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New user box
Hello Firestorm, It's Moe Epsilon. Im giving you the user box for your user page called Template:User Member. It's a user box that says your a member of the AWWDMBJ.... Hope you like it! — M o e   ε  04:00, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

COTW Project
You voted for Invasion, this week's Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article. -- King of Hearts | (talk) 18:31, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

medcabal
Hi there -- I saw that you were listed as a medcabal member; as a fellow medcabalist, I thought I'd drop you a line to say that there are a number of new cases that have been added recently and there seem to be too many for the "regulars" to handle. I suggest giving it a shot! (If you forgot you signed up for the cabal, and want off, sorry to bother you!) Yours, Sdedeo (tips) 19:25, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

My talk page
Do not take it upon yourself to re-add other people's comments to my talk page. Reposting the comments of someone who makes personal attacks against me on his/her user page and accuses me of being a "Satanist Apologist" on the talk page of the article he/she got all bent out of shape on really is not a good idea. DreamGuy 01:00, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I only reposted the one relevant comment, which did not come across to me as vandalism. If I was mistaken, then I appologize, however, the comment seemed relevant to me. I assumed that you had reverted to an earlier version to remove vandal comments, and that one got caught in the middle. However, i'd appreciate it if you did not order me around. You have absolutely no authority over me, and need I remind you that you do not own your user page (under the terms of the GFDL). Personally, I think you need a refresher inAssuming Good Faith. Firestorm 01:08, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Apology accepted. But, by the way, I *DO* own my own talk page, per the policies here on Wikipedia. I can and will remove anything I find inappropriate. I can and am ordering you to not restore things I deleted or to modify anyone else's comments. Any GFDL issues are handled by the history page. DreamGuy 01:19, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Invasion
I just want to let you know that Invasion which you voted for as a COTW is now being considered for a featured article. Leave your input at Featured article candidates/Invasion. RENTA FOR LET?  03:55, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Mediation
The Mediation Cabal needs your support. You are listed as an active mediator ready to accept assignments. If you don't want to take the case on, just say so at the bottom of the request and delegate it to someone else. --Fasten 10:32, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Star Wars Selected Voting
Make sure to vote for the selected article for next week at Portal:Star Wars/Vote. Jedi6 03:04, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Star Wars Collaboration of the week
Make sure to vote for the Star Wars Collaboration of the week for next week at Star Wars Collaboration of the week. Jedi6 03:46, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey, what's up with the collaboration for the week? Why's it not updated? It says it must not have been updated since Sep. Are you still working on this project, or is the collaboration dead? Please answer either here, on my talk, or on the project page discussion ! :) Thanks! Cactus Guru 05:39, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Star Wars voting
Please make sure you vote for the Star Wars selected article, list and picture by Monday. Jedi6 10:22, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

ContiE has impersonated me on other wikis
Hi, I'm in a potentially awkward position with an Administrator. I have read the Wiki pages on dispute resolution but I'm still not sure how to proceed.

The Admin ContiE has a personal grudge against me for reasons I do not fully understand. He has been this way since I began frequenting wikipedia.

I have done work improving the furvert article. He has basically gone on a crusade against any edit I make. He controls every furry category article and several others ruthlessly. He is an iron fist and bans anyone he edit wars with. I had uploaded pictures and he deleted them with no talking. He seems to believe I am every person he has had an edit war against. He is always using personal attacks, calling me troll without reason. I uploaded them again and he voted them for deleted, but to his surprise the person who runs the images, thank you Nv8200p, found they were acceptable once I tagged them properly. Just recently he removed both the images without himself discussing it in the talk page (unless he was the same person who discussed only one) with the edit here  Then ContiE assumed bad faith, added his constant insult of troll in the talk page. It appears on a completed different wiki, a comedy one in all things, somebody else stole my username and I believe this was Conti himself and uploaded them. ContiE showed it as his reason. While vandalism like his, I would revert and mention it, he would ban me permanently if I undid his edit. That is why I am asking admins for help. He holds a couple of accounts on wikipedia and I think they are administrators so I have to be careful who I tell about this. Arights 07:23, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for editing Jar Jar Binks
Hi, thanks for removing vandalism from the Jar Jar Binks article. Keep up the good work. Have a nice day.

Cheers --Starionwolf 00:25, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Research Survey Request
Hello, I am a member of a research group at Palo Alto Research Center (formerly known as Xerox PARC) studying how conflicts occur and resolve on Wikipedia. Due to your experience in conflict resolution on Wikipedia (e.g., as a member of the Mediation Cabal) we’re extremely interested in your insights on this topic. We have a survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=400792384029 which we are inviting a few selected Wikipedians to participate in, and we would be extremely appreciative if you would take the time to complete it. As a token of our gratitude, we would like to present you with a PARC research star upon completion. Thank you for your time.

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SW Collabaration....
Hello just dropping in to let you know that I'm organizing a huge Star Wars collabaration, if you want just go to this discussion page..... Cheers, -- Sadow (talk | contr.) 19:51, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Image:Greedo.jpg
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Image:Imperial sd group.jpg
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Psionics
i appreciate your position in returning a great deal of deleted material in this article. however, most of what you returned has been challenged with tags. anything which has been legitimately so challenged, and which has not subsequently been cited, is subject to immediate, unilateral deletion. if you want it to stay, please cite sources for the statements there within wikipedia's Verifiability Criteria. thank you. Whateley23 04:25, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion
Hello Firestorm

I just saw you tagged National Identity and Language for speedy deletion, while this article may be unencyclopedic being unencyclopedic is not a criteria for speedy deletion. Next time I advise you to use  reason  or go through the WP:AFD process when deleting those kind of article.

I'm taking care of that particular article right now and made a clear explanation on the talk page of both the article and the author talk page to explain what are your concern. And tagged for proposed deletion this article. if the author can't completly rewrite this article in a matter of 5 days. - Esurnir 05:39, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Redirect of Grand Admiral Martio Batch
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The Sith article
This article is rife with uncited information, in-universe cruft. I posted a request that cignificant citation work should occur or information would be removed. None has occurred, and I am about to start removing those parts which aren't cited from the article and most of it will end up on the discussion page until it can be cited. I invite you to assist in this process, as it appears you have an interest in the subject matter.- Arcayne   (cast a spell)  19:58, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Rhino novel AfD
Thank you so much - that was rather embarassing. Is it permissable to remove the back and forth about the tech problem so as to not confuse the AfD? I wouldn't want to be accused of removing comments from an AfD - somebody could use rollback on me. ;) Pairadox (talk) 09:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Not a problem at all, it seems as if at some point you called the article instead of *pagename* . I don't think anybody would have a problem removing it, but you never know, so it might be best to make a note that you had a technical problem and those comments are related to that. Personally, I don't have a problem with it, but you never know how others would react. Firestorm (talk) 09:22, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Kewl. BTW, is your name related to a certain flame-haired hero? Pairadox (talk) 09:24, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * No, its not, its actually an extremely obscure Star Wars reference. If you have any questions about how things work around AFD or the wiki in general, please feel free to ask. Firestorm (talk) 09:42, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * (Running for Star Wars encyclopedia) Thanks. I've actually done my fair share of AfD noms; that's what made this so horrifying. I know how to do them. Ah well, probably a sign I should get some sleep. Pairadox (talk) 09:49, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Sourcing problem
I've created a list of Star Wars articles that have no sources or merely low sourcing, and since you seem to be involved in improving WP:SW's activity, I thought you might like to be involved. The list isn't of what to merge, what to delete, or would I say that all of the articles have bad sourcing. If you need clarification on why a certain article is listed or where sourcing is needed, feel free to ask. Feel free to also add to the list, but discuss removal first. - A Link to the Past (talk) 18:01, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Request for ACC interface account
Yes, I have requested an account on this interface.
 * Thank you for applying to access the account creation tool. I have approved your request. You may now access the tool here. Before you do so, please read the tool's guide to familiarize yourself with the process. You may also want to join #wikipedia-en-accounts on irc and the mailing list. Keep in mind that the ACC tool is a powerful program, and misuse may result in your access being suspended by a tool administrator. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. Thank you for participating in the account creation process. --Werdan7T @ 03:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I will get on this at once. Firestorm (talk) 14:25, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Interference with request for deletion
Why would you remove my request for deletion of the Vinnie Roslin page and suggest that the subject be made to jump through hoops.

I created this page and because of constant and vicious vandalism he would like it removed, I agree!

If you know him please contribute to his stub, if not please do not interfere with my attempt to repair this destructive conduct.

-Thank You,

Michael Parker

MrMac (talk) 17:24, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I removed your Proposed Deletion because that is not the correct way for someone to have an article about themselves deleted. First of all, the article in question is not subject to "constant and vicious vandalism", considering that there have been less than 50 edits total in over a year. Of that, maybe 15 of them seem to be an edit war. That is not valid reason for deletion. If the subject of this article wants to have it deleted, then he needs to contact the Wikimedia Foundation. That is the proper procedure we have for these situations. Also, once a proposed deletion has been contested, you may not re-propose it. The next step after proposed deletion is taking it to Articles For Deletion. Happy editing! Firestorm (talk) 19:01, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Lets discuss this one issue at a time:

I (the author) submitted the request for deletion, not the subject. So your argument about "correct way for someone....." is moot and not a reason for rejection.MrMac (talk)

RE:
Thanks, I know. That's why I reverted. I figured that you would find out sooner or later.  Simon KSK  16:20, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Star Wars WikiProject
I recently added a Star Wars WikiProject box to the talk page of an article I'm working on (Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron). I looked over your Project site for an assessment section, but I couldn't find one. Could one of your members rate the class and importance of the article? Also, I don't know if your project does peer reviews, but I'm currently hosting a peer review of the article here and if your members could take a look at it, I'd be much obliged. Vantine84 (talk) 06:37, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Firestorm  05:04, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Firestorm  Talk  05:17, 19 February 2009 (UTC) Vantine84 (talk) 05:30, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Vinnie Roslin
Thanks for kind words regarding Vinnie Roslin, always good to receive positive feedback Djln--Djln (talk) 18:36, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Re:ER
No problem. There was a huge backlog and I want to clear that out some. Thanks, I had one last year. I don't think I need one any time soon ;)-- TRU  CO   02:37, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Same as Truco. Good luck getting your count up. Beware of editcounti, though. ;)  Simon KSK  23:45, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello! there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath and respond there as soon as possible.
 * Thank you. I have reviewed your concerns and edited the article accordingly. Firestorm  Talk 15:53, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

can u create the better page for chak 17/14L
can u post the better page the answer will be NO, why because u dont know about that village. You can just request to delete this that is all u can do. but can u tell me why this article doesnt match the wikipedia criteria,can u just tell me only one good reason, should i add some more things in it if yes than what are those things —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jalalafzal (talk • contribs) 18:00, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I requested deletion because there are no reliable sources that say that this village exists. If you can provide evidence that it exists, then it will meet our inclusion criteria for villages. If not, then it has to be deleted. If the village really has over 2000 people, then somebody must have written something about it at some point. Firestorm  Talk 19:48, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Daniel J. Kaplan
I left this note on the creator's talk page: "I decided not to delete the page "speedily", but it's still possible this article will be nominated for a 5-day deletion discussion, unless the article adopts a more neutral tone, and multiple reliable sources are found that back up the claims of notability." This was a judgment call; I have speedied similar articles that were just slightly more resume-like. It was also a factor that we don't have a lot of noted architects trying to use Wikipedia as their marketing website. But I don't mind at all if you let the creator know what we're looking for, and if they can't provide it, head to AfD (or holler and I'll AfD it if you like). I did very speedily delete some of your other nominations, and gave you props on the creator pages, too. (Watchlisting) - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 00:07, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your notice. If I have free time, I may import the article into my sandbox and then see how much of it is salvageable, and then decide whether or not to nominate for AFD or improve it in keeping with our standards. Also, when you say "on the creator pages," what pages do you mean, precisely? Firestorm  Talk 00:36, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * In this case, just User_talk:Prarch. Thanks. - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 01:28, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

ACC reservations
You went offline for over an hour, and for efficiency I have closed the requests you had reserved. I hope you don't mind, but I don't think it's fit to reserve requests so that you can do them hours later. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 15:27, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * My apologies, my internet has been on the blink over the last week or so. I have no problems with you taking care of the requests in this situation, and had my internet access been stable I would have taken care of them immediately. Firestorm  Talk 15:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries, wasn't having a go :) just informing you. Cheers. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 16:00, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for YouTube cat abuse incident
An editor has asked for a deletion review of YouTube cat abuse incident. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. WikiScrubber (talk) 20:56, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Ignore this
... Firestorm  Talk 02:28, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Anaks
Hello Firestorm - I put page about Anaks.It is my first page on wikipeda so sorry if i do some mistake.My questions is how is possible to be on wikipeda like this Serbian company: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forma_Ideale If criterium is same for all.Best regards Omicronweb (talk) 20:54, 7 March 2009 (UTC) talk
 * According to Wikipedia's inclusion guidelines, a company must have received significant coverage in reliable sources. This usually means newspapers, magazines, and books, as well as a few other types of sources. If you can find a few of these, I have no problem with keeping the article. In addition, it cannot look like an advertisement. It would have to be rewritten to include only what hte sources say. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask. Firestorm  Talk 20:50, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Many newspapers and magazines put our chairs like perfect ergonomic chairs.We are one of the best in our country.What i can do to show you that? 20:56, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * If you can find copies of those articles online, then give me links to them and i'll help you write an article that meets our inclusion criteria.  Firestorm  Talk 20:58, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

There is no way to find that online because they sell and offer only printed edition.I can scan them all and i can give you links of that magazines.They are the best furniture and Interior Design magazines in our country.Omicronweb (talk) 21:02, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollback
I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see New admin school/Rollback and Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  02:27, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you, I appreciate the confidence. Hope to see you at the NYC meetup! Firestorm  Talk 02:38, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Sorry
Sorry about that edit conflict don't you hate when that happens..

Regards

 Staffwaterboy  Critique Me Guestbook Hate Comments 16:37, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm actually not sure which edit conflict you're referring to, I don't recall getting into one with you. Could you tell me which page it was at? Firestorm  Talk 19:01, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello it was on the Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/NYC i think i was the only person to get it who knows,lol

Take care,

 Staffwaterboy  Critique Me Guestbook Hate Comments 23:09, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

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71.52.107.90
An editor at 71.52.107.90 again (2 March 2009) vandalized the Gmünd article after your final warning on February 9th. The IP is held by Embarq Corporation of Winter Park, Florida. --Bejnar (talk) 03:28, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for bringing that to my attention; this user has been reported and will hopefully be blocked shortly. Firestorm  Talk 03:43, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Warning re:Uber
Hi Firestorm: Please double-check the edit for which you issued me a warning. Thanks, 99.184.128.247 (talk) 02:58, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * My apologies, I had meant to issue the warning to the user who made the edit that you undid. Feel free to disregard it. Firestorm  Talk 03:00, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The hazards of friendly fire. Keep up the good work. 99.184.128.247 (talk) 03:02, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Problem User
this ip adress based user  you recently warned seems suspicious for banned user nanparbat

User:Hersfold/Vandal_watch

User:Thegreyanomaly/Nangparbat the evader

  Ignore wikireader hes a racist pov pusher i am preparing a report with him remarks to finally get him blocked 86.156.209.202 (talk) 18:42, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Personally, I don't care one way or another. This content dispute is one I am not involved. in. Firestorm  Talk 19:12, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

I love wikipedia
It is a great encyclopedia of fun knowledge. I also like tigers and chocolate ice cream. Thank you. 92.8.231.91 20:31, 17 March 2067 (GMT) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.8.231.91 (talk)
 * Ummm....okay? Something I can do for you? Firestorm  Talk 20:54, 17 March 2009 (UTC)


 * No, I just wanted to leave a comment in respect of your determination and indefatigabilty when it comes to protecting this site from vandals such as myself. You have made me see the light, I will only make constructive edits when contributing to this famed knowledge database. Thank you, once again. 92.8.231.91    YO, SUP DAWG    21:31, 17 March 2009 (GMT)

Why have you reverted my change?
VY Canis Majoris is red. The man who changed the word from red to yellow (look in the history, it was originally red) has done vandalizm. not me.
 * I'm sorry, I meant to revert it to red. The script I was using accidentally undid your edit instead of the vandal's. Please accept my sincerest apologies for this. Firestorm  Talk 18:49, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

OK NO-Problem 87.68.100.128 (talk) 18:52, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for keeping an eye on the article Project Chanology and the sock disruption. Cirt (talk) 05:52, 21 March 2009 (UTC)


 * No problem, I do my best to watch out for things like that. Firestorm  Talk 06:18, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

You're invited!
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 19:17, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. – PranksterTurtle (talk) 04:06, 26 March 2009 (UTC) No problem. I was conflicted, because he had a legitimate issue to bring up, but it was clear WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL Firestorm  Talk 04:09, 26 March 2009 (UTC)