User talk:Luna Santin/Archive 13

Talk – Sandbox – Suggestions

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Why do people always have a go against Islam?

I think it is a daisgrace that christians are so derogatory about Islam, especially the way they blame the whole of Islam for terrorism. I want to know, do you agree and support my views? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.2.48.70 (talk) 11:59, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

You're painting with a pretty wide brush, there -- especially odd, since that seems to be the very same behavior you're complaining about. I prefer to avoid the common human tendency to create "us against them" scenarios. Real life is far more nuanced than that, as is my opinion on the subject. That's probably about as far as I'll delve into my own political opinions on this wiki. We're here to build a neutral encyclopedia, which means that our own personal opinions should take a back seat. That's my take, in any case. Might I inquire what prompted you to ask? – Luna Santin (talk) 21:09, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:AIV

I was about to respond to your comment on WP:AIV regarding the IP that only had two edits today, but the slate was wiped clean. My understanding was that as long as a last warning was recent (less than two hours), then it should be reported. Please let me know if I'm wrong. --Joelmills 21:31, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Looks like Veinor blocked it, after my reply; once a reported user/IP is blocked, the bot removes the listing from the page. On closer review, I was thinking about blocking it, as well: that one's a school IP, and was contributing mostly vandalism. IPs with little or no history, I prefer to give a few chances, but if an IP only throws abuse our way, it eventually becomes a drain on resources and it makes more sense to block it and save the trouble. But, the main thing I'd say on this subject is: not everybody has the same ideas, on this, so when in doubt, report and see what happens. The worst that can happen is somebody declines to block. You'll get a feel for things, over time, I'm sure. :) Either way, thanks for your efforts to improve the wiki, I always appreciate that. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:34, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Luna. --Joelmills 21:38, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Block of 69.114.148.28

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thanks for blocking User:69.114.148.28. This user kept bugging me by vandalizing my user page by changing "Wikipedians in the United States" to "Wikipedians in the closet". If the block of 69.114.148.28 expires, would you mind keeping an eye on my user page? Amos Han Talk 01:26, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Glad to be of service. :) If they keep bothering you, by all means, let me know. I can't promise I'll notice right off the bat, but I'll add your userpage to my watchlist, if it isn't on there already. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:27, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Great. Note that my user page is User:Han Amos, although my signature appears as my real name, Amos Han. Amos Han ^Talk 01:29, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Virginia Tech Massacre

Hi, thanks for pointing that out to me, i would of never known. cheersThenthornthing 06:28, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

• • I just did request protection, so who knows :D, cheers Thenthornthing 06:31, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Welcome

Hello! thank you very much for the nice welcome! I will try my best to help improve this wikipedia. The high and mighty 08:18, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Luna

Please let the user know that they are blocked by putting a block template on there talk page. I already did with the user User talk:24.4.15.40 which you just recently blocked. It is very confusing to know that they are blocked without warning them. Please do so when you block users. Thank you. King Lopez ^Contribs 08:33, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Before I respond in full, let me just say that this sort of thing has come up before, at more than a few user talk pages, and a few times at the village pump and admin noticeboards -- to my knowledge, there's never been community-wide consensus as to whether the block messages should be expected. In my particular case, you may not understand the sheer magnitude of your request. I don't honestly know how many blocks I've set, but I imagine that the number exceeds 6,000 at this point in time; that would be a huge investment on my part for an issue that only turns up a few occassional requests, complaints, or other problems. 6,000 edits is somewhere betweeen a sixth and an eigth of my personal "count" and represents a considerable investment -- considering that this time and effort could be (in my opinion) better spent dealing with current vandals, responding to unblock requests, tending to mailing list administration and ever-growing wiki backlogs, or even taking care of real life issues, I will have to respectfully decline your request at this time. I do apologize for any confusion I may have caused you, or will cause any friendly users in the future, but I just don't think this is something I can commit to doing. – Luna Santin (talk) 05:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

That was an awfully long-winded way of saying "no", Luna :)

Better to explain why a block message on the talk page is (save in exceptional circumstances) redundant and hence not essential. A blocked user will be notified of their block automatically if they try to edit, and that the message they recieve will contain both the reason for their block and an explanation of how to appeal it, so from the blocked user's side of things, there should be no issues. Should one, as an experienced user, wish to know whether the user is blocked or not, one can simply check the user's block log, which is only two clicks from their talk page – and if that's too much, a few lines of javascript will get you a nice "log" tab next to the "history" tab and make it a single click.

Oh, and Luna, if you find yourself pushed for time:

• Administratifying mailing lists sounds suspiciously like a complete waste of time
• As does redesigning your userpage to be a giant sheep
• And... stop blocking so many users! There'll be none left.

Well, OK, perhaps not that last one. But you of all people should know there's never a community-wide consensus on anything – Gurch 21:51, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Uninvolved admin needed

Comments and/or possible action from an uninvolved admin are needed here. The admins in this thread agree in their view of the situation, but are recusing themselves from taking action because of prior involvement with the individuals in question. Care to step in? Raymond Arritt 10:48, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Username change

Hi Luna Santin, I'm having trouble with changing my username. Can you help me? I want to change the present name, "Carmenj" to "Nooch-nombe". Can you do this or do I have to do it? Thanks for the help.Carmenj 20:58, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Replied to your talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:56, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Now THIS needs an ad!

OMG (flood). – Luna Santin (talk) 03:52, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Eh? How am I meant to make an ad for an image? And why did you wreck a perfectly good userpage in favour of a giant picture of a sheep? And why are you never on IRC? – Gurch 13:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

With awesometude, for a change of pace, and probably because I'm easily distracted by pressing matters offline, respectively. ;) – Luna Santin (talk) 21:57, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Klyptzm

Enough is Enough! I need help with this user named Klyptzm, He dleates warning tamplets I put up to warn him about personal attacks, And also to get him to stop calling me sockpuppet for no apparent resion what so ever! He also thinks hes smart by vandlizing my page with his Sockpuppet tamplets! Im just a regular user and he just keeps harassing me can you help? I need a Admins help so please help me! This has gone on with this for to long!--Tommy Montana 16:58, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Before even considering helping this user, let me tell you this: I've never personally attacked this editor, so I removed the warning template that stated such; I placed the sockpuppet tag on his user page because it is extremely obvious that he is a puppet. Contact me for more information, that is, if you wish to waste your time with nonsense. Also, look at these:

Tommy Montana (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Butterrum (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Liberty City's Miguel (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Thank you. ♣ Klptyzm ^{Chat wit' me § Contributions} ♣ 23:54, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

This is a lie LAcfm 02:48, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Come on please help me you seen what he did I do not know this people please contact me and help me!--Tommy Montana 05:03, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Very much appreciated. Thanks again. ♣ Klptyzm ^{Chat wit' me § Contributions} ♣ 22:08, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

... Except he's not a puppet of Craxy; he's a puppet of Butterrum. ♣ Klptyzm ^{Chat wit' me § Contributions} ♣ 22:11, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Those two seem to be the same person, as far as I can tell. The tag on the userpage is probably more important than the particular block log entry (which frequently points to another sockpuppet if a particular admin joins halfway through everything -- people will figure it out). – Luna Santin (talk) 22:29, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Trust me; it's Butterrum. I'm not trying to belittle you in any way, but I've been going at it with him for almost half a year now and I know how he types: he spells "deleted" like "dealted," something that almost all of his sockpuppets have done, and he uses absolutely no periods in his messages, excluding some of his recent ones. Craxy, on the other hand, will usually use an abundance of exclamation points in messages directed at me when I tell him I know he's a puppet; Craxy can also spell most of his words correctly, which Butterrum doesn't. If you wish, you can check the above contributions to verify what I've said. ♣ Klptyzm ^{Chat wit' me § Contributions} ♣ 01:48, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, no offense taken. I noticed enough mannerisms and interests in common to be sure somebody was abusing accounts. If it's two people with socks, that would explain that little nagging doubt pretty well. If it becomes a problem, I can adjust the block to show the right name. For now, I think it's resolved until either of them crops up again (let me know if I'm wrong, of course). – Luna Santin (talk) 02:56, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Klyptzm is annoying meng! Change the record Klyptzm your always after Butterrum and Craxy!! Don't be carful and you'll think hes everywhere...Hey Luna how come you don't talk to me after all it is to help repay after taking 15 YEARS from me! You can find me on Myspace don't talk to me i'll start talking to you then you answer! We need to talk si? I'll keep in touch. (your friend the that you toke 15 years from)

Frequent vandalism

Please see the history for Dimitar Berbatov. I've reverted it a couple times, but there will probably be more. --Charitwo 23:20, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Huh, that's a sudden influx of edits. I'll check in on it periodically, let me know if there's anything I miss. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:42, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Quick block, please

Could you please block User:24.1.156.93? User:24.1.156.93 vandalized my user page three times and my talk page once, despite very strong messages (see contributions for more details). Amos Han ^Talk 00:40, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thanks for blocking User:24.1.156.93. Now I can rest for 31 hours. Amos Han Talk 00:46, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

84 range

Heard you're the man to go to for range blocks - would you do a short one on the 84s? They're trolling Jimbo's userspace and having fun on random pages. Cheers, – Riana ^ऋ 02:03, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Heh. ;) I can't reply in full due to WP:BEANS, but suffice to say this isn't a good time to be experiencing technical difficulties. I'm seeing if there's anything I can do about it. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:19, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

That's OK... fellow has moved on to 90s. Anyway, best to keep him occupied somewhere he isn't doing any real damage! – Riana ^ऋ 02:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my page. Thanks! =) --† Ðy§ep§ion † ^{Speak your mind} 02:42, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course. A bit busy, tonight, but feel free to drop off a note if they turn up again. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:15, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

And thanks from me as well. - BanyanTree 10:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deep Stealth Productions

Hello,

Recently, I have been scanning the AfD backlogs to examine which discussions can be closed. You nominated Deep Stealth Productions for deletion; however, I would like to close it as "no consensus" based on the feedback.

Any objections? --Aarktica 16:50, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Sounds fair enough. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:36, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Dfrg.msc/Admin coaching

Posted this to User talk:Dfrg.msc/Admin coaching - copy for your information:

“ Nice work! As you know I'm currently on a MUCH needed wikibreak, however, should you need some guidance in the interim may I strongly suggest Daniel, Sarah, Riana and Luna - all very friendly and VERY helpful admins :) Enjoy! Glen 17:36, 20 April 2007 (UTC) ”

Thanks matey! Glen 17:44, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Me? Helpful? Don't let the word get out! :o But sure I'll check in on it when I can. Hope you enjoy your break! :) – Luna Santin (talk) 21:46, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I said help me! Please!

I wasnt kiding when I said this user is bugging me and vandlizing my pages Señor! I really do need your help and now you won't help me?!--Tommy Montana ~The World Chico and everything in it~ 20:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

As I'm reading things, you seem to be a sockpuppet account. Sorry. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:46, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

AFI 100 years

I've forwarded the mail to permissions id more than 10 days back and disappointed that there is no response from them. Is there any other way to cut the red-tape?

Balajiviswanathan 22:10, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I've mailed the [email protected] and they didnt respond so far. How do you get the ticket number?

Balajiviswanathan 23:08, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Username change

Hello, Thanks for your response. Every time I go to copy/paste that line, it won't let me paste to the bottom of username change page, unless I'm doing something wrong. You offered to do this so could you? I'd appreciate it very much. Just let me know what I should do after that. Thanks so much.Carmenj 19:03, 21 April 2007 (UTC) Hi again, I tried again and I think I got it. Would you check it fot me? You've been very helpful. Thanks again.Carmenj 19:23, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

It's fine. Secretlondon 19:51, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Glad to see that got worked out. – Luna Santin (talk) 05:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Trfccurt

I'm always willing to allow one more chance to someone who apologizes and promises not to vandalize again (obviously, on a one-strike-and-out basis). Thanks for asking! NawlinWiki 01:08, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[[You forgot Poland]]

Aaah...good times! *gives high five* ~ Giggy! ^Talk _Contribs 05:13, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Super good! :D Never forget the Poles. – Luna Santin (talk) 05:15, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

And I spelt the category wrong... :P ~ Giggy! ^Talk _Contribs 05:45, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

hey. where are you from?

Question about blocking period

I was recently made an admin and am trying to get my arms around how long I should block vandals. I understand the default is 24 hours, but noticed that for User talk:89.172.86.37, you set the block to 31 hours. If you have time, could you explain the reason for what you did? Please understand, I'm not questioning what you did, but rather trying to learn. I have added your talk page to my watchlist, so you can reply here. Thanks! wrp103 (Bill Pringle) ^(Talk) 23:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

It's a bit of a mystery. Some admins block for 24 hours, others block for 31. I've seen all sorts of people do either. I guess if somebody comes back to edit at a particular time of day (and they're still on the same IP), then the extra 7 hours gives them a bit more time to wait. I tend to default to 31 for vandalism and 24 for other disruption (3rr, copyright issues, and such) -- persistent vandals aren't likely to reform, but other people might, so I'd like to stay a little more friendly with them, I guess is the logic I'm applying there. Whatever your preference is. If you'd like to peek around in my monobook, feel free. And, of course, congratulations on your adminship! :) – Luna Santin (talk) 23:24, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips! And, to demonstrate my ignorance (I'm not proud) what is a monobook? wrp103 (Bill Pringle) ^(Talk) 23:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course. :) "Monobook" is the default site skin (most Wikipedians use it, although there are others), and a user can create subpages to customize it, in my case User:Luna Santin/monobook.js and User:Luna Santin/monobook.css. The first adds useful scripts and buttons and things, the second tweaks some display options (you can do things like removing the Wikipedia logo, if you think it takes too much space, or taking all of the sharp edges on the site and making them rounded, among other things). Unfortunately, I'm no wizard at either, but I do know a little. There should be plenty more information at WP:JS. In particular, popups are a pretty popular script. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:33, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Duh! ;^) I use popups all the time, and love it! wrp103 (Bill Pringle) ^(Talk) 00:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, heh. :) Yeah, popups are great. They manage to crash some of the poor computers at school. I remember one time, I was logging in, and the poor thing just froze, its cooling fans turned on full blast, and it never did actually finish loading the page. Oops. I should probably register a sock, to fix that. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Haha

Gosh, that is a late thanks - you're very, very welcome! Reminds me of a few I still have to hand out, too... :) – Riana ^ऋ 00:57, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Better late than never, I appreciate it all of the same! Thanks. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 03:45, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes indeed, you're most welcome, and good to see that you haven't been eaten alive by the wikisharks just yet! Hope to work with you again in the future. enochlau (talk) 03:54, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

While browsing around on the "Recent Changes" page, I noticed how helpful you've been in reverting vandalism. CA387 09:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For your tireless quest to liberate the minds of Wikipedians from the opressive shackles of vandalism CA387 09:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Just doing my part to keep Wikipedia up and running as best we can manage. :) Every effort is appreciated. – Luna Santin (talk) 09:25, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Block request

Do you think you could do me a bit of a favor and block this guy? He keeps on vandalising Trout Quintet [1]. I'm a bit of a newbie, so I'm not quite sure if there's a formal procedure for this—I've already left a few warnings. Thanks! :) --CA387 10:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. :) Letting me know is fine, you can also report to WP:AIV if I'm not available, that one's watched by a very large number of admins. Don't believe I've seen you around, before, but you're holding up well. Thanks for your effort! – Luna Santin (talk) 10:26, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

15 YEARS

Luna... I trusted you! And you toke 15 Years from me but..I wanna talk to you like human you know meng? Myspace Meng talk you happy promise! (15 YEARS Luna) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.125.114.250 (talk) 14:56, 23 April 2007 (UTC).

What does 15 years have to do with anything? What are you talking about??? ♣ Klptyzm ^{Chat wit' me § Contributions} ♣ 18:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure, either, but the IP seems to be both static and non-shared, so I've blocked it for two weeks. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:37, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Money merge account

I was interested in learning about Money Merge Accounts, but it seems the article has been deleted. How can I see the old information, and perhaps re-list it.

Any help or a push in the right direction would help.

Sorry if either: I used the incorrect method to contact you ~or~ You are not associated with this article —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Edgarjones (talk • contribs) 23 April 2007.

Replied to user's talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:40, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: An important message

Block me. I can live with it.

The mess that's being made of Parker v District of Columbia is why Wikipedia can't rise above the level of a sophisticated Blog.

The "Controversy" section doesn't belong there in the first place, and the fact that you and other non-experts are issuing "warnings" indicates Wikipedia has become a sandbox for idiots.

Sorry I can't be more polite, but that's the long and short of it.

Eblem 22:15, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

You're free to hold whatever opinions you like, to post on talk pages, to crusade for change, and to be an educated person. As an educated person, however, I should hope you realize two things: (1) edit warring is, always has been, and always will be, an incredibly disruptive act, damaging to the encyclopedia's credibility and community, and (2) you're deep into a hole, at the moment, and should probably stop digging. I readily recognize that I'm no legal scholar -- your behavior, however, is not becoming of one. Those who disrupt the project will find themselves asked to leave. I'm not saying you can't help, I'm not saying you can't discuss, but the key word there is discuss -- no matter how professional you may be, the article is not your exclusive playground, and you do need to discuss controversial changes with other editors. If you can't accept that, then unfortunately you're not cut out for a group project. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:39, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Deleted a page

You deleted Justin Samuel for not asserting notability. It mentions that he was a federal criminal and that he is hated by much of a popular movement--animal rights--for his role in turning witness & cooperating with the government to convict his co-defendant in order to receive a lighter sentence. For someone to be on the FBI wanted list, serve in federal prison and be hated by many people, I think that assesses a degree of notability. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ryansmithxvx (talk • contribs) 03:56, 24 April 2007 (UTC).

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Gherkin30

I'll unblock and keep an eye on the account- may as well offer a second chance. Though the fact that the account was previously caught in an autoblock makes me suspicious. Still, AGF right? WjBscribe 18:04, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I'm sure this can happen easily enough- I've gotten a bit paranoid about logging out when I'm at home now I'm an admin. Imagine having to request an unblock with the reason, "sorry I went to the bathroom and my mate deleted the mainpage and blocked Jimbo Wales"... WjBscribe 18:10, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Block of 67.79.148.42

Shouldn't a message be left on User talk:67.79.148.42 as a record of the block? Tamino 18:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

(Replying as Luna is no doubt bored of answering messages about this- see above). There is no consensus as to whether messages are needed. The account will know they're blocked when then try to edit and get all relevant info. The account's block log contains the relevant info for everyone else. So its a matter of administrative discretion- I leave messages, Luna doesn't... No harm either way. WjBscribe 18:25, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

(EC'd! Funny how this never comes up, and then I get two threads in a week about it, heh) Isn't that what block logs for for? >_> The block message won't do the user(s) on the IP any good, they'll already know they're blocked as soon as they try to edit. I do leave block messages for people who may be coming back, or otherwise reforming, but for everday vandals, it seems more useful to move on to the next issue. That's my take, anyway. If you wanted to leave a notice, do feel free. Thanks to you both, though. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:27, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandal.

Thanks for blocking this vandal. :) Acalamari 22:57, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course. :) It's one thing I can do to keep useful. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:58, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Autoblock

Hi there. Can you please have a look at User:68.35.123.63; their autoblock is affecting User:EnglishEfternamn who, as far as I know, is a good-faith editor. I was going to clear the autoblock but I saw your reason to block was "sock farm for EineNeueSchuhe", and that you had declined to unblock the IP already, so I thought I would speak to you before doing anything. You could either speak to EnglishEfternamn yourself or tell me what to do. Best wishes --Guinnog 23:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

If you're super-triple-sure, I'm willing to put up with a sockfarm to keep a good editor unblocked. You seem to know this person better than I do, and if you'll vouch for them, that's good enough for me. Just be aware that the IP itself does seem to be the source of a sockfarm numbering at least a dozen or two, and that I'm not seeing any significant evidence it's shared. The socks are annoying, and I would like to see them blocked, but if doing so costs us a good contributor, I'd rather deal with the socks again. Lunaccount-l 23:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Interesting. Let me unblock for now, and I will help keep an eye out for the sock situation you describe. EE has been a problematic editor but seems to have reformed. I still have his talk watchlisted which was how I saw his problems. Thanks for the speedy response. --Guinnog 23:55, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Will do. Let's hope this works out well. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:03, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I see that as soon as the autoblock was removed, the sockpuppets started up again. EE needs to answer a few questions about the Ichtragekeineschuhe sockpuppets and IP 68.35.108.94 (Ichtragekeineschuhe was originally a sockpuppet of blocked User:68.35.108.94, as shown by their 'true flag' vandalism to South Africa).

1) Does EE associate with User:68.35.108.94 as claimed by that user on 15 April, in a request to be unblocked? They said that EE was one of the users of the same IP, and how else would User:68.35.108.94 know this, if they are not friends?

2) On 15 April why did EE make two edits that were vandalism following the same pattern as the Ichtragekeineschuhe sockpuppets ? (Stalking contributions from someone who had given Ichtragekeineschuhe a vandalism warning, and reverting their improvements to articles on bogus 'neutrality' grounds). These edits were:

• 20:57, 15 April 2007 (hist) (diff) m Bemba people (Revert for neutrality)
• 20:57, 15 April 2007 (hist) (diff) m Cape to Cairo Road (Revert to more neutral version)

3) Why did EE pretend to not understand a query about these edits which was put on EE's talk page on 20 April by User:Rexparry_sydney, referring specifically to the similarity with vandalism by User:68.35.108.94? EE deleted the query shortly after.

Notice also that one of Ichtragekeineschuhe's aliases was JagKommerFrånEngland which is Swedish for 'I come from England'. EE is from England and uses Swedish a lot, as in 'Efternamn'. I'm not saying EE must be the puppetmaster, but they probably use the same computer. Strayan 06:00, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for blocking Dark Lord Encyclopedia Dramatica -- I was beginning to get tired of all that reverting. ;) Switchercat ^talk_cont 01:40, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 01:47, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Eblem

"* Decline reason: Let us know when you plan on acting your age. This one should last about 24 hours. Luna Santin (talk) 17:59, 24 April 2007 (UTC)"

You appear to have posted this in the wrong location. I did not request a block removal. In fact, I had requested my user page and talk page be *removed*. Because there was an IP block, my guess is that it snagged someone or someones else.

In North America it is considered rude to suggest an action that you know someone cannot take. In this case, knowing that I was blocked, you knew that I could not "let us know" anything, whoever "us" is (is there someone in there with you?). Except insofar as you have office or authority in Wikipedia, no one cares about your personal assessments. In fulfilling your office or in exercising your authority, sharing your personal assessments is inappropriate.

In the United States in particular derogatory references to age, national origin, race, and religion violate both Federal and various state laws, are subject to civil action, and in some cases criminal action, and were I you I would refrain from making them. You do not know me, my age or sex, and gross impertinence suggesting that I act some age or other is unwarranted. It was, in fact, a personal attack:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:NPA

If you wish to present as an impartial moderating influence in Wikipedia, leading by example in exercising office or authority, instead of presenting as an ill-bred boorish self-absorbed git, take these few observations in the spirit they were intended, control your editorializing, and familiarize yourself with internationally appropriate demeanor and etiquette. It will pay off in the long run, and I encourage you to learn from this and change your ways.

Bon appetit. Don't respond. Adieu.

Eblem 09:41, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

"Ill-bred boorish self-absorbed git"? Ouch. And I thought "Gurch IS A BOOTY HEAD" was bad – Gurch 11:03, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Pfft, that's nothing. EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:06, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Can I eat ill-bred boor? --Iamunknown 11:14, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I go well with chicken. In any case, Eblem, if you want to edit productively, you're free to do so. If you want to play nicely with others, you're free to do so. If you even want to call me a git (heavens, no!), go right ahead. There are a few things that will result in your being blocked, however: edit warring, pretending you own pages and throwing temper tantrums when you discover you don't, abusive sockpuppetry (especially to avoid blocks), and anything even resembling another legal threat against any editor, ever -- I can't control whether you want to play lawyer, and don't intend to, but you're not welcome to do so on the wiki itself. Thanks. – Luna Santin (talk) 17:02, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the message and you're welcome for my support. I'm a little inactive from the wiki, but I still check it out regularly. I do believe that ascii art from Netstripe is a cow, it has udders

DemosDemon 16:39, 25 April 2007 (UTC) (I should really remove those green e's from my signature)

Oh, dear. It appears my mind is in the gutter. :p And here I thought he was just being anatomically complete. Glad to hear from you, though. :) See you around. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:11, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Money Merge Accounts

Reguarding the Money merge account, I wouldn't mind starting it up again, but the title is protected.

Thanks for your time

Eddie Jones 20:07, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Aha, oversight on my part. Should be fixed, now. Try again? – Luna Santin (talk) 01:20, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Bishzilla

I was that close in asking bishzilla to vandalizing your userpage...that close. :-) Real96 21:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

:O What what whaaaat? Is there a conscpiracy about? – Luna Santin (talk) 03:51, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I heard that bishzilla likes unsuspecting sheep in order to feed her young. :-) Real96 02:47, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

But the poor little sheep. :'( It's so young! Not even colorized! (never mind the irony that the grayscale svg is in fact based off of the colored version...) Perhaps the sheep will summon defenses from its Super Sentai friends. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Nah, when you live in Jurassic Park, no one can hear a sheep scream! :-) Real96 16:59, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for fixing the problem. Miaers 03:48, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 03:48, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Help Me

Hi. Thanks for your help on Column Width in Tables. I am relatively new to Wikipedia. To be honest, I barely understood a word of your response to me. Can you please re-read my question and respond in simpler terms. Think, "Dummy's Guide to Creating a Wiki Table." Thanks! (JosephASpadaro 04:40, 26 April 2007 (UTC))

Thanks again. Your demo chart was helpful and made this topic a little clearer to me. Thank you. For some reason, the column widths of my Tables always seem to "move" (get fatter and slimmer) based on the longest cell entry I have in that particular column. Do you have any idea why that might be?

For example, if I have a column called "Name" -- and the longest name is JOHN, the column is very narrow, like the word JOHN. If I go in and add a name like GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON, then the column automatically gets wider (to accomodate the longer name). This happens regardless of the fact that I have entered a column width. Any ideas on why? I assumed that setting the column width made the column's width stable and fixed, and not fluid / changing.

Also -- I have been using the following format to set a column width: (which some one told me to use)

!width="150"|Name

Do you know what that number 150 means? Is "pixels" implied or used by default? Or does my above code mean something different than pixels? And why is the "150" in quote marks?

Maybe this is the source of my problem? Or maybe this code simply means the same exact thing as 150 pixels? Any ideas? THANKS! (JosephASpadaro 05:11, 26 April 2007 (UTC))

OK - great -- THANKS for the help (JosephASpadaro 05:27, 26 April 2007 (UTC))

Thanks. Will do. I do wish that Wikipedia would make things more simple, and not so complex. (Perhaps I am too "used to" Excel.)  :) Thanks. (JosephASpadaro 05:39, 26 April 2007 (UTC))

The serial Turkey vandal

Perhaps IP block from new account creation? This is the latest incarnation: User:3049. -Cquan (talk, AMA Desk) 06:36, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I shouldn't go into too much detail, on-wiki, I think. Suffice to say it's being looked into, and I appreciate your help. Thanks. – Luna Santin (talk) 07:50, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I didn't realize how extensive this was until I saw how many accounts this involved...good luck with it. -Cquan (talk, AMA Desk) 16:29, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Eliza moloney and Stoj

• Hey, could you do me a favor and erase these articles? Random schoolkids screwing around with Wikipedia again. Thanks! :) JuJube 09:06, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. I didn't check contribs on the creators (so uncharacteristic, gah). – Luna Santin (talk) 09:07, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again :D JuJube 09:09, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey Luna!

Remember me? 66.218.13.32? The guy you had to deal with a little while ago? The guy that hates abortions. Listen, I'm sorry I made all those edits. You shouldn't have blocked me for editing on the Sandbox, but anyway. I left you a bad message in your Improve Me talk page. I reverted it and apologized. Once again, I'm sorry for doing this to you. --69.67.229.50 17:31, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia isn't a political soapbox, not any more than the last time you were here. I initially was going to let you go about your business, but I saw from a report on WP:AN/I that you were indulging in the same disruption, as before. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:41, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

User 69.27.64.251

It looks like they were consistently removing the following link:

• ShadowSpear.com Special Operations

from various article spaces. However, if you look at how the user was removing this link, they were also removing the categories and other links pertinent to the subjects. They were also not specifying why they saw the need to remove that particular link, although it does appear in all of the articles that they edited. I'm not sure if it qualifies as link spam as it could be argued that it is relevant to most of the articles it is found on. --BrokenSphere 18:39, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I did revert the ones where I spotted them trimming off categories and such. The rest... I dunno. I'll have a little more time to look at it, later. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:40, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Help

Hello, I've started using TWINKLE, and when I try to rollback a vandal's edit using the rollback button, it won't work. Thoughts as to the problem? Brain40 23:00, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... I believe Twinkle primarily works well in Firefox, I'm not sure on its status with other browsers. If you are using Firefox, you may want to open up Tools > Javascript Console, clear the messages there, then fully reload a page and try rolling back again, just to see if you get any telling errors. If not, you could check if popups are being blocked (the "revert vandalism" option brings up a popup of the user's talk page, if I remember right). Those are my first guesses -- I'm no wizard at this. ;) – Luna Santin (talk) 23:05, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Brain40 23:09, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank You

You know? Your alright! Thank you for cleaning up the vandalism on my user page and blocking that annoying vandal. I think you have enough barnstars already but have a cookie. King

Lopez ^Contribs 02:18, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Heh, thanks! Glad to be of service. And thanks for the cookies. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 06:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Me want cookie too. :{ --CableModem^_^ 09:45, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Macy's

is there a reason you un-did the revisions I made to the macy's page? I'm a 19 year Marshall Field/Macy's sales manager, so i can verify the data. What gives? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chicagoblt (talk • contribs) 27 April 2007.

I only barely remember making that edit, sorry -- I can only assume it had something to do with the (probably accidental?) posting of the {{unblock-auto}} template in the article (see the diff I think you're referring to). In particular, Cplot was a fairly active vandal/sockpuppeteer, at the time, so mentioning him may have drawn my attention. In any case, I don't recall the exact reason, but that was probably it. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:25, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Master123000

Good evening (GMT time); hope you don't mind - I've added {{Uw-block1}} to User talk:Master123000, in lieu of your forgetting to (?) ... unless there was a reason you didn't. Feel free to remove!

Kindest regards,
AGK 22:15, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Some admins leave the block notices, others don't -- the affected user will be notified of their block, the reasons for it, and their appeal options the next time they try to edit and load MediaWiki:Blockedtext. No objection to your leaving the message, of couse. Thanks. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:05, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Sex You Up

I thought that usernames including sexualy inappropriete content are blocked without exceptions.--U.S.A. cubed 23:01, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Generally, yes. I'm not sure that we need to rifle through old usernames that never have and probably never will edit, though. You're welcome to ask for a second opinion, if you like. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 23:03, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

That sounds logical to me.--U.S.A. cubed 23:05, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I need some help

Hello I am a new user on the wiki, and I need some help, for some reason on this website there are certain pages that I can't edit. Why? Eaomatrix 09:58, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Without knowing the specific page in question, I can only guess that the page must be protected -- see Wikipedia:This page is protected for more information. Protection generally comes about as a result of some sort of disruption, ranging from edit wars to severe vandalism problems. There's a few different levels of protection, but the help pages should do a better job explaining this than I could. :) Hope that helps. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:50, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: AIV thanks

Thank you for taking the time to acknowledge by modest anti-vandalism effort. It was appreciated.

RobertII 14:47, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 18:50, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the confusion!

Luna,

I am JuWiki. My old account stopped working, so I moved my old userpage to my new one. Don't blame me or block me, for I really am JuWiki (see here). JuWiki2 19:39, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, hm. Well, I looked at a few things, and this at least makes sense for now. I'll buy this until I have reason to believe differently, I guess. Cheers. – Luna Santin (talk) 19:43, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Kurdish related articles

Do you know what are you doing as admin?`. Your reverts support only cat's vandalism. Please see the map

and this [|POV]. Thanks --Bohater 22:39, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

A sockpuppet was being used abusively, possibly by a banned user, and I reverted the edits of said sockuppet. That's all. To clarify, if good-faith editors want to reinstate those edits, feel free. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:41, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Oky, but please notice the cat's construbtion in future. --Bohater 22:45, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

I noticed you reformatted my Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/COFS, and just wanted to say thank you for the time and effort. I realize it wasn't too hard, but then again you probably don't get thanked much for helping out at WP:RCU. Anynobody 04:04, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course. :) Really, I figure the bulk of the work is done by the people submitting requests and dealing with sockpuppets, and the checkusers who do the actual checking, but anything I can do to make the process go a bit more smoothly is good, I figure. Glad to have been of any service. Thanks for the thanks! – Luna Santin (talk) 04:08, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

You're most welcome :) Anynobody 04:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Anti Vandal Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For patrolling the recent changes very fast and very efficiently, I award this barnstar. Keep up the good work! Lradrama 10:24, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. :) Every little bit helps, you keep up the good work, yourself. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome, happy editing! Lradrama 10:41, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

why?

why cant i edit pages i already edited, and why has the things i hav edited gone away? Stamfordterry 15:02, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

i cant edit stuff.... Stamfordterry 15:04, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Difficult to answer that without more information. What page(s) are you trying to edit? What error message(s) are you getting? – Luna Santin (talk) 15:22, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Indefinite blocks

By any normal logic, it's obvious that "Bwah123" richly deserved the indefinite block that you gave him. The trouble is, normal logic hardly applies to a site such as this where IDs are created effortlessly and instantly. Thus "Bwah123" took mere seconds before popping back, complete with obsessions about penises, as "Owangejuice".

If I ran this show, I'd both (i) make getting an ID a lot harder, and (ii) ban nitwits permanently and without any timewasting warnings. But I don't, and since I can't do anything about the nutty free handout of IDs, I tend to string the nitwits along. At least I then know their IDs, and their activities are easier to track.

All of this is daft, isn't it?

(I also occasionally wonder about this recurrent obsession of vandals with writing about anal sex. If they're so enthralled by the idea, why don't they just run off and do it, or (more likely) gaze at photos of others doing it? Still, I don't want to fathom the depths of the retard mind; it's too depressing a prospect.)

No need to reply; but if you want to, feel free to do so here. -- Hoary 02:03, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Socks are fun! =D (Not really). If they keep up, we can always sprotect the page. They're a bit of an inconvenience, certainly, but ultimately pretty much harmless. They can't do any lasting damage. Also, thanks much for your recent revert. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 17:55, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Mitsu disease

Why did you delete my page? It is fictional material that I worked hard on. I resent the fact that you deleted it. It was really well written, if I do say so myself. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mitsu666 (talk • contribs) 1 May 2007.

The "fictional material" part of that sentence answers your question pretty well. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, interested in covering serious topics. Made up articles and hoaxes don't belong on here, sorry. – Luna Santin (talk) 04:03, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Unblock

To request unblocking: IP address: 203.52.130.138 Blocking admin: Nishkid64 Block reason: Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "Flat chicken". The reason given for Flat chicken's block is: "Page-moving vandalism". Your account name (if you have one): Dwuu How do I get unblock. I have nothing to do with Flat Chicken. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwuu (talk • contribs)

Well, the fact that you can post here is evidence that you're not blocked, and your blocklog is clear.[2] Aside from that, though, you can use {{unblock}} on the blocked account's user talk page. EVula // talk // ☯ // 04:29, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Update on Money Merge Accounts

Thanks for you help with getting me started with Wikipedia!!! I was able to publish a new article about Money merge account but it would seem an update has left it with a bit of a bias. I listed my concerns on the talk page. If you have a second, could you take a look? I'm thinking of just droping it. Eddie Jones 04:57, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Huh, that's unfortunate. I'd have to agree, the version they're supporting is obviously catering to a specific interest. The version you've put up isn't perfect, just yet, but it's certainly better. :) Thanks for the effort. – Luna Santin (talk) 17:57, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Dereks1x

Nah, my bad, I am the one that archived it first, when I added the 5th case. I am not sure of what is happening here to be honest. -- lucasbfr ^talk 18:17, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Ah-so! Neither am I. x.x That one's confusing. Fortunately, there's a convenient {{confirmed}} from Jpg, so I guess it's completed until somebody says different? I only noticed, 'cause it was still transcluded on /Pending. Didn't check if it got listed on /Case, just yet. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:21, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

In fact a 5th request was filled by a single purpose account [3], the request was apparently reverted by User:Jersyko (admin) then put on semi protection... I'd agree the request was probably bogus, but I'm wondering if we shouldn't at least keep it archived, or let a CU decide. -- lucasbfr ^talk 18:33, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

We could run it past Dmcdevit or Mackensen, if they're on IRC later. Or if you're on, now, and happen to see them around. I'd be fine, either way. I guess the general guideline is to wait for CU response, even on trollish requests. Uninvited would probably want us to just be done with it, but he hasn't been as active on RfCU, lately, I think. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:36, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Got Dmcdevit on IRC. he's fine with leaving the case deleted, since one of the users is an admin :). -- lucasbfr ^talk 18:59, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Good, good. :) Everything checks out for now, then, I think. – Luna Santin (talk) 19:00, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

blocked IP

hi you blocked my IP adress but I didn't do anything wrong. So...I don't understand why. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Emma dux (talk • contribs) 2 May 2007.

Hard to say, without more information. If you're sure you haven't done anything, you may be working from a shared IP address. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:25, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

archiving the threads by annoynmous on AN/I

I see that you just shut down the second thread by User:Annoynmous about how everyone's undoing his undoings. While he started it about others, his conduct is going beyond POINT into DICK, and I was about to post his continuing contribs as indicative of his desire to NOT listen, NOT abide by decisions, and NOT participate in the debate about this, and then ask about a block, so that the editors who keep undoing his edits can return to and focus on the debate. Anyways, I was hoping that since you're trying to de-escalate him, you could watch his contribs to make sure he doesn't jsut keep this up all night? thank you. ThuranX 06:04, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I'll try. Hoping to calm things down before a block becomes necessary. I'm multi-tasking, so I may miss a bit, but let me know if something really urgent comes up. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:05, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks very much for the warm welcome and see you around! :) Sweetpopcorn1 07:40, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Of course. :) Let me know if you have any questions. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:00, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

lack of blocked templates on user talk pages

Hi, I noticed that you have been blocking a lot of vandals (which is good) without placing any information on the user talk page denoting that they've been blocked (which is not so good). It helps vandal patrollers as much as it informs the vandal. Please start placing the block templates on the user talk pages if you would be so kind. -- KirinX 15:27, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Not to be too brief, but I don't believe you understand the magnitude of your request. Taken as a whole, you're asking me to make about 6,000 edits with no apparent tangible benefit, and I'm entirely sure that there are much better ways I could be spending my time as an administrator. For a more in-depth reply, see User talk:Luna Santin/Archive 25#Luna. I don't know why this has suddenly become an issue for a few people, but I'd just as soon move on. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:59, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I shall check out that archive, but before I do, I'll at least say, with all due respect, if you're not going to do the job properly, don't take so much on. You're creating unnecessary work for others. -- KirinX 23:44, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

As long as we're being respectful, "creating unnecessary work for others" seems to apply just as well to you, in this case. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:45, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Your opinion, not mine. I assure you I would not find it unnecessary if I were to have the power to block. -- KirinX 23:47, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

And one further thing: don't get the impression I have anything against you, cuz I don't. I appreciate your work and wish I had the power to contribute in the fashion you are. I may get there one day, but I still reserve the right to make requests of those that do. And you have right to tell me to go take a flying leap. ;) -- KirinX 23:50, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

But I should do so as politely as possible! :) To be fair, I do appreciate your concerns, and the number of people that have prodded me over this recently has gotten me thinking about it; perhaps the community is changing over time, or else I'm attracting the attention of a particular group I didn't run into, much, before. I don't think I'm quite ready for a change, yet, but ideas are swimming. We'll see, I guess. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:13, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

An experienced user can obtain block details, including the blocking administrator and reason, by looking at the block log.

The blocked user will be notified of their block, including the blocking administrator and reason, when they try to edit a page.

That's all that is necessary. Anything else is a simply waste of time. Why do people not understand this? – Gurch 06:41, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

The only interesting case is adding indef blocked users to the Category: Temporary Wikipedian userpages, that allow old talk pages to be deleted (even if I wonder whether someone still bothers to do that, to be honest). -- lucasbfr ^talk 08:05, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, that hadn't occurred to me, so much. Food for thought, both of you. Thanks. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:45, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello

I hope youre playin around in the sandbox. Your edits say you are promoting vandalism. --Meaneager 02:06, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Apologies for any false alarm. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:43, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Phi Kappa Psi — Very bad, very fast.

Discussion has got very bad, very fast, as a member of the Mediation Cabal has proposed thatrape should not be discussed in a particular context exactly because it is too common to be noteworthy. —SlamDiego 04:36, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Hm. Not sure what to make of that. Sorry I didn't reply, sooner. Looks like discussion at Talk:Phi Kappa Psi has been stalled since about the time of your message, unless it's been moved elsewhere. Asking at Wikipedia talk:Mediation Cabal, to see if another mediator might be willing to help, might do some good. Sometimes I'm a good mediator, sometimes, not -- this reads to me, at least at first glance, as the latter situation. Other option, post to requests for comment or third opinions. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:03, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

WP:AIV

Thank you :) MojoTas 07:12, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Of course. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page. Dismas|^(talk) 14:02, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

Thanks very much for your greeting Luna - will be sure to come and knock on your door for advise in future. cheers, malchick —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Malchick79 (talk • contribs) 3 May 2007.

Of course. Let me know if you need anything. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:24, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Heh

Ok - this revert summary made me chuckle! :) - Alison ☺ 03:03, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

My inner monologue at the time was "I'm probably gonna get in trouble for this." Nothing, yet, but it's good to see it was noticed. :p See you around. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:52, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Jofish

Because if you looked Jofish was changing my user page that the reason but since then i have changed it back.Chad Sharman 04:07, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you.

Hi Luna Santin,

Thank you very much to responding my plea for help. I appreciate it. The article looks clean, but the headings are still a bit wrong. Let me explain. The actual headings are as follows. (For some reason the Contents list is not proper in its indenting) 1 Brief history 2 Admission 2.1 Pilani & Goa Campuses 2.2 Dubai Campus 3 Reputation & Rankings 4 Pilani Campus 4.1 Highlights 4.2 Academics 4.2.1 Integrated First Degree 4.2.2 Higher Degree 4.2.3 Flexibilities, Dual Degree & Transfer Option 4.3 Initiatives 4.3.1 BitsConnect 4.3.2 International Projects 4.3.3 Practice Schools 4.3.4 University-Industry Linkage 4.3.5 Off Campus Programs 4.4 Annual Festivals 4.4.1 APOGEE 4.4.2 INTERFACE 4.4.3 CONQUEST 4.4.4 OASIS 4.4.5 SANGAMAM 4.4.6 BOSM 4.5 Research & Development Centres 5 Goa Campus 5.1 Highlights 5.2 Academics 5.3 Initiatives 5.4 Annual Festivals 5.4.1 Quark 5.4.2 Waves 5.4.3 Zephyr 5.5 Research & Development Centres 6 Dubai Campus 6.1 Highlights 6.2 Academics 6.3 Initiatives 7 BITSAA (BITS Alumni Association) 7.1 Chapters 7.2 Alumni of Note 8 Notes 9 External Links —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vinwe (talk • contribs) 07:17, 4 May 2007 (UTC). Vinwe 07:18, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
To add on to the earlier comments, I just corrected the headings. They are all fine. the problem is with the contents list, where after heading 5, the spacings are not formatted, as in 5, 5.1 5.2 all start at the same place. Vinwe 07:27, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

• Hi Luna. I'm just giving a thank you for being so vigilant when dealing with the anonymous vandal (vandals) who appear to have vandalized my user page hours earlier. This anonymous user has been a repetitive nuisance over past weeks, claiming to be me at times while also garnering one user to even incorrectly accuse us of being the same users unfortunately, depsite clearly different IP's and edit histories. More worringly for me is that this user(s) IP #'s appear to also be from the same network provider and region as I am, which has caused me to believe it is this same person(s) who has also hijacked my e-mail account somehow recently with malware. Hopefully his tirade will end at some point, or at least be less frequent. Anti-vandal users like yourself as always do much to help though, so thanks again. Ciao. Epf 08:31, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Ah, I see they've been around, before. Feel free to let me know if you run into any more problems with this person -- they've pretty clearly indicated their intentions and worn out their welcome, I think. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 21:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks- OM.

WP:REVERT - looks too complex for me - I'll just contact you or somother helpful person! Osborne

Fair enough. :) Let me know if you run into any trouble, then. – Luna Santin (talk) 07:11, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Twinrova

Why is the Twinrova article will never be put up for AfD? --210.50.14.172 13:33, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

The editor who nominated the article clearly was not acting in good faith, so I reverted a number of their malicious edits. Beyond that, I have no involvement that I can recall. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for restoring my page while I was away, jimfbleak 16:31, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Of course. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 21:06, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Account creation block

It appears that this user wants to create a new account, because he apparently did not vandalize, his brother did. I wish I could believe him, but I don't know why the user itself, posted the message. Presuming that the post is correct, would it be a good idea to lift the account creation block so that the leginamate person can create a new account?--U.S.A. cubed 20:54, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

• I still want to believe the person, but I guess you're not willing to take that chace.--U.S.A. cubed 21:04, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflicted, wah) If it were a one-off incident, there's more believability to their story, but if you check their contribs, they've been disruptive on three distinct dates: 20 April, 23 April, and now 2 May. If it's just a case of the hypothetical sibling wanting to create an account, the autoblock should be expired by now, in which case the IP address should be free to edit/register (or, if they're on a dynamic address, the autoblock would be irrelevant by now, anyway). Unless there's something else, here? – Luna Santin (talk) 21:05, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

No, that's about it. I notified the user, and quoted your text about the conclusion. Feel free to leave this user any additional messages if you want.--U.S.A. cubed 21:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

85.119.157.52

Well done blocking User:85.119.157.52. Someone using this IP kept vandalizing despite warnings. NHRHS ^{Class of 2010} 22:16, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

PS: I am User:Han Amos but changed my username to User:NHRHS2010.

I added Negima!? to WP:RFPP. NHRHS ^{Class of 2010} 22:28, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Ah, glad to be of service. I noticed this one awhile back. Interesting it started up again, so soon after semi expired. I'll keep an eye on it, I guess. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:30, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Negima?! vandalism?

Hi. I couldn't help but notice that the Negima?! page is being constantly hit by vandals who apparently want the whole page gone. I saw some hints of an 'edit war' going on at the talk page ... What is the problem and what is being done to put a stop to them? Art is life and life is an art. 22:31, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, it looks like a same person using more than one IP addresses to vandalize Negima!?. I requested Negima!? to be protected. NHRHS ^{Class of 2010} 22:31, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

And that works? ^^; (Speaking as someone still fairly inexperienced with Wikipedia's internal rules.) Art is life and life is an art. 22:32, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Negima!? needs to be semi-protected, due to vandalism. Since I requested protection on WP:RFPP, hopefully an admin would protect the page. NHRHS ^{Class of 2010} 22:34, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Right, then. I'll keep an eye out as well, just in case. Art is life and life is an art. 22:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

My inclination was to let them continue vandalizing for a bit, to observe a bit more of the pattern. Another admin has semi-protection the page, at this time. In any case, I've been aware of the problem at this article for awhile. I'll continue to keep an eye on it. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:44, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Good. User:Bibliomaniac15 has semi-protected Negima!?. NHRHS ^{Class of 2010} 22:47, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Yep. ;) Thank you both for your attention to this matter. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:49, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Duck test

Why is an anon user (193.224.247.34) banned without evidence just because he complains about the Duck test? There is no evidence he is a banned user! It could be a registered user who fears a summery block (which of course he got). Please go to [4] to provide any evidence or reasons. Hypnosadist 11:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Not banned, blocked, and not without chance of appeal. With a little bit of critical thinking, the IP is clearly either a blocked user, or editing on behalf of a blocked user. Since they're not providing the circumstances of the original block (or hadn't, when last I checked), it's difficult reach any particular conclusion. If the original block truly was invalid, they should explain how. That's my read on things, anyway. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:55, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Please deal with this Vandalism

Sir, These anon users whose IP are 59.95.30.220, 59.95.17.75, 59.95.8.116, 203.94.192.142, 203.94.200.55 are removing cited information even after several requests have been made not to vandalize. Please put anon lock (sblock?) on these articles below and block their IP's. The user with IP 203.. seems to have created an account User:Deccanwala and is continuing his personal attacks on me.

Vijayanagara
Origin of Vijayanagara Empire
Talk:Vijayanagara Empire-->personal attack
Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri
Talk:Political history of medieval Karnataka-->personal attack
Rashtrakuta Dynasty(FA)
Political history of medieval Karnataka
History of Karnataka Thank you Dineshkannambadi 15:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Refactoring this a bit, for my own convenience:

• 59.95.30.220 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
• 59.95.17.75 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
• 59.95.8.116 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
• 203.94.192.142 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
• 203.94.200.55 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
• Deccanwala (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Vijayanagara (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
• Origin of Vijayanagara Empire (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
• Vijayanagara Empire (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (talk)
• Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
• Political history of medieval Karnataka (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (talk)
• Rashtrakuta Dynasty (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
• Political history of medieval Karnataka (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
• History of Karnataka (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Looking into it, now. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:59, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Sir, the IP address 59.95... has the same edit pattern, language of indef banned User:Sarvabhaum Thanks Dineshkannambadi 22:32, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Other IP's of same vandal. 59.95.58.31, 59.95.24.191, 59.95.27.152, 59.95.46.93, 59.95.0.6 Dineshkannambadi 00:20, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

59.95.27.87, 59.95.27.152, 59.95.17.176, 59.95.3.25, 59.95.23.215 Dineshkannambadi 11:47, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

This is not vandalism. questioning authenticity of information is not vandalism. I request admin to show ka'badi the door and do something abt yadavas of devagiri ASAP.

Sir neither am i a vandal nor am i sock. The ip range is owned by whole city of mine including the college. i have citations and i want history of my community should not be played with by the likes of kannambadi.

Sir, This indef banished User:Sarvabhaum is crawling through Karnataka/Kannada related articles throwing tags. I request a wide ban on IP addresses from this region. I have also asked others to report this activity to you.ThanksDineshkannambadi 14:32, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

It's very unfortunate to see hard work of dedicated editors being vandalized by some unknown IPs. I've been correcting the edits of these IPs for 3-4 days now. Every time this user logs in, he vandalizes certain articles with frivolous tags, deletion of content and adding unreferenced, irrelevant sentences. Personal attacks in talk pages are done time and again. If this user is not User:Sarvabhaum as he claims, why don't he log in or create and account? I request concerned admins to take appropriate action against these vandal IPs.Gnanapiti 15:34, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Nice question. This gnanapiti, kammanbadi, sarvagnya, knm and other kannadi gang kannadize each and evry article they go. Many Tamil nadu/Maharashtra and AP related historiacal articles are vandalised by these people. They roam in group so as to fare well in edit warring. I believe Gnanapiti and sarvagnya are sockpuppets and confirmed as well. KNM and kannambadi need to be checked. They have created a sytemized bias against Marathi people in yadavas of devagiri and rashtrakutas. They shamelessly market their theories and belittle other's history. This needs to be checked.

I am not Sarvabhaum,for the last time. The IP address is shared by whole city of mine or atleast whole college of mine. Atleast 7 people are in wikipedia from my college. Those who want to check might do so. I am not a vandaliser. Someone has to rise up against the kannadi vandalism. I am for justice and unless i dont get it let these kannadis feel the heat.

Dineshkannambadi's reply

Sir, please discuss with admin User talk:Blnguyen and he will confirm who this person 59.95.. is. This guy was banned permanently for sock puppetry, edit warring and avoiding bans through IP's and has been giving the same excuse about college students using common IP's etc. Words like "feel the heat" is a clear example of a mind set on vengence and stalking. This is not the case of many students on a common computer but a case of one person perhaps switching computers in a college or in a cyber cafe with one intention - Vandalism. The fact that he is watching our edits to your talk page proves that he is not a kid having fun either.Dineshkannambadi 15:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Now u see sir. First came gnanapiti than sarvagnya and now kannambadi. See the time of their posts. These guys play a dirty game of edit warring and bully others. Blnguyen blocks any ip/a/c which starts from 59.95 which is shared by whole of my city. Also, see my views and questions and not my ip.Now i will tell u why i am here. sarvabhaum, vishu, Mahawiki, Pratap are all in my college and they have tried many times to get this kannadis some sense and manners. But this jerks go on vandalising historical article sof others states of India and push their state's POV by using an idioctic auther's book who has no credentials or who's not even know outside his state. This should end and so should this combined arson of this kannadi editors.

Vandalizing articles and image pages with frivolous tags have to be stopped. What Sarvabhaum is exactly trying to prove here? I don't know what is the solution. May be blocking the range of IP? Gnanapiti 16:16, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

One who's confirmed sockpuppet of User:Sarvagnya should not indulge in mudslinging. Sir, addition of tags questioning authenticity and accuracy of information isnt vandalism. If it was than how come this kannadi gang attacked various Marathi (eg.shivaji,Yadavas of devagiri) and other Tamil articles/images with tags? Again,Sarvabhaum isnt me.I am distinct than that of him. Another thing is that this Gnanapiti aka Sarvagnya, Dineshkannambadi, KNM have a unholy nexus and they assisit eact other for edit wars. This harrassment should stop. They use some references which have no value and are nothing but self-congratulatery idiotic historians. I cant allow my state's history to be maligned by kannadi sources. Why block my IP?Because i am giving tit for tat? I request admin to act in a impartial way and help curbing out kannadisation of articles and terrorism of this kannadi editors.

3000 edits

I am the one who kept an eye on Negima!? with you. I am User:Han Amos and had a bureaucrat rename me to User:NHRHS2010 and I made my 3000th edit recently. NHRHS ^{Class of 2010} 20:44, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Congrats, and thanks! :) Good to see you around. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:56, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

WHAT DO YOU WONT I ALREADY SENT YOU A MEASAGE TALKING TO MEABOUT THAT STOP

Chad Sharman 04:06, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Uh, I beg your pardon? – Luna Santin (talk) 04:07, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

why dont you talk to the dicks that changed my page also i sent you a measage last week about that

ha people changed my page why dont u talk to them.also i sent you a measage like last week

I see that. I wasn't able to find any evidence of abuse on the part of other editors -- if you would like, you can provide a diff link, or otherwise specify the edits you're referring to. Other than that, please calm down. – Luna Santin (talk) 04:16, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Right whats that is it like so people cant edit my page Chad Sharman 04:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:HD DVD Encryption Key

You have salted Talk:HD DVD Encryption Key with a comment that you will deal with it later. Now that HD DVD Encryption Key is a redirect to AACS encryption key controversy, maybe Talk:HD DVD Encryption Key should just redirect to Talk:AACS encryption key controversy. --Derlay 09:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder. Done. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:38, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Photo!!?!

Hi! I'm the owner of the photo you had deleted, since I don't visit often Wikipedia, it will be nice to send an email in order to act about.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chokyi (talk • contribs) 09:51, 8 May 2007 (UTC).

Eh? Your image upload log shows a particular image, uploaded twice and deleted, but the deletion log doesn't have my name on it. You should probably be asking User:The JPS if you have any questions about this particular case, I don't recall having seen anything about it previously (I tend not to deal with images very often). – Luna Santin (talk) 10:41, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks by the reply.

Advice please

Have recorded/copied article from Time magazine and loaded it in "AlGAE" - is this permitted? I suppose I should rephrase it, shorten it & use it only as the reference/footnote, in which case how should I do that? Osborne 11:14, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Why did you change Mars? "Hi" Is awesome? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.144.69.246 (talk • contribs)

block type changed

I hope you don't mind, but I switched this block[5] from a soft block to a hard block, as the name is bad faith. Just letting you know. ^High_InBC^{(Need help? Ask me)} 22:10, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

So I saw. :) No objection, my script just happens to go with that particular config by default. If I had to guess, it's probably one of those infamous dynamic ranges, but we'll see if it slows them down. Cheers. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:11, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

have a star

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Nice reverting on Mars, keep up the good work. :) Rosa 23:54, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, thanks much. :) I may be taking a break for a nap, at some point, and I do have an evening engagement, but let's see if I can keep up. Cheers! – Luna Santin (talk) 23:57, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Request Of Full Protection

I was wondering if you would not mind to change the Semi-Protection on List of Disney Channel Original Movies to Full Protection until some disputes about what constitutes a verifable source can be resolved. Thank you for your help. Lord Hawk 02:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Done. I'll check back in a bit. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:28, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting vandalism, but please do not forget to issue warnings

Hello. I'm in agreement with the recent revert you made to User:Meegs. You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. --Kralizec! (talk) 05:37, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

With all due respect, I don't feel that's necessary in this case. They're obviously not a first-time user (why else would they suddenly undo an edit by Meegs, halfway through a dispute?), and a user who suddenly, unambiguously, and aggressively attacks over a half-dozen pages doesn't need a template message to realize this isn't model behavior. Templates are good, I use them frequently. But there comes a point, as in this case, where you're only feeding the trolls and promoting the behavior. That's my take on things, in any case. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:23, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps I am missing a bigger-picture issue, but surely the best way to stop persistent vandals is via blocks. In the case of this anonymous editor, it appears that on May 7th they vandalized the user pages of five different user's and two articles, but only received a single warning. If each reverting editor had issued a warning, the IP could have been blocked. --Kralizec! (talk) 14:07, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

In fact, Luna blocked the IP just after reverting the changes. Usually I don't answer to questions on someone else's talk page, but I saw something strange: Luna you provided a link to unblock-en in your block reason, but it seems the link is broken. Am I missing something? -- lucasbfr ^talk 14:27, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Crap I am tired and stupid, the link goes to a <a> element, never mind. -- lucasbfr ^talk 14:35, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I understand now. As there is no block message on the IP's talk page, I did not realize that editor had been blocked. Thank you for your time, --Kralizec! (talk) 15:57, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing my page

Thank you for fixing my userpage. And FYI 84.9.229.240 (talk • contribs) is not my IP address. Thanks again! Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 21:49, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

And (I just checked your user page) can you semi-protect my user page if possible? I am a very sensitive person... I was bullied in Elementary through 8th grade. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 21:53, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I just did that. It's perfectly allowable on request. Love the ironic username, BTW :) - Alison ☺ 22:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! :) I dig it, too. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:15, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

WP:AIV

You better keep an eye on WP:AIV because it is being clogged up right now. NHRHS2010 ^Talk 23:07, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Done, for now. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Your block on 64.215.82.94

When you blocked 64.215.82.94 you said "That's what you get for being white, moron". Can you explain this? This user is a vandal and a serious one but isn't it still a violation of WP:CIVIL to insult them? --St.daniel ^Talk 23:54, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

The user vandalised the block review. I've since reverted it. HalfShadow 23:55, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Sincerest apologies --St.daniel ^Talk 23:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Well done extending the block of 64.215.82.94 to one week. This user has called me, you, and User:Ignatzmice a lame. NHRHS2010 ^Talk 23:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah... they're not the most disruptive person I've ever seen, but it's clearly the same person, and they don't seem to be here to help, so. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:00, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Heh, thanks. :) To be fair, that would be an awful thing for me to say. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:00, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Always sucks when you miss a revert, innit? HalfShadow 00:01, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I just fixed the message I just left you. NHRHS2010 ^Talk 00:03, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

AfD: author request close

Hello, I'm the author of a poorly executed AfD, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yamaha Banshee 350. I request early closure, because my nomination was made with terrible precedent and hasty judgement. Thank you. ALTON .ıl 06:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Looks like that's taken care of. :) Sorry I wasn't around at the time of your request. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:26, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Someone's playing around with my article~!!

If you type Vidya Shilp Academy in the google bar, you get a nonsensical article that appears as the 3rd hit from wikipedia! I've written the article myself about the school, but someone keeps changing/deleting it. At this point, I WANT TO GET RID OF THE ARTICLE AND DELETE IT ENTIRELY since im tired of the vandalism. HOW DO I DO THIS??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidyashilp_Academy —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dpkmallya (talk • contribs) 09:00, 11 May 2007 (UTC).

Note: The user sent the article to AfD afterwards. Dpkmallya, you really should read WP:OWN. -- lucasbfr ^talk 13:54, 11 May 2007 (UTC)