User talk:Hadal/Archive6

Interest in gem images
Dear Hadal, can I use your zirconia image in the next version of my free physics textbook ( www.motionmountain.net )? The readers would like it - and besides, this is one of the finest such images on the net! Regards,

Christoph Schiller, http://www.motionmountain.net, 14 July 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.174.85.47 (talk) 09:19, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Compiere spamming
Hi Hadal, and thank you for your hard work fighting spam. I have just noticed that the spammer has done again, he has probably used a proxy (although he made a mistake ? in his URL name). The other problem is he is spamming at least three or four other Wikipedias, (the French, the Thai, the German and the Dutch I think). I have two questions, can you filter his URL, are you are of this ? Anti-spam Features, is it possible to block him there too, or should we contact administrators there. thanks--Khalid hassani 13:35, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for the tip he is becoming really a pain ! --Khalid hassani 22:01, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Smartelements spam block
Seems time to make (y)our threat at User talk:62.178.173.218 a reality. (Special:Contributions/62.178.173.218) -- Femto 11:01, 1 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Oh, this is a request, not a remark btw. You appear to be the appropriate admin to 'do the job'. It's a recurring commercial spammer with a more than ample amount of warnings, and I don't want to revert the next batch of links if he decides that the wikicoast is clear again. Femto 18:10, 3 May 2005 (UTC)


 * No need to apologize to me (European) for any time-shift issues or a mere 58 h delay (not that I counted, heh). I wouldn't have expected the next 'testing the water'-link before next week or so anyway. 30 days is just fine, just long enough to make the point if he trie(s/d) to resurface. I'll keep in mind the blacklist, though hope he decides that WP became worthless to him. Femto 11:37, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Heads up on Natural Selection edit
Hey,

I noticed that you've done some reverts on the Natural Selection page, so I thought I should give you a courtesy note on my edit this evening. I laid out my justification (which I trust is pretty self-explanatory) on the talk page ("Edit" section). I didn't go through the whole history of diffs, so I sincerely hope that you aren't the author of the paragraph I deleted! If so, I'm really sorry, but I think you should give some consideration to my points, and then maybe we can discuss further.

Thanks,

Brad

Eh, sorry.
I was trying.

Sacrament
I would like to report several incidents of vandalism on the page for Sacrament. I fixed the page; they were minor things. It seems, however, that the user 203.36.44.14 has a history of vandalism. Perhaps a warning or a blocking might be in order. That's your call. Thanks. KHM03 02:49, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for finding me out so quickly. Although I do not believe that the GOP is not delicious to eat.

Vandalism
RE: "you've got crabs...." from by 128.235.242.53

Is this a virus? It is going through so many files, so fast?

Can't we make it so you have to login and have an account before you can edit? WikiDon 05:35, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

The bigger this thing gets, the more vaulable a login would be, it is going to be harder to manage if it is 100 times larger?

>>>>Well, keep up the good work! It looks like the same person got Battle of Puebla with two different IP's (24.21.82.107 & 24.161.82.41).....bastard's...

Thanks
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page! &mdash; Knowledge Seeker &#2470; 20:34, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Bartman
Yeh, that one guy editorialized a bit. He sounded like a bitter Cubs fan. He has a point, just not quite the right one.

Maybe someone could say something like this, although maybe it should be in a different article: Bartman became a scapegoat for the Cubs' failure to advance to the World Series. There is a demonstrable tendency among fans and writers to ascribe supernatural characteristics to teams. Teams that win frequently, such as the New York Yankees or Green Bay Packers, are said to have a "mystique" or "aura" about them. Teams that seem to fall short repeatedly over many years, such as the Chicago Cubs or (until 2004) the Boston Red Sox, are said to be "cursed" or "jinxed". The psychology of this presumed phenomenon seems to take on mythological or even religious overtones, specifically the idea that external forces are involved in a team's success or failure. Some fans and writers cling to this theory. Others observe that winning is largely a product of investment in talent, combined with appropriate leadership. Luck may play a part, but as player development genius Branch Rickey said, "Luck is the residue of design."

Hmmm, maybe that's also too editorial. It's at least more in the realm of fact and not so emotional. Wahkeenah 04:38, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * In case you still care, this section has been removed from the Bartman page as original research. Just an FYI, CodeCarpenter 20:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Clinohumite
Hi - there is a recently added gemstone article Clinohumite added by an anon who now seems to have signed up. I thought it might be a copyvio, but don't have the reference books he is using to check. The article is in need of wikifying and maybe some reorganizing. I'm really not familiar with the mineral and know nothing about the rare gemstone part - so I thought I'd ask an expert to take a look. :-) Thanks, Vsmith 02:49, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Also the new user in question User talk:Zotter has not yet been welcomed by an admin. - maybe you could do the honors and chat with him/her a bit. Vsmith 02:49, 9 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Excellent reworking of the Clinohumite article! -- BD 24 12 thi m k 06:39, 2005 May 9 (UTC)

Great job! On another note, in case you weren't aware, the webmaster of Mindat.org is also a wikipedian: User:Jolyonralph. He and I have worked together to make the mindat database directly available to wikipedia at List of minerals (complete) and its subpages. I think it is a great resource - take a look at the list and talk and let us know what you think. Vsmith 01:51, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Furthermore, Mr. Gemmologist.
Furthermore, it is time we speak. Methylsoy 01:47, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

When you accuse someone of vandalism....

 * Maybe you should at least point to where the vandalism is. I have been contributing to wikipedia and wikibooks for a while now and have never been accused of anything until now. All I read was:


 * Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Hadal 17:11, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * I had to do a little research to find out what "I" posted. This machine (24.128.209.177) is part of a lab. I'm the teacher and lab coordinator. Now that I know when and on what machine this was posted, I'm going to have a little chat with the student who posted it. He is no longer allowed in the lab. I just wanted to #1: thank you for your hard work. It doesn't go unapreciated, and #2, request that your posts about vandalism to "contributors" have more information in them, so It doesn't just come out of the blue.

-Thank you.

vandalism
just thought i'd let you know i put a 24 hour block on 203.62.10.3

Vandalism..
I just got the following message: Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Your name and the date and time.

But since when is correcting a mistake, or possibly even a case of vandalism, vandalism itself.

I altered on the page of Hamas: gorilla ooh ooh aah aah into guerrilla war, because that is clearly what the article was talking about.

I read on, noticed what seemed to be a formatting issue where someone wasn't linking properly to Saudi-Arabia and was about to correct that as well, when I noticed your message. Good call on correcting that issue yourself, but still, I do object to your insinuation that I'm adding nonsense to Wikipedia.

02:50, 13 May 2005 (UTC)~


 * I've replied at User talk:82.170.37.147. -- Hadal 02:55, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Image:Chinese jadeite buttons.jpg?
What happened to the jade buttons? Image:Chinese jadeite buttons.jpg? on the Jade article, says image missing and it isn't there on the image page. Vsmith 15:29, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok I now see there are images missing all over the place - guess wiki had problems this morning. Vsmith 15:33, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Haifa is in Palestine.Haifa is in Palestine.Haifa is in Palestine. Why did you erase it? legaulle@yahoo.fr

Thanks for Newton's cradle image
A word of thanks for that image of Newton's cradle :) A-giau 05:54, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

24.250.217.87
I have a question, is what im doing "vandalism" if the user whos page im "vandalizing" dosent mind/care that it is being vandalized. 24.250.217.87 02:32, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Well BrokenSegue was more of a joke, I mean come on when you put up a count like that its asking to be vandalized. But if you look at the PhoenixPinion's history you will see that He has made edits after i have "vandalized" his user page and kept them. Infact he even wikified one of them, so if thats not endorsing i dont know what is. 24.250.217.87 02:37, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

But really is adding to someones vandalism count and not touching anything else on there user page vandalism? 24.250.217.87 02:41, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Well if I played in the sandbox, then what would you be doing right now, besides i have already played in the sandbox? 24.250.217.87 02:47, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism
Thanks. He's a nasty one. Adam 03:33, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Why not ban him for good? He's obviously just a pest. Adam 03:48, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Another argument for my long held view that all Wikipedia editors should have verifiable identities and unique addresses. Adam 03:56, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for fixing the vandalism to my user page! Ferkelparade &pi; 07:11, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

User:Adriano C.
--> Dear friends, I really don't urdestand what happened about Adezza (?) I don't know what it is. I started in en.wiki on 13th april 2005 with this. I started in it.wiki about end of march 2004. Please see my page in it.wiki and my page in ja.wiki. For any doubt about my work in wiki, please contact Frieda administrator of it.wiki. Thank you to everybody. If someone can to explain to me what happened I'll be very glad! Excuse me for my bad english! Adriano C. 10:10, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

aggressive editing of informative relavant links
Dear Hadal,

I understand that you are considered as a big fighter against vandalism on Wikipedia but I'm afraid you are being too aggressive.

I've just posted several links additions to articles on 'US Army', 'SMS' & 'Botany' that link to an extensive list of related acronyms and abbreviations of those topics on an honored award winning and respective resource named AbbreviationZ which I believe will be an helpful information for Wikipedia browsers on those topics.

I don't understand why did you removed them. Please explain.

Sinceraly, Yigal Ben Efraim CEO AbbreviationZ.com


 * I've replied at User talk:67.84.111.72. -- Hadal 05:12, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

So adding a large number of links is considered link spam regardless of the links nature? Does a list of more than 20,000 army related acronyms is irrelevant to the US Army article? Does a list of hundreds SMS abbreviations is not relevant to SMS? the AbbreviationZ.com reference web site holds a large number of categories each in a separate category, it has being found a great reference resource by USA Today, the New York Times and others but for Wikipedia is considered a link spam just because it fits several different topics?

I'm afraid you didn't give a fair reason of the removal of our links. I suggest that as a dedicated editor of Wikipedia you'll reconsider your decision.

Thanks in advance.



It would have if the Botany article didn't contain links to other tangents such as: 'American society of plant biologists' or 'The Trees Of Great Britain and Ireland'. When you think about that, everything is a tangent of a tangent of a tangent. Frankly, I don't think a list of Botanical related abbreviations is too tangent and besides, the question is whether the Wikipeida users that read the botanical topic can benefit from our link or not and I think the answer is positive.

(much of the above is from anonymous link pusher)

See also: User_talk:Nohat. (SEWilco 03:49, 20 May 2005 (UTC))

Chin up at Dinosaur, Hadal!
...after all, one crank will soon enough be replaced with another... I have it on my watchlist too, if you run out of revert-credits. Unfossilized dinosaur bones has links that give a glimpse of the material that is being interpreted in this zany fashion, such as [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/24/tech/main683019.shtml CBS News. com "More on the Soft Tissues from the T-Rex from Montana"] The best counter in these cases is more detailed and more copious authentic information, incorporating the new findings that are getting such sensationalist treatment by the boobies. --Wetman 05:09, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

pentagon
keep living a lie like everyone else

I was just reporting what i read in the NY times this morning so it isnt nonsense get your fact's right

The fact you don't seem to understand is that a plane was never found in nor anyway near the Pentagon. The official story denies common sense logic and the laws of physics. If you take the time to investigate you will damn well know this is a crock of lies about flight 77 -Lamrock

Testing
There is no law against vandalism.--212.100.250.216 06:16, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
 * See User talk:212.100.250.216. -- Hadal 06:20, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

I didn't say Wikipedia rule, I said law. As in, something that has passed through an elected legislatave body, and been entered on the statute book. Main article: law --212.100.250.216 06:22, 21 May 2005 (UTC)


 * No, the only laws I am subject to are the laws of the country I am in, which happens to be the United Kingdom, and the laws of the European Union. This website has no right to make laws.--212.100.250.216 06:27, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

I have software that'll enable me to get round a block.--212.100.250.216 06:42, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism
I was curious as to why you had vandalised the Port Arthur theories page, as referenced in history: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Port_Arthur_theories&action=history, at least why you had wiped a perfectly legitimate page that fulfilled every one of Wikipedia's rules for a valid, unbiased page with references. I believe that the action of maliciously wiping such a page, and replacing it with a REDIRECT link very easily constitutes vandalism (especially since it is then difficult to restore the page). I trust that you misunderstood who the vandal was. 203.26.206.129 11:01, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi!

Just wanted to quickly thank you for your contribution to the common struggle against vandalism by Rovoam. I was busy at work these days and couldn't visit Wiki, so I was very glad to see that a number of editors including you, Tony and Weyes have prevented Rovoam's vandalisms and spurious edits.

I am placing regular disclaimers on talkpages of all his known IPs. I do this both for records and for other editors to know and be on alert. If you haven't seen them, here's the last disclaimer. Thanks once again. --Tabib 12:28, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

Salp?
Hello Hadal,

My post was NOT nonsence at all. I live in new zealand I definatly know that people used to eat salps, our social studies teacher at school verified this. ... posted at 05:19, 2005 May 25 by M1k30rz

.::=-[ м1ķ30®ž ™ ]-=::. says: do people in nz eat salps I know where you're going, and that's the hardest part No matter where tonight ends, you won't escape your broken heart says: yeah I know where you're going, and that's the hardest part No matter where tonight ends, you won't escape your broken heart says: i love them ''... posted at 05:25, 2005 May 25 by M1k30rz''

Excuse me hadal. But I have proof that salps are eaten in new zealand, I am only helping wiki by adding this crucial information to the website. I even provided you with proof, what more can you want?!/!?!

And wtf is up with "jokes" and "song lyrics"?! I dont see any song lyrics posted by me mr.''... posted at 05:30, 2005 May 25 by M1k30rz''

Britain's major tourist destinations
Thank you for your trouble! This person is trying my patience -- but I now see that he has a counterpart here. -- Hoary 06:50, 2005 May 25 (UTC)

Constantine
Thanks for taking the time to clean up the vandalism on Constantine. I've really worked hard to put in my materials.Kazuba 25May05

Wikipedia: Todd Brendan Fahey
RedWordSmith,

This page was "tagged" for potential "copyright violation" yesterday by "Fawcett"; however, the page of origination (the original text) IS Wikipedia's.

Many other sites Web-wide have taken Wikipedia's draft and transferred the text to their own. A stamp-of-approval, it seems, for Wikipedia.

This is to let you know that the entry for "Todd Brendan Fahey" was first posted (and then "Wikified" at Wikipedia.org. There has been no copyright infringement.

(The page seems to be under periodic vandal attack, as the "History" page reveals. But that's another story.)

PLEASE RETAIN THE CURRENT DRAFT of the Wikipedia entry for "Todd Brendan Fahey." It is accurate and has already been "approved" and "Wikified" by your Admins.

Thx.

Vandalism
Hi. I took to liberty of reverting some vandalism an anon left on your user page (looks like someone you've blocked at least once who's got an axe to grind). Not sure why, but it doesn't appear in the history. Anyway, it was just some crap about liking to eat poop (sorry for the pun). --Azkar 22:27, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

Images: RE-UPLOADING
Sir, I want to be able to RE-UPLOAD images that "I" have previously up-loaded. I can not re-upload, it either acts like it does, but doesn't, and if I try to delete MY old image, I can't, I get "Sysop access required". I should be the Sysop on images that I have created and submitted. So if I fix the image I should be able to re-load it. Sometime I find errors in images that I have previously up-loaded, or I see a way to make them better, improve them. HELP...WikiDon 19:27, 28 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, this is still an issue. Can I get Sysop/admin rights for the files I upload? Mainly I want to be able to do it on-the-fly, one at a time, as I go. Is there a way you can check and look at all the files that I have uploaded easily? I have orphaned several since I started Wiking. I useally just rename the file on my computer (EXAMPLE: Auckland.PNG to Auckland.png or Clare_Island.PNG to Clare-Island.PNG), then it is very painless to edit the file and just replace the underscore to a dash, or lower case to upper case, or visa versa. If there is a way to check, you should find several orphans. I don't have a list of them all. If I create a map, then either find and error, or impove the map, I useally just delete it on my system, so I wouldn't be exactly sure what it is. I could paw through the "My Contributions" page and sift and compare, but that is NOT a chore I relish. Why, at least can't I reload over the top of a file that I already created, that would solve the problem. If the user that created the file is logged-in, and trys to re-upload a file with the same file name, as long as that file has not been modified (images, *.JPG, *.PNG, shouldn't be), then they should be able to do so (of course they are logged in as the same user both times). Relish, speaking of relish, I am hungry, got to go eat. WikiDon 02:29, 31 May 2005 (UTC)


 * I just switched Ireland-Capitals.PNG for Ireland_Capitals.PNG (the former the new one, the latter the old). WikiDon 03:41, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

I did these tonight:
 * Image:Galway-Bay.PNG in for Image:Galway_Bay.PNG
 * Image:Dublin-Bay.PNG in for Image:Dublin_Bay.PNG
 * Image:Donegal-Bay.PNG in for Image:Donegal_Bay.PNG
 * Image:Bantry-Bay.PNG in for Image:Bantry_Bay.PNG
 * WikiDon 09:54, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Monkeynerd
User:Monkeynerd seems to only move pages to titles ending in "on wheels". He doesn't look like he's doing anything positive, so could you look into his contributions and maybe ban him. Howabout1 23:14, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

54th Massachussetts
I see you deleted the page. I was wondering if it ever had more info and had been vandalized. It was a significant regiment in the siege of Charleston, consisting of mostly black troops. A movie "Glory" was made about it. -Just wondering... Pollinator 02:23, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

Vandal 220.237.4.86
You had threatened to block User:220.237.4.86 (Talk), should he ever vandalise another user's comments again. I though you might like to know, that he has indeed done so, by changing RoyBoy's comment from "Evoking inaccurate offensive comparisons is a cheap copout." to "I'm a cheap copout." -- Ec5618 14:44, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

Another vandal
I'm sorry to put you on the spot like this, but another user has been vandalising an article, and I thought you could perhaps help. In the article on creation science, Bensaccount has been replacing the intro with "Creation science (or CS) is Creationism pretending to be scientific." and similar POV claims. Though he has recently retracted his request to be banned, other editors would like him to be blocked. Thanks. -- Ec5618 00:20, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)


 * He does seem to have cooled down, in that he has stopped editing. He seems to have confined himself to his own talk page, where he is having a useless, but harmless, 'discussion' with another editor. Still, I'm all for second chances, and do agree that a block at this stage might anrage Bensaccount. So, I'll thank you for your time, and I will keep you informed. Thanks, Ec5618 06:23, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)

Your Anne Bonny Article
You are absolutely in control of the Anne Bonny article, there is no doubt about it. Within that Biography, you have elected to include fictional information that originated in, well, books of fiction, and are not supported in any serious scholarly works. The final paragraph is perhaps the most puzzling, an assertion that Anne Bonny somehow became Bart Roberts. It is completely within your control to keep this mostly fictional account of the life of Anne Bonny as fact, and you are doing a splendid job at it, for whatever that’s worth to you.


 * Aside from the plain fact that I've made no substantive edits to this article, please see also my reply at User talk:68.3.42.145. -- Hadal 03:04, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Anne Bonny
May I add a new article at the bottom of the current one, without changing or editing the original article? And, if so, is it permissible to make reference to the original article, or would any reference be deemed an editorial comment and thereby be deleted?

Inadvertant block of Shared-IPs
I received a notice that my account can no longer edit due to action taken against someone named "FireCrotch". The notice then explained that action taken against one person can sometimes affect numerous other people who use the same online service. This seems to be the case here. Could you please allow this account to edit?(Center-for-Medieval-Studies 21:25, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC))

perhaps you should stop printing lies then. (anonymous comment left by User:69.195.69.192 Kelly Martin 04:59, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC))

Yoda
A quick google does suggest yoda's full name is Yoda D'kana. I noticed you reverted the anon's edit that added this, is this something that has already been discussed and dismissed? I've reverted your reversion, but feel free to re-revert if it's been decided against. --W(t) 06:34, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)
 * Well, I hate to use Google as a gauge of anything, but "Yoda D'kana" returns precisely 137 hits. Most of these also describe Yoda as a "whill", which is already debunked in the article. Furthermore, if "Yoda D'kana" were indeed Canon, I find it hard to believe it would take this long for someone to add it to the article. I'm not about to get into an edit war over the subject, however; if I'm right, the diehard SW fans will no doubt correct it in short order. -- Hadal 06:39, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Though I'm hesitant to use the "it would have been added already" argument for these sorts of things, the rest is a good point. I've removed it again and added a note on the talk page asking if someone could clarify. Thanks, and keep up the good work! --W(t) 06:47, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)

User:69.169.44.30
Hi Hadal, User:69.169.44.30 is still vandalizing. He's posted pornographic stories to the sandbox, XII Corps (ACW), and Get Happy. Basically every edit he's made today has been reverted. Is a 24-hour block in order? --Idont Havaname 04:13, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

User 68.117.210.6
Thanks for the userpage revert, but this user is just teasing. I whined earlier that he didn't update my vandal count when he hit the page earlier, so he's come back to "fix" that. It's nice to occasionally get one with a sense of humor. Joyous 05:11, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)


 * Apologize? No worries. You certainly weren't "overstepping"; I just didn't want you to waste any valuable vandal-busting energy on him: you are fast on RC patrol.  Joyous 05:40, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your support
Thank you for supporting my candidacy for administrator. Kelly Martin 15:13, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

User talk:62.252.192.8
"User talk:62.252.192.8 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.'''

'''Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Hadal 02:07, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)"

I'm sorry I don't think I have vandalised at all, the only thing I have ever edited on this site was a missing translation of a catalan word, (camp nou meaning new stadium, rather than being the actual name of the stadium, and as I'm studying catalan I thaught I would at least know this simple translation) That is it, I didn't think that was vandalism, but I'm sorry if it was!

I'll create a user account now for future changes so that you can tell me exactly what I have done wrong so that I don't do it again!

That was fast!!
Hi - you caught that typo on my new sericite article w/in 2 minutes. I saw the extra bracket, but when I brought up the edit screen - it was gone. Thanks, Vsmith 03:43, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for save to my user page
Great catch, I'm grateful. The "Nehru is Stalin" anon vandal over at the Nehru page has apparently taken to posting his stuff everywhere else he can find... including user pages of people who constructively edit the Nehru page. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 04:43, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)

Apostolic Council and Council of Jerusalem
These pages sure could use some help, perhaps you're interested?

Organelle
I just saw it being protected; it's been 10 days, should be safe to unprotect now. --Magnus Manske 11:39, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Misunderstanding
I apologize for the misunderstanding but the electoral roll is an actual part of Star Wars mythology. I am afraid that you have jumped to conclusions by labeling it as "nonsense". I remind you that you do not know everything and you are clearly ignorant about knowledge of other users. --68.63.157.162

Thanks
Hadal, thanks for reverting the edit from my user page. But that was only me under my IP address on my computer at 209.165.11.33, nothing to worry about but I did have a real vandal for some time. Take care, Dbraceyrules 03:10, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Ah; sorry for the mixup there. I saw the edit history of your userpage, and that combined with your logged-out edit summary led me to believe the IP wasn't you. Thanks for tidying up my own talk page. Cheers, -- Hadal 03:53, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * No problem, that's fine. I can understand that vandalism runs around alot in Wikipedia.  Dbraceyrules 03:57, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Vandal
I wonder if you wouldn't mind blocking 198.74.20.73, if he hasn't been blocked already? He's the alterego of 198.74.20.75, who was blocked yesterday. The user isn't doing anything but harassing Boothy and me by vandalizing our user and talk pages. Thanks. - Jersyko talk  19:34, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * He was blocked for four days, thanks. - Jersyko talk  21:11, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Edit/delete conflict
Hi, you just erased an attack page created by an anonymous user. I was viewing the page at the time you deleted it, and put a speedy deletion tag on it a few seconds after you erased it. That edit recreated the page, so you're going to have to delete it again. Sorry about that. Mr. Billion 03:46, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Re 152.*.*.* that you just banned.
Thanks for the block; hope he doesn't continue in 30 minutes :)  ral  315  04:39, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)


 * He's back.  ral  315  05:27, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)


 * Another vandal, if you're interested, is 205.137.32.124 (all edits on Michael Jackson).  ral  315  05:52, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)


 * I think 152.*.*.* is back again.  ral  315  06:09, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support
Hi! thank you for your kind words in support of my admin candidacy. I have now been promoted&mdash;I hope that in our frequent encounters on RC patrol you will always feel that I am using the administrator powers responsibly. JeremyA 05:22, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Moving Comment to Talk
Thank you for moving my comment on Zhuge Liang to the Talk section. I didn't even know that such a section existed or I would have put it there to begin with.

Discussion at Talk:Pakistan
Would you like to join the animated discussion on the Pakistan's talk page? The current issue is whether "Pakistan is famous for its support of Taliban and 9/11 terrorist" is a suitable sentence to start the article's first paragraph. Your contribution would be much appreciated, as the current discussion seems to be more of a dialog between Ragib and SamTr014 (talk • contribs). Thanks !--PrinceA 06:22, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Liquefied natural gas
I have an anonymous contributor, 70.19.21.89 & 70.18.205.35 adding information about Cheniere Energy to the LNG article. I think he wants to promote the stock. He has put it in twice, and I have ripped it out twice. I have added notes on my removal, and with the second one opened up the discussion page, Talk:Liquefied natural gas, and put in my feelings. 1) Please review the situation and tell me if I am out of line. 2) How do I lock an article? Thanks! WikiDon 23:14, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

That was not a test
Hadal, please read the discussion section of kalaripayattu before you revert it. The history that is currently on the website is not accurate and is considered a fabrication. There is no evidence historically to what the site states.


 * I've explained my actions at Talk:Kalaripayattu -- Hadal 03:48, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The Weight of Wallace's Sword
Hadal, regarding your reversion, I must ask, "Do you realize that a sword weighing 60 lbs. would be impossible to lift and swing over extended periods of time?" Wallace's sword did not weigh 60 lbs. Adraeus 04:12, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, I was just joking with you! Don't take that jab seriously especially five days after the incident... I just returned from vacation actually and the William Wallace article is about the last article I care about, so I was just checking up on it. Adraeus 05:54, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

vampyroteuthis illustration...
Hey there,

I'm a fellow Torontonian but currently residing in landlocked Milan, where I've been researching marine illustration. I noticed that you uploaded an illustration to Wikipedia on the vampyroteuthis... is it the main illustration, the antique looking one in black with red eye? If so, could you tell me anything about it, where it comes from?

cheers, Geoff, Milan


 * Hi; I've replied at User talk:213.140.6.121 -- Hadal 04:01, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Fish article
I was working on the Horseface Loach article in which you had added some information on at one point. I was wondering if you had the source for your information? You made the claim that it has never been bred in captivity, which is a pretty broad assertion. I'd just like to check it, but I don't know what your source was. &mdash; Ram-Man (comment) (talk) 13:09, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

Andaman Islands
Hey Gregory,

i just wanted to check with you why it is wrong to give a link to our website, www.barefootindia.com on the Andaman Islands page. The fact is that you have www.andamanindia.com which is a broken link to another commercial site. The fact is that we are promoting the islands as a eco-tourism destination and we have no content on our site which is unacceptable.

i have also seen on various other articles that there are commercial links. So, i would request you to have a look at our website and allow our link on the Andaman Islands page and Andaman & Nicobar Island page.

i shall check back for your reply.

Thank you.


 * The dead external links have been removed; thank you for pointing them out. In general, Wikipedians are very sensitive about any external links which might be perceived as advertising.  If the purpose of the www.andamanindia.com site was primarily commercial promotion by a specific company, then it probably shouldn't have been linked either.


 * Please stop re-adding the link to Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Nicobar Islands. At least three different editors have removed the link from those articles, suggesting that there is general agreement that it is inappropriate for Wikipedia.


 * (Sorry for posting the reply here, Hadal; the anonymous editor isn't on a static IP and here seemed the most likely place for this message to be seen.) --TenOfAllTrades(talk) 29 June 2005 14:33 (UTC)

You're an asshole and a liar!
My edits were good. I added a reference that cheeto means shemale and these FREAKING VANDALS (INCLUDING YOU) take it out. Have you ever contributed new information to this encyclopedia. I WORKED HARD ON MY EDITS and all you do is revert people. You have *never* once added anything here. CHBlogger 4 July 2005 19:23 (UTC)


 * I won't bother responding to this garbage, except to say that I think your contributions speak for themselves. -- Hadal 5 July 2005 05:20 (UTC)

Vandalism by user 24.60.52.200
Depsite your warning on the user's talk page, he or she seems to be continuing to vandalize pages. The user blanked out the entire article on Air America Radio. Please see:

Thanks for anything you can do. Calicocat 5 July 2005 14:25 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey, thanks for helping me in my fight to keep my user page free of crap (well, other people's crap anyway; my prose might qualify in some circles). Anyhow, thank you!--Scimitar 6 July 2005 14:28 (UTC)

Insect taxobox
Figured there was no reason to keep beating on it in the Talk:Lepidoptera page. Here are questions I'm hoping you can help with on the main insect box.
 * 1) Monura appears to be some subset of Insect, but not a subset of Apterygota
 * 2) I'm pretty sure all of the other extinct ones aren't in the right place, but it's tough to figure out where that place is supposed to be.
 * 3) Insect only has 2 sub-classes?  Seems unlikely, but could be.  (No time to check this very instant.)
 * 4) Why go 4 levels deeep on the taxobox?  (Subclass, infraclass, order, suborder)

These are the questions I had about the taxobox and why I found it confusing.

Wikibofh 7 July 2005 01:03 (UTC)


 * I'm far from an expert in entomology, but I'll try to answer your questions (I'm answering here in accordance with the notice on your talk page):
 * Monura is apparently a suborder of Archaeognatha that contains ca. four extinct species (see ). However, this isn't exactly agreed upon. To quote this site, "The Monura are a group of vague and doubtful affinities. There is a sense in some of the literature that Monura was erected because something ought to occupy this phylospace -- not because the fossil evidence actually compelled that conclusion." So in other words, it's a catch-all suborder for taxa that don't quite fit elsewhere. To illustrate my point at Talk:Lepidoptera, I'll also point out that some authorities promote Archaeognatha to a subclass and make Monura a proper order. Since you've used Firefly Encyclopedia's scheme, it might be best to move Monura to Archaeognatha and replace it in the Insect taxobox with those orders listed under Apterygota.
 * By not in the right place, do you mean they shouldn't be listed at all by virtue of being extinct, or that they're under the wrong subclass/order? They appear to be in the right place (in that they're not included within the Neoptera), but you're right that something's missing. They should be divided under the pterygotan infraclass Paleoptera if Neoptera is to be treated as an infraclass too. So they don't need to be (re)moved, just further subdivided (see ). Does that make sense?
 * Under the scheme we're using, yes; only two subclasses. We could promote Archaeognatha to its own subclass, but that would put the rest of the taxonomy at odds.
 * Why go that deep? As exemplified by #1 above, it's because nobody can agree on what's a suborder and what's an infraclass. Better to pick one scheme and present it within the taxobox along with the orders, which would hopefully mitigate dispute.


 * Is this reasonable? -- Hadal 7 July 2005 04:08 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply. Just like I indicated on my Talk page, I would watch here.  :)


 * My points #1 and #2 were really that it seems to be hard to figure out where to place the extinct classes. Regrettably the Firefly doesn't really list them at all, so I can't figure out where to stick them in even that method.
 * I see for #3, now that I have my book in front of me that it's only 2 sub-classes. Odd, but you can't expect nature to chop things up nicely for you.  :)
 * I do have a second book that simply lists 35 orders in those 2 sub-classes. It appears to be from Willy Hennig (1913-1976).  I'll check firefly again tomorrow to see how they break it all out.
 * Thanks a bunch for taking the time to explain some of the rationale...My engineering brain has a hard time wrapping around some of the apparent lack of logic. I'm still not sure I like the 4 deep on a top level taxobox, but it doesn't really matter.  :)
 * Wikibofh 7 July 2005 04:40 (UTC)

Thank you for the block on Hogeye
Thank you, sir or madam, you are like an angel from above. We all appreciate something being done and hope you'll keep your eye on him in the future (if he has one ;)) --Tothebarricades July 7, 2005 06:12 (UTC)


 * In my judgement his behavior has not improved since the end of the block and is highly unlikely to ever improve. Besides edit warring/pov warring on anarchism as usual, he is vandalizing Template:Anarchism sidebar and breaking the three revert rule frequently. --Tothebarricades 19:13, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

Heads up, your user page has been vandalized
Thank you for reverting the article on ligers. I'm glad to see that the pop culture references are back (and that there was no good reason to delete them). That said, you should probably take a peek at your user page. It's been quite badly vandalized. I guess some script-kiddy-types out there have a hate on for you, eh? --InformationalAnarchist 8 July 2005 01:01 (UTC)

Talk pages
I am not intending any disruption, I am simply commenting on each article to which the problem is relevant. Talk pages are for discussion of the content of the articles, and for discussion of things that need done to improve the content of those articles, and that's precisely what I'm posting about. I'm sorry if you don't like the content of my comments. &mdash; Cortonin | Talk 9 July 2005 07:45 (UTC)


 * The comments are precisely what they are at face value, a caution to the reader and suggestion for future editors to fix the problem. The only reason it was necessary to post on a number of different articles is because the problem affecting them is more systemic and widespread than a single article.  I humbly apologize if it disrupted the aesthetics of your watchlist.     &mdash; Cortonin | Talk 9 July 2005 07:54 (UTC)


 * I object strongly to your revert of my talk page comments. That was a highly inappropriate use of your administrator capabilities to push your personal views.  You're welcome to disagree with me, and you're welcome to say you disagree with me, but when you erase my comments to keep others from reading them, then you sir have crossed a serious ethical line.     &mdash; Cortonin | Talk 9 July 2005 09:38 (UTC)


 * Yes, you made your reasoning quite clear when you stated to WMC, "After all the work you've done for our climate-related articles, the least I could do is keep the talk pages clear of poisonous piffle." In other words, you strongly support his efforts and edits, and you are using your admin abilities to undo TALK PAGE comments which stand in opposition to his efforts.  If you'll note, my comments mentioned no one by name, and did not qualify as a personal attack by any measure.  Your revert of my comments was motived by your POV and by the fact that you are a proponent of global warming theories.  Wouldn't it be nice if people at Wikipedia could make decisions without bringing their preconceived views to the forefront?     &mdash; Cortonin | Talk 9 July 2005 10:30 (UTC)

For the record, Hadal, yours was of course a very appropriate set of actions. There's nothing wrong with airing concerns, but when done in such a way as to misrepresent the situation in that way it is a problem. Also sending it to 15+ talk pages is worrisome by itself. - Taxman Talk July 9, 2005 14:46 (UTC)

Bank of Wikipedia Employee7
Hi, thanks for the Rv's on my user pages by Bank of Wikipedia Employee7. Salut. <> Who ? &iquest; ? 9 July 2005 08:25 (UTC)

Cortonin
Hi. Thanks for the work re Cortonins recent edits. He (and then you) have been busy! William M. Connolley 2005-07-09 09:16:31 (UTC).

The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi credits
Thank you for stopping 67.140.148.37's pointless vandalism. Copperchair 9 July 2005 09:32 (UTC)

Templates
SimonP is unilaterally moving the expansion template to talk pages (consequently losing information about the section that should be expanded where the template is used in a section rather than the whole article). This is despite there being no consensus for the change.

This is occurring en-masse, and I would appreciate some help in preventing this before a consensus has been agreed on for such a massive change. 12:58, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

User:Hogeye
I just thought you might want to know. --cesarb 23:51, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar, put this on your page



 * .. Will do, thanks! :) -- Hadal 04:55, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Mahmoud Ahmedinajad
Thanks for your prompt action on the serial reverter. Much appreciated. I'd appreciate it if you could keep the article on your watchlist because I daresay the guy will be back. Grace Note 06:08, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Defects in diamond lattice
Hi - User:Stepanovas has create the new page Defects in diamond lattice. An anon and I have done a bit of cleanup, but, thought you should take a look - you're the expert here. -Vsmith 16:04, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Hogeye/Danneskjold Sockpuppet
In Anarchism Talk, Archive 21, you state that Danneskjold has been blocked as a possible sockpuppet of Hogeye. I don't have much experience with sockpuppets, and am wondering why the SOCKPUPPETER boiler-plate is not on either user's account page. When was Hogeye blocked for one month, and what does such a block entail? Should not a blocked account boiler-plate of some sort be used for blocked account pages? Thanks.
 * MSTCrow 19:24, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

Hogeye
This user continues to revert to his POV fork using IP 70.178.26.242. The evidence that this user is Hogeye is somewhat overwhelming. Including the selective reverts to versions only he reverts to, his signing his name to this IP , and both that IP and the others he has used and been blocked on resolving to the same area. Kev 23:48, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your help with Hogeye. It would appear that he has moved to yet another IP, 67.15.54.56.  Unfortunately, the evidence for this one isn't as strong as the others.  He has reverted to versions that only Hogeye has ever reverted to in the past, , , .   But if he is Hogeye he is attempting to act as though he is not,


 * Calling anarchism "anti-capitalist" is definitely POV. Not including anarcho-capitalism in the lists of schools is POV. Who is this anti-capitalist POV warrior Kev, who singlehandedly insists on reverting/deleting anarcho-capitalist info? Cut that out, please.


 * I do find it a bit suspicious, however, that a brand new user who doesn't know who I am knew perfectly well to revert straight to Hogeye's version the moment he showed up on the article. And the only edits he has apparently made outside the anarchism article were a series of vandalisms, , ,.


 * But even if it isn't Hogeye, he refuses to communicate at all about his reverts on Template:Anarchism sidebar, and has already reverted 6 times in one day. 14:28, 15 July, 15:37, 15 July, 15:46, 15, 21:27, 15, 01:21, 16 July, and just barely in under the wire with the last one 14:24, 16 July.  He also just barely got in under the wire with 4 reverts on the anarchism page, starting at on 15 July and ending 14:23 16 July.


 * Is that enough circumstantial evidence to point to Hogeye, or should I post the specific violations to 3RR, or just chill and hope he goes away? Thanks for your advice/help.  Kev 22:01, 15 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your vigilance! -- Hadal


 * And thank you for your help. Kev 03:18, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

He has returned with 2 reverts back to the same version he always reverts to,,. This time he is using an IP he has used before. I think its fairly clear given the edit summary that this is Hogeye, but there is also some evidence concerning the similarity of his edits between other IPs he has used and this one if that is needed. He had now reverted the anarchism page six times from 04:15, 17 to 02:16, 18 July  Kev 19:12, 17 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Yeah, given these violations I hope the ban will be made permanent if it hasn't already been made such. I don't know what can be done to stop him at this point, though. --Tothebarricades 22:00, July 18, 2005 (UTC)


 * Thank you again for your help Hadal. Regarding Arbcom, there is actually already a request placed by user Albamuth before he started to get really bad.  I'm unsure of the procedure at this point, if all this recent evidence will be reviewed once the case is taken up, or if I should post it over there now, or if a new request should be made.  Anyway, as you say, there is only so much we can do, but at least we are making it fractionally harder for him.  In fact, he recently made an edit other than his standard revert, so there is always hope he will simply stop on his own.  Kev 05:12, 19 July 2005 (UTC)


 * By the way, is making many Hogeye-like edits to anarchism and Template:Anarchism sidebar -- I don't know if its the same person, but the rhetoric that IP spouts on talk:anarchism is pretty Hogeye-ish as well. Also,  I'm pretty sure is Hogeye. --albamuth 17:24, 22 July 2005 (UTC)


 * was in fact http://proxy.mxds.ch/, an open proxy. I indefinitely blocked it. --cesarb 01:37, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Tony Elliott
IP address 67.38.45.178 blanked the redirect on Tony Elliott, which you restored. I believe User had arrived at article looking to create something about Tony Elliot, race car driver for the United_States_Automobile_Club. User has been merrily adding stubs about USAC drivers to Wikipedia, the notability of which I am questioning. Just wanted to let you know. EvilPhoenix talk 06:32, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

VfD
Will you close a VfD for me? I could just wait for someone to come along and close it, but someone who didn't know the context might keep it. votes for deletion/Avatar World's result was transwiki to wikicities. I founded it, so the page can be deleted. I know I keep bothering you about admin stuff, but I gave you a barnstar for it, or you could always nominate me for adminship ;). Happy editing. Howabout1 Talk to me! 18:45, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

Please respond if you will or won't. Howabout1 Talk to me! 04:32, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

Good idea, I'll redirect it myself. I'm thinking of nominating myself for adminship, so I (hopefully) won't have to bug you any more. :) Howabout1 Talk to me! 03:09, July 18, 2005 (UTC)

I did and if it succedes I won't have to bug you. Vote here. Howabout1 Talk to me! 03:36, July 19, 2005 (UTC)

RfA
Thanks for supporting my RfA! Howabout1 Talk to me! 19:33, July 19, 2005 (UTC)

Villain category
This user, 68.114.103.117, a pseudonym of Nintendo Maximus, is having an edit war with me. Time and time again, I have been disagreeing with whether certain characters should be classified as villains, and he keeps changing it without coming to an agreement. I request that you block him. Marcus2 18:39, 24 Jul 2005 (UTC) Also, I think that the villain category should be deleted. Marcus2 18:41, 24 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Howabout1's RfA (again)
Hi. I am copying this message to everyone who voted on my last RfA. By some strange twist of fate, I have been nominated (within 48 hours, it's probably a record). Please vote again. Howabout1 Talk to me! 21:04, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

Diamond infobox
Gregory,

I have created a draft template for diamond-related articles which I've temporarily stashed at User:Bantman/sandbox. Thought I'd get your thoughts before I went live with it (it's my first template). What do you think?

Thanks, Bantman 01:29, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

Best wishes
I know it isn't any real help, but I do wish you all the best getting these legal hassles about that fallen tree sorted out quickly. Lupo 15:00, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

Greetings!
Ha.

I found you.

p.s. Tag, you're it.

-DJ

reverting vandalism
Thanks for taking time to revert a vandal on the Lambda Phi Epsilon page. I took a lot of time to put as much useful information as I possibly could. Too bad a few bad apples has to try to ruin it for the rest of us. Thanks for all your contributions! --Pez 14:04, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Vasco da Gama
An article that you've edited before (Vasco da Gama) is nominated for Article Improvement Drive. If you want go there and vote. Thanks. Gameiro 02:57, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Bringing Wikipedia to Toronto
I've been working on a bid to bring Wikimania 2006 to Toronto. I have contacted KMDI, an institute at the University of Toronto. They are very interested in partnering with us, and can get us a full range of U of T facilities for free. With this offer I think there is a very good chance of bringing Wikimania 2006 to Toronto. The only thing we currently lack are people willing to help out. I'm willing to do much of the work, but for the time being I am in Ottawa and having some people on the ground in Toronto will be necessary. We also need a number of people willing to assist at the actual event, likely the first weekend of August 2006. If you are interested in helping out sign up at Wikimania 2006/Toronto. Preliminary bids from various cities need to be made by Sept. 30, 2005, at which point a committee will choose which city gets to host the event. The number of people willing to help will certainly be an important consideration. - SimonP 16:21, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Warning vandals
When warning a vandal, such as User:65.122.8.1, please use each test template consecutively, rather than skipping straight to test3 or test4, except in extreme cases of abuse. Thanks --Ryan Delaney talk 18:58, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Primates category rework
After some good discussion on the talk for WP:PRIM with User:Marskell, I've begun work on cleaning up category:Early hominids. Please come to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Primates/category rework to weigh in your opinion on what direction to take. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:12, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

FishBase
Hi, might you be interested in a cooperation between Wikimedia and FishBase? I've contacted them and they were willing to cooperate. Ucucha (talk)  19:12, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Another User:Tgg (King of the Hill) sockpuppet
. Thanks! Owen&times; &#9742;  19:01, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

...and another:. Owen&times; &#9742;  19:14, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Also. Owen&times; &#9742;  21:26, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Visual Basic Classic Wikibook
I see you have contributed to the Visual Basic article on Wikipedia. Any chance you would like to join in editing the wikibook: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Visual_Basic_Classic? --Kjwhitefoot 09:40, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Basking Shark image
Hey Hadal, I posted a new comment on the Basking Shark talk page that I thought you'd like since you seem to have had a slight interest in it. It's just a brief story from the photographer about the circumstances surrounding the photograph I thought you'd find interesting. --ScottyBoy900Q 18:23, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism by user 64.18.36.7
I noticed you reverted a bit of petty vandalism by this user yesterday. He's been responsible for a few similar examples of juvenile idiocy recently: Special:Contributions/64.18.36.7

User 64.18.36.7's edit on User talk:BD2412 included a signature "c2 aaron 12:50, 22 September 2005 (UTC)". Is it possible to check whether this vandal really is C2 aaron? --Spondoolicks 10:47, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Birthday
--User:Jenmoa 15:34, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Greetings and congratulations!
A while back on 7/24/2004 you reverted a users vandalisms and sent a message to that user as well. Well, I would like to say thank you for being patient and kind. I have since become an active participator and am slowly falling in love with Wikipedia! Jaberwocky6669 03:45, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

You have been awarded with the Golden Medal of MRAA
You may want to check my user-page, to find out how you won the Golden Medal (fourth in rank) of the "Most Reverted Admin Award". Any objections are welcome. Most reverted admin award 10:02, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism or naive editing?
Could you please give us your expert opinion on Talk:Neuro-linguistic Programming. IMO, misleading information is being added (vandalism?), but any attempt on my part to revert or clean it up is reverted and shouted down. Could you please assist us in sorting out this issue. It may be a simple content dispute, or naive edits. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. --Comaze 10:55, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Polylithionite
polylithionite, no the article is not mine. -- Unsigned comment by at 05:02, 29 October 2005

Impressed
I am hugely impressed by your ability to seek out my various drunken experiments which has allowed me to see powerful the wikipedia editing facility works. I have found the resource to be massively satisfying and I can assure you that I won't be partaking in any mindless vandalism in the future. Sorry to have wasted your time. Damn, I love the Random Article link! Au revoir!

Tom

blanks
Thanks for getting those blanks. Can we get rid of the category wholesale, too? — ceejayoz talk  03:04, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
 * What a bizzare bit of vandalism. — ceejayoz talk [[Image:Flag_of_Australia.svg|24px]] 03:26, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you for reverting vandalism on the Emily Ruete article by the "al-Hamad-hater" vandal (thas what I call him/her). The whole story is strange: someone has apparently taken a strong dislike of the Turki al-Hamad article and want it gone from WP. (Basically, Slimvirgin and I wrote that article.) When SlimVirgin protected it, s/he started vandalizing SlimVirgins page and poor Emilys page instead.. the only connection between Turki al-Hamad and Emily Ruete is that I created both articles ...the vandal has obviously read my user page...but has never (yet) vandalized my page. Very strange. Anyway: thank you for your vandal-patrol! Regards,Huldra 01:14, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Method to submit a link
I came to Wikipedia because one of my photos was being used without my permission, although it's since been removed. I have a large collection of images online, and my website might be useful to readers of some subjects, which made me look for a way to submit it as a candidate for an external link.

I only found the "Edit" method, and I submitted links to my photos of Manila and Ilocos Norte, the Philippines to those subject's pages. I then received the message below, and it appears the links were removed:

"Please do not add commercial links — or links to your own private websites — to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. Hadal 03:20, 6 November 2005 (UTC)"

The above message is fine with me, but it was a waste of my time as I only wanted someone to consider if the links were appropriate. It appears they have been removed arbitrarily, or was there something wrong with them? Since my Minneapolis skyline photo was previously being used on the Wikipedia "Minneapolis" page, I would think a link to my Minneapolis photo album would be appropriate to at least consider.

I have one of the best collections of photos online of some locations in Asia, my website has no banners/pop up ads, no registration is required, it allows visitors to post comments and I link to other sites myself. It is commercial only it that people can license the photos if they request it, and it seemed this was not out of line with other sites linked to.

I get link spam on my website, so I know it's a problem, but I also consider appropriate link requests that I get from others. What is the correct approach in this situation?

Chris


 * I've replied at User talk:12.158.184.96. -- Hadal 06:00, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Hadal,

Thanks for your reply, I accept your explanation. The only thing I can think to add is to just make a general suggestion for a more obvious "suggest a site" type of function, for people with useful material.

Thanks,

Chris

Patrick Henry College Vandalisms
Just wanted you to know that unfortunately, I've been attempting to stop those who are actually vandalizing the information. If you would please lock the entry once it appears that all erroneous information has been removed. Thank you.

Right-wing politics
Could I ask you to look in at Talk:Right-wing_politics? I tried posting to WP:3O, but no one seems to be chiming in. -- Jmabel | Talk 05:42, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Sea angel links
I believe you wrote the sea angel article? Well, I would appreciate it if you posted your links on it. I can never seem to find pages on sea angels, and I was just hoping to find where you found your information. Good job on the article by the way.

Hello?
Long time no see... well, around here a few weeks already is a long time. Are you on a regular holiday, on wiki-vacation, or are you gone? I hope it's not the latter. Beware of falling trees, especially now that they're heavy with snow! (Did that ever get resolved?) Lupo 22:46, 13 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Well, if a longstanding editor reduces his contributions more an more, it gets noticed eventually. And if it's the only Wikipedia editor who supported both RFAs on yours truly, even I notice it, although I'm generally slow on such things. I understand, my own real life leaves me sometimes with just not enough time for my hobbies, which include Wikipedia. It seeems I still manage to slip in quite a few edits... in fact, I seem to find so many minutes here and there that over all, I'm spending way too much time here. At least enough to make you comment on it. (BTW, I don't feel particularly royal :-)


 * From the one occasion where I was involved in a lawsuit, I know the feelings you describe only too well. I also tried not to let it dominate my life, tried to play it cool and not think about it too often. It turned out well in the end, but was dragged on for over a year. I think that's the worst part of it: one never knows how long such an affair will take, and the courts aren't exactly fast either. I hope your tree business will turn out well, too.


 * Anyway, enjoy the holidays, and I wish you a merry christmas! Lupo 15:47, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Wishes
I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. --Bhadani 14:51, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

RFA/William M. Connolley 2
You participated in the first RFA so you may be interested in Requests for adminship/William M. Connolley 2. (SEWilco 07:11, 11 January 2006 (UTC))

Narval
Narval keeps deleting conversations on Chad-Sudan conflict - claiming they are "closed" even though he hasnt been involved in the conversations. He's also making questionable edits to the "article" page. KI 21:40, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikimedia Canada
Hi there! I'd like to invite you to explore Wikimedia Canada, and create a list of people interested in forming a local chapter for our nation. A local chapter will help promote and improve the organization, within our great nation. We'd also like to encourage everyone to suggest projects for our national chapter to participate in. Hope to see you there!--DarkEvil 02:26, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Artificial crystals photo
Hi, I've recently been in the process of uploading various photos of minerals I took at the Natural History Museum in London, (see User:Aramgutang/Gallery) and while for all the other pictures I took, I made notes on what mineral it was and what the museum caption said, there is one image that I can't find my notes for. The image is in Commons at. The only thing I can remember is that they were artificially grown. I was wondering if you could identify the crystal habit of the crystals and place the image in an appropriate article, as well as change its description accordingly. While it's unfortunate that it's probably impossible to identify what the mineral is from the photo, I think it is still a good illustration of an interesting crystal habit. From looking at your user page and contributions I assumed you're the best person to ask about this. Thanks. --Aramգուտանգ 01:50, 13 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for identifying the crystals. Since the bismuth article already had an excellent photo of similar crystals, I chose to just update the image description and categorise it in Commons, so it's accessible. Also thanks for your compliments on the Verneuil process; researching and writing articles about things I know nothing about, and hence learning a lot of new stuff is what Wikipedia is all about for me. --Aramգուտանգ 10:03, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Article for Deletion
Greetings. You may be interested in voting on Articles for deletion/Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse (image free). Thanks. --Descendall 01:24, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I dont see
how I vandalized the topic. Do you have something that automatically sends out a message to an i.p. after they have edited a topic, just because they dont have a user account? Its quite rude because some people arnt actually vandalizing the topics. I added a small line a valuable information and you message me saying its vandalism.

Pearls & Bezoar stones
Hi - I just moved a section from pearl to bezoar. The new user User talk:Divine Net Galleries had created a bunch of dubious pearl articles: Boar Pearl, Elephant Pearl, etc, complete with image and a longish quote from some Hindu (?) text, and a link to his website (check histories). Seemed a blatant adv. to me so I redired them to bezoar and moved the section he added in pearl to bezoar. I don't know much about pearls or bezoar stones, so thought I'd run this by you for your info and input. Thanks Vsmith 17:03, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism? I don't think so.
Hello. I received a note today asking me not to vandalize Wikipedia. First, let me say that I have the highest respect for the Wikipedia experiment. Second, I have NEVER vandalized this site. For a real vandal talk to the folks from the govt. who are messing with Wikipedia content.

Before sending me messages, I ask you to provide proof of vandalism. I've added a few things here and there on the page. Sometimes the things I've added have been disputed, which is normal on a "mass" site like Wikipedia. However, I've not vanadlized the site.

An explanation and -- if need be -- an apology would be nice and expected.

Thank you,

FJ

Update: I've checked the history on the IP address I am using. I see your point. However, I wasn't the author of those comments. I think that the confusion may be caused because my IP address is not static, given that I have a Verizon account.

Survey
I am conducting a survey on Wikipedia and would like to invite you to participate in the study. I've posted a message on wikien-l, but here is the link again in case you are not subscribed to that list-serv. Thanks a lot for your time! --Mermes 02:04, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for visiting "my pages"
My history sheet normally is like a lone person in a chat room. You visited four of the pages that I am steward of. I liked your coming by.

The pages you visited are all stubs. The species are being populated every second day. In a few months the 100 odd butterflies should be all done - there are only three of us. We also do small edits - at least twenty per day. Some of my species sheets are already filled out. Check out Spot Swordtail as a representative. Do visit again, comments are welcome, Thanks again, AshLin 05:57, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

From 71.242.173.236
I noticed that you recently reverted my edit to the page "Right-wing Politics" as "vandalism". I also noticed that the sixth word on your user page is "leftist". LOL 71.242.173.236 13:38, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Justification article
Hi,

I noticed that you appeared in the edit history of the justification (theology) article. I recently made major changes to the article in an effort to move it to NPOV. If you have any suggestions for improvement (style, content, whatever), please leave a comment on the talk page for that article. The goal is to get the article to the point that the POV and cleanup templates can be removed.

Thanks, --jrcagle 20:15, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

(Nice moth pic, by the way)

From 159.134.62.116
''Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you were just trying to experiment, then use the sandbox instead. Thank you. Hadal 16:34, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)''

I HAVE COMMITTED NO VANDALISM BUT HAVE NOTICED THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS SAYING THAT YOU ARE ACCUSING THEM OF THE SAME CRIME! PLEASE IN FUTURE GIVE A JUST REASON OTHERWISE REFRAIN FROM FALSE ACCUSATIONS!!!

MY SYMPATHIES REGARDING ANY DIFFICULTIES YOU ARE HAVING WITH ANY VANDALS THOUGH. HOWEVER YOUR ACCUSATIONS ARE CRIMINAL TOO AND ARE VERY OFFENSIVE!


 * While I'm sorry for inadvertently offending you, I must point out that the message you've quoted was posted over a year ago. Note the timestamp at the end of my signature; if you had done so in the first place, you would immediately realise the message was not meant for you. -- Hadal 02:37, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Overt Offense
It being a fine spring May day, my attentions have turned to pollen, aroused avians and insects. And you! You.. ..you should make contact with me. This I have decided. -- Methylsoy 14:01, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

From one Hadal to another
Hey, I was just curious as to why you chose the name Hadal. My name is Hadal, and it is derived from the Arabic meaning of "when the branch hangs low from the weight of the ripe fruit". I know what you're thinking, "why would you need a word for that?" but I don't know the answer to that question, however, I would really like to know what made you think of the word Hadal, because I've never met someone named Hadal, or has even heard of the word before, except it was on a shampoo bottle once. Anyways, good to hear from someone besides my parents who know of the word. Also, if your hotmail address is hadal@hotmail.com, i would absolutely love to have it. I don't know how, but maybe we can work something out.

Long talk page
Greetings! Your talk page is getting a bit long in the tooth - please consider archiving your talk page (or ask me and I'll archive it for you). Cheers! BD2412 T 23:50, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Use of perch photo
Hello Hadal,

I am an instructor for a comparative vertebrate anatomy course at Penn State, and I am interested in using your perch photo in a presentation next week. Since this photo may also be pertinent to future lectures, I would like to know how to obtain permission for future use. I promise not to use your photo for any commercial purpose. I will post your name on the picture (as soon as I know what your real name is, if you are willing to release that). Please contact me at trr133(at)psu.edu. Thank you very much,

Dr. Thomas Raffel Biology Department Penn State University

(PS-- the (at) instead of @ is a futile attempt to avoid spam)

Turquoise review
hello; i've nominated Turquoise for review as a featured article.. the reason was simply because there were no inline citations, which is something all featured articles should have a lot of. cheers, Mlm42 15:17, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:White-throated Capuchin.jpg)
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Terrarium. NOT just a contained ecosystem (need help with linking)
check the page Terrarium I am trying to add an article on a book but the fix seems screwy. Some help would be nice since you're the only person who's been on the talk page for that article/redirect that seems to still be an active user on wikipedia.

Thanks for any help you can give. I also made Terrarium into a link from Scott Russell Sanders that's how I found the redirect and ended up stuck.

Nateland 03:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Reliable sources for diamond articles
Hadal,

I would appreciate your thoughts on the current discussion on Talk:Diamond cut. User:Malachite84 suggested that I "ask a Moderator here for their opinion."

Sincerely yours,

Jasper 03:55, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Pompeii_worm.jpg
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Image:Pompeii_worm_colony.jpg
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Replaceable fair use Image:Lemurine_owl_monkey.jpg
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In Remembrance...
--nat Alo! Salut! Sunt eu, un haiduc?!?! 23:39, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back
Whoa, welcome back! It's a delight to see a familiar name appear from long ago. The place has changed, but it sure is good to see you around. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 04:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

What a pleasant surprise! Enjoy it! Lupo 15:31, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Image:Coos Bay.jpg listed for deletion
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Image:Muskellunge.jpg listed for deletion
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Ammolite
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NowCommons: Image:Orloff sketch.png
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how YOU been?!?!?
it's been so long! no one seems to think I'm vandalizing yet. it's a little weird. 69.141.11.242 (talk) 22:31, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Image:Stinging_nettle.jpg listed for deletion
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Image:English_ivy.jpg listed for deletion
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Image:Serpentine-bowenite.jpg
Hi Gregory, your upload shows a beautiful slab of bowenite serpentine; I would like to see it at the Commons, there would be better access to it. It would belong to the Commons:Category:Greenstone (which is part of the Commons:Category:Jade). Would you mind to transfere it to the Commons? May be that Commons:User:Siebrand will do this on demand with his SieBot, as he seems to have done with other pics of you. Greetings, (sarang)193.196.166.161 (talk) 10:25, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Excuse me?
You sent a message to my IP, 67.168.127.191, about some test edit I made to wiki? I'm actually a pretty consistent user. What "test" edit are you referring to?  Azure Fury  (talk | contribs) 05:37, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

This says I haven't made any contributions via IP.  Azure Fury  (talk | contribs) 05:38, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Asking for permission to use one of your photos
Hi Gregory, I am currently writing a non-scientific report to rise money to build a new nanotechnology exhibition, here in Catalonia (Spain). To help illustrate the report I would like your permission to use one of your photos: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Blue_morpho_butterfly.jpg The intent is to use this photo "as-is" as illustration accompanying the main text, acknowledging the source. To clarify, the report being produced is not intended for sale, but to be distributed to museums and educational departments in Catalonia. I would be very grateful if you could respond promptly to this request, so that I can be sure to include the abovementioned item in the final report. I look forward to hearing from you at ilapueag@hotmail.com. Thanks a lot!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.125.169.228 (talk) 11:49, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Snake&#39;s head fritillaria.jpg
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