User talk:SoftHiss/Archive 1

Archive 1

Vandal warning

on 1/12/07 you tagged the IP 38.116.11.34 with a vandalism warning. I am a network administration for the company that owns that IP address. Can you tell me which article was vandalized and at what time? We would like to track down the individual and make sure this does not happen again.

Thanks for the barnstar!

I went ahead and added it to my userpage. Crystallina 22:13, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

warm thanks, Natasha, from a fellow coffee addict. dab (𒁳) 17:20, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the Barnstar!

Thanks for the Barnstar! I appreciate the kind gesture ^_^.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 17:32, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Your notification on WP:AIV

Are you sure what 213.190.195.104 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) does is vandalism? They might just be updating the player information, but I've got no clue about sports. Sandstein 22:47, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, this is very odd behaviour. I'll apply a brief block. May we rely upon you to revert their edits so far? Thanks, Sandstein 22:54, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks! :)

Hbackman 23:13, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Edit War (Not Really)

I would hardly call it an edit war. In my opinion an edit war is when editors put at least LOGICAL information in and out. This is more like a vandalism war, I've asked that the McDonalds page be semi-protected, becaue I checked and the only person doing it is an IP, I wish I could block him (hes' gotten like 5 warning without being blocked) but sadly I'm nowhere near becomming an admin, so we'l just have to hope that one of them pick up on it. If you think of anything else let me know. --Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 23:51, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Good stuff, --Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 23:56, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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Coca-Cola peer review request

Hello Wompa99, you have indicated that you are a member of the Soft Drinks WikiProject. Can you please peer review Coca-Cola here. Thank you in advance.--Natl1 (Talk Page) (Contribs) 17:03, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

89.240.113.79 Vandalism

I suspect i have just acquired this ip as i would have noticed the message before, but please could you inform me what was done so i can check it wasnt anyone who had access to this pc. This is the | IP's user page Thanks Willow177 15:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

VandalSniper

You've been approved to use VandalSniper. Please let me know if you have any problems getting it working. --Chris (talk) 01:02, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject on Vandalism studies Study 1 is complete.

The WikiProject on Vandalism studies recently finished its first study and has published its conclusions (a full and detailed copy of the conclusions can be found here).

The first study analyzed a randomly sampled pool of 100 random articles. Within these 100 articles there were a total of 668 edits during the months of November 2004, 2005, and 2006. Of those 668 edits, 31 (or 4.64%) were a vandalism of some type. The study's salient findings suggest that in a given month approximately 5% of edits are vandalism and 97% of that vandalism is done by anonymous editors. Obvious vandalism is the vast majority of vandalism used. From the data gathered within this study it is also found that roughly 25% of vandalism reverting is done by anonymous editors and roughly 75% is done by wikipedians with user accounts. The mean average time vandalism reverting is 758.35 minutes (12.63 hours), a figure that may be skewed by outliers. The median time vandalism reverting is 14 minutes.

Currently the project is working on a related study, Wikipedia:WikiProject Vandalism studies/Obama article study, and is also beginning to draft up the parameters of our second major study (see Study 2). If you are still interested in our work (your name is on the participant's list), please participate in our efforts to help create a solid understanding of vandalism and information on wikipedia by contributing to discussions of past studies or by helping plan up and coming ones. Thanks. JoeSmack ^Talk 04:54, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:POKE is doing some housecleaning

This notice is to inform you that because many people have added their names to Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon#Participants but do not seem to be active, all names are being deleted in an effort to find out who is still truly interested in the project. All you have to do is re-add your name if you'd still like to be considered a member of WP:POKE. Any questions, you can contact me on my talk page. -ΖαππερΝαππερ ^Babel_Alexandria 17:49, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Thanks

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		You've have done a great job with vandal fighting, so I hearby award you this RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar. STORMTRACKER 94 22:40, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Apple Chill

Hey,

You're welcome, always trying to help the public (just so that I can be an administrator later lol) but just so you know you might wanna consider adding some categories to the article.

Have A Great Day/Night!! Warrior4321 03:46, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Natasha Re Apple Chill. I marked it possible hoax, as the sentence 'Each year more than about one hundred thousand people' didn't seem right, like a hoax might be written, and the number seemed high to me. But I've since found Apple Chill at various other sites. The page http://www.northcarolinatravels.com/chapelhill/applechill/index.htm says 'once..almost 100,000'. So I retract the 'hoax' tag. It does look like some text was lifted straight from northcarolinatravels, though. All the best peterl (talk) 04:11, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Mixed logit

Not sure if that is a bot gone wild or what, but I reverted the changes to Mixed logit per the Manual of Style, ie: in subtopics, not every word is capitalized. Pharmboy (talk) 23:56, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Biker Mice

I should have use sandbox to experiment but i dont know how plus i deleted season 2 because i had just finished putting all the information into boxes otherwise it was repeating the same infoDwanyewest (talk) 21:21, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for spending time reverting vandalism! It takes a load off my back :-) - You should request rollback! ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:47, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

~Oshwah~ Thank you, I appreciate it!:)

You are awesome.

I respect your dedication in ensuring Wikipedia is free of vandalism. Thank you for your valiant efforts and please do continue in your plight. I salute thee, and wish thee valor and glory. 68.41.148.79 (talk) 07:48, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate it. Natasha (talk) 07:55, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

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