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Vandalism On Gina Yashere's page

Comment - Someone is vandalising British comedian Gina Yashere's page. She is a professional stand up comedian but someone keeps undoing the edits that say she is a plumber. She is not a plumber she is a professional comedian. I tried twice to make the changes but they kept getting edited back by someone or a bot.

Here is the Wikipedia page in question:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Yashere

Please help fix this! Thanks!12.196.37.227 (talk) 21:09, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done. I know know why that person thought your edits were vandalism. Cheers, 205.245.189.151 (talk) 21:17, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
^ That's me! How did it log me out? →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 21:19, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Yo

Think we got a sock problem. Funny right, the only thing I come back on is to fight more vandalism.--iGeMiNix 22:43, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean? Are you talking about that 24.xxx IPs? →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣←
Yeah, he finally learned to make an account, keep watch of him. He is probably the dude you most recently greeted.--iGeMiNix 22:47, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Hmmm, it doesn't seem like 24.xxx. He/she had a tendency to YELL but NYCSlover has only treated Acps110 and me with respect. →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 22:51, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, well once he starts talking trash when The Legendary Ranger reverts his edits, then you know its him. The Legendary Ranger reverts them for a reason, because he is adding unnecessary crap on them, so if you see he is adding more crap, remove it.--iGeMiNix 22:52, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
And you were right.... →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 00:37, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
That's right, they should hire me on the sock team. =P--iGeMiNix 01:34, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
WP:SPICLERK ;-) →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 01:43, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Lol, what did he post about anyways?--iGeMiNix 02:05, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Just a usual rant. I filed a WP:RFO since they posted personal information. →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 02:14, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Lol, not surprised. Anyways see you around man.--iGeMiNix 12:16, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Yeah I have doubts about that dude ever maturing.--iGeMiNix 16:12, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Mhm; Unfortunately a rangeblock doesn't seem possible. —GƒoleyFour— 16:14, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism Template

Hey there Gfoley4, me again. I have been curious on this vandalism template. Since I am on Huggle2 often and I can see the scale of vandalism, how would I go about editing it? I simply ask because I see you edited it last, and I dont want to mess up any formatting. Thanks! I'm Flightx52 and I approve this message 23:27, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Sure! The easiest way to update it is to place the template ({{Vandalism information}}) on your user page. Then click the "update" click on the template. Remove my signature and add yours. Change the level of vandalism to whatever level you think it is. (5 is the least, 1 is the highest) Write a short message in the | info= parameter... And you're done! —GƒoleyFour— 23:36, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

You might also want to try the Qui system to help change your status. —GƒoleyFour— 23:43, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah, well thats simple enough! And thanks for Qui, that will definitely help. I'm Flightx52 and I approve this message 16:18, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Closures

I appreciate you efforts to close deletion discussions, but templates {{rfd top}} and {{rfd bottom}} (and other top and bottom templates) should be substituted. In other words you should type {{subst:rfd top|Reason}} and {{subst:rfd bottom}}. Ruslik_Zero 10:06, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh alright. I think I first started out doing that but then changed to not substituting over time. Cheers, —GƒoleyFour— 15:34, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for Adminship

Hi Gfoley4, I have been looking over your contributions, and I was wondering if you were interested in running for adminship. You have been quite helpful at AfC and at en-help in answering help requests. You are also very active in anti-vandalism work and content building. I believe that you would make a good admin. Best, Alpha Quadrant talk 20:38, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

I accept. (on my phone) Gfoley5 Gƒoley4's Sock 20:44, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gfoley4 is no longer a red link. Alpha Quadrant talk 20:55, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
You probably won't believe this, but I was just looking at your contributions, wondering how long it would be before your RFA. xD Reaper Eternal (talk) 22:49, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
!! —GƒoleyFour— 22:50, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
It's about time, good luck man.--iGeMiNix 01:31, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
Good luck my friend; Strong Support from me! (Thanks for running!) Acps110 (talk • contribs) 02:05, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Custom user page

Hi, A lot of people use Safari and F/Fox and a lot of people use Mac and Ubuntu, and there is a choice of Wikipedia skins. On my machines (Mac: F/Fox & Safari, PC:IE) the oversized top-icons are covering the tab bar in Monobook. Hope this helps :) --Kudpung (talk) 01:20, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah that is what I saw when I briefly changed my skin to monobook. (I use vector) I have meaning to change the icons to {{topicon}} which should work. It has also come to my attention that the large purple box goes too far to the right. Does this happen with you? —GƒoleyFour— 01:28, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Well I have made the images use {{topicon}} so monobook should work. —GƒoleyFour— 02:26, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

It seems to be OK now. If you create articles or add elements to pages that need special formatting (tables, images, etc), it's worth checking that you work renders correctly in the common platforms and browsers. It's also interesting to note that although Vector has been the default skin since 2010, a lot of users (particularly editors rather than readers) don't like it and still stick to Monobook. This came to light again last month with all the glitches that the site software upgrade caused. --Kudpung (talk) 02:28, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Okay sure thing. My late congratulations to your adminship as well! —GƒoleyFour— 02:31, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! Please accept my comments on your RfA in the very best of good faith :) --Kudpung (talk) 03:40, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Puerto National High School

See: This. Thanks for refusing the inclusion. This is a brand new account. Long before I got the mop, I had the page fully protected and all the socks blocked. I seriously suspect a block evasion here with an attempt to make an autoconfirmed account. Of course I may be very wrong, but I will continue to watch it very carefully. --Kudpung (talk) 03:46, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

I see. Funny where the socks show up... —GƒoleyFour— 03:52, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

RfA

When replying to !voters, watch the indenting system to preserve correct numbering (click the 'Show preview' button first!). --Kudpung (talk) 04:53, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello

First of all, good luck with your RfA. Second, you might want to remove/refactor that "this page was last edited by <user> and not Gfoley4" bit - what if the page was last edited by you? --Dylan620's public alt (t • c (main) • c (alt)) 17:18, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I've been looking for a way to display only when it wasn't me who last edited it. I'd think Parser functions could do it... —GƒoleyFour— 21:22, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

STiki talkback

Hello, Gfoley4. You have new messages at West.andrew.g's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

The Signpost: 7 March 2011

Page Being Vandalised

This Wikipedia page is being vandalised and has false information in it with no reliable sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Grey

It is filled with ridiculous claims that the person that the article is about was involved romantically with people like rock star Billy Corgan. The infobox has also been vandalised multiple times to hide the person's date of birth and age.12.196.37.227 (talk) 19:29, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

It looks like the main vandal has been block indefinitely. I have also restored the infobox. I'm not sure why it was "hiding". —GƒoleyFour— 21:16, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

nice

[with apologies that right now i cannot type punctuation or caps or several other characters due to an unfortunate incident with a glass of coke / keyboard interfacing error]

[1] - nice.

i just wanted to mention it; people do notice this gnomish good stuff. cheers,  Chzz  ►  00:47, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Awesome! Thanks for noticing my "gnoming"(?). =P —GƒoleyFour— 00:50, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Redirect from SPOONS

Could you honestly not tell that that locked/vandal account put that redirect to the cutlery project as some lame attempt at humor?--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 06:45, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm. Yeah it looks like some weird attempt at humor. I would suggest discussing it a WP:RFD. —GƒoleyFour— 14:06, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Congrats!

I know you're at a funeral right now, but your RfA is about to close, and you're a definite sysop. Congrats! Logan Talk Contributions 22:22, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Here ya go


Now get to work. Gongrats Mlpearc powwow 03:46, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

You are now an administrator

Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch on my talk page. WJBscribe (talk) 22:57, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Cool. Thanks WJBscribe! —GFOLEY FOUR— 23:24, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations on your successful RfA. Alpha Quadrant talk 23:33, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
My hearty congrats as well. Jusdafax 00:05, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Very Nice RfA; you handled it well! Congratulations on your promotion! Acps110 (talk • contribs) 00:07, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
I wonder if this is a good thing or a bad thing for you (now I have another victim to terrorize with deletion requests /me laughs evilly). Anyways - congratz, you've earned it. --Addihockey10 e-mail 02:44, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Congrats on your successful bid for adminship. Gabesta449 edits ♦ chat 02:50, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Congratz man!--iGeMiNix 06:48, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Yay! [Laughs evilly.] Now I have a new mop wielding plaything! Sven Manguard Wha? 06:52, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Congrats man! You'll make a great admin, do you want some shackle warmers? Another personal assist- erm... friend with benefits. Jokes aside, do us proud boy! —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 8:56pm • 09:56, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Good luck & congratulations! Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:43, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Here's your free T-shirt!
Here's the one-size-fits-all crappy t-shirt just for you. Happy mopping XD, Airplaneman ✈ 22:17, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

MfD close template

The MfD close template should go above the header; see my edits here and here. Cunard (talk) 03:08, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I realized my mistake after and edit conflicted with you. =P —GFOLEY FOUR— 03:08, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
The header should be above the discussion. See my edit here after your correction.

Thank you for tackling the backlog at MfD. Cunard (talk) 03:12, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Ahhh, I see. Thanks for the note. —GFOLEY FOUR— 03:13, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Heh

That's twice with an hour you've had to mark something already done by me. :D Congratulations also on your successful adminship. Acalamari 15:34, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Haha. What a odd coincidence! —GFOLEY FOUR— 15:44, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations

File:Verre de whisky.jpg

HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? has bought you a whisky! Sharing a whisky is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a whisky, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Enjoy!

Spread the good cheer and camaraderie by adding {{subst:User:HJ Mitchell/WikiScotch}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Message received at 15:58, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Congrats on your RfA. Don't hesitate to ask if you need anything and feel free to have a rummage in my monobook.js. Good to see you're making yourself useful at RfPP already. :) Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:57, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Cool. I think the person who designed Template:Admin dashboard deserves a barnstar. It is very useful! —GFOLEY FOUR— 16:09, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Have you seen my 'enhanced' version? User:OlEnglish/Dashboard - It's got absolutely everything! I call it my "workstation" hehe. ;) You can use it if you want. It's actually just a collection of transclusions so the code isn't as big as it seems. Anyways, let me know what you think. -- œ™ 10:10, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Though apparently I just found out now it doesn't transclude them all anymore. I'm getting a "template include size is exceeded" message now and the last few templates at the bottom will no longer transclude. :( That sucks, it never used to be like that. Must have something to do with the recent code update. -- œ™ 10:34, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Wow! That's a even better dashboard. I'll start using that one! :) —GFOLEY FOUR— 12:10, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Administrative request

Would you please delete this page for me, I am the nominator but he person who is being nominated has declined my nomination. Thanks and congrats. Gabesta449 edits ♦ chat 17:10, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Do not delete the page as yet. Gabesta449 edits ♦ chat 17:12, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Hmmm? I am confused. Do you want it deleted or not? —GFOLEY FOUR— 17:14, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Well no that you have deleted it from which I saw on my watchlist, can you plaese undelete it or provide a copy or what ever it is you admins do, Please. Thanks. Gabesta449 edits ♦ chat 17:16, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 Restored Sorry for the confusion. —GFOLEY FOUR— 17:18, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks Gabesta449 edits ♦ chat 17:21, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations Gfoley4, great to see you got the mop, good luck with your administrator powers! 123Hedgehog456 17:34, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

123Hedgehog456 has given you a Wolf! Wolves promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Wolves must be fed three times a day and will be your faithful companion and protecter forever! Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a wolf, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

Spread the goodness of wolves by adding {{subst:Wolf}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message!

Heh. 123Hedgehog456 17:34, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

That's a new one! :) —GFOLEY FOUR— 17:37, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations. Although I did not support your application, I trust you will use the tools wisely. Remember that WP:BOLD should not always be used, sometimes WP:CAUTIOUS may be a better option ;-)--ClubOranjeT 09:25, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

MfD relists

Thank you for clearing the backlog at MfD. I hope that you'll work on the more difficult discussions when you have gained more experience as an admin. For MfD relists, the time stamp of the relist is needed at the top of the page. This is because One bot (talk · contribs) reads the first time stamp on the page to order the pages according to date. When it is 00:00 tomorrow, One bot would have moved Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:The Prince of Darkness/Ryuji Sasai to the 5 March 2011 header instead of to the 14 March 2011 header if the first time stamp were 09:03, 25 August 2010 (UTC). See my edit here. Cunard (talk) 10:03, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I guess all XfDs do them differently. —GFOLEY FOUR— 12:18, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

My blocks I beleive.. ;-)

Are you adding the block notice first then blocking, 'cos I do it the other way round... - because I used to get that problem when I did the notice first, and someone would always get the block in first!  Ronhjones  (Talk) 22:48, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

I didn't mean to. I tried to do it with Twinkle, but it seems like it didn't actually do the blocking. :\ —GFOLEY FOUR— 22:50, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Twinkle is useful for adding the notice (I often use it), sadly it won't block. AFAIK only Huggle can block.  Ronhjones  (Talk) 22:53, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Hmm, I always though Twinkle could block. Oh well, not that hard to do it manually. —GFOLEY FOUR— 22:54, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 March 2011

Rocky Mountain Rocket service

I wonder if it would be possible for you to do one of those nice Navboxes for Rock Island's old Rocky Mountain Rocket line, especially the bit between Belleville, Kans. and Kansas City. I'd like to learn myself how to do it. I found a great schedule here, but I wonder if that includes all the towns the line actually went through. A lot of the track is now abandoned, it is through Manhattan. Regards, WaltBren (talk) 15:21, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

- Also, Congratulations on becoming an administrator! Keep up the good work! WaltBren (talk) 15:22, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Are you talking about Template:Rocky Mountain Rocket? 'Cause that already exists. Actually, over the weekend I found a issue of the Official Guide of the Railways published in June, 1941. (which is the same as the website schedule) It has 1,500 pages of railroad schedules, including the Rock Island Line. It has all the towns from Chicago to Colorado Springs/Denver with the Rocket schedule included. So yeah, there are more stations along the route than on the website. —GFOLEY FOUR— 15:40, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For reverting the first vandalism on my page!Rsteilberg 18:31, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting vandalism, and I love your picture of the P40! Rsteilberg 18:31, 15 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rsteilberg (talk • contribs)

Yeah, it is pretty nice! I found it on Flickr. —GFOLEY FOUR— 18:34, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Page protection request

Congratz once again on the successful RFA requests anyway can you please protect this page. It was recently the victim of vandalism but there was not enough activity to justify protection on the semi or full level so can you please protect it on the pending changes trial so that only editors who are reviewers are auto accepted. Thanks and cheers. Gabesta449 edits ♦ chat 19:49, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry but I'm not seeing much vandalism in the past 6–12 hours. As far as I can see, most IP edits have been good. I also don't think pending changes would be helpful since there is so many edits to the article in a short amount of time (and probably not going to let up). —GFOLEY FOUR— 20:03, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Protection of Vang Vieng

Can you reconsider this protection and either go for full protection or remove it. To me it looks like a content dispute. What the IP editor is saying isn't particularly shocking - tourism can have the sort of effects that the IP editor is bringing up. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:06, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Unprotected You make a good point. Cheers, —GFOLEY FOUR— 20:14, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Cool, I've got it on my watchlist, and I know enough about South East Asia to be dangerous. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:24, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for looking into this, but I'd say that what is going on here goes way, way beyond a content dispute into vandalism territory. To summarize, an anonymous editor repeatedly insisted on adding strongly negative non-NPOV information to the article. Certainly tourism can have these sorts of effects, but the IP editor kept adding claims without any sources that the town is "full of western tourists nursing their hangovers from both alcohol and opium," has "changed drastically - for the worse," is "no longer a magical place," and is "a rather depressing place." This is a clear WP:NPOV and WP:SOAP issue. I discussed the issue very patiently with the user at User_talk:Zachlipton/Archive_2#Vang_Vieng and explained the relevant policies, asking him/her to find sources and to write in an encyclopedic tone, but the editor just called me a fool and reverted any attempt to remove the material. We discussed the issue at Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard/Archive_19#Vang_Vieng and Talk:Vang Vieng and ultimately wound up adding a neutral, well referenced section to the article that addressed the effects of tourism there through published sources, largely through the efforts of User:Mattun0211. Since then the editor has came back over and over again from a wide range of IPs and has kept trying to add his defamatory material. The page was semi-protected for a couple of weeks, but the reverting has returned after it expired, calling me a fool a few more times for good measure.
Certainly I'd agree with Eraserhead1 if this hadn't been going on for months, but I think we've done a good job actually addressing the real concern here (effects of tourism on Vang Vieng) and improved the article quite a bit. This editor clearly won't be pleased unless we include his exact derogatory wording, and given the range of IPs he has reverted from, I can't see a less intrusive alternative to semi-protection. Anyway that's my take; curious what you think. Thanks. Zachlipton (talk) 22:51, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
This looks reasonable to me, <shrug> maybe I shouldn't have made my comments. I'm more than happy to weigh in with the IP editor if they come back. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 23:12, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Well I guess we can just wait and see if the POV-pusher returns. I was not aware that discussion of this article has gone to noticeboards and various talk pages. If the IP returns, I will consider a long protection of this page. Cheers, —GFOLEY FOUR— 23:31, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
No worries, and I can see how it would look like a straightforward content dispute at first glance. My edit summaries were pretty minimal given the previous efforts to engage the IP constructively. I'd certainly rather the page be both unvandalized and unprotected, so if the IP has lost interest, that's even better for all concerned. I'll keep an eye out. Thanks again, 00:19, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
He's back - doing exactly the same thing. Needs to be monitored. Mattun0211 (talk) 09:23, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 5 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. —GFOLEY FOUR— 17:52, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Nice

Sysop for 48 hours and you've already defended my talk page! :) [2] Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:21, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, what school children do when they get bored... Glad to help :D —GFOLEY FOUR— 20:24, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
By the way, do you think I responded appropriately to the bottom request on my talk page (about the company)? Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:27, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Yes I do. I think you responded in a very professional manner, while not biting them with your comments. —GFOLEY FOUR— 20:30, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! I just wanted to make certain I hadn't messed up! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:33, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Administrative request

Can you please review my request for account creator. Thanks and cheers.Gabriele449 00:41, 16 March 2011 (UTC) P.S. The page is right here. Gabriele449 00:41, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't think you understand the permission. —GFOLEY FOUR— 00:52, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
How would you become member of the team. Gabriele449 00:54, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Fill out a form. (It does require approval) —GFOLEY FOUR— 00:56, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
What does Invalid On Wiki name mean. Gabriele449 01:00, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
You typed in something wrong. Make sure you are typing your Wikipedia username into the third box down, not your password. —GFOLEY FOUR— 01:04, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
The system is still saying nothing but blahhhh. (which means it is still not working)Gabriele449 01:10, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Could you give the exact error message you are getting. We might be able to de-bug it then. —GFOLEY FOUR— 01:46, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
The exact error message reads "Invalid On-Wiki username."Gabriele449 02:48, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
This bug has now been fixed. [stwalkerster|talk] 15:32, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Vang Vieng

Hi Gfoley4. The issue with Vang Vieng is not a content dispute. I for one have some sympathy with the IP's view. The IP has, however, been using this page for a rant which breaks numerous Wiki guidelines such as WP:NPV, WP:NOR etc. He or she has also been removing references and the fact that the page has to be constantly repaired means that some of the tidying up that editors (not myself I might add) have carried out has been lost. This has been an ongoing problem when the page is not protected and, I can assure you, will now carry being a problem now that you have unprotected the page. I'm not sure where you got the idea that it's a content dispute from. I reiterate, I'm of a similar view as the vandalising IP, and Zachlipton has said that he has no view, has never heard of the place, and is merely concerned that WP:NPV is being broken. Teh problem with this IP's material has always been that it is a personal view that rides a coach and horse through Wiki policies. If you look in detail, you will see that the IP's material, which uses POV language in extremis, is entirely unsourced - it is just his personal view of the place (albeit a pretty accurate one, many might feel - but that's by-the-by). Pretty much all the source referencing was done by me for this article so I should know. Getting a reliably sourced and more balanced page took a lot of work that is being undermined by this IP. In summary, I think this is a poor bit of administrating. Can you explain exactly why you think this is a content dispute, with reference to Wiki guidelines? Mattun0211 (talk) 02:43, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

You might want to see the comments at #Protection of Vang Vieng. —GFOLEY FOUR— 02:47, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Oh yes - sorry, should have looked. Fair enough. Thanks. Mattun0211 (talk) 04:51, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

I wonder

May I please ask you on what the ground you based your decision? Was it based on consensus and number of active trolls, hounds and socks or on applied wikipedia policies? I have proved beyond a reasonable doubt, that page violates not just one, but quite a few wikipedia policies. May I please ask you to clarify where my reading of wikipedia policies is wrong? A few user said that page should be toned down at least, but you did not bother even to comment on that. One is left to wonder, you read that dr at all, or just counted "keep" votes. Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 05:04, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

IP block

Hey, thanks for the note. I'm a little concerned about that block, though - I thought it would put an explanation of the block on the IP's page (User talk:74.212.139.146) but it didn't, and now I'm not sure what to do next. What would you do? Thanks, --JaGatalk 21:48, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Nope, MediaWiki software doesn't automatically place a {{uw-block}} template on the talk page. Since you said {{schoolblock}} in the block summary, you could put that or {{subst:uw-vblock|time=24 hours|sig=yes}} below the warnings. Twinkle can also do this. —GFOLEY FOUR— 21:54, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
 Done and thank you! I should've worked that out myself - I promise not to pester; it's just I'm getting started and I don't want to make any big mistakes. Thanks again, --JaGatalk 22:03, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
No problem! You'll catch on quickly. =) —GFOLEY FOUR— 22:05, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Brown people

I stepped on your protection of this article inadvertently....apologies. If you want to change the protection, please do. I have no real preference. See ya 'round Tiderolls 00:10, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Nah, it's fine. Stupid raids... —GFOLEY FOUR— 00:12, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Hiya

Hi Gfoley, there're some requests on WP:PERM, mine included. I understand you might be busy so no need to rush. Thanks, —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 11:42am • 00:42, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren etc...

The reason why I separated the articles is because the gentleman aren't working together as a team anymore. I wasn't fully aware of this until after I created the "Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren" article. I am also aware that content are pretty much the same, but every article on Wikipedia is work in progress. I just found that you redirected "Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren" to "Marc Warren", perhaps that will suffice for now. :) QuasyBoy 20:44, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

The problem is that the Dennis Rinsler article doesn't have the previous history of Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren, which should be included. I'm not very familier with history merges so I wouldn't be able to do it. —GFOLEY FOUR— 20:55, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
No problem. QuasyBoy 20:48, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Please

Could you please delete a revision by a vandal on my talk page? Baseball Watcher 00:14, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

 bam! —GFOLEY FOUR— 00:17, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Station naming convention

There is another moving/renaming debate going on, this time about Shanghai Metro stations at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains#Naming convention for Shanghai metro station articles. I thought you might want to look at it. Secondarywaltz (talk) 22:47, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

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Image rename

Could you please rename this file: File:FBI Atlatna Office.jpg to File:FBI Atlanta Office.jpg, Cheers. SunCountryGuy 01 01:44, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done. But there are a few problems with the copyright. 1) Is it in the Public domain or fair-use? You currently have both on the page 2) If it is fair-use, those images cannot be used in userspace even if it is a draft article. See WP:NFCC#9. —GFOLEY FOUR— 01:49, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks but I am not that familiar with public domain images. The image is definitely in the public domain I just do not know what the correct template on the image is. Could you please help me with this. SunCountryGuy 01 01:53, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
I think that is the correct template. Since the image is in the PD, you should remove the non-free use stuff and replace it with the parameters at {{Information}}. —GFOLEY FOUR— 01:57, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

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Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: As per your request LOL. STATic message me! 03:30, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for restoring it for me! I'm glad to have it back. I would like you to help with my rollbacking. WayneSlam 17:51, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem. Let me know if you have any questions! —GFOLEY FOUR— 17:52, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
First, I want do to rollbacking with you watching and will you let me know how I'm doing? You could give me some feedback, you know. WayneSlam 17:56, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
Sure. I would stay away from some semi-automated tools like Igloo and Huggle for the time being, though. —GFOLEY FOUR— 17:58, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
I know it'll take time before that happens again. How many reverts do you think I should do everyday to start? WayneSlam 21:56, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
I don't think there should necessarily be a limit on the amount of reverts you make a day. The key is for you to identify the vandalism and know why it is vandalism. —GFOLEY FOUR— 19:30, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
I don't want to make any mistakes. I want to have some confidence in my reverting because I don't want to make mistakes. Where do you think I should start reverting my vandalism? WayneSlam 19:33, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I would start "old school patrolling" on Special:RecentChanges. A thing I used to do before I discovered automated tools like Igloo was click "IP contribs" at the top. Make sure the edit is obvious vandalism. That is something I cannot stress to you enough. If the edit violates one of out core policies but it is not vandalism, click "Undo" and use an edit summary. Also remember that it is not a race; no one will penalize you if you don't revert questionable vandalism, but they could if you do revert it. —GFOLEY FOUR— 19:43, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Okay. I also will look at the diff because you never know if it's vandalism or not. Will you look out and let me know how I'm doing? WayneSlam 19:45, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Of course; never "blindly" revert without checking the diff. It will lead to problems.
Sure, I'll look on your contributions periodically. —GFOLEY FOUR— 19:48, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
All right let's do this. WayneSlam 19:49, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Go ahead... —GFOLEY FOUR— 19:50, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Could I also use the rollback button to revert removal of content and personal attacks, too? WayneSlam 20:14, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
It'd would probably be better if you used the undo button for unexplained removal of content, since it allows you to put in an edit summary. Personal attacks—of course—rollback it. —GFOLEY FOUR— 20:20, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Okay. I'll let you know if I need more help. WayneSlam 20:21, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

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For being a great and helpful person and the hard work you've done in your first week as an admin! —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 2:42pm • 03:42, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks again! —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 2:42pm • 03:42, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem! Glad to be of assistance. —GFOLEY FOUR— 03:44, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Name

I want my name to get a fancy colour. Where do i go for this? PassaMethod (talk) 12:36, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

This envolves a bit of HTML. Click here and go down to the "Signature box". For example, my signature uses <span style="color:darkseagreen;font-family:Tahoma;"> I'd change it around so it's not the same as mine though. —GFOLEY FOUR— 14:37, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Can you give me an example of what to type in my signature box? Make it uncomplicated because i already tried and failed today. PassaMethod (talk) 17:05, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Can you choose the colour and fonts for me please? I'm scared i might mess it up otherwise. PassaMethod (talk) 19:04, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hey there.Thank you for giving me the rollback!And by the way, do you automatically become a reviewer as well? --Damirgraffiti (talk) 16:05, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

No, I added that after I gave you rollback. It's normally given with rollback since if you're trusted enough for rollback, you're trusted enough for reviewer. —GFOLEY FOUR— 16:33, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Oh, ok, thanks.--Damirgraffiti (talk) 04:24, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Fair Use

I have been asked by you to explain why my image is fair use however I am unaware how or where to do this. Please could you let me know, thanks. Oddbodz (talk) 19:45, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

You need to add a fair use rationable (see the link for help) to each image above the existing tag. The last image could be easily replaced with a free image (so it is nominated for deletion). Cheers, —GFOLEY FOUR—

Thanks, I'm sorting them out now. Oddbodz (talk) 19:50, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

blurb on you

Hi, could you check it and change if necessary? Thanks. Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-03-21/Features_and_admins Tony (talk) 06:07, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Nothing more I can think of! Thanks. —GFOLEY FOUR— 15:51, 21 March 2011 (UTC)


User:Oddbodz/Aqua Sports Company

Thank you for userfying the article. Could you please have a look at it and let me know if it suitable to request for it to re-enter the mainspace. If not could you please let me know what would need to be changed. Thanks Oddbodz (talk) 18:34, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

While I could review it, it'd probably be better if you ask Night Gyr, who deleted it in the first place. —GFOLEY FOUR— 18:39, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Ok, thanks.Oddbodz (talk) 18:41, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Andre Beaufre

So what are you actually saying here, See im new to this Wikipedia business but as you know i have made a lot of contributions already; I dont really see what the problem of that image is, since it was a still taken from a DVD Documentary set (Which i own) "The World at War" which was filmed in the 1970s. Hes been deceased for over 30 years , so what would the problem be ?


Cheers Goldblooded (talk) 19:22, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

The problem would be that is has no Fair use rationale. All non-free images need one, which that image does not. (Bolierplate copyright tags do not count by themselves) Instructions for filling one out can be see here. Cheers, —GFOLEY FOUR— 19:27, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

So in a nutshell what exactly is "Fair use rationale" ? Sorry if this is a bit of a newbie question but like i said im not famillar with all this business. Goldblooded (talk) 19:33, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

It basically shows that the image meets Wikipedia's non-free content policy. It has certain things you have to mention (e.g. source, if it could be replaced with a free image). The easiest way is to use a template such as Template:Non-free use rationale. —GFOLEY FOUR— 19:36, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

So you want me to put where i got it from etc ? If it didnt meet the critrea and you didnt delete it what would happen then ? Goldblooded (talk) 19:45, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Yep, everything on Template:Non-free use rationale. If you place the 'FUR' on the image, it will not be deleted, provided it is on a page. —GFOLEY FOUR— 19:52, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

FUR

hey there, sorry for pestering you but could you please explain to me what's wrong with the FUR for this File:AbuChabkeh 919840469.jpg? i thought the rationale i wrote was enough. have a good day/night. Eli+ 21:20, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Well the image doesn't have a Fair use rationale. You have the "bolierplate tag" which is one of the require parts but they "do not by themselves constitute a rationale." See that link above for filling out a FUR. Cheers, —GFOLEY FOUR— 21:32, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Hullo again, Is it ok now? Eli+ 17:10, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Yup. —GFOLEY FOUR— 17:12, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Need help with sourcing a photograph

Hi,

Would you please tell me EXACTLY what words/phrases to be used for a photograph of Arieh Warshel (supplied by Arieh Warshel, to be used on an article on Article)noe, which is facing deletion, in spite of my mentioning that this photo was supplied by Arieh Warshel himself?

This has seem to become a recurring issue now, and, I am sure, soon this will make me forgo all my intellectual pretensions and stop trying to edit/add anything to Wikipedia in the future.

Thank you very much. Sincerely, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catgunhome (talk • contribs) 21:56, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, we have no proof that he has given rights to the image. The source/copyright information would become way clearer if you provided a link to the image (if you got it online) or if you have gotten a written statement from him that allows it to be used on WP. If you have that, please e-mail permissions-en@wikimedia.org, providing them with the relevant statement. Cheers, —GFOLEY FOUR— 22:19, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

File:BBC Worldwide Logo.png

Surely this should be taken as an author request? :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 00:06, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Yep. I guess I didn't make the connection between the uploader and the tagger. :\ —GFOLEY FOUR— 00:10, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 March 2011

Sendai → Tōhoku

After I saw your message, I fixed the dailies; I can't see how to get to the one in ongoing events. Dru of Id (talk) 05:49, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

X1

Hi,

Thanks for reviewing my "X1" article submission. I am no Wiki expert. You declined it, I think, because of quality of sources. I'd like to know what I need to do to have it accepted. There is a short article on the X1 in "Yachts and Yachting" a UK printed magazine and threads on it on the forums "Sailing Anarchy" and the "Yachts and Yachting" forum, Would references to one or more of these solve the problem?

Thanks for your help!

16:34, 22 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martin Dixon (talk • contribs)

(edit conflict) Yeah we need some better sources. Currently, the only source on the submission is the official website, which would be considered a primary source. We need at least 3 or so secondary sources (not affiliated with the company/product) The book you mentioned would probably be a good source, while the second two might not. Forums/blogs are normally not considered reliable sources since anyone can write on them... The main thing we need to accept your submission is evidence of coverage in reliable sources like recognized books, newspapers, journals etc. I'll look forward to accepting your submission. =) —GFOLEY FOUR— 16:41, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks again - I will try again after doing some more research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martin Dixon (talk • contribs) 16:50, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Things you might find useful

Hey, I don't know if you've already found it of your own accord, but since you're active at RfPP (for which I'm very grateful—sometimes I feel like no other admin looks there for weeks), there's a script (User:Steel359/protection.js) that helps you with answering requests and adding tags. If you haven't already, do rummage through User:HJ Mitchell/monobook.js—there are quite a few scripts in there to make some of the more routine admin stuff a bit less work. Keep up the excellent work you've been doing so far. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:46, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Neat script—I got a few from you last week, looks like I missed one. Thanks for the compliment, it seems like the past week has breezed by! —GFOLEY FOUR— 00:53, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Yo

How is it like being the janitor now?--iGeMiNix 04:57, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Pretty cool! I've already deleted about 700 pages! —GFOLEY FOUR— 04:59, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Lol, nice. Cleaning up those pages huh.--iGeMiNix 16:43, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Mostly deleting files actually; there is normally a backlog. —GFOLEY FOUR— 16:45, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
You can put {{adminstats/Gfoley4}} on your userpage and SoxBot will keep it updated with all the deletions / protections / blocks you have done. Occasionally, it seems to get bugged and creates adminstats pages for non-sysops. (See Template:Adminstats/Addihockey10.) Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:27, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Template:Adminstats/Gfoley4 doesn't appear to exist yet. Is there something I need to do to 'start it'? —GFOLEY FOUR— 17:33, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Transclude it onto your user page or a user subpage. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:36, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Done; but it is a redlink. —GFOLEY FOUR— 17:38, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
I think the bot takes a day or so to create it. (I just installed QUI too. ;) Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:46, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Request

Hi Gfoley, could you please look at User talk:Ancient Apparition#Abuse and give a WP:3O? I don't have the time to deal with the matter at the moment as I'm doing an assignment, I don't know why he's making a big fuss of what I said, it's only escalating the problem... Thanks in advance, —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 4:03pm • 05:03, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm going to have to get to this in the morning. You caught me just as I was about to sleep. —GFOLEY FOUR— 05:10, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Alright then. Thanks, —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 4:16pm • 05:16, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Request 2

Could you please delete this redirect: The Incident (video game) in order to make way for an AfC submission. Thanks Jessy T/C 23:14, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Is something wrong with the submission, that I didn't see? Did you mean to revert yourself? —GFOLEY FOUR— 23:18, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Nothing wrong with the submission. I accidentally reverted it and when I tried to move it again, well I dont have to tell you the message that showed up. Jessy T/C 23:22, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Actually, it didn't require any deleting; you just add to hit the accept button in the big yellow box, not using the script. —GFOLEY FOUR— 23:25, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Picture

Hey there, me again I updated that image and said where i got it etc but i didnt really get the other questions ? Could you just check this out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Andre_Beaufre.jpg

Goldblooded (talk) 07:18, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

There are still a few fields that you need to fill out in the "FUR". Please fill them out. —GFOLEY FOUR— 15:12, 24 March 2011 (UTC)


But what do you want me to put in them ?

Goldblooded (talk) 16:36, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Never mind, I filled them out for you. —GFOLEY FOUR— 16:41, 24 March 2011 (UTC)


Thanks buddy, yeah sorry if im a bit of a noob :( So is it going to get deleted or not?

Goldblooded (talk) 23:39, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Nope it seems fine. Please when talking on wikipedia indent your comments by adding a colon in front of what you say. See WP:INDENT. —GFOLEY FOUR— 23:51, 26 March 2011 (UTC)


Alright, Thanks for your help as well :)

Goldblooded (talk) 14:04, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Reviewer

How long is the process to become a Reviewer? -- DarkFireII13 14:22, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Someone should be around pretty soon to evaluate you (if not myself). A quick looks at your edits gives some me concern after you reverted two administrators at User talk:Royalcello. —GFOLEY FOUR— 15:17, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

oh i forgot

an ip put template:blocked user on my talkpage & i didn't notice. thanks!--Martin Truex Jr. & Ron Capps napa know how (talk)

No problem. —GFOLEY FOUR— 00:45, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

More vandalism

Greetings. We spoke here ([3]) re: a vandal, and you felt that there was insufficent activity. The vandal has since resurfaced, and vandalized my Talk Page in the last 24 hours ([4]). This would be due to the editor not agreeing with a valid edit and attempting a revert while leaving an uncivil comment in an Edit Summary ([5]). Can something now be done about this matter? Regards Thebladesofchaos (talk) 02:09, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

I've issued a final warning. Next time, the user will be blocked. —GFOLEY FOUR— 02:13, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks GF. Hopefully that will be the end of it. Regards Thebladesofchaos (talk) 02:21, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
No problem. —GFOLEY FOUR— 02:23, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
GF, sorry to do this you, but it looks like the same user is vandalizing my Talk Page once again - ([6]). They also didn't appreciate the edits or caution attempted by myself ([7]).

As they are using random IP's, I suppose temporary block are all that is possible? I will take advice from you in this matter. Regards. Thebladesofchaos (talk) 05:19, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

User:67.88.28.34

I very strongly disagree with your statement that this user's edits do not constitute vandalism. Vandalism is defined partly as deliberately removing content to be disruptive, and that's all this user has been doing. There's a strong likelihood I'll re-report this IP if those edits continue. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:16, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, just because you disagree with someone, doesn't make it vandalism. —GFOLEY FOUR— 18:27, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
It's not "disagreement" though. This individual has been engaging in vandalism regarding genre changes (hasn't been adequately warned for those, I acknowledge) and has since removed content and reverted valid edits in a means to be disruptive, which is vandalism by definition. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:23, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Relook at my Reviewer application

I have recently applied for reviewer status but was denied. i reason was one block which i faced some 6-7 months back. That fiasco was only a form of edit war i entered, i was also new to wikipedia then. from then i have drastically changed my editing and i have stopped uploading items with wrong copyright. Now i am more into reverting vandalism and cleaning of pages. I just wanted u to review the decision. If your decision too is 'no' then what should i do the rectify the fault or i am i left with no other option then starting afresh. -- devx101 [TALK] 13:14, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Looking through your edits, I see some vandalism reversion, but it doesn't really stick out compared to your edits—as you are using the "Undo" button. I would suggest installing Twinkle, which really helps reverting and reporting vandalism, and spend a few minutes each day looking through Special:RecentChanges. If you do that and come back in a month or so, you will probably be granted the permission. You may also want to ask HJ Mitchell, who declined your request in the first place. Cheers, —GFOLEY FOUR— 23:58, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion

In cases like Employee assistance programs where there is one or two editors causing a nuisance, you may like to reach for the block button before hitting the protect button. The former only stops one or two editors, but the latter stops everyone from editing the article! Cheers — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:06, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the note. —GFOLEY FOUR— 23:58, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
I have requested that the page be unprotected. Jessy T/C 00:08, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

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NickPenguin's RfA

I am curious to know how I should close the RfA for NickPenguin. Voting has closed. Jessy T/C 02:35, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

No! Please do not close the Rfa. That is for the 'crats. —GFOLEY FOUR— 02:37, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Then could you please find a 'crat to close the RfA because I am beginning to regard the as a blasted failure of the system. Jessy T/C 02:52, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Someone will be around shortly, I assure you. It looks like there is still about 5 minutes left. —GFOLEY FOUR— 02:57, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

WP:RFUP request

Hi, just wanted to make you aware of this if you haven't seen it yet. Cheers, Airplaneman ✈ 04:33, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Heh, I saw it, discussed via e-mail with the user, but never actually Declined it! —GFOLEY FOUR— 04:48, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
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Sheesh...

The various troll sockpuppets are all out in force today! The "nowiki" vandal, CSD-tag-removing puppets, the "Caprice" vandal, Grawp puppets.... Good luck with the block button! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:43, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Don't forget /v/ raiders! —GFOLEY FOUR— 20:45, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Ah, yes! Them too! (I actually haven't seen them yet. I guess I'm just not noticing which articles are taking massive amounts of vandalism.) Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:52, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
List of video games notable for negative reception, first-person shooter... —GFOLEY FOUR— 20:56, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

J/Z and M

It seems the same person is using different IPs to justify a point he thinks is only correct while the rest of the community does not agree on. Dude is starting to be the next 24...173... as in mad annoying as hell.--iGeMiNix 00:49, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, more edit warring will result in blocks, not protections... I have it on my watchlist. 01:19, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
The dude is using the law to protect him, like most crook lawyers. There is a reason why I don't chill here anymore, because it resembles the outside world too much.--iGeMiNix 01:55, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
is all I have to say. —GFOLEY FOUR— 02:03, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Heh, ja ne.--iGeMiNix 02:07, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

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SCG01Bot

I have requested access to a bot. Is there anything else I might need to do? Jessy T/C 22:24, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Wait for a member of the WP:BAG to come around... —GFOLEY FOUR— 22:27, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

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Well obviously giving you the mop was the right decision! I've seen a lot of great mop-up work from you. Every time I peruse the logs I see you working hard. Right on man, keep it up! ;) œ™ 10:13, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks OlEnglish! —GFOLEY FOUR— 12:11, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

File:Barge on Thamesv2.jpg

I can't find this published anywhere on the Puppet Theatre Barge website, and the image page has a "self published" template. Is the problem just the lack of confirmation that the uploader is the same person as in the summary? Peter E. James (talk) 18:18, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah; if they just put a "I (User:xxx) Created this work all by myself" tag on it, it would probably be okay. —GFOLEY FOUR— 22:13, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Urgent matter

How would you find the amount of minor edits you made on the English Wikipedia. Jessy T/C 20:55, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I not sure if such a tool exists—X! has a total edit count tool (~soxred93/pcount) but I don't think that can count just minor edits. :\ —GFOLEY FOUR— 22:18, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

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BarkingFish

I have unblocked BarkingFish per the blocking policy. We do not block by self-request. Just a friendly heads-up, happy editing to you. Keegan (talk) 06:40, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The blocking policy does state that some admins are willing to consider self-requested blocks. User:Beeblebrox and User:LessHeard vanU both do it if the requester is not under a cloud. Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:04, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

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For the funny stuff you had on that userpage of your that had me cracking up all day. Jessy (SCG01) 20:28, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Yes they are pretty funny. You may want to check out User:MC10/Funny stuff, also. —GFOLEY FOUR— 20:33, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

my user rights

I would like to know if I am the fastest person to gain reviewer (and rollback) rights on the Wikipedia (other that Crazymonkey1123 public which is my other account) because I got reviewer in 20 days and rollback in 22. Thanks, Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) (Shout!) 20:49, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

I sincerely doubt that you are the "fastest" reviewer/rollbacker. Perhaps you should be doing something constructive, instead of wondering about silly records. —GFOLEY FOUR— 20:52, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Question

If a user makes a good reversion and then a bad reversion can I rollback it? WayneSlam 21:14, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, if the first revision is okay, and the next revision looks like vandalism, you should use the "Undo" tool. This way the first good edit(s) is/are still saved. Using rollback would wipe out all of their edits—good or not. —GFOLEY FOUR— 21:17, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Okay. I'll start doing it. Also could I rollback spam? WayneSlam 21:25, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
I'm going to let you decide on this. Go to WP:VANDTYPES and WP:VAND#NOT and look carefully for spamming. You'll be surprised. —GFOLEY FOUR— 21:46, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
I did not see it on WP:VAND#NOT. WayneSlam 21:48, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Do you see it in WP:VANDTYPES? —GFOLEY FOUR— 21:48, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Yes. WayneSlam 21:54, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Well... then revert it! —GFOLEY FOUR— 21:56, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

I will with rollback. WayneSlam 21:58, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

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