User talk:PeteShanosky/Archive 1

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Images for List of gangs in Grand Theft Auto series
Hello. I noticed that you are intending to acquire screenshots of gangs in the GTA series, and I would like to assist in that. I now have all gangs from GTA III and may move to Vice City and San Andreas soon. I've inserted the GTA III screenshots on the article, but we may put in more screenshots later. Drop we a line at my talk page for any comments. ╫ ２５ ◀RingADing▶  13:56, 22 January 2006 (UTC) ╫

Not Vandalizing
I'm not vandalizing, I'm deleting crap that some idiot made about. If you won't let me delete it, delete it yourself. bob548
 * I applied the first two warnings, somebody else applied the final. Assuming you do not do blank the page again, I cannot do anything further. In addition, the afd clearly states not to blank the article. You have no reason to blank out that article, so therefor it is still considered vandalism. PeteShanosky 03:30, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The reason I'm blanking out the article is because the article is about me (with a lot of made up nonsense). bob548
 * Althought that may or may not be true, you can just wait along for the afd to conclude, which appears to be strongly on your side (deleting) anyway. PeteShanosky 03:35, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi there...I just received a warning about vandalism, but the only information I've added was to the entry for _Hedda Gabler_...and I know the information is correct. What's going on? thombee.

Vandalism? I didnt do anything. What's your effin problem Pete? ryder55

Just recieved a warning about vandalizism about my page, which is about me. Since I dont mind me erasing whats there, I dont consider it vanadlism, thank you for your concern, but its ok, I really dont mind if I erase it all. Thank you again.

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WikiProject: Organized crime

 * Mr. Shanosky,
 * Just wanted to thank you for joining the Wikiproject. Up to this point I hadn't thought there was much interest on the subject. Thanks again and looking forward to your contributions ! MadMax 21:43, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for noticing me. I hope to get moving on the project as soon as possible. So far I've written up a short article on John Scalise. PeteShanosky 22:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Great job! MadMax 01:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Regarding your proposed Broadcasting WikiProject
I would love to help out. If you have any questions you can respond on my talk page or email me at dcbjms1988@hotmail.com. Again I would be interested. -Daniel Blanchette 02:46, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

You removed a genuine edit
Hi there, you just reverted a genuine edit to the page "Peg Putt", which was intended to correct an inaccuracy. At the 2002 Tasmanian election, Putt did not out-poll the Liberal Party of Australia, as stated, she out-polled the Liberal leader, Bob Cheek. In fact, the Liberal Party easily out-polled Putt's Green Party at that election - see the official figures at http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au

That said, my edit contained a typo, which I will fix.

You are guys are often too quick to jump on something about which you know absolutely nothing!
 * Please accept my apologies. I messed up, didn't look like an actual edit. I'll leave a remark on your talk page as well. PeteShanosky 15:16, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the award
Hi, I just wanted to thank you for the kind award. I'm not sure quite what I did to deserve it, but thank you anyways. I do appreciate the fact that you spent the time to create your own award and that you think I am deserving of it. I'll keep fighting those vandals. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 03:59, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof
Thanks for your interest in VandalProof! You've been added to the list of authorized users, and feel free to contact me or post a message on VandalProof's talk page if you have any questions. AmiDaniel (Talk) 03:34, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Don't lean on me man
Because you can't afford a ticket, I'm back on Suffragette City. IT'S ALRIGHT! 207.230.255.3 15:32, 11 April 2006 (UTC) PEACE
 * Stop trying to increase your edit count by leaving multiple warnings on my talk page, you tool. I got the first one. People on RFA notice when you leave two warnings that say the exact the same thing so you can get above your paltry edit count. Furthermore, your user box displaying your edit count is unneeded, as well as your userbox that says you want to be an admin. You can't be an admin with 250 edits, idiot. Tell me when you do something worthwhile. 207.230.255.3 15:36, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Furthermore I didn't vandalize your talk page, idiot. I left a message. Maybe you've heard of using the talk page to talk? What are you going to do, block me? Oh wait...you can't. 207.230.255.3 15:37, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Quite a temper you've got there. I don't really have a problem with you, I left the second message on your talk page because nothing can go beyond a final warning. I then remarked of your message on my talk page because you had no reason to leave one; you vandalized a page and then I reverted it. I have no idea why you are getting so upset over a minor issue. PeteShanosky 15:40, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You actually left me three warnings on my talk page. So much for 'final warning' eh? Thanks there vigilante vandal cop. 207.230.255.3 15:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

PeteShanosky Gold User Award
Thanks for creating the award! I've taken the liberty to present myself with this pretigous award. Did you get a meth head three year old to draw it, or a trained ape? It looks like the skilled work of either. Either way, I am a gold user! (by PeteShanosky standards.) 207.230.255.3 16:02, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * It was supposed to be a sarcastic award, purposely drawn in paint sloppily. Why you continue to bother me, I do not know. PeteShanosky 16:06, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

VandalProof 1.1 is Now Available For Download
Happy Easter to all of you, and I hope that this version may fix your current problems and perhaps provide you with a few useful new tools. You can download version 1.1 at User:AmiDaniel/VandalProof. Let me warn you, however, to please be extremely careful when using the new Rollback All Contributions feature, as, aside from the excessive server lag it would cause if everyone began using it at once, it could seriously aggitate several editors to have their contributions reverted. If you would like to experiment with it, though, I'd be more than happy to use my many sockpuppets to create some "vandalism" for you to revert. If you have any problems downloading, installing, or otherwise, please tell me about them at User:AmiDaniel/VP/Bugs and I will do my best to help you. Thanks. AmiDaniel (Talk) 06:49, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Organized crime

 * Hello Mr. Shanosky,
 * I thought you might be interested to know several subjects on the talk page regarding the WikiProject are currently up for discussion, including a possible merge/collaberation with WikiProject Mafia. Granted there isn't an official project as yet (as we're currently short two members), I'd certainly be interested to hear your thoughts on the subject if you have the time. MadMax 19:53, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

VandalProof 1.2 Now Available
 After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:58, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Please fix my user page
Someone has been vandalizing it non-stop and could you please boot them since your a member of the counter vandalizim squad? Thanks if you do. JoePomrink 02:07, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * As a member of the Counter Vandalism Unit, I check recent changes with the software VandalProof and then revert vandalism if I see it. However, I have not caught any of the vandalism to your page in the act, but I cannot deny that it is there. I am not an admin for Wikipedia so I cannot issue a block. After reviewing your history bar, the chances of getting a block are very slim, seeing as the vandalism was by several different IP addresses. It is very possible that they are the same person, but Wikipedia does not instantly block an IP address after one offense as far as I know, unless it is serious. You can however, contact an admin about this if you wish. I'm proud to know that you came to me with your problem, but I'm sorry, there's nothing I can really do about it besides watch your page a bit more closely. PeteShanosky 14:11, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Well thank you for the advice and thank you for trying to help me. JoePomrink 23:38, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem. Contacted an administrator, and he was nice enough to help us out. PeteShanosky 00:35, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Re User:JoePomrink
Hi Pete! No worries. Inform when it's ok to unprotect the userpage. I'd not prefer a range block so that would be fine. -- Szvest 00:37, 6 June 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up&#153;

WikiProject Firearms
Welcome to the WikiProject Firearms. I hope you enjoy being a member.--LWF 12:59, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Question...
Hello Pete, just wanted to know how you report vandalizers for admin intervention? Is there a link or process I haven't heard of? There's a few out there who are real bugs in my nose that I'd very much like to report... Tommyt 17:47, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks much for the response! I teach info literacy classes (I'm a college librarian) & I always wow my students when I tell 'em that vandalism does exist on Wpedia. When they ask "why" it does my typical response is that there are punks out there who believe their sole purpose is their own self-satisfaction by making life miserable for everyone else. In short, they're NUTS. Tommyt 15:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism on the Colombian Civil War article
Thanks for reverting that, the IP did it again and I've reverted it a second time and given him a level 2 warning. One more is a final warning, and then after that a block. Cheers SGGH 13:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Infobox Drive for the Firearms Wikiproject
Hello PeteShanosky. The Firearms Wikiproject is having an infobox drive. The purpose of this is to ensure that most (if not all) of the articles within our scope have the relevant infoboxes. The start date will be May 28th. If you choose to participate, go to our project page and pick an article under the To-do list's Infobox section or look for firearm articles that need an infobox. Before you start editing an article, please cross it out on the list so that we don't have editor's work clashing. The drive will last for five days. If you are interested, please RSVP to LWF. Thank you, the Firearms Wikiproject. --Seed 2.0 09:21, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Image Question
Hi there, I've been making minor edits for awhile (mainly about bands and albums), but have come across a problem. When I joined I recieved a message saying to contact you if I had any problems/questions. I recently uploaded a band image (Image:Castanets-band.jpg) that appears to work on its own, but won't work when I put it on a page. This is the page I'm trying to add the picture to. It would be much appreciated if you could tell me why the image won't work or direct me to someone who may know. I'm pretty new at this whole wikipedia thing (especially talk pages) :-) Radar123 00:48, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * All right, it's working now. I think the server had a glitch or something.  Thanks for the help, and I'll be sure to message you again if I have any more questions. Radar123 03:03, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

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Latinpafa
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 * I have moved your above comment from the top of the page into appropriate header. You listed in your edit summary that you are asking a question, although I do not see it. Thus, I am responding as so. PeteShanosky 18:58, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Unusual Adoption Request
Hi! Im an English teacher in Toluca Mexico (west of Mexico City). My Advanced B classes will be contributing to Wikipedia as the focus of their English course for Fall 2007. I am looking for people who would like to mentor my students (who will be working in groups) as they do the following assignments: Edit and article (adding a citation), writing a stub with a citation, translating an English language article for Spanish Wikipedia and for the final project, writing a full article for English Wiki (they can expand on the stub mentioned previously). What I would like to do is put a list of "mentors/adopters" on my talk page as a kind of short cut for my students, who have limited time to get things done. The semester begings Aug 6, but the real Wikipedia work wont begin until the beginning of Sept. If you would like to add your name to my list, please go to my talk page and add it there, perhaps with a short introduction, if you like.

Thank you!

Thelmadatter 20:28, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Thelmadatter

Reminder to Mentor
Hola Mentors!

Im sending you this reminder because you volunteered to mentor my students in English Advanced B as they become contributing members of the Wikipedia community. We start working with Wikipedia in earnest next week. I ask you to take a look at your entry in the Mentor Table at School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca/Mentors

Please update the information, esp. with what your technical and informational expertise is or, if you have decided that you no longer want to participate, please remove your information from the table. Please watch the pages associated with the project. Students will contact you via your user page and as soon as my students have user pages, I will put them on the navigation bar associated with the project.

I don’t need to remind you that your job is NOT to write their assignments for them, of course. I certainly will tell my students that… and the fact that you are volunteers that don’t have to help them… so they need to be nice. If any students misbehave (tho I don’t expect it) don’t hesistate to contact me and I will take care of it. The goal of this project is to integrate successfully into the Wikipedia community. Anyway… what I really need your help with is helping students get oriented to Wikipedia, make appropriate changes and write about appropriate topics (see School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca/Syllabus for assignments). I also need your technical expertise… I am only an English teacher after all! I appreciate what technology does for us but I am no technical expert!

Again, thank you for volunteering and you will hear from us again soon! Thelmadatter 19:32, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Thelmadatter

FROM THE SOUTH
Hi, hope you are god when you receive this message. I want to ask you if you could help me and my group in a project we are working on. It's for our english class. We will have to write an article about a cultural thing in Latin America, due to the fact that all the members of my group are from differents parts of Latin America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). We are new on wikipedia so we would be glad if you guide us with some tips and help us with this project. Please if you answer, I would be thankful if you do it on my group page. Thank you for your time, Miguel Rodriguez

HI
M I WOULD LOVE TO IF U COULD BE MY MENTOR FOR MY ENGLISH PROJECT, ACTUALLY I FOUND U ON MY TEACHERS PAGE.... HOPE U CAN HELP ME THANKS A LOT ..

HOPE YOU CONTACT ME

THANKLS A LOT BYE

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Hi Our names are Ingrid and arturo and we are Thelmadatter`s student… I need help, because I want to know if this Letters are ok, for a n INQUIERY LETTER and for a SALES one….

If you can help me I appreciate the help… thanks a lot…

The miss is going to grade everything, from the spelling, to grammar and fomrlaity, also the commas and the format of the letter(incuding directions)

THANKS A LOT We appreciate it…. If u can help us… U can go to: User: Thelmadatter

Then click in group pages and then in Los_ Pancakes

THIS IS THE INQUIRY NE

Ingrid Muniz President of Association of Students, IIS ITESM University Eduardo Monroy Cardenas, EDOMEX CO 50110 MEXICO

September 25, 2007

Dr. Michael Bolton, Professor Harvard University Massachusetts Avenue, MA CO 60033 USA

Dear Sir:

I am a student at the ITESM University and I’m organizing a conference about knowledge based design methodology for manufacturing assembly lines and continuous

The deadline for admission is October 30.

Enclosed is an admissions form; you can find more information on the colloquium at the page: micampus.itesm.mx

Thank you for your time, it is appreciated

Sincerely,

President of Association of IIS students. Writing

THIS IS THE SALES ONE

Ingrid Muniz Sales Manager YOUR HOME, Inc. 5th Avenue New York, NY CO 10031 USA

September 30, 2007

Justin Timberlake Manager Wal-Mart INC Florida Main Street Florida, FL 33411 U.S.A.

Dear Sir:

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We are looking forward your well-being!

Sincerely

Ingrid Muniz, Sales Ma —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.254.101.49 (talk) 17:00, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

My Userpage
Thanks for that. Feel free to copy/paste whatever you want/need. :D Trevor   "Tinkleheimer"   Haworth  19:01, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/Ibaranoff24
I've asked more questions. I thought you may want to read his answers.  Th e Tr ans hu man ist   00:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

M-1 Carbine Revert War
The M1 carbine article is currently on lock down. An administrator has requested some discussion from memeber of the Firearms Wikiproject. Can you take a look? Sf46 (talk) 19:19, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

New Semester, New Appeal
This semester I am teaching academic writing to a group of teachers at my school. This course starts on Monday Jan 28. I would like to know if you are still interesting in "mentoring". You can see the syllabus at School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca/SyllabusIf so, please leave a message on my talk page and update the mentor's page School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca/Mentors, if. If not, please remove your name and information from that page. Thanks! Thelmadatter (talk) 21:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs
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