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Welcome!

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Hello, Targetter/Archive 1, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Hey!

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Hi Targetter. I noticed you patrolling new pages and clicked onto your userpage. You may be a relatively new Wikipedian, but you are certainly a positive contributor, and I'd love to see more of you around. Have you tried using Voice of All's non-admin JS tools to aid in recent change patrolling? I'm sure you'd find them useful (I certainly do). Anyway, see you around. Dios! haz (user talk) 18:36, 24 June 2006

Call for Help

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I have a question for administrators. Can I recommend that an admin take a look at a page to make sure it falls under the category of a vanity page before I tag it as such and possibly make a mistake in doing so? If so, where do I make my request?

Admins are really only needed for admin things (protection, blocking, deleting) - I think you just want any user to check for a mistake. There isn't a central place to ask for this that I can think of, so it's probably best to ask on the talk page of the article in question. It is a wiki, so if you make a mistake hopefully someone will fix it.--Commander Keane 21:42, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

redirect for deletion

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Don't bother setting up a discussion for Sir Winston Boogie that redirected to his userpage. Userpage redirects fall under the criteria for speedy deletions. Joyous! | Talk 20:31, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Censorship

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I've blocked him for 24 hours for 3RR violations. I'd recommend trying to get him to discuss his point of view (and maybe explaining yours) while he's gone. --InShaneee 01:53, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


Orphaned fair use image (Image:Userbox scorpion.jpg)

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Thanks for uploading Image:Userbox scorpion.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image can be used under a fair use license. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. —Mira 05:00, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Ahoy!

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Hello, Targetter. I just wanted to say thanks for adding that comment to my talk page. I'm already having a great time here. Cheers. -- GarnetPrincess 00:31, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

WoW

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Willy on Wheels did a complicated pagemove attack on Turkey, and in an effort to fix it, I accidentally created a duplicate copy called Turkey (Country). I think the one with the longer history Turkey (Country) is the correct copy, and should be moved to Turkey, but Turkey is all screwed up from that attack. Can an Admin fix it, please??? Targetter 01:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem, Targetter. It seems Willy has learned some new tricks :( - Tangotango 01:49, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


Snake Liquid

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Not really a personal attac and I've never been to happy about blocking due to civility problems.Geni 02:39, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

You read my mind.

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I've just finished writing a long explanation at the talk page about why people prefer Fair Use over Free Use. I've seen it in other articles, and the whole matter sucks if you ask me, but WP doesn't care if policy sucks. You do it because it's good for Wikipedia. In the YTMND community, they hate Eric Bauman's tactics. I let them know that if the Happycat image stays the way it is, they'll probably end up doin what Bauman does: sell others' content without permission, royalties and credit. --LBMixPro<Speak|on|it!>

Your {{helpme}} tag

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I've expended nearly every resource I could muster to ward off the YTMND vandals who continue their NEDM chants in the Talk:British Shorthair page. I would like to know if there's any way to speedily close a debate and have an administrator make some sort of final ruling over the issue. If there is, could that method be placed on my talk page?

The best thing to do, in my opinion, would be to bring it up on WP:AN/I and ask instead of using the helpme tag. While being an admin is fun and all and you get perks like the discount at McDonald's, sadly we're not allowed to speedy-close debates like this. :( ~Kylu (u|t) 03:32, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Happycat

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Thanks for your attention to the NEDM vandalism. It is unfortunate that some YTMND'ers choose to vandalize Wikipedia as part of fads. I have left some comments at Talk:British Shorthair. Is there anything I can do to help? --Ptkfgs 05:33, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the backup, ptkfgs. I'm just about wikibroken from this. What I'm gonna need is some more admin support and hopefully some sort of final ruling about the issue from Someone! I know Wikipedia is a tough place to do it. From what I understand, not even admins can give final rulings on debates. I don't see this going to the Mediation Committee since I doubt the YTMNDers would be willing to negotiate. You're right. It's fad-related vandalism, that somehow slipped its way into a debate. If anything else, I need some general advice.
Also, I don't know if it's possible, but is there any way to detect whether or not a lot of these editors first set foot in Wikipedia after this fight broke out? There's stuff on YTMND encouraging attacks on Wikipedia as a result of a comment by JzG. See here-> wikiwankersnedm.ytmnd.com --Targetter 05:45, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
As far as I know, the only way for a non-admin to determine when a user joined wikipedia is by looking at the contrib history of the user. I think getting the page semi-protected was a good plan -- at least that way newly-created users can't vandalize the page. I doubt that this will go on long enough for any accounts created during this period to become eligible to edit the page (YTMND has a pretty short fad turnover), but if it does, I think requesting full protection would help as well.
Posting on AN/I was probably a good plan too, since it's (seemingly) not just a case of a few IP's that need to be blocked. Hopefully some admin will look into the situation (this time of night is a slow period for admin action, in my experience) and if it's just 5-10 IP's they can be handled for personal attacks or vandalism.
In any case, I doubt this will be a long-term problem. --Ptkfgs 05:54, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I've been watching this since the beggining,it could be worse(such as the picture of a penis in the front page once with the Bulbasaur featured article). In any cause I doubt YTMND to cause a war over this,they've been quiet. I applaud you and the rest for doing a good job. However it seems JzG(or whatever) is actually provoking them. And the trolling must stop,don't you agree? --The jazz musician 18:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

When you act like you're in sole control of an article, is when people point the finger and call you an elitist. Probably also why YTMNDers made a target of you. It's a problem with a lot of people here that act "my way or the highway" when it comes to article editing.--Snake Liquid 22:28, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Actually, there have been no cases of vandalism on my pages, which is very fortunate that nobody has escalated this problem into user page vandalism. Your comments are welcome on my talk page, however, I do not appreciate how hostile you have been throughout this issue. And, looking at your talk page, I'm sorry to say that I think a few more members than just me seem to think you have a civility problem. Please, discontinue this hostility and begin debating this issue with some reason, instead of just flaming others and claiming elitism because a group of wikipedia members prefer against having NEDM on a cat breed description page. --Targetter 01:45, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
And now that I've seen the remmants of the Talk:British Shorthair page, I'm glad to see this issue be put to rest. I'm moving on to some new articles (Although, British Shorthair could use some work. --Targetter 01:52, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
"Please, discontinue this hostility and begin debating this issue with some reason, instead of just flaming others and claiming elitism because a group of wikipedia members prefer against having NEDM on a cat breed description page." What are you kidding me? With facism like this? Your own words: "This isn't a vote. It's a debate. Even if YTMND gets a bunch of people together to support Happycat, the admins have the final say. --Targetter 02:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC)" What's the point of debating the issue with some reason if you're going to ignore it anyway and say things like that? Are you an admin? If you are, who approved you? There are some serious problems with Wikipedia overlords here.--Snake Liquid 17:39, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
That's it. I've called an admin about your harassment. The NEDM issue from what I can see is closed. --Targetter 17:40, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Harassment? No such thing. I called you on a point, and I'm right, so you're mad. Answer my question. What's the point of debating if you're just going to ignore it and edit it to be your way in the end?--Snake Liquid 17:43, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
I didn't ignore your remarks, Snake. You seem to be rather upset that NEDM didn't win this debate. If you remember, there were several admins, like JzG & ptkfgsA Man In Black (I won't name them all, you can look yourself), that agreed with my arguements. And no, I'm not an admin, but every user on wikipedia has the right to debate an article until the issue closes, no matter how long it takes, and no matter how many talk page edits it takes. Now, get off my talk page. I am done debating this issue. --Targetter 17:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
FWIW I am not an admin. —ptkfgs 00:51, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Opps. Well... A Man In Black is, and he supported me too! --Targetter 00:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not. I'm not upset that the NEDM issue lost, but I'm not the only person who's nerves you got on with the choices of words you made, with blocking people that make edits to the article. Not cool. And plus, I'm wondering why the Happy cat isn't listed under the Famous Shorthairs section, while other cats used on pet food are. Not for NEDM but for the pet food. Care to explain?--Snake Liquid 17:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Dude, I didn't make the remarks saying NEDM posters would be blocked. I may have suggested vandals should be blocked, but it was JzG that said he'd block YTMNDers... "We now have the usual idiocy, a YTMND actively soliciting YTMNDers to come and vandalise this article. Any who do, I will block. Just zis Guy you know? 15:23, 30 July 2006 (UTC) " As far as happycat is concerned, if you put Happycat on for being the russian cat food cat, then FINE! That's Okay! Just not for NEDM. --Targetter 18:03, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

--Targetter 18:03, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

RfC

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Hello: There is an RfC on Snake Liquid which you may wish to comment on. --Emufarmers(T/C) 05:11, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Deal or No Deal UK Version

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They seem to have stopped for now, I'll keep an eye on it. — FireFox (talk) 11:51, 01 August '06

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Thanks for supporting the AfD on "Guardians of High Charity"! However, there is another page which I also put down for AfD - Freelancer: Combat Evolved. It is a Halo 2 mod, and my reason for the AfD was for vanity and inconsequentialism.

The AfD discussion can be found at the following - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Freelancer: Combat Evolved.

Thanks!

Cheers,

RelentlessRouge 01:04, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Snake Liquid

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You know, with that slippery slope he is going toward, I think that one final chance that I advocated will run out soon for him. I am holding out hope for him though, but I think I am preaching to the choir on this one. Do you think so?Arbiteroftruth 23:53, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

  • I think we should close the RfC, move on, and not count anymore of Snake's arguements on the RfC against him. Keep him on your watch page, and if he gets unruly one more time (on another article or talk page), block him. --Targetter (Lock On) 23:56, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Yes, please, let's close it and move on. ptkfgs 23:59, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
      • Arbiter, how about we discuss this further between you and me instead of behind my back with other people that aren't even admins? Okay?--Snake Liquid 00:26, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
        • Hey, if you want to talk to him, talk to him on HIS talk page, not mine! --Targetter (Lock On) 00:29, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
          • I actually did. I did it here too just to be safe and make sure he noticed. Nothing against you.--Snake Liquid 00:35, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

RFC: Snake Liquid (Draft)

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Re: Apology

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The Resilient Silver, awarded to Targetter for learning from my criticisms of his actions as an editor and improving himself as a result. --Snake Liquid

Targetter, I accept your apology, and I thank you. It's all water under the bridge now, and I apologize for any stress caused from my end. Thanks again, and I'm glad we were able to resolve this like men.--Snake Liquid 00:17, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Cheers

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Thanks for the barnstar man, just when I thought I was fighting a loosing battle, I will continue to never give up

(The Bread 03:44, 9 August 2006 (UTC))

hey

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your userpage is formatted funny ptkfgs 02:50, 18 August 2006 (UTC) NEDM

LOL Wanna fix it for me? --Targetter (Lock On) 02:56, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
do you like it? revert one: yes, no ptkfgs 03:10, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
That works! --Targetter (Lock On) 21:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

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NEDM

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Damn, man... Looks like you've been busy with British Shorthair. Anything suspicious on the YTMND front that might explain the recent vandalism? --Targetter (Lock On) 23:02, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Not sure. I'm going back to sleep. Usually if something's up, it's obvious here:

ptkfgs 04:45, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar

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Thank you so much - my first barnstar. I am very appreciative. :-) ... discospinster talk 12:51, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Morda (Happycat Archive Pic)

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Wasn't it you that brought up the internet archive for happycat before? Did you see my comment down at the bottom of the talk page? --Targetter (Lock On) 03:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I believe so. It took a long time to find, and it's still not quite the right image :-( However, there are a couple of other approaches:
  • It's hosted here so we might be able to claim that epickid has the copyright
  • It's still in the google cache, though it won't be for long
  • A Man In Black has vowed to delete any happycat images "on sight", so if one pops up we can probably leave him a message to get it removed.
ptkfgs 03:57, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
And, yeah, I saw your comment. I just took the opportunity to respond to the guy saying that Happycat redirected to British Shorthair. My RfD was successful, so his claim is no longer true, and I could finally respond. ptkfgs 04:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Template:Pro-wrestling

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No problem. :) --Oakster (Talk) 10:39, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

bush userbox

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This user believes that George W. Bush's edits to the constitution need to be reverted

haha! :-) ptkfgs 02:20, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Nonsense Eradicator Destruction Minimizer

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Heh, I just had to laugh at the irony I found in this:

Nonsense Eradicator Destruction Minimizer = NEDM --Snake Liquid 18:30, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:CVU status

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The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{inactive}} and/or {{historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 17:08, 10 August 2007 (UTC)