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Thanks for the tip! Though I thought perhaps the tidbit could be used in some form to illustrate the sort of examples the person in the article illustrates. Since no one else is even active on that talk page, it's hardly interfering with anything. Tyciol 17:42, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Looked like forum banter and possibly spam (since it was done over two articles). Why not just send Chris an email and ask him instead? The exercise looks pretty basic... --Yankees76 21:12, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Burgz33 CheckUser case
Since you've been a frequent target of this user, thought you might be interested. Feel free to add anything to this case that you see fit. Cheers, OhNo itsJamie Talk 02:39, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanx for the notice. --Yankees76 12:30, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Burgz33
See Administrators' noticeboard. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 06:44, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Edits to Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson Pages
What is vandalism about adding the truth about an athlete? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.176.95 (talk) 22:45, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Your source does not corroborate your text. You've added "tarnished by allegations of steroid use", which is incorrect, as your source says Lewis 'tested positive for banned stimulants'. Firstly, stimulants (small amounts of banned stimulants found in cold medications - as what Lewis had tested positive for) are certainly not steroids, and secondly nowhere does the article make any claims about Lewis' reputation being tarnished (which appears to be your own conclusion drawn after reading this article). As per Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons (WP:BLP) unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material — whether negative, positive, or just questionable — about living persons should be removed immediately and without discussion from Wikipedia articles. Additionally, your entry does not display the entire story, as you conveniently left out the fact that the USOC investigation at the time concluded the level of banned stimulants found in Lewis' system - mostly ephedrine -was not significant enough to be performance-enhancing.. Your insistance of disrupting Wikipedia to continually re-insert this non-neutral point of view is considered vandalism. --Yankees76 22:59, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Deadlift and bench press
Hi Yankee, you know a lot about weightlifting. I have a question: say a person can bench some 200 kg, does it automatically mean they can dealift 280 - 300 kg, and vice versa? And Which one is more useful for improving functional strength, deadlift or bench? I think deaflift, but not 100 % sure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.220.147.131 (talk) 07:01, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Not it does not automatically mean it - but that doesn't mean it's not possible. Because the deadlift is a full-body exercise, you need to have a strong posterior chain, and a strong grip (if you don't use straps) to be a heavy deadlifter (500 - 600 lbs or more). The bench press trains neither of these, so unless someone trains for both exercises (like a powerlifter) they're not going to be able to hoist big weights in both. Without a doubt the deadlift is the better exercise for improving functional strength. --Yankees76 (talk) 16:23, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Franz Josef Strauß
Might I ask you to take a look at the new discussion going on at Franz Josef Strauß? Yes, it is an ancient topic (the use of ß on en-wiki), but this is one of the most prominent articles in which this issue is of significance. Given your experience, your input would be very much appreciated. Unschool (talk) 01:39, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I've looked at it and agree that it should read Strauss (I'm convinced that 9 out of 10 people for whom English is a first language or only language would read that as Straub), however I'm staying out of this debate until a discussion on creating an official Wikipedia policy on adding non-English characters is initiated. This has been a long running topic on Wikipedia and I'm not confident a consensus will ever be reached on it. --Yankees76 (talk) 13:51, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Bergz
I'm not sure that 679ß09tfgbfn is a sock of Bergz. I suspect 679ß09tfgbfn is originating from Germany, as most of the recent IPs trying to add those links are German. In any case, looks like its time to add those links to a blacklist to save us all some effort. OhNo itsJamie Talk 00:47, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Possibly, but they could also all be members of the forum at, where Burgz is a frequent user. Also note that 679ß09tfgbfn has edited exclusively the same pages ("i wrote those articles for the most part") that one of Burgz most recent socks has admitted to editing/watching . The combination of the everlastworld.de connection and the same pages edited is fairly overwhelming evidence. --Yankees76 (talk) 02:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 'Sides, where else have we heard the phrase "admin abuse" used? Hmm....,,. Heck he even had tried to report an admin for it....At the very least it's a meatpuppet.