User talk:Improbcat/Archive1/

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Art cars

Hey thanks for helping out with the art car stuff. I'm amused that given your general record with spelling you corrected some of my spelling errors :)

Anyway, I was wondering if you had any pics of artcars from the east coast that you'd be willing to contribute. One criticism that (nameless) made that I think was valid is that most of the cars represented on the page are west coast. I mostly only have pictures of west coast cars at this point since I didn't even get my digicam until shortly before I moved here. Do you have anything from rhode rally or artscape? I think the article could use a good pics of a bunch of cars parked for a parade or show. I'd also like a good shot of a gluey - especially one of the ones with lots of really random seemingly unrelated stuff. And, ya know, any other pics you have that are of stuff not covered so far. Plymouths 19:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just let the spell checker in Firefox do most of it, and found a few Capitalization errors and such. I put some links in your discussion page, I also have the pics from artscape '03 that I never got around to uploading. I'll sort through them for any particularly good ones and email you them or upload them.Improbcat 14:42, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please sign your post at [Hutman Artcars AfD]. You make some interesting points and I'd hate for anyone to overlook your remarks because they're unsigned. Doczilla 18:01, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that you listed a bunch of (unnamed)'s images for deletion. It seems like maybe one or two of them might actually be useable in the art cars article - magnet truck IS a reasonable example of the use of magnets. Or do you think that would just encourage him too much? Plymouths 18:52, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have no strong opinion either way. I marked them because they were all orphaned, same way I deleted the links he put in a few places to his article once it was deleted. I you are planning to use the images feel free to note it and I'll withdraw the deletion request.Improbcat 20:58, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dealing with Vandals

Hi there - good work on reverting vandal edits! As a quick (and standard) way of dealing with vandal edits you can post a series of warning messages to their talk pages automatically. The code to post is {{subst:test1}} ~~~~ and that will automatically create a warning. The warning scale is flexible, but can be summarised as test1 for curious test edits, possibly not vandalism just people testing whether they actually can edit pages. test2 if they keep going, test3 for a serious warning and finally test4 as a last "red hand" warning that if they vandalise again they will be blocked. Alternatively if we have someone who is very clearly a vandal then you can posts {{subst:bv}} ~~~~, which is the blatant vandal warning. An account can only (normally) be blocked if it's talk page has a couple of test warnings and a test4 or a bv warning on it - that way the admin who is checking whether the IP can be blocked knows that the person has been given a fair chance to stop and follow the rules - and mostly avoids people being put off wikipedia by being blocked for doing very little (and then not coming back and adding something good). I hope this has been some help to enable you to better deal with the vandal problems, Best Wishes, SFC9394 21:37, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tyler Dhein

Thanks for the assist...I don't claim to be the nicest person in the world, but I like to think I at least am civil enough to answer most legitimate questions. --Mhking 19:35, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your edits to At The Throne of Judgment:

Your recent edit to At The Throne of Judgment (diff) was reverted by an automated bot. You have been identified as a new user or a logged out editor using a hosting or shared IP address to add email addresses, phone numbers, YouTube, Geocities, Myspace, Facebook, blog, forum, or other such free-hosting website links to a page. Please note that such links are generally to be avoided. You can restore any other content by editing the page and re-adding that content. The links can be reviewed and restored by established users. Thank you for contributing! // VoABot II 18:18, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, although this bot is going screwy, I did remove the speedy tag from the article because it seems to assert notability as being signed by a notable record label. I also removed the myspace link and spammish language, though, and warned the author not to put it back in. If you still think the subject isn't notable, you can always submit it at WP:AFD. Kafziel ^Talk 18:41, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- No, I have no argument with your tag removal. At the time I speedied it I missed that they were signed and noted only the reference to and link to their myspace. Improbcat 18:43, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Error in vandalism reporting

Improbcat: When I visited Wikipedia today, I found a message regarding vandalism of the Miracle-Gro page. Here is what you wrote:

Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to the Miracle-gro page. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Improbcat 18:49, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you check the history, you'll find that a person at this IP address didn't vandalize the page, but rather removed the vandalism. My daughter (age 10) had been on the Miracle-Gro page to learn what chemicals are in it for a science project, noticed the "My NAME IS VICKY" text, and took the initiative to remove it herself, and told me about it that day. If you look at the history of that page, it will bear this out.

Just what vandalism are you suggesting we did to that page?

This comment was posted by 70.118.67.236, and responded to on their talk page. Improbcat 20:00, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lewis Paul

I do not understand why you saw fit to add FOUR tags to my new article. This was a missing article identified in the Insutrial Revolution Template. While I was writing it, an Admin (not you) saw fit to delete where I had started it. The result was that I lost most of what I had initially written. He appears to have reinstated my article, enabling me to continue it, but in the meantime I lost what it had taken half an hour to an hour to write. I had to repeat this work. Perhaps I was less careful with my spelling than the first time (but is that surprising?) I am very prone to making typos and I expect that is all I had done. I was careful to cite all my sources (in Furhter Reading). It is possible that you added tags before I had finsihed, but I would ask you to reconsider the tags that you have added in the light of what I have put on the discussion page. I would also suggest that you beware of putting such tags on very new articles that may still be under construction. Peterkingiron 19:38, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My above reaction was partly due to frustration at the loss of a lot of hard work to the Admin. I have not found a way of running a spell checker on Wiki (except by removing the text to Word (or such like). If there is a way of doing so, I will happily do this myslef as a matter of course. Perhaps I should have used the heading 'references' rather than 'further reading'. However, on one of my early articles, when I put 'sources' some one changed that to 'further reading'; perhaps that editor was mistaken. I am changing this now. Peterkingiron 20:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Andres Lopez redirect

Please take a moment to read the five pillars of wikipedia and about the redirect you did to the andres lopez article, please notice there is MOVE link on top of every page, its function is to transfer not only the article but the history of the article and the talk page. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or any wikipedian, you can also write your question along with {{help me}} on this talk page, save it and someone will assist you shortly.--((F3rn4nd0 ))^{(BLA BLA BLA)} 17:42, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

yep, I noticed after posting your message, I apologize. That user created two articles. --((F3rn4nd0 ))^{(BLA BLA BLA)} 17:52, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reality (Stephen Colbert)

Did you even read the article? Did you see that I took time and effort to make it factual, NPV and linked from Reality (disambiguation). I would really appreciate an explanation to this deletion. It was not grandiose, self-serving, or angled in any way. It was factual and relevant to a real issue the effects Wikipedia.

Please explain your actions to delete the article within 5 minutes of its posting and not even having the courtesy to email me regarding it.

I think you are being overly aggressive simply for the fact that it related to Stephen Colbert - which was not the focus of the article.

Did you read it? --Mespinola 02:43, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Respond to on the User_talk:Mespinola page Improbcat 03:01, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They aren't nonsense!

If you would read the actual articles, you would see there is no mention of it being a nonsense word! Even if it was a nonsense word, so is the Jabberwocky Poem, are you going to take that way too? Stop being a fascist, its my page, I'll do what I want you hoe (tool). Leave me alone meanie. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AADDCC (talk • contribs) 01:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Responded on User talk:AADDCC. -Improbcat 01:30, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, listen here, this is the free toast nutter.

Listen here, I am angry. You have taken away my sock pupeteer's dignity, you have take away his page on toast, and you have been a bully. You have even made a 'court case' about me. However, this is the last straw. You created a page for Robertanian123, and have taken away my freedom. How could you? You oppress me like a dictator. Doggy123M 16:48, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't "oppressed" you. All i have done is pointed out your repeated violations of the rules of wikipedia. You have broken the rules, which includes not making nonsense pages, not re-creating nonsense pages, not using sock puppets to circumvent bans, not intentionally misrepresenting yourself, etc. If you had not done any of this, you would never have come to my attention.

There is no such thing as "sock pupeteer's dignity". You are a vandal and a rule-breaker, and as such you are not wanted on wikipedia. You keep claiming as Dom56! that you are reformed, and yet you continue to break the rules. This is not "reformed" this is continued wasting of the time of other editors. -Improbcat 16:55, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

from the other sock pupperter

Oi you make me sick you go around distoring free toast Italic text andItalic text Ower sock puppets!! you r turely evil! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by It.was.me.i.tell.you (talk • contribs) 16:51, 25 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I don't even know or care which of the two of you you are. I've said it before and I'll say it again. You are being immature. If you want to be on wikipedia, grow up. -Improbcat 16:56, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Free toast vandals

Thanks! I hope they're now... toast. :) NawlinWiki 17:28, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Postscript (toastscript?): The toast people couldn't resist this personal attack, so now we know their IP address without even doing a checkuser. Blocked for a week. NawlinWiki 17:48, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! Nice! -Improbcat 17:54, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How dare you, guys

How dare you lead my colleague into that terrible trap. Also, you said a sock puppeteer has no dignity. How is that? I thought every human had dignity. Obviously not. Being a sock puppeteer doesn't make me inhuman, does it? I think you've been oppressing and bullying me. Can you please reply to this, I want some answers NOW! How dare you guys! 12:37, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

:Dignity (n): worth; worthiness; the state of being worthy of respect or esteem

Someone who repeatedly and knowingly breaks the rules and guidelines of wikipedia, lies about who they are, and does nothing but vandalize pages and create nonsense which wastes the time of people trying to make actual contributions are not worthy of respect or esteem.

If you want to be treated with dignity, act with dignity. This includes accepting that your free toast page does not meet the guidelines for inclusion in wikipedia and dropping the issue. This means not creating tons of sockpuppets (in violation of the rules) just to harass and annoy the people who are trying to uphold wikipedia's rules.

Also. related to your comment here that "all we want is to own a wiki page". No one "owns" any one page on wikipedia. Everything on wikipedia is "owned" by the community, even your own user page. Thus it is up to the community at large to decide what does and doesn't belong on wikipedia. And your "free toast" page has been decided time and again, but multiple people to not to meet any of the guidelines for inclusion. -Improbcat 15:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry...

I'm so sorry, Improbcat. I've been a complete idiot. What you said about my dignity moved me. This is a sock puppet I've created cos all my others have been blocked. I'm going to use this for good, though, not for vandalism, and evil. I read about a vandal called [Mr oompapa]and I don't want to turn out like him. I'm sorry. Please find it in your heart to forgive me. GLAR1919 16:36, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bran.B

(moved from top of talk page) Why was the Bran.B article deleted? I t is more than applicable to the guidelines as well as very relevent.

This comment was posted by Stevensb3284 and responded to on their talk page. Improbcat 20:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(moved from top of talk page) This is quite bothersome to me. I followed every guideline per instructions. Could you please assist me in having the Bran.B article reinstated?

This comment was posted by Stevensb3284 and responded to on their talk page. Improbcat 20:26, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will reinstate Bran.B and put it up for deletion as it only sources a MySpace page...it does make assertions that arguably made it improper for speedy deletion based on the criteria for speedy deletion. Unless better sources are found, it will fail AfD. — Scientizzle 23:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edit to Bran.B (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // MartinBot 15:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not vandalism, see notes from my edit. Your bot needs tweaking. Improbcat 15:37, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please be aware that Bran.B was the vocalist of the band Thrift Unit, which is mentioned in both of those links--Stevensb3284 15:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fauxhawk

Yeah, that's really weird that that site just disappeared into thin air. It truly did exist, and claim what I cited, when I added it as a source. Go to Google, and search "Pony-Hawk.com". Weird. I'll try to find a new source with that information in the mean time. - hmwith talk 17:29, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lee1

Hi, you have tagged the above as a copyright violation. Since the early versions do not suffer from a copyright violation, you can revert the article to the latest untainted version by looking at the history instead of reporting it as a copyvio. This saves a lot of time. Thanks for your interest in removing copyvios. --Gurubrahma 05:33, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You oaf

Why did you remove my edits on Alan Bates, you oaf? Someone has kindly restored them now, no thanks to you, you fool. --Ballistic Dragonfly 11:09, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Responded to on Ballistic Dragonfly's talk page. Improbcat 14:25, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletions

Thank you for all of your hard work patrolling new pages and tagging the inappropriate page creations for speedy deletion. One note: when tagging articles for deletion, please consider leaving a notice on the talk page of the article creator, informing them of the deletion tag. Thanks. Pastordavid 14:25, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help me, please...

Hi, I need some help... I want to create a user box stating that I support George W Bush, but I don't know how to. Can you help me please? Thanks in advance, i just really hope you reply. If you do(Please do, I really want to know this) please reply on my talk page. Dom58! 17:41, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dom

I added another nickname to Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Dom56!. You had put a suspected sockpuppet tag on Dom58! in the past and he deleted it, but if you look at the contributions and strangeness of their behavior, they're clearly the same person. I don't know if this is a "closed issue" or what, so I wanted to let someone else know. Thanks Wikidan829 18:30, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Saigo21

Huh? lol Thanks for the heads up on that, glad we're clear on it! :) Wildthing61476 18:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Battlefield Pirates article

I can't believe you actually deleted the article on Battlefield Pirates, despite our extensive communication on its talk page as well as my hangon-tag. Furthermore, I promised to add more references (such as one linking to a magazine article), but you barely gave me 24 hours. I cannot see any justification whatsoever -- similar articles about the exact same topic exist already in Wikipedia. Moreover, the article was brand new and was in the process of being improved on. Besides, there are many, many stubs already existing in Wikipedia that work as a launchpad for further development of the article -- just as this article. Jaakovs 20:31, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replied to on Jaakovs' talk page. Improbcat 21:55, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Friendbot

You left me a very horrible, nasty and vulgar warning message, saying that I should stop reposting Friendbot. What I was trying to do was to follow the advice of another Admin, and use the 'hangon' tag, to contest the deletion. You did not give me that chance to do so. In future, please be a little more respectful. James3uk 19:50, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Horrible? Nasty? Vulgar? hardly. Try "telling you to stop violating the policies of wikipedia and follow the rules." Improbcat 19:55, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for catching the images. I missed them when I zapped the article. Just so you know there is a longstanding consensus at AN and AN/I that users can remove talk page warnings - as you say they are still in the history Ta Spartaz ^Humbug! 20:19, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

STOP LEAVING MESSAGES

Please stop stalking me!!!! I don;t care about people seeing my messages, I just like things to look tidy! James3uk 19:52, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Nils munch.jpg

"Not in use" isn't a valid speedy delete reason. See: WP:CSD. DrKiernan 15:19, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please use {{subst:orfud}}. DrKiernan 15:30, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

xp-vista

Hello Improbcat.

So you being blamed by Mike1 for being associated with XP-Vista.. Anyways i know you are not but there is an issue with that site.

xp-vista(dot)com says it helps removing sylocked which is not entirely incorrect.. though lemme tell you some other facts behind it.

This site promotes SpyHunter.. former rogue application..

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#sh_note

When you download some tool for removal from this site you end up downloading spyhunter which would ask for $$ for removing spylocked.

you can check that.

Cheers ES101

Hi Improbcat,

please also see for more spamming on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drantispy

Best Regards!

You removed links to forums

Hello,

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