User talk:Fox/February 2008

Life On Mars Wikiproject: Newsletter

Would it be possible for this months issue please be distributed? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 18:20, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

And and also I am interested in getting a status bar like yours which looks very good, would you mind assisting me in how to get it fromy our page to mine please? Thanks in advance Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 19:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok thanks mate, i've tried but I have really messed up my userpage in the process of trying to do all that monobooks stuff and i'm having no luck in creating all that stuff. Any chance you could help? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 20:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you v much for trying to help mate :)

How do you mean mate? Sorry for my ignorance on this I must seem like a complete idiot Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 20:36, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

  1. Create User:Police,Mad,Jack/Status with this code:

Police,Mad,Jack status: Online

  1. Create User:Police,Mad,Jack/StatusTemplate with this code (edit as you wish)

Example's status:

  1. Add this code anywhere on your userpage, talkpage, etc.

This is the problem mainly one makes my userpage replicate itself.

WikiProject Life on Mars Newsletter

The Life on Mars Wikiproject Newsletter Issue 2 - February 2008

"They reckon you've got concussion - I couldn't give a tart's furry cup if half your brains are falling out. Don't ever waltz into my kingdom acting king of the jungle." - Gene Hunt Project news Ashes to Ashes begins airing on BBC One and BBC Four this month: the project's volunteers could help out with all of these articles as well. Unfortunately there is no change in the volume of good articles in the project. A list of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes has been created and Alex Drake's article has been made. To do Character profiles, such as Gene Hunt, Sam Tyler, Annie Cartwright and Phyllis Dobbs are close to good article status, with a bit of work, we can do it. Lesser known characters but still of importance, like DC Chris Skelton and DS Ray Carling still need expanding or creating. Everything Ashes to Ashes should be worked on.

New members Llamafish, Gingerclan, Gogorox93, Kaid100, Onshore, Yukichigai and Jamesgibbon joined in January. Theelf29 has left the project.

Newsletter delivered by _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} on 20:09, 1 February 2008 (UTC) using AWB. Complaints or issues should be brought to him.

WikiProject Alternative music January 2008 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 10 - January 2008

"I still have people come up to me like, 'I really, really liked your last record.' 'Oh, thanks!' 'Are you going to do "Loser" tonight?' I'm like, 'Look, I'm six foot six. Beck is five foot sex, all right?'"- Thurston Moore Project news Radiohead, Slay Tracks (1933-1969), David Lovering, "I Don't Remember", U2, R.E.M., Anodyne (album) and Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt reached featured article status in the past month, a record month for the WikiProject! Additionally, with the promotion of Radiohead, U2 and R.E.M., half of our Top Importance articles now have featured article status. Well done to Atlantik, Brandt Luke Zorn, CloudNine, the various WikiProject Powderfinger editors, Merbabu, WesleyDodds, Teemu08, NSR77 and Grim-Gym. The discographies of Dischord Records and Load Records reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Drewcifer3000 (who wrote both featured lists). Powderfinger discography reached featured topic status during the past month. Well done to the various WikiProject Powderfinger editors. We collaborated on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Franz Ferdinand (band), PJ Harvey and Michael Stipe during the past month. During the month of January, Rage Against the Machine, Pick Up the Pace, "Lost and Running", Bernard Fanning, Year Zero (album), Jon Coghill, "Losing My Religion" and "Touch Me I'm Sick" were promoted to good article status. Sign up for our B-class article drive on the project talk page! The goal is to increase a number of the project's B-class articles to GA or FA status within two months. The B-class article drive will run from February 1 to April 1, 2008. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988).

New members Skeeker, Dethzone, Sceptre, IN THE EFFIGY, Crislee 88, Grrrlriot and Indopug joined the alternative music fold during January. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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Life On Mars Newsletter

Thanx for the newsletter on Life on Mars, sorry to be a pain but isn't Ashes to Ashes on BBC 1 and BBC 4 and not BBC 2? I'd thought I'd let you know :-) Onshore —Preceding comment was added at 01:03, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

ACID

Feel free to change the wp:ACID at anytime as long as the previous article was there for at least a week. Zginder ^{(talk) (Contrib)} 01:14, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Aberdeen Grammar School

It was rather close, but I failed it. My reasons are at Talk:Aberdeen Grammar School#GA Review. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 20:33, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Haha, NUL, that's a new one. I added another proof to your 1=2 page... Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 03:00, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay, but I'd still recommend illustrating the bottom half of the article. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 21:35, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Edit-conflict

Must be a good sign...surely! :) Rudget. 18:41, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

RE: Edit count?

Even so, a freaking THOUSAND? Sheesh, this is the stuff that make me wish I knew Javascript.... Two One Six Five Five ^τ _ʃ 21:09, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

RFA/FPC

		The Reviewers Award
		For consistently voting on RFA's and featured portal candidates, along with voting support on my image on FPC :) - I - Milk's Favorite Cookie herby award you the Reviewers award! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:25, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! - Yep that was my image, that would be # 5 if it succeeds. Also, sorry that Aberdeen Grammar School didn't succeed for GA. :( - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:39, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmm....also do you watch the Super Bowl in Scotland by any chance? - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:43, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Yep, starts in about 25 mins. :) - wait isn't it like morning in Scotland? - 6 p.m. here - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:53, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Image tagging issues

Hello. Unfortunately I have noticed a number of tagging problems with your image uploads. For instance, adding free license tags to copyright images (e.g., Image:Iridiumjazzclub.jpg) and images licensed for non-commercial use only (e.g., Image:Bob Paisley ball.jpg). I am in the process of adding maintenance tags to draw attention to these problems; please feel free to update tags and/or join the Possibly unfree image discussions if you disagree with the taggings.

Copyright infingements:

• Image:Iridiumjazzclub.jpg
• Image:Gerard Houllier.jpg
• Image:Howard Wilkinson.jpg
• Image:Gareth Southgate.jpg

Possibly unfree images

• Image:Bob Paisley ball.jpg
• Image:Bill Shankly Statue.jpg
• Image:Sander Westerveld.jpg
• Image:Gary Lineker.jpg
• Image:Ian Rush.jpg
• Image:Harry Redknapp.jpg
• Image:HMMacdonald.jpeg

--Muchness (talk) 23:40, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion of Image:Bill Shankly Statue.jpg

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Speedy deletion of Image:Sander Westerveld.jpg

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Replaceable fair use Image:Gary Lineker.jpg

Replaceable fair use

Thanks for uploading Image:Gary Lineker.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

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Speedy deletion of Image:Harry Redknapp.jpg

A tag has been placed on Image:Harry Redknapp.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image licensed as "for non-commercial use only," "non-derivative use" or "used with permission," it has not been shown to comply with the limited standards for the use of non-free content. [3], and it was either uploaded on or after 2005-05-19, or is not used in any articles. If you agree with the deletion, there is no need to do anything. If, however, you believe that this image may be retained on Wikipedia under one of the permitted conditions then:

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• add the relevant copyright tag.

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Re: Portal:English football

Uh, what are you talking about? MECU≈talk 03:02, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

But if I delete the image, commenting it out makes sense, since the image is deleted. I wouldn't do it otherwise. I use Twinkle which does it automatically for me (thankfully) when I delete an image, otherwise I doubt I'd comment out an image. If you have some problem with Twinkle doing this, you'll have to take it up with them. MECU≈talk 18:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Ding! The light bulb goes on in my head. I get it now. Yah, that is a twinkle problem. I'll try and let them know. Thanks for pointing it out. MECU≈talk 18:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Reported. Dunno if they'll do anything as this seems a small case/problem, but it may have an easy fix for which it may get fixed then. MECU≈talk 18:42, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: RFA

I would really appreciate an nomination! However, I promised myself that the day I would run, would be sometime in March. And someone already said they would like to nominate be. However, you can always co-nominate if you don't mind. :) - BTW, what happened to the new messages bar? - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, did not see that. I just got a message saying I should consider removing it. So, I removed it. Also, I really don't think I would get the MOP if I ran right now :( - My last RFA, was only about 3-4 weeks ago :(. So I'm going to wait till March - I know I will get it then :). Unless of course I don't reach my goal of 12,000 edits. (Which seems unlikely). I have a little under 11,600 right now :). So wish me good luck when the time comes! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:22, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :) - nice new sig BTW. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:25, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah :( - About 99% of my school is in shock. Rather most of New England is in shock. One of my good teachers posted a sign outside his door saying "I don't want to talk about it". Also, this website[4] seems to have some useful information on Aberdeen Grammar School.- Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Either that - or they hate football. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Whoops! Yeah that's what I meant! Just used to saying that. The U.S. seems to turn everything around in my opinion. BTW, right now I can't think of anyone in my school who like soccer football. I sometimes watch the revolution and D.C. United but not often. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:37, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh yeah, that. What is the most popular sport there - just curious. And yeah, they barley use their feet in Football American Football. Only in punting, and while kicking a field goal. I hope I don't sound like I'm speaking a difference language to you. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:47, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I've heard of Chelsea. (Not Aberdeen - sorry :() Read about them in Ark Angel, along with there rivalry with Stormford Bridge - I know I spelled that wrong. The authors books seem to be a hit in the U.S., and since he lives in London - I'm guessing they are popular there too? - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:54, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I just finished reading his latest book Snakehead - had it shipped from England. I will start on evil star - perhaps you should start on Stormbreaker? :) - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:02, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Edit Summary

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LOL! I didn't mean to do that either :) - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:16, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Just interesting: I saw all the little ribbons on the top right corner of your userpage, perhaps you should add something about December 26, 2004 (tsunami)? Just a suggestion. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Collaboration

I'm pushing a collaboration to complete the list of basic space exploration topics.

Should be fun. Drop on by.  ;)

Also, see my post to User talk:Quiddity#Basic topic lists if you want to delve in deeper.

The Transhumanist 09:09, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Ashes to Ashes

Hello

For your information Ashes to Ashes the Spin-off of Life on Mars is airing Thursday 7th February. Don’t miss out it should be good!

Police,Mad,Jack —Preceding comment was added at 16:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Torchwood (series 1)

An editor has nominated Torchwood (series 1), an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Torchwood (series 1) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 17:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Vote

User:Earthbendingmaster/Poll Basketball110 Clinton, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, or Paul? 00:18, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

That is indeed because the page was deleted. Basketballone10 23:19, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

No, that's okay. Basketballone10 23:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: What's this all about?

Well, Basketball110 asked me to invite as many people as possible, so I invited you. But soon, the project was deleted. BTW, do you like the new font - or is it unreadable? - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:41, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I would have a little argument between McCain and Obama. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:45, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

(Well is it that you don't know who McCain is?) - Or, yeah, I know one is republican and one is democrat, but... - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:48, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmm.... (Flips a coin). Tails. Yeah - looks like I would go with Obama. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:50, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Also, I don't want to vote 'Oppose' but the image you nominated for FPC, has many focus issues. Zoom in on the image, and do it now with others. That's what Clegs mean when he says focus issues. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:00, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Yep, it's only the whole country at stake. :) - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:07, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Gordon Brown? - right, if that's not it, I screwed up on my geography test. :( - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:10, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

So when we get them back corrected (who knows when that will be?) I can know I at least got 2 right. (the other one is the president of the U.S.) Now if I had gotten the president of the U.S. wrong, I would be promoted back to kindergarten. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:16, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Lol - update above count - 3 right (considering he's the 'governa' of California) - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:20, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh no! I screwed up on the spelling!! Make that back to 2 right :(. I added a t before the z in his last name :( - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:29, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

{{Childrens-book-series-stub}}

Hi - a stub template or category which you created has been nominated for deletion or renaming at Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion. The stub type, which was not proposed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, does not meet the standard requirements for a stub type, either through being incorrectly named, ambiguously scoped, or through failure to meet standards relating to the current stub hierarchy or likely size, as explained at Wikipedia:Stub. Please feel free to make any comments at WP:SFD regarding this stub type, and in future, please consider proposing new stub types first! Grutness...wha? 23:55, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Your RfA criteria

Hi, I have a few suggestions for your RfA criteria user subpage, since right now they seem highly statistics based. I'm not, of course, criticizing them or demanding that you change them, but I think I have a few (what I hope to be) helpful comments. First, level 1 criteria seems to be rather good, but I'd say that you should also include:

• Has a fairly comprehensive knowledge of policies, including banning/blocking, deletion, IAR, and AGF.
• Has been on Wikipedia for at least 3 months.

For level 2, I'd lower the 3000 to 2000 and the mainspace to 1000, up the edit summary usage standard to 75%, and also have a good grasp of all but the most obscure policies. They should also be familiar with the most (in)famous CSD criteria, i.e. A7. For level 3, I'd lower the 6000 to a 4000, and relax the mainspace edit restriction to 3000. They should also have extremely good grasp of policy, and be able to recite CSD like a clock.

These are just my suggestions; some of them might be terribly biased (you'll note I'm a anti-editcountis fanatic), but I hope you'll consider them. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 00:05, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the RfA offer. User:Auawise and I have agreed that he'll nominate me soon. (I recall it was some arbitrary mainspace edit count for the purposes of a set deadline, but I can't quite recall the actual number now.) You can, if you want to, co-nominate at that time. I'll notify you when *it's time*. Thanks again. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 22:01, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for implementing some of my humble suggestions! Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 02:30, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

School Hols

I am sooo glad we have broken up, hbu? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 21:30, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

omg dont you have half term now? When do you break up? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 21:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, sorry didnt mean to rub it in your face I just naturally assumed that you got the 1/2 terms. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 21:39, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh right, so in the end it is balanced out. What year are you in? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 21:41, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Right i'm in year 10. in Upper School. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 21:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Well we have Primary School, then Middle School then Upper School (Which i'm in now) And in year 10 you do your options and all that but you actually take your GCSE's at the end of year 11 because then you can either leave at 16 or stay on in the Sixth Form. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) —Preceding comment was added at 21:47, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

In Upper School I do a college day release doing a course called "Public Services" for anyone who wants to join any of the Emergency Services or any corps or branch of either the British Army, Royal Air Force or Royal Navy. What you got in mind of doing when your older? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 21:53, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Very hoity toity lol oj Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 22:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

lol yeah, dont you wanna do something filled with adventure like join the army or something? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 22:07, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

lol, i'm sure your not that bad Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 22:10, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh I love getting out and about playing sports and the like. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 22:15, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I do a bit of football, but not rugby. I love badminton and the like. Did boxing for a while too. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 22:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

From one of her badminton students yeah that is a major ":/" Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 22:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

ohhhh......OHHHH, I see. You old thing you. Dont blow trumpet that quick. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 22:25, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

lol mate, I was joking i'm only 14. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 09:34, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:English football Portal.png

It's a nice idea but as per my comments on the Portal talk page "Portals are among the few things on Wikipedia where looks matter. Part of the Featured portal criteria is that it looks ok at low resolutions (800x600)." Whack your screen res down and have a look and you'll find both the title image and the selected image push the page out to the right making the horizontal scroll bars appear. A good thing about that title image though is that it forces the page into a 1024x768 style width, so it looks the same in all resolutions, but you may find in the future that someone could query it during Peer review/FPC. Nanonic (talk) 14:02, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Your AWB edits

Please avoid making insignificant edits using AutoWikiBrowser as you have been doing (five examples: [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]; there are many more I could have shown you). By asking for approval to use AWB, you agree to abide by the rules stated at Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage#Guide which states 'Avoid making insignificant minor edits', and your use of the tool has broken this. Further use in this way may result in you registration being revoked. Edits such as these do not improve the pages in a beneficial way (such as a spelling fix would) and use up capacity and sever space. I notice you have 'typo fixing' in your edit summary, so if you are using the typo fixing feature, I recommend checking the 'Skip if no typo fixed' option. Please ask if you have any questions. Thanks, mattbr 14:29, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the edits [10] and [11], the benefit they provide is extremely minimal for editors, with no benefit being provided for readers as the links look exactly the same and point to the same place. I would suggest that you don't make edits such as these as there are many other things that can be done that actually do provide an improvement to articles for the benefit of readers, such as fixing typos or fixing links to disambiguation pages, both of which AWB can assist you in doing. Removing underscores and tidying links (and most, if not all of the other general fixes AWB makes) are fine to make along with other, more significant changes, but not by themselves. mattbr 20:28, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, WBOSITG. As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank again for your interest in VandalProof. β^_command 17:24, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Adoption

Hello, Would you like to adopt me? I am already adopted, but I would like some more adopters. I want to learn everything about wikipedia. I have learned a lot so far, but I'm always willing to learn more. --Grrrlriot (talk) 02:32, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

If you'd still like to

It's time. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 15:07, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind nomination! I'm curious to see how this will turn out. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 22:07, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Who, me? No, I have a script that automatically refreshes it one hundred times a second for me. ;) Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 22:09, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Very descriptive supports indeed. ;) Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 02:48, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

RFA thanks

.: RFA thanks :.

Thanks for supporting me! My RfA passed with a final tally of 5 neutrals, 1 oppose and 148 supports, a turnout I couldn't have dreamed of. I'm going to do everything I can to help out the community, help with sysop tasks, and of course, contribute to the encyclopedia. If you ever need a hand with something, feel free to give a shout! Cheers! Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 17:24, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:AWB

Oh great - I knew the one about white space but not about moving around stub tags. I'll stop using AWB for that.   jj137 (talk) 19:58, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

It's perfectly fine, I'm glad I didn't. :)   jj137 (talk) 20:02, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:AberdeenGrammarLogo.svg)

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List of Scottish cross country rail services

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• Hi, I think the content in the said article was valid enough, so I have removed the "Prod" tag. However, I also think the information could be covered comfortably inside a larger article, so I have gone ahead and merged it. Thanks for your efforts! Sjakkalle (Check!) 11:58, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK congratulations!

On 12 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cullen FC, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 14:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

You are very welcome - really, though it is you I should thank for your work on the article. Sorry to be slow in replying and keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 16:36, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Life On Mars Wikiproject: Newsletter

Hello

I have recieved information that the user Tony Sidaway does not want a newsletter, so when the next issue comes would it be ok if you sent it to all users bar him? Thanks Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 19:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Editor Review

Since you're probably one of the most experienced and prolific editors I know of, would you like to comment on my Editor Review?

Wikipedia:Editor_review/21655_(2nd) Thank'ee much, Two One Six Five Five ^τ _ʃ 03:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Game is back up. Some smart guy had the idea to transclude the winning page into a subpage in my talk page that I created. Also, thanks! Two One Six Five Five ^τ _ʃ 18:41, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Deleted links

Your bot deleted a lot of links from Deflation. I don't understand why, and I reverted the deletions. Even if some went to disambiguation pages, that still seems more useful to me than no link at all. Why not count on users gradually improving the links instead of deleting them? --Rinconsoleao (talk) 10:23, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

You say the links were repeated, but Deflation is a long page. Seems to me multiple links may be useful in that case (though I'm not sure what Wiki policy is). --Rinconsoleao (talk) 18:38, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

One of my favorite pictures

Thank you for participating in my RfA! It was closed as successful with 74 supporting, 3 opposing, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have placed in me. —Remember the dot (talk) 18:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Cheers!

I can remember placing that request, so cheers mate. --Differentgravy (talk) 17:04, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Age

Oh great venerable one! ;) Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 22:13, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Doczilla's RfA

.: Oh, no! There goes To-ky-o! Admin Doczilla! :. File:Godzilla(01)reverse.jpg Thanks for !voting! Thank you for !voting in my RfA which resulted in the collapse of civilization with 92 (94?) support, 1 oppose, and 1 neutral. Blame jc37 and Hiding for nominating me, everyone who had questions or comments, everyone who !voted, everyone who tallied the numbers correctly, and WJBScribe who closed without shouting, "No mop for you!" Seriously, your response has overwhelmed me. I am deeply grateful. Arcayne Thank you for casting the 90th yea vote and for the really special words of support. That meant a lot to me.      "The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." - Michael Althsuler

User page

Is that an insult? Why now does it scare you? Whether your user name is based on a song or what, it sounds pretty sinister too!!! Was it Mr Bigglesworth with one blue eye and one brown eye that did it? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 11:45, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Ah yes lol. It really looks like the real thing doesn't it. Its amazing how a combination of free images can build up a parody of an evil genius. Joe Satriani looks rather a lot like Telly Savalas did in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film) ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 11:49, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I know lol. If he takes the shades off he doesn't but when watching the Live in San Francisco dvd I realised lol that looks exactly like Blofeld. He happens to be my favourite guitarist anyway aside from Hendrix and my biggest influence my style of playing - I've been playing since I was 7 - 17 years of playing, I love all that shredding stuff. I recently bought this great effects pedal with a new cry baby wah pedal built into it!! Voodoo Child (Slight Return) stylee! Have you heard any of Satriani's stuff?. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 12:04, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Check out baldy here. I don't know if it your cup of tea but I think he rocks. Yep I used to practice a few hours a day too until wikipedia took some of my time away! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 12:20, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Yep Bloc Party are pretty cool I like them. I have a huge range of interests in music and even like Yo Yo Ma!! Admittedly though I am into the classic hard rock bands like Led Zeppelin, Guns n Roses and Aerosmith, but have always loved Radiohead, the Verve etc. I used to be solely into indie when I was about 15 or 16 but I've gradually become more into heavier rock ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 12:56, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

You OK amigo? Seems to be a lot of vandals about tonight. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 20:42, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Did you see the baldy video after? Don't forget ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 21:51, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Zippy zip zip zipgun

I have noticed revert wars against both of you, it must be a good reason your doing this because in my experiance in looking at your edits they are well done and enthusiastic. Could you fill me in on the situation please? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 17:51, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

What about the title, lol? I sorta didnt get that. He claims that he is right about the A-Team and its airing date, have you checked it out to see when it was actually aired in GB? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 17:56, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok fair enough, I looked on The A-Team page but I couldnt find air date in GB but then again I did only read the first sentance. Maybe you can do a better job Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 18:03, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

What "A-Team" is he having a baby about then? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 18:08, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

He's been final warned by someone, so its only a matter of time before the admin puts foot to arse. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 18:13, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

You want me to undo his bull as I have not reverted them before so I can still do it three times? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 18:24, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

AIV? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 18:26, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

It seems every admin thinks its just a petty edit war, oh my how wrong they are. I undid his edit see the history. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 18:29, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Tis fine m8, now its been sent to the high and mighty powers that be it should be sorted out. Just look out for them lording it up. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 18:33, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Bloody idiot reverted mine too. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 18:36, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Zipgun block

My viewpoint as the blocking admin is underlined in the recently added blocked section. Hopefully he should learn from this and build upon his mistakes by turning a new leaf, however, if he continues please bring to my talk page or bring to AIV - I should be able to recollect what happened previously. I guess that would be the ideal situation, but lets see how it goes. Rudget. 18:41, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Robot Wars Fetherweight

A tag has been placed on Robot Wars Fetherweight requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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This isn't my page. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{it seems the winds have stopped...} 15:07, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

VC

I've moved its 3 pages to your userspace.

Remember, when I created it, I made things up as I went.

Don't be shy. Feel free to be creative with it.

It's yours now.

The Transhumanist    21:29, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

RfA

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

Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 22:19, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

You two get a special advance copy! ;)

Hi, WBOSITG, thanks for voting in my RfA, which passed with 47 supports (I hoped for a perfect square, but two away is close enough!), 3 opposes (the first odd prime), and 0 neutrals. I'm glad the community has decided to trust me with the mop and bucket (the flamethrower isn't supported). Of course, special thanks goes to my nominators Auawise and that one guy who buried stuff (not that the thanks I give to the you isn't special!). If you ever need a hand with something, or just want to say hello, tough feel free to drop a line! Best wishes, Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 22:54, 17 February 2008 (UTC) This doesn't even vaguely resemble a mop, but I couldn't find a picture of one.

I can has thankspam?

Quick, let's delete the front page!

No seriously, thanks for contributing at my RfA which ended 68/0/0. I'm amazed and humbled by the result, and the warm and supportive comments that went with it. I've put the pic of Tiger here because although I know not everyone appreciates lolcats, to me it illustrates the possibility of taking things seriously with a light heart. I will try to do so, and remain open to the being slapped down if I do start being impossibly pompous. Thanks Pedro :  Chat  for your generous nomination, and also to Master of Puppets for ripping off his thankspam without so much as a by-your-leave. To all who contributed - especially the eventually withdrawn (but very interesting) neutral and oppose - thank you! Now it's off to new admin school for me, before I dare do anything for real... Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 09:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Back to school

I'm back now, today was my first day lol. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 16:54, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Lol, we get Thursday off as its PR Day. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 16:58, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Instead of Parents Evening we have PR Day where you have to go up the school and have a meeting with your teacher and apart froma ctually going up there for the meeting you get the whole day off. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 17:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Yeah that did come to mind but how do I persuade Misabot to do it? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 17:42, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Help

You a sysop? I could do with a bit of help. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 16:06, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, some stupid idiot made an account "Police.Mad,Jock" which would obviously be used tarnish me. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 14:56, 20 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Police,Mad,Jack (talk • contribs)

Hey mate, I have two things I need a bit of help with if you'd be so kind:

1. Is even though I sign with four tildes SineBot still "Unsigneds" me the thing what Beta command bot said didnt work as I have no ":en:, en" in my sig. 2. About the archiving thing with MisaBot is preferably I want it to archive the whole page when it gets too long preferably like this example, what would be the best one to choose from on MisaBots page to accomodate the following

• Archive 1
• Archive 2
• Archive 3
• Archive 4
• Current

Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 15:26, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:AFC Backlog Drive

WikiProject Articles for creation needs your help!

WikiProject Articles for creation has done a tremendous job in working at WP:AFC over the past 7½ months. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication! Together, we've made the submission process easier and more streamlined, developed tools to make the process go faster for reviewers, and cut the backlog down to a mere fraction of what it once was. Well done! As you all are aware, however, our work is not quite yet done. The project still has 10 archive pages left to complete, which include over half a month's worth of submissions, many of which have not been completely reviewed. We need your help to finish looking over these neglected submissions so that we can finally remove the backlog notice from the page, and put an end to the more than two year old backlog that has been a thorn in our side for ages! Participants will receive an AFC Barnstar, so hurry up and help out while there's still work to be done! Make sure to sign in on the WikiProject's talk page so we know who is involved in what promises to be our final effort to complete this goal. Thank you for all your help! - Happy editing as always, Hersfold (t/a/c) 16:32, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

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A. A. Albert cleanup

Howdy, I was wondering what sort of cleanup you thought Abraham Adrian Albert needed? I don't see a good place to add section headings. It has a fair number of wikilinks out. It has a reference, the standard mathematician external links and categories. The grammar is not perfect, but it didn't hurt my head to read it. The style is a little flat, but it seems fine for an encyclopedia. JackSchmidt (talk) 18:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Rude Tube

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AfCs

Stop beating me to them :) CWii_{(Talk|Contribs)} 20:48, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: AfC

I could say the same. That's the third edit conflict I've had that's your fault. :-P Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 21:50, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, well then! How's this: You work from the bottom, I'll work from the top. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 21:53, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Theoretically not - we're working in different sections, so I think the software should be able to handle it... Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 21:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

AFC Backlog is GONE

		The Articles for Creation Barnstar
		For your help in finally putting an end to the monstrous backlog at Articles for creation, I, Hersfold (t/a/c), hereby award you the Articles for Creation Barnstar! Well done, and thank you for your dedication to the project! Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:24, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

In reply to my barnstar:

Thanks. :-) I'm just glad we were finally able to finish that mess. It felt really good taking off the backlog banner. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 22:30, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

RE: Some Help 4 U

Ok thanks mate, I'm not goanna mess about with my sig again i'm just going to opt out of the auto singing. Thanks. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 14:50, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

David Chellappa

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Sorry about that, it was a suggestion from AFC, should have checked. I apologise - it won't happen again. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{that one guy who buried stuff} 22:52, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Woops

Hi, that was bound to happen soon ive been doing so many welcomes this morning one was bound to clash. Cheers Dewster^{_^*'_} 09:21, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi there I was wondering if you could tell me how you make those boxes on your userpage as they look mint, I don't want to copy them completely but I'd like something like them - J.Naven 13:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks mate for lettin me steal it - J.Naven 21:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Still want a review?

Hi, I was working on the backlog at WP:ER and noticed your old review from January hasn't gotten any real reviews yet. Are you still interested in getting one? If so, let me know, and i can do it probably in the next few days. If you don't still need it, I'd love to archive it and reduce the backlog that way. Peace, delldot on a public computer talk 12:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Bot

Hello WBOSITG

I was wondering if you have any idea on how I could make a bot? Or is there a page what describes how to do it like the one of "How to archive by MisaBot"? Thanks in advance Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 14:56, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For helping me with my userpage especially the boxes that I had no clue about and letting me sort of copy it J.Naven 21:24, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

No probs, and I didn't know you were John lennon, learn something new everyday! - J.Naven 21:35, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Mo Afzal

Hi, I work for Mo Afzal, and I was wondering if there was any particular reason you chose to create his page? I'm very grateful and interested in developing the page further, however I'm definitly a newbe at editing Wikipedia pages!e == I created Mo's website at http://go.warwick.ac.uk/moafzal (which includes many links to his published articles and media coverage) and I'd like to extend the wikipedia article using these references. Msuxg (talk)

Welcome Message

Dear WBOSITG, many thanks for the welcome message. The first thing you could help me with is a matter of protocol. In replying to your welcome message to me, am I correct to do so here, on your talk page, or should I have replied at the bottom of your message on my talk page? Also, now that you've responded to my initial message (above), should I delete that, or do I leave that to you? Many thanks! Msuxg (talk) 20:17, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Adoption

Thanks for your offer WBOSITG, yes, I'd appreciate it if you would adopt me! Msuxg (talk) 20:25, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

FYI

Just out of interest...[12] Pedro :  Chat  23:09, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

To clarify, you honestly feel that granting me access to admin tools would be a net negative for the Project? Even before the absence of a good answer to "why", I'm left grasping at straws for "how"! Given my self-imposed restrictions and my extensive history with the site at the highest levels, I cannot see how I would not constitute an acceptable risk, if I must aspire only to that barest of qualifications. Jouster  (whisper) 23:27, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

The goal of writing that question was to summarize the concerns opposers would be likely to have, and then to provide direct, concise answers to them. In the case of your concern, I'll contend that as $\lim _{content\rightarrow \infty }$, Wikipedia is or will become far too large for any one administrator to be able to competently administer all areas of the encyclopedia. Specialist administrators are a symptom of that "problem", and applications for general adminship through any other means than artificially contriving to get your RfA approved (read: forcing administrators to do what then amounts to work in parts of the encyclopedia in which they'd rather not be) will become more and more rare.

At any rate, though, whether you agree with me or not, I'd appreciate it if you could change your comments to more clearly reflect your generalized disdain for specialist administrators. Your current comments come off as quite brusque and dismissive, especially given that you're using an argument that I specifically refuted (ignoring this new context of how you mean to quote it) to condemn me. Jouster  (whisper) 00:03, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Is awarded to WBOSITG for thier outstanding work against the ever continuing onslaught of the vandals. Great Job! Mifter (talk) 19:48, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I saw you reverting a bit of vandelism so I decided to give you a barnstar :) .--Mifter (talk) 19:48, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Stop vandalizing Discovery Cove

It is southwest of Orlando; a more specific and encyclopedic location. 72.153.223.172 (talk) 19:57, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

This is one of several suspected sock puppets being created by a blocked user to evade the block. Any assistance you can provide would be appreciated. The case file is here. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 23:26, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

This doesn't address the question —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.225.169.82 (talk) 23:36, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Grrr.... 2

Completely nicked for me. Not even a smidge of recognition. I'm very displeased._{The adding the small barnstars on top of the page thing :)} - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:47, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, heck, my bad. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:04, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Lol. You're welcome :) - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:08, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

RfA 52 Pickup

Hi WBOSITG,

You stated that you were going to wait until 52 Pickup answered more questions before voting. I was just dropping a line to let you know that he answered a ton of questions that you can review in order to help you vote. The RfA closes later today (here's a link). Thanks, —MJCdetroit ^(yak) 01:37, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Userpage design

I don't mind; I expect her blessing is worth having too. Could you include a "design by" link if/when you use it? Cheers. – Scartol • Tok 02:35, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

		Milhist Coordinator elections
		Thank you very much for your support in the recent Military history Wikiproject elections. I went into it expecting to just keep my seat and was astonished to end up with the lead role. I anticipate a rather busy six months :) --ROGER DAVIES talk 13:45, 29 February 2008 (UTC) Haut-Koeningsbourg castle, Alsace.

Welcome

Welcome Fox/February 2008

Thank you for joining the Law Enforcement Wikiproject on the English Wikipedia! As you would have guessed we are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to law enforcement

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Vandalism

The recent edit you made to User Talk:Karaku constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to vandalize pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thanks -Karaku (talk) 21:05, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I think you'll find it was not vandalism but a warning for vandalism. Thank you. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{aka john lennon} 21:13, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Except i didn't vandalize. Therefore that is a fake warning, not legit, and it's vandalism. -Karaku (talk) 21:17, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Good faith edits are not vandalism Karaku, please read WP:AGF. If you contest it, don't start an argument and blame the warner for vandalism, otherwise it could be seen as disruptive. — Save_Us † 21:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

WBOSITG, while I defer to your much more copious knowledge of Wikipedia, I have to agree with Save Us that the reporting of Karaku was a little out of process. While it is a policy I vehemently disagree with, I'm sure you are aware that people are technically allowed to blank warnings. Aside from the bad faith vandal reports on your userpage, I don't think Karaku ever vandalized anything per se. He/she just has a major civility issue (even after both a friendly and a stern warning). I do think a block is warranted, though, and hey, if what you did makes it happen, you can't argue with results I guess.. --Jaysweet (talk) 21:25, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Zaxbys

hi, my recent addition is not spam. several locations, including the one in my city charges for extra condiments. it is notable since the majority of fast food places do not charge. please revert the article and my talk page back. thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.199.130.222 (talk) 21:39, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

is this case it does, since nearly all fast food does not charge, and zaxby's is being one of the only exceptions to charge. I will revert it or take my case up with an admin since you want to be rude about it and leave nasty comments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.199.130.222 (talk) 21:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Random Wiki Smile

WarthogDemon has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

-WarthogDemon 22:54, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

No problem. :) Not to brag at all but I seem to have a knack for sending Smiles whenever a user needs one. O_o I've forgotten that during my absence here. Cheers. :) -WarthogDemon 23:01, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Grrrr..... Part 3

Completely nicked for me. Not even a smidge of recognition. I'm very displeased.^{The anti-vandal userpage thing} :) - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Your userpage. (When your press the edit button, what happens to vandals.... - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:18, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I created "Version 2.0" I can put in on your userpage (if you like) - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:22, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Alright. The RFA? No, not tomorrow. I said March 15th, remember? I just happen to be moving on March 15th, so I might delay the date. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:28, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Now, when some vandal tries to edit your page, they will probably faint. Check it out. If you don't like it keep the old one. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:31, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

You don't like it? I'm going to fix your username misspelling (whoops!) - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:38, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok done. I made a BIG MISTAKE though. LOL. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually - VI - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh. LOL! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:50, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

You are quicker than I am!

I got a rollback on Anton LeVey, but you beat me to the warning, twice!! Give a new hunter a chance  ;) Legotech·(t)·(c) 23:56, 29 February 2008 (UTC)