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Barnstar thanks
Thanks, K6ka for the colorful barnstar. I appreciate your vandal fighting too. Let me know if you want me to semi-protect your userpage.- Gilliam (talk) 15:59, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Questions
I noticed you flagged something of mine for deletion. Can you teach me how I can flag stuff for deletion — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nascarman1 (talk • contribs) 03:01, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
Stop It
You have no authority over me and if you threaten to ban me again i will tell the administrator. I have equal power as you and I am trying to be nice here but I don't appreciate you acting like your the boss. So can you please worry about your own articles and let me worry about mine ----NascarMan1
- Wikipedia is a collaborative effort. No editor can simply "Worry about their own articles and not other people" because articles don't belong to the creator. You don't own an article, not even your userpage. Everything submitted on Wikipedia is free for anyone else to edit. Also, I was not acting like a "boss". The warning messages you saw were automatically generated. I tagged your article for deletion and reverted your edits because they did not meet up with Wikipedia's policies. You are welcome to report me to the admins (who am I to stop you?), but you should have a good reason handy before reporting. K6ka (talk | contrib) 17:32, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
This IP, 68.14.160.191,[1] has removed references and referenced information from the Crusades article and has chose to engage in discussion on the talk page. Would you be interested in participating? --Kansas Bear (talk) 16:54, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
- I dropped in with my comment. Thanks! K6ka (talk | contrib) 17:42, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Brentside High Information is corrent " Most handsome Guy"
Hi. I believe the the Most handsome guy column is correct as the student is current rated by the faculty — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.29.27.218 (talk) 00:27, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
- I frankly doubt it. Firstly, there was no source to back it up. Second, schools do not acknowledge the "sexiest man on campus", because that's ridiculous. K6ka (talk | contrib) 03:08, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
AfD
Hi, I would welcome your comments on this page. [2]. Thanks. Logical Cowboy (talk) 23:52, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, I appreciate your time and would welcome your support to keep the page. MickeyMouse5349 (talk) 00:01, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Disruptive edit(s)
--Unstoppabel Unpredictable Ultra Super Saiyan 5 Sintex (talk) 23:54, 26 January 2014 (UTC)Goku I'm very sorry about the edits but I can not help it a younger sibling knows my password and keep s on doing malicious bad edits with my account. In this situation there is absolutely nothing I can do to help and prevent these edits he's home with my computer while I'm gone with a smartphone being updated every time I receive a warning please change my username and password if you wanna stop those edits --Unstoppabel Unpredictable Ultra Super Saiyan 5 Sintex (talk) 23:54, 26 January 2014 (UTC)Giku
- WP:BRO. Get your account blocked right now and make a new account. Don't tell anyone your password or let anyone use your account. K6ka (talk | contribs) 23:56, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
--Unstoppabel Unpredictable Ultra Super Saiyan 5 Sintex (talk) 00:02, 27 January 2014 (UTC)Unstoppable Unpredictable Ultra Super Saiyan 5 Sintex
I filled out a contact form 5 minutes after those edits and had my password changed no one else knows it.
And why do you reply on your talk page? here's a tip link removed bro.
--Unstoppabel Unpredictable Ultra Super Saiyan 5 Sintex (talk) 00:02, 27 January 2014 (UTC)Unstoppable Unpredictable Ultra Super Saiyan 5 Sintex
- No. Don't even think about using that excuse again. K6ka (talk | contribs) 00:07, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
... What is he talking about? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gokufan8989 (talk • contribs) 00:09, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Hank Gathers did not collapse against ucsb. He collapsed against portland — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.14.5.24 (talk) 17:34, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
- The info was sourced, so if it's wrong, you'll need a valid source to confirm it. K6ka (talk | contribs) 17:37, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
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When? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nah cba (talk • contribs) 17:51, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
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Your deletion of my edit in the article Pramface
You've undone my edit in the article on pramface.
I'd say my edit was mischevious rather than vandalistic.
Nontheless the article concerned said "The term "pramface" is British slang for a young/unwed mother. It derives from "pram", a perambulator (baby carriage/stroller)." but cited no source for this.
As a native speaker of British English I have never heard this phrase used in any context other than that of the TV series.
I've therefore re-edited the article and simply removed the line which I believe to be mere nonsense.
I hope this meets with your approval — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.19.20.190 (talk) 20:29, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- That's a much better approach. Next time though, you should explain why you are removing the info in the edit summary by typing in "removing unsourced additions". If it's unsourced, remove it, don't say "This isn't true." You can also add
{{fact}}
next to the unsourced statement. If the unsourced statement is on an article about a living person, remove it, don't tag it. WP:CITE, WP:BLP, and WP:V are quite useful in this case. K6ka (talk | contribs) 20:33, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
Oh thanks
Yeah I usually mark them as patrolled after that-don't know why it didn't go that time. Wgolf (talk) 03:06, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Orthodox Presbytarian Church
Hi there, you reverted one of 78.31.47.43 (talk)'s edits on Orthodox Presbyterian Church for " 'unexplained content removal' " which was removal of Citation needed tags I had placed there to avert an edit war (or rather stop one that was gaining steam, I shouldn't have edited WP while angry).
Is there any chance you could spare a minute to have a look at the discussion on the talk page and help the two of us work out why we're working at cross purposes? Thanks in advance SPACKlick (talk) 16:41, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
RE: Vandalism
hey its me sorry about the vandalism on the thing about pesticides -westonman172 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Westonman172 (talk • contribs) 15:10, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for the barnstar. I did make a request for rollback permission at the same time I asked for reviewer permission. It was not acted on for several days after the reviewer permission was granted. I noticed on the policy page that rollback permission may be deferred to see how one performs after getting reviewer permission. I rarely use it. The main reason I applied for it was because the real-time changes scroll was hanging up, apparently because I did not have a permission, even though I had used it for several months. Getting reviewer permission solved that problem so I withdrew the rollback request. Also, the administrator saw a couple of complaints, from vandals or perhaps one or two careless editors on my talk page. Maybe a mistake even was shown. The administrator cautioned me to be careful because of this. Frankly, I could not see that it was necessary since I had thousands of reversions with only a few complaints or mistakes - quickly corrected. I thought discretion was indicated on my part, however, and simply wrote something to the effect that I would be sure to exercise care and then after several days withdrew the pending rollback request. I know that Huggle would be more efficient, but for the time being I will stay with Twinkle and real-time changes and put a little more time between my reviewer permission and another rollback request. Donner60 (talk) 03:47, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
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lissette garcia
I know you reverted the article. I am actually Lissette Garcia and realized some things on there were missing and I wanted to add it. I also wanted to add a picture, it's been deleted from the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lssttgar003 (talk • contribs) 17:54, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
- You are generally forbidden to write autobiographies about yourself on Wikipedia. You also didn't cite any sources, which is why I reverted it. The images you linked to didn't even exist. K6ka (talk | contribs) 19:31, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
- Note: Your question was answered at the help desk here. K6ka (talk | contribs) 19:33, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
I noticed
That you left a barnstar on my talk page, but forgot to leave the abuse! Much appreciated! Cheers -Jim— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jim1138 (talk • contribs)
The rusty chocolate starfish Barnstar
This is a new one on me. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 07:28, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- Uh... I didn't post that one. Some IP address posted that (impersonating me) - and it was kinda inappropriate, so I removed it. K6ka (talk | contribs) 12:17, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. It did seem a little strange and I had never seen it before. On the other hand, I thought perhaps it had some meaning I didn't get. It is hard to understand why people spend time on something like that and vandalism in general, although we know many are probably kids. Anyway, you do good work and I thank you for that. Donner60 (talk) 20:38, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
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Economy of Canada
I guess altering vandalism doesn't count. Keep up the good work! 68.58.117.199 (talk) 04:25, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
RE: Unsourced content on Suspekt
Hi
In the "Suspekt" article i wrote that one of the statements was an april fools. there isnt really any other source for that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.94.223.93 (talk) 00:25, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
- Well, if it doesn't have a source, then there's no reason why Wikipedia should have that. Since it's not backed up by anything, Wikipedia shouldn't have it. K6ka (talk | contribs) 00:30, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Positive usage
See also in wiktionary https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shit_yeah. This is derived term of "shit".— Preceding unsigned comment added by Coldcakes22 (talk • contribs)
- We'll let the administrators decide. K6ka (talk | contribs) 17:05, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Sorry that I'm crazy
The headline says everything. Mew. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NyanCatRules (talk • contribs) 19:22, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Hello! I wanted to ask you how do you know that the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train opened as you said; YESTERDAY??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.242.140.153 (talk) 20:20, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Something translated using Google Translate
Now you listen to me, I do not bullies on Wikipedia and ask the question why you indiscriminately roll back my changes, I do not blame I do not know the English language, and you could translate what I wrote to you in Google perevodcheke.--Гривусинус (talk) 18:25, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
- This. Your behaviour is not acceptable and if someone rolls back your changes, you should respond politely instead of just saying "You can just Google Translate my post!" K6ka (talk | contribs) 20:15, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank You!
Thank you for the barnstar, I really appreciate it. Have a great day and good luck in your anti-vandalims efforts! :) --Seahorseruler (Talk Page) (Contribs) (Report a Vandal) 03:06, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks a lot for the Barnstar! Nice fighting the vandalism with you today. Rmosler | ● 22:40, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks // Vandalism is so 1980s.
Hi K6ka, thanks for the cookies and introducing me to Twinkle. I need to read the stuff but it looks good to me at 1st sight. I was indeed sort of following ClueBot, cherrypicking IPs from CB's hitlist to look for as yet undetected vandalist acts by those nasty IPs. And that is one question: can I "dump" (i.e. link to) vandalised article versions somewhere (after I removed the vanadalist text(s) manually) that can help as "false negatives" for any bot development/ tuning, especially if they (the vandalised articles) are older than, say, 1 day? I must say, some vandalist acts are hilarious some just puberal others plain insulting or destructive (none are appropriate, though). School's shared computers might be a problem. I will try to remember to "warn" IPs on their talk page after I undid their vandalism, or what I interpreted as such. I really have to do that? 'Cause that doubles the work, no? I mean if i am not sure it was vandalism sure, but many cases of this morning were just blatant vandalism cases? These people probably even have fun with their "warning"? Do I need to "suggest" IPs (or users) to be blocked, somewhere, or is the system scanning continuously for IPs or users with a level 3 or 4 edit warning? Thanks :-) Poepkop (talk) 13:50, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
- Twinkle has all the features you need. You can revert edits using the rollback links Twinkle provides, or by the "Restore this Version" link. Once you perform rollback using Twinkle, it will automatically open up the vandal's talk page, where you can warn them using the "TW" drop-down menu by the Search bar and click on "Warn". You can report vandals after they have received a level 4/4im warning by opening up the "TW" menu and selecting "ARV". This will allow you to report the vandal to WP:AIV. Once they've been reported, an administrator will be over to block the user eventually.
- Warning vandals is important because some vandals think that nobody will notice their work, and giving them a warning usually tells most vandals that their nonconstructive edits are not appreciated and they'll usually stop. If they continue, give them stronger and sterner warnings. Once they reach their final warning and continue to vandalize, report them so they can be blocked. Warnings also help in case you made a mistake. The Level 1 warning helps, as it lets the editor know how to contact you to inform you of your mistake. So never underestimate the power that warnings have!
- I'm not sure what you mean by "link to vandalized article versions". Do you mean providing a direct link to a particular revision of an article? All revisions of an article are stored, and they can be found in the page history, accessed via the "History" tab on the top of the page.
- If you have any more questions, please reply below. K6ka (talk | contribs) 15:48, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks! Yes, " providing a direct link to a particular revision of an article" is what I meant :-) Those are older (but the current) revisions (more then 24 hrs) that have remained unnoticed for vandalism by ClueBot NG (or any bot for that matter). I have to see if I register for helping CB's database I guess I can record them there, or should I report such pages directly to one of the live people mentioned at CB's Userpage?
- 2 More things: (1) How to warn vandalising IP Users of which the act of vandalism was performed days/weeks/months ago but remained undetected? If the damage was done in say, December, do I warn them on their Talkpage under February or December? How do I know that some IP was in December 2013 the same computer as in February 2014 (regarding floating IPs)?
- (2) Some "cleverer" vandalists seem to blank their user talk page from vandalism warnings (one or two occasions past 48 hrs). Should I treat this as vandalism and roll back to the latest version including those warnings? Because it appeared to me that the warning level-counting had started from 0 again, i.e. in the blanked version this user had 3 vandalism warnings and the next would thus have been level 4, but he blanked at quickly after receiving level 3; followed by yet another CB vandalism warning on the b lanked Userpage at only level 1 again (it was all on the same day, I should have noted these 2 IPs or usernames). But then, is this effective? Does blanking my Userpage from all vandalism warnings confuse ClueBot to give off a level 1 warning instead of the deserved level 4 warning that he/she deserved? Is blanking your own user page allowed at all, except for archiving purposes? Cheers Poepkop (talk) 15:02, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
- Not sure what you mean by "unnoticed vandalism". ClueBot NG is programmed to follow these rules:
- User Whitelist - If an edit made by a user that is in a whitelist is classified as vandalism, the edit is not reverted.
- Edit Count - If a user has more than a threshold number of edits, and fewer than a threshold percentage of warnings, the edit is not reverted.
- 1RR - The same user/page combination is not reverted more than once per day, unless the page is on the angry revert list.
- If ClueBot NG (sometimes abbreviated as CBNG, if it helps) doesn't revert an edit that's clearly vandalism, it's most likely one of the three factors listed above. The best you can do is to revert those edits. The only time you report an edit is when it's a false positive, when the bot classifies an edit that wasn't vandalism. More information on false positives here.
- Not sure what you mean by "unnoticed vandalism". ClueBot NG is programmed to follow these rules:
- It actually is okay for users to blank and remove warnings from their talk page (unless specified, such as an unblock-declined notice). I was told this here. You can revert those edits if the user changed the text of the comments on their talk page (such as changing CBNG's warning to "Hello, and welcome to Wickedpedia. This is not a message letting you not know that one of more of your awesome edits have not been reverted (done) by a piece of shit known as ClueFucker".) See WP:OWNTALK for details.
- When in doubt, just check the page history of the talk page and look for any previous warnings that were given on the same day (popups can help with this). If they do have a previous warning, take off from the last warning given (i.e. if the last warning they got was a level 3 warning, give them a level 4 warning, or report them if they have a level 4 warning). If the last warning they got was a level 4 warning, and then they blanked and CBNG or another user gave them a level 1 warning, you can just report them, and explain that they had blanked their talk page and that they had received a level 4 warning.
- If you have any more questions, do not hesitate to ask! K6ka (talk | contribs) 16:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
I was just asking t.t.
I was just asking how to make a barnstar, you should have read what I wrote before giving me a warning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banmeplznow (talk • contribs) 17:53, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
- In your previous comment, you called me a retard. Your editing history show that you are here to vandalize and disrupt the peace, and I frankly doubt you are here to honestly give out barnstars. K6ka (talk | contribs) 17:55, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Reply to your comment
Hello. I noticed that you performed a rollback on this edit (revert diff). Please note that rollback should only be used to revert obvious vandalism. In this case, you were reverting an edit that 1. Was not vandalism, 2. Was performed by a bot that was only trying to do its job and 3. The sandboxes are not permanent storage space for your articles. Bots will regularly clean the sandboxes and you should not revert them. Please only use rollback for appropriate means. K6ka (talk | contribs) 04:14, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
- Okay, I was on Sandbox with the intention of making my own test edits, not reverting vandalism. I knew that the bots were there to clean the Sandbox and did not think that their edits were vandalism. On occasion, I see users (myself included) using rollback feature to do a self revert. NHRHS2010 RIP M.H. (1994-2014) 04:21, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your barnstar
Omygosh, did I not notice your barnstar? Thanks for giving me it, in any case! --I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 18:33, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
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- Damian Zaremba (talk • contribs) 01:18, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Edits to history of SF Street Artist Program
I understand how Wikipedia works. I know you want newspaper and document sources. However, when someone misrepresents the true history of the creation of the SF Street Artist Program because they rely only on old newspaper articles which are inaccurate and incomplete and the person who actually lived the history and was a major leader of the movement during 1971-1973 isn't even mentioned until the 1974 history then you are doing an injustice to me. I deliberately allowed myself to be arrested in 1971 and 1972 in order to challenge the constitutionality of the San Francisco Peddler Laws and to establish the Street Artist Program. For you not to allow a major participant in the historical event to give their personal account of what happened is like telling jews who lived through the Holocaust that their eyewitness accounts can not be included in the history of the Holocaust because they don't have newspaper articles or other documents to authenticate their accounts. I have hundreds of old newspaper articles and documents which support the edits I made. However, not every substantial person or event which played a major role in the creation of the SF Street Artist Program had a newspaper article written about them. Is Wikipedia going to refuse to allow those people and events to be included in the history simply because there was no newspaper article about them? I resent you telling me that a newspaper reporter writing a newspaper article about something I was personally involved in is a more reliable source of what actually occurred than myself. As a result of living through and participating in the creation of the SF Street Artist Program, I became the historian of the Street Artist Program. I resent you implying that the newspaper reporter who wrote an article is more reliable and unbiased than the person who actually lived through the events. There were many newspaper articles that falsely reported what was actually occurring at the time. I encourage you to do more research on this subject and I suggest that you begin with the SF Arts Commission Street Artist Program's webpage which has a short history about the founders of the SF Street Artist Program. If you would like any information about the history of the creation of the SF Street Artist Program, I will be glad to provide you with that information. However, in the meantime, if you are going to delete my edit of this article every time I repost it until I provide some sort of written documentation then it will take a lot of time and effort on my part to provide you with some written documentation but I will do it because I am not going to allow wikipedia to post a false history of the creation of the SF Street Artists Program that leaves out my involvement as a major leader in the movement in 1971-1973 as well as some of the other people who were involved and some events just because they weren't reported in an old newspaper article.
2601:9:1B00:629:20D:93FF:FE7D:F8C8 (talk) 18:14, 17 February 2014 (UTC)William J. Clark February 17, 20142601:9:1B00:629:20D:93FF:FE7D:F8C8 (talk) 18:14, 17 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:9:1B00:629:20D:93FF:FE7D:F8C8 (talk) 18:10, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
- ...Your wall of text makes this impossible for me to read and understand. Please try to simplify your points. I reverted your edit because it lacked clearly defined sources. Read WP:CITE on how to cite your material on Wikipedia. Your edit also removed a large portion of content, namely the categories. Also, check to see that your edit is "verifiable, notable, and written in a neutral point of view." These three policies are generally referred to as the three "pillars" of Wikipedia (in almost other words, if you forget everything else, remember these three things). Also, judging by what you said, it seems that your information is based on personal accounts and experience. Wikipedia cannot accept original research and is against our policies.
- Please do not re-add without coming to a consensus on the article talk page, or else you may violate the three-revert-rule. K6ka (talk | contribs) 18:40, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
James Michael Egbert Collins
Im sorry to embarrass you but James Collins' full name is infact: James Michael Egbert Collins... it says it on his birth certificate — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.37.185.143 (talk) 12:29, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
- Do you have a source for that? K6ka (talk | contribs) 12:45, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
A little biology quiz
DUDE, did you study biology... you should know the DNA sequences of the void ball of orgin. 216.165.249.56 (talk) 00:47, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
- Of course I know that. But what you put in the article is gibberish at first sight. And anyways, you don't put stuff in random places in the article like that, especially something like that. K6ka (talk | contribs) 00:51, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
my post
Mark my words and let it be known in history, my addition to the article Left Wing Terrorism is true and accurate. I added "Obama" to see also, the history books in the future will confirm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.82.49.74 (talk) 01:16, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry, what does Obama have to do with "Left Wing Terrorism"? K6ka (talk | contribs) 01:17, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
- "The history books in the future will confirm". What? Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. We do not predict things. We are not meteorologists or psychopaths either. K6ka (talk | contribs) 01:19, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
lambert
I disagree with your edit of my edit. Please explain — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.40.49.3 (talk) 21:53, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
- Your additions didn't adhere to our neutral point of view policy, so I removed it. Please re-write it so it does not bring shame nor praise on a subject. Wikipedia is here to report, not take sides.
- You may want to read The Five Pillars of Wikipedia before editing. K6ka (talk | contribs) 21:56, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
I would rather not read your 5 pillars of anything... this is why you get no donations. I have edited it again.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.40.49.3 (talk • contribs) 22:01 20 February 2014
- Excuse me? We are not here to make money. We're here to build an encyclopedia. And thus we have some policies that all editors are asked to follow. The Five Pillars is the bare minimum. Harsh attitude is not permitted here on Wikipedia either. K6ka (talk | contribs) 22:02, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
You're welcome =)
Thanks for the barnstar! I'm always happy to revert vandalism, though with how quickly you thanked me for the edit, I expect that I beat you to it by a few seconds tops. Oh well, you know you're doing something right when the vandals start targeting your userpage, eh? AddWittyNameHere (talk) 22:39, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
STiki question
Hey, I had a question about STiki and it wasn't answered yet in #wikipedia-en on IRC (I'm impatient :P). Does STiki not work on Linux? On Wikipedia:STiki it says "Windows, OS X", but it's a .jar file so I would expect it to work on Linux too. Upon launching it (through terminal (java -jar stiki.jar), I saw it was executing Wine, yet I see no reason for a jar file to have to be loaded using a Windows Program Loader like Wine. :S If you don't know, that's fine, but since you suggested it to me, I figured you'd be a good person to ask! ^_^ Also, unrelated question, can I steal some of the bullet points off of your talk page's edit notice to use on mine? :3 --George Barnick – Talk/Contribs 03:36, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
- Not sure, I haven't used Linux or Mac OS yet. I'm not sure why Wine is trying to run a .jar file, but that's beyond me, unfortunately.
- And yes, feel free to steal any of the source code off my user pages. After all, I stole most of them myself >:) K6ka (talk | contribs) 03:42, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
- Alright, thanks. :D and yay for stealing things :D --George Barnick – Talk/Contribs 04:01, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
- Also you have two different bullets telling people to sign their posts on your editnotice. Just thought I'd point it out. :P --George Barnick – Talk/Contribs 04:06, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
- That's deliberate. Unsigned comments always drive me absolutely nuts (it's such a simple concept, signing your posts!). Thank God we have SineBot, at least. K6ka (talk | contribs) 11:45, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
- Also you have two different bullets telling people to sign their posts on your editnotice. Just thought I'd point it out. :P --George Barnick – Talk/Contribs 04:06, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
- Alright, thanks. :D and yay for stealing things :D --George Barnick – Talk/Contribs 04:01, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
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What did u find wrong in my modification in Barasat Kalikrishna Girls' High School! I know very well what I wrote was true! so my dear friend would u please reply me to [email protected] . :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ranganzaman (talk • contribs) 15:28, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
- I left a message on your talk page about that. You failed to provide a valid source for your edit, so according to the verifiability policy, I was allowed to remove it. K6ka (talk | contribs) 16:25, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Against our Will does argue a logical fallacy. Read what she says.
All men do not keep all women in their so called place with conscious intimidation thru a threat of rape. To argue that point is a sweeping broad generalization that should be noted as such.98.81.157.102 (talk) 18:02, 24 February 2014 (UTC)me
- As we've all mentioned, it violates our neutral point of view policy. Do not re-add without consensus. K6ka (talk | contribs) 18:03, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Re
Thankx for the message on my talkpg and for the contributions in general. 37.46.38.253 (talk) 19:05, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
- You're welcome. :) K6ka (talk | contribs) 20:29, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
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February 2014
Hello, and thank you for removing vandalism from Uganda. This is much appreciated, but unfortunately your repair was not successful in restoring the article to its pre-vandalised state. For future reference, it is better to deal with vandalism by checking the article's page history to determine how it appeared before it was vandalised. You can then restore the whole article, or the relevant part of it, to an appropriate earlier version. If you simply delete the visible vandalism then any content removed or overwritten by the vandal is lost. See How to deal with vandalism for details. Sorry for the template, hope this helps. Both the named editor and the IP were vandalizing and it got into a bit of a mess! Cheers. DBaK (talk) 10:20, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
- Simple oversight. Glad that you corrected it. I don't appreciate the template though - a personally written message would've been better. K6ka (talk | contribs) 11:50, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks. I suppose you saw the bit that said "sorry about the template" above though? You got a template with a nice personally-written message too. I would have though that was a win-win! I am well aware of WP:DTTR but also of WP:TTR. And I'm quite impressed with bits of DTTR such as "They may also simply be trying to save time by avoiding writing out a lengthy message that basically says the same thing as the template, which is, after all, the purpose of a template." That "they" was me. Which, of course, we have both now undermined with this discussion ... I think I might go and make tea now. :) Best wishes — Preceding unsigned comment added by DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk • contribs) 12:04, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
- K6ka, maybe you could send DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered a
{{Uw-dttr}}
. (t) Josve05a (c) 12:07, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
- K6ka, maybe you could send DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered a
- (edit conflict)...and you forgot to sign! Oh brother, you might want to re-opt in to SineBot so it'll sign when you forget. K6ka (talk | contribs) 12:09, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Self-Aggrandizing Edits and the Street Artists Program Article
I noticed that you previously weighed in on the Street Artists Program of San Francisco article's talk page. That article seems like it is spinning out of control from the self-aggrandizing, un-sourced, and clumsy edits of a very persistent individual who may also be running a sock puppet scheme. We really need some help and possibly some page protections for that article which was recently rewritten by a DYK Editor. Are you interested or have any suggestions?James Carroll (talk) 20:03, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
- Oh no. Not this article again. I wish I could just forget about it...
- Dropped in with my comment. I'm not exactly an experienced editor (I'm experienced in vandalism-fighting and in topics that I am interested in, and this is unfortunately not one of them), so I can only do so much. K6ka (talk | contribs) 20:25, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
truth verses vandalism
the fact of the matter here is that my wife worked for these jokers for the first half of last year - and "clash magazine ltd" went bankrupt owing a lot of people (not least the british taxpayer) a huge amount of money
how can a entity like this be allowed to continue unchallenged?
why are you allowing wiki - supposedly an encyclopaedia - to be used for marketing purposes - and not warn others of the dangers of doing business?
i know you think you're doing the right thing - but you're so wrong
i don't really know how wiki works on this level - but i'm very happy to discuss this via mail [email protected]
thanks 213.42.223.2 (talk) 12:44, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, I don't discuss things on e-mail. You can discuss it on this talk page.
- Your edit was reverted because 1. It wasn't supported by a valid citation, 2. It wasn't written in neutral point of view, and 3. By your explanation that would be an example of original research, which Wikipedia doesn't accept.
- Before editing, you might want to check out the Introduction to Wikipedia, read the Five Pillars of Wikipedia, and, if you still have questions, ask it in the Teahouse, where friendly and experienced editors will answer you. K6ka (talk | contribs) 12:49, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
help
wikipage subcommissural organ can you help me with the references? if you notice some references are more than once but the wikipage assume that they are difference and they atribute a new number. do you see that in the page? it is hapening with the book that I put in the references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FCULneuro (talk • contribs) 19:22, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
Citations are pretty simple, really. If you have one source and it is used only once in the article, just wrap it with <ref></ref> tags. For example - <ref>http://www.awesomesite.com/</ref>. If the same source is used more than once in the article, do something like this:
Will had initially stated that Jon Bon Jovi was an amazing artist.<ref name="enter a name that other editors will recognize here">http://www.awesomesite.com/</ref>.
...a couple of paragraphs later...
Alyssa did not appear at Jon Bon Jovi's birthday party despite being invited.<ref name="enter a name that other editors will recognize here" />
In other words, this will allow you to add the same footnote to different parts of the article. The most important thing is that one of those "ref name" tags have the citation. Once one of them has it, you can just type <ref name="name of reference" /> and the footnote will appear in both places where you put the tags.
Sorry if I'm not being very clear here...you can play around in the sandbox. I've done an example in my own sandbox if it helps. K6ka (talk | contribs) 20:28, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
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Carla yusko page
You put my page on automatic deletion. I was trying to do something sweet that nobody else in the world will see. Be nice. Give it a day. Bradyab12 :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradyab12 (talk • contribs) 16:53, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- From the article...
Hey snobby wiki editor people please don't delete this for maybe day or so. The facts say she should see it first.
- So you called me snobby, created an article that doesn't come close to meeting our notability policy, and a message was left on your talk page explaining why it was tagged for deletion. K6ka (talk | contribs) 16:58, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Confused?
Im dreadfully sorry to disturb you but you recently deleted what I put on the poet/poetry pages. I find this not only to be rude a disrespectful , but it has also insulted my dignity. I happen to be one of the smartest and wisest people on this planet. To have scum like yourself deleting my most wise posts makes me a little angry. Or should I say furious! I have never met such a disgrace to the planet. Anyway STOP DELETING MY POSTS OR ELSE (I'm not threatening you I'm just saying that you can't stop me from editing anything so stop).
Best Wishes, ScrewpoetryScrewpoetry (talk) 03:35, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
- Hello Screwpoetry, you've been blocked from editing. Have a nice day! Nikkimaria (talk) 03:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)Ninja'd! Enjoy your WikiBreak. K6ka (talk | contribs) 03:44, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Edits by 145.118.128.65
Hi, Entering the English Wikipedia, and not yet personally logged in, I stumbled across your message on reverting an edit in "Pull & Bear". The reason for reverting was very politely phrased, as the contribution was plane vandalism. The IP address 145.118.128.65 however belongs to a secondary school in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and therefor is blocked in nl.Wikipedia for anonymous contributions. Maybe this should be installed in the English Wikipedia too. T.vanschaik (talk) 11:00, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
- The edit summary was automatically generated, and I did not write it. We are aware that the IP address belongs to a school see the talk page, but we won't block it until that IP has received enough warnings and vandalizes the wiki enough times. If you think this IP should be globally blocked, you can take it to the administrator noticeboard, since I'm not an admin here. K6ka (talk | contribs) 11:48, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: Dana (Wayside)
Hello K6ka. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Dana (Wayside), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 does not apply to fictional characters, but the article should be redirected to the show's page. Thank you. kelapstick(bainuu) 17:53, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Belated barnstar thanks
I just want to say thank you for the barnstar ... which is also sort of a way of saying "you're welcome" for the "thank you" expressed by the barnstar. I do what do at UAA regardless of whether anyone recognizes it or not, but that doesn't bar me from accepting other people's signifiers of gratitude, which I certainly appreciate. Daniel Case (talk) 14:28, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
About the Wilson Rawls Edit
I'm very very sorry for the incident. This account is actually shared by the entire middle and high school students of Beresford High School, so there's definitely a few wise guys out there who think vandalizing stuff is super funny. I apologize as it is beyond my control.
206.176.127.163 (talk) 15:59, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
- The top of your IP's talk page indicates that it's a shared IP address, registered to South Dakota State Government DDN Network DDN-NET-SCHOOLS-1. It may be warned and blocked repeatedly. To avoid messages like these, consider creating an account for yourself at home, like I do (my school's IP address is currently blocked until 2015, and I need to log in to edit). K6ka (talk | contribs) 16:18, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Apology
Im sorry, it was by mistake. love this page, thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.43.129.155 (talk) 01:04, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Talkback
Message added 08:50, 6 March 2014 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
- Damian Zaremba (talk • contribs) 08:50, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi!
Hi! 117.197.64.77 (talk) 22:11, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
- Hello! 117.197.64.77 (talk) 22:17, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Stoney la rue
Hi! I made an edit to a Wikipedia page about Stoney la rue, a story about him giving away boots, and was contacted to say you blocked it needing a citation. How can I do that? This is my first time using Wikipedia so I'm a bit clueless, and the story I told was about me, I have pictures if that could count as proof? Sorry to be a hassle, this is all new to me. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.246.17.84 (talk) 15:56, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
- See WP:CITE for how to cite a source. You should also read the 5 Pillars of Wikipedia if you want to edit. If you still have questions, you can ask around at the Teahouse. K6ka (talk | contribs) 16:01, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
RE: Sulay Chapelle
i felt like i added good info becuse im friends with sulayman and in fact we are hanging out this weekend but beside the point sulayman like to be called sulay by every one and i add a little part saying that he is called sulay by most people i think u should let me put it back — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skyguymc (talk • contribs) 00:04, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
I assume this is the diff. Please remember to link to the article in question when asking me about a revert.
- Taking just one look at the diff clearly indicates that it does not belong to Wikipedia. There is no questions to be asked here. The exact same thing is also an example of original research, which Wikipedia does not accept. It doesn't matter if Drew Carey is your friend - if he tells you something that the world doesn't know about, you can't add it to Wikipedia even if it's true because that's original research (how do we know you're actually Drew Carey's friend and not an impersonator?). Everything on Wikipedia needs to be supported by a reliable source. K6ka (talk | contribs) 02:31, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
- On closer examination, it seems that you're referring to Sulay Chapelle, which was nominated for speedy deletion under section A7 of the Speedy Deletion Guidelines. I do not remember the contents of the page, and only an admin can view the deleted page at the moment. Again, like I said above, but also remember that all articles created on Wikipedia should have some level of notability. Wikipedia doesn't care about your garage band, because if we did, the quality of the encyclopedia would deteriorate. K6ka (talk | contribs) 02:35, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
- I believe Skyguy is referring to Sulayman Chappelle, son of comedian Dave Chappelle as he is fairly insistent that he knows him as a personal friend. Given that Sulayman is 13 this year, it would likely put Skyguy in the same age range. Again, not encyclopedic content but that's what I've gathered from this situation. I also don't think Dave Chappelle would enjoy the fact that someone is posting (albeit somewhat harmless) things about his son for the world to read about. Antoshi ☏ ★ 04:11, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
- Oh, so I did get the diff right! K6ka (talk | contribs) 13:13, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
- I believe Skyguy is referring to Sulayman Chappelle, son of comedian Dave Chappelle as he is fairly insistent that he knows him as a personal friend. Given that Sulayman is 13 this year, it would likely put Skyguy in the same age range. Again, not encyclopedic content but that's what I've gathered from this situation. I also don't think Dave Chappelle would enjoy the fact that someone is posting (albeit somewhat harmless) things about his son for the world to read about. Antoshi ☏ ★ 04:11, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
- On closer examination, it seems that you're referring to Sulay Chapelle, which was nominated for speedy deletion under section A7 of the Speedy Deletion Guidelines. I do not remember the contents of the page, and only an admin can view the deleted page at the moment. Again, like I said above, but also remember that all articles created on Wikipedia should have some level of notability. Wikipedia doesn't care about your garage band, because if we did, the quality of the encyclopedia would deteriorate. K6ka (talk | contribs) 02:35, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
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Re: Goshute Edit
Not sure how this edit was attributed to me. I apologize. I am a school teacher and my only guess is that a student used my computer or ended up with the same IP address somehow. I will open an account to avoid this in the future. Mar. 11, 2014 163.248.244.253 (talk) 16:04, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
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hey im sorry to say that putin deserves everything negative he gets. he is a horribly bad person and is only out for him self takes steals destroys and tries to control what ever is in his reach. ps what makes these politic members so special and so powerful that i cant speak my mind on them. im am the one along with many of my fellow other human beings. that take care of these so called people. i pay there wages i feed them i send them on free trips and they get the best of everything because of people like me. we do the work all the hard work and they get paid. as well your opinion on vandalism. does not apply to wikipedia. now that im here and alive. im tired of the murder and abuse of power as well; as destruction of innocent people. most of these so called members their work consists of hurting and stealing from innocent people. Then they take a nice long vacation from my cheque. do youlike being threatened and controlled. i know i dont and i can sure tell you that my family and friends and country members sure dont. stand up for your self you walk the earth not somebody else for you dont align with a joke, tell a joke somebody laugh. ps look at the T.O prob rob ford crack head drug addict and potential gang member. dont back something that does not have merit. if we start doing things different which they dont want to becuase they know economies will getting stronger. the poor will then get rich very slowly i might add because it took so freakin long. the rich will stay rich. eventually in a 1000 years we will all be at par. alright enough of this stuff. as for ed hardy some of his art is alright like i said before though boring and over recycled. i just want to let ed know its gettin tiring. bye have a good day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.156.87.67 (talk) 19:21, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
- You are bringing up a topic that is nearly two weeks old. As it has been discussed before, Wikipedia must be written in a neutral point of view. We do not write "He totally deserved that!" The reader must not be urged to take a side from an article - they must be given the choice. If this weren't the case, Wikipedia would've been flamed repeatedly by the media for writing such biased content. Most encyclopedias are also written in neutral point of view, and Wikipedia is no exception. Your very long description also gives me the "TL;DR" feeling one gets when he/she gets a wall of text. I can only say that, no matter how much reasoning you give, we will not add such negative comments to the article. Ever. K6ka (talk | contribs) 08:36, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
Your wikibreak
I see you're on a wikibreak. Anyway, enjoy (is that the right word? Anyway, why does the Canadian Army have to send you down here to the U.S.?) your wikibreak! Epicgenius (talk) 20:25, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
- Everything was optional, for beginners. Joining any cadet program in Canada is optional. This trip itself was optional. My mom was the one who forced me to go on this trip. They didn't have to send anyone down if they didn't want to, but they just hoped this would get a cadet's feet wet and to let them know what life in the military was like (Cadets are not part of the military or armed forces in Canada). K6ka (talk | contribs) 08:36, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- One more thing. I was wondering why your mother sent you on the trip. Is it because she wanted you to become a cadet when you are older? Epicgenius (talk) 13:49, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- Nah, it's because she thinks I'm going to blow all my free time in front of the computer. K6ka (talk | contribs) 14:24, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
- You know, you can set a timer to a couple hours or so, then when the timer goes off, you can shut down your computer and concentrate on your schoolwork (I assume you're still in high school). It may help. Epicgenius (talk) 14:30, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
Link
Dear K6ka
I have posted a the link
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:OgreBot/Uploads_by_new_users/2014_March_14_06:00#Aftabbanoori_.2888_edits.29
my user name is Aftabbanoori. please see what is DR notice? in fact I haven't got any notice yet.
Aftab Banoori (Contributions) (Talk) 17:33, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the link. Your question was answered by another user at the Teahouse. Happy editing! K6ka (talk | contribs) 18:43, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
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Weigh in at discussion?
Hi. Would you care to weigh in at this discussion? It concerns whether a reviewer's paraphrased criticism should be included/kept at a music article. I don't know whether this is an area of interest for you. If not, feel free to ignore this message. Cheers! Dan56 (talk) 22:38, 23 March 2014 (UTC)