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Thanks

for reverting the personal attack on my user talk. Kayau Voting IS evil 15:09, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

No problem. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 15:10, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

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Fuke Zen

All I did was add an image to the article. Yeah my edit summary did use a pun but it still added good content nevertheless. So I've readded the image with a better caption and edit summary. 192.138.137.220 (talk) 17:14, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Ok. Please make sure to use proper edit summaries in the future. Thanks. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:15, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Yo, what up?

You reverted my edits to Charlie Laine for no apparent reason. She did in fact win those awards, didn't you know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.236.111.246 (talk) 16:55, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Things like that require reliable sources. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 16:59, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

If this person does 1 more suspicious edit, I am asking the administrators to block them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Beeshoney (talk • contribs) 17:10, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. And I have already reported them to WP:AIV, so they'll be dealt with shortly. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:12, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
They've been blocked now. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:14, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

That's funny - I did sign my previous comment. Thanks for notifying the admins anyway.Beeshoney (talk) 17:16, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

New section

Thanks for catching the vandalism to my talk page.--Lyricmac (talk) 17:13, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
You're quite welcome. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:14, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 11:50, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

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Moving my sandbox page

Hi, Thanks for correcting my misplaced user page just now. Cheers Tmol42 (talk) 18:52, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

No problem. Cheers! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 19:02, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks (a bit belatedly) for reverting the vandalism on my user talk page! 10metreh (talk) 19:19, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

No problem! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 19:19, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks again!

Thanks again for the revert. Elockid (Talk) 14:30, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

No problem! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 14:30, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Don't accuse people of vandalism ...

... before having read their edit completely: [1]. It's not vandalism in any way. Thanks, 131.152.41.173 (talk) 14:50, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I hardly call adding "bullshit bingo" to the first line of an article a constructive edit. If it is a real term, you need to provide a source other than a Google search link, and it needs to be in the article, not in a edit summary. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 14:54, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
  • I can understand where he might have figured that was vandalism. No where else in the article does it say anything about the new term. I would ask you to WP:AGF as well sir, it was a good faith mistake. Don't bite. -- Crazysane (T/C\D) 14:53, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
(edit conflict) Well ... You're completely right. The term is popular, discussed at the discussion page of the article and I got a bit annoyed after I was reverted by a bot first, then by User:The Thing That Should Not Be. So forget what I wrote above. :-) --131.152.41.173 (talk) 15:06, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
@The Thing: Your answer leaves me a bit puzzled. But I don't feel like arguing, so I'll leave it. Have a nice day. --131.152.41.173 (talk) 15:06, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
The use of the term is, at best, unclear. It seems like it's more of a variation of the original game... If you can find a reliable source to back up that it's an alternate name, then you could either add it or bring it up on the talk page. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 15:10, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

?

What is unconstructive in my edit??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.132.239.216 (talk) 16:13, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not the place to push your point of view. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 16:37, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Ok, but actually actheists are trying to push their point of view that God doesn't exist... That actually must mean that I am not pushing anything like my point of view, but people like you - DO, because you "think" that such contribuitions cannot be in wikipedia... So you are contradicting yourself... That is very unhealthy... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.132.239.216 (talk) 16:44, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

All articles are required to be written in a neutral point of view. Editing the Atheist article to put that atheism cannot exist runs contrary to that policy. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 16:49, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for IP vandal report

Thanks for this [2] I had to go away and look up how to faff about with vandal reporting and when I finally saved my edit I had an ec with you! Bigger digger (talk) 16:20, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

You're quite welcome. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 16:38, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

User:95.132.239.216

I get the feeling this IP is User:HareKrishnaPortal, who was recently blocked. P. D. Cook Talk to me! 16:45, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Looking at their edits, I cannot help but agree. I'll start an SPI. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 16:50, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
You just beat me to it! I added a couple other possible sockpuppets in the comments from other users. Thanks, P. D. Cook Talk to me! 16:59, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

RfA nomination?

I think you're ready for an RfA. Would you like a nomination? Access Denied talk contribs editor review 17:06, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not quite ready yet to run. Also, when I am ready, I would feel more comfortable with someone who has more experience, preferably an admin. But, if I do run, and you want to co-nominate me, you're welcome to do so. Thanks for the offer. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:24, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

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Custom Huggle

What is your custom Huggle configuration? Just curious, because it seems useful. Access Denied talk contribs editor review 17:26, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

I use a version that is compiled to use configuration pages in my userspace rather than at Wikipedia:Huggle/Config. It allows me to specify certain settings that I want without affecting everybody else. In particular, I have mine preload 40 diffs instead of the normal maximum of 5, which speeds things up significantly. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:30, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Userboxes

Yes, I noticed it straight away myself and after migrating the userbox, I have replaced it with a message requesting it to be removed. Cheers for the quick reaction though. Clint.hotvedt (talk) 13:10, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

User page vandalism revert

Thanks for rolling back vandalism on my user page :) Jebus989★ 17:52, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

You're quite welcome! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:53, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
You're welcome! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 00:36, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, The Thing That Should Not Be. You have new messages at JV Smithy's talk page.
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Thanks for letting me know (thats pretty much what it says) JV Smithy (talk) 01:39, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

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My Camp Rock

Hi, I was wondering why you reverted my changes to My Camp Rock. There is currently a second series of My Camp Rock airing on Disney Channel, and I was updating the article to show this. Tomd2712 | Tell me something? 14:04, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

You introduced several formatting errors in the infobox in your last edit. I have since fixed the errors, but you should be aware that headers don't work in infoboxes. I also added you to Huggle's whitelist. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 14:10, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

New section

Hi, someone keeps reverting an edit i made on "ikechukwu ndefo" on wikipedia. The information here is false and i have been trying to edit or delete it but someone keeps reverting it. What do i do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chichi beybuh (talk • contribs) 09:26, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Give up, you don't have much hope against someone who by his own admission spends about 300 milliseconds looking at your contribution before deciding what to do with it. Gurch (talk) 11:43, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
(edit conflict)I was going to suggest putting the article up for AFD, but it looks like you've already done so. Your AFD page was malformed, however, but I have fixed it for you. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 12:13, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Gurch, that comment was not necessary and was BITEy for both him and me. As I said above, I don't blindly revert... if something looks suspicious, I take a closer look, as everybody should. And I'm not the only one to revert, several people reverted the removal of the content on that page. Chichi, you should have discussed the issue on the article's talk page rather than having kept removing the content. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 12:19, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

The Userpage Shield
Good job!  ʄlame (report mistake) 17:42, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 04:38, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Huggle

Why do your edit summaries say "HG (Custom)"? Gurch (talk) 20:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

I believe I have explained before that I use a custom version of Huggle, one that I've recently compiled myself. It uses configuration pages in my userspace rather than at WP:Huggle/Config. Why do I do this, you ask? Because I can set some options that normally can't be set, without affecting everybody else. Also, setting my config in this manner has the desirable trait my Huggle preferences actually staying set the way I want. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 20:21, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
I realise that. I was asking why you feel it necessary to put that in every edit summary; you aren't making your changes generally available so it's not like anyone might want to use it. (Also you seem to have set preloading to 40 in your configuration. I doubt the servers are very happy with that. Hopefully you've changed the user agent too so Huggle doesn't get blacklisted.) Gurch (talk) 08:39, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
I use that summary to indicate that I don't use the regular version... Also, I've checked the user agent in my global config page, it matches the regular global config. I assume you want me to change it to something different? (I've just done so) Though in all the time I've used it, I've never had a problem with the servers blacklisting it. And right now I'm tinkering with the preload setting to see what will work best for me without setting it so low that it slows things down. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 12:49, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
The value of the preload setting is the number of diffs in the queue that you have not yet seen that are loaded in advance. Two is usually more than sufficient. Setting it to 40 will basically cause Huggle to load a diff for every revision, many of which you will never see. This means 2-3 requests per second, and anything up to 40 simultaneous requests, both of which are above what the developers advise. Gurch (talk) 20:43, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
2!?!? 2 is far, far, far less than sufficient for me. 5 isn't even sufficient for me. I usually go through about 1 page every second, sometimes 2 or more every second. On my connection, at 2 preloads, I would never be able to stand to use Huggle. I set it to 20 earlier, and that seems to work just fine, and I plan on going down to 15 tomorrow to see how that works out. And I know what the preload setting is... there was no need to remind me. And... "cause Huggle to load a diff for every revision, many of which you will never see." I usually empty my entire queue in around 10 minutes if the queue has around 200 pages in it and the Edits per minute is around 150-180. So I do eventually see virtually every revision in my queue. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 04:14, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
While you are going through your queue, some of the revisions disappear from it without you viewing them, because the page has been edited again. Thus the diffs that were loaded for them are never seen. Yes, you may usually go through one page every second. (More than two leads me to suspect you are not looking at things thoroughly). That has no bearing on the preload setting. If preloading is set to 2 then the queue looks like this:
  1. diff will be preloaded
  2. diff will be preloaded
  3. another revision
  4. another revision
When you actually come to view #1, Huggle will start loading the diff for #3. This is sufficient to never have to wait long for a diff to load provided they take no more than about 2 seconds to load. If you view revisions at the rate of one per second and you feel the need to set preloading to 20, that implies that it takes 20 seconds to load each diff. That should not be the case; if it is, then it's probably because 18 of those seconds are spent waiting for a connection to be freed up because they are all being used to preload other diffs. (Huggle can only make 4 concurrent Web requests, this is enforced by the framework). Alternately, it may be because you are trying to view a diff for a page that's using flagged revisions, in which case it will always take 20 seconds because the reviewers apparently don't give a shit about performance as long as they get to control who edits. Preloading won't help there. Gurch (talk) 11:41, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
"This is sufficient to never have to wait long for a diff to load provided they take no more than about 2 seconds to load." That is not the point, I don't want to have wait 2 seconds for anything to load... I want it to load as soon as I hit the spacebar. A higher preload setting does that perfectly. With some pages, there's a small but noticeable lag because they just barely appeared in RC, but that's normal. With a lower preload like 2, the amount of pages that experience that lag is increased so that there's a bit of a lag every 3 pages, which is quite annoying. I don't feel like dealing with that. And, after doing this for 2 years, I can quickly spot what is or isn't vandalism. Another factor is my loading speeds. Loading instantly means I don't have to wait any amount of time for a diff to load so I can look at it. Rarely do I go through more than 1 revision every second, and I often take a closer look at diffs that look suspicious before reverting. I don't just blindly revert the very second I look at something. Do you see very many people complaining that I reverted something I wasn't supposed to? I don't. Yes I do make an occasional mistake, but if I do, I revert myself and remove the warning, and on the off-chance that I don't and someone contacts me, I go to fix it as soon as I get wind of it. Anyways, 15 preloads has worked out for me so far, so I'm going down to 10 to try that. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 12:12, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Two things: first, carefully reread what Gurch is trying to say, because of the way diff loads after viewing diff he's not saying you have to wait 2 seconds after hitting spacebar to go from to . Secondly, considering who Gurch it is well worth heeding his Huggle advice Jebus989✰ 10:31, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

It still causes problems if I have a low preload setting, because I am able to go through the queue so quickly that, if I have the preload set at two, the diff views lag for a second after I go through the first two until it manages to preload the next two. Then I go through those two, and it lags until it manages to preload the next ones, and the cycle repeats itself, and it's very annoying and counter-productive to my work. I've set it at 10, which works fine for me, and that shall be the end of it. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 13:05, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

The Thing +1

The Thing. I came out of what would of been a wikibreak. :P Anyways I just wanted to say I fully support the way and method of using Huggle. Also the load put on the wiki servers from a SINGLE user with slightly faster request rates cannot bog down everything. Anyways, Keep up the great work as always. Sidonuke 06:52, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the support, Sidonuke. Good to see you're back. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 13:12, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

You are too fast

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I fear your huggle-fu. Blehfu (talk) 15:43, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! You've beaten me a few times today as well. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 15:47, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

IP Vandal messing around with warnings

65.125.253.34 has somehow managed to evade a level 3 warning, despite the fact that he/she has received four warnings already this month, I will manually report to AIV next time, but do you have any idea how this could happen? Ronk01 talk 16:59, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Normally, warnings are only... active for a day or two. Most programs go back to warning initially with a level 1 warning after that time. This is because there is the possibility that an IP might be transferred to a completely different person, vandal or not, in around that timespan. In addition, escalating warnings are usually made for active vandals. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:23, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
True, thanks. By the way, why is it that you always seem to beat me by a few seconds on Huggle? It's like you're secretly ClueBot :). Ronk01 talk 17:48, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

I just got a talkback, but no message? Ronk01 talk 17:21, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Heh, whoops, apparently I had an edit conflict, but didn't see it because right after I went to save it, I went to another tab in Firefox. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:23, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

I replied to your message

I replied to your message to me on my talkpage. 96.228.1.183 (talk) 18:27, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

September 2010

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
This is the only warning you will receive regarding your vandalism reversion. If you revert vandalism on Wikipedia again, you might receive another barnstar without further notice. ~NerdyScienceDude 00:03, 11 September 2010 (UTC)


Would you please slow down? Your custom version of Huggle is keeping igloo from reverting. ~NerdyScienceDude 00:03, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar! And I must note that it seems you aren't the only person who is... "annoyed" [3]. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 00:38, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

It seems...

the livestock are extra restless this morning.... Blehfu (talk) 15:08, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, but wait until tomorrow. Tuesdays are usually when the vandalism is the worst. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 15:11, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

TP Revert

Thanks for the TP revert on my Talk Page and the warning to the anon. Best, RobertMfromLI User Talk/Contribs 16:56, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

No problem. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 16:57, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

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username etc.

I've updated User talk:Papita Inc. with more information (actual, real company exists). I've not dealt with such a situation before (where the username appears to be promotional, but a discussion requesting a username change has started), so I would like to defer to your judgment and learn something new. Best, RobertMfromLI User Talk/Contribs 00:49, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
Here is a link to the policy regarding Company/group names. A username change would probably be best given the situation. That can be done here. It's a relatively straightforward procedure to request a username change, and the people there can help if the user has problems posting a request. Best of luck. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 00:54, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Blockworthy edit

Please see here Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:29, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry to say, but I'm not an administrator. PeterSymonds tended to it though. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 19:31, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Ah Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:35, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
No problem. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 19:36, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Torchwoodwho

Thing, I edited the formatting on your !vote here. I think your intention was to remove yourself from the support section, but weren't sure how to do so. (Despite the words, you were still being counted as a support.) If I messed up, please go back and fix it or let me know and I'll undo my edit.---Balloonman NO! I'm Spartacus! 18:16, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

NOTE: the RfA has been closed early, but if you meant to leave your !vote as a support, you can still fix it. Just readjust the final tally and make a note as to why you edited a closed RfA in the edit summary.---Balloonman NO! I'm Spartacus! 19:03, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Help!

On the Harvard Law School website, user chensiyuan keeps deleting edits made to the section on rankings. He continuously inserts two "rankings" - one of which hasn't been published for more than a decade, and which isn't mentioned anywhere else, and the other of which is not a school ranking, but a list of the number of downloads of papers on one website (it's fine to mention that somewhere, but deceptive to call it a school ranking, which it doesn't purport to be). I think he's engaging in something like vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.192.165.224 (talk) 13:04, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

I've replied on both your talk page and his, advising you to discuss the matter on the article's talk page. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 15:40, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Requesting a username be deleted...

Hi TTTSNB, I was wondering how one would request a username to be deleted (or what the proper thing to do/request would be) in the case of User:Papita_Inc

  • "Hello, as it was required I already signed in with a new username (Papita Naranja) so this account can be canceled anytime from now on. An apology for the inconvenience and still thanks for the notice. Papita Inc. 4:20 pm, Today (UTC−4)"

Best, ROBERTMFROMLI TALK/CNTRB 21:01, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

User accounts can't be deleted. However, the best thing to do is simply abandon the account and use the new one from now on. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 21:27, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Much thanks, will advise Papita of that. ROBERTMFROMLI TALK/CNTRB 21:41, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Prescoad

Hi, I undid a couple of your rollbacks, on Jack Sullivan and Newton le Willows. In both cases it's because you'd rolled back to a version vandalised by User_talk:Prescoad. I can see it was just a slip, just letting you know in case you wonder I did it. Bazzargh (talk) 16:10, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi

This is User:Zsfgseg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.247.247.222 (talk) 22:47, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

If you think you've "escaped" your ban, think again. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 22:50, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Pending changes/Straw poll on interim usage

Hi. As you recently commented in the straw poll regarding the ongoing usage and trial of Pending changes, this is to notify you that there is an interim straw poll with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. Your input on this issue is greatly appreciated. Off2riorob (talk) 23:51, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Excellent User Page Award

The Excellent User Page Award
Your userpage made me laugh, those diffs are really funny. Therefore I am awarding you with the excellent userpage award. Alpha Quadrant talk 23:07, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 00:24, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

And I'm meaner!

Hahaha, oh Thing. A nice laugh to wake up to. Tommy! 13:16, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Glad to be of service! ;) The Thing // Talk // Contribs 12:41, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

AN/I Notice

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. It's located here: [4] Thank you. ROBERTMFROMLI TALK/CNTRB 02:37, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 12:40, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

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What the...

"18:36, 28 September 2010 (diff | hist) Wikipedia:Sandbox ‎ (ggggggggg) (top) [rollback] [rollback] [vandalism]

18:34, 28 September 2010 (diff | hist) Wikipedia:Sandbox ‎ (Testing 123. 11111111)

18:32, 28 September 2010 (diff | hist) Wikipedia:Sandbox ‎ (aaaaaaaah)

18:31, 28 September 2010 (diff | hist) Wikipedia:Sandbox ‎ (Blah, regex sucks. 11111111)

18:30, 28 September 2010 (diff | hist) Wikipedia:Sandbox ‎ (aaaaaaaa)

18:28, 28 September 2010 (diff | hist) Wikipedia:Sandbox ‎ (test # # # # # # # #)

18:18, 28 September 2010 (diff | hist) Wikipedia:Sandbox ‎ (test again!!!!!!!!)

18:18, 28 September 2010 (diff | hist) Wikipedia:Sandbox ‎ (test!!!!!!!!)"

Are you ok?--Talktome(Intelati) 18:37, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Hes fine, hes playing with regex on the bots in his IRC channel. Sidonuke 18:38, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
Ok, these edits are not the usual for him--Talktome(Intelati) 18:39, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, immediately before you posted that, I was like "Come on, work already. People are gonna think my account is compromised...", lol. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 18:40, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
Nvm... His account is compromised! SOMEONE BLOCK HIM! :D [/sarcasm] Sidonuke 18:42, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi, can you help me with the link on the Vienna Philharmonic page to the new Wiener Oboe page, it keeps getting undone. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.178.7.23 (talk) 19:39, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

RFC for Man

Hi. In the light of the current dispute regarding the inclusion of an image in the article Man, and the heated exchanges that have led to the need to temporarily protect the article, I have started an RFC at Talk:Man#RFC: image in article. Please do add your opinion, and hopefully we can achieve a policy-based consensus. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 21:21, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Hataw Pinoy Philippine Summer Festival of Vancouver, BC

Hello The Thing That Should Not Be. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Hataw Pinoy Philippine Summer Festival of Vancouver, BC, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Article claims coverage in reliable sources. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 03:54, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, the article is fine now, it looks like they found some and added them after I tagged it. Thanks for letting me know. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 12:31, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
Umm, just so you know, A7 is nothing to do with sourcing... the claims don't have to be supported by reliable sources. - Kingpin13 (talk) 12:40, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
In the state the article was when I tagged it, it did not seem to assert notability. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 12:51, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

(talk page stalker)Thanks for the excellent idea for Huggle. What specifically does your custom set up do to the default Huggle. And can I use the code for my huggle fu?--Talktome(Intelati) 18:56, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

My custom setup simply links to configuration pages in my userspace rather than at WP:Huggle/Config. It lets me set certain preferences that I otherwise wouldn't be able to set, like raising the preload limit higher than 5. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 12:51, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Jeffrey Jones

Sorry, but I don't think that sending me a boiler plate template message is the right way to go about my edit. If you noticed, many pages mention the fact that a person is a convicted felon right in the introduction, even if it is not the main reason why someone is known. I made that edit to Jeffrey Jones because he just pleaded guilty to a felony (and had already been convicted of another felony previously). In fact, nowadays, it is arguable whether he is known more as an actor or as a registered sex offender. In any case, sending a boiler plate template suggesting my edit is not constructive is arrogant, especially since it's true, verifiable (it's also already mentioned with a reference further down in the article), and follows the format of so many other Wikipedia articles.190.247.167.97 (talk) 00:06, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Fixed, sorry for the inconvenience. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 02:34, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

What?

Those were logical edits. Get off your high horse. Just because you edit wikipedia doesn't mean you can do what ever you want. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.243.136.78 (talk) 17:47, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) No they weren't. Please stop vandalizing pages. Jarkeld (talk) 17:51, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
(edit conflict)That is doubtful. In your edit before the one I reverted, you changed someone's last name from "Bower" to "Boner". And a ten-fold increase in population in only a few years is dubious, particularly without a source. (The current source has no records for the 2010 census yet.) The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:53, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Okay, Sir (you seem to be the King of Wikipedia) you got onto me about something with "SpikeToronto". I was having a discussion with him that you should have stayed out of. Doesn't involve you. Quit vandalizing my page. 17:58, 1 October 2010 (UTC) Mr. Jones. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.243.136.78 (talk)

Telling people to "Get off your high horse." is not considered constructive on Wikipedia, and are borderline personal attacks. Stop vandalizing and attacking other editors. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 18:03, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Mr. Thing!

=) As always. I like your edit notice too.. very helpful. --Tommy! 18:26, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

No problem. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 03:47, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Excellent User Page Award
"Muisto of the belisto the Romenia.A pula el o suge regulat.!!!

Fute parlament and the senaatul,penetrand romania! Bagamias pul in el de belit@ 

    Wikipedia sa no mai scrie de spre beliti@2@!!!No no no!

mircea Geoana consum viagra:ghngbc..//wwe.r/viagra,thb///fgfgg/viagra cempion/l;l;';g....

viagrabvjjkghgfgviagra........ Romenia la viagra! Geoana ia pula in viagra!@ viagra cempiobcs/////viagra confetisa nnbnbnbnviagra montevjjllnviagra!!!!!viagra!the (program)

Geoana sami suga pula!Viagra e sanatoasa,cumparati viagra///hnvbvb! Muie geoana,na la pula!Muistu draku sa suga pula!Auziti,gata cu belitii!gEOANA MUIE!rOMANIA!"

The above edit (linked to on your userpage) made me laugh so hard that I passed out for half an hour! Keep up the good work! Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 09:03, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar! Glad you found it amusing. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 12:51, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
Lol, look at the other contribs from that IP. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 02:56, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

hey

just saw, an idiot] vandalize the ledzep page. what about a ban? -- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 18:52, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Usually, blocks are reserved for persistent disruption, such as someone actively vandalizing more than one article in a short period of time. The only cases where a user is blocked immediately is if they are engaging in severe disruption, or if the username or IP is being used by a known long-term abusive vandal. As the person you mentioned seems to have been reverted and warned, and they have stopped vandalizing for the time being, there is no need for a block. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 23:42, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert

Hi TTTSNB. Thanks for the revert to my talk page! Actually, though, I restored the edits. I prefer to respond to the nimrods. Who knows, they might learn something from reading my comments (he said with full confidence in his genius☺). Still, your revert meant that at least other editors weren’t reading their comments before I could get to them, all the while thinking that it must be true: He’s in an edit war and on his high horse! Also, it’s just nice knowing you’re there stomping on the neanderthals. Thanks also for the NPA warning to the particular IP editor after his comments. You’re a good vandal fighter! You should wear a cape! — SpikeToronto 19:52, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. Heh, a cape? Interesting suggestion. ☺ The Thing // Talk // Contribs 23:44, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
You two didn't receive a cape? I thought it was standard-issue. Reach Out to the Truth 02:24, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Damn! I didn’t get a cape. I didn’t get a hideout. I didn’t get a flash car. And, I didn’t get a cute little sidekick. I’ve been  r i p p e d  o f f !! ☺ Thanks again. — SpikeToronto 03:48, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

The Thing, help?

You recently reverted edits to an IP (74.9.35.16) that made bad edits on the Massachusetts Maritime Academy page. This same IP is vandalizing the Mary Hood page. I don't think I reverted this person's edits properly, but I did delete the felonious edits made to that page. It appears this person is up to no good. Any way to send a message to them to stop?

Carsonmc (talk)

 Done [5]-- Talktome(Intelati) 21:46, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Another diff for your collection

Maybe not for your userpage, but you might like to see this diff. [6] This is the response I got from reverting the addition of uncited information here. Personally I thought it was funny. Best, --Alpha Quadrant talk 02:35, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

And this [7] (If it's not RevDel'ed by now. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 02:55, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

[8]

Why? That wasn't a personal attack, it was perfectly civil. He was saying that he was going to be a constructive editor. Why'd that get reverted? Sorry if I'm misunderstanding it. Mr. R00t Talk 01:24, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) block evasion is frowned upon Pilif12p :  Yo  01:26, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
(edit conflict)The user in question was evading a block, and his socks have been reverted several times before. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 01:28, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Oh, didn't get that far. :) Didn't realize that was a blocked user. Sorry, Mr. R00t Talk 01:29, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Uhh... who is the socker? Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 01:31, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
See this for more information on him. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 01:33, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Might this arouses anybody's memory? Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 01:43, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
If no-one onjects, I'm going to file an RFCU... Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 02:33, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Be my guest. They do looks a lot like each other, but I'm too tired to look any deeper than that for today. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 03:48, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
ban discussion Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 04:49, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Diff for your page

lol Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 02:05, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

wow.--Talktome(Intelati) 02:06, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Edit to Starved Rock State Park

Thanks for fixing the multi-party vandalism on Starved Rock State Park. I pulled the trigger on a revert and by the time I noticed it was reverting from one vandal to another, you already popped it all. :) -Kgasso (talk) 01:08, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 12:54, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 October 2010

Damn!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
If I had a pound for every block I've made today based on your AIV reports, I'd be able to pay off my credit card! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:30, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! Yeah, in all my time here, I've made over 3,500 edits to AIV... [9] behind only Ryulong (who I'm close to passing) and Alansohn. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 18:34, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
You've got more edits than one of the helperbots! That's quite a feat. It would certainly be more efficient if you had your own banhammer. Why don;t you go write a few GAs so the, ahem, esteemed participants *cough, cough* at RfA think you're worthy! You'd give me a run for my money. I've made about 70 blocks just today! Of course, 'twould be nice if the vandals found something better to do, but I don't hold out much hope. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:46, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Heh, well, if I could find something I would like to write about, I would. But everything that I would want to write about is... already written about, and I can't think of anything to add, heh. I'm not much of a writer, but surely a 96% accuracy rate (at least, it was 96% the last time I checked a month or 2 ago) in my CSD noms would be worth something... The Thing // Talk // Contribs 18:55, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
What is it with these vandals? I just made my 99th block in 6 hours! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:32, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Over 9000 school children all across the world are bored to tears. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 19:36, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

HG Custom

Hi! Great job on reverting vandalism! I was just wondering, what exactly is HG Custom, as in what is the differences between the regular Huggle? If you could reply to my question, that would be great! Thanks!--iGeMiNix/What's up?/My Stuff 03:03, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

My custom setup simply uses configuration pages in my userspace rather than at WP:Huggle/Config. It lets me set certain preferences that I otherwise wouldn't be able to set, like raising the preload limit higher than 5. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 03:08, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Interesting, can anybody do that?--iGeMiNix/What's up?/My Stuff 20:37, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Only cool kids can have modded huggle's :P Sidonuke 05:55, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Did you just rebuild from source, changing the location of the project config page to your custom one in your userspace? Allmightyduck  What did I do wrong? 17:04, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Yes. I also changed the global config location from "meta" to "en.wikipedia". Here is more detail on it. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:19, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need switch from OS X to XP to build this ;) Allmightyduck  What did I do wrong? 17:31, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Lol, thanks for the responses peoples.--iGeMiNix/What's up?/My Stuff 20:15, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Rat King (album)

Hello The Thing That Should Not Be. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Rat King (album), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 does not apply to products. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 22:38, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:34, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Your Sig

Is there a quick way that you add a special font and color to your sig, or is that something you do manually? Dull, plain signature: 842U (talk) 19:49, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

You have to use either <font></font> tags, or use CSS to do it. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 19:52, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

for your ruthless and relentless

an award I occasionally pass out

undoing of wikivandalism (several on my watchlist) I award you the seldom coveted THUMBS UP AWARD. Wear it with pride, or not at all. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 21:56, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 03:37, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Requested help for Wikipedia Class

Hey!

My name is Hayes Thornton and I am a student of Wikipedia and Social Policy, a brand new class at Syracuse University. My project is the Geosocial Netorking article and this week we were asked to reach out to an editor of an article similar to ours. I noticed your edits on the Social Networking page and was wondering if you could look over my stub article and make some suggestions/ edits. Please let me know if you can help on my talk page!

Best, Hayes —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hathornt (talk • contribs) 03:03, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

It looks good to me, though I would suggest taking it to Wikipedia:Requests for feedback, and request a review there. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 03:40, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

TTT

Please use Huggle with caution. The edit you reverted was not vandalism. Thanks. 160.39.212.104 (talk) 21:00, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

PS an apology would be nice so visitors to my talk page don't think I'm a vandal. 160.39.212.104 (talk) 21:03, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

I refer you to User talk:Ace of Spades/Archives/2010/October#TTT for the reasons why the anon IP's edit is unacceptable under Wikipedia guidelines. I don't think you owe any apologies on this matter. Green Giant (talk)
Green Giant seems to be uninformed about a lot of things, including proper uses of Huggle. Still waiting for an apology. Thanks. 160.39.212.104 (talk) 00:50, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Amusing edits

Do I have any amusing edits? Wayne Olajuwon chat 17:25, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Uhm... probably, I would have to look through your contribs to find one though. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 16:36, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Okay. Wayne Olajuwon chat 19:02, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 October 2010

Hey

i was only sharing jokes about Baby P!--78.148.81.116 (talk) 17:01, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Well they're not appropriate for discussions on an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not Myspace or Facebook. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:03, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

But there funny, right?--92.25.202.93 (talk) 19:20, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I don't think you understand... Wikipedia is not a place to share jokes. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 19:21, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi

That User has made 2 fake articles. The one i just edited and Another one you can see on his edits list. They are clearly fake and have no sources. They should be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.78.228.212 (talk) 17:38, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

If you believe the article should be deleted, you should request it via the proper channels, such as Articles for deletion. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 17:40, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

YES!!!!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
This is the best example of your work. Talktome(Intelati) 18:03, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

--Talktome(Intelati) 18:03, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 18:06, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

October 2010

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to beat me from reverting vandalism, I will be very mad. --The High Fin Sperm Whale 18:09, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Haha, don't get your hopes up until 20:00 UTC. :P The Thing // Talk // Contribs 18:23, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
No, don't leave me! We had a nice report-block rhythm going for a good few minutes! That UAA report of yours made me laugh! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:27, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Oh well we'll still have that rhythm for 1 and a half hours! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 18:31, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
If only the vandals would find something more productive or at least less disruptive to do. How is that a red link? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:37, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
And if only certain groups of vandals wouldn't blindly follow someone who impersonates the creator of 4chan... we would be out of jobs here... The Thing // Talk // Contribs 18:51, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
This is the only time I will give you this barnstar for beating me to vandalism a million times on Huggle. If you beat me to vandalism again, you will be earning barnstars from other editors. Welcome to Earth. :) Wayne Olajuwon chat 19:33, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 19:35, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
You welcome, and was this barnstar amusing? Wayne Olajuwon chat 19:36, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Hehe, yes it was. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 19:37, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
You should put this edit with all your other amusing edits on your user page. Wayne Olajuwon chat 19:41, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Also, why aren't you letting me get a revert on Huggle? Wayne Olajuwon chat 19:50, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Why do I get the feeling that you're messaging me so that I'll get distracted and you can beat me to reverts? Right when you posted that, you managed to beat me 5 times in a row. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 19:56, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
I'm not messaging you so that I can distract you so I can beat you to vandalism. You've beaten me to vandalism nearly every time you go on Huggle and will please also put this edit on the bottom of this section? Wayne Olajuwon chat 20:06, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 Done The Thing // Talk // Contribs 20:09, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! Wayne Olajuwon chat 20:10, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Jimmy Chamberlin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Chamberlin

Why is this text; "In an interview with Better Propaganda, Mike Reina announced that the first album by This would be entitled "Great Civilizations" and be released in October 2010, initially via the Bandcamp website, followed by a vinyl release thereafter." Being removed when I try to post it please? The link for this information is > http://betterpropaganda.com/content.aspx?id=1493 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.86.2.192 (talk) 20:19, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

The edit did not have a reliable source to back up the claim. You are welcome to re-add the content after you find one or more reliable sources as references. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 20:22, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

hmmm. fair enough. Cheers.

Wow

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
You beat me to about 20 reverts this morning. Inka888Come yell at me! 23:11, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 10:49, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Userpage Shield

The Userpage Shield
Many thanks from a fellow vandal-fighter for reverting the vandalism to my user page. :) -Kgasso (talk) 08:31, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
You're quite welcome. And thanks for the barnstar! The Thing // Talk // Contribs 10:50, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

AIV reports

Are you by chance using a plug-in or script to generate AIV reports? (If you are, I'm definitely interested in doing the same.) Kansan (talk) 16:27, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

I use Huggle, which automatically reports users who have vandalized after receiving a level 4 warning. It's currently broken due to a change in the IRC recent changes feed, but I've posted a fix for the developers to apply, and it should be back up sometime today. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 16:30, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. I've always just used Twinkle, but I've thought about switching over. Kansan (talk) 17:03, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Yet another barnstar

The Invisible Barnstar
Thank you for editing the code of Huggle to prepare it for the new recent changes system. —Soap— 20:38, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
I'm glad I could help. Without it, I would have Huggle withdrawls. :P The Thing // Talk // Contribs 01:54, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Blocked jk

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing as an unauthorized bot. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 02:21, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Ya know... I'm really tempted to drop that binary into a script to see if it actually says anything... I am NOT a geek!!! ;-) -Rob ROBERTMFROMLI TALK/CNTRB 02:34, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Here: I am not a bot. I am a human being! Beep boop. Erm, I mean, Please unblock me! Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 02:37, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

I demand that this user's talk page access is revoked for misuse of it and whatnot. Pilif12p :  Yo  02:40, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Isn't violations of "whatnot" a bannable offense? ROBERTMFROMLI TALK/CNTRB 02:46, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Whoa!

Haha, aren't you glad I didn't put a section called "Penis size" on your talk page? ;) Drmies (talk) 04:09, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

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