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Navbox help
Hello, I was looking to edit my user page. I want to group my userboxes under specific navboxes (e.g. sports, places, etc.). I was looking at the template:navbox page, however it didn't have what I needed. Thanks! Loopus9 (talk) 18:26, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Userboxtop and Userboxbottom  Ron h jones (Talk) 19:36, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Your signature
Hey again. I noticed this from your previous message on my talk page. Your signature must contain at least one link to either your user page, user talk page, and/or contributions page (see WP:SIGLINK). Currently your signature does not contain any links which means SineBot treats all your messages as unsigned. I suggest you change your signature to the following:

 Loopus9 

Code:

Retains colors and styling, but is now a validly linked signature. Also see WP:CUSTOMSIG. --  Obsidi ♠ nSoul  22:37, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I was just doing that as you sent me this message. Thanks again. :)  Loopus9  22:42, 5 July 2011 (UTC)


 * You can use the  parameter in   tags. e.g.  Obsidi♠n Soul 


 * (Offtopic: hey... I kinda like that! Maybe I'll adopt it for my own sig, haha, I'm changing mine again currently)


 * Is made from  . See this site for more help. It is, however, not visible in some browsers.


 * You can also see numerous examples of custom sigs in this page: User:Athaenara/Gallery. Might get inspiration from there. Just edit (but don't save!) to see the source codes. Note however, that some of those are deprecated by new policies (images are not allowed anymore, and all sigs are limited to 255 characters).--  Obsidi♠n   Soul   19:20, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Anon vandal
You're welcome :-) --Dэя-Бøяg 02:24, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Hmm?
--EdwardZhao (talk) 19:08, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Superheroes
Excuse me Sir/Ma'am, but if my recent addition of information to the superhero page was a "violation of Wikipedia policies", then I am afraid to say that Wikipedia seems to have a policy of concealing the truth if it is sensitive, although verified (having used Wikipedia over several years, I am sure that's not true). If you have ever read about a superhero (if you haven't, I suggest you read that very same article on Wikipedia. Oh, and do check out the photo of Superman on that page), you will know that the edit I made added a vital piece of missing information to that page. If my language was offensive, why don't you enter the same information (which is, as I said, a very pertaining, albeit ignored piece of information on superheroes) yourself somewhere on the page in the language that you prefer?

Constructive
I'm afraid I don't see why my edit to the page V Festival was non-constructive. I deleted a broken table, and left the fixed table underneath it. If it is wikipedia's policy to leave broken tables, then the site's policy itself seems non-constructive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.100.10.16 (talk) 16:17, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Your request for rollback
Hi Lukep913. After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback: If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing!  F ASTILY  (TALK) 23:37, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
 * Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
 * Rollback should never be used to edit war.
 * If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
 * Use common sense.

Thanks for the barnstar

 * Luke, thanks for the barnstar. Capitalistroadster (talk) 23:43, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It's the least I can do. When I went through the portal, you stood out with all of your news edits. --   Luke    Talk 23:51, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Dang you!
You've beaten me at least twice today to vandalism! LikeLakers2 (talk) 18:07, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, it always happens to me too, so you're not alone. ☺ --   Luke    Talk 18:12, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I was meaning for that to be more of a nice thing, as I don't mind that it happened. I basically was meaning it as more of a joke. Also, what are you using to revert vandalism? I use Lupin's anti-vandal tool. LikeLakers2 (talk) 18:16, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I use a combination of rollback and Twinkle. I use mainly use rollback for blatant vandalism and Twinkle for persistent vandalism. I also use Twinkle to warn users and request deletions to articles. It's actually quite easy to use. --   Luke    Talk 18:20, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello
No vandalism was caused.

Facts!

They were facts, were they not...? =)
 * Hello, page blanking and vandalism are not tolerated on Wikipedia, unless you provide an edit summary. Even if they were facts, please add them right into the article correctly and use reliable sources. Thank you. --   Luke    Talk 22:59, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Fiona Armstrong page
Thank you for helping me amend the Lady Armstrong page. It seems some bigoted fools with an axe to grind vandalised it. I try to help on Wikipedia and it is good to know others are still willing to fight the good fight. Peace be upon you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.97.131.103 (talk) 23:13, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Glad to help, that's what Wikipedia is all about, helping other members and users to make it a better community and a better website for all. --   Luke    Talk 00:31, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

A beer for you!

 * The worst I've seen in a long time. Cheers! --   Luke      (Talk)   17:40, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Barney Glasser Page
Why do you keep deleting edits I make. This is all public information, directly from the open records of the California Bankruptcy Court. Ricste (talk) 23:54, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello Ricste, I reverted your edits because you did not identify any reliable sources. In order to add information, you need to have reliable sources attributed to your edit(s). You can go to WP:IRS to help you identify reliable sources. --   Luke      (Talk)   23:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

 * Yum, I love brownies! Thanks SwisterTwister --    Luke      (Talk)   21:25, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Big signature = Big issue (to some)
Hi,

your signature is too big. Using the 'big' tags the way you do since 10 August 2011(UTC) is against policy. I personally don't have an issue with that, but it's known to drive some other wikipedians up the wall.

While there is no hard limit how many pixels a sig may occupy, and yours wouldn't violate it anyway if there were one, some oppose big tags in sigs vehemently. So...

Please remove the two pairs of 'big' and '/big' tags. Cheers. - ¡Ouch! (hurt me / more pain) 09:38, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me, I removed them. --   Luke      (Talk)   14:04, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks
and sorry for the vandalism you cleaned up on Herscher High School. I'm in the process of getting 70 students set up for a course under the auspices of the Ambassadors Program and it seems some might need a litte more instruction on what is and isn't OK on Wikipedia. Sgelbman (talk) 20:55, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm glad to help you out. --    Luke      (Talk)   20:57, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Max casper
In regard to this article, after it was tagged for speedy deletion, the article creator blanked the whole page. That means that they agreed to the speedy deletion. In such a case, rather than reverting the blanking, one should tag the page with db-author to indicate that the article creator has blanked the page and thus consented to speedy deletion. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 00:02, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for letting me know. I was confused on what to do when a user blanks a page. --   Luke      (Talk)   00:05, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Thumbs-up-icon.svg Great work!
[Moved to userpage]
 * Thank you very much Sophus for my first barnstar. Keep up the great work yourself in fighting those vandals! --    Luke      (Talk)   20:39, 29 August 2011 (UTC)


 * You're welcome! Have an awesome afternoon, and happy editing!    Sophus Bie  (talk) 20:41, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi there Luke, thank you for the barnstar, much appreciated.-- Miguel  AG (talk) 20:53, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

August 2011
Hi. Thank you for your help with the vital work of patrolling new pages. I noticed that you are not marking some of the pages you've reviewed as patrolled. Please do remember to click the 'mark this page as patrolled' link at the bottom of the new page if you have performed the standard patrolling tasks. Where appropriate, doing so saves time and work by informing fellow patrollers of your review of the page, so that they do not duplicate efforts. Thanks again for volunteering your time at the new pages patrol project. DoDo Bird Brain (talk) 22:01, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The reason I don't mark pages as "patrolled" is because I don't get to new articles from NewPages. Rather, I view them from the edit filter log, so it doesn't show "Mark as Patrolled". Hope this clears it up. --   Luke      (Talk)   22:08, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh ok sorry about that I thought you were a new page patroller like myself, makes like easy when pages get marked :) DoDo Bird Brain (talk) 22:10, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem, I like to vist New Pages from time-to-time. --    Luke      (Talk)   22:13, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion for NVISION Laser Eye Centers
Hi Lukep913, I received a Speedy Deletion. I made sure to only include facts and History about the company without promoting NVISION Laser Eye Centers at all. Just wanted to see if you could help me get it not get deleted. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NVISIONCenters (talk • contribs) 00:19, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Your article received a speedy deletion because it does not follow WP:ORG and WP:SOAP. I can't do anything for your article, I'm sorry. --   Luke      (Talk)   00:23, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Your Abuse Response Filing
Greetings! Thank you for filing an Abuse Report for abusive behavior originating from 170.185.83.19.

Talkback
 Acroterion   (talk)   15:38, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Regarding the article Medo Abowarda, I have added references from websites other than the company website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Medo3337 (talk • contribs) 14:12, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Thx ...
... for the star and cheers :-) - DVdm (talk) 18:24, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
[Moved to userpage]
 * Thanks Aranea! Much appreciated. [[Image:Face-smile.svg|20px]] --   Luke      (Talk)   22:35, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

ManBearPig
Hi Lukep913

I did not vandalize the ManBearPig wikipedia site, but did put up two media sources to a legitimate reference to ManBearPig.

Can you explain to me better why this would be considered vandalism?

Thanks, Rose — Preceding unsigned comment added by RosemaryCarter (talk • contribs) 22:37, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello Rose, I reverted your edit on ManBearPig because it appeared that your edit was a test edit. If you want to add a picture to an article, you can read WP:PIC on how to property add a media file to a Wikipedia article. I hope this clears up the confusion it may of caused you. --   Luke      (Talk)   22:41, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Your Abuse Response Filing
Greetings! Thank you for filing an Abuse Report for abusive behavior originating from 99.129.20.130.

Thanks!
Hi, and thanks for the barnstar! Dabomb87 (talk) 20:45, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit
Hi,

I only put the truth as a student at the school!! It was very uncalled for that you unedited my input!! I may have used hurtful words but thats what the school is and it is the truth!!

i put that out there to warn future students and parents of what goes on in that school

I am dissapointed in you!

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 22l8i6 (talk • contribs) 15:43, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello 2218i6, your edits do not conform with Wikipedia's policies, including WP:NPOV, WP:VANDAL, and WP:SOURCE. --   Luke      (Talk)   15:49, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you
Dear Luke,

Thank you for your remarks. I am working particularly on Wiki bios of people I know. I was logged in as Grammarian99 but For example, I was forgot my password, couldn't retrieve it to a valid email address, so re-joined as Grammarian999.

I was once a philosophy student under John Silber, the former gubernatorial candidate (1990) for governor of Massachusetts. I have been trying to wiki his bio to present more NPOV and more citations from external sources. In researching Dr. Silber, he commented that Stevin Hoover was one of the most interesting students he ever had over his long career as a philosophy professor. So that took me to Stevin Hoover, who as it turns out was incarcerated in the early 2000s for a white-collar crime. I have tried to take a public domain photo of Stevin Hoover and load it onto his wiki bio, and I have tried to post a "bio box" on Hoover to the right after digging through records of his marriages and children and books he's written and so forth.

I can't get the box to work, and I can't get a public domain photo (of which there are many, including the YouTube of him) uploaded onto his wiki bio.

Any help you might have! Thanks. G. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grammarian999 (talk • contribs) 00:32, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello Grammarian, I'll try to help you out. For your question about the bio box, do you mean an infobox? For your picture question, you can get more information on pictures in the public domain here. For using YouTube links as external sources, read WP:YOUTUBE. --   Luke      (Talk)   00:42, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

hey where u from — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bowlanugs (talk • contribs) 07:11, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

B.A.L~N
Thank you for patrolling new pages. Please take your time to read the  pages and be sure to use the correct criterion when tagging for CSD. Thanks. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:07, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It was borderline A7 or G3. Just because they were no references whatsoever. Thanks for reminding me. --   Luke      (Talk)   01:16, 23 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Deleted as vandalism (nearest  criterion). Creator  warned and suggested they  read  WP:Advice for younger editors. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:20, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Changes on Etienne Tshisekedi biography
I believe in a collaborative work especially when it comes to edit a biography of a political person. As mentioned by one of Editors, referring to Google Books; there are a lot of information to use. The danger is what to take and what to leave. I am opened to improve the referencing on our update. Thank you very much for your comprehension and collaboration.

September 2011
Hello Lukep913. Thanks for patrolling new pages - it's a very important task! I'm just letting you  know however,   regarding Tyrone Tucker, that tagging articles for speedy deletion  moments after creation as lacking context (CSD A1) or content (CSD A3), and articles being  created through Article Wizard, is too  fast. It's best to  wait  at  least  10 - 15 minutes for more content  to  be added, and the articles should not be marked as patrolled. Attack pages (G10), blatant nonsense (G1), and copyright violations (G12) should of course be tagged and deleted immediately. Thanks. Cind.  amuse  (Cindy) 05:45, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Will do, thank you. --   Luke      (Talk)   11:17, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
Metricopolus (talk) 03:40, 2 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Replied again. Metricopolus (talk) 03:45, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Sorry Mate here is a great view of the M.C.G MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND
Mate just paste this    www.essendonfc.com.au/tvsfancam/    Then you will see for your self mate its excellent for every 1 too see.It was Collingwood verse Essendon On A.N.Z.A.C ...D.A.Y...Melbourne Australia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stanley03061973 (talk • contribs) 14:55, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

WP:ACC
I am requesting an account for the Account Creation Interface. --   Luke      (Talk)   19:34, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism
Luke,

I've got a persistent vandal over at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_tribes_of_Arabia

Anyway to snub the IP address and ban them from posting?

regards Jimharlow99 (talk) 03:08, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello Jim, you can report vandals at WP:AIV and an Administrator will block them as soon as possible. You need to know, however, what is and what isn't vandalism, and if the user has been given enough warnings to not vandalize. Hope this helps, if you have any more questions, feel free to ask me. --    Luke      (Talk)   03:39, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Luke, you were very helpful...report submitted...appreciate your help. Jimharlow99 (talk) 04:49, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

GA Review
Thanks for getting back to me, yeah, blogs are not acceptable sources, even the CBS, CNN, etc ones. Can you not find that same info somewhere else? If I get some time I can help look if you need it.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 03:47, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I haven't looked yet, but I will sometime today. If I can't find any, I'll get back to you. Thank you. --   Luke      (Talk)   11:28, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I passed it this morning. Good job!  One thing that stuck out, but I didn't take any action was the code name for OBL.  Article and sources list it as "Geronimo", a close friend of mine from DEVGRU has told me this is not accurate...to them his code name was "Jackpot", but as it's wiki we have to go with what has been published.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 17:15, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

A beer for you

 * Congratulations, you deserve it. --   Luke      (Talk)   22:36, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Untitled
look i just wrote the truth.

and i'm sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Creating1 (talk • contribs) 02:21, 16 October 2011‎
 * Hello, you have to provide sources for your edits (as per WP:VERIFY), or they will be potentially marked as vandalism and removed. (WP:VANDAL). --   Luke      (Talk)   22:13, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

71.72.246.59
I saw that you undid the last vandalous edit that 71.72.246.59 inflicted on Cristina Valenzuela. Anyway, the self-called "Vee Vanquishers" just struck again, but I undid that vandalism. But what do we do about this user so it doesn't happen again? One of this user's first edits was posting an obnoxious message on Brian Beacock's talk page: [].Crboyer (talk) 19:22, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello Crboyer, first you need to leave the vandal adequate warnings to stop vandalizing Wikipedia. If they continue to vandalize after the final warning, report them to the WP:AIV so an Administrator can block them. Hope this helps. --   Luke      (Talk)   19:24, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Explanations
Hi. I am very happy you asked for an explanation. Here you go:


 * 1) The article you nominated is under-prepared. The prose is not good (not to say bad). Formatting of references has to be checked again. Have you read WP:LEAD?
 * 2) The song has just been released and the music video premiered less than three days ago. The article fails WP:RECENTISM.
 * 3) More information about the song will come up in the weeks to come. Rihanna cannot stopped herself form giving interviews here an there.
 * 4) May i know how many contributions you made to that article? Since you nominated it, i take the liberty to guess you have contributed at least 50 times to that article???

Regards - ★Jivesh 1205★ (talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 17:38, 22 October 2011 (UTC)


 * You are welcome my friend. So are you a fan of Rihanna? ★Jivesh 1205★ (talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 17:44, 22 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes. I can kill for her. I am joking. Lol. And what about you? ★Jivesh 1205★ (talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 17:48, 22 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Lol. I hope you are not telling me that because you got afraid when i wrote that i can kill for Beyonce??? Lol. For me, Beyonce is my Queen. All i want in life is a wife like her. ★Jivesh 1205★ (talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 18:03, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Bert Bell
Bro, I am not that smart of a guy. Removing that line break hurts me. I am trying to tackle the introduction of that article (which is really above my head), should I put in a hidden comment to prevent other editors from doing that? I am in the midst of editing History of the St. Louis Rams, Frank Filchock, requesting a split of Filchock off to Filchock-Hapes scandal...Leaving that line break in allows me to just concentrate on something new for the introduction....don't respond to me please...I am in the middle of 5 articles right now and I easily get confused. 66.234.33.8 (talk) 18:48, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I can easily add them back if you want me to. --   Luke      (Talk)   18:54, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * No, it's cool. I just finished the prelimiary first draft edits of the mergers. I am out of the woods now. If I were you, next time, check activity of the user's. My log should show me being hot on multiple articles within the last 1.5 hours, at the very least. Suggest waiting 3.5 hours before that kind of edit, thanks. My edits are not really that good...but they are important because I want Bell better....BTW. you can are absolutely welcome to improve the introduction of Bell if you want...I am not that bright to write cohesive and concise introductions that follow wikipedia lead :) I am done for the day. Common problem across all of wikipedia is that experienced users do not check logs...I mean they are very handy. It's not u, it's everyone 66.234.33.8 (talk) 19:03, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, thank you for letting me know. If you need any help about Wikipedia, just ask. --   Luke      (Talk)   19:05, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, I will. It has to do with Paul Robeson and the poem template thingie. I don't know how to do formatting. I'll hit you with it later. Basically, I want to include a center-justified, 4-line, poem but I do not know how to do any kind of formatting, html thingies. Btw, here's my contributions to Bert Bell 66.234.33.8 (talk) 19:10, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * 1,111 edits means I am not that smart of a guy... 66.234.33.8 (talk) 19:11, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Regarding the Paul Robeson issue, do you mean block quotations? --   Luke      (Talk)   19:15, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * cool, i'll play with that in the sandbox later...that looks really helpful :). I'll let you know if I fail to achieve what i want. I have to work with other authorstoo. But that looks really helpful 66.234.33.8 (talk) 19:39, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

I want ensuing snippet to be center justified 2 line or 4 line poem. The original was a 4 line poem (see Talk:Paul Robeson). I looked for about an hour in featured articles and could not find how to do it (maybe that's a sign it don't belong in an article), but how do you do this for a 4 line center justified poem:
 * All hats off to Robey, men,
 * All honor to his name!
 * On the diamond, court or football field
 * He's brought old Rutgers fame.

Err, I don't know how to correctly point you to that subject heading on that talk page, I tried though 66.234.33.8 (talk) 08:49, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Is this what you mean?

All hats off to Robey, men, All honor to his name! On the diamond, court or football field He's brought old Rutgers fame. I just used and tags. --   Luke      (Talk)   11:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, another stupid question. I can (more or less) put like 5 citations for every statement in the bell article, which makes it really ugly. I mean only 1 person added 1 citation in that article since its inception...I mean there's no one even adding any content to have a contraversy with. I decided to cut down to at most 2 citations ever for one topic; ideally one online citation and one not online citation. I've stripped 75 unnecessary duplicate citations from that article in last 2 weeks or so. Any opinion if that's right or wrong. I think I can strip another 85 citations from it (just a gut feeling) 66.234.33.8 (talk) 21:55, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * It's fine to remove duplicate citations. If one statement needs the same citation as another statement, you can add a named footnote (see WP:NAMEDREFS for more information). Remember, if you remove the citations and another edits reverts to an older version be prepared to explain why you removed the citations. --   Luke      (Talk)   22:04, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

ACC account approved
Hello Luke, I've approved your account on the account creation interface. You should now be able to log in at ~acc/login.php. Before reviewing any requests, please review the ACC Guide for detailed instructions on how to do so. If you have any questions, please let me know, or join us on IRC at #wikipedia-en-accounts. Thanks for your interest! Hers fold  (t/a/c) 22:55, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much Hersfold, I e-mailed 1234r00t regarding this issue, I'm happy you got to it. --   Luke      (Talk)   22:58, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar
I don't know if you'd recognize me, but in the past I was highly active as a recent changes patroller and administrator, helping to handle vandalism and other important issues on the site. In early 2010, I found myself getting busy with life outside of Wikipedia and lapsed into inactivity, only editing anonymously from time to time. Just a few weeks ago, we happened to cross paths in the midst of an article in crisis. You handled the incident well, accepting my help with the vandalism and preventing some damage yourself -- when I went to request semi-protection for the page, I was surprised to edit conflict with your own request! -- and you even took a moment to welcome me. I was impressed. It was good to see someone who so obviously cares about preserving the site, doing the same things I used to do so often, and doing them well.

Since my very positive encounter with you, I've felt motivated to return to Wikipedia, helping out where I can. My record can speak for itself: I've reverted tens of thousands of vandalistic edits, and have logged over 20,000 admin actions in my tenure here. If I ever achieve that level of activity, again -- and even if I don't -- you should know that you played a part in my return. The community will have you to thank for that, and so will I.

It's been a long time since I've given anyone a barnstar; all these new ones don't really seem to fit. I notice you've been around for a while, yourself, so maybe you'll appreciate the old school standard.


 * Thanks Luna, I really appreciate it. You're the reason why Wikipedia has the most nicest and great communities on the internet. Happy editing! --   Luke      (Talk)   19:35, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

I can do what I want, got it buddy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.217.207 (talk) 11:30, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks for explaining it. --   Luke      (Talk)   16:05, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Image copyright question
I want to upload this image to Wikimedia Commons. I do not see any copyright notice, however I do not want to assume it is public domain. Can somebody verify the copyright (if any) for me? Much appreciated. --   Luke      (Talk)   14:30, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * As Commons have their own standards and rules, which sometimes differ from ours, I suggest you ask at Commons:Help desk. JohnCD (talk) 16:13, 1 November 2011 (UTC)