en User talk:Epbr123 Archive 4

Hello & Welcome !!!

I think you would like to be an EDITOR of this page... Welcome to Prince of Persia : Prodigy !!!

Enjoy !!! – Deb ‖ Poke • EditList ‖ 18:54, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Huggle problem?

Hi Epbr123, first many thanks for reverting the recent vandalism to the Woz article. However something seems to have gone wrong with the Huggle warning. the template name is huggle/warn-4 not huggle/warning-4. Thought you'd like to know about it. Best, Gwernol 14:10, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I'll try to get it sorted. Epbr123 (talk) 14:16, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Peer Review help

Thank you for you work as a peer review volunteer. Since March, there has been a concerted effort to make sure all peer review requests get some response. Requests that have gone three days or longer without a substantial response are listed at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog. I have three requests to help this continue.

1) If you are asked to do a peer review, please ask the person who made the request to also do a review, preferably of a request that has not yet had feedback. This is fairly simple, but helps. For example when I review requests on the backlog list, I close with Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). Yours, ...

2) While there are several people who help with the backlog, lately I have been doing up to 3 or 4 peer reviews a day and can not keep this up much longer. We need help. Since there are now well over 100 names on the PR volunteers page, if each volunteer reviewed just one PR request without a response from the list each month, it would easily take care of the "no response" backlog. To help spread out the load, I suggest those willing pick a day of the month and do a review that day (for example, my first edit was on the 8th, so I could pick the 8th). Please pick a peer review request with no responses yet, if possible off the backlog list. If you want, leave a note on my talk page as to which day you picked and I will remind you each month.

3) I have made some proposals to add some limits to peer review requests at Wikipedia_talk:Peer_review#Proposed_limits. The idea is to prevent any one user from overly burdening the process. These seem fairly reasonable (one PR request per editor per day, only four total PR requests per editor at a time, PR requests with cleanup banners can be delisted (like GAN quick fail), and wait two weeks to relist a PR request after it is archived), but have gotten no feedback in one week. If you have any thoughts on these, please weigh in.

Thanks again for your help and in advance for any assistance with the backlog. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:25, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good article nomination of Canterbury

Hey, I've been referred to you to possibly assist in the promotion of Canterbury to good article status. I hear you're one of the best to ask for help. As you can see on the talk page, the article needs substantial changes before it's promoted. I for one am extremely busy with exams at the moment and would appreciate all the help you could provide. Thanks, ——Ryan | t • c 21:38, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'd be happy to help. Thankfully, it had a good reviewer so we know exactly what we need to do, but there's a lot to do so we might not get it done within the on-hold period. Epbr123 (talk) 21:45, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I will assist tomorrow afternoon, as I have a 2 day gap between exams. Thanks for helping! ——Ryan | t • c 22:32, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! I have just been glancing through some of the articles I have edited in the past, and see that the Canterbury article has had a facelift and an article status review. I notice that, in the discussion leading up to that, there was the insistence that every "Notable person" must be given a reference. I have just been through two other articles (one of which was Chichester) where there was no mention whatsoever of notable people. Many other articles I have come across take all such people away from the main article, by the use of an alphabetic list, so I went through the "What links here" and compiled one. I can see that the main article should follow the "how to write about settlements" mantra that lists should be avoided, but if, as happens now under Canterbury, the so-called prose simply says "the most notable people are a, b, c, d ..." then that surely is just a list written as a sentence? I also fail to see why each of them should be referenced, when they all have their own article - which should have enough references to satisfy anyone? Just look at the Christopher Marlowe reference - you will see it only refers to the Theatre, whereas his own article has 27 of them!

I find this what appears to be constant tinkering with the rules somewhat off-putting, and wonder where this came in? Is it just because of the phobia about lists in this case? Regards Peter Shearan (talk) 07:00, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. The convention is for city articles to have a section on its most well-known notable people, with a more comprehensive list on a separate article. The notable people section of the Canterbury article is a bit more than just a list written as a sentence, as it also explains how each person is related to the city. This isn't the case for List of people from Chichester, for example. Each of the people needs to be referenced because we can't be sure that their individual articles will and always will contain a reference that they lived in Canterbury. In Marlowe's case, the reference was possibly unnecessary, but not for the others. Regards Epbr123 (talk) 10:24, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, understood Peter Shearan (talk) 13:02, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would appreciate some feedback ...

on the genetic code talk page before the figure being discussed is inserted. Doug youvan (talk) 02:43, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Man, do you ever deserve this...

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I've got to hand it to you, you are really fast with Huggle. I can't even tell you how many times I've been beaten by you today. Seriously man, you are incredibly good a reverting vandalism. Keep up the awesome job! Thingg ^⊕^⊗ 19:16, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much. Keep up the good work yourself. Epbr123 (talk) 19:17, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to echo that. =) Thanks for helping with the BroHa edits. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 18:01, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Same here, i echo the above. And given a crat' has asked you for RFA below, you really must be a great user. Roadrunnerz45 ^{(talk 2 me)} 10:16, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch!

Happy Editing! — 151.200.237.53 (talk · contribs) _{14:13, 3 June 2008 (UTC)}[reply]

RfA?

I was wondering if you felt ready to have another go at running at RfA? If you are interested and would like, I would be willing to nominate you. WjBscribe 16:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll need to give it a couple of days thought first, but thanks for the offer. Epbr123 (talk) 16:52, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You'll have my support, that's for sure ——Ryan | t • c 10:21, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you had another RfA, I'd certainly support, as last time. Good luck. Rudget (Help?) 15:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WJBscribe would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact WJBscribe to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Epbr123 2. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

Nomination is up. Have a go at the optional questions and then transclude it. Good luck. WjBscribe 16:03, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27301926@N02/2548976366/sizes/o/ Oh yeah!! Keep up the good work! Thingg ^⊕^⊗ 17:59, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Te he. It's a shame it was deleted really. I'd like my own article. Epbr123 (talk) 18:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice! I was reverting vandalism and found my username a few times in articles earlier today, where it said "Gary King is an X" basically, or "GK is an X". Gary King is already taken, so I guess the same thing won't be happening to me any time soon :p Gary King (talk) 21:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good Luck

Best of luck with your RfA; looking good so far :) ——Ryan | t • c 10:24, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I'm late, I didn't check my RFA chart for some time. Would you mind if I did a late co-nom? bibliomaniac 1 5 00:35, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'd be delighted. Many thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 00:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

May I pile-on the co-nom? It will look weird if I didn't do co-nom this time when you have improved a lot since 3 months ago. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 03:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, go ahead. Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 10:28, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your RFA

Best of luck for your RFA -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - 11:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

International vandalism

Dear "colleague",

I came across User talk:78.13.246.24, where you posted a final warning. Just to let you know: this is a cross-wiki vandal who is emptying articles on Wikipedia throughout the world. Just check Special:Contributions/78.13.246.24 and compare it to e.g. nl:Speciaal:Bijdragen/78.13.246.24...

On Dutch Wikipedia I blocked this vandal for one day now, but a cross-wiki block wouldn't be such a bad idea if you ask me. Anyway, feel free to block this IP now ;)

Kind regards,

Erik1980 (talk) 20:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC) (sysop on Dutch Wikipedia)[reply]

Aftoater

Hello Epbr123, do you recall where Aftoater came from? I don't see it at the stated coordinates and there doesn't seem to be anything about it on Google books, which is rather worrying. Angus McLellan (Talk) 12:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dashes

Hi Epbr123. I've have been redirected here by SandyGeorgia. Could you give the article Emmy Noether a look ragarding dashes (or any other style and prose problem)? Cheers, Randomblue (talk) 17:55, 6 June 2008 (UTC).[reply]

Dates in refs question

Hi. A few weeks ago you changed some but not all of the dates in the references of Assata Shakur from "Year, Month Day" to "[[Month Day]], [[Year]]" with the edit summary "MoS". I have since added more references in the former format. My preference is for the former because the year is generally far more important for the readers than the day and month (and this is how every college professor that I've had so far has asked me to do dates in footnotes for news articles) and becuase I find the wiki-linking to be over-crowding and unecessary (articles about dates and years are notoriously uninformative to readers; I know that wiki-linking the month and day allows readers to customize their date their preferences for how the date is displayed, but I think the utility of this is minized in a footnote and does not outweigh the cost of creating an orgy of blue text).

I wanted to check with you before I change the references one way or the other. Could you more specifically refer me to the imprimatur in the MoS that you were working from. I've noticed that there are featured articles which employ a variety of reference styles, so it's hard for me to believe the MoS is too determinate on this question. If any additional rationale you had for the change has eluded me, please let me know. Savidan 20:47, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. According to WP:MOSNUM#Full date formatting, the same date format should be used in the main text, footnotes and references of each article. So all the dates in the article should either all be linked or all be unlinked. Epbr123 (talk) 21:01, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you're referring to but I can't for the life of me figure out why that is desirable. For example, nearly every article uses "Retrieved on 2008-05-09." for access dates, but such a format is unthinkable in the main text...Thanks anyway. Savidan 21:06, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: My RfA

Thank you for clarifying your position. Below I explain my position, and what would convince me to change my vote to support.

I am greatly distraught at the slow but steady creep of policies, guidelines, rules, and codes of conduct on WP, and the nearly complete emasculation of IAR (it transformed from a guiding principle to a small tool to overcome occasional technicalities). One of WP's great strengths used to be the bottom-up nature of editing decisions (is this specific edit better or worse for this specific article), but that is now being steamrolled by top-down imposition of global rules and guidelines, to the detriment of the encyclopedia. For example,

There is a growing class of very long articles in desperate need of splitting. The reason they aren't split is that editors are afraid the sub-article will be deleted, as WP:N would have it. The splittable material is important, but not independently important.
Generally good, knowledgable editors get a little hotheaded one day, break one of the ever increasing "incivility" codes, and get banned. These people are the lifeblood of the project - people who add the majority of content to articles - and we are banning them by the thousands. Why do you think there are so few wikidragons these days? By the way, what's even worse is the case where 2 wikipedians get into a dispute, and the more politically connected wikipeidan pours through the rules to find a "incivility rule" to bust the other guy on. This happens way more than you might think.
Useful templates that add to articles are getting deleted since they don't fit one of the prescribed "appropriate uses" of template space. The discussion at TfD generally goes,

Nom: "Delete: misuse of template space per RULE 8345b12",
Editors of the article: "yeah, true it doesnt fit the rules, but it actually helps this particular article out.",
Several people who lurk deletion discussions but haven't edited the particular article in question: "Delete per nom."
Closing admin: "Result was Delete: keep voters failed to make policy-based argument for keeping".

In other words, the poor foresight of the people who made the template rules is hurting actual articles.

In order for me to support you as an admin, I need to be sure that you will not contribute to global instruction creep and the destruction of IAR. There are 2 ways you can convince me to support. 1) You can demonstrate that you share my views on the subject. 2) You can convince me that, while you disagree with me, you will not use your admin powers nor your extra social influence to promote harmful top-down applications of global rules. AfD hero (talk) 01:24, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I do agree with your first point, and an example I can use to demonstrate this was my vehement opposition to the deletion of Eiffel Tower in popular culture. This was a topic that was acceptable as a section of an article, but not deemed acceptable as its own article. When I said I wanted WP:CIVIL to be clarified, I meant it should move more towards what the community's opinion of civility is, which is that each incident of supposed incivility should be judged with common sense and on a case-by-case basis. It should be more closer to this essay. Regarding your third point, I don't have much involvement with TfD, but would agree that a template should be kept if it helped a particular article. Epbr123 (talk) 04:59, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I seem to have misjudged you. I've changed my position to support. Good luck. AfD hero (talk) 19:20, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I urge you not to follow the advice given to you above. The great improvement of Wikipedia is the adoption of some definite rules, instead of the use of IAR as equivalent to ILIKEIT. In order for many of us to support anyone as admin, we need to know that you will use IAR only when it is absolutely unavoidable. It can be an argument for anything at all. Unless the goal of it has complete consensus it tends to mean improve the encyclopedia the way I want it to be, regardless of the rules the community has established by consensus. Consistency, not improvisation. DGG (talk) 20:21, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, basically I think the guidelines should be followed unless common sense dictates otherwise. I don't think this opinion is too different from either your's or AfD Hero's. Epbr123 (talk) 20:46, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DGG, what you suggest (adopting more and more rules for everything and virtually never using IAR), is contrary to the core foundations of Wikipedia. If you think that makes the project better, fine (maybe it would?). If thats what you think, then work to demote IAR and BURO from policy to guidelines, rather than promoting the current situation where lip service is paid to IAR and BURO but they are toothless in practice. AfD hero (talk) 21:13, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

another RfA

Hiya, I'm finally ready to go ahead with my RfA, for which you nominated me some time ago. I realise you're rather busy at the moment with your own - remarkable - RfA, but when you have a chance I'd be happy to start with mine. Thanks again - and good luck! Pinkville (talk) 02:43, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for answering

Thanks for answering my Question in your RfA. I decided to give you a support. {Hellboy2hell (Want to talk?) 11:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)}[reply]

And do please contact me

Please contact me if your RfA is succesful. {Hellboy2hell (talk to me!) 11:08, 8 June 2008 (UTC)}[reply]

Yep. Thanks for the support. Epbr123 (talk) 11:12, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Leonardo (Disambiguation)

Do you have noticed that on the disamb page the vandalism (intentionally mispelled) in reference to Leonardo da Vinci ? I'm removing it... Best regards from Italy, dott.Piergiorgio (talk) 22:01, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks. It's too late to warn the vandal though. Epbr123 (talk) 22:08, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FAC MoS help

Your name came up here as a person I could ask regarding the use of WP:HYPHEN, so I am leaving this message to ask if you would check the article Montana class battleship and ensure that the article is HYPHEN compliant, and if not, get back to me with needed fixes. Thanks in advance. TomStar81 (Talk) 23:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Well done, and well deserved. Kbthompson (talk) 18:08, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

congratulations

A consensus has been reached by your peers that you should be an admin. I have made it so. Please review Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list and keep up the great work. Sincerely, Kingturtle (talk) 18:12, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I knew you could do it. Wield your tools boldly, but do not rush into the role. bibliomaniac 1 5 18:28, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations from me, Epbr123. Here's a link to the school for new admins, and here is your new shirt. Good luck. Acalamari 18:29, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well done from me too. Sorry I missed out on "making it so" myself! Enjoy, and don't hesitate to give me a shout if you need anything. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:30, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Feel free to transclude or copy my admin dashboard somewhere. You may find it handy, depending on your intended administrative focus. xenocidic (talk) 19:08, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well done, could do with more people like you as admins. Congratulations ——Ryan | t • c 21:22, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! Now we another admin at GA. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 21:36, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations from me as well! Now you'll have admin stuff to do so you don't beat me to Huggle reverts as often. :D Cheers, Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 21:39, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And additional congratulations on having made more edits to the English Wikipedia (14,765) than any other human contributor in the thirty-day run-up to the most-recent generation of the list of Wikipedians by number of edits! Definitely someone who will find the mop and bucket handy! :) GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 21:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yay! Congrats, well deserved! :) PeterSymonds (talk) 21:58, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on your successful request for adminship ... -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - 07:42, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Félicitations/Congrats. Do you really get a t-shirt? ;~) Well done, and see you soon! Pinkville (talk) 22:20, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on the successful RfA! Hope you're doing well with the tools! SchfiftyThree 00:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Soccer player speedy tags

Hello. None of those players are notable for their own article and the redirect serves no purpose. It was my expectation that they met the CSD criteria since the articles consists of nothing other than the redirect. Is it possible to relist them under CSD or do you have another recommendation? Best regards. Jogurney (talk) 12:09, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, in my opinion, the redirects do serve a purpose, as the club article contains some basic information about these players, which a reader searching for these players may find useful. Epbr123 (talk) 12:14, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for MOS check in FAC

Hi Epbr123, could I ask for a big favor at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Worlds End State Park? SandyGeorgia found some MOS issues with it, which are detailed on the FAC page. I believe that I have corrected the problems Sandy noted, but she suggested you might be able to help, so if you are able, I would appreciate your taking a look at the article. It has five supports and no opposes, so the MOS issues are the only known problem. Thanks in advance for any help, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:45, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PS Congratulations on your RfA! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:54, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for the MOS fixes on Worlds End State Park. Please let me know if there is ever anything I can do for you, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 11:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

	<font=3> Thanks for your extremely helpful MOS edits on Worlds End State Park, which made Featured Article today! Dincher (talk) and Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 00:06, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My edit on "Dwarf"

I am very sorry! :* —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.114.249 (talk) 22:23, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bot query

Epbr, do you have a bot/script that will delink all the solo years at History of the Roman Catholic Church? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:19, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA

Don't Mention It. Hellboy2hell (talk) 02:19, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Stephanie Biddle

An article that you have been involved in editing, Stephanie Biddle, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephanie Biddle. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Eastmain (talk) 06:25, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for MOS check in FAC

Hello. I have submitted the article Angus Lewis Macdonald for featured article status. SandyGeorgia suggested I ask you for a MOS check because there are errors of logical punctuation, as well as problems with layout and italics. I'd be very grateful if you would do this MOS check for me. Many thanks! Bwark (talk) 14:29, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion request

I tagged Paris Hilton's Dog for CSD, which you declined; I have now moved the page to Paris Hilton's dog as per WP:TITLE and would again like you to delete the page please. Thanks. ~ Jafet _{Speaker of many words} 18:15, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that it warrants deletion, as it's plausible that someone might search for "Paris Hilton's dog". I've changed the redirect to Paris Hilton#Personal life, which is the section that mentions the dog. Epbr123 (talk) 18:42, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm? Well there are now two titles differing only in the capitalization of "dog", and according to WP:TITLE "dog" should be lowercased as it is not a proper noun. So I requested that you delete the original all-capitalized title leaving the lowercased title as the redirect. I hope you see what I am getting at. ~ Jafet _{Speaker of many words} 08:00, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects don't need to follow WP:TITLE, as one of their actual purposes is to redirect titles that don't follow WP:TITLE to ones that do. For example, Paris hilton redirects to Paris Hilton. The main purpose of redirects is to help readers search for articles, and it's plausible that someone may search for Paris Hilton's Dog, as well as Paris Hilton's dog. Epbr123 (talk) 09:10, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see then. Thanks anyway. ~ Jafet _{Speaker of many words} 17:47, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

American Airlines Flight 11

Do you have time to check this one over? In particular, I saw some WP:PUNC logical quotation issues, but there may be more. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:57, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

full-stop tension

Where a single quote includes internal full-stops, I'm more likely to assume that the last portion of text is actually a complete sentence in the original; in that case, the example above is correct, and we just put up with the fact that the higher-level WP sentence in which the quote is embedded loses its own full-stop (two jostling full-stops, even separated by the closing quotation-marks, would be worse). Tony (talk) 02:47, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what any of that means; I guess that's why I ask Epbr123 to check WP:PUNC. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:50, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MoS copyedit request

Hi Epbr123. I rewrote 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, and I hope to send it off to GAN and FAC before too long. If you have time, would you mind giving it a look and checking for MoS breaches? Thanks, Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 19:27, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked vandal changing talk page comments

Hi, a vandal that you just blocked is repeatedly vandalizing the warnings on his own talk page and making personal attacks in edit summaries. See this edit [[1]]. It looks like blocking from the talk page as well is in order. --Loonymonkey (talk) 23:27, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid it's not possible to block people from editing their own talk page. Epbr123 (talk) 23:34, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It could possibly be protected for a certain period of time to prevent that user from vandalising their talk page. SchfiftyThree 23:36, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you're right. They seem to have stopped now though, so I'll leave it unless they start again. Epbr123 (talk) 23:45, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The same vandal is using a different IP to do the same edits now. I'm curious to get your opinion as to what if anything can be done. This guy shows up pretty much every day and vandalizes these pages and then vandalizes the warnings and attacks editors. All of the IP addresses come from within a certain range of AOL IPs, but change often. Can the range be blocked? It seems a shame to semi-protect all these pages for just one person. --Loonymonkey (talk) 01:31, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Range blocks can only be used as a last resort, as they can affect large numbers of uninvolved users. Also, they can only be very short-term blocks, so they wouldn't be much use against persistant daily vandalism from a user. According to the Rangeblock-Calculator, up to 4,000,000 users could be affected if I blocked the entire range that vandal's been using. Epbr123 (talk) 10:33, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Message from yourself

Hi, I just got this message : Current revision

[edit] June 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Luiz Felipe Scolari has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 20:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC

This was very strange as i've never even heard of that, it definitely wasn't done by myself or this PC/Computer on this network.

Please can you look into this & ammend it? I'm guessing it's some IP mix up or something but I can assure you 110% it was not done from here, I have no idea what Luiz Felipe Scolari is in my entire life lol

The vandalism definitely came from the IP address that you are currently using (see Special:Contributions/93.96.219.152, from June 11). Consider creating an account so you don't receive these errant warnings from people who have previously used the IP address you are assigned. xenocidic (talk) 16:51, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Trump Chicago

You have recently edited Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago). There is a current discussion at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) about its prospect as a featured article. Feel free to participate.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:25, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fantastic!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I'm awarding you this barnstar because I can't hardly keep up with you, and I thought I was good! Very well done. Thanks for all your help! Carter \| Talk to me 10:57, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much. Epbr123 (talk) 11:48, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why the revert?

Why the revert on the history of Germany article? The link I removed hardly seems to meet the reliable sources criterion. Bytwerk (talk) 13:20, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, sorry, I missed the intervening edit that you reverted. Apologies. Bytwerk (talk) 13:24, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

different kind of newbie

FA thanks

Don't let my delinquency diminish your perception of my appreciation for your assistance. You may want to add the following somewhere:

This user helped promote Tyrone Wheatley to featured article status.

--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:24, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nick Fearby CSD

Hi. regarding the speedy on this article, I submitted it as G1 (nonsense), but you deleted it as A7 (notability). In circumstances like this, where the article is about a person (who may or may not actually exist), but is complete rubbish, does A7 have 'precedence' over G1 ? I'm guessing that, because it was a (bad) vanity article, the person does exist, but in future, should biographical articles like this always be submitted under A7 ? Just curious :-) CultureDrone (talk) 11:50, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Firstly, G1 only applies to articles that are totally incomprehensible, for example, they contain the text "hdeju e4yyy3wd". If the article looks like a hoax, G3 (vandalism) is more appropriate. In the case above, either G3 or A7 would have been appropriate, as it's probable that the person was real. In hindsight, G3 would probably have been more appropriate than A7, although A7 wasn't wrong. Epbr123 (talk) 11:59, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :-) CultureDrone (talk) 12:01, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Day of Summer!

Just wishing you a wonderful First Day of Summer 2008! Mifter (talk)

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Request

I've just nominated the Elaine Paige article for featured article, and it has been suggested to me that I should ask you to do a quick MOS check on the article. If you could possibly find some time to do this, it would be a massive help! Many thanks, Eagle Owl (talk) 20:35, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for your time. Eagle Owl (talk) 13:04, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello User:Epbr123, my name is Rahul Zinta (Bollywood Dreamz) and I came across your name on Kareena Kapoor's edit history. I noticed that you've significantly contributed to 5 GA's and 8 FA's, and was wondering if you could help me copyedit Kapoor's article. After doing some copyedits, I was going to start a peer review for the article and ultimately nominating it for a GA. That is as far as I would like the article to go. Could you please help me as I would really appreciate it?? Regards --Bollywood Dreamz ^Talk 20:31, 22 June 2008

Hi. Yes, I'll look at it later today or tomorrow. Epbr123 (talk) 20:36, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article is in serious need of some copyediting!! Thanks for your help!! I really appreciate it!! Regards --Bollywood Dreamz ^Talk 21:30, 22 June 2008

Hey, Epbr, would you mind looking over American Airlines Flight 77 and Cold War if you have a chance? I left comments on both FACs, but I see the nominators haven't requested your help, and I'm not sure all issues have been addressed correctly. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:43, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Donald Bradman

Hi. This FAC is close to passing, but Sandy Georgia thinks it could do with one of your famous MOS run throughs. Would you oblige? Thanks in advance! --Dweller (talk) 09:53, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tyvm! --Dweller (talk) 11:20, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your e-mails

Note to outside parties: Please do not reply to this subject/thread. I aim to have this conversation between Epbr123 and I in an public back and forth, since this issue is now public, for all intents and purposes. Please respect this, thank you. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Mail Me} 00:28, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Epbr,

In the interests of transparency, I would like to have our communications via our talk pages. If that is OK by you, please let me know. I am more than willing to discuss this issue openly, and I would like to get this settled as soon as humanly possible. This is a particularly nasty situation, particularly for you as a recently promoted admin.

Rest assured that I was sincere in my congratulation of your accomplishment of achieving administrator status, as well as my willingness to help you (and any other member of WP or the WMF) track down any impersonator within my ability to do so. As I have noted, I have been the victim of scumbags who have impersonated me on the internet, and the damage they can inflict is substantive beyond even your belief.

I would very much appreciate it if you offer your replies, questions, and other concerns via this talk page (or mine, but I would like to keep everything in one place so as to maintain a continuity). I do not think it is in either of our best interests to communicate via e-mail. It is nothing personal, but since this issue is out in the open now, I believe my request for transparency in this matter is reasonable. If you do not feel this way, please let me know. Thank you. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Mail Me} 00:28, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: I would also like to apologize for publishing your e-mail address in public. Had I any hard evidence that it was your e-mail address, I would have withheld it. I had no way of knowing this. However, I have no such strictures for scumbags who impersonate people on the internet, and will publish their e-mail addresses without a second thought. By the way, personally, I detest hotmail and I really don't know why people still use it... Hotmail is part of the Web 1.0 stone age. I remember using that, oh, in 1995 and it was despised even then! LOL -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Mail Me} 00:35, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Joe, I accept your explanation. I don't have much else to say really, except that I'm sorry for the disruption caused. Epbr123 (talk) 01:10, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful. I'm glad that we're able to work this out. Good luck in your future endeavors! -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Mail Me} 01:33, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Userpage protection

Your userpage seems to come under a lot of vandalism. Would you like some permanent semi-protection, or would you prefer to let 'em take their anger out on it? –xenocidic (talk) 17:11, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

oops, you're an admin. add yourself to the cat ;> –xenocidic (talk) 17:12, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for offering. I think it's already semi-protected, actually. Epbr123 (talk) 17:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it expired June 15. –xenocidic (talk) 17:15, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One more suggestion: upgrade your userpage and talk pages to move=sysop. No reason for anyone other than you to be moving those. –xenocidic (talk) 17:19, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Xenocidic. Page protection isn't my forté. Epbr123 (talk) 17:24, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Just passing along the advice I got when I was an FNG. =] –xenocidic (talk) 17:29, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Huggle Feedback Response

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FAC Help

Hi there. SandyGeorgia pointed me in your direction and said that you might be able to help. I'm attempting to get Operation Varsity up to FA-Level, via this FAC, but apparently it has a lot of MoS issues. I was wondering if you might be able to look through the article and see what needs doing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Skinny87 (talk) 18:01, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		To Epbr123, for being so helpful in editing Operation Varsity and fixing MoS issues in the article! Skinny87 (talk) 19:55, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for your help, I really do appreciate it. Skinny87 (talk) 19:55, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Good luck with the FAC. Epbr123 (talk) 19:58, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FYI; nominators don't always know what you're doing :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, understood. Epbr123 (talk) 20:17, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Punk rock

Hi Epbr, Sandy suggested that I might ask you to take a look at Punk rock for MOS issues. Its a brilliant prose article that was rewritten during a 2006 FAR, but needs now attentive hands. If you get the time to give it a once over, that would be very much appreciated. Ceoil ^sláinte 20:44, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks Epbr. Ceoil ^{Non visto ... Provvedi} 22:34, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

Just wanted to congratulate you on gaining the power of mop! Good luck! – ukexpat (talk) 14:30, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Epbr123 (talk) 23:56, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hare coursing

On WP:PUNC, logical punctuation, AWB did one thing, I did another, I could be wrong.[2] I saw lots of little glitches when I ran through, in case you're interested in having a complete look. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:39, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do a complete check later today. I think that edit was a case of when the period could either go inside or outside, as there was an incomplete Wikipedia sentence before it. Just to let you know, if you ever see me do a cleanup using AWB, it's best not to assume it's a complete cleanup, as it never will be. Epbr123 (talk) 06:39, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, I figured that out on my own :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 06:48, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for the offer. MikeHobday (talk) 07:02, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of New Riverside Stadium Wiffleball

An article that you have been involved in editing, New Riverside Stadium Wiffleball, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Riverside Stadium Wiffleball. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Accounting4Taste:talk 13:17, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

December to Dismember (2006)

Hi Epbr123. The above article December to Dismember (2006) is currently undergoing an FAR, and I was wondering whether you could do an MoS check on the article. Thanks, D.M.N. (talk) 14:23, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		For your MOS clean-up on December to Dismember (2006). Thank you!! D.M.N. (talk) 16:52, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your welcome. :) Epbr123 (talk) 23:55, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- While your at it, could you also do a MOS check for the 1995 Japanese Grand Prix article, as I'm planning to give that another run at FAC within the next week. D.M.N. (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thanks! ;) D.M.N. (talk) 07:33, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Update needed

Good evening Epbr, within the last week (or so), several admins had asked you to either voluntarily desysop yourself, or at the very least, add yourself to the category that you said you were going to add yourself to. Have you done either at this point? Keeping in mind that you said during your RFA#2 that "2 admins asking for recall" was all it takes, and that 5 admins (+/- one) have asked you to consider the merits of your adminship and/or initiate a recall, what actions have you taken to rectify and mollify the situation that you've now deleted from your talkpage? (other than ignore the problem)...Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 23:39, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I too would like to know whether or not you intend to honour the commitment to be open to recall that you made here. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 20:33, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Forgive me for butting in, but I think this has been blown all out of proportion. Epbr did not abuse admin tools in any way. Epbr has been in contact with the receiver of the email, who has accepted his apology and never called for desysopping. The email itself contained no threats and I did not interpret it as gloating. Yes, Epbr made some mistakes, but hopefully he's learned from them. Since this never involved administrator actions, I personally think calling for a recall is completely overreacting. If Epbr's actions are that egregious that action must be taken, then probably about half of the admins on the english WP need to be desysopped. Karanacs (talk) 21:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are of course quite free to drop whatever you like, but I would still like to know whether Epbr123 intends to keep his promise of being open to recall or not. If he does not, then that in itself ought to be a matter for concern. Would you not agree? -Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 21:31, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Karanacs, thanks for your input. All along, I've said that Epbr is a good editor. The email he sent to a retired user to gloat about his passing an rfa convinced me that he is a good editor and a bad admin. I no longer support his adminship, along with at least 4 other admins, and several other editors in good standing. He is ignoring this to see if it will go away. I simply ask him to add himself to the category that he said he would add himself to during his RFA, and he hasn't, which further confirms my suspicion that he was only "playing nice" to get the admin-trophy and has no interest in following up on his good word. If he added himself right now, he would not be desysopped. It would be for the next "occurence". (BTW, I agree with you that about half of the admins on en-wi need to be desysopped, but that's a whole 'nother thread). WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS doesn't work for articles either. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 22:40, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thriller

Thanx for doing some clean up work on Thriller, you never know, it might just help it pass. :-) — Realist² (Who's Bad?) 10:13, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Peer review/SMS Von der Tann

The editer of this article has expressed interest in moving up the assessment scale (the article is acurrently a B), but I think a check of the article by someone of your calibure may be useful before the articles heads into GA/A/FAC waters. TomStar81 (Talk) 08:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AWB problem?

At Restoration of the Everglades, AWB gave "number 640" last night; I reverted, but let me know if I'm missing something, please. Outstanding work with AWB, btw. - Dan Dank55 (talk)(mistakes) 11:07, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops, that was an error. Sorry. Epbr123 (talk) 11:11, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help

Hi, I was wondering if you would be willing or able to help the WP:TSQUAD out on an FAC. There are some prose issues, and a copyedit would be really appreciated. Thank you so much. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 18:49, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Noble gas

If you've got time, could you take a look at some MOS issues? Gary King (talk) 19:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, thanks! I've got two co-nominators on the FAC and so I didn't touch the article for a few days while they helped to add content and more references, so I missed formatting a few references just now. I'm glad you caught them :) Gary King (talk) 20:06, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Prose help at FAC

Nousernamesleft recommended you for helping me with 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake. Could you help me out? --Meldshal42 (talk to me) 12:29, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. Is there anything else you can find? --Meldshal42 (talk to me) 00:59, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The only possible problem I can see is its comprehensiveness. You'll need to make sure you've read every source available and included all the encyclopedic info contained in the sources. For example, this source states "Although the earthquake magnitude was high and it was generated in a shallow depth (~ 10 km below the ground surface), the surface shaking was much lower. The region is on marl stone bedrock that dampened the ground shaking considerably", which should probably be mentioned in the article. Epbr123 (talk) 08:41, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here's another award

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		You're one of the most unstoppable and greatest vandal fighters we have here on Wikipedia! I'm awarding you another barnstar from me. Keep up the good work.

I've also noticed how highly active you are. Did you ever consider adding your name to the WP:HAU page? And coming to think of it, I haven't been awarded much barnstars recently. I feel more encouraged when I get a barnstar. :D SchfiftyThree 21:43, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, that's nice. I'd give you a barnstar myself but I'm too busy fighting vandals I'm afraid :) I've added myself to WP:HAU. Epbr123 (talk) 22:07, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:HAU, Status, and you!

As you may know, the StatusBot responsible for maintaining the status of the Highly Active Users was taken offline. We now have a replacement in the Qui status system. This semi-automatic system will allow you to easily update your status page found at Special:Mypage/Status which the HAU page code is now designed to read from. If you are already using Qui (or a compatible system) - great! - no action is needed (other than remembering to update your status as necessary). If not, consider installing Qui. You can also manually update this status by changing the page text to online, offline, or busy. While it is not mandatory, the nature of HAU is that people are often seeking a quick answer from someone who is online and keeping our statuses up-to-date will assist with this. Note if you were previously using your /Status page as something other than a one-word status indicator, your HAU entry may have been set to "status=n" to correct display issues. Please clear this parameter if you change things to be "HAU compatible". Further questions can be raised at WT:HAU. This message was delivered by xenobot 23:05, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The traditional rfa thank you message

		Thank you for the support!
		Epbr123, it is my honor to report that thanks in part to your support my third request for adminship passed (80/18/2). I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me, and I will endeovour to put my newly acquired mop and bucket to work for the community as a whole. Yours sincerly and respectfuly, TomStar81 (Talk) 03:15, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pulmonary contusion

Hi, I wondered if I could ask a favor. I'd like to take pulmonary contusion to FAC, but I don't know how close it is. Someone tagged it as needing a copyedit in response to my comment that I thought it needed one. I wondered if you could give it one or let me know what you think needs to be done, or perhaps point me to someone who'd be willing to help out. Any help would be much appreciated, I've never done an FAC before and I'm kind of nervous about it! Peace, delldot talk 20:43, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not that fond of copyediting prose, but I'll give it a look. I recommend also contacting User:Malleus Fatuorum, who's always willing to give articles a copyedit, and User:TimVickers, who is experienced at taking biological articles to FA. Epbr123 (talk) 22:09, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks much for the advice and the edits! delldot talk 14:32, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New places articles

Hi there. Thanks for adding these. I had hoped the Fritzpoll bot would be authorised to create two million places but now we have to do things in moderation and probably create lists of places instead. I warmly welcome you to join the Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography/Bot which is aiming to get every places on a google map onto wikipedia. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 12:45, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

what on earth does this mean?

you appear to have deleted my article on 'Extwistle Hall' for the reason 'R1: Redirect to a deleted, nonexistent, or invalid target'

Please could you explain what that means? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Netmgr (talk • contribs) 02:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article was listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems on 15 May - and subsequently deleted. Epbr was merely cleaning up after the article's removal. It looks like some of the content of the article was taken from another website. HTH Kbthompson (talk) 09:16, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:FAC request

SandyGeorgia has requested that I ask you to fix MoS concerns on Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I think I've fixed the examples she's given me, but she says that the article suffers from some WP:PUNC issues. If you could help me look at it, I would really appreciate it. Thanks again! --haha169 (talk) 04:17, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I just noticed all your edits on the Brawl article, and I just wanted to thank you for your work. :) --haha169 (talk) 15:44, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category sort

I have made a small change on your userpage ,so that the category is sorted properly instead of "U" for "User:" . Hope you won't mind. :) -- Tinu Cherian - 07:45, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 07:51, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your are welcome.Happy editing :) -- Tinu Cherian - 09:20, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your AWB change(s)

Hi Epbr123,

I am not sure if you will be using AWB again, but if and before you do, please remove the feature you added which reformats the coauthors field of cite templates to SURNAME, FIRSTNAME (eg [3]).

The reason why is that it is not possible to correctly split people's names this way; surnames in other cultures are not always the last word of the name. For example, Heng Pov's family name is Heng (discussed here) and José Antonio Molina Rosito's is Molina Rosito.

« D. Trebbien (talk) 21:52, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I only split the names this way for the sake of consistency, when there are already some names formatted this way in the refs. Although, if there was an article containing refs by Heng Pov or Molina Rosito, I agree it would then probably be inappropriate to reformat the names. Epbr123 (talk) 22:30, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MickyBatt

I think we should watch this guy he's made another vandalism edit on the Dramatico page. Speedboy Salesman (talk) 14:18, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. I'll give him a straight block for being a vandalism only account if he does it again. Epbr123 (talk) 18:55, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Trowsellsnake

Hi Epbr123. I have overturned your block on User:Trowsellsnake and have extended the duration to indefinite. Just looking at the edits it appears obvious that this is the same user as User:StevenGiovanni. Compare this edit by StevenGiovanni to this edit by Trowsellsnake. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 17:33, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Epbr123 (talk) 21:56, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Feet and inches question

Hi Epbr123, a question on the use of feet and inches (152 ft 11 in) vs the use of decimal feet (152.9 ft) has arisen at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Forksville Covered Bridge. Basically the question is does the MOS have anything to say about the preferred usage? I looked but did not find anything - if you know of something, could you please let us know at the FAC page? Many thanks in advance, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:09, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There isn't an MOS guideline on this, but I think using feet and inches rather than decimals would make it easier for readers to understand. Epbr123 (talk) 01:19, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks very much - SandyGeorgia agrees and I will make the changes next. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:25, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kind request

Hi! Per Sandy's request here I would be grateful if you could have a look at Roman-Persian Wars for logical punctuation errors. Thanks in advance!--Yannismarou (talk) 15:50, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And any possible remarks concerning the prose are also highly appreciated! Cheers!--Yannismarou (talk) 18:28, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for all your help! Some hours after you completed your excellent edits the article got the star! Cheers!--Yannismarou (talk) 18:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another kind request...

Hi Epbr123. I've got Sunderland Echo at FAC at the moment and noticed that when Sandy took a look earlier today, she mentioned in her copy edits that it had "logical punctuation errors" and added "perhaps ask User:Epbr123 to run through."[4] Sorry to bother you, but is there any chance you could take a quick look? It has been copy-edited etc, but obviously the FAC experience means that a great deal of changes are made quite quickly, so I could have introduced new errors without realising. Keeping my fingers crossed.-- Seahamlass 19:02, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Articles needing copy edit (tentative name)

Hello there!

I have begun laying the groundwork for a new WikiProject that has a very simple goal, to improve Wikipedia by dealing with the articles tagged for copy edit, and I am wondering if you are interested in helping me start it. This project is not a clone of WP:LOCE because we will not deal with requests for review (that is currently handled by our good friends over at Peer Review).

I expect that this will be a relaxed, happy and casual WikiProject, because participants will be able to take things at their own pace and use the project page to ask other participants for help. The project proposal is here, and I have created an almost-functional project page in my userspace here.

There are now over 4000 articles needing copy edit, and very, very few people working on them, so any help, however small, is appreciated. If you are interested, please sign up at the proposal page. Once we have enough people, I will shift the project page, along with its subpages from my userspace into the Wikipedia namespace. For now we can use this section of my talk page to discuss the direction and details of the project, and, of course, its name. *grin*

Cheers!-Samuel Tan 12:54, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Audio Sample

Hi there, you recently added an audio sample to this Michael Jackson song. Did you make it yourself, if you know how to make audio samples I could do with your help. Currently the Jackson article only has two audio samples and I would like to include an extra, favorably a single taken from the Dangerous album. Could you help with that? — Realist² (Speak) 21:54, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I've uploaded a sample of Black Or White. Epbr123 (talk) 08:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Hey thank you!! — Realist² (Speak) 12:09, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Do you with we would be allowed to show a short clip of Jackson moonwalking or dancing using a under fair use? I'm not sure if you can make video clips but generally speaking. I think it is quite important that the reader be able to see him dance, you cant really explain it in pros. Thoughts? — Realist² (Speak) 13:45, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - I think it would be ok but I'm not sure. You'd better ask at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. Epbr123 (talk) 15:11, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Here was the response. Do you have the technical skills to do it? If so, can I make a specific request. If you can do it, could you use a clip of Jackson from the 90's (basically with light skin). The article has very few images of Jackson in that era, so hopefully we can hit two birds with one stone. — Realist² (Speak) 12:52, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        I'll try. Epbr123 (talk) 15:27, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Would be appreciated, also, yesterday I was directed to you by SandyGeorgia. Sandy pointed out some MoS flaws with the Michael Jackson article and suggested I speak with you for help. The article definitely has issues with the use of numbers, be they written out or not, consistency issues. — Realist² (Speak) 21:05, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		King of Pop Barnstar — A little thank you from the Michael Jackson WikiProject
		Thank you for all the work you have put into articles on Michael Jackson. Your MoS cleanups and audio clips are much appreciated. — Realist² (Speak) 15:06, 25 July 2008 (UTC) [reply]

For your vandal work...

Thanks for all your efforts please choose one award from here to award yourself. :p Keep it up! KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 23:38, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 23:41, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question

You had some interaction with User:AfD hero in June. Did you not notice anything queer about it? He's obviously an inclusionist sock of some experienced user. Any ideas? Scarian ^{Call me Pat!} 23:13, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've no idea. It certainly looks suspicious, though. Epbr123 (talk) 15:26, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Planets beyond Neptune

Sandy suggested I call you about an MoS check. Do you think you could spare the time? Thanks. Serendi ^pod ous 23:42, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you bunches. :-) Serendi ^pod ous 21:09, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

11th Airborne Division

Hi there. During the FAC for Operation Varsity, you did a brilliant job og fixing the MoS problems that were apparent in the article, for which I'd like to thank you again. I was hoping you might do the same again for 11th Airborne Division before I take it through the FAC process. I'd be very greatful for any help you could give. Skinny87 (talk) 21:47, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The Editor's Barnstar
		Many thanks for your editing aid on 11th Airborne Division Skinny87 (talk) 22:27, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Curious

Question: why are you adding "& n b s p ;" between numbers in Michael Jackson? I ask because I've never seen it done before and it seems to have no effect on the formatting. WesleyDodds (talk) 22:43, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Non-breaking spaces are explained at WP:NBSP. They improve readability by preventing line breaks from separating numerical/non-numerical elements. Epbr123 (talk) 09:53, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction of unnecessary hyphen

In the edits you did to USS Princess Matoika (ID-2290) using AWB (diff), you introduced an unnecessary hyphen. In the sentence that begins:

City of Honolulu was sold to Japanese shipbreakers in mid 1933, …

you had added a hyphen between mid and 1933. Grammatically, this is wrong. Mid is an adjective modifying 1933, not a compound adjective. If the sentence said something like:

… the mid-1933 sale of the ship …

a hyphen would be correct since only together do mid and 1933 correctly modify sale. I've removed the hyphen in the article, but wanted to bring it to your attention in case the change was made based on a regular expression from within AWB. — Bellhalla (talk) 11:35, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On the other hand, some would say that mid is a prefix rather than adjective, so it would require a hyphen. However, as mid may be viewed as either a prefix or an adjective, I think both mid 1933 or mid-1933 are acceptable. I will however agree to not make these kinds of changes again with AWB as they are evidently controversial. Epbr123 (talk) 12:27, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

With thanks

		Military history service award
		By order of the coordinators, for your good work tagging and assessing military history articles in Tag & Assess 2008, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 09:55, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much indeed for your help with and commitment to the drive. May I please trouble you to comment at the post-drive workshop? Your feedback will help us to improve the next drive. Thanks in advance, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 09:55, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Admin?

Hmmm, I didn't know you were an admin. I just reported 92.18.64.126 to AIV, yet you had already blocked them :). By the way, you are extremely fast at reverting vandalism. Every time I hit rollback it says 'rollback failed' and up pops your name. Cheers, Landon1980 (talk) 15:46, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Filingue

A tag has been placed on Filingue requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Amishjedi (talk) 17:22, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quick question

Per WP:MoS, is it wrong to use #1 for number one, etc, when referring to a record's placement on a single's chart and other such uses of # for "number" in an article on a musician? I've asked around and no one seems to know. Gratefully, —Mattisse (Talk) 21:59, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't specifically mentioned in the MoS. I think you should ask this at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers), which would maybe get the guidelines on this clarified. I'm guessing that using #1 would be wrong, except maybe in tables and infoboxes. Epbr123 (talk) 22:16, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, no wonder I couldn't find it! Thanks, and I will follow your suggestion. Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 22:21, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

vandalism?

Question: I red the Lucas_Cruikshank wiki page. It mentioned the Youtube "fred"-channel to be partnered with the "fredlikesbigbutts"-youtube channel. Indeed, both channels contain Fred video's. Few minutes later I refreshed the Lucas Cruikshank wiki page and suddenly it mentioned "Aztromlg" as partnered to the fred-channel. I checked and no fred video's at all there (also see discussion). So I reverted it to "fredlikesbigbutts". Afterwards I received a message that this reversion "constitues vandalism". Please advise? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jayc nl (talk • contribs) 15:15, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Admin

Thank you for your note. That's very kind, and your comments are much appreciated. I'd like to get a bit more experience with getting an article to FA status before moving in that direction, however, and I had actually planned on starting that task later this summer when I have some time off planned. If in 6 months time you are still so inclined, I would be open to a nomination at that time. I hope that's okay. Thanks. Skeezix1000 (talk) 16:00, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

HELP

You wrote on my talk page about recent vandalism. I'm currently using a different network than i normally use. I will try to sort out the person stealing my IP address, but please do not block me from editiing wikipedia. Besides from this IP address i also edit under the username kiwiboy121. I've been properly editing wikipedia for a long time, so please give me a day to sort out the vandalism of my IP address.64.246.138.38 (talk) 13:06, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You see this is also me, and i have not edited any of the articles you claim that i have vandalized. Kiwiboy121 (talk) 13:09, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. If someone does have to block your IP address, it would only be for about 24 hours at first, and you would still be able to use your Kiwiboy121 account. Epbr123 (talk) 22:00, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

August 2008 (good / neutral notes)

Hey Epbr123: I noticed that you've been going around places reverting edits and such but not declaring vandalism as much as you would probably need to, according to Wikipedia policy. Here, try using Wikipedia:Twinkle. It's a set of "short-cut" buttons that you can add to Wikipedia that can speed up your daily activities of editing and polishing, and, of course, to get rid of those spammers and vandalizers the proper way. Enjoy! Neil the Cellist (talk) 15:33, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thanks for your message. I was using another anti-vandal tool, WP:Huggle, which creates the edit summaries automatically. I think there's an assumption that if you revert using rollback, which Huggle does, then it would have been because of vandalism, so it therefore isn't necessary to mention vandalism in the edit summary. Epbr123 (talk) 16:04, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Someone doesn't like you (not me)

Hi, Epbr. I just noticed this, but it looks like this IP user dislikes you, and this isn't the only time someone has made a personal attack on their talk page against you. :-) SchfiftyThree 20:03, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lol. There are plenty of others who don't like me, and not just IPs. Epbr123 (talk) 20:14, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Candide's FAC

So I hear you've got a good eye for formatting errors... How would you like to help me out? I recently nominated Candide for FAC and Awadewit, a reviewer, has criticised the article for not complying with the MOS. She recommended I seek out someone who could give the matter a look-see. Would you be willing? -- Rmrfstar (talk) 17:23, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks a bunch! -- Rmrfstar (talk) 10:19, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seacourt

I see you have assessed this article as Stub class. Looking at the criteria in WP:STUB I'm not sure that it is really a stub. You are probably aware of the Croughton-London rule, which seems sensible to me. Seacourt was always a small place, and I don't think there's much more to say about it. It could probably do with a location map, but probably not a photo (of an empty field?), but I would not have thought their absence alone makes it a stub.Mhockey (talk) 13:59, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I've upgraded it to start class. Although I'm sure there must be sources somewhere that can be used to expand the text. Epbr123 (talk) 15:06, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another FAC whiner needing help

Hello, I'm getting beat up over missing and misplaced commas with my FAC nomination for U.S. Route 491. I have asked other copyeditors, as I've already abused your willingness before =-), but they have so far not responded. If you have a minute could you redeem my english skills? Dave (talk) 18:18, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I see from your barnstars page you've worked on Ima Hogg. I've nominated U.S. Route 491 to be the featured article for April Fools Day 2009. That's my primary motivation. All at the U.S. Roads wikiproject think this would be a good candidate, wouldn't mind an opinion from somebody whose worked on an April Fools Day Featured Article before =-). Thanks again. Dave (talk) 18:20, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thank you. You work fast! This is my second FAC that you've helped me one. With luck, I'm getting better, and won't get slammed for grammar on my third. =-) Dave (talk) 04:45, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Audio sample

Would you be able to make a sample of this track, I'm planning to take the article to GA at some point. The only album you can find the track on is the double disk album HIStory. Would appreciate any help, I don't know anyone else you does audio samples properly. — Realist² 20:16, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having trouble getting a copy of the song, but I'll keep trying. Epbr123 (talk) 18:57, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry, I didn't notice the response to this one, it's ok, it's not essential, but I do really need your help with another audio sample for the Thriller album. (See new section at bottom of your page). — Realist² 20:16, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I knock upon thy door, hat in hand...

desperately needing your expertise in formatting.

Burger King legal issues is my preferred article and you expertise has come highly recommended from others who for now, will remain nameless.

If you could help bring this to FA quality it would be gratefully appreciated.

--Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 21:11, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help and time on fixing all those small things I missed. I thought it would be much worse than it was. --Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 15:50, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Epbr123 (talk) 20:07, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mos issues

Hi. If you have the time, could you please take a look at Literature in the Hoysala Empire and see if there are any MoS issues. The article has seen a fairly leangthy PR and I think most issues may have been ironed out by now.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 22:34, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your contribution.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 17:13, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another coypedit, another FA

		The Utah State Highways Barnstar
		The Utah Highways Wikiproject has 2 FA's now, both times you stepped up to the plate for a last minute copyedit. Thanks, you now know more about roads then you ever hoped you would. =-) Dave (talk) 02:50, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 17:30, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another FAR S.O.S.

You name came up here as a user whom I might be able to impose upon to help fix some errors in logical punctuation on the page Iowa class battleship. If you get a chance, would you consider looking at the article and fixing any problems you encounter? I would apreciate it. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:38, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The WikiChevrons
		For contributing to the Iowa class battleship FAR and helping the article maintain its bronze star I herby award you the WikiChevrons. Thanks for your help, I apreciate it. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:21, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 01:16, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copyediting a Featured Article candidate

Hi User:Epbr123. User:SandyGeorgia recommended you as someone who could help out with copyediting an article I've put up for FA, specifically in helping out with "ellipses and punctuation on logical quotation". If you have a chance, would you mind taking a look at Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes. Jayjg ^(talk) 01:26, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for doing that! Jayjg ^(talk) 23:47, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lincolnshire, Illinois for Peer Review

Hi Epbr123...I was hoping that you could take a look at this article. It could use the evaluation, and I could use the experience.

Thanks, --Starstriker7(^{Say hi}_{or see my works}) 14:42, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mangalore

User:SandyGeorgia has informed me that you are good in tackling MOS issues. Can you please MOS-edit Mangalore. It failed its FAC last time because it mixed Cite xxx templates with citation templates and due to some overlinking issues. Take your own time since it has been currently listed at PR. Thanks, Kensplanet (talk) 17:06, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your excellent Copy edits. If there's something you would like to suggest regarding MOS or style or anything, then please do direct them on my Talk Page. Thanks again, Kensplanet (talk) 12:06, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clyda Rosen

I can't believe the hairy pussy defense did its job. Morbidthoughts (talk) 01:28, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lol. Oh well, we can try again in a few months. Epbr123 (talk) 01:30, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pat Nixon

Hey Epbr123, per the suggestion at the Pat Nixon FAC, could you give the article an overlinking copyedit? User:Tony1 says there are a bit too many links and I think some fresh eyes could be useful. Best as always, Happyme22 (talk) 08:41, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Happyme22 (talk) 03:50, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rang De Basanti

Hello Epbr123. I've come here after hearing a lot about your copy editing ability. Since we haven't met before, I feel sheepish to ask if you could help me with copy editing this article. The article is currently listed at WP:FILMS and is currently undergoing A-class review. I was hoping to have this article on the FAC once this review is complete. In the meanwhile, with time permitting, could you please assist me with copy editing? Thanks in anticipation. Mspraveen (talk) 15:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for your copy editing. I really appreciate you taking out time in doing so. Many thanks :) Should you need assistance in anything that I am capable of, I would be willing to do so. Regards, Mspraveen (talk) 17:27, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Suggesting Changes to Milton Friedman Article

I've requested a reassessment of the good article status of the Milton Friedman article based on lack of neutrality, and have added a POV tag to the article. Please join the discussion, if you are interested. Thanks. Jdstany (talk) 03:19, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Alex gaskarth

While reverting some vandalism, I saw your reverts to this article. Whilst attempting to move the article to correct the capitalization error, I discovered that there is already a page for this person, which is a redirect. The current page, with the improperly capitalized last name should be deleted then, yes? Your thoughts? ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 16:32, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've deleted the redirect. "Alex gaskarth" automatically redirects to "Alex Gaskarth" anyway when searched for, so there was no point keeping it. Epbr123 (talk) 16:42, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aahhh, yes... good point. Thanks. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 17:03, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Trenton

Hi. I was wondering if you could copy edit the Battle of Trenton. Its been a FAC since the end of July, I believe. Someone suggested that i should ask you this. Thanks.-Red4tribe (talk) 23:45, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copyedit?

Hi. I was hoping you could copyedit Odwalla, which is currently up for peer review, if you have a spare second. Any help would be great; I'm aiming for FA. Intothewoods29 (talk) 17:26, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

nominated

After thinking about it for a while and having a year of experience with wikipedia behind me, I believe I am ready and would be honoured if you nominated me for adminship. Morbidthoughts (talk) 19:18, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just a short heads-up that Morbid's nomination isn't coming up as a section on the main Wikipedia:Requests for adminship page. Tabercil (talk) 12:05, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Morbid hasn't begun the RfA yet. He needs to transclude the page onto Wikipedia:Requests for adminship, but I think he's holding off for a bit. Having one or two supports and opposes before the RfA begins is usually acceptable, so they won't need to be removed first. Epbr123 (talk) 12:30, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I finally figured it out. Still feel like a dumbass thinking that it would auto-transclude magically after I accepted the nomination. Morbidthoughts (talk) 15:43, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that was fun considering I didn't know what I was stepping into. I will work on my experience for a while. I hope you'll nominate me again when I think I'm ready for this. Morbidthoughts (talk) 03:27, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copyediting

You come recommended to me for a a copy edit request. I recently wrote and posted U.S. Route 41 in Michigan, which was initially rated as B-Class. I'd like to take it to GAN (and eventually FAC) but I know it could use a second set of eyes for a copy edit. If you are willing, could you copy edit it, or recommend someone else who might? Thanks in advance, Imzadi1979 (talk) 02:16, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work!

Looks like we churned out 14 blocks in just about 20 minutes on AIV. Nice work! --Kralizec! (talk) 16:56, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Audio sample

Hello, could you help provide another audio sample for the Thriller album. It's likely to fail it's FA review without one. I tried doing it myself, installed the equipment etc but I can't do it, it's just too confusing. We already have the title track, but we need another. Any help you can provide would be appreciated. — Realist² 20:14, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I notice User:Ceoil has now offered to provide the samples. I'll leave it to him, unless he has any problems. Epbr123 (talk) 22:06, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- We got some nice samples now. — Realist² 22:20, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Almagill

I have nominated Almagill, an article you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Almagill. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:52, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Block for 92.43.64.69 should be schoolblock

I see you just blocked 92.43.64.69. The shared-IP tag at the top of the talk page was incorrect, it should have been sharedipedu - something I have now corrected. With this in mind, I think that a school block would be more appropriate for this IP. --TimTay (talk) 10:17, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. How could you tell the IP belonged to an educational institution? Epbr123 (talk) 10:28, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

By following the IP address through to its owner - East Midlands Broadband Community, which is the ISP for a number of schools and libraries in the east of England. Schoolblock would be much more appropriate as it allows account creation. --TimTay (talk) 10:30, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have now changed the block to allow account creation. Thanks for the info. Epbr123 (talk) 10:40, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just too quick

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		just..... too.... quick! :-) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 22:00, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've had a lot of practice. Epbr123 (talk) 22:02, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note

Hey, I noticed you reverted a couple edits by IP 205.167.47.253. But notice how the IP is a proxy server, so many users use it at once. Therefore, your revision to the IP address's edits to Los Altos High School (Los Altos, California) not only reverted vandalism, but a non-controversial addition of an free image. Just be sure to check on that next time. --haha169 (talk) 05:05, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. Epbr123 (talk) 14:42, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Short blocks

FYI, this thread is regarding a short block that was done by you, i.e. where the IP had been blocked numerous escalating times but you only blocked for 24 hours. Ordinarily I wouldn't mention it but that's the third time today I've heard of this and all three times were you. I can try to dig up the other two if you'd like, or you can take my word - people get a bit riled up if they see a habitually bad IP only get a 24-hour block - and then start vandalizing soon afterwards. Thought you'd like to know. —Wknight94 (talk) 18:49, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. There was a two-month gap between the IP's previous block being lifted and its latest bout of vandalism. I like to take factor's like this into account, rather than automatically increasing the block length each time. Block lengths to shared IPs should be kept as short as possible. Epbr123 (talk) 19:41, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is also a school IP. In the U.S., kiddies don't get back to school until early September and this one came back to life on September 4 - and was pretty relentless after that. Short of checking every few months for an IP reassignment, there's not much point ever letting this one edit. —Wknight94 (talk) 19:50, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, yes. I forgot about the summer holidays. I'll try to remember that September next year. Epbr123 (talk) 20:10, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Take a break :)

I c eUnshattered ^{[ t ]} has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!

Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:Cookie}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

...For being persistent and skilled with yah'r vandalfighting efforts. I c eUnshattered ^{[ t ]} 21:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers. Have one yourself. Epbr123 (talk) 21:41, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FAC and MoS

Epbr, no one is routinely checking for the most basic MoS items anymore, and I'm often finding that I have to fix the simple basics of WP:MOS and WP:ACCESSIBILITY myself. Do you have any interest in re-engaging at FAC? It doesn't make a lot of sense for me to be monitoring crit 2 myself, but that seems to be the situation. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:15, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, ok, I'll try to give each FAC at least a brief look, although I can't commit to giving each one a thorough MOS check. Epbr123 (talk) 22:19, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I mean basics like WP:MSH, WP:LAYOUT, WP:ACCESSIBILITY, etc. No one checks, and I end up correcting them before promotion. Thanks Epbr. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:07, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hillsgrove Covered Bridge

Thanks for your edits to this article. I believe that the period was justified inside the quotation before your change though, but also know I might not be interpreting WP:PUNC correctly. The MOS says When quoting a sentence fragment which ends in a period, some judgement is required: if the fragment communicates a complete sentence, the period can be placed inside. The original complete sentence I quoted is:

"The Bradford and Sullivan County bridges, because of their settings, are some of the most attractive in the state."

Since almost all of this sentence is quoted in the article, I assumed that logically the period should be inside the quotation mark - it denotes both the end of the sentence and the end of the quotation. So I wrote:

According to Zacher, the "Sullivan County bridges, because of their settings, are some of the most attractive in the state."[18]

which you changed to

According to Zacher, the "Sullivan County bridges, because of their settings, are some of the most attractive in the state".[18]

I really do not understand this change. I will not revert it, but could you please explain how your version is correct? Thanks in advance, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:04, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion that led to the insertion of that guideline is at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 101#Quotation query, and the guideline was mainly based on this comment:

Look if the quoted material starts with a capital letter or not. If the former, the period should be inside; if the latter, use otherwise. However, there are some examples that omit beginning part of a sentence. For example, "... would explain how you are wrong, but it doesn't matter anyway and you've shown remarkable resistance to understanding things that I say." The period is inside because the quoted material is still complete, emphasized by the use of the comma before the quotation as well the ellipsis.

Therefore, where the guideline says "if the fragment communicates a complete sentence", I think it means if the fragment starts with ellipsis, as in the example above. Epbr123 (talk) 02:46, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks very much for the explanation and for your fixes. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:58, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

	<font=3> Thanks again for your edits and careful explanation - Hillsgrove Covered Bridge made featured article today! Take care, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:15, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

September 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Oil spill, did not appear to be constructive and has been removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Techman224 (talk) 12:39, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I won't do it again. :) Epbr123 (talk) 12:44, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism reverting

Hi, Epbr. I must say that by looking through your last 900 contributions, I believe the only thing you've been doing on Wikipedia today is reverting vandalism. Might I recommend that you participate in article building for a little while? I mean, you are just simply 1,000,000 times AMAZING with Huggle, but even I can't keep up with you or J.delanoy now. Aside from that, just wondering: Do you look at the AfD at least once every week? Keep up the good "huggling"! :-) SchfiftyThree 22:10, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I do enjoy Huggle alot, and it is quite relaxing. I look out for AfDs on certain topics, and probably do contribute to at least one AfD every week. Epbr123 (talk) 22:18, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, by looking through your contributions, your last AfD discussion was 7 September. Probably too busy scaring off the vandals with Huggle nowadays, eh? I'd also like to mention this for just a second, but I think that you're our most active, powerful, non-stopping vandal fighter this year. Keep up the great work! SchfiftyThree 20:29, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've just commented in two AfDs to make up for it :) Epbr123 (talk) 21:02, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sock to deal with

user:Soriano68 is puppet of user:Soriano67. pretty obvious. Shapiros10 ^{contact me}_{My work} 23:07, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've blocked him. Epbr123 (talk) 23:17, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review

Hi, I was hoping you could help me out with my peer review request for the Davenport, Iowa page. I worked really hard to get it to a GA in March, and am hoping to get it to an FA by the end of this year. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! CTJF83Talk 02:22, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback Request

Hi there, I was wondering if I could apply for the rollback feature, as I've been finding reversion of vandalism particularly frustrating - because I'm required to make 2 or 3 edits (even with Twinkle) to undo vandalism and notify the user (which is a pain and a half). I was wondering if you could grant me the ability? I would be happy to answer any questions you have, of course. (I picked you randomly from the category of admins who are happy to consider such requests) Cheers --Superflewis (talk) 14:08, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Superflewis (talk) 15:16, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Huh?

You have me confused: [5]. The log shows I levied a one year school block. --Kralizec! (talk) 16:01, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It must be a problem with Huggle. I'll try to get it fixed. Epbr123 (talk) 16:06, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review Request Lakeside Apartments District, Oakland, California

I'm humbly asking for your considered opinion with my peer review request for the Lakeside Apartments District, Oakland, California page. I've listed this article for peer review because, at present the City of Oakland's Planning Commission and City Council is revising zoning and height regulations for new land development (i.e. skyscrapers) in the neighborhood. Currently, much public attention is focused on this neighborhood in the Hearing Rooms at City Hall down the street, around in the conference tables of local investment banks, and kitchen tables of local activists. Having spent many hours editing it, I'd hope this article reflects a modicum of accuracy and good encyclopedic writing.Critical Chris (talk) 20:17, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your talk page...

lol Just to tell you your page just got vandalized heavily and everybody tried to get on it at the same time, and it was a complete disaster trying to load it. It was a guy that said wikipedia sucked and you should go f*ck someone. By the way, I saw your talk page what did you do to the article oil spill?Vinson 23:24, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, bless him. Regarding Oil spill, Techman224 warned the wrong person by mistake - easily done. Epbr123 (talk) 00:05, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

user talk:202.45.119.130

Can you take a look at this talk page? You had blocked this IP; and they have resorted to uncivil behavior on their talk page. I realize that people have some leeway with their talkpage; but this seems innapropriate, especially for an IP that could potentially be shared with others. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:35, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They've stopped for the moment, but I'll protect the page if they start again. Epbr123 (talk) 23:51, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Herne Bay

Hey, just saw your edit here, you live in Herne Bay??? No way, me too :) —— RyanLupin • (talk) 17:31, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's a small world. I even live by your old primary school in Greenhill. Epbr123 (talk) 19:12, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

...but I also live in Greenhill. Wow, I wonder whether we've ever bumped into one another —— RyanLupin • (talk) 19:57, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lovebug vandalism

Saw you reverted some vandalism in the Lovebug article. Thanks. I did the same last night and the day before. I will be glad when September is over so that these flies will be gone and maybe people won't mess with the article anymore. I am currently working on a major rewrite of the UF pub the WP article links to and uses as a reference. Some of it is already up on my UF Featured Creatures site, but I need to add text from some of the more recent pubs I found. Thomas R. Fasulo (talk) 17:38, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is good to know...

That there are still editors and administrators out there that actively remove vandalism and block users.
And it is even better to see that there are editors among those that can do that job a few hours in a row :). Excirial^{(Talk,Contribs)} 20:21, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		A well deserved star for your ongoing efforts at WP:AIAV and vandalism patrol in general. Excirial^{(Talk,Contribs)} 20:21, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm far too addicted to this. Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 20:24, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding: Canadian Federal Erections 2008

We disagree with you and so does the rest of Canada. We did provide an accurate edit summary describing how we made major improvements and you have no appreciation for accuracy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.74.194.19 (talk) 17:53, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow

You're some kind of revert king, do you have a bot or script or something going on? HappyArtichoke (talk) 22:32, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I use an anti-vandal programme. Epbr123 (talk) 22:33, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

publisher= versus work=

I noticed that you made a few changes to Hurricane Dean. I don't understand your choice to replace some publisher= fields with work= fields, in some of the {{cite web}} templates. Can you explain that to me? Plasticup ^T/C 20:29, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (text formatting)#Italic face, newspapers should be in italics, and the "work" parameter in the cite templates automatically puts the text in italics. There are other journals in the Hurricane Dean article that also need to be italised, which my AWB programme didn't pick up on. Epbr123 (talk) 20:39, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The "work=" field is for instances when the cited item is part of a larger work. If I were citing the day's paper then the specific article would be only one part of the larger work and the work= field would be appropriate. However the citation specifically identifies the individual article. I am citing the article, not the article within the periodical, so the publisher= field is appropriate. Plasticup ^T/C 21:16, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If the article was found in a book rather than a newspaper, would you put the book name in the publisher field? Regardless of which field the newspapers belong, they still need to be italicised. Epbr123 (talk) 21:47, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Then {{Cite web}} needs to incorporate a feature for that. "work=" has specific and purpose, and this is not it. Plasticup ^T/C 22:17, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism by 207.235.145.14

This is just to let you know that anonymous IP 207.235.145.14 has continued to vandalize (such as the three edits to Police officer on 22 September) even though you gave this IP a final warning for vandalism on 11 September. Please block this IP if you think it's appropriate. Thanks. JTSchreiber (talk) 02:57, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Protection

I would highly suggest protecting or semi-protecting you talk page because i see vandals have been 'experimenting' with it. Vinson 23:18, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to, but it's best not, just incase one has a legitimate complaint. Epbr123 (talk) 23:20, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

100,000+ edits!

Wow, you've broken a record: 100,309 edits on Wikipedia, mostly from Huggle! Keep on with the fighting -- sooner or later you'll be in the top 20... SchfiftyThree 01:51, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Shhh ... you'll get me accused of having editcountitis. :) Epbr123 (talk) 05:00, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Harry Potter

Hey, Harry Potter is currently a FAC, could you please give it one of your famous skim-throughs? I'd really appreciate it, regards —— RyanLupin • (talk) 15:50, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'll look at it tomorrow. Epbr123 (talk) 22:49, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a count of (154/3/2). I appreciate the community's trust in me, and I will do my best to be sure it won't regret handing me the mop. I am honored by your trust and your support. Again, thank you. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 19:51, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good Work

Good work on the rc patrol :) Anonymous101 (talk) 14:14, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:The seaward end of Herne Bay pier.jpg

Hello. Is commons:Image:The seaward end of Herne Bay pier.jpg really one of yours? I don't mean to pry, but this comes up at Geograph. Angus McLellan (Talk) 15:26, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, it isn't mine. I think I uploaded it about the same time I was uploading some of my own images, and accidentally used the same cut-and-paste description. I'll get it fixed. Epbr123 (talk) 15:58, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much. Angus McLellan (Talk) 16:56, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Class=FL & table at UK Geo

Hi, Thanks for doing the class=FL edit at Template:WPUKgeo. The category is populated at Category:FL-Class UK geography articles & I've run the status bot & refreshed the page at Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography which is showing the increased number of GAs etc I found but the "Assessment and progress of articles" table, which loads {{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/UK geography articles by quality statistics}} still doesn't show FLs. Any ideas why?— Rod ^talk 16:15, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cancel that request I've fixed it myse3lf by rerunning the bot.— Rod ^talk 16:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think it is worth updating Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/Assessment/Archive? I could have a go if you like - I think I can work out your syntax.— Rod ^talk 16:49, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy for you to update it if you want. I intended to do it eventually, but hadn't gotten round to it. Epbr123 (talk) 16:55, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've done it. Found the columns a bit complicated & unnecessary - why not just one month above another with more recent first?— Rod ^talk 19:40, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I've removed the columns now. Epbr123 (talk) 21:30, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback rights for Flewis

Hi, I saw on Flewis's talk page [[6]] that you had given him rollback rights. Take a look at the discussion of his editing and you may consider taking back those rights. He writes "When you're in my situation reverting 15 or 20 vandalism-related edits per minute". Don't know how he can make any kind of informed judgment about edits at 3 to 4 secs. LuxNevada (talk) 16:10, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have responded and I clarify once more: this was in all essence a complete accident (Surely this minor incident does not warrant removal of rollback?) --Flewis^(talk) 12:36, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Everyone makes mistakes with Huggle, but you seem to be making more mistakes than most. You're still new to Huggle, so I won't remove your rollback or Huggle access just yet, but their will need to be an improvement in your accuracy. Although, most of your vandal-fighting has been excellent. Epbr123 (talk) 12:43, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, will do --Flewis^(talk) 13:09, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to both Epbr and Flewis for your messages. LuxNevada (talk) 17:28, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

cannot edit own talk page

Hello. Please see this thread. Thanks. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 16:21, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism of Vince McMahon...

The IP address 209.147.23.38 has been warned to stop vandalising several times. Two times for vandalism for the article Ku Klux Klan, in which another person made those warnings. Then you for Vince McMahon and then I had to revert vandalism again after you issued that warning. This also seems to be a Los Angelos School IP so if this is a school, I think a range block for a short amount of time should be in place if they don't heed this warning. Thanks and Happy editing.

Hairy Perry 16:48, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've given them a final warning. Let me know if you see them vandalise again, or report them to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism . Epbr123 (talk) 16:53, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let you know that IP has been since blocked from editing. Thanks and happy editing. Hairy Perry 18:37, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Featured article drive

Hi, Epbr123; I recall you left comments for me when I requested peer review for Lincolnshire, Illinois. Well, now I am going big time and am formulating a featured article drive for WP:CITIES. In order for me to gather information to facilitate this to all editors who wish to come, I need peer review requests on 18 American cities. Are you up for it?

The first one is Los Angeles, California, whose peer review page can be found at this location.

Please get back to me as soon as you can.

Thanks, --Starstriker7(^{Dime algo}_{or see my works}) 12:43, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Darn! You beat me to it!

[7] Philip Trueman (talk) 12:06, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aww sweet

You're well loved. I tend to view these as a perverse badge of honour, but I'll remove it from my talk page if you like *grin* --Blowdart | ^talk 17:37, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lol. It really doesn't bother me whether you remove it or not. Epbr123 (talk) 17:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well you've seen it now, so what little amusement value it has may have passed, but it'll be there in the history anyway! --Blowdart | ^talk 17:55, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A request for more help

In light of the great job you did in helping me cleaning up the Burger King legal issues article, could you help me on a couple or three more?

If you could look at these and make them pretty , I would be deeply grateful.

Thanks,

--Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 09:17, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for the revert to vandalism on my userpage! DARTH PANDA^talk 19:28, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Forest fires page

I changed the forest fires page back as significant parts were missing out of the behaviour part.

87.194.248.4 (talk) 11:52, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AIV?

Why are you reporting vandals to AIV instead of just blocking them yourself? WJBscribe (talk) 15:46, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The block function on Huggle isn't working at the moment, and it takes me ages to block vandals manually, so it's more efficient if I report them instead. Too much vandalism gets through otherwise. Epbr123 (talk) 15:51, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I see - well I guess I'll just get on with the blocks then... :-) WJBscribe (talk) 15:52, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My Vandalism, just an act of retort

You've just warned me of vandalism. Okay, so I did vandalize. But you keep restoring List of Filipinos to a version that's also been vandalized. For example, on the section Science and Medicine, a person listed is Mikko Q. Arquiza. On the section Music and Composition, 2 persons- Van Cleef P. Ramos and Geomar P. Zandueta. So you ask, who are these people? These people are students from the Ateneo de Zamboanga University. (And two of them were my former clasmates.) I you hope understand my side of this case. Dsalbao (talk) 15:53, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Someone else has now removed the other vandalism. Epbr123 (talk) 15:56, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Mikko Q. Arquiza remains unscathed in Science and Medicine. He's the guy who started the vandalism. (And yeah, I joined in.)Dsalbao (talk) 16:04, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- It's fixed now. Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 16:20, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thanks to you too.Dsalbao (talk) 16:24, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Which is more NPOV?

Hi there! There are some new problems in the article of Religion in China between some users (me and Abstrakt) with a Muslim user, Editingman about the private template of Islam in China which should not added to the main article of Religion in China because this article is only a shortened summary of many different religions in China, not only Islam. Read the current discussion here for more details. Your opinions are very precious. Thank you and best of luck to you. Angelo De La Paz (talk) 03:59, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		CVU Anti-Vandalism Award
		You've already received several anti-vandalism awards, but I award you this one, for continuously popping up in my watchlist. Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:01, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 07:41, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Epbr, thank you for supporting me in my RfA (you may not recall, but you also passed my first GA months ago). I appreciate the support. Regards, Lazulilasher (talk) 23:53, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

Hey there! Just a note thanking you for supporting my RFA which successfully passed with 60 supports, 0 opposes and 2 neutrals. I hope I'll be able to live up to everyone's expectations, and thank you for trusting me! All the best, Ale_Jrb ^talk 20:29, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar & Advert

Hi there got any work to do? I'm in a bit of a pickle I haven't been able to edit anything for a while now other than reverting vandalism, so...Can I get some work to do to earn a barnstar? PLEASE I am so bored with Wikipedia lately...(I also love your wikiad!) Lord of Moria _Talk ^Contribs 21:13, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Remeber to watch...

...your reverts. Anyway, great work, Spencer^T♦^C 00:54, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Great job fighting vandalism! Keep it up, Spencer^T♦^C 00:56, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the constructive criticism. Epbr123 (talk) 00:59, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Warning of User talk:207.73.252.251

I noticed that a few days ago you gave a final vandalizing warning to User talk:207.73.252.251. He has just vandalized four pages today. So far, he has vandalized 11 pages in October 2008. Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 15:25, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dartford

Can you cast your eyes over the editing behaviour here Dartford, I could use a little help.ClemRutter (talk) 20:57, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've left him a message. Epbr123 (talk) 21:13, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reports to AIV

Hello, Epbr. I find it kind of unusual when you make reports to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism; since you are an administrator, why don't you just block them instead? You do have the mop, you know. :-) SchfiftyThree ^(talk!) 00:26, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The block function on Huggle isn't working at the moment, and it's such a hassle having to keep switching between Huggle and a browser to block someone. It's more efficient if an AIV watcher blocks them instead. Epbr123 (talk) 00:36, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just letting you know

I blocked User:Erpb123 for impersonating per WP:USERNAME. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:56, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Every where I look, there you are! Dloh cierekim 13:52, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 13:55, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I WOuld like to say the same. Good work with all of your reverting :). Keep it up! ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 17:30, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

school block?

I noticed you also reverted 207.63.99.219 at horror fiction. I left a warning on the IP page (along with many others, but guess it will have little effect. But i was wondering if you could explain how the school block already applied works? Clearly the IPs from the school can still edit, so who does it block exactly? Thanks.Yobmod (talk) 14:44, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The school block was applied on 15 November 2007 and expired after 6 months. I've just issued another block for a further year. Epbr123 (talk) 14:49, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Medicine/Dermatology task force

I wanted to know if you (or any friends of yours) are interested in dermatology, and would be willing to help me with the WikiProject Medicine/Dermatology task force? Kilbad (talk) 03:00, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

This is a shared IP address at a library- I was wondering if you could tag it as such? I do not know how to do that. Thanks. --192.147.171.188 (talk) 23:43, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 23:51, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Damn You!(JK)

Your bot is too good please turn it off so little editors like me can have a chance.please?~RaveRaiser blessed this place with his holy gaze~ 23:30, 20 October 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by RaveRaiser (talk • contribs)

Nice one!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		There isn't any point being on Huggle when you're around! You're beating me to every edit but most importantly you're kicking vandal ass! Nice one! cf38^talk 16:50, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Epbr123 (talk) 17:03, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bling bling

		CVU Anti-Vandalism Award
		Why you have been busy today, well everyday infact, thank you for protecting my watchlist from vandalism better than I could ever manage — Realist² 21:21, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Luke Ford removal

Given that Jimbo's weighed in against Luke Ford as a reliable source, I can hardly fault you for removing material from it. However, I do hope you're checking to see what Luke actually has on his site for each person. For instance, his article on Katja Kassin has an audio interview (though none of that was used on Wikipedia), and I remember that he's done some video interviews as well (though I maybe mixing up lukeisback.com and lukeford.net). I would argue material on Luke's site that can be verified back that way would be reliable. As well, some of Luke's material was nicked from other sites... if anything we should be sourcing to that (e.g., the Alektra Blue cites). Tabercil (talk) 00:08, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'll make sure there's nothing salvageable from the Luke pages. If he got any info from a reliable source, I'll source to that instead if possible (there was no link to the original Alektra Blue interview). Some would argue however that not even the audio and video interviews are reliable, as they can be altered. Epbr123 (talk) 00:35, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- That last bit's taking caution a lil' too far in my opinion, or are we then to assume a complete lack of good faith on the part of other websites? And if so, how far do we go?? That can o' worms I'm gonna leave well closed thank you. Tabercil (talk) 00:40, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Marksfriggin

Huh? May I ask why you removed the link to Marksfriggin.com in this edit??

It seems to be a self-published website by a Howard Stern fan. Epbr123 (talk) 00:38, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- It's also the largest archive of what's occured on Stern, and goes far further back than what Stern's own archive goes. Tabercil (talk) 00:46, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - I'm afraid that still doesn't make it reliable. Epbr123 (talk) 00:48, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Have fun then. 01:12, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Epbr123/Archive 4

Hello & Welcome !!!

Huggle problem?

Request for Peer Review help

Good article nomination of Canterbury

I would appreciate some feedback ...

Man, do you ever deserve this...

Good catch!

RfA?

Congratulations!

Good Luck

Your RFA

International vandalism

Aftoater

Dashes

Dates in refs question

Re: My RfA

another RfA

Thanks for answering

And do please contact me

Leonardo (Disambiguation)

FAC MoS help

Congratulations

congratulations

Soccer player speedy tags

Request for MOS check in FAC

My edit on "Dwarf"

Bot query

Your RfA

AfD nomination of Stephanie Biddle

Request for MOS check in FAC

Deletion request

full-stop tension

MoS copyedit request

Blocked vandal changing talk page comments

Wikipedia Message from yourself

Trump Chicago

Fantastic!

Why the revert?

different kind of newbie

FA thanks

Nick Fearby CSD

Happy First Day of Summer!

Request

Regarding your e-mails

Userpage protection

Huggle Feedback Response

FAC Help

Punk rock

Congratulations!

AfD nomination of New Riverside Stadium Wiffleball

Update needed

Thriller

AWB problem?

Help

Prose help at FAC

Here's another award

WP:HAU, Status, and you!

The traditional rfa thank you message

New places articles

what on earth does this mean?

WP:FAC request

Category sort

Your AWB change(s)

MickyBatt

User:Trowsellsnake

Feet and inches question

Kind request

Another kind request...

WikiProject Articles needing copy edit (tentative name)

Audio Sample

For your vandal work...

Question

11th Airborne Division

Curious

Introduction of unnecessary hyphen

With thanks

Admin?

Speedy deletion of Filingue

Quick question