User talk:Wsuraider

Society of wikipedia vandals
Interesting idea, but can it comply with the policy against original research? Melchoir 03:12, 12 February 2006 (UTC)


 * i was hoping to use lists of user blocks and comments posted from the admins to make the page. sort of take data already present on vandalism and creat a timeline. I am a history major and we do that sort of stuff with abstract data, if you dont think it is feasible i understand. is there anyway to do this project without violating policies

Well, it's certainly possible to write a Wikipedia article about Wikipedia-related topics. History of Wikipedia and Criticism of Wikipedia do that pretty well, I think. Probably the most important element of an article on vandalism in Wikipedia would be citations to external, reliable sources. It might be feasible, but I think it would be difficult. I see you're new here, so perhaps you'll want to cut your teeth on something easier? There's always the tasks on Community Portal. Anyway, here's the standard welcome template:

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Melchoir 03:31, 12 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I've copied part of this discussion to Talk:Society of wikipedia vandals. Melchoir 03:38, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Block problem
I'm respnding to the helpme request. Can you tell me exactly what the block message says when you try to edit a page - and I will try to resolve the situation.--Commander Keane 05:07, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, I think you may be unblocked now - can you confirm that?--Commander Keane 05:22, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry
I was editing a little farther into my sleep time than I should have been and couldn't remember the template name I was looking for, which was db-author. I misremembered nonsense as being applicable to a situation of this nature. -- Antaeus Feldspar 16:52, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Block
If you are still blocked, please post your IP address here. You can find this in the screen that appears when you attempt to edit Wikipedia. —Guanaco 01:28, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Log records show your username has never been blocked, so you have probably been affected by a block placed on some other user who shares your IP address. This problem frequently affect certain types of users, including AOL users and those who edit from schools or universities, because these users are often forced to edit through a proxy IP address that is shared by multiple users (vandals and non-vandals alike).

It is an unfortunate "feature" of the software that runs Wikipedia that all users (even established users and even administrators) are automatically blocked every time someone who shares the same IP address is blocked. There is nothing administrators can do to prevent this.

To permit investigation, you should give the full text of the message you get when you see the "you've been blocked" message, including the IP address and the username of the user (if any) who received the original block.

-- Curps 03:14, 8 March 2006 (UTC)