User talk:Thistheman

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Welcome!

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[edit] Thomas Cunningham

In the mean time, it is an attack article. You may recreate the article when you have written a good one. WAvegetarian ^(talk) (email) ^(contribs) 22:20, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Removal of deletion notices from articles you have created is considered vandalism and can get you blocked. If you have a good version ready to go before it is deleted, then, and only then, may you remove the tag and the original text replacing it with the good article. --WAvegetarian ^(talk) (email) ^(contribs) 22:24, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh, and I never deleted any tag on that page; Thomas Cunningham was protected anyway, so I couldn't do that. Stop making unfounded and unnecessary accusations. You should know that. Tsk tsk.Thistheman 19:30, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Since I have a few free moments before boarding my plane, check out this diff and stop lying. —WAvegetarian•_{CONTRIBUTIONS}^TALK• ^EMAIL•16:30, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

You're pointing me to the article, while the questionable material was on the talk page. Okay, sure, I deleted the tag, but then the other admin put up the protected tag immediately afterwards. How can I possibly do anything with a protected tag?. So, in a sense, you're correct; but in the sense of putting up that comment, you are wrong in assuming that I deleted a tag. Tsk tsk. Off my case now, please; I've moved on, hope you do too. Have a nice trip. Thistheman 18:52, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I didn't say that you had deleted the tag, just removed it. It was, as you say, quickly reverted as you were being watched at the time. I realize you have moved on. I just felt that I needed to respond to your earlier claim of unfounded accusations. The "stop lying" was unnecessary. I'm a bit testy having gotten a total of 4 hours of sleep over the course of the last two nights. Sorry. I am off your case now. Please don't take this as wikistalking as it wasn't meant as such, just defending comments. Happy wikiing!—WAvegetarian•_{CONTRIBUTIONS}^TALK• ^EMAIL•04:22, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your continued harrassment and vandalism

Repeated vandalism will result in blocking. Removal of deleted tags is considered vandalism (duh) as is what you did to my /welcome. I refer you to the link above. Also, Thomas Cunningham, the article, is being watched by numerous editors. In response to what you wrote on that article's talk page, I am doing many contructive things for Wikipedia, but have taken some time off to devote to you. I'm assuming good faith on your part that when you called me and others pathetic and told me to do something, you meant that we weren't working very hard. I'm not biting you as you are a newbie and may not know your way around. I'm also assuming good faith, despite loads of evidence in support, that you are not an attack sock. It is true that there is more than one person in the world who doesn't like me so your statement "Others, don't like him either." while incorrectly punctuated, is correct. You also said "Bad apple" in an ambiguous way. I am from Washington, known for its apples some of which are probably bad, but the connection goes much deeper and more personal than that. I recently had my directory information deleted by a disk utility program Apple gave me, so if this was meant to be a declarative (i.e. "Apple is bad."), I would have to agreee, however their hardware still can't be beat. Oh,and just in case you meant that to be a personal attack on me, keep it up and you will be banned. WAvegetarian ^(talk) (email) ^(contribs) 10:55, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the page User:WAvegetarian, this is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. (ESkog)^(Talk) 06:18, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

You have been blocked in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for violating policy against vandalism. To contest this block, please reply here on your talk page or email the blocking administrator or any administrator from this list. Note to sysops: Unblocking yourself should almost never be done. If you disagree with the block, contact another administrator.

Rx StrangeLove 06:42, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I demand to be unblocked!!! I did nothing wrong. I've been scammed!

[edit] I don't understand why you're here.

So far you have made only 3 edits that weren't speedy deleted or reverted:

• a minor typo fix: 05:18, January 5, 2006 (hist) (diff) Dag Hammarskjöld
• a vote in a Tfd: 06:18, January 11, 2006 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Template:Infobox Biography (→Template:Infobox Biography)
• a rejected request for protection of an article: 05:10, January 5, 2006 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Requests for page protection

We are trying to write an encyclopedia here. Please take some time during this block to consider whether you want to be part of a community formed for that purpose. If you do, I will welcome you back into the community and look forward more positive contributions from you. If you don't want to be part of this community, please stop harassing other editors and let us get on with our work. If you wish to respond you may do so here or email me, which will get a faster response as I'm on a wikibreak except for dealing with pressing issues like vandalism to my user page. —WAvegetarian•_{CONTRIBUTIONS}^TALK• ^EMAIL• 08:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reinstate him

He promises to be better. I am his father writing. Reinstate him.

[edit] Confusion

Please someone tell me why I have been blocked yet again, and what the following message means: 'Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Thistheman". The reason given for Thistheman's block is: "repeat vandal, WP:POINT on RFA, general disruption".'

I am just slightly confused; whose page have I vandalized now? Thank you.

• It's saying you're "Disrupting Wikipedia to make a point", and you shouldn't do that, as per WP:POINT. I can vouch for that. You're voting no on a lot of requests for adminship for seemingly no reason. And you certainly do disrupt RfA at least. Sorry, but it is the truth. Deskana (talk) 19:10, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

• • Ok thanks for clarifying that, Deskana, but to say that I have been voting no to a lot of requests for adminship is also false. I did it once, and I have been blocked for 24 hours. I understand that you have an encyclopedia to run and that my disruption has caused inconvenience. I apologize for that. However, I could have at least been warned by the administrator that blocked me; it was quite a bit surprising to suddenly be blocked again. That is what irks me.Thistheman 03:29, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A Request to Alkivar

Please stop blatantly opposing every move I make and every vote for adminship that I add. I am only trying to become a better user of Wikipedia. Not all people give reasons to vote; there are such things as clothespin votes, where a person picks a candidate because he is the less objectionable candidate. To make you happy, however, I gave a response as to why I voted against the adminship. Hoping that this is sufficient enough. Thank you. Thistheman 01:03, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] admin nomination: ish ishwar

• User talk:ish ishwar#Admin nomination

hi. i dont think that we have ever met. thank you for considering me for adminship. i dont know if i am a good choice, but if you think so, then perhaps others may agree (?).

so, i am informing you that i accept the nomination. let's see what happens.

by the way, thanks for putting a link to Bhangra on your user page. i havent encountered this yet, but it sounds interesting — i'll see if i can find some cassette or cd. peace – ishwar  (speak) 16:52, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for edit summary

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labelled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

When you leave the edit summary blank, some of your edits could be mistaken for vandalism and may be reverted, so please always briefly summarize your edits, especially when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you.

– Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 05:15, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hi

Just checking what this does. 70.23.57.158 20:08, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Just checking what this does. 70.23.57.180 00:38, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Just checking what this does. 70.23.31.96 20:32, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Just checking what this does. (at school on a Sunday...drats) 165.155.128.132 16:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Just checking what this does. 149.4.212.140 16:17, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Just checking what this does. 149.4.212.140 16:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Just checking what this does. 70.23.28.176 21:11, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Just checking what this does. 165.155.128.133 17:18, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Just checking what this does. 149.4.212.101 17:34, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Just checking what this does. 70.23.28.176 19:21, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Just checking what this does. 128.113.194.102 16:57, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox: Supporting Userboxes

I see you made the supports userboxes userbox. And I also see that it's not a template. Scince you had the idea of it, I am asking for permission to make it a template. ('cause I want to use it too and others might like it) Kris18 19:59, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Later: Oh... nvm, I see others have it the way you do.

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you! Hi Thistheman, thank you for your support in my Rfa! It passed with a final tally of 86/0/0. If you need help or just want to talk let me know! Again, thank you! – Dakota ~ ° 22:55, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] June Meetup in New York

Hi, I noticed you are characterized as a New Yorker or someone living in New York City so perhaps you might be in the NYC area in June. If you are interested we are having a meetup for Wikipedians in June in NYC. Take a peek at this and please tell any other Wikipedians that you think might be interested in participating about this event. Thanks. Alex756 02:25, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower ^háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

[edit] unblock please

{{unblock|I was autoblocked because someone created a vandal-only account impersonating me (ThistheWOman) on my IP address. I believe I know who it was; it won't happen again.}}

My IP address is 70.23.28.176.

In reply to you helpme request, the people on helpme patrol cannot unblock. You will have to wait for the oficial reply to your unblock request from the administrators. -- ∞Wirelain 04:14, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I just put the tag there in case someone would be able to help me from the patrol. It's okay. Thistheman 04:25, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the autoblock, as above if this happens again (or similar) do not use the {{helpme}} tag. --pgk^(talk) 06:48, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Birthday Committee

Welcome, Thistheman, to the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! You have met all of the membership requirements. Any concerns should be directed to Steveo2. See the Birthday Committee Project Page to see our userbox and the Birthday Message Templates. Go to the bulletin board to see any new announcements concerning the committee. Remember, Be Bold!

Steveo2 10:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

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17. When proceded by another vowel, use the pure vowels instead of य (unless the य is clearly articulated while pronouncing). Thus : जाएँ, not जायें (not जावें) ; आएगा, not आयेगा . However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here.
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For more information/suggestions/criticisms, please contact any one of the administrators of Hindi wiki here, preferably en:User:Magicalsaumy. This page can also be found here.

Thank you,

Cygnus_hansa 02:38, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Templates

To make templates, just go into Happy Birthday, edit it, replace the image with a different image, change the border colour, change the background colour, change the wording, copy it all, don't save, paste it somewhere (like the talk page), and you're done! As long as you've got a base like that to work with, templates are actually very easy to make. If you need any help, just ask (though I'm not that experienced, so you might want to ask someone else the complex questions, and I'm not sure about substing...) ;) Sergeant Snopake 08:24, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

I'd like to thank you for the birthday message i recieved from you today. I knew about the Birthday Comittee before, but never thought much about it. Now i'm thinking of joining. I'll have to talk to Steveo2. Hmmm... ~*Sarah*~ 11:13, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

And, thanks from me, as well! (How do you always manage to be the first one to send every birthday message?) Anyway, thanks a lot, I really appreciate it. Steveo2 17:01, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the Birthday message! Image:Spark.jpg Electricmoose- Electrifying ^talk 18:53, 5 May 2006 19:46, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for wishing me a happy birthday on my talk page. I really appreciated it! Keep up the good work, Ian Manka Talk to me! 00:53, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Birthday

Thanks so much for that, it was really nice of you. --Fir0002 10:57, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, it was a pleasant surprise to open wikipedia and find a birthday wish :-)Jcw69 06:11, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you, and I hope to have a good wikibreak. Maybe I'll pop in from time to time. (I realized the day after I wrote that that it wasn't the 26th Amendment, but I had no idea which one it was, so I couldn't change it!) Steveo2 10:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE:your message

ty --Adam1213 Talk + 13:37, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Fox Hawaii

I don't think it is necessary, since all of Hawaii is covered by one market. Template:HI-tv will suffice as a member of Category: Intrastate Broadcast Templates. CoolKatt number 99999 03:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the birthday wishes

Thanks for wishing me a happy birthday. It was very nice of you. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 05:45, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Birthday thanks

Thanks for the birthday wishes. :) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 05:22, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the welcome!

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME 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 page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 12:16, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Radio Staton Classes

Hi there - I just saw your edit to WFUV and was wondering where I could find that information - is it available on a public database? Thanks, H0n0r 18:08, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

• Awesome, thank you! I would never have found that! H0n0r 18:16, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] B-day

Thank you for taking the time to congratulate me! :) --webkid 13:23, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Birthday

Thanks for taking time and wishing me a happy birthday! ^_^ Cheers, Master of Puppets ^{Giant Enemy Crab!} 04:41, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Birthday

Thank you for the Happy Birthday wishes!  :) Darthgriz98 21:30, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for the birthday greetings

Thank you very much for the birthday greetings. It made my day a little brighter. Have a very nice day.
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 20:00, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Many thanks

Thank you very much for your support in the Esperanza Elections, Thistheman! I am very glad that you have confidence me, and appreciate it very much. -- Natalya 02:13, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You

Thanks for the birthday greeting. Whenever your birthday is, i wish you a happy one also. You seem to have a shaky past, but Im sure you're a good guy deep down inside. - Bagel7 20:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your message on my talk page

Thank you for your birthday wishes [to me] on my talk page. :D Made me feel special! Thanks. --ViolinGirl^♪ 00:30, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for Supporting my RfA!

I know what you're thinking: "I voted on his RfA?" Indeed you did, I am pleased to report that it passed successfully by a margin of 54/6/1. Sorry for the tardy "thank you," but I have been busy watching the FIFA World Cup, and have had some events in my life that have delayed these hand-typed thank yous. I anticipate my "great contribs" will continue throughout my adminship, and I anticipate to always be appreciative. So, thanks again, and sorry for the tardy thank you. Ian Manka Talk to me! 18:45, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some assistance please

Is there any way that I can currently check my edit count (and details about the edit count, as listed in RfA's) using Internet Explorer? Interiot's Tool2 apparently doesn't work with IE. Thanks. Thistheman 20:42, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

http://tools.wikimedia.de/~essjay/edit_count/Count.php --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 20:56, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much! Thistheman 21:11, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your support in my recent RfA!

		Thanks for contributing to my successful RfA!
		To the people who have supported my request: I appreciate the show of confidence in me and I hope I live up to your expectations! To the people who opposed the request: I'm certainly not ignoring the constructive criticism and advice you've offered. I thank you as well! ♥! ~Kylu (u|t) 02:12, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for having the confidence in me to support my request! ~Kylu (u|t) 02:12, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Misza13's pile!

Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing! NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

[edit] Your continued kind words and support

Repeated vandalism does result in blocking. Removal of past disputes is considered a Good Thing™ (duh) as is what you did to my RfA. I refer you to the link above. Also, WAvegetarian, the RfA, was supported by numerous editors. In response to what you wrote on that RfA, I am doing many contructive things for Wikipedia, but have taken some time off to devote to you. I'm assuming good faith on your part that when you called me an excellent vandal fighter and supported my request for adminship, you meant that I didn't have enough work to do as it is. I'm not biting you as you are no longer newbie and know your way around. I'm also assuming good faith, despite loads of editors in support, that you are not a support sock. It is true that there is more than one person in the world who wanted to nominate me so your statement "In fact, I was planning to nominate him, darn!" while incorrectly punctuated, is correct. You also said "good vandal fighter" in an unambiguous way. I am frequent Recent changes, known for its vandal fighters some of which are probably good, but the connection goes much deeper and more personal than that. I not so recently had my user page deleted by a vandal who turned out to be a good editor so if this was meant to be a declarative (i.e. "Vandals can be reformed."), I would have to agreee, however they usually just get bored and leave. Oh,and just in case you meant that to be a sign of WikiLove towards me, keep it up and you will be thanked. WAvegetarian ^(talk) (email) ^(contribs) 07:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Heh, quite an experience indeed.

You have been thanked in accordance with WAvegetarian's thanking policy for giving a unique kind of support in my RfA. To respond to this thanks, please reply here on your talk page or email the thanking administrator or any administrator from this list. Note to sysops: Thanking yourself should almost never be done. If you are giving the thanks, you have just become another administrator.

—WAvegetarian•(talk) 07:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Birthday

Thanks for the birthday message, much appreciated! Normy132 07:37, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your Happy Birthday message

Hi, Thistheman. I would like to thank you for your kind message about my birthday. It was the first one I have ever received, and I hope to get many more. Thank you again.--Chile14 02:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I too would like to thank you for my birthday greeting, it is a simple thing but it does make you feel good about Wikipedian's sense of community. Thryduulf 09:30, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your Happy Birthday message to me

[edit] Happy birthday to me!

Thanks for the thoughtful birthday wishes. :) – 13:03, 9 August 2006 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ClockworkSoul (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Enlighter1

The user is now indfinitely blocked as this person kept on blatantly vandalising the pages User:Jimbo Wales and User talk:Jimbo Wales. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:59, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the warm welcome! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 12:31, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you for the birthday wishes! I had a great day, made all the better by your kind message! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME 16:09, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Membership of Birthday Comittee

I'd like to be a part of the birthday comitte. I don't know how to do this though, please help me since you are a member. Thanks. (I put a please on everything). $$$=Lindsay1980 19:01, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Of, course I'd love to join. I just forgot about. Okay, I'll add my name and birthday. $$$=Lindsay1980 01:36, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August Esperanza Newsletter

[edit] World News Now

Hey, yeah, my bad about Ron Corning's end date. You can put it back if you want - I see you've made more edits to the article. I used to watch WNN when I was in college pulling all-nighters, but I stopped watching regularly when Derek McGinty and Tam Edwards were still anchoring. I'll try to help clean up the anchor list. Wl219 19:11, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some cake for you!

Hi Thistleman, thanks for the birthday greetings! Please have some of my real life brithday cake (which doesn't exist anymore *sob*) :P Cheers!! --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 11:13, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: All will be better

Thanks. Snopake talks of you a lot about the Birthday Committee. Will ^{(Take me down to the Paradise City)} 18:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

I hear you stole something from her. Will ^{(Take me down to the Paradise City)} 20:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

"Many happy returns" Will ^{(Take me down to the Paradise City)} 20:26, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

You better not, or you'll have me to answer to. (j/k) Will ^{(Take me down to the Paradise City)} 20:34, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you very much for the birthday hello. It made my day a truely wonderful one. American Patriot 1776 01:32, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Need block on User:Allknowing1

Sorry I wasn't around. I was sleeping when you sent me that message. Has the situation been resolved yet? -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 05:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NP

my pleasure. Just keep reporting 'em. The really hard and annoying work is the vandal fighting. alphaChimp ^laudare 02:05, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reverting my talk page

Thanks, stupid AOLers. They like to kick a man when he's down, as does everything recently. Anyway, thanks, Will ^{(Take me down to the Paradise City)} 11:37, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AIV Listing

I just removed the long list of socks of Enlighter1 from WP:AIV all of these were blocked some 12 hours before you posted them on WP:AIV, so I'm not sure why you are listing them. Thanks --pgk 17:40, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

...for watching out for that particular vandal, and for making me laugh ([1]). Antandrus (talk) 01:44, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

It's in-country (Phoenix); Google didn't show it on any blacklists; and the backslashes seem to have been by reverting to a previously vandalised version, so I can't prove "open proxy" on that one. Judgement call... Almost all the time this vandal uses proxies but I like to be certain. We can always block again tomorrow. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 03:42, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't think he's the sharpest tool in the shed, that one. He's really one of our most bizarre vandals. Can't figure him out at all.  :-/ Antandrus (talk) 03:47, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About the Ginuwine article

You sent me a message accusing me of vandalism on that page. I believe that page is being vandalized, and I brought it to the attention of Wikipedia. But the singer's year of birth is actually 1970, and at one time the article referred to the article on age fabrication to support this. (He graduated from high school in 1989.) The changes I make are to revert it back to the correct year...as far as I am concerned, the ones who change it to 1975 are the ones vandalizing the page. When I get more time, I will fix the page so that it explains the age situation. For now, I just want to make the edits. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Larrysdiva (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Vandalism Correction

I thank you for your speedy vandalism reflexes; you saved This Spartan Life from an edit no one would have noticed. My truly hearty thanks; I'm glad Wikipedia still has recent change patrol! --Chromium 02:22, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

[edit] Thanks

Thank you for removing the vandalism from my talk page. I really appreciate that. Thanks a lot. -- bulletproof ^3:16 04:26, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to thank you as well, I apreciate the help. =) --KojiDude ^{(viva la BAM!)} 04:32, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Steamroom

I'm sure you feel very proud that you caught me vandalising a page. Did you even read what the purpose of it was? It got erased by an IP, but there was a heading that said "use this space to blow off some steam. Feel free to curse, insult, or use any other language." You could read this before you unintelligably stick a warning label on my talk page. That was an experiment page for god's sake, so please make sure an edit is vandalism before warning a user. 67.77.22.36 11:31, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Left a note on talk page. It was a mistake. Thistheman 19:01, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Port Byron, New York

Thanks for catching that missed bit of vandalism, I was just about to revert it myself. :-) Best, Irongargoyle 22:04, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About the petition

What time zone do you line??? I'm only curious??? --WIKISCRIPPS 07 MON OCT 16 2006 1:15 AM EDT

Well, I don't know if this would help but why not try going around and getting others to sign it... Do remind them though that they have to place the date and time as I had specified... --WIKISCRIPPS 07 TUE OCT 17 2006 7:48 PM EDT

I myself will do the same!!! --WIKISCRIPPS 07 TUE OCT 17 2006 7:49 PM EDT

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

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Provided source info at 03:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC); this is just housekeeping for me. Thistheman 03:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)