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Welcome to VandalProof!

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Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Motley Crue Rocks! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Ale_Jrbtalk 22:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Cheers

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Thanks for removing Glenn Manton from the 1987 premiership template, I'd stupidly added him to it when I created it but I should have put in Justin Madden instead. Cheers Crickettragic (talk) 07:53, 9 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

No dramas - I picked it up a month or 2 ago when I was trawling through pages on Carlton players but couldn't work out until last week how to amend it. Jonesy (talk) 00:00, 13 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Ricky Ponting

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Hi Jonesy. Sorry I should have checked that I reverted to the last good version. It seems that User:Phanto282 has fixed this now. I used the administrator rollback function to rollback more than one edit. This tool is now available to non-administrators, see WP:ROLLBACK for details. Alternatively you can use a editing tool such as WP:TWINKLE. Hope this helps. Cheers, Mattinbgn\talk 07:51, 13 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

March 2008

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  Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to WWE Championship: You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. ArcAngel (talk) 06:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out. Jonesy (talk) 07:15, 15 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

AFL Quiz

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Just a reminder that you're setting the next question. --Roisterer (talk) 04:20, 27 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Blocked by Jesse Viviano - please assist

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This blocked user's request to have autoblock on their IP address lifted has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request.
Motley Crue Rocks (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))
202.7.166.181 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Block message:

{{Blocked proxy}}


Decline reason: Please email tpg-proxy@tpgi.com.au and tell them that syd-pow-pr14.tpgi.com.au is open on port 8080 and therefore accessible to anyone in the world. Until this is fixed, we unfortunately are unable to allow any TPG users to edit Wikipedia from this address. For further details please see Wikipedia:Open proxies. --  Netsnipe  ►  05:29, 25 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

That's well and good but I was under the impression that creating and using an account therefore would hide my ip address anyway. Also, since I've been editing (under my account name) from this ip address for several months why is it being blocked now? I think it is a bit rude that I was originally blocked without so much as a warning or a heads up that it was about to happen. I have emailed tpg and asked them to fix the problem but don't have much faith in them doing anything. I have logged in securely to enable me to continue editing but this is painful as every time I visit a new page I am asked if I want to displayed secure and non-secure items. Surely as I have an account and am the only person to use this computer, the block should be lifted immediately. Jonesy (talk) 05:41, 25 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

I have soft-blocked the IP because I am getting email from multiple users complaining about this. I found out that all TPG customers go through "transparent proxies" at this forum. Personally, I would read the contract before signing any ISP agreement. It states that all users go through a transparent proxy to speed up the connection by having frequently accessed pages cached and copied whenever they are requested over and over again. Personally, if I saw that I would be forced to use a proxy, I would start looking for another ISP because proxies are often misconfigured. I don't mind proxies unless I am forced to use them. Jesse Viviano (talk) 10:08, 25 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the explanation and I have emailed TPG with the information above. However, I still cannot see why I am penalised due to a configuration issue between TPG and Wikipedia. Surely there is a way around this. Jonesy (talk) 10:44, 25 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

There is. I noticed that TPG has an explicit HTTP proxy at proxy.tpg.com.au using port 80 on one of its help desk pages. Could you please configure your browser to use that proxy and tell me the results? I sent its IPs to WP:OP and one of the ClueBots stated that neither of the IPs that proxy.tpg.com.au resolves to has any open proxies it could find. If so, I will hard block the misconfigured proxy and leave instructions in the blocking reason on how to use the apparently correctly configured proxies. This is so some vandal who gets blocked does not have the ability to abuse the misconfigured proxy to start over again. Jesse Viviano (talk) 19:34, 25 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
I tried what you said (I am not that au fait with computers so forgive me if I use the wrong terms) and had a few issues as I use a broadband rather than a dial up connection. I added the proxy.tpg.com.au proxu server as you detailed above and tried to add a dial up connection. As I don't have a dial up account I could not connect to the Internet so deleted the connection. Now when I connect to the Internet using my broadband connection and I can now edit Wikipedia pages. I apologise if I have not explained this well enough. Jonesy (talk) 07:05, 26 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
If you use Internet Explorer, here is how you use a proxy. Go to your Internet Properties control panel. Go to the Connections tab. Click the LAN Settings button at the bottom of the resulting page in the dialog box. Check the box "Use a proxy server for your LAN (These settings will not apply to dial-up or VPN connections).". Enter proxy.tpg.com.au in the address field and 80 in the port field, and check the box "Bypass proxy server for local addresses".
If you use Firefox, go to the Tools menu and select the Options command. Then click the Advanced button with the gear on top. Click the Network tab. Click the "Settings..." button which is within the "Connection" box. Click the "Manual proxy configuration" radio button. proxy.tpg.com.au in the HTTP proxy box and 80 in the port field, and change the "No Proxy for:" box to read localhost, 127.0.0.1, 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16 so that your home router and networking equipment are accessed directly.
The reason you can edit now is because I redid the block as a soft-block, which allows anyone logged in to use or abuse the proxy and mess up CheckUser. This is one reason it should be hard-blocked ASAP. By the way, I am in the USA, so don't be surprised when my responses come at inconvenient times for you. Please dont think of me badly because of my nationality. I am currently ashamed of my country's president and hope that the next one will prosecute this war criminal and the other crooks in his administration. Jesse Viviano (talk) 08:31, 26 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for your help - I use Internet Explorer and found it easy to follow your lead. I can't blame all Americans for the actions of your President and have been keenly following the democratic race on the Internet and on cable (we get CNN and Fox News over here amongst others). Not sure if us Aussies are completely blameless on the political front either, although Rudd does seem keen to make some changes. Thanks again. Jonesy (talk) 08:37, 26 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Don't know if you read my talk page or not sill Jessie but I followed your instructions above )and on the essay page for the subject) on 26 April. That is, I have entered proxy.tpg.com.au in the address field and 80 in the port field and checked the "Bypass proxy server for local addresses". From 26 April until now I have been able to edit but now I have been blocked again (although I still edit from work now and then). Any ideas on what to do? I can't edit your talk page from here but will check from work tomorrow (my time) and try and conact you. Thanks, Jonesy (talk) 11:02, 22 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Some vandal must have used TPG's explicit proxy and gotten blocked, triggering an automatic block of everyone who uses TPG's proxy server. Please follow the instructions for getting an autoblock removed, because nobody but checkusers can see what autoblock is causing collateral damage to you unless you follow the directions for requesing an autoblock release, which reveals the autoblock that needs to be unblocked so you can edit. Jesse Viviano (talk) 02:47, 23 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Auto Blocked

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{{unblock-auto}}
I'm sorry, but you did not give enough information for us to unblock you. You need to provide several things - (1) the block message (something like "autoblocked by UserXYZ because your IP address was used by vandal1234. The reason for vandal1234's block was something.", (2) your autoblock ID (if available), (3) the IP address given (not needed if there is an autoblock ID), and the blocking admin's name. If you are uncomfortable providing any of this information online, you may instead make your request via unblock-en@lists.wikimedia.org. --B (talk) 12:28, 27 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

New Page Watcher

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Hiya, I've granted you access to this tool. Sorry it took a few days. Pedro :  Chat  12:33, 5 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Proposed new policy

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As a recent contributor to Deaths in 2009, you may be able to help decide on a proposed new policy. It is proposed that:

A month should be deleted from the "Deaths in [CURRENT YEAR]" page ONE WEEK after the month ends.

Please opine at Talk:Deaths_in_2009#Proposed new policy. Don't just say

  • Support.

or

  • Oppose.

Also state your reasons and participate in the discussion. Michael Hardy (talk) 16:28, 2 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Question

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Hi mate, saw your an afl tragic. just a question about the brownlow, if a player is ineligible are they still allowed to attend the ceremony or are they "barred" from attending. cheers 211.30.109.12 (talk) 06:23, 6 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

I'm not sure if it is still the case or not but in the past, the Brownlow has been invite only. I guess no one is officially banned - they just don't get invited. Jonesy (talk) 09:28, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Chris Judd

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Thanks for letting me know, completely missed it. In this case I was able to simply click 'undo' to get rid of Aker's vandalism. If the IP who vandalised after him had altered any text that Aker had contributed in his edit, then that wouldn't work and you'd have to revert manually. Cheers. Jevansen (talk) 10:44, 3 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

A Thanks

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Hi. Just wanted to drop by and thank you for this reversion on the Axl Rose page. The birth name seems to get changed fairly regularly and it's hard to keep up with sometimes. Cheers, Jeffrey Mall (talkcontribs) - 01:29, 4 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

No problems. It does seem to get changed a lot - clearly some people don't check the references before editing the page. MC Rocks 05:36, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

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To make it easier for editors to reply to your posts, or see your user page, please add a link in your signature which links to your user page (or even your talk page). Refer to this if necessary. Thanks, —EncMstr (talk) 23:56, 7 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

Done - I must have inadvertently unchecked the relevant checkbox in my preferences. My apologies for any inconvenience caused. MC Rocks (talk) 00:29, 8 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

No problem. Thanks! —EncMstr (talk) 00:56, 8 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

Shut up

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Adam Sandler is cool —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.104.150.10 (talk) 01:48, 8 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

bandalism

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Your edit summary had "bandalism". Is that like Babba Wabba? ;) ----moreno oso (talk) 03:06, 10 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

LOL, trying to type while watching TV. Serves me right. MC Rocks (talk) 03:07, 10 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
It worked for me! LMAO ----moreno oso (talk) 03:29, 10 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

Per your request you are now a Reviewer

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Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

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Clash of civilizations?

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1943: Critic Alexander Woollcott suffered a fatal heart attack during an on-air discussion about Adolf Hitler. Death from a heart attack, not unusual but still up there. Will be removed and any like it if my addition is removed again. It is pertinent to note that my contributions are being subject to unnecessary bias and scrutiny. Why? Must be my skin. Racist fool. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asimnawazkhan (talkcontribs) 07:54, 27 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

WT:NSPORTS

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Hi. I left some comments here. - Richard Cavell (talk) 09:26, 8 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

Sydney meetup

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Hi, I got your name from this list, and thought you might be interested in a meetup in Sydney at the Alexandria Hotel tomorrow. I hope you can join us. Sorry for the late notice. --99of9 (talk) 12:04, 18 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

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List of ODI international records

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RfC:Infobox Road proposal

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Fair Use in Australia discussion

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