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Syncsta
The first two messages in this section were copied over from User talk:Fvw: Syncsta

Understood. - Amaury (talk) 02:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * No problems, the nice thing about wikipedia is there's always someone looking over your shoulder. It's also the annoying thing about wikipedia once in a while, but on the whole it means being bold as you were is the right thing to do. Happy editing! --fvw *  02:15, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I know. Every one click I do on "Recent changes" I see a whole new page of edits, whereas with other wikis like PSUPedia only one or two edits are made when I click "Recent changes," unless they're updating several articles, which only lasts for a minute or so. - Amaury (talk) 02:41, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I can't delete pages or images, only admins can. You can put a db-self template on it, which marks it for speedy deletion by request of the creator. Hope this helps. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 21:41, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * You sure look like an administrator. - Amaury (talk) 21:42, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * :) Thanks, but nope, I'm just a regular editor. I just noticed that you had already put it up for speedy, so I just told you something that you already knew. Sorry about that, I should've looked first ;) Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 21:47, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Questionable edits at St. Peter, Minnesota and Patrick Stump
Please refrain from wantonly reverting any edits that are deletions and calling them vandalism. You reverted an edit of mine, one which deleted redlinks and blatant vandalism on St. Peter, Minnesota, and you also deleted constructive work on Patrick Stump while another user was still working on it. We appreciate your enthusiasm in vandal-fighting, but again, please look closer before reverting.Iulus Ascanius (talk) 01:39, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I understand. - Amaury (talk) 01:39, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I know I get into it too...  Iulus Ascanius (talk) 01:40, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Bahtiyar Mahnut
Not vandalism, the Template replaces the text with the agreed-upon text for ARBs by Wikiproject:Terrorism :) Sherurcij (speaker for the dead) 05:36, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Gotcha! :) - Amaury (talk) 05:37, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Long-term effects of alcohol
I've undone your moves at long-term effects of alcohol. Contrary to your belief, if you search dictionaries or Google for example, long-term, the hyphenated version, is much more common. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 07:51, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It's one word. See - Amaury (talk) 15:51, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Type in "longterm" at Google and see what the first result is.Iulus Ascanius (talk) 16:05, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

User talk:203.45.49.142
Policy does not prohibit users, including both registered and anonymous users, from removing comments from their own talk pages. Unless they're removing declined unblock requests, confirmed sockpuppetry notices, or shared IP header templates...there is no reason for you to restore what they've removed. --Onorem♠Dil 00:32, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * One of the administrators wants it there. - Amaury (talk) 00:35, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * And? They have no reason to revert the anon either. --Onorem♠Dil 00:36, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay... I guess I understand now. - Amaury (talk) 00:37, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Also note, JBsupreme is not an admin...not that it matters. --Onorem♠Dil 00:38, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I see. His profile sure makes it look like he is one. - Amaury (talk) 00:39, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Full names
Please stop moving articles to the full names of the individuals involved. Articles are placed under the most commonly used name, not the full name. &mdash;Kww(talk) 05:26, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That does make sense. Thanks for the comment. - Amaury (talk) 05:27, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

iCarly
If you had asked someone, we could have told you that iCarly and ICarly link to the same place, and that the display of the first character as a lower case "i" is accomplished through some special macros on the title page. I'm happy to answer questions about things, but every time you do one of these unnecessary moves, you create some side effects that other people have to clean up. Please stop. &mdash;Kww(talk) 18:01, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Tweenies
I hate to pile on, but this is something that you should know for future reference, and this says it better than I can:

In a recent edit, you changed one or more words from one international variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For subjects exclusively related to Britain (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to other English-speaking countries, such as Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, use the appropriate variety of English used there. If it is an international topic, use the same form of English the original author used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to the other, even if you don't normally use the version the article is written in. Respect other people's versions of English. They in turn should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any queries about all this, you can ask me on my talk page or you can visit the help desk. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 18:02, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Didn't Tweenies first air on Nick JR? I remember watching the first airing when I was 10 or somewhere around 10 (17 now); it was in English spelling and everything. - Amaury (talk) 18:13, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I really don't know, I've never seen it, but the article says that it originated in England in 1999 and dubbed to the U.S. in 2003. I'll look to see if this is correct though. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 18:17, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It seems the article is correct. Here is an article from the BBC where they licensed it to Nickelodeon. Cheers! Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 18:31, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Final warning regarding moving pages without discussion
Hello Eugene Krabs. If you keep moving articles without getting support from other editors to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. These inappropriate moves create a mess that may have to be cleaned up by administrators, due to the way that moves work on Wikipedia. It is not smart to make the administrators mad. EdJohnston (talk) 19:21, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Words of (unsolicited) advice
Hello. I'm sorry to see that you have been blocked again, because I know that you mean well; however, before you go through making changes across different articles, you should first make sure that what you are doing is correct. I would strongly advise you to take this time to go over a few of our policies, especially WP:TITLE (our naming conventions) and WP:MOS (our manual of style). For example, in this message, you said that if a possessive word ends in S that you don't add an apostrophe S, just an apostrophe. If you check WP:MOS, this is not necessarily correct. In fact, it gives "Illinois's legislature" as one the examples. It states that adding an apostrophe S is more common for modern names and common nouns as opposed to just an apostrophe being more common for biblical and classical names.

I see that you are enthusiastic about helping Wikipedia, which is great, but you just need to focus it on tasks that will be more constructive. The welcome message that you deleted had several very good links that would help you; you may want to go back and look at it a bit more. Please, for the time being, don't make any page moves without prior discussion and a clear WP:CONSENSUS. You are, understandably, on a very short leash when it comes to this. If you think an article needs moved, first check the policies to ensure that it is correct, and then post it on the article's talk page and discuss it. Remember, there is no deadline, if there is a small problem with an article, it can wait until it has been discussed. If you ever have a question, don't be afraid to ask for help. I sincerely hope that during this block, you will read up on policy a bit. If you do, I am confident that will have a less rocky and more enjoyable editing experience. Cheers! Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 00:49, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I just talked to my English teacher about this yesterday; he said ' is more common now, not 's at the end of a word that ends with an S. Also, if I'm blocked, how am I editing my talk page? And what do you mean blocked again? This is my first block here. - Amaury (talk) 02:01, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oops, sorry about the "again" part, it's now stricken. I must have been thinking of another user, my apologies. I'll admit, it's been a few years since I've been in an English class, and, as fast as grammar rules change, I may not be fully up-to-date on it, but, here, we go by what the WP:MOS says. If you think that it should be changed, you could bring it up there, but barring getting it changed, you should try to stick to what it says. Blocked users are generally allowed to edit their own talk page, unless they use it abusively. Thanks for restoring the welcome message, I honestly think that it will help you a bit. Cheers! Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 02:23, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * In case you didn't know: By yesterday, I meant yesterday (January 19th). - Amaury (talk) 03:11, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Gotcha. I'm not saying that he's wrong, just that on Wikipedia, we need to try to go by what our manual of style says most of the time. When it says that either way is fine, it's usually best just to leave it as it was originally written (unless it is inconsistent with the rest of the article). Personally, there are a few things in it that I find counter-intuitive, so I usually keep it open when I'm doing anything other than vandalism reverts for quick reference. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 04:14, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd also like to apologize for getting a little preachy up there. That was a bit over the top for just one short block. When I posted that, I was going by my misconception that you had just been blocked for that the other day... that's what I get for trusting my memory which is about as good as that of a goldfish's :) Anyway, when your block expires, just keep away from moving pages and I'm sure that things will go a lot smoother when you get back to editing ;) Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 07:14, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Welcome templates
Here are the welcome templates: Welcoming committee/Welcome templates/Table, and here are the warnings: Template messages/User talk namespace. I keep these links on my user page for quick reference :) Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 20:06, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

I think that you're looking for this: Template messages/Cleanup. You can find all of the templates arranged into categories here: Template messages. If this isn't exactly what you're looking for, let me know. Hope this helps! Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 19:17, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm confused. I'm not understanding what the speedy deletion is for, so I placed a hang-on tag, but I need help. I'm not familiar with some of these templates. Can you help? - Amaury (talk) 19:27, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It has been tagged as WP:CSD, basically saying that it does not assert notability. Most articles are deleted due to a lack of reliable, third party sources, which is likely to be the case here. Also, it shows that it's a copyright violation. We cannot accept copyrighted material from other places. You can use other sites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Most likely, in order for the page to survive, you'll need to find third party sources make sure that it's not a copyvio. You may also want to take a look at WP:FIRST for tips on writing your first article. Cheers! Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 19:49, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, I looked, but I couldn't find the "User talk messages" templates . - Amaury (talk) 19:59, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Here are the welcome templates: Welcoming committee/Welcome templates/Table, and here are the warnings: Template messages/User talk namespace. I keep these links on my user page for quick reference :) Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 20:06, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Hey, how do I get to my sandbox? I want to test 'em out. :) - Amaury (talk) 20:29, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem, anytime. To make your sandbox, you can just click on this link User:Eugene Krabs/Sandbox and start testing :) Have fun! Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 20:32, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Requesting blocks
Hey, only admins can block users, but you can request a block for obvious vandalism at AIV. Cheers, -- aktsu (t / c) 02:30, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll wait a few minutes before requesting a block on the anon in case you're here and want to try requesting it yourself :) -- aktsu (t / c) 02:33, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice. :) - Amaury (talk) 02:51, 27 January 2009 (UTC)