User talk:Idiot Driver

Welcome!
im a little gassy what can i say
 * Hey punk ass, stay out of my userpage! Idiot Driver (talk) 02:53, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

My bad. Do you not like fart jokes?
 * Keep it out of Wikipedia. This is not a playground. Time to get out of your mom's basement and stop vandalizing. There's better ways to spend your time. Regards, Idiot Driver (talk) 03:01, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

You literally edit for wikepedia for free. if anybody is living in their mom's basement it would be you. Also you never answered my question. DO, YOU, LIKE, FART, JOKES?
 * Get a job you shitbag Idiot Driver (talk) 03:03, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

i bet they pay you real well to make free edits for wikepedia.. oh wait... you're probably gonna say youre an aspiring journalist

my bad guys, im just trying to have a laugh, one could say for farts and giggles
 * I wrote entire f*ucking wikinews articles at age 15 thank you very much. So yeah, you can say I'm a journalist Idiot Driver (talk) 03:08, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

wowwwww, big guy. wikinews is just a big social platform, and i highly doubt that they reject many requests to post on it. besides, who the f*uck has heard of wikinews. whenever i get my news, it's from fox or cnn, or abc or nbc, who the F*UCK uses wikinews. i would rather walk to the store and grab the newspaper than take the time out of my day to read your shitty article
 * LOL you couldn't write an article if you tried. Wikinews articles have to go through a rigorous review process in order to get published. I went to f*cking school for this shit mate. The fact that you act condescending on this is mind blowing to me. Also, I dare you to vandalize my userpage here on Wikipedia and see what happens :) Idiot Driver (talk) 03:13, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

WHY CANT YOU JUST LAUGH AT FART JOKES MATE, IT'S FUNNY. IM ONLY DOING IT MORE BECAUSE YOURE FUMINGALittleGassyl0801 (talk) 03:15, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm reporting you for being a vandalism only account LOL! You can either edit constructively, or continue to be a stupid ass little kid and get blocked over and over again. Fart jokes aren't funny. They won't get you anywhere in the work world, and especially not here on Wikipedia. Idiot Driver (talk) 03:17, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

fart jokes have gotten me laid. what can you say about yourself mr.wiki? ALittleGassyl0801 (talk) 03:20, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't gotta prove shit to you bud Idiot Driver (talk) 03:21, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

why cant we just reconcile this conflict and be mates. i like your attitude wikiman, we could be great friends. talk about a dynamic ALittleGassyl0801 (talk) 03:23, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * You know what? You're right. I know I came off as a total stick up the ass earlier, but I'm usually a pretty laid back dude. I've just been super tense because work has been pissing me off hardcore lately. My apologies. The fart jokes are hilarious, you just can't vandalize as much as you want without getting blocked. You're probably one more vandal edit away from a block buddy. Idiot Driver (talk) 03:25, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice, sorry for being such a pain in the ass. I was just trying to have a little fun on my Monday evening. Should i lay low on the radar for awhile or what? i wont be making edits that give wrong info, just fart jokes
 * yes I would reccomend laying low for a while. I'd hate to see you blocked my new friend! Idiot Driver (talk) 03:29, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

do you mind if i ask for your snapchat or something? you could delete it from here once i add you or something but i would genuinely like to chat with you mate ALittleGassyl0801 (talk) 03:31, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

i could potientially just give you mind if youd like, or my instagram or something ALittleGassyl0801 (talk) 03:35, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Hmmm for safety reasons I think you aren't allowed to share personal information over wikipedia, but I don't know the rules really. Idiot Driver (talk) 03:38, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

i declare my instagram public information: my instagram is @hope.resoluton, it should be a private account with a bluish profile picture thing with a shark girl or something of the sorts. ALittleGassyl0801 (talk) 03:40, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll look it up tomorrow. I gotta go to bed. I work on a farm and I have to essentially shovel horse shit for 12 f*cking hours tomorrow. Goodnight brother Idiot Driver (talk) 03:46, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

goodnight brother. enjoy. do not forget please. sweet dreams ALittleGassyl0801 (talk) 03:47, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Warnings
There's a whole set of templates here you can copy-paste as needed. (When I was young, we had to carry our templates on our backs through the snow, going uphill both ways.) -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 14:20, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Idiot Driver (talk) 21:36, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Advice on dealing with vandals
The best way to deal with vandals is not to indulge them, only revert and warn them on their talk pages. If you feel they should be blocked you can report them at WP:AIV. If they troll your talk page, revert and ignore. ... disco spinster   talk  21:40, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh they don't bother me when they post here just as long as it's not offensive. My talk page is an extension of the sandbox as far as I'm concerned. I find that leveling with these kids instead of acting like a dad to be a much more effective method in dealing with this sort of thing. I apologize for descending to name calling towards "ALittleGassy", that was bad. I appreciate the concerns. Cheers, --Idiot Driver (talk) 21:43, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Because
We do not dance on the graves of the indefinitely blocked. We do not provoke them. We do not harass them. We leave them alone. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 18:01, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

We also do not leave "Holy Shit, Dude" messages for vandals. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 18:03, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

". Don't vandalize my friends or I'll vandalize your userpage back."
You are giving the impression being not being here to build an encyclopedia or of lacking the maturity to edit constructively. The sporadic constructive edits do not overcome this impression. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 18:08, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Did you just spend 7 minutes evaluating my user profile? Idiot Driver (talk) 20:44, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Fine I'll take it off, I just realized who you are Idiot Driver (talk) 20:50, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Who I am is irrelevant. I just have a few extra buttons that most others do not. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 21:34, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

About your recent edit
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Elijahandskip (talk) 21:07, 27 September 2021 (UTC)


 * P.S. By looking at your past edits, I don't know if you on Wikipedia to just cause problems (Vandalize) or what, but if you are really serious on editing, feel free to ask me a question and I can try to help or direct you to someone who can. Elijahandskip (talk) 21:10, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Don't bother, I'm gonna get blocked for that edit on the Community portal. I appreciate you trying to help though. I really can't explain why I did that.. Idiot Driver (talk) 21:12, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Actually, you probably won't be blocked for that edit. The template warning I did above is sort of the "consequence" for that edit.  If you really don't mean to do edits like that in the future, don't worry too much about it.  But seeing your past edits, I would probably consider this the "final warning" before a block.  I can't directly block, but I believe any more edits like that in the future would probably earn a short block if an admin saw it.  Elijahandskip (talk) 21:16, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * See, that's what I told a vandal earlier, and they still got blocked. Then I got in trouble for attempting to communicate with them on their talk page after said block. Idiot Driver (talk) 21:18, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, if you are talking about User:ALittleGassyl0801, then I will tell you the situation is completely different. If you look at their edit history, they started out vandalizing Wikipedia and then communicated with you on talk pages.  In general, after an account gets blocked, messages on their talk page (even in good faith) is considered "Grave Dancing".  So you didn't really get in trouble for it, it was more of a "Hey, we don't do that on Wikipedia, don't do it again." type of situation.  Looking through your edits, majority aren't "problem" edits on Wikipedia, so I can say with high confidence you won't be blocked for that edit.  From the way you are talking here, I can tell you are sorry for the edit.  Just don't do edits like that in the future, and you should be perfectly ok.  From personal experience, I can tell you that edits don't ever "go away", so if you make a mistake in the future, just know that that specific edit has a high chance of being brought back up. But anyway, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me! Elijahandskip (talk) 21:28, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * thanks I appreciate it! I recently had to work a 15 hour day and my anxiety has been super high since then, I guess I was just trying to amuse myself. Idiot Driver (talk) 21:34, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

Ahem. Wikipedia is not a toy for your amusement. It's an encyclopedia. Speechless at what you have been doing. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 21:30, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Sacred Eagle of the Wiki
Whatchya doin'? -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 21:28, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Customizing my homepage. Idiot Driver (talk) 21:29, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * No, Sacred Eagle of the Wiki is not your home page. It is in article space. Where would you like me to move this? -- Deep fried okra  ( talk ) 21:31, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * You cannot redirect your user page to article space. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 21:33, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I took care of it. Idiot Driver (talk) 21:34, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * This I gotta see! Let me know if you wish to rename to Sacred Eagle of the Wiki, I can do that. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 21:37, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I just might. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Idiot Driver (talk • contribs) 21:41, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

let me know. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 22:15, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Strange
Care to explain this? M.Bitton (talk) 00:20, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Wow, I need some sleep Idiot Driver (talk) 00:23, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * If you need some sleep, then I suggest you get some, because this is not acceptable. what do you think? M.Bitton (talk) 00:36, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm better at handing out warnings than the robots on here. So what? My warning was more appropriate than the one ClueBot issued. Besides, Jeff Bezos is clearly a vandal-only. Idiot Driver (talk) 00:45, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Doesn't this tell you that you really need some rest? M.Bitton (talk) 00:50, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Dude that wasn't even my fault. Who the hell blanked your userpage? You never bothered reverting it back? Whatever. Gonna smoke a fat bowl and go to bed. Gotta work 15 hours tomorrow. Idiot Driver (talk) 00:54, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * , I'm going to pile on here. Idiot Driver, do NOT do this. If I block and don't leave a notice, I probably have a good reason for it. And don't yell at other editors here. And that user page, with all that yelling about THIS IS MY PAGE, it's not your page. There's a real problem with tone here. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 01:09, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I will change my tone towards vandals without question. I will not change my userpage. What do you mean it's not my page? Idiot Driver (talk) 01:24, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

It's Wikipedia's page. You just get to use it. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 01:26, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * What said. See User pages. This is a collaborative project. Here you are, with a couple edits reverting vandalism and a few other things, which is great--all beginnings are difficult--but all that braggadocio is not going to make you many friends. I'm the fourth administrator who has come by here to point you in a different direction--that's way too many. Drmies (talk) 01:32, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * No, CLUEBOT is almost perfect in warning vandals. You could learn a lot. You need to stop editing when fatigued and leave vandal warning to those with more editing experience. ANd you should not remove warnings left by others. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 01:34, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Tone and more in responding to vandalism
Hi Idiot Driver, I see you around a lot when patrolling recent changes. It's always good to have more eyes there to catch vandalism, but I think you may want to consider your reasons for doing so.

We're here to build an encylopedia and part of that includes assuming good faith on the part of others, and engaging in a positive manner. I think it's fair to say that slam-dunking on talk pages after edits that could be reasonably construed as tests or attempts to contribute is not done in the spirit of collaboration. I would encourage you to review what's written at WP:VANDAL to get a better sense of what to do about responding to vandalism.

Thanks, Fichid (talk) 00:52, 4 October 2021 (UTC)


 * You might find this useful. If you are approaching Wikipedia from the standpoint of looking for someone to get in trouble/blocked, then you have the wrong attitude. The idea is to give a progression of warnings to correct a user making unconstructive edits. Blocking is a last resort except in extreme circumstances. Leave it to those with a lot more experience than you have to make that determination. What Fichid said. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 01:56, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Re: Kyle Seager
To answer your question posed in your edit summary, no, it is not true. It is true that Seager is in the last year of his contract, but players on expiring contracts don't become free agents until after the World Series. Thank you for reverting. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:55, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

October 2021
This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at User:Idiot Driver, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. ''Your user page is not your property. You will not refer to other users as motherfuckers. I am not going to explain these things to you again.'' Drmies (talk) 01:03, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I wasn't talking to you. That was directed towards users who may be considering vandalizing my page. Idiot Driver (talk) 01:05, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * You don't get it. There is no way in which "THIS PAGE IS MY PROPERTY. THIS PAGE IS MY TURF. DON'T CROSS ME MOTHERFUCKER!" is acceptable, even with that goal, which is silly to begin with--as if some vandal would somehow back off after they were yelled at. Drmies (talk) 01:09, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Can I have my userpage protected? Idiot Driver (talk) 01:11, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * No. Drmies (talk) 01:13, 24 October 2021 (UTC)


 * , I would consider taking a break from Wikipedia. I am trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, but it seems you aren't taking kindly (or at least not remembering) the advice of others.  As we talked about earlier on your talk page about vandalism, you were on your last straw.  This wasn't vandalism since it was on your userpage, but no one but you (And Drmies revert a few minutes ago) have edited your userpage.  No one wants to vandalize your userpage.  I am not an admin, so I cannot officially warn you...though Drmies is an admin and can officially warn you...but as one editor to another, I would take a break from Wikipedia to clear your head.  I can almost promise you that anymore "bad edits" will result in either an official warning (which never goes away) or possibly a short block.  Trust me, a wikibreak does wonders for an editor.  I have taken a few before (Some as short as a few days and one even up to 2 months).  So please, take a break from editing to clear your head before you get blocked. Elijahandskip (talk) 01:23, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Help, help, help Idiot Driver (talk) 21:30, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Invitation to the Current Event WikiProject
Hello. On your userpage, you indicate you want to start writing some articles. I am not sure what your interest range is, but I wanted to invite you to the Current events WikiProject. The goal of the WikiProject is to coordinate the Portal:Current events, improve articles listed there, as well as any articles that are current events, but may not be listed there. Just thought I would drop an invite for you. Have a good day! Elijahandskip (talk) 02:33, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * thank you for all your help but I'm in a bit of a predicament (see below). I can't create articles anytime soon.Idiot Driver (talk) 23:24, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Idiot Driver. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. - FlightTime  ( open channel ) 03:21, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * oh shit, that's not good. Can I write the material in a word document and have another user add it for me? Idiot Driver (talk) 03:25, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * COI editing is explained in the notice I left above, including how to use the article talk page to make edit requests and some things you should post on your user page. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 03:42, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Interesting situation.
So.. my political science professor assigned us a really bizarre assignment. They want us to go on Wikipedia and add false information. I think that's really messed up. I guess we're supposed to record the anti vandal response time, document warnings and blocks ect. The professor stressed that we should "keep pushing". I really don't wanna get sitebanned. This is so bizarre though I just genuinely don't understand what we're even supposed to be learning here. At any rate, I don't know what to do. I'm not doing the assignment. Idiot Driver (talk) 23:22, 30 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Hey, thank you for alerting us. Yes, you were right to let us know. This would be considered an act of organised vandalism. If your professor was interested in finding out about how effectively Wikipedia deals with vandalism, there are other, better ways to find out. Since this is a serious matter, I'm going to invite one of our administrators to take over this conversation. Salimfadhley (talk) 00:21, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
 * In the meantime, could you kindly direct your professor to WP:ASSIGN which provides guidance for running student assignments which do not violate our policies. Thanks! Salimfadhley (talk) 00:23, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Could you please contact our [mailto:info-en-v@wikimedia.org response team] giving as much information as you can. This is a confidential email-based service which will connect you to a team of volunteers and administrators. Thanks for your help. Salimfadhley (talk) 00:40, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I informed my professor about this conversation and they called the assignment off. I think the professor was scared. There are only four people in our class anywho. Thanks Idiot Driver (talk) 08:16, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, well please tell your professor that if he is interested in Wikipedia's approach to anti-vandalism we would be delighted to show you how it works. Wikipedia has a long tradition of working with academics for mutual benefit. Salimfadhley (talk) 16:15, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Hey, I'm curious? What was your motivation to make all those crazy changes to the Chicken Fingers article? Can you help me understand what's going on and why that seemed like a good idea to you? Salimfadhley (talk) 22:31, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

November 2021
Hello, I'm PorkchopGMX. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions&#32;to Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse.   GMX(ping!) 00:32, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Todd Graves (entrepreneur), without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Thank you. GMX(ping!) 00:34, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, you may be blocked from editing. GMX(ping!) 00:39, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers. Helen (💬📖) 00:42, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Alexf(talk) 01:23, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Oh COME ON

 * I was drunk when I made those edits. Don't tell me this isn't something that regularly happens, because I know it is. They weren't real edits. Nobody saw them. The bots instantaneously reverted them. Idiot Driver (talk) 21:29, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I am just going to be honest with you. The amount of warnings you have gotten show that you should not be editing Wikipedia until you mature more.  The advice given to you by HighInBC about taking a few months away from Wikipedia is extremely valuable.  In a few months, after you have matured more and are able to edit Wikipedia without causing any disruptive edits would be a perfect time to appeal the ban.  Before you appeal again later in life, I would read up on Wikipedia policies, like this one about Etiquette.  I hope you do consider appeal the ban in a few months. Elijahandskip (talk) 21:50, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

 '''Wikipedia's technical logs indicate that this user account has been or may be used abusively. It has been blocked indefinitely to prevent abuse.''' If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you should review the guide to appealing blocks, and then appeal your block by adding the following text below this notice:. Note that anything you post in your unblock request will be public. You may instead email the Arbitration Committee at  with your username and appeal. Administrators: CheckUsers have access to confidential system logs not accessible by the public or by administrators due to the Wikimedia Foundation's privacy policy. Therefore, a Checkuser must be consulted before this block can be removed. Administrators undoing checkuser blocks without permission or the prior approval from a checkuser risk having their administrator rights removed by the Arbitration Committee (per this announcement).

Help
Can any of you help get my userpage restored? Somebody thought it was a test page and deleted it, but it was my real page. I'm only asking cause I put some time into the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Idiot Driver (talk • contribs)
 * While blocked, you can only use this page to request to be unblocked. 331dot (talk) 16:00, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Considering the vandalism you did, I would want your userpage deleted if I were you. You probably don't want to reveal the information on that page after what you did to that article. HighInBC Need help? Just ask. 01:33, 10 November 2021 (UTC)