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Meet the Beatles!

Hello. I see you moved Meet The Beatles! back to Meet the Beatles!, normally this would be inline with our naming conventions, however, the band's name is The Beatles not the Beatles. Rocket000 11:06, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Fine. — Save_Us_229 11:14, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Flag icons.

The convention for wrestler info boxes is to put the flag next to their name. Most similar articles I've seen have it, so it's not something I randomly did. Further, Jericho is both a Canadian and American citizen, so it's appropriate to put both. It's not like he's just lived in one of the countries a long time. -- Kevin Browning 02:47, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but the convention for wrestling articles doesn't meet WP:FLAG. Please actually read WP:FLAG#Do not emphasize nationality without good reason. Regardless of consensus the pro wrestling wikiproject may think it has, they do not trump guidelines already established. — Save_Us_229 02:51, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm still going to stalk you.

Just saying... :) Master of Puppets 06:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

At least you have the courtesy to let the victim of the stalking know, thanks! :P — Save_Us_229 06:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I honestly wasn't stalking you to find this out, though. I swear! I actually noticed you edit Moe Epsilon, who is still on my watchlist. I was about to tell you that you left Misplaced Pages a while ago... heh. Master of Puppets 06:07, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I left, when? It all seems like one big day :) I still have my watchlist from Moe Epsilon still full probably, I never cleared it, I wouldn't be surprised if half the links on there are red-linked by now. — Save_Us_229 06:12, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Apologies

Sorry Save Us 229 if I caused any difficulties or embarrassment for questioning your franchise; however, I hope you will understand that with all the ramblings lately about sockpuppets and alternate accounts, as well as Giano's(understandably) contentious candidacy, I thought it best to raise the question upfront, and let others review it and come to an appropriate determination. To be honest, I suspected you were a prior contributor, but had no idea of the circumstances under which you were operating under a new account. --Risker 06:30, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

It's quite alright, I'm a hot head, never mind me. :) You were doing the right thing and understand. I just wish I could have holded out a little longer before telling everybody like I planned, but I guess I can't keep a secret long. :P — Save_Us_229 06:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Merge histories

You wrote on my talk page:

Could you merge the histories of User talk:Moe Epsilon and User talk:Save Us 229? Moe Epsilon is my old account. Thank you. — Save_Us_229 06:24, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

but i understand this requires some kind of verification that the identities are the same. I have done merges of articles but not of user accts, and i know neither what the standard and modes of verification are (e.g., it may even take a developer), nor what documentation of verification should be created. So i think you should try an admin with experience more specific to your need. I'm afraid, BTW, that even if you could point me to the policies, getting oriented would push me even further past a reasonable bedtime, in light of my current work-in-progress that i don't want to leave half done overnight. Sorry; i know this must feel like Catch-22!
--Jerzy•t 06:39, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

That's alright, I'll ask another administrator as you suggested. — Save_Us_229 06:54, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Moe

Moe... is that you? The Chronic 06:45, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Sur...prise? :) — Save_Us_229 11:15, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

...MOE! What's up? I thought you said you were gonna be away for a while! :) The Chronic 01:08, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Not being active fully for a month or so was long enough :D — Save_Us_229 02:07, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually, it was 10 days... but the point is that nobody can resist the pull of the Wiki. :P Master of Puppets 02:14, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I was inactive for most of October too, but I was trying to stick around :P — Save_Us_229 03:39, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, we missed you during your retirement. The Chronic 03:05, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, appriciate that :) — Save_Us_229 03:39, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

N...ot? :) The Chronic 05:31, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Finally, I can acknowledge your existence :). Hi Moe! The Hybrid T/C 06:42, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't exist, what are you talking about? :P — Save_Us_229 08:41, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

The Chronic has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Hi Moe! Seems like you've come to "Save Us"! Davnel03 14:50, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Well lets face it, this encyclopedia needs saving :) — Save_Us_229 14:51, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Lol! Um, I thought something was weird a few weeks ago when I first seen this account. All of a sudden, it went on a editing rampage, and at one point was actually considering reporting the account for sockpuppetry!! It's only now that I know its you! You may want to have a heading or title on your talkpage something like: Save Us 229 a.k.a. Moe Epsilon so that others know. Davnel03 14:58, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Apparently I'm not a very good sockpuppet :) I'm thinking of redoing my userpage soon, I'm just thinking of a new design since all my old ones were deleted :P — Save_Us_229 15:02, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, I've improved since the last time you gave me advice to my userpage. I could possibly help you redesign your userpage. (...or... you could copy that one code off of Davnel's userpage, fix it up, and give yourself all the credit for designing it). The Chronic 17:13, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't think of taking someone elses design and not give credit like that, Davnel probably wouldn't appriciate it much either. I already got a design in mind, I don't think I need help, but I'll ask for it if I can't do something, thanks :P — Save_Us_229 17:39, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey, there's two things: first of all - WP:PW now has a weekly newsletter. Could you help proofread it for its release tomorrow (located here)? Second of all - ...

The Chronic has passed you the WikiJoint! WikiJoints promote... uh... promote... help with... do... wiki... something... yeah... uh, what was I saying? WikiJoints help promote, uh, wiki stuff... and help with... {{subst:User:Krimpet/WikiJoint}}... huh?

~ 17:27, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Oooooh a joint, thanks :) Oh, I proofread your newsletter before taking the joint :P — Save_Us_229 17:39, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Huh, what? ...uh... 17:41, 8 December 2007 (UTC) The Chronic

*eyes glazes over* — Save_Us_229 17:43, 8 December 2007 (UTC) — Save_Us_229 17:43, 8 December 2007 (UTC) — Save_Us_229 17:43, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey! I am really glad to see you back! I am on a wikibreak myself right now. Originally I expected to be back during the middle of December but currently its looking like beginning of January. Busy busy ..arrgh! :P Welcome back :) --Naha| 15:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Naha :) — Save_Us_229 16:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Andhranews = spam?

Hi there, I was just curious about this edit; is AndhraNews really going to be placed on the spam blacklist? May I ask why? Thanks, Ekantik 17:05, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Please see this link Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard#Community ban of spammer. This site appears to have been a part of a spam campaign by someone closly related to the site. The site is being globally removed from all Wikis and then being placed on the spam blacklist. — Save_Us_229 17:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh dear. Oh well. I can see how this may present a problem with regards to news references having to be replaced. But thankfully it seems that only one page on my watchlist had an andhranews reference (actual news) and I've already replaced it. I guess regular editors on other affected articles will have to do the same thing. Thanks for the quick response anyhow, Ekantik 17:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Well if the news piece was as notable the first time it was added, it shouldn't be a problem to find a replacement reference, no? When it comes down to it, they have to be removed now rather than later. I'm willing to help start adding refs once this is removed, though. — Save_Us_229 17:42, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help with all the andhranews.net spam! You are definitely improving encyclopedia getting rid of them. --A. B. 18:59, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Your welcome, I'm always glad to do the tedious tasks :P — Save_Us_229 19:04, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Aloha!

I just wanted to swing by here and let you know that I do appreciate all the hard work you are doing. I mean that sincerely. Removing spam is very often a thankless and tiresome job. I do not want to fight... it leads nowhere (and really, we're on the same "side"). I just thought I'd let you know. Mahalo, Save Us. --Ali'i 18:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

It's fine, I guess I'm just tired cause I haven't slept in a day or so and I guess I lost my cool somewhere around trying to defend myself, remove spam links, start a RFCU, monitering AN and AN/I and finding new conversation on Misplaced Pages pop-up about my edits. No hard feelings. — Save_Us_229 18:38, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

ʻAʻole pilikia! Keep up the good work, but get some rest. ;-) --Ali'i 18:46, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Will do :P — Save_Us_229 18:47, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Teamwork!

Our little deletion spree embodied the very essence of Misplaced Pages. Thanks for the company on a dreary task (and we didn't have too many edit conflicts, did we?). Jeffpw (talk) 20:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

No problem, tedious tasks are my niche :) Actually throughout the entire removal process I didn't have one edit conflict, it surprised me a little. — Save_Us_229 01:46, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Comment

I hope you know I wasn’t trying to revert any of your edits. The edit I was referring to was on an article I was trying to edit. I already posted a comment at MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist‎ and know after reading the above comments about the URL, I have a clearer picture regarding what’s going on. – Zntrip 23:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

That seemed to contradict itself as the edit you mentioned on the talk page was on Portal:Current events/2007 December 3 and you said you wanted to 'undo it' and that is the page that I edited if you check the history of the article. I was just saying, if you see my name in the history of the article and you disagree with it, feel free to ask me about why or what the edit was for. — Save_Us_229 01:50, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Well you see, I was trying to undo the edit by 204.60.103.130 who kept changing “BBC News” to simply “BBC”, go figure, but couldn’t because the blacklisted URL was already there. I got confused because I thought the site was a legitimate news source and I made the comment on MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist‎. If you check my contributions you will see that I posed my first comment on MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist‎ at 03:05, 6 December 2007 and you made your first edit on Portal:Current events/2007 December 3 at 09:24, 6 December 2007, over six hours later. That’s why you’re comment on my talk page confused the hell out of me. I didn’t even realize you edited Portal:Current events/2007 December 3. – Zntrip 04:37, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I see, my apologies. I followed the link to your comment after I was provided with it at AN/I and thought it was more recent than my removal of the link from that particular edit, apparently I was about 6 hours off. Sorry for the confusion. — Save_Us_229 06:23, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

No problem, Misplaced Pages can be a hectic place sometimes. – Zntrip 06:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Tell me about it :) — Save_Us_229 10:01, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Avruch

Hi, just a quick note to let you know that Avruch has 116 edits upto 1st November 2007, and sadly doesn't have suffrage for these elections. He would have had enough edits had the cut off date been the 1st December, however, which is especially annoying. Nick (talk) 11:55, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

My mistake, I thought it was 150 total edits, not mainspace edits. I guess he doesn't. — Save_Us_229 11:57, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, that was the rule last year, it was changed this year and it's catching a few people out, including people who were eligible to vote last year but not this year. Nick (talk) 13:18, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Seems like a legitimate change, guess I should read the rules next year too. ;) — Save_Us_229 13:20, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

AIV

Sorry about the delay, I was off cashing my WMF paycheck :) (he was blocked, 1 week 72 hours, vandal / sock / disrupt, ACB -AO) SQL 12:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Phew, thank you for finally coming to the rescue, I was getting tired of reverting the bugger. :P — Save_Us_229 12:44, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Whoops! Looks like I blocked him for 72h, not a week. SQL 12:45, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Meh, that's ok, hopefully he just doesn't go to his claimed 'internet cafe' a whole lot. — Save_Us_229 12:46, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

One last suggestion, it might be a good idea to just walk away now, he'll get bored and move on eventually... SQL 12:53, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Consider it done, or not done, whatever.. :P — Save_Us_229 12:55, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Good catch, I always forget those things SQL 12:58, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I almost forgot it myself. — Save_Us_229 13:02, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Your edits to User talk:Dbuckner

Please do not revert changes to this talk page, by adding the indefinite tag. I don't believe that it is finished. Regards, Mercury 13:25, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Duh. I'm not actively reverting. — Save_Us_229 13:27, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I was distracted by the Mikado game. Well then, it seems your already aware. Lets not make it a wasted visit, so have some tea on me. Your doing a great job. Wanted to let you know. Regards, Mercury 14:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Mmmmmmmm... tea. Thanks Mercury, I owe you one. :) — Save_Us_229 14:16, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I replied to EL_C

Hi Save Us, I have apologized to EL_C and struck my comment. My poor attempt at humor blew up in my face. Go figure. --Tom 22:29, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Good, that seems like the most appropriate thing to do. — Save_Us_229 02:25, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Accusation

Could you please provide a reason why you think User:Gilabrand‎ is behind the account User:Kill the Non-Notable Articles? — Save_Us_229 10:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Because the account was created today, and the deletion tag you graciously removed was placed minutes after gilabrand got snotty-after weeks of nothing happening on this article-nothing is coincidence. Chris (talk) 10:52, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Well I'm going to change the tag to that you suspect it is him because without definitive proof it's going to get removed entirely. If you seriously think that Gilabrand is behind the account I would suggest you file a WP:RFCU for clarity. — Save_Us_229 10:55, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Oops, it says suspected, so I'm not going to change the tag. I will however remove it completely if I don't see you getting hard proof in the near future. Editors have been known to quit after false accusations, I really don't want a potential productive editor to be scared away. — Save_Us_229 10:58, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I removed it. The vandalism spree preceded the edit by gilabrand referenced above. You are right though in suggesting an RFCU if further doubts remain. Agathoclea (talk) 15:14, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

User:Lindi James

I am using the IP address that is shared by some vandal. My username isLindi James. You have blocked me as "sockpuppet vandal". Whatever you think, I am not a vandal. I created an account in the first place as this IP address is shared by numerous people, and has received vandal warnings before. So I create an account to avoid being included in this crap,onlyto be blocked anyway!! Really great. If you suspected me of being somehow connected to this creep, then why not leave a message on my talk page BEFORE casually blocking me?!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.245.138.132 (talk • contribs)

Recently you were involved with adding a sock puppet tag to the user Lindi James

I understand that this person shares the same IP address as a vandal. This person has been blocked and is trying to work it out. I believe that this person is not the vandal and was trying to stay away by creating an account. Did you have any other evidence that this account was infact a sockpupper As this person is blocked he/she canot contact you to work things out so i would appreciate if you could please discuss this with the user on his/her talk page it would be appreciated.

Thank you Printer222 (talk) 15:07, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello. I would like to point you to Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Case/ECW500. Whether or not this editor is User:ECW500 is uncertain as the request on ECW500 was stale. But according to checkuser, it was confirmed that Lindi James was using the same accounts as User:Pebblesmaster whose timestamps are within minutes of each other. It is almost 100% certain that this editor was in violation of WP:SOCK. — Save_Us_229 15:54, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry for any hassle i have caused you, I was just trying to make sure that the user in question was heard as it is difficult if you are a legitimt user and cant represent yourself as you are blocked. If checkuser can confidently confirm that these accounts are the same person and not just because they use the same ip address im happy. Thank youPrinter222 (talk) 16:01, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry, there's no hassle. :) I would also like to point you out to this fellow yesterday He claimed he was "Pebblesmaster" and "Lindi James" was not him at all. And then today "Lindi James" comes on and revert wars where "Pebblesmaster" left off? I'm sorry, but it looks fairly obvious just by the revert warring User:41.245.138.132 pulled off today. If these people really didn't know eachother and were new to the site they wouldn't know what another person and I edited yesterday. User:Alison ran a second checkuser after the IP editor on my talk yesterday and if timestamps were within minutes of eachother, it's either a sockpuppet or a meatpuppet saying that "this ain't me". — Save_Us_229 16:08, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Ok, so I re-ran the CU (third time!) just to be certain, and the recent edits from User:Lindi James and their identical use of multiple IP addresses has only confirmed the matter. Same with a certain IP address involved in this matter. Consider it very  Confirmed - Alison 19:13, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

User:Jtrainor

I fail to see how "Fuck Yourself and Die" is not a personal attack. If I started going and plastering all over other editors' talk pages, I'd probably get blocked pretty quickly. Best, sh¤y 18:19, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Eh? Did he post it all over other editors talk pages? If he did, I didn't see it. FYAD was an acrynom posted on his userpage which no one was clear about and that phrase is a common abbreviation which I suggested it might mean. He clarified it and apprently FYAD is a offline forum not related to the phrase "Fuck Yourself and Die". Is there something I missed? — Save_Us_229 18:26, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

No, it was a hypothetical situation. sh¤y 18:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Lol, oh, well in some context that could be a personal attack, but not in his mannerism :P — Save_Us_229 18:32, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Your vandalism of my user page has been reverted. See WP:ANI. I will continue to revert it (barring MER-C or AMIB complaining about being linked there, in which case I shall remove them, as I have said in the past). Jtrainor (talk) 20:04, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Tiny Tim

You recently removed a hyperlink to a You Tube clip featuring Tiny Tim's song "Santa Claus Has Got The AIDS This Year." "Santa Claus Has Got The AIDS This Year" was never uploaded to Misplaced Pages. Are you of the mistaken opinion that wikipedia must police other sites for copyright violations such as You Tube? I don't see any support for that in WP:NFCC.--MiamiManny (talk) 18:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't reading WP:NFCC, I was reading Misplaced Pages:External_links#Linking to YouTube, Google Video, and similar sites which states:

There is no blanket ban on linking to these sites as long as the links abide by the guidelines on this page (which would be infrequent). See also Misplaced Pages:Copyrights for the prohibition on linking to pages that violate intellectual property rights.

Emphasis mine. You do not own the intellectual property rights of that video, thus it is prohibited to link to them under Misplaced Pages:Copyrights. — Save_Us_229 19:02, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

When I was talking about WP:NFCC, I was refering to the audio sample in the article that was uploaded to Misplaced Pages. — Save_Us_229 19:05, 9 December 2007 (UTC)