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Hi!

Yes indeed, I do like the comic. And it has been a while since I bumped into ya. It's a big wiki, after all. :) --Merovingian - Talk 11:33, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Research Survey Request

Hello, I am a member of a research group at Palo Alto Research Center (formerly known as Xerox PARC) studying how conflicts occur and resolve on Wikipedia. Due to your experience in conflict resolution on Wikipedia (e.g., as a member of the Mediation Cabal) we’re extremely interested in your insights on this topic. We have a survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=400792384029 which we are inviting a few selected Wikipedians to participate in, and we would be extremely appreciative if you would take the time to complete it. As a token of our gratitude, we would like to present you with a PARC research star upon completion. Thank you for your time.

Parc wiki researcher 00:07, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
PARC User Interface Research Group

Sup

Hi, Sceptre. It's lancelott from the Special Ops IRC chat. Never knew you got around to becoming a Wikipedia admin. How is that treating you? You remember me, don't you? Lancelott

How did I find out? I was linked to a page from Wikipedia Watch (which is apparently censored) from an IRC chat and saw that "Sceptre" was listed as an admin. The only Sceptre I knew was the one from IRC, and I knew it was you because you were from the UK. Lancelott

Your friends

What does italics mean? — Fire Fox 13:59, 26 July '06

Ah, ok. — Fire Fox 14:25, 26 July '06

Sure thing!

Wanna jump in, Will? ;) Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 23:50, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can't seem to find your Hotmail addy, Will - where is it? :( Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 01:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

<bad joke> I ate it. It tasted good with a little ketchup. </bad joke> — Nathan ^(talk) _{/ 01:17, 27 July 2006 (UTC)}[reply]

<bad joke>LOL</bad joke> The one and only Cliff 18:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment on your page

“

Attack me, you're blocked. No questions asked.

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I like your style of speaking! (Now if I weren't a dead pacifist, I'd have something like that on my page too, ;) and if I were an admin.) The one and only Cliff 18:11, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Personal Attacks

Apparently you and I are a pair of cunts.

Do we have any mutual "enemies" or is this just childishness do you think?--Crestville 22:07, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Childness, I think. Will ^{(Take me down to the Paradise City)} 22:16, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An anonymous user wrote on my talkpage claiming to be you.

¡Hello!

¿How fare you?

I am Ŭalabio‽. I just thought that you should know that an anonymous user from AOL left a message on my talkpage claiming to be you:

⁃ [1]

You are the youngest admin I ever met. I wish that I had a project like WikiPedia.Org when I was your age. I had projects I did with my bright classmates, but they left no permanent mark on the world. With WikiPedia.Org, one can make a mark on the world at any age, if one is bright enough. I myself started articles like Pangæa Ultima, Pannotia et al.

I do not edit much around here lately because I started mine own wiki called PeaceFulBeginnings.Org. It is the first wiki devoted to Intactivism — ¿can you believe that some people hate pleasure so much that they destroy erogenous tissue on other people? Eloquence hosts it on Myoo.De. You are free to drop by and participate, if you want.

You are so lucky to have WikiPedia.Org. When I was a teenager, we did not have it. In My twenties we had UseNet. Unfortunately, by its very nature, contributions to UseNet are ephemeral. At any rate, the “brain-dead me-too AOLers” as Weird Al Yankovic calls them and the spammers ruined UseNet. Now, looking back in my thirties, although I can make a more permanet mark on the world at WikiPedia.Org, I miss the intellectual stimulus of discourse on the UseNetNewsGroups.

¡Thanks!

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— Ŭalabio‽ 01:59, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Determining voter intent.

Perhaps you'd like to clarify this to avoid confusion, as it seems a bit self-contradictory. —freak(talk) 15:22, Jul. 28, 2006 (UTC)

Heh, I thought maybe you changed your mind sometime between clicking edit and clicking submit, but I wasn't sure which direction. Thanks for explaining it. I must research this alleged Harry Potter joke now... —freak(talk) 15:36, Jul. 28, 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from Yanksox

Hey, Sceptre/Archive 14, thanks for supporting my RfA, with a tally of 104/4/7...

I am now an admin!!!

I was and still am very flattered by all the kind comments that I recieved, I will also take into account the comments about how I could improve. I guarantee I will try my best to further assist Wikipedia with the mop. Feel free to drop in and say hi or if you need anything. Again, thank you so much! Yank sox 07:36, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Coolness

Hey, thanks Will! Talking 'bout cool, look at that ice! One cool pic you found. Which, in turn, makes you cool, right? Look at us, just a couple of cool guys haging out on the wiki ;) Th ε Halo ^Θ 10:55, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

LOL >:) Th ε Halo ^Θ 11:26, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summary

Per this edit summary, please remember Wikipedia's policies and guidlines on etiquette and civility in your edit summaries. Thanks. -JCarriker 12:57, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response—I never doubted your good intentions. Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is a very diverse community and that Wikipedians are expected to do their best to be respectful and sensitive to the potential views of others. There is certainly nothing wrong with using humour in edit summaries, however if there is a good chance that something might be found to be offensive or insulting—even by a minority of editors—it should not be placed in an edit summary. In the future, please keep similar remarks in the talk space and similar quotes in appropriate articles and out of edit summaries. Thanks. -JCarriker 23:32, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Highway's RfA

Flower power!

Request for Adminship

Thank you for contributing to my my request for adminship. Although I wasn't promoted to admin status, with a withdrawn vote count of 14/27/14, I am very happy with the response I received from my fellow Wikipedians. I was pleasantly suprised at the support, and was touched by it. I will also work harder on preventing disputes and keeping cool under stress. Hopefully I will re-apply soon and try again for the mop. Thanks again, H ig hway ^{Return to Oz...} 13:33, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MOBBSTAR

Hi. I think you may have been a little overzealous at MOBBSTAR. I had just put a copyvio notice on it, which I believe is the correct thing for non-commercial violations, when you deleted it. I think it's worth giving such pages a few days. If nothing else, having the copyvio notice makes it clear to the submitter why their contributions been refused. Otherwise they just look for it , find it's gone, and recreate it. DJ Clayworth 14:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's....

Monty Python's Flying Barnstar!

For being suc a top notch guy, and always being happy, I, Th ε Halo ^Θ, award you this Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar. Take good care of it ;)

I thought that I'd start my regular barnstar giving early, in honour of your kindness. Thanks a million Will! Th ε Halo ^Θ 20:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My dear Will

There's plenty of it, so eat it slowly, Will! :)

How's my dear Sceptre doing? :) Will, seriously, I want to thank you so incredibly much for... everything. Not only for the beautiful birthday wishes, your kind support these days, and all the wonderful friendship you gift me all the time - but for much more serious things that haunt me these last days, of which you're aware, and you've stepped right ahead to help me and defend me. Will, I'll never forget this. You truly are special.

Now you didn't think I wouldn't keep some cake for you, right? ;) Go ahead, it's not as good as the ones Snopake bakes, but hey... I had to buy this one, I'm a terrible cooker! ;) Great, big hugs, Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 01:31, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ed's 3rr block...

Jkelly and I have both left you messages on the 3rr section about Ed, but I don't know how often you check that page so I thought I'd leave you a note. Thanks! Syrthiss 15:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for blocking Ed. The one week block was warranted. Johntex\^talk 16:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I fully agree with Johntex that one week was warranted. Matthew Fenton (contribs) 16:17, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou for lifting the block, although an apology wouldn't go amiss, given the unnecessary wikistress you have caused me. Thanks again, ed g2s • talk 13:51, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An apology? You violated 3RR three times, i think you should actually be apoligisng to the community. Matthew Fenton (contribs) 16:59, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to make a huge deal out of this, but you have to take responibilty when you use your admins powers. I'm not accusing you of acting in bad faith, and I don't expect you to never make mistakes. However, the least I expect is an apology, and an assurance that you will take more care in the future and try to rectify your mistakes slightly more swiftly. I ended up being blocked for 22 of the 24 hours. ed g2s • talk 18:17, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ed is the one who should be apologizing for his behaviour. He should have been blocked for at least 3 days. Johntex\^talk 18:58, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Block of User:CyrilleDunant

Hi, Will, I wonder would you consider lifting CyrilleDunant's block? I have explained my reservations here. The "personal attack" was a fairly mild one, and was made the day before the block. There are few editors who remain absolutely civil at all times, so personal attack blocks are, in my experience, reserved for repeat offenders or for fairly serious attacks. Furthermore, the three-revert rule is not generally enforced against users who remove unwanted messages from their own talk pages. Removal of unwanted messages is considered uncivil by some, but there is no policy against it. I'd be more strict in the case of a vandal removing legitimate vandalism warnings, but this was simply an argument between two established users. Rex took exception to Cyrille's post, and reported it at WP:PAIN. His report was removed because he hadn't warned Cyrille. He then (i.e. the next day) warned him, although there had been no new "attack", and replaced the warning three times. After Cyrille had been blocked, he replaced it a fourth time, which in my view was a 3RR violation, and was also an example of kicking someone who was down. I warned Rex on his talk page, and he apologized. I haven't been involved in any of the dispute, and only have an imperfect knowledge of the background, but Rex has three recent 3RR blocks (in less than two months), so does seem to have a problem with consensus, and I think if I had been dealing with it, I would just have told the two of them to calm down and go back to writing an encyclopaedia. As David Gerard said last October, if someone removes a warning from his talk page, we know he's seen it, and it's in the history, if it's needed later (for an RfC, for example), so putting it back has no purpose except harassment. Again, I do agree that it's different when someone who has committed clear vandalism removes a {{test3}} warning from his talk page. Anyway, that's my view on the subject, so I'm hoping that you'll consider lifting the block, or at least giving me your blessing if I do. I won't overrule you, though, if you feel that the block should stand. Cheers. AnnH ♫ 17:41, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Will. :-) AnnH ♫ 17:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No!!

Don't go!!! Sergeant Snopake 22:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

*Rushes to the scene at Snopake's scream* What's wrong?? Any troubles, dear Will? Please, tell me, anything I can do to help you? Don't scare me :( Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 19:58, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I already did! I swear, I did like 3 days ago, and in fact I saw you appear online and disappear before I could say anything the other day - Halo's a witness! :) Somehow, tho, I can't understand why, it doesn't seem to recognize your addy properly. Do me a favor when you can and log in, I'll keep my eyes open and see if it works, k, hun? Hugz, Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 20:08, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see him all the time. He's on three times in my IMs (Jabber, Gtalk and MSN) :D — Nathan ^(talk) _{/ 02:30, 4 August 2006 (UTC)}[reply]

Hey Brilliant!

Censorship only makes the censored angrier. Try removing the block on my talk page so I can respond to the defamation. 206.124.6.4 10:19, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Responded on talk page. Will ^{(Take me down to the Paradise City)} 10:20, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That wasn't a response, it was a silly taunt. 206.124.6.4 10:26, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Police State

Here's your United States police state documentation: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45]

206.124.6.4 10:21, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who's Scott?

...and "no" what? 206.124.6.4 10:22, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see you take perverse pleasure

In vandalizing my talk page, which I've been conveniently banned from--fascist. 206.124.6.4 10:29, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You need to get out more

Your assumptions are silly. There are many ways I could harass those people if I intended to....and if you want responses in the appropriate place, the thing to do is lift the ban on that place. 206.124.6.4 10:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AIV

Hey Will, more trolling, personal attacks, spaming, removing warnings from his page. Time for a month long block? Th ε Halo ^Θ 10:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thumbs up mate ;) Th ε Halo ^Θ 10:38, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

SABRE

Yes... another road-geek. But, no, I'm not a SABRE member. --TheM62Manchester 14:53, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You've got a Thank you card!

Open your card!

Dear Will, thank you so much for your beautiful words, your kidness and your trust in me. My Request for Adminship is finally over, and the support and appreciation that the community has gifted me will stick in my mind as long as I live. I have no way to properly express how grateful I am to you for all you've done for me, and all I can tell you is, I'll try not to disappoint you nor anyone else with my use of the buttons... and if I mess up, make sure to come here and give me a good yell! :) Seriously, tho, if you ever need my help, either for admin-related stuff or in any other way, you'll always be welcome to message me, and I promise I'll try my very best.

Dear Will, in this moment, all I want you to know is that you can always count on me when you need me. Everything I can say to you is useless, for words mean very little when there's true friendship, like we share. Be strong - things will go just fine, you'll see :) With a big hug, your friend,

Phaedriel ♥ tell me

Stress?

We can't have that! [I'm not asking to know about it or be a snoop or anything, but] if you ever need a good talk, etc. etc. etc., come to my talk page and I'll do what I can. I myself know something of Wikistress, having expereinced quite a bit before I registered. Slàinte (cheers)! —$ΡЯΙNGεrαgђ (-C|ε|L|T-) 02:31, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bonafide.hustla is a troll

He keeps harrasing me on my talk page.

Can you do something to help?

Thanks.

--Yunipo 15:59, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Sceptre. Er, for my part, I've just warned Yunipo against harassing and attacking bonafide.hustla. Please see my message on User talk:Yunipo. Bishonen | talk 16:39, 9 August 2006 (UTC).[reply]

That barnstar you gave me...

is for the wrong user. You meant to give it to User:The Halo. I've just spent the last five minutes trying to figure out what it meant. I might just keep it anyway though for kicks ;) Halo 01:11, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]