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Copyright infringement

Just wondering, was the message you left on my talk page a stock one, or were you really that angry?

If the latter, chill out dude. Vranak

User:NO NO NO E-Z-GO!

Sorry for the McDonalds thing. I didn't know how to start the thing where you talk over the disputed issue. I read the article for Burger King, and then for McDonalds, and found that there was a bias towards the McDonalds article, showing favortism for them. Sorry for any confusion, you may delete the tag or I will do so. Have a good one —The preceding unsigned comment was added by NO NO NO E-Z-GO! (talk • contribs) 00:30, March 22, 2007 (UTC)

Mrlob=MaoVerdonk

Mrlob know for sockpuppetry has recently made a new sockpuppet: MaoVerdonk with this account he has made the page Misplaced Pages sockpuppets of Kermanshahi and had put kashwialariski on it, also altough he confessed he changed the:Sockpuppet of Mrlob thing to Sockpuppet of Kermanshahi, I blanked the page and hope you delete it. MaoVerdonk is Mrlob and I know that for a fact because I have seen him edit with it, Ans it is the name of his dutch wikipedia account. Could you please get rid of that artickle and maybe block his new sockpuppet. Kermanshahi 15:47, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Just a Question

Dear Netsnipe,

I was just wondering why you put the SkyNET Telesystems article on a user subpage instead of making it a regular article.

Re: Re: Hello

Just wondering. WoW Pwns. I play it but I am a level 5. There's so much I want to ask..... Any wheel wars? Myspace owner? Uh........ Do you play Habbo? What else....Oh yeah....How did you get your name in that box thingy with an arrow on the side? I am a newb at this. If you call me a n00b, I friggin pwn you.

Hello

Hey Netsnipe, I was looking for some information on transistors when I found out that it was vandlised.I managed to fix a couple of things but there are still some errors in the page which I cant fix. I'm contacting you as you are the only moderator I know.

Guillermo90r

Help needed with SEO article

I've nominated search engine optimization for featured article status, and you've helped edit this article. Could you possibly look at the references on the article and then leave your comments at Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Search engine optimization as to whether you think the blogs and forums cited as references qualify as reliable sources. In order to achieve featured article status we need community consensus that the references are reliable. If you know any other Wikipedians who have expertise in this area, we welcome their comments. Thank you! Jehochman / _✔ 19:19, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edits to MediaWiki:Blockedtext

Hello, autoblocked and directly blocked now recieve different messages so there is no need to re-include the section you just added. The other message can be found at MediaWiki:Autoblockedtext. Thanks, GDonato (talk) 19:47, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, that wasn't meant to have the header of one of the user warning templates. GDonato (talk) 19:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually, there is. An editor affected by a range block or a hard IP block will NEVER see MediaWiki:Autoblockedtext. Instead they'll get MediaWiki:Blockedtext and when they post {{unblock}} we'll be unable to do anything because we won't know what their IP address is. Case in point, see Smileydude66 who just got hit by a stale open proxy block. --  Netsnipe  ►  19:54, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I've stuck a question on my talk- if you like? GDonato (talk) 20:02, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Aranherunar

Regarding Aranherunar (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), I see the block has now expired and you have left a 1 second note in the block log. I don't believe it the user's explanation, though. I checked carefully, and there is no "Japan is pure bullshit" diff to revert to. If I am missing something, though, I should apologize to the user, which is why I'm asking you, do you have a specific reason to believe I erred? ··coelacan 20:53, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

I couldn't either after a casual search, but I decided to assume good faith considering he made a legitimate edit immediately afterwards. Aranherunar certainly didn't fit my expectations for an editor gone rouge (they usually go out with a bang) and I think a warning or a demand for an explanation might have been more appropriate in this case. You don't need to apologize, hopefully I've mitigated any anger on his part if you did indeed make a mistake in blocking. --  Netsnipe  ►  20:59, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I guess I'll just chalk it up to "who knows?" If nothing like that happens in hte future, the block log won't cause any trouble for the user anyway. ··coelacan 21:24, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Smile!

Jer10 95 Talk has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Jer10 95 Talk 00:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Template_talk:ISP

I left a note at that talk page about my earlier change in the template wording--discussion there is solicited. Regards, 75.62.6.237 05:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:uw-attack

I've moved it back. the uw- space is for the standardized templates at WP:UTM. Proposals should be brought up on WT:UTM. It seems this template is a copy of the uw-npa series or the uw-biog series. If not, a standardized template will probably be made. --TeckWiz is now R Contribs_@ (Let's go Yankees!) 16:25, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

More Wayne Smith crap

124.185.221.59 NewsLimited.org wesmannion.com www.ziggyswitkowski.com

please block these

thanks, Yale

Recurring abuse from Kitler05

I see that you've given an "absolutely final chance" to Kitler005 on 6 September 2006. Since then, the user has created a nonsense article (21 May 2007, Talking Cats) and made a frivolous edit to a usertalk page (17 May 2007, User talk:70.179.107.79); both warnings were posted to the user's talkpage today. Would it be safe to assume that this user still does not take Misplaced Pages seriously? Derumi 19:08, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

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Re: RFVWSXEDC

I din;t actually unblock anyone, I couldn't find an autoblock for them so I just assumed it was expired. You're welcome to as you like though. (You might want to remove that wikibreak notice by the way.) -- John Reaves (talk) 05:37, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Unblocking

Thanks, dude. Lexicon (talk) 18:03, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:Since you're a new admin...

Could you please tell me how you handled Moon Rising's unblock request? I don't see anything in your log entries detailing how you went about handling what appears to be a range block (which is somewhat trickier to handle if you're unfamiliar with CIDR notation. --  Netsnipe  ►  11:16, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

That's the thing, see- I accepted the request for unblocking, but I could not see anything in the block log of 4.245.121.6- could you tell me what I did wrong? That led to about half an hour of confusion- in the end I just assumed that it had expired. I'm definitely unfamiliar with CIDR notation. You say it was a range block- how do we unblock that range? Thanks in advance for your help- CattleGirl 22:16, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Thomprod

I noticed that you removed the autoblock on Thomprod. Please see my posting at ANI. This is corporate spam at its worst. --Selket 16:58, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

School block appreciation

Thanks for your recent block of 209.80.150.106 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)}. This gives us regular editors some encouragement that it's worth filing those boring vandal warnings, and attempting to make an impression at the frequently unsympathetic ear of WP:AIV. I guess the rules must have changed lately, because when I used to file things at AIV several months ago, they were even cleaning out the *vandal warnings* from some of the talk pages, which did not seem much reinforcement for continuing to report things. EdJohnston 20:33, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemo

Hm. Preemo, Preemo... let me check.

checks

Oh yes. Luigi30 had protected a few articles against Colbert-incited vandalism, and in response Preeeeeeemo criticized him as being "unamerican": Colbert-themed nonsense if ever I saw it.

However, using Colbert vocabulary to criticize someone for preventing Colbert vandalism does not itself constitute vandalism. I overreacted; I won't object if you reduce his block to a day or so. DS 19:40, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm unblocking User:Preeeemo immediately. It may have warranted a level one personal attack warning, but definitely not a block. --  Netsnipe  ►  19:44, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Catanich Request

Please see WP:COIN#User:Catanich 2 for discussion of a request by User:Catanich, who claims that Google searching is identifying discussion of the block and this is hurting his business, and is asking to be unblocked for purposes of changing his username so google searches on the business won't the Misplaced Pages block. What do you think? Please see the additional info at and respond on WP:COIN#User:Catanich 2. Best, --Shirahadasha 06:00, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

No, nothing to do with the RfA, this comment came after that, and I didn't block at that time. The user was identified as a sockpuppet and blocked for 72 hours. I thought that either no block or a long-term block were the only two options that made sense, and no block had been overruled. I understand the RDNS/pooled IP issue should likely have precluded any block under the circumstances. Best, --Shirahadasha 07:26, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Answer

Hello, Netsnipe,

I had already been told that warnings should be put at the bottom of a User Talk page, and have submitted a patch to correct this bug in the tool I use (fr:User:EDUCA33E/LiveRC). This has been corrected and now, warnings are properly done. This is culture shock! fr:, at the top, en:, at the bottom... Have a nice day! ♦ Pabix 05:11, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

IP's at it again

Hi there!

You had blocked 60.241.54.145 (talk · contribs) for continous addition of non-existent films to several Bollywood articles. I believe it is the same editor as Sc4900 (talk · contribs) who I also reported at WP:ANI for intentional disruption by adding in non-existent films.

Just wanted to say he's at it again - these edits. Your guidance in this would be appreciated.

xC | ☎ 07:05, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of that :) happy editing!xC | ☎ 09:59, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Daniel S. Nevins

I am disturbed and disappointed by your decision to summarily delete the Daniel S. Nevins article. The first sentence of the article makes the rather explicit claim of notability as "Dean of the Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary". A click on that article would have indicated that the school is one of the primary rabbinic seminaries of the Conservative Judaism movement and a school affiliated with Columbia University. The proffered explanation of WP:CSD#A7 is unacceptable given the explicit claim of notability and the breadth and content of the article. Your assistance in undoing the damage you have done will be appreciated. Alansohn 00:03, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

There were no 3rd party reliable sources to substantiate his notability as required by the Misplaced Pages:Notability (people) guidelines. A "personal website" link is insufficient in this regard. The article was also part of a series of biographies all started and mostly written by User:Rabbijason who made substantial Misplaced Pages:Conflict of interest violations including authoring his own autobiography at Jason A. Miller. If you wish to have my actions overturned then file an appeal at Misplaced Pages:Deletion review. --  Netsnipe  ►  02:48, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

One would assume that, as an administrator, you would be familiar with the various mechanisms that exists to request the addition of sources. Again, and as you have ignored, the article you took it upon yourself to delete made explicit claims of notability, in complete contradiction to your improper and destructive use of WP:CSD#A7 as a rather poor excuse for deletion. I find it disappointing that you are hiding behind the Misplaced Pages:Deletion review process, rather than revisiting and undoing the damage you have caused. It astounds me that there are administrators who exercise such poor discretion in using the powers they have been granted. Alansohn 02:52, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

If you want to blame anyone, you can blame User:Rabbijason for violating Misplaced Pages:Sock puppetry in the first place. This in effect brought his Misplaced Pages:Conflict of interest violations and non-compliance with Misplaced Pages:Notability (people) to my attention. --  Netsnipe  ►  02:57, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• I don't know who this user is, have never interacted with him and do not know who he is in real life. I didn't delete this article, you did. This and other deletions were somehow intended to cleanse Misplaced Pages of any articles that this user had contact with. There is the alternative possibility that among all his edits, there might have been some legitimate edits. A check of the links to this now defunct article supports the claims of notability, including providing sources to his background, especially at the Frisch School article, where I had added a reliably sourced article that clearly demonstrates notability. I will again ask you to take a look at the article and those items that link to it and see if there just might justification for keeping this article, despite the fact that you see issues with its creator. Your efforts in doing this review and recreating the article will undo the damage created by the deletion of the article. I will be more than happy to add additional reliable sources sources to address any of your legitimate concerns. Alansohn 03:10, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• I've now undeleted Alan Silverstein, Daniel S. Nevins, Jason A. Miller and William H. Lebeau and tagged them as requested by you. I will send them to Misplaced Pages:Articles for Deletion if they do not meet our Misplaced Pages:Notability (people) guidelines within 2 weeks. --  Netsnipe  ►  17:20, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for the restores. I only wanted Nevins, but thanks for all four. Reliable and verifiable sources have been added for Daniel S. Nevins, William H. Lebeau and Alan Silverstein. I would say that Jason A. Miller has by far the weakest claim of prospective notability, and I am unlikely to be able to make any substantive improvement. Feel free to review the others to see if notability has been claimed and supported. Alansohn 04:24, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

More Wayne Smith crap

Andrew,

I am not very wikipedia-capable, so it is very difficult for me to use the proper syntax, etc.

I would be easier for me (and much better for wikipedia) if an admin adds to the linkspam lists etc.

Wayne is now using 58.165.66.172 Can that be blocked?

Also he is pointing to his myspace rant. Can this also be blocked?

http://www.myspace.com/universedaily

Yale s 05:40, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

yale

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User:Bijanse — indefinite block?

I can't see grounds for an indefinite block of this User; having poor English is not grounds for a block of any kind, and he's only had one previous block of twenty-four hours. My impulse was to unblock, but perhaps you'd prefer to do it (or to give a better justification for it — though indefinite blocks of named accounts are not easily justified). --Mel Etitis (Talk) 21:41, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Well if you want to keep cleaning up after Bijanse (talk · contribs) and mentor him/her, then by all means unblock this person. If the warnings on their talk pagepage didn't get through to them, I doubt any further clarifications I post would. --  Netsnipe  ►  06:14, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Clarification required over User:White2020

Please clarify why this new user has been issued with a username block. PS: In future, please stop using "user..." as your block reason when {{usernameblock}} has been provided for you in the drop box, it only confuses users. --  Netsnipe  ►  06:30, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

The username meets the criteria "Usernames that refer or include allusions to racism, sexism, hate speech, et cetera." according to WP:USERNAME, since "white" refers to white people. If you disagree with the block however, feel free to unblock. About the block reason, next time I'll use the template. Yamamoto Ichiro (山本一郎)(会話) 13:58, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

That's preposterous. If Barry White and Jack Black were to use their surnames as part of their usernames, I'd suppose you'd block them too. --  Netsnipe  ►  14:31, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, I decided to stop monitoring for username violation anyways. Infact, I was going to unblock them myself later on. Thanks for the warning I guess. Yamamoto Ichiro (山本一郎)(会話) 18:48, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Your block of IP 204.174.188.9

Hi, I'm new to this whole anmin thing, so I was wondering if you could explain to me why you gave IP 204.174.188.9 a six month block. I thought that first blocks should be around 24 hours; and for school-owned IPs like that one, I've only been giving 3 hour blocks because by then the students who were causing the problems would have gone off to another class. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 17:20, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

User Jonathanmbaez

User:Jonathanmbaez Only vandalize the Misplaced Pages Page once and it was by mistake....He is new to this place and when he saw the great vandalism in the History Section of the Dominican Republic he couldnt do nothing but delete the whole section...he found it so offensive that he was forced to delete it thinking that it was the right thing to do!..I'm his cousin and i told him not to do that again!...they gave him a warning but then he learned not to do that and he didnt do it again...so could you please unblock it?EdwinCasadoBaez 21:51, 31 May 2007 (UTC)