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reverted the wrong edit--AOL account 13:51, 1 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Vandalisms

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Thanks for reverting recent vandalisms to my userpage. This seems to be a problem with one specific person at sympatico.ca - the IPs are dynamic. I doubt anything can be done but this is really annoying - the vandal seems to post more and more offensive stuff as time passes (the recent suicide one notwithstanding). Thanks. — Nathan (talk) / 15:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

For you I give...

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I award you, FireFox, this graffiti thingy of my nickname for helping me with my monobook for the umpteenth time.
KOS | talk 18:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Request for informal peer review

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If you have time, could you take a read through Mountsorrel and make any changes you think it needs? I recently expanded it but I'm still not happy with some sections.

Thanks,

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 19:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks FF, the article flows a lot better now. I'm merde with references, perhaps it's time I learnt how to do them properly! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 19:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Blocked indefinitely?

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I got a message you blocked my IP because someone else created a user name similar to mine, yet my IP was blocked too!!! What's the deal? Thomas Anderson 19:17, 1 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

You were blocked by FireFox for the following reason (see our blocking policy):
Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Can't sleep, I'm becoming a woman". The reason given for Can't sleep, I'm becoming a woman's block is: "
Your username (Thomas_Anderson) has been blocked indefinitely because it is either inappropriate or too similar to an existing username
Your IP address is 152.163.101.9. Thomas Anderson 19:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the explanation on my talk page, Firefox. Cheers!Thomas Anderson 19:44, 1 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hey firefox why'd you change my user page, or Vandalize it?

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Is there not a special exclusion on user pages as for interfearing?

It's called a user page, not a bloody article for a reason.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Gzlfb&action=history

(cur) (last) 06:19, 2006 June 13 FireFox (Talk | contribs) (→Search Engines other than Google - remove some site links in violation of WP:UP, WP:SPAM, and probably WP:EL)

(cur) (last) 06:18, 2006 June 13 FireFox (Talk | contribs) (→Queries - remove some site links in violation of WP:UP, WP:SPAM, and probably WP:EL)]

--G-Spot 20:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gzlfb (talkcontribs)

Barnstar

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The Working Man's Barnstar
FireFox, I award you this barnstar for always beating me on reversions and speedies. Good job! Shadow1 21:29, 1 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Admim rollback and js

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Bug fixed. It was supposed to only ask to delete if the vandal is the only contributor thought it was mising the check to stop if from doing that when another admin rolled-back first. Its fixed now. Thanks.Voice-of-All 07:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Talk page warning

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You get my very own personal golf ball for rv my talk page.

Sorry I haven't cleaned it, been busy getting bogeys this morning. :)
--Andeh 14:59, 2 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

My RfA

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Thankyou for your participation in my RfA. Due to an almost even spread of votes between Oppose and Support (Final (16/13/6)) I have decided to withdraw for now and re-apply in a couple of months as suggested. I thank everyone for their kind support of my editorial skills; it meant a lot to me to get such strong recommendations from my fellow editors. If you ever have any hints as to how I can improve further, I would love to hear from you. ViridaeTalk 15:24, 2 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

RfA

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FF, thanks for your support in my RfA- from such a well-liked editor as yourself it was very much appreciated!

In retrospect, I think I'll let the RfA run its course.

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME 17:18, 2 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

My RfA and your vote

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Hi again FireFox,
Thanks for participating in my RFA! Ultimately, no consensus was reached, but I still appreciate the fact that you showed up to add in your two cents. Actually, you were the last support vote before it closed :). You can feel free to talk to me about it or add some advice on my improvement page.


Sincerely, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me)

Issues with User:Oreo Priest

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I'm having a bad controversy with him (see my talk page here, then look at the bottom). Should he be blocked for personal attacks or any some other kind of issues? --Bigtop 19:41, 2 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. --LorianTC 19:54, 2 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Rollback script

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There was a load priority issue cause the defaults to override the custom values. Thanks for pointing this out. I've updated the instructions[1] with a working method to customize them. You should probably make the script an SRC inclusion again though, so it gets updated automatically.Voice-of-All 22:54, 2 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks again :). The move-revert script is fixed now. The problem was the addition of Talk|block links. It should be more stable now if the site changes (though the worst that can happen is it won't do anything).Voice-of-All 19:16, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Issues with Bigtop

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I would like to start this by saying I mean no ills to Bigtop at all. I have three questions. First, why were my previous comments rolled back by User:Lorian 'to prevent vandalism'? Second, may I please be taken off whatever probationary status I have been put on? Third, if I have made any inflammatory remarks, please point them out, as I have not noticed anything that is either a personal attack or a disruptive comment. I would greatly appreciate it if this post were not rolled back or deleted, and that an expedient reply is given when possible. --Oreo Priest 02:46, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

  • Thanks for your help and reply. I'm glad this all got cleared up. --Oreo Priest 20:25, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hope You Don't Mind...

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I hope you don't mind me borrowing some elements of your page for my own... let me know If and how you would like to get credit for them on my page. aido2002 07:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thank you!

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Thank you very much for that, for fixing it all up and updating it for me. I am already seeing the benefits, it's great. All is working just fine. :) Thanks again -- Banes 11:05, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

hey you

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why you edit my page man.

YOUR NOT THE MAN NOW DOG!

then why does Smiddle get to have it on his page? YOUR NOT THE MAN NOW DOG!

BECAUSE YOU JUST REMOVED IT LOL —Preceding unsigned comment added by I love ytmnd (talkcontribs)

Blocking & featured article

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Sorry for that mistaken {{usernameblock}} tag. I only applied it on the grounds of 'Heaven' being in the name. I hope that block doesn't count against me if I'm ever nominated for RFA!! I would like to know if you can help me with some articles; I wish to get Lancashire to featured status, so I'm taking it to peer review - feel free to comment! --TheM62Manchester 11:30, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the message on my talk-page! Anyhow, Lancashire is on peer review now; see Talk:Lancashire for more details. --TheM62Manchester 11:36, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

A WikiSmile for FireFox

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--TheM62Manchester 11:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Barnstarage

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The Original Barnstar
I, JD, award ye, FireFox this Barnstar because I couldn't find the 20,000 edits Barnstar
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Oh noes

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Help yourself!
Oh noes, I decided to have a bit of lay in and I missed you get there! Sheesh, well you'll have to have some of the cake I made with the ingredients you gave me yesterday. I couldn't open the chocolate packet so I used strawberries from my garden instead. --Alf melmac 16:05, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Fast work :-)

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You were even quicker with the sock block button than I was :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by JzG (talkcontribs)

Fixes in the Admin section.

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Hi FireFox!

I've just noticed that the icons in your Admin section were mixed up slightly, with Delete and Stop being exchanged. It has been fixed. --NetRolller 3D 13:48, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Noticed your revert

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I noticed my userpage being vandalized by a (suspected) Willy on Wheels account, which would also be proof that im a good editor (yay). I noticed you reverted it so I would just like tro say thanks, cheers —Minun SpidermanReview Me 14:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

User Page

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Hey, I like the way your userpage looks. How can I set mine up according to a similar template? Also, you keep beating me to the punch on these early morning vandals! Good goin' Ashwinr 14:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, I missed this one. Have a look at the code I used here, and then here, and that should help you get started if you still want to. — FireFox (talk) 16:52, 11 August '06

RE: Kitten Vandal

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Sorry! Forgot to check that, the template was on the talk page, and it should be on the user page only. I must have moved it without checking. Removed it now. ><Richard0612 UW 16:08, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

just a heads up

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that a user you previously warned, User:12.151.120.81 has added racist vandalism to the Skrewdriver article, which i have reverted. i'm not well up enough on wiki policy to know how to instigate a ban (which i feel is deserved, looking at his edit history), but i have a feeling you might. thanks --Kaini 19:49, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

User:पाराशर

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Could you block him because his username consists of non-latin characters? Thanks. --Bigtop 19:59, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Your RfA standards

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I just wanted to say that I greatly enjoy your RfA standards. I think there is such a thing as having far too few edits or being far too new, but I really hate when people immediately discredit a candidate simply because of editcountitis, or simply because they haven't been a main contributor to a featured article, or for some other reason that largely avoids who the editor actually is and how they are trying to improve WP. To be fair, I'm not an admin, so I don't have in-depth knowledge of all of the tools you guys have as admins, but I think basing your opinions on how they'd use these tools is perhaps the best criteria I've seen yet. -- Kicking222 20:54, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

User:193.203.144.116

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I'm having issues with this user because he made an edit to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories because his edit content is disputed. Could you talk to him if you can? --Bigtop 21:09, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thank you firefox 193.203.144.116 21:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
could you tell me why the changes i made have been deleted again? 193.203.144.116 21:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
advertising?? advertising what exactly???? they are facts for fans... all i want to do is share the news... i beleve this is one of the greatest site on the net.... but this whole thing is putting me off the place all i wanna do is add to it...nothing else.
it's unverified (no references (url for instance) provided) and .. official policy says wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information and Wikipedia is not a crystal ball -- Drini 21:32, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the revert

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I just saw the kitten vandal once again hit my user space and you reverted real quick. So, thanks alot :) CharonX/talk 01:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

RYULONG ADMIN NOMINATION

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Hi, My name is 'YourCousin'. I have been blocked by RYULONG and his admin buddies. I was VOTE 16 on the OPPOSE list and his #3 supporter(Mr Lefty) deleted my vote after 90seconds (look for yourself)... This guy is totally crooked and a real wiki-bully! I have been censored (LOOK AT THE NOMINATION HISTORY)and would appeal to you to PLEASE read my entry which they deleted... this was vote 15:

Strong oppose I am repasting this as it was just CROSSED OUT by RYULONG SUPPORTER #3, MrLefty. THIS IS A VALID VOTE AND ENTRY, PLEASE READ IT AND DON't JUST TRY TO SILENCE IT! This user(RYULONG) and I had a dispute about a controversial Jeremy Clarkson quote that involved INCEST. I deleted the passage noting that it was too controversial to remain with NO SOURCE. Ryulong insisted that it stayed claiming that 'HE PROBABLY SAID IT' and 'IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING' he would say. After a short editing war, I decided to start a TOPIC on the discussion page so that we could sort it out. RYULONG repeatedly deleted my topic more than 6 times until finally, he had an admin friend block my username for a week. I returned with a sockpuppet and attempted to open the discussion again only to have it constantly and repeatedly deleted.

Please look at RYULONG's discussion page history as well as the discussion page history at Jeremy Clarkson and I am confident that you will see that not only did he attempt to thwart my fair introduction of a topic onto the discussion page, but also tried to insist on keeping a Jeremy Clarkson quote on the page that tunred out to be TOTALLY INNACCURATE. He was stating that when you introduce a quote to an article, it is not the contributor's responsibility to CITE the SOURCE of the quote, but rather it is up to the editors to prove that the subject DID NOT SAY the quote.

I may have lost it and personally attacked this person even telling him to F.O., I may have used sockpuppets to have the page corrected (as it has been and is now)... But this is a bona fide crooked bully. Do not make this bully Admin please. Just look at the pages and you will see that everything I have said is true and the truth has NO holes. he is not concerned about the factuality of an article, he is more concerned about getting his way and having his input in it! He was very, very determined to have the INCEST remarks left INACCURATE and INTACT. The ACTUAL quote is now on the page and has a SOURCE. This is factual. --YourOtherCousin 17:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


Thanks for reading,

(YourCousin)--86.29.116.209 19:47, 4 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thank you

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Thank you for reverting the disruptive and offensive edits to my talk page. You fixed it before I even saw it :) -Brian1979 (talk · contribs)

Thought I'd ask you since you're the one who blocked him....Seeing as Mr. User 194. etc has been blocked three times since July 17, I was wondering, how many times does a user have to be blocked before he or she is blocked for good? - Brian1979 (talk · contribs)

Featured article

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Hi, will you help me make Medway Towns into a featured article?? I hope you can help me! --TheM62Manchester 12:36, 5 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! --TheM62Manchester 12:49, 5 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for blocking that vandal

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Thanks for blocking that vandal, 100110100, for failing to respect Wikipedia rules. I was trying to reason with him/her but was getting nowhere. --Coolcaesar 16:57, 5 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

No problem. — FireFox (talk) 21:08, 05 August '06

User:Mblitray

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  • Thanks for blocking and reverting User:Mblitray, I am the person to which he was referring, needless to say, despite all the attacks I've taken on this site, that was absolutely unbelievable, not to mention scary, that someone could hate me that much. Now with his second account in ten minutes. Anyways, thanks. -- pm_shef 20:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
No problem. — FireFox (talk) 21:08, 05 August '06

206.whatever (Police state vandal)

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Isn't it strange he spammed every user that has posted on his talk page and the talk page of the article, but didn't actually edit the article? Will (Take me down to the Paradise City) 14:11, 6 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Well he did a few days ago. But yeah, strange. — FireFox (talk) 14:13, 06 August '06

Substing

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Thanks FireFox! I kinda forgot ;) Thε Halo Θ 15:32, 6 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

S'okay, no problem! :) — FireFox (talk) 15:33, 6 August '06

Format Fix on RfA

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Thanks for "fixing my fix." I thought that the "number signs" (#) were what was messing it up and that they corresponded to the tally numbers, hence didn't belong in front of non-tally paragraphs. Obviously not the case. Is there a style page where I can read up on this? Newyorkbrad 17:18, 6 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Try Help:Editing. — FireFox (talk) 17:23, 6 August '06
Thank you. The key piece of information (not readily obvious from the help page but discovered through trial-and-error) is that a line beginning "#:" (number plus colon) does not augment the tally. Newyorkbrad 17:49, 6 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
No problem. I don't actually think there is any specific page regarding the #: feature, I think I discovered it through trial and error too, not that long ago. — FireFox (talk) 18:03, 6 August '06

Sorry which vandalism?

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I can't recall any acts of vandalism on my part, would you care to show me which article I supposedly vandalised?222.155.12.62 18:35, 6 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

I was referring to this edit. For the future, to tag an article as 'biased', just put {{NPOV}} at the top of the page. — FireFox (talk) 18:41, 6 August '06
Sweet thanks for clearing that up ... wasn't sure how to tag it, am new to this, my mistake and apologies, wasn't intentional vandalism 222.155.12.62 18:46, 6 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
No problem. — FireFox (talk) 18:46, 6 August '06

You've got a Thank you card!

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Good

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Need more admins that don't hesistate to block vandals such as yourself.--Andeh 11:12, 7 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Well, I'm a rouge admin ;) — FireFox (talk) 11:13, 7 August '06

Vandalism

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I thought you loved me FireFox :'( Just because I'm numbers, and night darkness, you have a vendette against me? --24.51.88.9 20:35, 7 August 2006 (UTC) <3 LDReply

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editing on the anarchism page

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If you read the discussion page you'll see the sections I removed are considered innapropriate vandalism by the vast majority of editors. I have merely returned the article to how it was pre-vandalism 81.79.139.53 10:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

I saw the discussion page, except there was no discussion. I don't see any consensus for removing the sections. — FireFox (talk) 10:38, 8 August '06
In that case you are alone among those who have contacted me in not seeing that the majority believe these sections are innapropriate. After explaining my reasons to those moderators who have reverted my edits they responded by saying
"I did read the Talk:Anarchism page, but what I saw was an unsigned statement with no responses from anyone else. There was a section above your statement with a discussion of the topic, but you weren't a participant in that discussion (again, sign your posts), so I sniffed 'vandal' and that's why I reverted.
The content of the article is up to the group, not me. If you feel there's consensus for your edits, go for it. I'm here to stop the vandals, not good faith editors, and I hope you can see how easily one can be confused for the other. Thanks again for the message, and happy editing - Baseball,Baby! balls•strikes 10:26, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
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"I see it now, I'll stop reverting. Sorry for the inconvenience! ~ Butros (Talk) 09:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
A large portion of the discussion page is devoted to the issue of what to do with these sections and only one person thinks they are appropriate, therefore I would be very grateful if you would revert the article to how it was after my last edit (as other users will just assume I'm a vandal and revert my edits yet again if I do it myself). This way the article will be more informative, accurate and representative of the majority of editors opinions. Thank you.
I'm not getting involved in this edit dispute. — FireFox (talk) 10:51, 8 August '06
I don't particularly want you involved either, you involved yourself, so please stop reverting my edits. 81.79.139.53 11:06, 8 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
I never actually reverted you, I doubt I have ever edited the page anyway. If you look at the page history I have not reverted you once – all I did is warn you against 3RR. — FireFox (talk) 11:11, 8 August '06
Apologies, I assumed since you contacted me that you were the one who reverted my edits. 81.79.139.53 11:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
No problem. — FireFox (talk) 11:18, 8 August '06

My RfA

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Hello. I'd like to you please re-evaluate my RfA, as it seems your neutral vote was based largely on my answers to the questions. These answers have since been revised, and the RfA is to be closed soon. Thanks! -- Rmrfstar 11:43, 8 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Done. — FireFox (talk) 12:10, 8 August '06

Barnstarage (again)

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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
I, JD, give you, FireFox, this barnstar for spending a lot of your time helping me fix the bot thing that'll probably never see a day of usage.
JD don't talk email me 15:34, 8 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Yay thanks :) — FireFox (talk) 15:46, 8 August '06

GHe's RfA

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Hehe tough, all mine :P Better luck next time! — FireFox (talk) 10:02, 9 August '06

HUh?

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Do you really think Firefox is a really appropriate name. I mean its confusing because there is a internet thing called Firefox. --69.137.209.216 19:27, 9 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Don't see why not. — FireFox (talk) 19:31, 9 August '06
It's just a name! godgoddingham333 19:34, 9 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

2002 Gujarat violence

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Since you're the admin that protected the page, I wanted to let you know that current editing is taking place at 2002 Gujarat violence/2006 revision as of 20:35, 9 August 2006 (UTC).

For more information, please see this part of the article's talk page.

Thanks, BCorr|Брайен 20:35, 9 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for letting me know. — FireFox (talk) 20:37, 9 August '06

Thank you

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No problem, better luck next time. — FireFox (talk) 10:08, 11 August '06

User page

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Hey FireFox, thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. I've decided to semi-protect it as the actual content is transcluded from a different page and reverting vandalism on the page is just a nuisance for all the RC patrollers out there. Cheers, Tangotango 12:57, 11 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

No problem! :) — FireFox (talk) 12:57, 11 August '06

User Page

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Your new user page looks great! I wanted to let you know I borrowed your old format for my current user page. Based on an earlier reply in here I thought it would be OK. - Meersan 16:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Sure, that's completely fine :) However I can't take full credit for this design – I got the idea from Banes's userpage, which was designed by Sango123. I'm glad you like it though! — FireFox (talk) 16:49, 11 August '06
Looks great. :) I don't mind at all, since my userpage wasn't exactly...uh...entirely my work. :P And after you fixed my monobook, it's not like I can complain even if I'd want to. Cheers -- Banes 16:52, 11 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

FireFox

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Your bot said "Welcome!" on my page and I say "Thanks!". Whiskey Rebellion 18:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

That's okay, hope you enjoy it here :) — FireFox (talk) 18:47, 11 August '06

I'd be delighted!

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...and ask the questions now that I ask others on IRC and Skype when I offer to do one: What are your favourite colours, and what's the exact spelling and capitalisation of your preferred choice of username (and I know the latter sounds mad, but people sometimes say things like "but can it be 'ZaRnIwOoP', because my username is 'Clom'" after I've done it! >:o) ЯEDVERS 19:15, 11 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hopefully this will do it for you... :o) ЯEDVERS 19:45, 11 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Hello, I thought you might find this page an interesting addition to your Sorenstam page: [removed]. if so,I hope you'll add it to external links. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.53.59 (talkcontribs)

It's not my article (see WP:OWN) – all I did is fixed a typo anyway, I know nothing about the subject. Please feel free to be bold and add it yourself. — FireFox (talk) 12:11, 12 August '06

Sir Walter LongStalk

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Was an idef block really nesecary? I mean, he vandalized 3 times and got 2 warnings. True, he vandalized Jimbo's page, but I think idefinitly blocking him was going a little too far.--KojiDude 22:16, 12 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Vandalism accounts (ones which have become apparent to have only been created for vandalising Wikipedia) are nearly always indefinitely blocked, so no, I don't think it was going too far. — FireFox (talk) 10:06, 13 August '06

Goldom's RFA thanks

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Thank you for your support on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (53/2/1). I've spent the day trying out the new tools, and trying not to mess things up too badly :). I was quite thrilled with all the support, both from the people I see around every day, as well as many users who I didn't know from before, yet wrote such wonderful things about me. I look forward to helping to serve all of you, and the project. Let me know if there's anything I can help you with. -Goldom ‽‽‽ 04:24, 13 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
No problem, congratulations! — FireFox (talk) 10:07, 13 August '06

Vandalism

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how do i help clean up Vandalism on Wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Go planetside (talkcontribs)

Take a look at Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism to get some ideas. — FireFox (talk) 10:08, 13 August '06

WIkipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award

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FireFox, thanks for signing up for the Esperanza User Page Contest. The judges have received the fifteen entries, and are ready to start judging. The judges will take a week to complete the judging process, and they will contact all the participants when the judging is done.


Please drop by the contest page for contest updates and questions. Take care, and good luck! May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 08:13, 13 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Barnstar

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The Minor Barnstar
I award you this Minor Barnstar in recognition of all the small, yet valuable edits you make to Wikipedia. Keep up the fantastic work. Daniel.Bryant 11:49, 14 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Thanks :) — FireFox (talk) 11:53, 14 August '06
I was just passing by and got distracted by the shiny, nice! --Alf melmac 13:56, 14 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
:) Yes, very nice isn't it? — FireFox (talk) 13:58, 14 August 2006

Re. Big Brother UK series 7 nominations table

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Well excuse me but it is a nominations table. Also it does not matter what series 6 had - this is series 7. Also that wasn't much of a concensus, just two people. Aren't we here to improve not to just copy? It should say no nominations as that is the twist (even though there isn't according to your comment). It could then be removed on the final day, but as I said it is a nominations table, not a results table. I don't expect much will come of this, but that is my opinion of it. --Alextalk here 16:24, 14 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

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My Barnstar

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Thanks very much! --Kbdank71 19:45, 14 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

please do not threaten me

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As an administrator you should have sufficient awareness of policy to know that for a statement which is so serious it must be totally verifiable. Yet you are content with half a line in a tabloid article from a publication with a verifiable track record of fabrication. You clearly have not read, or understood WP:V and I find your attitude towards mental health unacceptable as well as immature. You are condoning a gang attack on my edits by various other contributors, which in itself is against editing policy.

If you see fit to use your admin. powers against me I will refer the matter for arbitration. You have no entitlement to edit controversial articles in which you are also involved in admin. issues and if one of your cohorts exercises their powers it will still be seen as your handiwork leaky_caldron 21:21, 14 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Sorry what? Maybe you would consider trying to explain again? "Attitude towards mental health"? "Condoning a gang attack"? "Cohorts"? I'm merely warning you against breaking the three revert rule – surely you would have been even more angry if someone had blocked you without warning you first? Well there's your warning. — FireFox (talk) 21:23, 14 August 2006
except you've supported the reverts by your own actions - totally disregarding relevant policy WP:V. thanks for the warning - it's noted. Now I suggest you read up on some policy leaky_caldron 21:29, 14 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Supported the reverts by my own actions? I'm allowed to have an opinion on what should and shouldn't be in an article – administrators aren't just there to deal with vandalism, we do edit articles too... — FireFox (talk) 21:30, 14 August 2006
as I've said, read the policy covering admin. abuse & controversial editing. You'll find that I'm correct leaky_caldron 21:34, 14 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
I haven't abused my admin privilages. We've been here before, with you threatening arbitration against me but it never happened, probably because you realised you had nothing to hold against me? I haven't done anything wrong this time either. I'm going to bed because I'm tired, once again, of having to reply in a conversation which isn't getting anywhere. — FireFox (talk) 21:41, 14 August 2006
The above is defamation of character towards FireFox, and User:Leaky caldron has been warned accordingly. Daniel.Bryant 23:59, 14 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

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I have replied to your question on my talk page but am not certain if I should respond here also (or instead...)? --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 15:07, 15 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! Here's what I have come up with so far.

How do I get the picture to fit the space (i.e. not have any white margin the way it shows now), and how do I get the link in the info space to show up as white also? Thanks again! --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 16:22, 15 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Meh!

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Thanks for clearing up that e-mail username issue for me. SoaP 18:07, 15 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Re: My username

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I received your message re my unsatisfactory username and I will open a new account immediately.

Thanks. Siobhain@gmail.com 18:12, 15 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

I have a question

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(please read the bottom of my talk page) Random the Scrambled 12:49, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Note: This has NOTHING to do with your admin status.

WTF

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Missing in action. "Please look after this fox. Thank you." Property of missing Wikipedian FireFox

Hey FireFox. What happened??? Why did you delete your userpage and talk page?? Please don't tell me you're leaving :'( Please don't leave. Wikipedia won't be the same without you. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 16:11, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Shreshth91, try User:Firefox :) --JoanneB 16:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
They are not the same persons. --Nearly Headless Nick 16:19, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Uh, I knew that, I just got them mixed up, I guess :( I had them both on my watchlist and figured that people had hit the wrong page. Stupid of me. FireFox, what happened? --JoanneB 16:24, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
FireFox, I hope this isn't permanent. Please come back soon! Sango123 16:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
as per above... --hydkat 16:34, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
WTF indeed. What happened Phil? KOS | talk 16:35, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
/me adds his best wishes along with the rest of them. Dont you dare leave now. We need you, dear :). —Celestianpower háblame 16:42, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
WHAT!!? Are you leaving? If you do, contact me by e-mail at ryandtw@yahoo.com or through my talk page. --Bigtop 16:58, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
WHOA... *starts to mutter incoherently in the corner...* Misza13 T C 17:03, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
I don't know why FF deleted his userpage, but the talk page seems to have been blanked by User:Shreshth91. [2] --Kbdank71 17:11, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
FireFox deleted it himself, and it was restored by administrators. JD 17:12, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Only the talk was undeleted, the userpage was recreated by me as a redirect to this page because the potential number of red-links would have been high. — Moe Epsilon 17:16 August 16 '06
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :'( :'( :'( G.He 17:26, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
:( Shane (talk/contrib) 17:29, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Oh, No. My friend. Why are you leaving Wikipedia. If you leave wikipedia, I will be sad. Daniel's page 18:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
What happened?! I can only echo the people above - we need you!!! Hope everything's ok :) --james(talk) 23:34, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Oh my... this is no good at all! I really hope you have not left Wikipedia, or that you are planning on coming back. Good luck, I hope all is well... :\ -- Natalya 20:13, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Aye... what's wrong? Titoxd(?!?) 22:42, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
What happened? We need you to stay, we will all miss you. Really, this sucks, I can't believe it. --Terence Ong (Chat | Contribs) 11:47, 17 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Fox

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Don't worry, we'll take care of your fox. Once we get volunteers!--Edtalk c E 22:43, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Eh?

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Come on, can't you let us know what happened/why (email if not here)? Then we might be able to do something more useful than saying "you'll be missed :(" and "come back or else!" Petros471 18:20, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

What are you doing? The least you could do is give us a big dramatic departure, deleting the main page on your way out. ;) --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 19:29, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

do not leave

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DON'T LEAVE!wE ALL AT WIKIPEDI [WORLDWIDE] LOVE YOU.WHAT ARE YA GONNA DO?COMIT SUICIDE?MY POINT IS, WIKIPEDIA REALLY NEEDS YOU AND WANTS YA TO STAY.ARE YOU STRESSED OR SOMETHING?TALK TO SOME1.-- Cute 1 4 u 23:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

IF you're still reading your page...

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I shall take a stance completely contrary to the above. As someone who's left previously, I think everyone needs a good break from Wikipedia once in a while. Take it, and then maybe make edits under a second account if you're abandoning this one. Underlying point is, have a good break, and I hope to see you back, but regardless, good luck. Chacor 11:45, 17 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Ditto. You'll certainly be missed (as is pretty obvious from this page!), but I hope you have a good break. Hopefully you'll return soon refreshed and revived as FireFox 2.0 :-) the wub "?!" 13:55, 19 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

WIkipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award

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Greetings, FireFox. The judges would like to announce that the winner for the Esperanza User Page Contest has been chosen. Congratulations to Buchanan-Hermit for winning the contest. The winning entry can be found here.


If you'd like to participate in the contest again, check by the contest page in a few days and sign up. See you around. May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 16:34, 17 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Belu

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Hey FireFox:

You recently reverted this article, probably because it was a blanking. Un actuality, I believe it was the wide scale removal of highly POV material--non-encyclopedic theories rather than sourced facts. Went ahead and removed it myself. This is in response to a request at OTRS (ref 2006081710005152). Thanks. Bastiqueparler voir 20:46, 17 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Wangi/RFA

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Thanks for your support on my RfA. Give me shout if I can be of help. Thanks/wangi 00:24, 19 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

FireFox Firefox

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How can there be 2 users with the same name? Ozdaren 08:11, 20 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia is case sensitive :) --james(talk) 08:20, 20 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Too sensitive :) Ozdaren 14:41, 20 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Poincare Conjecture

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Thanks for your comment. I think that the excerpt I posted there is fair use, isn't it? It was only a short excerpt from the article. Anyway, my intention for putting it on the talk page was that someone else would be able to re-write it. Apart from doing nothing, is there a correct way to upload fragments of this type? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RichardNeill (talkcontribs)

I think you're looking for Lessthanthree :) — FireFox (talk) 19:11, 25 August 2006

Well, friends, this is it...

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I'll be moving to Connecticut tomorrow along with my family. I'll be leaving Wikipedia for a while until everything gets set up at our new home. It all depends on my Internet access, but I'll be seeing you in a week or two. Bye! --Slgr@ndson (page - messages - contribs) 01:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

New house! Always good fun :) Hope the move goes well. — FireFox (talk) 20:10, 25 August 2006

GIen's RfA: Thank you!

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FireFox for your Support!
I I feel truly humbled & honored by your support in my RfA, which closed at 90 / 5 / 0. Thank you! If you need me for anything, just say the word. For now however, just like Mr Potter here:
My mop & I shall thwart all evil :)
IThank you once again my friend. GIen

PS: YES YOU'RE RIGHT HARRY POTTER USES A BROOM! (BUT GOOD MOPS ARE HARD TO FIND!!)

Special thanks to you FireFox - appreciated :)

No problem, congratulations. — FireFox (talk) 19:12, 25 August 2006

Back?

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Does this mean you're back? talk to JD wants e-mail 19:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

I believe FF is back per the message on this userpage. FF, I'm glad you're back. You may not know me but I know you; you frequently edit-conflict me out in reverting vandalism! :P I'm sure it's true for a lot of other editors, too. Anyway, I'm glad you're feeling better. :) Srose (talk) 19:09, 25 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
I'm glad you're back, hope you're feeling better. :) talk to JD wants e-mail 19:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Welcome back FireFox, going to tell us why you left? --LorianTC 19:44, 25 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

There is a small explanation on my userpage. That will be all, for now :) — FireFox (talk) 19:45, 25 August 2006
Welcome back. --Kbdank71 20:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
w00t! Sango123 20:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
You're back! Bigtop 20:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Welcome back FF, you have been missed Angelbo 09:03, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

I hope you enjoyed your break, FF. Welcome back. :) – Chacor 09:09, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Heya FireFox, nice to see you back! Hope your problem's all solved now. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 09:12, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Welcome back FireFox. Hope you enjoyed your break. Its awesome to see you back here editing! :D --Terence Ong (T | C) 10:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Welcome back. We've been experiencing some very heavy AOL vandalism over the last two days at around 0800 utc, so you couldn't have come back at a better time. MER-C 10:23, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks everyone. — FireFox (talk) 10:51, 26 August 2006
Welcome back FF--Edtalk c E 15:39, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Welcome back! :D the wub "?!" 16:54, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Welcome back to the Wiki! Æon Insane Ward 19:18, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Thank you all. — FireFox (talk) 19:19, 26 August 2006

Kcab Emoclew (because spelling it forwards seemed repetative). :D Glad to see you back! And congrats on the good news about the GCSEs, that must be a big relief! -- Natalya 00:38, 27 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thank you Natalya, and yes, it is :) — FireFox (talk) 10:36, 29 August 2006

Your signature

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Might I suggest semi-protecting your sig page? I put mine on RFPP, and you may not have thought of it - if you get vandalised, it could be really nasty. Hope that helps you, and thanks yet againfor the support :) —Xyrael / 11:38, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Ah, yes, good idea. Thanks :) — FireFox (talk) 11:40, 26 August 2006
No problem, at least you can do it yourself :P —Xyrael / 11:42, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Hopefully you will be soon! Has yours been protected yet then, or is it still on RFPP? — FireFox (talk) 11:47, 26 August 2006
It was protected almost straight away with no discussion. —Xyrael / 11:48, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Ah good :) — FireFox (talk) 11:49, 26 August 2006

RFA thanks

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Thanks so much for your support on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (64/3/3). I will be stepping lightly at first trying to make sure I don't mess up too badly using the tools. Any further advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. I hope I will live up to your trust! NawlinWiki 12:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC) talk contribsReply
No problem, congratulations. By the way, it seems you forgot your closing |} on all your messages :( — FireFox (talk) 12:04, 26 August 2006

GCSEs

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How did you do in your exams? --Alex talk here 16:25, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

4 A*s, 4 A's, 3 B's and an A in the FSMQ. — FireFox (talk) 16:26, 26 August 2006
Well done mate. --Alex talk here 16:27, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Thanks :) — FireFox (talk) 16:27, 26 August 2006
Well, done! --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 16:29, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Thanks to you too. — FireFox (talk) 16:40, 26 August 2006

Wow, that's impressive! Are you a genius or something? :PChacor 16:54, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Haha I wish. Some geek guy in my class got 11 A*s, though. — FireFox (talk) 16:55, 26 August 2006
He has to be! --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 16:56, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Well done indeed! I also love your userpage; all those foxes are adorable! smurrayinchester(User), (Talk) 20:21, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Thanks :) — FireFox (talk) 20:22, 26 August 2006

Something I need to beat for next year then (although I take 10 GCSEs) Will (Glaciers melting in the dead of night) 20:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Something tells me 11 is greater than 10 ;) but yeah, you stand a good chance of getting more A*s than me, good luck and enjoy all those exams next year (hehe :P) — FireFox (talk) 20:52, 28 August 2006
Did you take all three sciences seperately? Will (Glaciers melting in the dead of night) 04:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
I did, but anyone at our school who did the double award instead did another subject too, so everyone ended up doing the same. — FireFox (talk) 09:45, 29 August 2006

Delta Flight 5191

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Hi Firefox, saw your edit on Delta Flight 5191 and that you're an admin. Could you do the requested page move for that article?

Delta Flight 5191Delta Air Lines Flight 5191 - To match the standard of other Delta Airlines fatalities

Thanks, MikeZ 13:22, 27 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Done. — FireFox (talk) 13:25, 27 August 2006
Great, cheers MikeZ 13:27, 27 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
No problem. — FireFox (talk) 13:28, 27 August 2006

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Netsnipe

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Thanks for the support, though I think the tally isn't counting your vote because you forgot to implicitly state it. Cheers,  Netsnipe  (Talk)  20:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

There you go :) — FireFox (talk) 20:06, 27 August 2006
Sorry! I only just realised the tally is manually set. = ) --  Netsnipe  (Talk)  20:07, 27 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Ah well I did it anyway. — FireFox (talk) 20:07, 27 August 2006

Robert Spencer

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Hello, Firefox: I'm writing in support of AnneCr, who has been temporarily blocked (apparently by you). I would like to appeal that block. The user whose unhelpful edits (unbalanced content, obvious agenda) she reverted was himself blocked yesterday for over a dozen reverts.

The fact that he was blocked makes it clear that someone in the Wikipedia hierarchy thought -- as several of us who have worked on the Spencer article do -- that reversions of his material were justifiable. I would suggest that blocking a user for correcting edits that were enough of a nuisance to get the offender blocked is punishing the wrong party. The 3RR, I believe, is in place to prevent abuse, not to delay its correction.

Thank you for your time. Dy-no-miite 20:14, 27 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Can you please provide specific diff links as to why AnneCr shouldn't be blocked, and supporting your other claims. Thanks, — FireFox (talk) 20:16, 27 August 2006
Sure. If you look at the History tab for the Spencer article, there were six reverts under her name during the period of August 26. But these were reverts of the rapid-fire nuisance reverts of "Reza1," who, again, reverted the article at least 12 times under that name, and possibly more under his IP address. And vandalism overrides the 3RR. If you go to Reza's Talkpage, you'll see he was blocked for 24 hours as 20:41 GMT yesterday. Dy-no-miite 20:28, 27 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Okay, I will take your word for it and assume good faith on this occasion. Unblocked. — FireFox (talk) 20:33, 27 August 2006
Many thanks. Dy-no-miite 20:35, 27 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

WP:RfA/Consumed Crustacean

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Thank you for the support vote; the whole painful thing went through to success. Hoorah! I will free my poor, eaten cousins yet! -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 04:21, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Congrats. — FireFox (talk) 10:02, 28 August 2006

Teke's RfA thanks

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Thank you for your support of my RfA, which has passed with a final tally of 76/1/1. With this overwhelming show of support and approval I am honored to serve Wikipedia in the task charged to me and as outlined in my nomination. Happy editing to you! Teke (talk) 17:49, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Well done! — FireFox (talk) 17:50, 28 August 2006

My IP

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I have just recieved a message of u in ymy useer chat about my IP why is it a bad thing?????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.225.189 (talkcontribs)

You blanked this page so you recieved a warning for it. — FireFox (talk) 19:59, 28 August 2006
Sorry but wat du u mean blanked i was adding a comment as far as i know then a message come up about double editing ????????????????????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.225.189 (talkcontribs)
Double editing? I don't understand what you mean by that. Check the link above, you blanked half the article. — FireFox (talk) 20:02, 28 August 2006
i looked at the link and i can see wat u mean but im positive i didnt do it and i apologise if i did but when i submitted my edit it came up that whilst i had been making sumbody else had also med an edit resulting in doubleediting im confused did i do something wrong ??????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.225.189 (talkcontribs)
Don't worry about it, I can tell now that the edit wasn't in bad faith. — FireFox (talk) 20:05, 28 August 2006

One message

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As requested. talk to JD wants e-mail 20:04, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thank you. — FireFox (talk) 20:06, 28 August 2006

Another message

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Again, as requested. talk to JD wants e-mail 20:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thank you. — FireFox (talk) 20:09, 28 August 2006

A third message

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I should start charging for these... That'll be $500, please. talk to JD wants e-mail 20:11, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Didn't know you lived in America/Australia. Living the dream, eh? — FireFox (talk) 20:11, 28 August 2006

Omigod

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Yes, the dream... I'm living the dream... talk to JD wants e-mail 20:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Nono not that dream, silly. — FireFox (talk) 20:17, 28 August 2006
:( But her dream looks so fun. She's a lucky girl... talk to JD wants e-mail 20:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
She's married to Preston! You can't get much luckier than that! -- AnemoneProjectors (talk) 20:57, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
O.o ...you can't? — FireFox (talk) 20:59, 28 August 2006
Haha! talk to JD wants e-mail 21:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Well, you could be married to Chantelle... then you'd be even luckier :) -- AnemoneProjectors (talk) 21:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Lucky? Yes... lucky... *shifty eyes* — FireFox (talk) 21:21, 28 August 2006
Yeah, I'm gonna have to side with FireFox on that one... talk to JD wants e-mail 21:21, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
I can think of something luckier but I'll leave that to your imaginations ;) -- AnemoneProjectors (talk) 21:36, 28 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
I can think of about a million things that are luckier than being married to either of them! — FireFox (talk) 21:38, 28 August 2006
I'm going to agree with FireFox on that. I would marry Paris Hilton rather than a look alike. Then again, I'm gay, so it won't matter. Geoking66 02:38, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
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Hi. I've reblocked the above user (ZIN (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) indefinitely. New user pops up and all they do is tag is blocked user names, makes me suspicious. There's no encyclopedic edits so, I hope you agree, no reason not to block :) I've blocked from account creation too. Let's see if the active block list throws up any autoblocks now - my guess is that it will. Please message me on my talk if you disagree with this blocking. --kingboyk 12:53, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Yeah when I blocked him the first time there was at least one autoblock that came up. The only reason I unblocked before is because I mistook it for vandalism and I was unsure about keeping him blocked, but I agree with your block now, yes :) — FireFox (talk) 12:55, 29 August 2006

Probably not connected, but since we've been talking have a look at this: User:Kingboyk is a GFDLvio Admin. Wtf?! Lol. Fine, call me an asshole or something but GFDL violating?! What's that all about I wonder? (rolls eyes). --kingboyk 13:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Strange, not to worry about it though, I've got about 300 attack accounts :P — FireFox (talk) 13:08, 29 August 2006

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My RfA

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Thanks!

Thank you very much for your support on my recent Request for Adminship. The request was ultimately unsuccessful - which wasn't entirely surprising - and so I'll be taking special care to address the concerns raised by the opposing !voters before running again. If you have any feedback for me, please don't hesitate to leave it at my talk page. Thanks!

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glenn herrin

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why are you taking down the info i am working on puting his comany info in he was at one time in with enron and healthsouth and he is the one who put up the money to help start healthsouth at age 19 and was in the water company with enron he had to file CH7 and loss it all lived in a tent for over a year and is back on top of life and making big $$

Pat —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pat Long (talkcontribs)

I am not taking down the information. The article was put up for AfD by Brianyoumans, and the AfD tag was subsequently removed twice by an anonymous user, so I restored the tag. User:Brianyoumans is the person to ask why the article is up for deletion. Thanks, — FireFox (talk) 16:49, 29 August 2006

glenn herrin

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how can i contact him this site is hard to use is there a phone # —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pat Long (talkcontribs)

Use his talk page. — FireFox (talk) 17:16, 29 August 2006

Vandalism to your user page

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I saw a trail of vandalism by 64.12.116.198 an AOL port, and saw your UserPage had been vandalised - again! But you got there before me. Look after yourself, and best regards! - Trident13 17:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Yeah, just my usual fan club popping by to pay me a visit... — FireFox (talk) 17:22, 29 August 2006

Award

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You are enlisted
I hereby place this award for your
thankless vandal fighting and place
you as a honorary member of the
wikipedia vandal-fightng army.
Betacommand
Ooh thank you, very nice :) — FireFox (talk) 17:39, 29 August 2006
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Administrative cookie
I, Ryūlóng, give you this cookie, FireFox, for your efforts in clearing the backlog at WP:AIV. Ryūlóng 19:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Yummy. *consumes* — FireFox (talk) 19:19, 29 August 2006

You are the wind beneath my wings

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ЯEDVERS awards this Barnstar to FireFox for this block.
Hehe thanks ;) It was one of my crazier moments... — FireFox (talk) 19:49, 29 August 2006

Thanks for cathing my userpage

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Id give you my Anti-vandal award but you have it Betacommand 20:24, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Heh, any time :) — FireFox (talk) 20:25, 29 August 2006

Philip H. Farber

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philip H. Farber on deletion review

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An editor has asked for a deletion review of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philip H. Farber. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whispering (talkcontribs)

Yes, thank you. — FireFox (talk) 10:24, 30 August 2006

RfA thanks

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Thank you very much for participating in my RFA, which closed successfully today with a result of (62/18/3). I will go very carefully at first, trying to make sure I don't mess up too badly using the tools, and will begin by re-reading all the high-quality feedback I received during the process, not least from those who opposed me. Any further advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. I hope I will live up to your trust! Guinnog 14:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)}Reply
Mmmm beeeeeer. Congrats. — FireFox (talk) 14:45, 30 August 2006

Erm..

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Did you get my email? --Alex (talk here) 12:33, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Mmm yes. Add me, my email address is on my userpage. — FireFox (talk) 12:34, 31 August 2006
Right you're added. Are you online? --Alex (talk here) 12:37, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Yes :) — FireFox (talk) 12:37, 31 August 2006

Ty

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Thank You for fixing it! -24.92.41.95 12:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hm, no problem. — FireFox (talk) 12:48, 31 August 2006

Esmie Tseng article

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I was wondering why you put back the article on Esmie Tseng. As a friend of hers, I feel (and she agrees) that her private business doesn't belong on wikipedia. I understand that she's sort of a public figure, and that people will be curious. I don't know if you read the article on her in the Pitch, but it was vicious. She doesn't want this publicity, she told me in her last letter. Please take it down out of respect to her wishes. -Lacy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Onlylivingirlinnewyork (talkcontribs)

Hi Lacy. Unfortunately due to Wikipedia policy we can't just remove an article just like that because of personal reasons. If you strongly think the article should be deleted, you should request at WP:AFD, but we warned that the article will probably not be deleted without a valid reason. Thanks, — FireFox (talk) 13:30, 31 August 2006

sgforums

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Hi there FF why did the sgforum page suddenly dissapeared? Thanks

218.186.9.4 14:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

It went through the AfD process, here, and was deleted. — FireFox (talk) 14:48, 31 August 2006

Hi!

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Hi, FireFox, I see you're back. I realized that when I saw that you blocked my school's IP address for vandalism, lol. SoaP 15:26, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Heh, see you around. — FireFox (talk) 15:27, 31 August 2006
Meh, what's that supposed to mean? Oh, well, I guess it's good that you're back. SoaP 16:19, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
It was just something to say :) Thanks anyway. — FireFox (talk) 16:20, 31 August 2006

Thanks

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Thank you for reverting vandalism to my userpage! I've never been vandalized before this week, but I've now been hit three times, apparently by different users. Comes and goes, I guess. --Ginkgo100 talk · e@ 20:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

:) No problem! — FireFox (talk) 20:50, 31 August 2006
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