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Well, since I cannot complain, whine, moan or question your very right to walk the same planet as me, I guess I will just have to find something else to discuss. The youngster who was making all the vandalism edits in the Smallville series (which you addressed on his talk page) has written me at my email address, promising to visit upon me some good Old Testament pain and whatnot. Not that I am afraid (actually, it was refreshing - I haven't had a decent death threat since my last book of poetry was published), but I think that sort of thing is frowned upon in WP. Is there some sort of protocol to follow to uninvite this person to participate in our project?Arcayne 15:51, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

That's just because he has been blocked. I will extend the block to a month to discourage him. Generally I ignore emails like that, if he comes back, report ot to WP:AN/I Also did he use wikipedia email? If so what username did he use?Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 15:55, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Well whatd'ya know I got one too! It contains the very eloquent "Get another blow job off ur Mom loser" which presumably means he doesn't even realise I am a woman. It also has the death threats of course. I forward his message to abuse@msn.com and bigpond and telstra internet Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 17:17, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

You admins get all the fun. No fair, no fair. However, he did promise to stab me in the eyes. Sure, it's not the same as promising to make a radioactive spider bite me, but it gets points for imagery. Maybe he just needed to get a hug from his mommy or something.Arcayne 18:18, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

He promised me that too. Must have plenty of money to come all the way from Melbourne to do that. Kids dont you just love 'em? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 18:21, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

was it the Telstra that marked him as an Aussie? Odd, them 'Roo-Folk are usually so mild, when they aren't making tv shows and whatnot. International threats are usually reserved for world leaders, New Yorkers and the like.Arcayne 18:27, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I did a reverse DNS and It came up Australia, plus he checked my website (highly recommended, a v cool personal website ;-)) and I have statcounter that logs all IP addresses. I do this so I know how many hits I get. I rarely bother looking at IP addresses - I've better things to do, but in this case I did and that told me Melbourne, plus some other boring stuff, like the fact that this eye stabbing angel of death whose going to track me down hasn't yet manages to track down a better browser than IE. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 18:46, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I am wondering if our Mister Eye-Stabby is back as a sock-puppet. Someone reverted the vandalism from this chimp. Might they be the same person, or is my cadre of satisfied customers growing by leaps and bounds?Arcayne 00:54, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Dunno - not really worth asking for checkuser. I put an indefinate hard block on the account as an obvious sock. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 06:14, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Okey-doke. Thanks for the help. Enjoy the day - there's nothing like basking one's face in the glow of a far-off, self-perpetuating nuclear explosion without having to feel abject fear.Arcayne 14:15, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Thecrak 2 Thanks 3 Vandal report for User:Lsmith 54 4 Re: So Sorry for accidentally blocking you 5 Re: So Sorry for accidentally blocking you 6 Re: User talk:Mi nombre Mateo 7 sock of JarlaxleArtemis? 8 Image:Focus in an eye.png listed for deletion 9 Kick it 10 Image:Marbled_paint_stage_3.png listed for deletion 11 Image:Marbled_paint_stage_2.png listed for deletion 12 Image:Marbled_paint_stage_1.png listed for deletion 13 Image:Make_an_onion_cell_slide.png listed for deletion 14 Huns 15 Mr. Ray Lopez... 16 User:Bluegold 17 Image:Now that's a great pair of tits.jpg listed for deletion 18 Racoons eating human body parts 19 69.205.238.221 talk page 20 Don't feed the trolls 21 From AIV: I am jasonblair 22 Thank you 23 Revert 24 A Question 25 User:Blah Blah Blah Got your lovey-dovey sad and lonely 26 Unblocked 27 141.157.161.15 28 Creative 29 vandal asking for unblock 30 Guardian- congrats 31 hey, thanks... 32 London 33 Thank you 33.1 Stalking? 34 User:Wikipedia Fan Always 35 Watching User:GOD2012 for a bit? 36 User: LegoAxiom1007 37 BOT - Regarding your recent protection of History of the camera: 38 bite? 39 Credit card? 40 Your vandalism 41 Please let others enjoy the joke. 42 Gwen Gale situation 43 Images on credit card page 44 Servant Saber 45 Role Model 46 Hiya 47 User:LegoAxiom1007 48 User:Mike1231 49 LegoAxiom1007 50 Controversy over our insertions on Ohio University Wikpedia page

[edit] Thecrak

Thecrak has vandalised your Archive 17, I just thought I should ket you know--Cometstyles 16:35, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I know, I think he is just being a newbie, Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 16:38, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

for this. You wouldn't believe what some of the participants of this page have to put up with. Now there are sock and meatpuppet accusations flying all over; it isn't a pretty sight. So anyways, thanks for removing this thinly veiled nonsense. --Hojimachong^talk_con 21:03, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I do what I can. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 21:05, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

And it's appreciated. --Hojimachong^talk_con 21:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal report for User:Lsmith 54

The reason it was so harsh is that article, sometimes the exact same names is vandalized in the same section, notable people on a pretty regular basis.A mcmurray 21:36, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh and that users vandalized Elkhart, Indiana to, which I also reverted, just fyi. Thanks for the prompt attention.A mcmurray 21:36, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I see. I will watch the situation. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 21:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Another admin decided to block. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 21:39, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again, you have no idea how annoying it is reverting Kane, Pennsylvania all the time, or maybe you do. It stopped for a bit after I warned an anonymous IP and kept reverting it but now it started again with a registered user. Annoying.A mcmurray 21:40, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

In case you aren't watching my talk page, thanks for the protection and I will rmv the tag when the time is up.A mcmurray 21:51, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: So Sorry for accidentally blocking you

Haha no worries. I hadn't even noticed you'd blocked me! Will 22:50, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

the time is up.A mcmurray 21:51, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: So Sorry for accidentally blocking you

Haha no worries. I hadn't even noticed you'd blocked me! Will 22:50, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: User talk:Mi nombre Mateo

I didn't know that he/she was an abusive sockpuppet. Kamope·?·! Sign! 11:44, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Yep. Messed with my user page right after I called his sockpuppet on vandalism on other pages. The coincidence was a little too thin.Arcayne 21:44, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] sock of JarlaxleArtemis?

In RC patrolling I came across this edit by new User:LiesUndoer - LiesUndoer's only edit. I reverted the edit and didn't see LiesUndoer on the list of Jarlaxle's suspected socks, but I didn't want to add the name because I'm not at all familiar with Jarlaxle or the rules about long term abuse cases. So I figured it would be faster to just tell you rather than read a whole lot of policy and diffs. Natalie 02:41, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I have also just come across User:Lieundoer, who's only contrib was this template blanking. Also probably a sock. Natalie 02:44, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Focus in an eye.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Focus in an eye.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. —Remember the dot (t) 03:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kick it

Gah, I meant kick it! Kick. Great typo, though! El_C 19:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah riiiiiight! K and S are nowhere near each other on a Qwerty keyboard. Not a typo; maybe a Freudian slip? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 22:57, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[A Qwerty what?] K and L are, however, much closer :P, unlike for example, S and M... ! El_C 07:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Marbled_paint_stage_3.png listed for deletion

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[edit] Image:Marbled_paint_stage_2.png listed for deletion

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[edit] Image:Marbled_paint_stage_1.png listed for deletion

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[edit] Image:Make_an_onion_cell_slide.png listed for deletion

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[edit] Huns

OK. You are right. This was about approach, not about conclusions. Thanks. Nasz

[edit] Mr. Ray Lopez...

...has returned, under the name Anti Newberry (talk • contribs). Too early to say what he'll be doing, but his user-page claim that the name "is short for "Antioch Newberry" (I'm not too fond of my name)" isn't giving me much hope for anything less than a new round of limits testing. Just FYI. --Calton | Talk 23:49, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Whoops, looks like he was given a Username block by User:Gamaliel. Never mind. --Calton | Talk 02:56, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Bluegold

A user I believe you permabanned - User:Bluegold - has returned as Manopingo (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log). He recently appeared with same editing habit and detailed knowledge of wiki procedure. Myself and two other users thought it was him (see my talk page), but I wasn't sure. I made a edit to Finnian of Moville - a page I'd forgotten about - but which I thought might draw him. He wants to make out that the historian Thomas Owen Clancy is Scottish ... but he's American and only teaches in Scotland; anyways, he went and reverted my edit ... it's such an idiosyncratic bugbear that it his identity can be taken as certain on that alone! Besides virtually identical editing habits He also shares an Eircom IP address. Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 22:36, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Manopingo also stated yesterday that he has "returned after nine months absence"[1]. Manopingo's sudden, rather intense focus on me, Calgacus, Ali-oops and Angus McLellan is also reminiscent of troublesome Eircom editor 86.42.159.149, aka 86.42.146.214 who was trolling around last summer under a variety of related IPs and bragging that he'd never be blocked as he doesn't have a static IP. ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 23:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

And I tried to mediate. Duh - my bad. Sorry ... - Alison^☺ 01:25, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Now that's a great pair of tits.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Now that's a great pair of tits.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. BJBot 05:39, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Racoons eating human body parts

redirect now listed for deletion, sorry. (Thought you'd like to know) — Lenoxus 15:13, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 69.205.238.221 talk page

I was thinking maybe it should be cleaned up to just the warnings as it should be and remove all that un-talk page related silliness that was added. Since you protected it could you do that. Sets kind of a bad example if vandals see a talk page like that thinking they can go back and forth playing the insult game with someone on it. Thanks for stopping it on there though. --Xiahou 00:51, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

It's just people larking about, why would vandals look at other people's talk pages? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 00:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Don't feed the trolls

Theresa, I know you mean well, but per this edit please don't feed the trolls. Just trying to be helpful! Real96 07:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Lighten up! He's not even a real troll and I blocked him minutes later. Sometimes engaging a kid in conversation can make him see that people rather than robots are watching him. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 07:30, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] From AIV: I am jasonblair

• I am jasonblair (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) - Username is a clear violation of the username policy, see Jason Blair. —dgies^t_c 07:41, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Not that clear to me. What's wrong with this username? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 07:43, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Jayson Blair is a reporter who was famous when it was discovered he was plagiarizing and fabricating his stories. At the very least this is impersonating a famous person, and it also suggest an intent to introduce inaccuracies or copyright violations. —dgies^t_c 07:44, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
      • Hmm - he's not that famous, the spelling is different, rather than blocking because of the username I'd rather keep an eye on the contributions list. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 20:04, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
        • It was a major story in America in 2003. Anyway it seems Woohookitty agreed and I doubt this will come up at WP:RFCN. —dgies^t_c 20:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Well, I'm going to have to assume that the socks that you banned are of User:Contrapuntal. While I do not have any authority to check on them, it wouldn't surprised me if they are his socks. Thank you very much for noticing the vandalism that was happening on my user page. ViriiK 09:29, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Revert

Why did you revert my notice? I am a legitimate editor with nearlly 1500 edits. The title was infact the name of the page that was continually being recreated. I did not mean to cause any trouble. Retiono Virginian 11:04, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry I know you are a legit editor. I reverted and then oversighted your notice because of the info it contained. You'll note that I did in fact do as you suggested and protect the page in question. Sorry to have offended you. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 11:19, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A Question

If a user starts and account an inadvertantly adds contact and other information on their user page (not talk page), and later realizes this mistake and designs a new page, removing the prior information, can the prior versions of the page containing this information be removed while retaining the current version? Arcayne 20:04, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it can be done with wikipedia:oversight. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 05:37, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Blah Blah Blah Got your lovey-dovey sad and lonely

The user's been blocked for inflammatory username. --KZ ^{Talk • Vandal • Contrib} 04:58, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

What's inflammatory about it? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 05:38, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

It was just too long, not inflammatory...Sorry for misunderstanding KZ ^{Talk • Vandal • Contrib} 06:05, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unblocked

Looks like you accidentally blocked Kafziel (talk • contribs). I am basing this on your block message, the fact that you blocked an administrator, etc. etc. I went ahead and unblocked this person. Please yell and scream if this was an obvious mistake and I'm stupid and you can't believe I did that. --Yamla 21:06, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

It was an obvious mistake, but mine not yours. Thanks for sorting it out. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 21:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem. My mistakes tend to happen in the morning before I've had my coffee.  :) --Yamla 21:14, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 141.157.161.15

Hello, Theresa. 141.157.161.15 is vandalizing pages. You can check out my user page for back story. Thanks. --Sergey Romanov 19:50, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

This user Sergey Romanov is promoting a counterfeit website. Please check out the User Page for ARC-deathcamps.org

Is Wikipedia now promoting anecdotal blog statements over registerted authorities like ICANN and WHOIS?

Wikimedia has been notified.

The Genuine ARC Team www.deathcamps.org

So you are not saying that we have any copyright violations on Wikipedia then? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 20:01, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes we are saying that we are saying the Sergey Romanov is promoting a counterfeit website www.death-camps.org which infringes upon and violates our legal copyright for www.deathcamps.org

www.deathcamps.org is legally registerd "copyright" in both the US and EU, also domain registration can be validated at ICANN or whois.net. Thank you

-The Genuine ARC team

So then, that is nothing to do with us. If a website is infringing on your copyright you need to take it up with them. We can't do anything to help in that respect. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 20:20, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Theresa, you are allowing a user to Post material that is in violation of our copyright and that in itself violates the Wiki charter. We are asking for Wiki as a legitimate organziation to take the time to review our very first www.deathcamps.org links here on wikipedia, some of them go back years. Since then they have suffered vandalising edits pointing to www.death-camps.org we are asking the Admins to assist us with this vandal problem. Not anecdotal evidence from us or Sergey Romanov, check the wiki history on www.deathcamps.org links Please.

Thank you The Genuine ARC Team

[edit] Creative

he's now using a sock--Vintagekits 23:03, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] vandal asking for unblock

Hi, you indefblocked Letsdothis (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) after a short bout of testing vandalism. He's now back with an unblock request and a promise that sounds fairly reasonable. Would you mind if I unblocked him? Fut.Perf. ☼ 23:36, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

not at all! Please do go ahead. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 23:38, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Guardian- congrats

Great converage in the Guardian [2]. Good to see a pretty positive article about Wikipedia... WjBscribe 02:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

• Indeed! Well said :) - Alison^☺ 19:56, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Nice! :) Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 22:45, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Thank you! Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 04:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] hey, thanks...

just wanted to say thanks for unblocking me, sorry about those tests - it's just my friend told me you could edit it and we got a little carried away. Anyways, I'm going to go find out how to make good edits now, bye.

[edit] London

I'm going to be visiting London (from the U.S.) this July (14th - 23rd); is anybody going to be having any Wikipedian Meetups while I'm there? *Dan T.* 05:05, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

I wanted to say thanks for your polite message of concern that you placed on my page, and thanks as well for the page protection. I was becoming increasingly vexed by users who had already been asked politely not to post on my page repeatedly doing so in an effort to provoke me. It worked, and I ended up blocked (which was probably the aim in the first place). Anyway, you're someone here whom I both admire and respect, and I wanted to say no hard feelings for your intervention on my page. Jeffpw 00:02, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Please, assume good faith. --Abu badali ^(talk) 02:56, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

WTF? Are you deliberately trying to wind him up? Assume good faith yourself and stop checking his contributions. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 04:49, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stalking?

Please don't stalk other users, follow them to my talk page, and then make quips at them there. Policies like assume good faith are in place to help users get along, not to be useed passive agressivly as weapons. It is not funny or clever to try to wind people up. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 12:46, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I find your message unnecessarily offensive. Considering that user's recent behavior, I believed to have good reasons to keep an eye on his (public) logs. This is not considered stalking ("...this does not include checking up on an editor to fix errors or violations of Wikipedia policy, nor does it mean reading a user's contribution log; those logs are public for good reason"). When I saw the message he left on your user page where he attributed bad motivations to my steps, and felt it was appropriate to explain him that's not in line with the project community's spirit.

Now, I feel that Wikipedia:Assume good faith would also be a good suggested reading for you. And please, take that as a friendly advice.

All the best, --Abu badali ^(talk) 13:18, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Since you were well aware of his recent behaviour, you should equally have been aware that he was very clearly upset with you, and you must have been aware that linking to AGF would have upset him further. It sure looks like stalking to me. I'm sorry if my repremand to you came over as offensive but I read your remark as a dig rather than trying to be helpful, and t be honest, I still read it that way. How did you think your remark would, in any way, be helpful? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 17:07, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

NB from the stalking page "The term "wiki-stalking" has been coined to describe following a contributor around the wiki, editing the same articles as the target, with the intent of causing annoyance or distress to another contributor." This is what I am accusing you of. Yoy followed him here for no reason other than to continue to engage him when he made it perfectly clear he didn't want to talk to you. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 17:12, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

You accuse me of acting with "the intent of causing annoyance or distress", even after I explained my reasons. That's why I point you to Wikipedia:Assume good faith. --Abu badali ^(talk) 17:22, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

No seriously, you haven't explained your reason at all. I mean it, what was your reason, were you really trying to be helpful? How did you think you were being helpful? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 17:29, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Here's where I explained my reasons. I checked up on this editor's log with the intent fix violations of Wikipedia policy (like WP:NPA), and not to cause annoyance or distress, as you affirmed. WP:AGF changed the way I used to see work in online communities, and I have even found applications to it on my everyday life. I think it's a helpful reading to a lot of people (Wikipedians or not). --Abu badali ^(talk) 17:48, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Well you have nothing to fear on my talk page. If he had made a personal attack (and he hadn't, he was just spouting out of frustration and anger) then I would have pulled him on it. No need for you to do anything. In a situation like this, when someone is very upset with you personally, the best way to handle it is to walk away. Please just take my advice on bored for the next time this thing happens, taking a step back will often quell the situation, quoting policies to experienced editors can easily make things worse rather than better. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 17:56, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

There are many acceptable ways to spout out of frustration and anger in Wikipedia and this is not one of them. Anyway the case is over, the user has cooled of and apologized in more than one occasion.

"No need for you to do anything" - This is a volunteer project.

But overall, I appreciate the tone of this last message of yours. I agree with your advice that it's usually better to step away from some situations (I usually do that, and maybe it would be better if I have done it this time). Had you expressed these thoughts from the beginning, instead of accusing me of having bad motivations, we would have saved ourselves a good deal of friction. I hope we will meet again in a more pleasant situation to us all. Best regards, --Abu badali ^(talk) 19:00, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Wikipedia Fan Always

I really don't think this is a username vio. I think you should remove the block. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 18:19, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I was reluctant myself, but considering "Ripple Effect Management" doesn't seem to exist online and what was written at Talk:Ripple Effect Management, I suspect we may be dealing with a troll here -- hence my lack of good faith. --  Netsnipe  ►  18:24, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah fair enough. I didn't see that. I wish when admins check user contributions we could see deleted pages. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn

[edit] Watching User:GOD2012 for a bit?

I don't think myself and another editor being called "douches" and "cunts" by this person warrants watching for a bit. He's done nothing but attack in every edit. Please review the deleted pages. Hatch68 18:45, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I want to see if he recreates he pages. Lighten up. I get called names all the time, it's just kids. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 18:47, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I didn't know Wikipedia was tolerating that kind of personal attacks now. Hatch68 18:49, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

We are not. That's why I deleted the page. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 18:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User: LegoAxiom1007

I don't think he is following the warnings that you or anyone else has given him, because he did another help me today as well as used rollback scripts. Do you think it is time? 20:47, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I gave him a week long block. I am 99% sure he is trolling but I am a big softie at heart and want to give him one last chancejust in case he really is a newbie. Well see what he does if he returns. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 06:37, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BOT - Regarding your recent protection of History of the camera:

You recently protected[3] this page but did not give a protection summary. If this is an actual (not deleted) article, talk, or project page, make sure that it is listed on WP:PP. VoABot will automatically list such protected pages only if there is a summary. Do not remove this notice until a day or so, otherwise it may get reposted. Thanks. VoABot 07:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] bite?

I responded when I was accused of attacks and incivility. I attempted to point the user to guidelines about the minor edit idea, and got attacked.--Vidkun 14:28, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Read your post as if you were him. He thinks yo are calling him sneaky and a vandal. I'm sure that is not what you were trying to convey but it's clear that was how he took it. Remember on the internet he doesn't have your tone of voice as a clue so it's easy for people to get the wrong idea about what you mean. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 14:32, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Credit card?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Nice, Have a happy April fools day. Purgatory Fubar ^Converse or Snafu 00:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

You really got me with this one. It's not April Fool's Day in my time zone yet! (Still, if I had to pay to edit, I'd be gone; I think a lot of other people would be too.) --Idont Havaname (Talk) 00:13, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Nice. Glad to see someone had the courage to pull something like this off. Or was this planned? Mr.Z-mantalk¢Review! 00:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Nah it's just me. I did tell the AC I would do it and nobody shouted don't. I note that it's been removed from recent changes already. That's a shame. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 00:17, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Still giggling... That was good! Can't wait till next year. JungleCat Shiny!/Oohhh! 00:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Holy crap, you're still editing Wikipedia? That's swell! I remember you back in like 2004 or 2005. Wow, the memories. —Signed, your friendly neighborhood MessedRocker. 00:48, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

yep I take breaks now and then but I've bee editing for years. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 00:50, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your vandalism

I'm very disappointed to see a former ArbCom member setting such a poor example.  :( —David Levy 01:38, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps only by your definition, David, that humor constitutes a poor example. Ninja! 03:32, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandalising MediaWiki space with a phony Wikimedia Foundation message constitutes a poor example. —David Levy 03:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Interesting how things you feel constitute vandalism are regarded as funny by the entire remainder of the Wikipedia community. Ninja! 04:01, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

...except, of course, for the fact that they aren't. —David Levy 04:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

...except, of course, that you are demonstratably wrong. At least in my case; I thought it was funny. :-) --Iamunknown 05:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

So...I'm the only member of the Wikipedia community who doesn't regard this as funny? That's odd, given the fact that someone else reverted Theresa's MediaWiki-space vandalism.

Every year, many people complain about this nonsense. And every year, we're labeled humorless killjoys. And every year, vandalism doesn't magically cease to be vandalism because it happens to be a particular date. —David Levy 05:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Lighten up. Recent changes is not an article. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 06:48, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Please direct my attention to the policy that permits the vandalism of non-article pages. —David Levy 10:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Please don't talk like a robot. What harm did it do? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 11:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Apart from misleading/confusing people, contributing to the assortment of needless distractions requiring reversion that divert attention from other tasks, and encouraging further vandalism? —David Levy 12:17, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes! Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 15:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Apart from all of those things, nothing, I suppose. —David Levy 15:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

No no no no! that's not how you play ;-) Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 18:27, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I find it funny that I am being regarded as one who opposes the "killjoys"; I have been labeled as such a "killjoy" in recent events surrounding BJAODN. I guess it just matters who you ask. --Iamunknown 06:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

What's happening around BJAODN? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 07:02, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I'll give you a more detailed account later today. (Sorry, gotta go.) In summary, WP:BLP / unfunny / GFDL concerns. --Iamunknown 07:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Stop right there, this thread has gotten silly. I've half a mind to haul you all off downtown for a good flogging. Friday (talk) 18:31, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

OK I'll stop, although the thought of a good flogging from you does hold a certain strange appeal for me. But I will restrain myself from teasing David any longer. Sorry mate, no hard feelings? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 18:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Comments along the lines of "do whatever you must to make you feel important" don't exactly help on that front. —David Levy 18:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Yep that was rude. I apologise. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 18:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Apology accepted. No hard feelings. —David Levy 19:14, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please let others enjoy the joke.

It's not vandalism. --Well-meaning user 10:03, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Maybe you should let others decide whether it's lame or not. After all, Willy on Wheels was nominated for adminship last year - or was it the year before? And if it really is lame, suggest improvements. --Well-meaning user 10:14, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I'll not delete it again if you restore it. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 10:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, deal. I don't want to violate 3RR. --Well-meaning user 10:16, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gwen Gale situation

Thank you for supporting my protection. Right now, I don't want to assume that she purposefully made that comment out of the non-transcluded space, but it's hard not to with the distance that was placed :/—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 10:17, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images on credit card page

The fair use images on the credit card AFD page probably need to be removed, since they are not in article space. CMummert · talk 14:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I have every intention of deleting the page tomorrow. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 15:58, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I have every intention of enforcing policy today. —David Levy 16:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

See, Theresa, the Well Meaning Wikipedians are everywhere. Jeffpw 17:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Yep. What can you do eh? OK David do whatever you must to make you feel important. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 18:24, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

This is a Foundation issue with legal ramifications. Policy dictates that such violations be removed on sight. I'm acting in good faith to maintain the site's integrity, and you respond by attributing my actions to self-importance. How utterly rude and insulting. —David Levy 18:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I apologise. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 18:56, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

One day is not the end of the WMF world; none of these companies would do anything about April first FU misuse (that almost rhimes) because it would make them look like draconian idiots. El_C 19:02, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I know but David Levy takes this all very seriously. And fair play to him. It's just a joke. I didn't want to get anyone truly upset as I seem to have to to him. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 19:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

We are all fans of David Levy here. El_C 19:10, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I realize that you had no malicious intent. I'm not trying to be mean, but you have to understand that these pranks tend to multiply (with ever-increasing severity). People look to you as a role model, so such actions on your part send the message that vandalism is okay (at least today). —David Levy 19:14, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Apology accepted. —David Levy 19:14, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

When I ran accross the credit card post on RC my eyes bugged out, then i remembered that it was April fools. That joke was great! I am glad to see some people still have a since of humor. Thank you, that made my day. Purgatory Fubar ^Converse or Snafu 19:16, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

:-) --Iamunknown 19:28, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Servant Saber

This person User talk:Servant Saber does nothing but revert edits by others here Linda Rosing against the consensus of all other editors. Can he be stopped? 62.64.202.241 15:43, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Help. Now he is abusing people. He must have broken the revert rule at least.62.64.218.57 18:24, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Role Model

Funnily enough I discovered this "role model" in Jenny Kleeman's piece in the Obs 25 March--I am too new to have discovered it through wikidiscussions. But I thought that this is the sort of thing that would be good to do. Further sniffing around I discovered the AFD announcement and had a good laugh. Also discovered the other stuff done-- with a velvet glove. Chapeau! And those great tits. I am so glad that they weren't deleted. Just be glad that you didn't have to paint the Stars and Stripes on them. Yes, for me a great role model--even if I am now one of those people who is given a seat on the bus. Bouquets! Joel Mc 18:37, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 11:20, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hiya

Hi Theresa,

Just using your diagram of a limelight during a lecture in one of our acting schools (in Australia). Thanks. We were wondering why so many of our theatres burned down - I guess it wasn't insurance after all.

Paul (sorry if I butted in - I'm a bit illiterate in terms of this type of chat)

Cool it's nice to know that my diagrams are being used outside Wikipedia. Thanks for letting me know. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 11:23, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:LegoAxiom1007

The user came off their block and immediately implemented Twinkle into their monobook.js and applied for VandalProof. In addition, the person has also made another poor suggestion to WP:RPP. I've blocked the account indefinitely. --Wafulz 17:12, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

That's fine by me. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 21:26, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Mike1231

I noticed you removed this user from the AIV noticeboard. I reported him there even though it was only one case of vandalism because of the serious nature of his posting of someone's telephone number on an attack page. I thought that was serious enough to warrant a block. Should I have just tagged the article and warned the user, not reported it to AIV? Thanks!--Xnuala (talk) 21:49, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I tend to assume childish rather than evil motives. I think it was just his mates mucking about. So yep I would suggest tagging and warning. The main reason I removed the notice from AIV was because there was no repeat offence. Obviously for a one off vandalism, blocking will have no effect whatsoever since he wouldn't even be aware that he was blocked unless he tried to edit again. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 21:56, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I appreciate your reply. Definitely makes sense, if the user doesn't continue to edit then a block wouldn't be particularly necessary.--Xnuala (talk) 22:22, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] LegoAxiom1007

User_talk:LegoAxiom1007#Enough seems to violate WP:BAN, can you explain why you feel justified in doing this? --Random832 04:33, 7 April 2007 (UTC) See also Wikipedia:Community sanction noticeboard#User:LegoAxiom1007 --Random832 04:41, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Answered on the noticeboard, but I'm not really sure what you are asking. Can you be more specific? ( not here, on the noticeboard) Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 08:32, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy over our insertions on Ohio University Wikpedia page

Dear Theresa,

(We gave the same message below to Dirk, another Wikpedia administrator, who also deleted our contributions to the Ohio University Wikpedia page. Please review below and decide for yourself if our information is a POV or legitimate information that belongs on the Ohio University page.)

I believe that you may not be aware of the intense controversy in the United States surrounding a federal law - the Civil Rights Act, of which "Title Nine" or "Title IX" as it is often called, is a major section. Title IX has been used contrary to its original intent by university athletic directors to cut "minor" sports programs so they can use the money they save to fund their favorite "revenue" sports - sports that bring in revenue through ticket sales - sports like football and basketball.

Our issue with Ohio University is that it used Title IX as political cover to cut sports so it could have more money for its football and basketball programs.

This is not as much a point of view as it is a major trend affecting all United States universities - Olympic sports like track and field and also swimming and diving are being cut just so uniquely American sports like American football can have more money.

This unhealthy trend is contrary to the law. If you want independent confirmation that this is a major legal controversy in the US, then check out Title IX on Wikpedia and also on Google.

Wikpedia is used by high school seniors and their families during the process by which they choose a university to attend. Wikpedia's Ohio University web page was undoubtedly used by freshmen now attending Ohio University to select the school. Those same graduating high school seniors also had other university options. If the kind of information we have attempted to make available on Ohio University had been available to them, they would not have chosen that school and would now be attending a university where they could continue their athletic careers uninterrupted.

To give you some more perspective on how important this information is, unlike most European public universities where tuition is free, students at US universities must pay full tuition in addition to their living expenses. (I know as I lived in Europe for many years.) Selecting a university to attend is a MAJOR financial decision for any middle-class family since attendance is expensive. Keeping our information off this site deprives prospective students from learning information that may be decisive in their choice of a school. Indeed, in deleting our information and preventing them from knowing this you are cooperating with those people who wish to conceal this major controversy from prospective students and is a disservice to them.

The section on Ohio University Athletics dominates the page on the school. This is disproportionate to what the school has to offer. It appears that the page is managed mostly by Ohio University's Athletic Department, which, like most athletic departments at US universities, is more concerned with athletic honors than about helping student athletes graduate. Graduation success rates among the "revenue" sports at US universities are far below those of the minor sports or of the student bodies in general. The page promotes athletics, apparently at the expense of other information about the school. Shouldn't it be reduced to be proportionate to its importance to the school?

We are new to Wikpedia and will do our best to comply with its rules. We do not wish to abuse this privilege. However, in the interests of fairness, equal time, proportionality, and perspective, if we must limit our contributions to this particular page, shouldn't the athletic section be reduced to something proportionate to its own importance at Ohio University?

If you go to Ohio University's official website, http://www.ohio.edu/ you will see that Ohio University athletics is a relatively minor part of the university and does not deserve the prominence you allow it on the Wikpedia web page. Indeed, what you allow is essentially propaganda and the Athletic Department's POV on its own importance (very inflated) in the whole of the university.

If we are to be prevented from providing what we consider is very important information on Ohio University, then we ask you to reduce the size of the section on Ohio Athletics to something proportionate to its importance and stop allowing the Ohio University Athletic Department -- and its most active supporters - usually prominent business people who benefit financially from their association with university athletics (see the OU athletic web page section on Bobcat Boosters for independent confirmation - car dealers and other businesses) from using your service as a recruiting and propaganda tool for its own interests.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Save OU Sports

If you want the athletics section to be reduced then by all means go to the talk page and argue your case. I merely removed POV entries by yourself. It looks particlualy bad to repeatedly insert a link to your own website into a wikipedia article. Doing that immediately serts of alarms bells in other wikipedian's minds. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 13:40, 7 April 2007 (UTC)