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Found this junk
Thanks for catching that stupid vandal in my user page. He said that I should be beaten with a wrentch. I dont know how he will do that or how I met that user but thanks for reverting his stupidity --JAranda | watz sup03:23, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
Should u create a template with that user as it is a bit serious like what we do with Supertroll WoW etc. Like this Mexican G's and a Vandalism in Progress report as this is a bit serious --JAranda | watz sup03:35, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
An other one
Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps "My friend is dead, what can I do?" The operator says "Calm down, I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There's a silence, then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says "OK now what?"
I went ahead and centre aligned, and added Welcome to my User Page!, to your User page, if ya don't like it then I'm sorry and I'll see if I can come up with a better one for your tastes. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk. 06:07, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar, not entirly sure I deserve it lol. Journalist did the same thing to my page for me and I just did what he did. I appreciate it all the same though so here's an other joke.Caution this joke is XXX. (I had to put that in just incase it offends ya :-D)
A couple are going through some tough times, so they agree that the woman will walk the streets for a night and see if she can make some money. Her husband drops her off on a corner in a rough area of town and drives off. Thee next morning, he picks her up and finds her with her hair all messed up, make-up smudged and obviously needing a lot of rest. She climbs in the car and excitedly says, "Look honey, I made $50.50." Which of the jerks gave you the fifty cents?? All of them" she says. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk. 06:27, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
Wikipedia is a kind of vast, towering ziggurat, the hub of a bustling city. It is unfathomably large, and, like a ziggurat, it was built a long time ago by wise and ancient priests who dispensed wisdom to the community at large. (I'm going somewhere with this metaphor, so stick with me.)
I am very new here. Metaphorically, I am a small child running in the street, feet caked with dust, squinting into the sun at the temple's apex. From this perspective, Wikipedia is a very daunting thing.
Your gestures of kindness were both unexpected and heartwarming. You are -- here the metaphor fails me -- a nice priest at the ziggurat who has given me some lapis lazuli beads and told me to buy something nice at the village market.
Like the ziggurats of ancient times, this metaphor has become a terrible ruin. And like the ziggurats, archaeologists will look back on this metaphor and wonder, "What were they thinking?" So allow me to conclude by saying, thank you for taking the time to be nice. Your grace has made Wikipedia a little less daunting.
PS. Happily, this means I have achieved another of my life's goals, "To write metaphors about things that are like ziggurats."
Re: Vandalism
Just so you know, your user page was vandalized [1] by an irate AOL IP I blocked. Gee... you're not even an admin and you're getting vandalized! Good work. Titoxd(?!?)22:44, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks Tito—its nice to know there are such sharp admins protecting our userpages :) As it happens I did notice, and I left him a note. No reply though—considering it's AOL, I probably shouldn't have bothered as he'd change IPs on the next page refresh. But thank you, Tito :) encephalon22:50, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
Re:Whaaa...?
Hey Tito, you're being so kind that I feel really bad saying "is it ok to wait a bit". Do you think it would be ok for me to let you know when I'm ready? That way I won't feel like I'm being a jerk :). I'm also in a bit of a spot: you happen to be not the only kind soul who's asked, so I've had to behave this rudely to quite a few people (~10 times now :(). I'm going to be very busy this month and in January, so I was wondering if early December or February/March might be better? I think when I'm kinda-sorta ready I'll mail you and one other very nice fellow who's been making repeated, entirely undeserved, offers. Is this ok? Thanks once more buddy. encephalon22:20, 6 November 2005 (UTC) NB. Metapedian, eh? Didn't know that word. Learn something from you all the time. I think I'm somewhere between exo and meta; pretty clueless both ways. :)
PS. Tito, As you can see from the history, an odd thing happened when I first posted this reply—it flew up to the top of the page. But it seems ok in Preview mode when I place it above Psychim's RFA thank you note. Is there some kind of funky HTML thing going on that's causing this? I can't spot the problem myself looking at the code. Posting this note just so you're aware of a possible problem. encephalon22:33, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
PPS. Tito, It is Psychim's note. If you remove it, the page works fine (in preview). There's some bit of code in it that's causing a problem, perhaps in concert with your new layout. Looking at it now. encephalon22:43, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
RfA thanks
Thank-you for expressing your confidence in me at my recent Request for Adminship. The final result was 40/0/0, and my "superpowers" have now been activated. I look forward to helping out with the development of the encyclopedia. Physchim62 (talk·contribs)
PS. Seems to be working now buddy. I've tested adding posts using all three methods ("edit this page", "+", and clicking the last edit), and everything seems to work. I think it was the extra closing div tag. I've seen that tiny thing wreck all kinds of havoc. Also, in case you didn't notice in the flurry of activity, Aaron dropped you a note up there, Tito. So long then. encephalon22:54, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for attending to this issue. You have however locked the article after it was vandalized. Could you please revert the last edit. These particular users seam to be understanding the Wikipedia as an extension of Bosnian battlefield. They have used the discussion page only for nationalistic arguements and heated debate. Your attendace to this matter would be much appriciated. I have already requested help from other administrators in order to deal with users and issues in question. Thanks --Dado00:35, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
Sorry, do not listen Dado, he is a vandal and political propagandist. Just read my last post on the discussion page. My version of the page is neutral and his version is biased. PANONIAN01:14, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
I'm not getting involved, I just protected the page as a neutral third-party admin. File a RFC if you think it's necessary. Titoxd(?!?)01:16, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for your support on my RfA. I will use my new abilities with the common interest in mind. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Though your message is nice and all welcoming him I should let you know that this is a reincarnation of User talk:218.101.117.9, please take a look at each one's edit histories. User talk:218.101.117.9 was blocked for 1 month by me for death threats and this second one started immediately afterwards and has begun to cause problems. JtkieferT | @ | C ----- 03:16, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
Im Gone
This looks familar
There is a fatal flaw in the system. Vandals, trolls and malactors are given respect, whereas those who are here to actually create an encyclopedia, and to do meaningful work, are slapped in the face and not given the support needed to do the work they need to do.
22:17, November 6, 2005 Titoxd blocked "User:203.167.171.229" with an expiry time of indefinite (silly death threats that make me laugh)
Hey, I think you already know this, but we shouldn't block IP addresses indefinitely unless they are an open proxy. Nowadays, a lot of IPs are dynamic, and your block therefore wouldn't have any affect, except to bar an innocent user from Wikipedia. While the death threat was serious, we just can't ban it forever. I've reblocked for a month. Thanks, Bratschetalk | Esperanza03:58, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
Use this to flail at those vandals! No death threats can stop you now...Ahh, I know the feeling. Got to hit those vandals hard with a hammer, huh? I'm not sure if he got the message, but I think you should have this. XD! Cheers, Bratschetalk | Esperanza04:07, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
This is a public computer for the Rivergrove Library, so please avoid leaving messages for its users. If the problem is severe (which I doubt, since I've gone over the history logs), rather than bothering my responsible users, send me an email at root@rivergrove.ca.
Thanks,
Stephen Parker
Network Administrator
Republika Srpska
Hi! Since you was the administrator that locked the Republika Srpska article, (and probably prevented a fierce edit war :), I would like to inform you about vandalism going on at the Talk:Republika Srpska. An anonimous user, is erasing posts of User:PANONIAN. Here is the evidence [2], [3], [4], [5]. I think that one of the worst and most perfid forms of vandalism is erasing posts on discussion pages. Could we do something about it?
Titoxd. I know you do not wish to get invloved but could you at least urge administrators to take a look at this issue. I have asked several but no response yet. There is a reasonable proposal on the talk page that is supported by factual information. Also after seeing the Request for Arbirtation that you suggested I do not think it would work beacause for that process one needs reasonable participats, a quality which User Panonian has not yet aquired. Thanks --Dado01:12, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
Well Dado, is that not a personal insult? Your proposal is same as it was on the begining of the dispute - biased and one-sided. I 100% agree with the arbitration about this issue, and I think that we have to reach compromise about this. Do you want to reach compromise or only to post your one-sided and biased version of the story? I proposed a compromise on the talk page (Talk:Republika Srpska), and you are free to say your opinion about this compromise. It is better to try to work with me than to conduct personal "crusade" against me on the entire Wikipedia, as one can see from your contributions:
The final outcome was (96/2/0), so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any queries about my actions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Again, thanks!
Help! new consensus version at John Kerry being modified already
(cur) (last) 01:34, 9 November 2005 Jtdirl (rv to Derex version. (Admins out there, please protect this again again. Rex is up to his old POV tricks.)
(cur) (last) 01:31, 9 November 2005 Rex071404 (rv to "consensus" Derex, please ratify consensus prior to any more changes)
(cur) (last) 01:29, 9 November 2005 Titoxd m (Reverted edits by 152.163.100.195 to last version by Derex)
(cur) (last) 01:28, 9 November 2005 152.163.100.195
(cur) (last) 01:28, 9 November 2005 Derex (→First Purple Heart - copyedit (probably foolish), tried not to step on any toes or change the meaning)
(cur) (last) 00:46, 9 November 2005 Titoxd (reading the talk page discussion, issue is now solved, modifying to version with consensus and unprotecting)
Per your edit summary at User:JCarriker/cabal It use to appear on my user page, it was in template form so others could add it to their pages if they wished. I used your template as a model, the residual link in it to your page was an error. It links to nothing because removed it from my page—it's self-deprecating humor and after the second Hatshepsut FAC debacle I don't feel like being laughed by anyone not even by me. -JCarriker02:31, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
Vandalism revert
You're welcome! It's funny, isn't it? I got stuck myself for a good half an hour reading about various Soviet spies, VENONA, and so forth while in the middle of that. He added my talk page to the category too, which gave me a good laugh. Happy editing! Antandrus (talk)04:05, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
Thank you
Very much for your kind support of my adminship. I'll do my best to live up to your and my other supporters' expectations. If you have any comments or concerns on my actions as an administrator, please let me know. Thank you! — MC MasterChef:: Leave a tip —14:44, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
Userbox
Thanks! I'm always on the lookout for more userboxes, so please send some over if you can think of any that fit me. BTW, were you in Esperanza's Trading Spaces program? This place looks great, my user area could use some touching up. Maybe i'll enroll, but I don't think I can be of much help to anybody else with redecorating. Also wondering if I should go for 3,900 total edits tonight(20 more to go after this), but i'm very sleepy right now. Karmafist05:40, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
Yep, after the nonsense with Pigs, I was somewhat disgusted with the crap that some editors seem to be able to get away with here and my edits dropped significantly per day during that, before that point, I was averaging around 100 per day. Being neutral definately does help your editcountitis;-) Karmafist05:52, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
Then you gotta get rid of that "Strict Neutrality" userbox then, unless you're talking about some kind of proactive neutrality or something. Hooray, I am the userbox champion once again!Karmafist06:01, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
(I posted this on requests for protection as well)
Attention: I think we need protection again. It's been all of 36 hours since Titoxd unprotected the page and we've had 75 edits. And it's the same old stuff. We still have a dispute over whether or not Kerry's einjury that got him his first purple heart is a "wound" and whether or not it was "non serious". The problem is that we have a consensus, but Rex is fighting it...so...it's still an edit war. Please reprotect. It's exhausting trying to follow all of this. protection is needed. --Woohookitty(cat scratches)15:13, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
Cheers
Hey Tito, I see that your back, and I noticed that you were away due to a "real-life situation". Just wanted to say hi, leave you this cookie, and say that I hope that everything is ok. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk. 04:34, 11 November 2005 (UTC)Wiki Cookies taste good.
Unnecessary deletion of United States commemorative coins category
Hi,
I invite you to vote against the unnecessary deletion of the United States commemorative coins category
Thanks for supporting my RfA. It recently closed with final tally of 51/1/2. I sincerely appreciate it and I hope I can live up to your expectations. I will try my best to be a good administrator. If you ever need anything, just let me know. Thanks! -- Psy guy(talk)05:36, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
My RFA
Hi Titoxd, thanks for nominating me! I've accepted the nomination and added myself to WP:RFA. I hope I didn't forget anything! Regards, --JoanneB13:24, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
Also, you should know that I will end my involvement in this issue. I do not have nerves to deal with such indiviuals like users Emir Arven, Dado and Live Forever. If you check their contributions to Wikipedia you will see that these 3 person have no intentions to write a valuable Wikipedia articles, but rather to prove their political point:
As I said, my involvement in Republika Srpska articles will end or it will be very small in the future (I much more like to write articles about my beautiful city and some other interesting things than to argue with those people). I just want to tell you that you should not let those people to post their hate material into article. If they post this hate material there, the article will be the subject of permanent revert wars in the future, since the people of Republika Srpska will not like to read a hate stuff about them or their motherland. To prevent furthern revert wars about Republika Srpska article, the entire history section could be moved to sub article: History of Republika Srpska, like it was done in the articles about Kosovo and Montenegro. Of course, there is no help for the History of Republika Srpska article, it will be the subject of constant revert wars because of its biased and controversial nature, but we can have decent Republika Srpska article only if we move entire litigious history section into the subarticle. Maybe you can arrange some voting among administrators about this. Good luck. PANONIAN(talk)14:31, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
Sorry to disturb you so much, but just to show you one interesting example what are the goals of mentioned users on Wikipedia. I will just let Dado to speak for himself:
Quote written by Dado: "with others reconciliation cannot start until truth is established and until people responsible for that truth are ready to start taking responsibility. On both individual and collective level".
I give in to temptation and come off my Wikibreak, and about the first thing I see on my watchlist is you saying you're going to be away! Coincidence?... Anyway thanks for your kind words on my talk page, it was real life getting in my way as well combined with a bit of disillusionment with Wiki things in general. Hope your real life situation works out alright, and see you when you get back. the wub "?!"23:53, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
A-OK
Hey Tito, I'm very glad to see that your OK. I just wanna say thank you again for your help with RC patrol your advice and friendliness were a welcome site. Good luck on those mid terms :-D KnowledgeOfSelf | talk. 07:31, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks yes I did to both. I just got an other message from Sango123 that my sig is showing up red on his browser I had no idea I was causing so much trouble! I assure you I am trying to remedy this. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk00:05, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
P.S. On your user talk page the text starts off normal and then gets very large. On my user talk page it started off normal and then got really small. Mine has returned to normal text size through out and your hasn't is this apart of the technical problems.? Also my text is red on your talk page but normal in your sandbox and on other talk pages.
Good work banning "Sovietloveletter" (I was one of the people whose userpages got hit). Looking at the joker's contribution list I do believe he would have left little f-bombs all the way up the alphabet if he wasn't stopped. I'm just amazed it was an actual registered user for once. I'm used to that sort of behavior coming from anons. Cheers! 23skidoo02:41, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Signatures
Thanks for your comment. I didn't have any straight HTML in my signature, just some simple wiki-syntax. A little more digging showed that my [ was being converted to [.
My signature had been Rossami]] [[User talk:Rossami|(talk). May I ask what your signature looks like? Yours seems to still be working. Thanks. Rossami03:21, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Same with Rossami had no HTML and [ was being converted to [. but I still some how cant fix my sig Thanks --[[User:Aranda56|Jaranda([[User_talk:Aranda56|<sup>watz sup</sup>]])]] 04:09, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Tito, some of us have put together a page that can be used to help folks with their sigs. You can refer editors to it quite easily for some guidance. It's WP:SIGHELP. Keep on rockin encephalon02:08, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
Death threat
I already had a death threat! I posted in on my userpage for a few days...thanks for the reminder to be cool under pressure! I appreciate feedback from respected users such as yourself.--MONGO05:36, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Personal style always works best anyway, IMO. What would I do without you? Man, am I glad that you're around. Please feel free to ask me for anything, i'm in your debt -- that was so ugly on my talk page before that table. Karmafist06:29, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Aw man, it was too late to think of another excuse! I'm going there anyway now to get one for Pigs. He tried to discredit me on other people's talk pages instead of responding to his rfar, but in the process he made me a friend out of a potential enemy, so I think that deserves some kind of award. Karmafist06:47, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
My name is not Pigs, as I have told you several times. I take your continued referal of me in that manner to be a personal attack. Andy Mabbett08:50, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Tito, I'm going to be away for a bit. I'm a bit concerned about Splash. Do you know any more than is apparent from his page? Keep an eye out, will ya? Thanks. encephalon02:27, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
I'd like to ask those fellows who have not indicated whether or not they grant permission for a wikibio on them to please do so soon. I'd also appreciate it everyone could expand or create the wikibios for which permission has been granted. The wikibio project simply won't be useful unless fellows actively participate; so I'd like to issue a challenge that each fellow contribute at least one sentence to two wikibios. I'll be on wikibreak for the next week and when I get back there will be prizes in store for the fellows who have the three highest edit counts on wikibios. Thanks. -JCarriker22:57, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
Hello there fellow wikipedian and counter vandalism unit member, recently you permanently banned a wiki vandal by the name of sovietloveletter for userpage editing and he vandalized yours, well it turns out that he's back and has been vowing revenge on me (in his statement on his userpage i'm don zapapico and he states that he hates and calls me a coña). He vandalized my userpage under his name and the school he goes to ip 64.171.131.218 , I wanted to know if you could ban him again for userpage vandalism and keep a watch on the school ip and his. It would be a major convience not having to deal with is vandalism and I can't ban myself becuase i'm not an admin. His new name is FREEDOMSHMEEDOM. Thank you so much - Patman2648] | Patman2648 16:51 17 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome!
Thanks for the "welcome back" message, indeed, its great to be back. Places like Esperanza make it all the more worthwhile too. Thanks again. Banes20:07, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for supporting me for adminship. The RfA passed today. I look forward to working with you to make Wikipedia a better place. --Nlu03:24, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
