on his talk page. I was looking for his (or her) user page, and forgot the dot at the end when I was typing it, so I got the page of For_great_justice (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who was blocked by you in February. It seems suspicious that this user would have such a similar name, and I'm wondering is an indefinite block in order. I notice that there are no contributions for the user you blocked, but I have sometimes found it necessary to remove contributions from page histories, or to delete newly-created articles, while blocking vandals, so I presume that was the case here. It makes it difficult for me to judge the connection of the new user to the old one, though. Have you any recollection of the case? Thanks. AnnH ♫ 23:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it's very plausible that the users are not related. "For great justice" is a quote from the All your base are belong to us meme, it's likely that the second user chose it independently, and finding the original choice already taken simply appended a "." I have no recollection of the original user. -- Curps 09:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Help.

Hey...

I am one of the people who run the Darkonin, a kingdom in the online Mud Dark and Shattered Lands. Some people are trying to get it deleted due to lack of "notablility." I got your name off the World of Warcraft history, if you would post on the talk page about how it is sort of notable, as if that isn't notable, neither is anything about World of Warcraft, or many a fantastical novel.

Thanks.

delete talk page's history

Can you delete my talk page's history? You'll the only one who will do it. (Oahc)

Joshbuddy

I believe Joshbuddy was testing a bot. He has since been unblocked. NSLE _(T+C) at 07:21 UTC (2006-06-03)

Farewell for now...

I am getting set to leave for New York City by 11 o'clock. I won't be with you Wikipedians until tomorrow morning. After clearing my user page, my next edits will be based in America.

So long...and thanks for all the fish. Bye! --Slgrandson 10:56, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Blind reversions

I would appreciate it if you would actually check what you are reverting. You reverted Discospinster after he undid a paragraph deletion. You then reverted me when I tried to fix your mistake.--67.15.151.90 21:11, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

• Seriously, what is your problem? Do you think the paragraph deletion and the insertion of the word "nipples" was correct? Are you just too lazy to type anything? Or, are you just an asshole who doesn't really care about vandalism?--67.15.151.90 21:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Take it easy with the abusive language. I happen to agree with the text that you are trying to keep, and it is entirely possible that your edits are being reverted because you are an anonymous user. Curps: please take time to review this content before reverting this user's changes. LaMenta3

Indeed. Curps, could you please explain why you think this is simple vandalism? Because if it isn't, then you've both violated the WP:3RR pretty badly. Petros471 21:32, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Curps, it is my conclusion that you are running an anti-vandal bot with rollback on this account. As this does not seem to have been documented, discussed, or approved, I have raised the issue for discussion at WP:ANI. Dragons flight 22:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I find it extremely interesting that you haven't responded to any of these accusations, yet you still manage to block numerous accounts with the generic summary of "vandalism" (and I know that you're active right now and that you have read this page). If you ARE running an unauthorized bot, you should at least have the integrity to admit it. I know that you're very smart, and you probably don't care about what a measly IP address user thinks, but the level of cockiness that you are showing right now will eventually be rejected by the community. It's ok to be rogue, but it's another thing to think that YOU make the rules 141.151.12.23 03:47, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I'M BLOCKED!

Ok, I was blocked since March 16th and i just knew that. Can I even know why i was blocked? They say i might be a zombie! Well, ain't we all walking deads? Think about it WIKI!

Reblocking pending discussion

See this justification for my imposition of a twelve-hour block on this apparent bot.

Please participate in on-wiki discussion. --Tony Sidaway 22:49, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for not replying sooner, but I have some ongoing connectivity issues (for my personal Internet access, bot code runs on a different machine elsewhere). I'm typing this (slowly) in Lynx right now, which is not really workable. There are some real-life circumstances which are very good for me personally but quite disruptive to Misplaced Pages participation (much more so than I first thought, apparently). We'll have to see how this turns out. If possible I'll try to catch up with various discussions in the near future. -- Curps 15:48, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

windows xp vandal spree

Sometimes I wonder if people thank admins for taking quick action against obnoxious vandals. Thank you. SchmuckyTheCat 06:28, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Jew

I didn't see I was removing most of the article when adding Yiddish language. Anyway, can I add Yiddish again (and this time I'll use preview)? Psychomelodic (people think User:Psychomelodic/me )

Nevermind, Freakofnurture took care of it. Psychomelodic (people think User:Psychomelodic/me ) 12:56, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Need assistance

I rv'd the Pink Floyd blanking at the same time as Tawkerbot. It rv'd back to the anon and gave me the warning. I noticed you corrected it. Can I rm the test from my talk page? Thanks, cheers and take care! Anger22 13:34, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Linkspam Q

Hey, was looking for an admin on recent changes and you were the first I saw. Anyway, would links such as this be considered spam? Judging from his userpage he's only adding them to promote his site, although I was hesitant to remove it as there are lots of other fansites already under External Links. None of the content on his website is original or unique - it is all available on the numerous other websites in that section. Thanks -- Steel 21:31, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

AAH/BSW

I know websites can be blacklisted through meta... can the same be said of phrases, like, oh, say, "shinigan down"? :) RadioKirk talk to me 23:43, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

John Howard

Hey, you're inadvertently putting the vandalism back in when you revert me. NawlinWiki 03:29, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Idiot

You caused a crapload of autoblocks! HA HA! You ain't cool, Suckerbot!