User talk:Rdunn/archive/2006-decar 08

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Go to this link and type in your username, it gives you all kinds of statistics. Useight (talk) 14:51, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

mine rdunn 09:35, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

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test sig rdunn  14:34, 7 October 2008 (UTC) test 2 r d u n n  10:28, 9 December 2008 (UTC) r d u n n 10:29, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

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help requests
why is it that when I type wiki:gnome (or any member of the Wikipediafauna) the page opens on http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?gnome (replace gnome with others)? r d u n n 12:34, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * That is a very good question. Apparently typing "wiki:" in the search box directs you to http://c2.com/. I doubt anyone responding to helpme will know that, so I posted it at the village pump. Regards  So Why  12:49, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * After a bit of searching I found this page which shows the default default interwiki prefixes, which deines wiki: as taking one to the C2 site. See also Interwiki map. This is of course only half an answer. The reasoning behind why certain prefixes were chosen to go certain places is opaque, other than that the page states it was based on the "public interwiki map from MeatballWiki."--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:10, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * (e/c) Asked and got the answer, see here. Regards  So Why  13:11, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I've already linked that page above and another. It answers the technical why, but not the larger question of why that prefix should go to that site.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:26, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * That's why I denoted an edit conflict. I wanted to explain that I in fact did ask and got a reply at the village pump. As for the why, I have no idea either but it makes no sense at all which is why I requested it to be removed. Regards  So Why  13:29, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

2 things:

1st: is there a link to the blacklist of titles for articles that is viewable (I remember there was cannot find it again

2nd: why is it that Grawp is used alot?

r d u n n 10:47, 16 December 2008 (UTC)


 * The title blacklist is here MediaWiki:Titleblacklist. I don't understand your second question -Unpopular Opinion (talk · contribs) 10:56, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * "Grawp" is a vandal that creates attack pages and page moves so the title blacklist has to be modified to prevent such creation from occuring.  Monster Under Your Bed  (talk) 11:00, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Commenting on that, you might also want to look at Requests for checkuser/Case/Grawp to understand the reasoning. Regards  So Why  11:03, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

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for the cookie! (munch munch..) Thingg &#8853; &#8855;  14:32, 19 December 2008 (UTC)