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74.103.61.148

how do i use the sandbox —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.103.61.148 (talk • contribs)

Just go to the sandbox and experiment with editing there. --Chris (talk) 07:26, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Problem running VS in Ubuntu Feisty

(copied from User talk:Crazycomputers/VandalSniper)

After installing all of the libraries necessary every time I try to run VS by entering "mono vs.exe" I get the following error: 

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for Gecko.WebControl ---> System.DllNotFoundException: /usr/lib/firefox/libgtkembedmoz.so
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) Gecko.WebControl:gtk_moz_embed_get_type ()
  at Gecko.WebControl.get_GType () [0x00000] 
  at GtkSharp.GeckoSharp.ObjectManager.Initialize () [0x00000] 
  at Gecko.WebControl..cctor () [0x00000] --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

  at <0x00000> <unknown method>
  at VandalSniper.MainWindow.newBrowser (System.String url) [0x00000] 
  at VandalSniper.MainWindow..ctor () [0x00000] 
  at VandalSniper.MainWindow.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000]

At first I thought I was missing /usr/lib/firefox/libgtkembedmoz.so, but it is there. Any help to resolve the problem would be gladly appreciated. Caim 06:54, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I have this problem too. --Michael WhiteT·C 15:25, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I also have this problem. Andrew_pmk | Talk 02:16, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
Have a look there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Crazycomputers/VandalSniper#Does_this_run_in_Windows_as_well_as_Linux.3F - btw, what is the current state of porting VS to de? --C-M ?! 18:26, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Try running VS like this: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/firefox/ ./vs.exe. In response to C-M, Windows is not currently a supported platform. As for interwiki support for VS, it's never going to happen since I'm not maintaining VS anymore. However most of its featureset is being rolled into WikiBench. Hopefully I will be releasing an alpha version soon. --Chris (talk) 04:36, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I am having the same problem listed above. I am running Ubuntu 7.10. I tried the solution here, but this is the output I see:
Thanks! Djk3 (talk) 20:32, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Edit to 1993.

Sorry about that. I don't actually know why I did that, I just put in the fact that I was born then. I also edited Jan the 14th with the same thing. I'll remove it if you want. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.255.0.230 (talk • contribs)

I understand. In fact a lot of editors do that, but that becomes a problem quickly. We can't have a list of every editor's birthday, especially when the person birthday isn't easily verified. --Chris (talk) 02:36, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Brian adams page

hello, I received your message regarding my edit of the Brian Adams page. I deleted that section of information because whomever put it there did a bad job with the specifics, and if you notice, the section I removed appears right over top of information I was interested in reading. I agree that an outright deletion of the material maybe was a bit excessive, but someone, (and not me, because I don't really know how to do it) needs to fix the page so that section doesn't obstruct any other information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.20.163.192 (talk • contribs)

That's not a problem, just make sure you use an edit summary to say why you're removing information, otherwise it can look like vandalism. --Chris (talk) 01:54, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Avenged Sevenfold

Hi Crazycomputers,

FYI.. I see you're one of the last contributors to the Avenged Sevenfold page. Looks like there has been some vandalism..

rgds, Graham.

That's what I was trying to clean up. --Chris (talk) 19:41, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

WP:CVU status

The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{inactive}} and/or {{historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 16:19, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Pssst... :)

Could you please be sure you're the one who did the reversion prior to warning a user? I've had to remove a few of your warnings from user pages that I was in the process of notifying, to be sure they didn't get double notices regarding blankings/etc. Don't take this the wrong way, I just hate to give any future Wikipedian editors double warnings, and I like to use my own for my own reverts, so if they have questions they can come to me to ask. Thanks! Ariel♥Gold 08:27, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

With my tool I apply the warning while the revert is happening to save time... unfortunately sometimes someone started their revert just before I did and this happens. --Chris (talk) 08:28, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
I understand that, but remember, tools don't exempt us from actions. I use Twinkle and/or VP to do my reverts, but I always, always check to see if I indeed was the one to revert, prior to issuing any warnings. All tools have the option to not issue a warning, and to check prior to warning if any issues are in place that would require other actions. I'm just urging you to use the tools with caution, rather than just hitting the button, again, I hope you don't take this negatively, as that's not the spirit with which it was intended. Thanks, Ariel♥Gold 08:31, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm not claiming that I'm exempt from anything, maybe it's just a different school of thought. If the same thing happens to me (I revert but someone else leaves a warning) I just leave it there since it's not really a big deal. Someone reverted, the vandal got a warning, everything is fine. The quicker we act the more edits we can check and the higher quality we can all keep the encyclopedia at, so I usually don't see such situations as a problem. I'm not taking offense to what you're saying and I do understand where you're coming from, but I guess my reaction is more along the lines of "does not compute." Cheers. --Chris (talk) 08:38, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'm sorry, I guess our styles are just different. For new users who obviously made a simple mistake, or made an offense that was not malicious, I consider standard templates quite impersonal, so I prefer to leave personalized messages, or custom notices. It is not about the speed at which I revert that matters to me, but about the impression Wikipedia gives to new users as a whole, and the way new users are greeted or treated when they make mistakes. Again, simply a difference of style. Ariel♥Gold 08:52, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Nod. You're welcome to clobber my warnings in any such situation, and I do try to keep this situation from happening but sometimes (when the lists are scrolling) it's all I can do to keep up. --Chris (talk) 08:53, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
I completely understand, I just didn't want you coming to me upset because I removed your warnings, lol. That's why I came to you to explain. :) Ariel♥Gold 08:58, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
P.S. that application you're developing/using looks intruiging. How is it working out for you compared to things like TW or VF/VP? Ariel♥Gold 08:59, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
It's in fact a rewrite of VandalSniper but in a more generic and extensible way, and VS was a feature-wise clone of VP targetted at the Linux desktop. So far I like it a lot; it makes things very quick and effortless. I have a newer shot that I have yet to upload to Wikipedia. --Chris (talk) 09:01, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I looked into VandalSniper, and while I could use VP, I personally don't like it all that much (plus it gives me constant run time errors), and prefer to idle in IRC or use VF, I guess because I have more control, but maybe it is just because that's what I started on, IRC. I tell you the nice thing I like on your new screenshot, is that "this article has been edited since it finished loaded" notice. That's sweet! I'm most impressed you're able to make stuff like that, (while I'm a software expert, I know nada about coding, lol). So, not knowing your tool, perhaps I owe you even more of an apology, and again I offer my most sincere apologies, but I get concerned because it seems more and more, these days people are biting others' heads off for reverting their notices/warnings, even when it was a valid double-warning issue, and I just felt I should say something rather than have you be angry at me and block me for it Ariel♥Gold 09:08, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

On the errors, that's another reason I decided to code my own tool. I've had very good luck with both VS and WB -- neither have had horrible crash bugs. At the most there will be some visual or logic glitch that's cake to fix.
And no apology necessary. Bringing it to me was a good thing for both of us, and I'd never block you for removing one of my warnings. That would be a violation of just about every policy in the book and wouldn't help anybody. --Chris (talk) 09:12, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Heh, perhaps, but I've watched that, and worse happen over the past two years, lol. The VP errors I get are known issues, and there's this little stand-alone app you can run, but it doesn't do it for me, not sure why, but it sure is an annoying issue, so I just use VF, which is okay, except for a few glitches (it resets the columns every time I start it, lol, annoying, I know, stupid to care about how stuff "looks", lol) Anyway, thank you for being so nice about this, sometimes I feel like I'll get my head bit off if I mention things like this, and you've been really sweet, so thanks. Ariel♥Gold 09:15, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
You'd be surprised how many of those minor annoyances have shaped some of the design choices I've made developing VS and WB.  :) And no problem, feel free to contact me about anything else. I promise I'll be nice.  :) --Chris (talk) 09:17, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Well now this makes TWO nice Chris people I know! Chrislk02 is just awesome, and granted, I lurked for a whole long time to read/learn/watch, it turns out you can only get some experience by doing, lol. Don't worry tho, I won't bug you (much) lol. Ariel♥Gold 09:38, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to bug me, but of course I might not be able to respond quickly if I'm busy. --Chris (talk) 09:40, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks...

... for directing me to the right page to report the abuse. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 09:19, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Hope the situation resolves. --Chris (talk) 09:20, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

About Wiikipedian

Hi, may I ask why you removed this user Wiikipedian from the AIV list without any action? He had repeated the same behavior after his final warning and is a persistent vandal so what is wrong with reporting him? --Kudret abi 10:09, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

His actions are not simple vandalism as defined in the policy page, therefore it's not appropriate to report him at AIV. Please use ANI instead. --Chris (talk) 10:10, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Given your implied permission on your contact page, I've posted our yahoo conversation on my talk page. Let me know if that's a problem— Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 20:21, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes that's fine, and in fact encouraged. I was going to post it here but got distracted. :S --Chris (talk) 01:00, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

220.239.56.240

I see you've had to block this IP recently

220.239.56.240 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log).

I've noted their behaviour mirrors that of another IP

211.30.232.229 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log),

also operating recently — the same nonsense about Herostratus, similar petty vandalism and tinkering with warning notices.

Thing is, I've been watching the Herostratus article for a while now, and on a couple of prior occasions, someone with a similar MO has turned up to mess with it. That, plus Google, has identified another three IPs prior to this

  1. 220.239.184.3 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
  2. 211.30.39.51 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
  3. 220.237.22.54 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

The point is that this Proj Herostratus stuff has been going on for a while now, which suggests someone with a shifting IP has been a serial vandal. I'm not sure it exactly counts as sockpuppetry, and there's no point in doing a vandalism report with the current block, so I'm wondering what I should do about this. Any help you can offer would be appreciated. --Mark H Wilkinson (t, c) 18:14, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

VandalSniper not working under Ubuntu 7.04

When I tried to run mono vs.exe, I got this error:

tom@tom-desktop:~/vandalsniper-63$ mono vs.exe

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for Gecko.WebControl ---> System.DllNotFoundException: /usr/lib/firefox/libgtkembedmoz.so 

 at (wrapper managed-to-native) Gecko.WebControl:gtk_moz_embed_get_type ()
 at Gecko.WebControl.get_GType () [0x00000]
 at GtkSharp.GeckoSharp.ObjectManager.Initialize () [0x00000]
 at Gecko.WebControl..cctor () [0x00000] --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

 at <0x00000> <unknown method>
 at VandalSniper.MainWindow.newBrowser (System.String url) [0x00000]
 at VandalSniper.MainWindow..ctor () [0x00000]
 at VandalSniper.MainWindow.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000]


Can you help me? --Gunny01 05:25, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

See the section on this page #Problem running VS in Ubuntu Feisty. --Chris (talk) 15:50, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Recent vandalism

Hi you posted a message for this IP about vandalism,I would just like to say to save peoples time fixing more vandalism from this IP just block this IP from posting because this IP belongs to a group of public school and its not going to stop. It took the admin last year 6 months to figure it out i thought i would just give you guys a heads up this year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.213.22.12 (talk) 17:43, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

C boolean type?

Does C99's _Bool (typedefed to bool via stdbool.h) not count as a Boolean type? Technically it's an integer type, but the semantics and rationale are such that I think that it could be construed as such. (This is in reference to the series of edits on the C Sharp article; it's sufficiently minor that I'm not going to revert, I'm just curious for your thoughts) Angus Lepper(T, C, D) 20:19, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

gcc does not seem to think that bool exists in C99:
chris@burke:~$ echo 'int main() { bool a = true; return a; }' | gcc -x c -std=c99 -
<stdin>: In function ‘main’:
<stdin>:1: error: ‘bool’ undeclared (first use in this function)
<stdin>:1: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
<stdin>:1: error: for each function it appears in.)
<stdin>:1: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘a’
<stdin>:1: error: ‘a’ undeclared (first use in this function)
Maybe gcc implements the C99 spec wrong? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? --Chris (talk) 07:11, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

you need to add #include <stdbool.h> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.100.17.24 (talk) 13:11, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I do not think includes define the language, they extend it. stdbool.h may well add a type that kind of acts like a boolean by defining false to 0 and true to 1 and such, but this doesn't seem to be part of the language at all. --Chris (talk) 21:36, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

VandalSniper

I saw that you were looking for a moderators, and I am absolutely, positivaly, sure that I can do the job. Please contact me with your answer. And if you are still unsure, I am going to let you know now, I was approved to use VandalProof and AWB, I was starting to use VandalSniper, but my Mac OSX shut down, and it seems like for good. Your Grace Lord Sir Dreamy of Buckland tm 21:53, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

incredible disruption (or not)

On this: this little twerp's behavior doesn't strike me as "incredibly disruptive". It's childish and irritating, mostly. (And it's pretty clear that there's no actual legal threat: he can barely create a single coherent paragraph, so his capacity for invoking the law, or even interesting hacks working for a local newspaper on a slow day, seems dubious.) Please think carefully before attaching words such as "incredibly" to this kind of thing; I'm sure it's well meant, but I fear it aggrandizes and thus feeds the particular troll. -- Hoary 23:18, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

I'd rather be safe than sorry in the face of potential legal action. If he's not serious then he's disrupting Wikipedia for no good reason... if he is serious then he's disrupting Wikipedia for whatever reason he believes he has. Either way it's intentional disruption. I give that it's probably not "incredibly" disruptive in this particular case, but I think we can agree that he knows what he's trying to do. --Chris (talk) 07:17, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

It's just bluster, and incoherent bluster at that. I'm more interested in the new SPA/IP who has just stepped in. He may be the same person as Mr 72-hour vacation -- the two certainly have trouble in spelling and vocabulary, my fave being the indignant claim that no information was "improprietary" (mind-boggling if we take it literally as "not proprietary"). But I think he's different, as there seems to be some effort and desire to show evidence. (Or perhaps he's the first person after the effect of a couple of beers wore off.) Somewhere amid the soapboxing I sense that there could be a point that's serious and worth acting on; I hope that these two people (this person) either write something worth while or get bored and go away. Meanwhile, I've posted a note to the Project Devon discussion page. -- Hoary 07:33, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I have blocked this other user as a sock, based on the fact that he started editing roughly 30 minutes after the previously blocked user stopped editing. The edit pattern is near identical and this new account voiced his approval with the first account's actions, which is typical sockpuppetry. I'd file a checkuser if it weren't so completely obvious. --Chris (talk) 20:09, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

User:Curatorpccgovuk

What a complete and utter waste of my and everyone else's time, eh? Ugh! Thanks for the sock-block. Good catch :) - Alison ❤ 08:30, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Oury Jalloh

Hi, I'm a bit puzzled that you put that article into question. Every sane person in Germany (I live here) knows that Jalloh was murdered by the police. So I'm not just a bit puzzled that you as a foreigner seem to know it all better. Can it be that the cause is racism? Just a question.

Hans —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.142.244.55 (talk) 20:54, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

The article is very one-sided and there are no sources. There are external links, but these are not cited inline, so it's difficult to know what came from what source. Please read up on WP:RS, WP:V, WP:NOR, and WP:NPOV. "Everybody knows" means that either everyone on the planet does, or someone is making an assumption.
Also please read up on WP:NPA. I quote:

Editors should be civil and adhere to good wiki etiquette when stating disagreements. Comments should not be personalized and should be directed at content and actions rather than people.

Your comment about me possibly being racist is unfounded and unwelcome. I am trying to build a better encyclopedia. I certainly don't "know it all better," but the article as it stands is either slanted or unreferenced. This is a legitimate concern; making personal attacks will not make this issue just go away. You can make it go away by improving the article to properly cite its sources while refraining from making judgments about the content of the sources (cf NPOV). --Chris (talk) 06:33, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

IRC cloak request

I am SerajewelKS on freenode and I would like the cloak wikimedia/SerajewelKS. Thanks. ----Chris (talk) 14:52, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Bug with range-block tool

Your range block tool is very useful. However, it is currently not picking up the anon-only status of blocks. Not a huge deal as there's a link to go to the block itself, but still, I thought you should know. --Yamla (talk) 20:21, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Bug with range-block tool

Your range block tool is very useful. However, it is currently not picking up the anon-only status of blocks. Not a huge deal as there's a link to go to the block itself, but still, I thought you should know. --Yamla (talk) 20:22, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Apparently this is important enough for me to post twice. I blame caffeine. --Yamla (talk) 20:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah this is a known bug that I've yet to care enough to fix.  :) But thanks for bringing it up anyway, maybe it will motivate me. --Chris (talk) 02:33, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Gettysburg

Hi - the use of "score" as a measure of anything went out with the 19th Century - you really don't think that Martin Luther King Jr, while standing in front of the statue of Lincoln, coincidentally used the formulation "five score"? Kaisershatner (talk) 22:36, 26 February 2008 (UTC) BTW I should also have said thanks for your housekeeping changes related to the refs, and copyediting. Thanks for that, and nice work. Kaisershatner (talk) 22:38, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Re Dr. King's speech, I'm not disputing that there is a connection (though I don't really see a strong one) but right now it's unsourced original research. I'm just requesting a reference for that claim.
(BTW, I'm going to copy this conversation to the article talk page where it should probably be continued.)
Re housekeeping, thanks for the compliment. A classmate and I were doing research for a group project and we both kept noticing little errors, so I figured I'd tidy things up a bit while we were there. I think we spent more time doing research for the article than for our 20-minute presentation.  :) --Chris (talk) 01:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

If you would prefer that version, that is fine. But with all due respect, the guideline states - the article may well discuss Wikipedia as an example, in a neutral tone, without specifically implying that the article in question is being read on — or is a part of — Wikipedia. If, in this framework, you link from an article to a specific Wikipedia page, use external link style so the link will make sense in any context. whereas the "see also" link in that article directly notes - Essjay's personal talk page on Wikipedia, with notice of retirement from the project. I think that makes it quite clear that the article is part of Wikipedia and therefore that guideline doesn't necessarily apply. IrishGuy talk 01:30, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

I've replied on your talk page. --Chris (talk) 01:34, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
I am not trying to argue with you. I was merely explaining my reasoning for altering the link. It didn't appear to fit that guideline to me. If I am incorrect, so be it. :) IrishGuy talk 01:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Kakeass

Sounds fine with me.   jj137 (talk) 21:44, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Vegitle

Did you not see the contributions that the user had made? All of them were to include his website, a blatant offense. Do you really think he's going to take your warning seriously? CoolKid1993 (talk) 03:21, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Users have apologized in the past when presented with a warning and stopped by themselves. WP:AGF is a guideline, and should not be something you switch off when you feel like it. --Chris (talk) 03:22, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, I guess I'll be contacting you guys again soon then, the next time he decides to advertise his worthless forum. CoolKid1993 (talk) 03:25, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Surely you can object to the spamming of his site without making such uncivil comments about it? --Chris (talk) 03:27, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Prod

C'mon, you know removed prods cannot be replaced! -- Y not be working? 18:57, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't think a week-long debate over this will help in this instance. I've protected the split-off article until we can reach a consensus on the talk page, seeing as there's an edit war brewing already. --Chris (talk) 18:59, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Silda Wall Spitzer

Can you semi prot the above, it is getting spillover? KnightLago (talk) 19:33, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Done. --Chris (talk) 19:36, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal

You fully protected this as a redirect (its history has since been deleted) when it was a two-sentence sub-stub. Subsequent editing within the main article has fully fleshed out this section into an article that is appropriate in scope, fully (exhaustively) referenced, and unquestionably notable. Additionally, the main article is overlength; subpaging is needed. Would you please remove protection from this title to permit recreation of the article? Since you were the protecting admin, I have asked you first, but I will go to WP:RPP to ask for unprotection if I don't receive a response. Thank you. Horologium (talk) 18:30, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Done, have at it. :) --Chris (talk) 20:51, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. Horologium (talk) 21:18, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

one year block on anonymous editing

One of the things mentioned on the Wikipedia page blocking editing from 198.83.124.253 was the possibility of a year long block on anonymous editing from this I.P. Who would I contact to have this put in place? I teach at BMCC and am aware that we have a problem with on-line vandalism. We are a very large two year college with computer labs in several different departments, not all of which are equally closely supervised. There is no academic reason for any of our students to be editing anonymously; and if they have reason to edit anonymously for some non-academic purpose it is not our responsibility to provide them with Internet access to do so; in fact, it is against my department's policy to provide students wit non-course related access. Such a one year block would be doing everyone a service (and it will probably have to be renewed from year to year.) Who do I contact? Robert Greer (talk) 21:52, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't think that this is standard procedure, and per WP:SELFBLOCK I doubt it would be permissible to do this. In addition, you are essentially requesting that we block other users. If the disruption from this IP does not stop, it will probably reach a one-year block relatively quickly. --Chris (talk) 14:37, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
I understand but can only say, the sooner the better! The temporary blocks on editing brought about by our black hat students' anonymous vandalism prevent our white hat students from registering. Robert Greer (talk) 14:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
The one-year block would prevent registration anyway, so even if I were to block it for one year the students with good intentions would need to use unblock-en-l or some other means to create an account. --Chris (talk) 19:05, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey Chris

Chris you sound like you're a nice guy. Just thought you could use a little lift up. God Bless —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.43.195.2 (talk) 17:29, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Peedon17

Sure, no problem (He did understand the reason for the block, I hope?) Daniel Case (talk) 15:51, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Terman page

Hey, you warned me not to vandalise the Terman Middle School page, but it wasn't me. I've never seen the Terman page until just now, but I just got a new computer and IP address, so I'm guessing that's why I got the warning? If there's any way so that I'm not permanantly (and wrongfully) barred just because of my new IP address, that would be great. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.141.237.176 (talk) 00:21, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually, getting a new computer likely has nothing to do with the new IP address. It's more probable that your ISP reassigned IP addresses recently and you got one that was used by a vandal. If you have no intention of editing Wikipedia then you do not need to do anything -- a block only affects editing privileges. If you would like to edit, just set up an account. If you get assigned a blocked IP address later then you can just log in and continue to edit. --Chris (talk) 12:45, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

unblock-en-l mentioned in thread

In this thread, I mention a blocked user apparently getting no reply to an unblock request mail. Bovlb (talk) 16:12, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism Help

I remove vandalism and the rollback feature would really help. Thank You. --Megapen (talk) 20:47, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Done. --Chris (talk) 23:12, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Barnstars

Is there a Resilience Barnstar?. Chubbennaitor 16:06, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Yup, {{The Resilient Barnstar}}. --Chris (talk) 17:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Great work..

The Technology Barnstar
For your excellent online support and for WATCHLISTBOT. It rocks! Prashanthns (talk) 01:07, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, much appreciated! --Chris (talk) 13:53, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

fox hunting

hey no problem =] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.72.101 (talk • contribs)

WatchlistBot on Arabic wikipedia

Hi, this Bassem from the arabic wikipedia. i want to run WatchlistBot on ar.wiki. so please, can i use your code. or any other available way to do that. thanks. --Bassem JARKAS (talk) 16:03, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Eventually I want it to be truly inter-wiki so you'll be able to use the existing WatchlistBot to watch articles on any project. --Chris (talk) 15:13, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
i can run one with the same code, if you don't mind. we have 24/7 running server in Germany. --Bassem JARKAS (talk) 06:49, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

VandalSniper

Hi, I am trying to get VS working on Ubuntu, (8.04) and I get this message: null@Pisces:~$ mono ./Desktop/vs.exe BOOTING GRE booting the glue!!!

      • successfully loaded standalone glue

Exception in Gtk# callback delegate 

 Note: Applications can use GLib.ExceptionManager.UnhandledException to handle the exception.

System.DllNotFoundException: jscallglue.dll 

 at (wrapper managed-to-native) AspNetEdit.JSCall.CommandManager:ExecuteScript (intptr,string)
 at AspNetEdit.JSCall.CommandManager.JSEval (System.String script) [0x00000] 
 at VandalSniper.MainWindow.on_mozBrowser_NetStop (System.Object o, System.EventArgs e) [0x00000] 
 at GLib.Signal.voidObjectCallback (IntPtr handle, IntPtr data) [0x00000] 
  at GLib.ExceptionManager.RaiseUnhandledException(System.Exception e, Boolean is_terminal)
  at GLib.Signal.voidObjectCallback(IntPtr handle, IntPtr data)
  at GLib.Signal.voidObjectCallback(IntPtr , IntPtr )
  at Gtk.Application.gtk_main()
  at Gtk.Application.gtk_main()
  at Gtk.Application.Run()
  at VandalSniper.MainWindow..ctor()
  at VandalSniper.MainWindow.Main(System.String[] args)

Any Ideas? Thanks, TheDJAtClubRock :-) (T/C) 23:42, 7 June 2008 (UTC).

Hey

My edit of James Dolan's page is based on factual information and is not libelous. So why are you acting scared? He was in fact voted the worst owner in the NBA in an SI players poll, and he is hated my most if not all Knicks fans, so his page probably shouldn't make him look like a fucking saint. Unblock me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.121.221.166 (talk • contribs)

You are not blocked. However, before re-inserting your material I would suggest that you read Wikipedia:BLP#Sources. If you can source your edit then it is marginally ok to put back in. --Chris (talk) 22:56, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Atlantic Records

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. The article has been reverted. --David —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whodhu (talk • contribs) 19:25, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: User:202.45.119.134

It was 202.45.119.45:8080. Spellcast (talk) 02:49, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Restored original block. Spellcast (talk) 02:57, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeardley Smith‎

I never edited that page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.249.112.74 (talk) 22:23, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Someone else who was assigned the same IP address as you a few weeks ago did. You may ignore the message. --Chris (talk) 23:59, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Working Man's Barnstar
for your tireless work on unblock-en-l. - Philippe 22:16, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

VandalSniper and Arch

The required packages don't match up with available packages for Arch Linux, so I'm not sure if I have everything installed or not. Error output is posted at the VandalSniper talk page. DarkAudit (talk) 17:41, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Vandal Sniper

What do I do? It says on AGK's talk page that he is retired - nz26 Talk | Contribs | Email | Editor Review 04:14, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Interesting, he didn't tell me about it. I'll review the pending list soon. --Chris (talk) 04:10, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Rollback?

user Sim would like to petition for Rollback privileges. I see a lot of minor vandalism while perusing technical or legal articles, with large walls of text or computer code; the kids like to stick random swear words in the middle of the code, and/or move things around in an apparently humorous fashion, because people tend not to proofread such things very well, so they often go unrecognized for a while, until someone actually needs the code/pseudocode. Then it all breaks down. Rollback would make it less tedious to undo multiple such entries. (They usually start with something small, and then make braver vandalism changes as no one notices, until they are deleting large sections of the page. Of course, I watch the boring articles that no one reads for weeks at a time, so that may factor into it.)

I have been a Wikipedian for years, way back when I was editing the pokemon articles as a kid, so I feel I can be trusted with such responsibility.

Thank you for your time.

Help, does not run!

Hello, I am using openSUSE 10.2, and VandalSniper will not run, when I double-click the icon in GNOME, it does nothing, and when I call it with an xterm, I get an error message reading: 

bash: ./vs: cannot execute binary file

Can you help? Oldlaptop321 (talk) 20:13, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

I assume you mean ./vs.exe? Anyway, you will need Mono installed to run VandalSniper. If you do have it installed then try running it like "mono vs.exe" instead and see what happens. --Chris (talk) 02:56, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Where do I get Mono? (Oh, and I did mean ./vs.exe, I renamed it as it was trying to run the application with my virtualizing app.) Addenum: Never mind, I think I found it. :) Oldlaptop321 (talk) 01:29, 27 May 2009 (UTC)