User talk:RickK

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Help required

I am interested in how on earth Wikipedians find and revert vandalism so quickly. I know how to revert, and I understand that WP:VIP for example, people look at regularly, but for obsucre topics that rarely get visited, how is it spotted? Please reply to my talk page. Thanks and sorry to bother you--Gabriel Webber 16:46, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thanks very much--Gabriel Webber 16:41, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Range blocks

Hiya I saw you recent post at the village pump, and thought I'd come an teach you how you could have done it.

Firstly do a reverse DNS check to see the internet provider. If it's AOL give up. AOL is far too large, has far too many computers for you to ba able to block the vandal.You'll sucseed in blocking loads of legit users and probably won't get the actual vandal.

Assuming it's not AOL then proceed as follows,

64.12.116.10 through 64.12.117.22

Set the last digits to 0 64.12.116.0 ->> 64.12.117.0

do two /24 blocks 64.12.116.0/24 and 64.12.117.0/24 that will block a total of 512 IPs

Stick to /24 only if you are at all unsure about what you are doing. Note that /31 will block fewer than /24 and /16 will block a lot more. Never go lower than /16 ( I don't you you can in actual fact anyway) Also since range blocks catch innocents as well as vandals keep them short. Policy is 24 hours only I think.

HTH theresa knott 22:28, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Stress

Cookies!

Cookies!

You always seem to be under a lot of stress, what with dealing with trolls and vandals and people who just don't get it. Relax and have a cookie. You'll feel better (food allergies excepted). -- Cyrius|✎ 06:18, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

"Wikify" entries on cleanup

A significant amount of the entries you list on cleanup are requests to wikify. Aren't you aware of the {{wikify}} template that you can place on articles that need wikifying? Just letting you know. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk)]] 06:36, Oct 10, 2004 (UTC)

That's just what I was wondering as well. Maybe make the "wikify" category more prominent somehow? [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk)]] 06:41, Oct 10, 2004 (UTC)

Appology

[1]. Sam [Spade] 13:20, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hi, Rick.

I'm up for adminship [2]. As we share the same affinity for fighting vandalism and trolling, I would be honored if you would give your support. Warmest regards, [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 02:34, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)

The "ß"

After talking on #wikipedia, I found that the German character "ß" is allowed in article titles in the English Wikipedia, as are accents and other European diacritical marks. That's why Rudolf Hess is something of a battleground. WhisperToMe 03:05, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Adminship

Thanks mate, I appreciate the vote of confidence! - Ta bu shi da yu 09:52, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Quick Question

I notice on your page that you say that you have stopped blocking people, and yet I think that I noticed you still blocking people - have I misunderstood? Thanks, Mark Richards 16:50, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Bureaucratship

Hi, Rick. What do you think about being promoted to bureaucrat? You've been with us for over a year. Although I must admit my belief that you're not quite among the most polite admins, and there's also some controversies over you by other users, I think you deserve this title. What do you say? Marcus2 18:23, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Allthough hesitant to give such kind of personal remarks, I tend to support this nomination to bureaucrat.

Also, I'm a bit disgusted by the "thank notes" re. supporting votes for adminship all over this page - I think people somewhere have started to get a wrong idea of adminship. Those who think that "adminship" has anything to do with having more power over Wikipedia content are somewhere missing the point I suppose (e.g. I think that in this respect a comparison with a Slashdot administrator is not possible), and maybe better for them to set a step aside as admin while they still have this choice for themselves. At least admins should refrain from voting in votes for new admin appointments in my view, somewhere it starts to have a smell of nepotism (which is never far away in bureaucratic endeauvours).

--Francis Schonken 09:02, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

My nomination for adminship

Thank you for supporting my nomination for adminship. I will do my best to serve Wikipedia. --Slowking Man 00:02, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)

Wikifun

sorry about deleting your answer there rick but you happened to place it in the wrong place. next time just keep in mind to read the instructions carefully. --Larsie 17:53, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Why'd you revert me?

Why'd you revert my (very minor) change to Areopag? I don't see any point in a redlink there, and the Athenian lawmaker Draco is almost certainly the person being referred to. - RedWordSmith 12:30, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Wikifun

sorry about deleting your answer there rick but you happened to place it in the wrong place. next time just keep in mind to read the instructions carefully. --Larsie 17:52, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Page Deletion

Since there is a clear consensus (including myself, the author) to delete "Joan of Arc (cross-dressing)", and since the associated "Votes for Deletion" page is merely becoming yet another forum for senseless bickering carried over from "Cross-dressing", when will this finally be deleted? It's been up for a vote for over a week now, I believe. AWilliamson 01:40, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

List of Defence Ministers of France

I changed this page to conform to British spelling for European subjects according to Wikipedia:Tutorial_(Keep_in_mind)#U.S._English_vs._British_English. So I will be moving it back. -- AxSkov 06:56, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Sept. 11 attacks

Thank you for the reversion on the talk page. He had previously deleted my rationale. And this all started with a comma. :) Maurreen 07:04, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Ooops, I certainly didn't mean to delete it all. Sorry for that. jguk 08:11, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Ron Jeremy and Goatse.cx

Maybe the info was not encyclopedic on the Ron Jeremy article, but why remove it from the Goatse.cx article? WhisperToMe 22:40, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Your question

The answer to the question you asked elsewhere is at Wikipedia talk:Votes_for deletion#VfD history archived. If you'd details of why it was necessary and what software changes are coming to make it unnecessary, please provide a way for me to contact you privately. Jamesday 22:46, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

re Radman1

I was unaware of Radman1 having sock-puppets. Thankyou for bringing the possibility to my attention. Any I should particularly be looking out for? Sjc 06:32, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

VaioWayo

Please explain what you did with Libertarian Capitalism page. Your changes and subsequent IP blocking of someone trying to neutralize the article is puzzling. Please explain yourself. IP blocking is a stupid thing anyway in this day and age. It is easily got around. Vaiowayo 06:59, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

RickK

'Yeah yeah I shot RickK, fuck a pagan' ate falafel with Menachem Begin Who the fuckk is Carl Sagan?

Chorus Two: Non-Phixion

I'm the space invader Ill hieroglyphic translation navigator Read your thoughts, make you think we chill then I blast you later

We burn the fuckkin flag I shot the Devil down like we in Baghdad His wife's the hostage Her bodyparts up in a grab bag Now watch the gun blast, holdin your chest, marked for death The President's been shot, somebody notify the press It's all Reaganomics, welfare, weapons and drugs The government is thugs, that's why the leader caught a slug Handle your business, ? the writing get us on your wishlist My mind's the sickest, ? Devils on my shitlist

Necrodamus, hip-hop psychic, bring you the next shady election then infected your mind was unprotected You think me approachin you with a knife looks bad It'll be worse, when I slice up your flesh it look all plaid Keep the muskets up in the bookbag, and when a crook stabs you in the brain, verbally you feel like you dog tagged The mental grave, with you buried under the dug plot The walk-in drug spot, a nice picture for me the mug shot, what?

Chorus One 2X

[Non-Phixion] Super secret surveillance assailants, Hebrews in Kansas Wrap you up in bandage, mummified stitch weapons I brandish Like ??, coffins airtight, mucus in vessels Russian Roulette with bloody headbands, Christopher Walken type ?? to parts unknown, rockin the jewel throne like Solomon, I killed your congressman with two stones

Best in the f**kin country, Israeli camou' dressed bummy Ghetto guerillas, religious cats be thinkin Muncie My solar sect stretch throughout rocks like Stan Goetz and my vestibule bang on my chest from bad sess Go and challenge or battle, get skull-f**ked, but don't be sore God ultimately saves those whose motive is pure

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Chorus One 2X

[Non-Phixion] We Elohim, alien reign in my cranium They locked me in a sanitarium, behind walls of titanium Fifty-One forbidden classified spy Area Doctors from Nigeria, Lebanon interior South Bronx, I walk through epochs and airlocks Disengagin doorways into time, breakin cellblock number 13 The Earth scene, reverse gleam, a life beyond, humanoid existence from light-year distances I navigate rip the fabric of space in this race against time Transmit a message backwards through the phone lines Control minds with fairly common alien technocracy We laugh at your misguided principals and prophecies My species shapeshift, take on the form of an Earthling If I fail to return back home, alert the King Bring the reinforcements, program the telport coordinates My spatial origin's the starting point begin your voyage into mystery, strange universes, strange history Yeah I shot your fuckin President, you know my steez! Not Public Enemy, except we non-fiction, Non-Phixion Positive and negative because the world's a contradiction

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