User talk:Bped1985/Archive 2

sup

marco motta does suck shit though, thats 100% valid...

Regardless of what he sucks the content doesn't belong on Wikipedia Bped1985 (talk) 03:05, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I really appreciate it when someone notices the effort. For that I give you the RAoKB. Well deserved! Golgofrinchian (talk) 17:10, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!

Gee, thank you! Maybe I should give you a reward to...

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Bped1985 for the vandal eradication barnstar. Thank you! It helped me recover from the personal attack earlier!--The Master of Mayhem 19:47, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Status Bar

Well, first create a status page- put anything in it, just create it- then edit your user page (you can put this on your talk page as well)

{{statustop|link=User:Bped1985/Status|offset=100}}

Also you should install Qui- find the script (plus instructions) here.

Any problems let me know.--^{The Master} _{of Mayhem} 21:52, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

RE: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

I have received your message. I will now stop reverting the edits. Hopefully you will have better luck that the rest of us as it appears this edit war has gone on for quite some time with many different editors. --AJ00200 (talk) 23:56, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, we will see what can be achieved. Thank you!Bped1985 (talk) 23:58, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I've requested full page protection at RPP, is there another venue where the IP has been reported?
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 23:59, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

What do you mean other venue? Bped1985 (talk) 00:00, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh well. Looks like the IP got blocked anyways. Bped1985 (talk) 00:04, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Found it at AN/3...was also wondering if he was reported at AIV...shouldn't matter now, admin help should be on the way.
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 00:06, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Cheers!

		A beverage on me!
		Thankyou for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. Much appreciated! :) Orphan Wiki 02:13, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Haha, thank you! Does this have anything to do with it being St Pats? Bped1985 (talk) 02:19, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Haha not really, but let's say, if there was the option of giving out A Guinness on Me, I would probably have handed you one of those! ;) Happy Paddy's Day! ;) Orphan Wiki 02:22, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Haha, NOW we're talking. Cheers man Bped1985 (talk) 02:26, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Make it a double on me for reverting on my talk page also.
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 02:36, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Now we're REALLY talking. See you around the IRC feed! Bped1985 (talk) 02:49, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

R/E: Status Bar

Well I'm glad it worked. Make sure you have Qui installed (I think you have) otherwise it won't work. --^{The Master} _{of Mayhem} 08:22, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Excuse me?

but the warning you just gave me was completely inappropriate. Explain yourself --Τασουλα (Shalom!) (talk) 23:56, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm failing to see how it's inappropriate. Explain your side of things. Possibly I can gain a better understanding. Bped1985 (talk) 00:03, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

First, you clearly have no idea what constitutes vandalism. And Unlike you, I talk to people directly instead of leaving them ridiculous and unwarranted warnings (Which have now been removed) - If anything my comments would of continued as using the talk page as a forum. ACTUALLY, it was a legit comment for most part as I had something to contribute about the subject in hand which I DID. Or didn't you bother to read? Disgusted. --Τασουλα (Shalom!) (talk) 00:05, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Please read it. Explain. I am shocked. --Τασουλα (Shalom!) (talk) 00:07, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Have you ever heard of Assume good faith? because you are in clear violation of that right now. Come back when you can talk to me in a proper manner and not waste my time. Bped1985 (talk) 00:11, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Assume good faith? And did you? But No no, you're quite right I am being hot-headed. I will assume good faith and say that you read only the first few words of my message on the talk page and assumed it was vandalism (Which is wouldn't be anyway). I have made this mistake myself. --Τασουλα (Shalom!) (talk) 00:17, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

WP:AGF applies to the person who made the mistake. Either way, yes I made a mistake. I'm sorry. It's pretty easy to do when you have 123 edits per minute flagged as vandalism to sift through. Bped1985 (talk) 00:41, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

It's all good. And I'm sorry for my violation of AGF and that's on a personal level too, regardless of rules I shouldn't of acted like that. I once did RC patrol (and I was a rollbacker too) on my old and retired account 1+ years ago (User:Misortie). I made plenty of mistakes back then. Oh well. Shouldn't of been so quick to judge considering my past life here. --Τασουλα (Shalom!) (talk) 00:49, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, glad to know thats over. Thanks for the understanding Bped1985 (talk) 00:52, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Aha! Thanks ~ I'm not sure I can give one back, not that I know of, but thanks~ (you probably have loads anyway gaah) --Τασουλα (Shalom!) (talk) 18:12, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Please help

Hello, I'm a Belgian citizen and I found you in the "Artist" discussion page, I would like to ask you some help concerning a wikipedia article about the artist ben heine: http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Talk:Ben_Heine. Please let me know how I can do to improve this article or to have someone do it as I really find it difficult to edit stuff properly on Wikipedia, I can't do it myself unfortunately... (and each time I tried to improve it in a neutral way, someone removed what I added) --Caring-writer (talk) 22:30, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

I've been following Ben Heine's work for many years, may I mention that the current article is a text that appeared on Wikipedia in 2006 and that reflects what he did in that time only. He has totally changed and evolved. He has made many more things since then. He is a globally appreciated artist and he needs a better bio. There aren't so many criticisms about him. The article isn't fair, it REALLY NEEDS MANY UPDATES and contains strong mistakes defamation against the artist. Many well known national newspapers and magazines have talked about him and his work recently (see a non exhaustive list here below), none of them is even mentioned in the current article. He has stopped making political art since more than 2 years. Please just consider these publications, most of them are a few days/weeks old only... Daily Mail, The Telegraph, El Pais, Repubblica, De Standaard... These AREN'T blogs!!! These are national papers read by millions of people.

Please have a look to the following list of errors in the current article (which I detailed here below, and which I'll mention to several other admins/contributors if needed and if not taken into account).

List of important errors in the current article about Ben Heine:

1) Ben isn't a political artist anymore, it's true he used to make political art accusing Israel of "crimes against humanity", but he stopped making such illustrations in 2009 and wrote an "[[open letter to the Jewish Community]]" in December 2010 apologizing about his past behavior (saying it was the influences of his studies in Journalism. Parts of his final assignment talked about the "limits of freedom of expression in cartoons"). In this letter, he also firmly condemned the infamous Iranian Holocaust cartoon contest and said he was feeling deeply guilty about it. Here is the letter translated in English (Google translator). Ben doesn't deny the Holocaust, he visited Auschwitz Birkenau and feels sincerely sorry about the past suffering of the Jewish community.

2) Ben doesn't contribute to these websites anymore: DonQuichotte, MWC News, Rebelion, Tlaxcala, Irancartoon, Syriacartoon, Arabcartoon, Persiancartoon, Karikaturevi, Azercartoon, Dessin d'humour, National Caricaturist Network (Ben has explicitly asked these sites to remove all his illustrations from their platforms)

3) Ben doesn't collaborate with "La Libre Belgique" Anymore. Only 4 or 5 of his old cartoons have been published in this newspaper (in 2006 and 2007).

4) Pencil Vs Camera is not just a "little detail" in his biography, it is a creative and original series that has generated some huge reactions on the web and in the written press (see a non exhaustive list below). It is such an innovation that several TV channels around the world have also talked about it: Globo - Brazil, TV Brussel - Belgium, and many others). Same for "Digital Circlism"...

5) "Pere Ubu" (one of the main newspapers that clearly accused Heine in Belgium has removed the accusation from their site

6) Most of the links in the "notes" section (expecially the url's linking to images on Ben's blog) do not work...

7) Ben removed from his sites (blog, flickr, Deviantart and official site) all his cartoons accusing Israel or any Israeli person (Avigdor Lieberman...).

8) He didn't participate "recently" to the Kruger Workshop. This event happened in 2006!

So, I really hope you'll aknowledge that 90% of the article is based on inaccurate facts... I would like to see a real neutral article about that artist.

List of recent notable publications with Ben Heine works and biography:

WEB:

- DAILY MAIL (UK - February 2011) - EL PAIS (Spain - February 2011) - THE TELEGRAPH (UK - February 2011) - NEWSLITE (UK : February 2011) - BBC Brazil (Brazil - February 2011) - LA REPUBBLICA (Italy - February 2011) - TV BRUSSEL (Belgium - January 2011) - CNN Turk (Turkey - February 2011) - POP PHOTOGRAPHY: (USA - January 2011) - SHORT NEWS (Germany - February 2011) - ESTADAO (Brazil - January 2011) - HET NIEUWSBLAD (Belgium - February 2011) - DE STANDAARD (Belgium - February 2011) - OBVIOUS MAG (Spain - January 2011) - WEBOVINY (Slovakia - January 2011) - ARTE SPAIN (Spain - January 2011) - Accessible Art Fair (Belgium - 2010) - TrendsNow (France- February 2011) - CHINA DAILY (China - 2010) - DUSHI (China - january 2011) - ABDUZEEDO (Brazil - 2010) - Other publications in 2010

PRINT:

- Pop Photography (USA - January 2011) - Het Nieuwsblad - 1 (Belgium - 2011) - Het Nieuwsblad - 2 (Belgium - 2010) - Ca m'intéresse (France - 2010) - Daily Mirror (Great Britain - 2010) - Bookedi (South Korea - 2010) - Digital Artist 1 - 2 - 3 (China - 2010) - Belgian Embassy in London (February 2011) - Photoeidolo (Greece - 2011) - Šeimininkė (Lithuania - 2010) - View Mag (Germany - 2010) - Shambala Sun (Canada - 2010) - Imagine Demain le Monde (Belgium - 2009) - La Libre Belgique 1 2 (Belgium - 2009) - Moonwalk Through Art (The Netherlands - 2009) - Rolling Stone (USA - 2008) - 3e Millénaire (France - 2011)

My suggestions for a new neutral article: http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Talk:Ben_Heine#Article_about_Ben_Heine_needs_many_updates_and_corrections_.28please_read.29 (it would be good to add some of the above references, feel free to add more)

Caring-writer (talk) 22:39, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, you have provided me with a lot to consider! What I'm getting from this is that you would more or less like to completely scrap the old article and put in the new? Bped1985 (talk) 14:27, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I also tagged the article as under construction. This lets other editors know to back off a bit. Bped1985 (talk) 16:37, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Caring-writer (talk) 06:00, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, I'm sure there are some other things I could do to help! Let me know what you need. As far as I can gather the edits you are trying to make to the article get reverted? Or am I wrong in that? If this is the case, maybe we could examine why. I think I have an idea. When you try to make edits to that article, do you insert references into those edits you make? Or do you come back and do that later? The best way of going about things is to insert references into every edit you make. That way, there is no doubt that the information put in is true. Bped1985 (talk) 13:21, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks again for the useful tips. I'm looking for someone to do the updates. I know this sounds crazy but I really don't master Wikipedia tools so it's rather difficult. Thanks again for your help anyway! Caring-writer (talk) 23:35, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Twinkle Again

Hello,

Could you help me install Twinkle again?

149AFK (talk) 08:24, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Sure. Remind me again where we left off? Bped1985 (talk) 14:27, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I switched to Safari and it worked. Thanks for the help. 149AFK (talk) 08:49, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Uhm, okay? I'm not sure how much help I provided but glad to hear it! Let me know if you have questions about articles you come across. Happy patrolling! Bped1985 (talk) 13:46, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Huggle

Sorry, I don't use Huggle.--The Master of Mayhem 15:51, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Protecting a fellow vandal fighter barnstar!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I was looking at some revisions to my page and saw you reverted some attacks there. Thanks a ton! Here is a well deserved AVB! Golgofrinchian (talk) 16:29, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Well thank you! And it's no problem. Us vandal fighters have to sick together am I right? Cheers. Bped1985 (talk) 17:03, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Lando Owes Me Money

Seriously bro,

Lando owes me 400 imperial credits from when I flew a shipment of 2-1B Medical droid parts through the Kessel Run. Albeit, it was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but I feel that I am entitled to my money.

So stop hating, and let me post that shit where that self-righteous, egotistical fuck will see it. Everybody knows he checks his wiki page at least twice a day.

Let the edit stand.

Okay, well the hang up here is that Wikipedia is not a message board... So I can't let that edit stand... Bped1985 (talk) 02:46, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Then tell me, how am I gonna those credits? I ain't got no ship no more. I should've never parked on Alderaan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.89.89.180 (talk) 02:51, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

I can't really help you there.... Bped1985 (talk) 02:59, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Removing warning

Just an FYI... A user can remove warnings on their own talk page as that is taken as evidence that they read it. Removing warnings on their talk page is not considered vandalism. I did block User:Custodes Ursa, but not because of the warning removal, but because they were trolling. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 02:43, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Wait then how are us RCP members supposed to know what level of warning to issue? Bped1985 (talk) 02:45, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately, you will have to dig through the talk page history for the ones who blank out the warnings. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 02:47, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Wait what? Thats ridiculous! RCP is busy enough as it is. We can't be sifting through pages of edits for every vandal we catch. With all due respect I'm going to have to side with WP:AIR on this one. Bped1985 (talk) 02:51, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

I know, it kind of sucks, but that is the way it is. You shouldn't WP:AIR. A long time ago, it used to be that you couldn't blank warnings, but the policy changed a few years back and blanking means that they read it. Yeah, it does make more work for RCP (trust me, I know), but unfortunately that is something that we will have to deal with. Thankfully, most vandals do not take the time to blank the warnings so you won't have to check that often. A totally blank talk page is also a good indicator that something funny is going on and you should check the history. Personally, I have found that the ones who do blank tend to be on a rapid vandalism spree and I remember that I've either warned them before or seen them before. Usually it gets to final warning and blocked fairly soon. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 03:01, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

We have semiautomated tools to do that, like huggle. And if you want to let IPs use your talk page to try to collect from a fictional character, I guess that's your business.  :)   — Jeff G.  ツ 03:02, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

I actually use Huggle as my primary vandalism reverter. But to my knowledge that only issues warnings based on the ones that are already on the user's talk page, correct? And yes, I'm well aware of the fact that Lando isn't real, I figured I would just have a little fun with the guy ;) Bped1985 (talk) 03:09, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

You are NO fun :{ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.89.89.180 (talk) 16:10, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Huggle appears to read users' talk page histories when determining what level of warning to automatically issue, and when determining how to rank edits by level of suspicion.   — Jeff G.  ツ 03:25, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Really? Well then all is right in the world :) Cheers guys. Thanks for the help! Bped1985 (talk) 03:27, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Brainerd, MN article

Yeah so you deleted my addition to the Brainerd, MN article...Well you said it was vandalism....look at the citation I made and then kick yourself for banning me for making constructive edits...You make wikipedia suck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.172.112.3 (talk) 15:55, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Normandy Park (situational comedy)

It's fake. The same person has attempted to create the article on at least seven or eight occasions over the past month, using The Bernie Mac Show as a template. They keep being salted, he keeps creating new titles. It's getting to be really irritating... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:25, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Oh I'm well aware. But Wikipedia policy states I should at least give him the chance. *Sigh* Bped1985 (talk) 00:28, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

You're too kind. Were I you, I'd have about banned him by now based on suspicions of past bad behavior.

I guess this is one of the many reasons it's good I'm not an admin... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:29, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Oh if I were an Admin I would do the same thing. I'm not too good with temptation ;) Bped1985 (talk) 00:42, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

And he's blocked. Another idiot down. Bped1985 (talk) 00:47, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

I have a sad feeling he'll be back - he's been nastily persistent. Most persistent I think I've ever seen, in fact. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:49, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

So does he just change usernames or what? Bped1985 (talk) 00:50, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Yes - this is at least the fourth I've known him to use. (This search shows five besides this one). Always the same hoax, always from the same source...and he's always combative when confronted. I don't know what he's attempting to do - I'd say "have fun", only that doesn't look like a lot of fun to me... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:57, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Right. Normally the ones who are just trying to "have fun" give up after being banned. You could look at filing a WP:SPI. Although thats sometimes a lengthy process. Bped1985 (talk) 01:00, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

He's been banned indefinitely...the only thing I can think of at this point would be an IP block, and I don't know if that's viable. I may suggest it, though. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:06, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Go for it. You might want to try asking user:Materialscientist. He is the one that just gave OldKidsOnTheBlock the ban. I've dealt with him quite a few times and he is a very nice fellow. Bped1985 (talk) 01:09, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

I might do just that...thanks for the suggestion. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:16, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

edit conflicts

Just wanted to thank you SO MUCH for causing me to waste time with edit conflicts while I was trying to create yet another article for a Cabinet minister. In future, you might want to consider looking at what someone's been doing (past and present) instead of being so eager to go in and edit something as if Wikipedia is some video game. Well, I won't keep you from your determination to make other contributors' lives just a little more frustrating thanks to you. Flatterworld (talk) 01:43, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

I may have done this in error, but I do tons of rollbacks per day. Please provide me with the name of the article so I can identify what edit you are talking about. Thanks Bped1985 (talk) 15:01, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Rollbacker

Hi Bped,

Great to bump into you again!!! Do you think I should apply for rollbacker and reviewer rights so that I can use tools like GLOO and Huggle? 149AFK (talk) 07:32, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Likewise AFK! I would ask you this, do you think that you're ready to take on the responsibility of being a rollbacker? Basically, the criteria for becoming a rollbacker comes down to how accurate you are with your reverts of vandalous (I know that's not a word... but I couldn't find another word for it...) edits. If you have too many "slip-ups" you will be denied. And there isn't really a number of "slip-ups" required before you get denied. Basically, what the admins are looking for is a pattern of correct reverts. They look through your contribution list to determine this. So I peeked through that list to get an idea of your revert accuracy. Most of it looks pretty good, but I have some questions/ suggestions. So here's a list:

1. With this edit, I assume you reverted it for a lack of sources and because it reads a bit like an advert. I would have reverted this edit, but I would suggest that you make sure you are using edit summaries. The edit summary reads "(Reverted 1 edit by 82.2.4.37 (talk) (TW))" I would have added something to the tune of "Lacking a verifiable source" to the edit summary.
2. I'm confused with this edit. It seems to have sources listed and doesn't look like vandalism to me... but possibly it's because I just don't know the context. Maybe you could explain why you reverted it to me?
3. Again, I'm confused by this edit. It has sources and doesn't look like vandalism... why was it reverted?

Other than those few, I didn't really see any issues from the other edits you made. Please note I'm not trying to grill you here, I'm just preparing you for what the admin would ask when you submitted your request for reviewing. Get back to me on those questions I had above and we will talk it over. I'm very excited to see you're ready to take the next step in the Vandal-fighting process! Bped1985 (talk) 14:21, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

With 1, your reasons for my revert are correct.

With 2 and 3, the editor removed a large amount of content without explanation. The edit in 2 might have been in good faith but I don't think it was constructive but I'm quite sure that the edit in 3 was blatant vandalism.

If you look on my talk page you will see that I've had a few slip-ups, but I think that I have learnt from those errors. Cheers! 149AFK (talk) 08:00, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

I applied and got rollbacker rights! Thanks for the support. 149AFK (talk) 13:40, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Great! Glad to have you aboard! And I now see what you are talking about with reverts two and three, and yes, you made the correct decision. I suggest that you get to using Huggle right away. It makes reverting vandalism SOOO much easier. It can be really confusing to operate but once you get the hang of it you'll be a vandalism-eating machine. So let me know if you need help setting it up/using it. Always happy to help. Bped1985 (talk) 19:10, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Started using Huggle. It's so good!! 149AFK (talk) 11:43, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Isn't it great? Let me know if you need help working things out. Huggle has more capabilities than you can imagine. The best way to find all these capabilities out is to just explore the different menu options. See you around the IRC feed! Bped1985 (talk) 13:23, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

RE: Page Jizz (birding)

• "I believe it is funny" argument
• Jizz (birding) is not a disambiguation page.
• This information does not belong here.
• Unsourced

And with all respect you deserve, if this info is not problematic for you, does not mean it is relevant to this article or not problematic. Tbhotch* ^{۩ ۞} 19:33, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi

Just out of interest, can I ask why you gave User talk:157.62.240.36 a level 4 warning after their first edit? Sure it was vandalism, but on Wikipedia we assume good faith. Therefore, if an editor vandalises once, they get a level 1 warning, twice they get a level 2 warning etc etc. If after the 4th warning they vandalise, then you report them to WP:AIV, only in exceptional circumstances would you ever report them before this. You should never give them a level 4 warning after their first edit as this could be seen as assuming bad faith. I'm just wondering why you gave a level 4 warning after the first edit?

I've refused your request at WP:AIV partly for this and partly because they hadn't edited since the warning was given.--5 albert square (talk) 19:35, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Per WP:VANDAL, a level 4 warning may be given to users who demonstrate "grotesque vandalism". That edit couldn't be a more perfect example of that case. Bped1985 (talk) 19:42, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes, sure there are some times when you don't need to go through the 4 levels of warning, however as the IP was on their very first edit ever to the encyclopedia, I think that a level 4 warning on the first edit was a bit much. If it was me, personally I would have looked to have given them a welcome template first, maybe the welcome template for IPs who have vandalised a page and I would have taken subsequent edits from there. If you give a level 4 warning on the first edit to someone it can be taken as bad faith and can scare some editors off.--5 albert square (talk) 20:06, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I will take that into consideration. Just out of curiosity, how often do you perform RCP'ing? Bped1985 (talk) 20:08, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

I do RCP a couple of times a week at present. However because I'm admin, sometimes I'm found at the other end of the RCP, deleting the pages that have been tagged for CSD :)--5 albert square (talk) 20:13, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Ah, you take care of CSD requests! Wonderful! We need more of you guys. Sometimes when things get a little crazy at RCP, the temptation to dish out L4 warnings when applicable is overwhelming. So I fault a bit and do so. I try not to do it. But after all, I'm only human. Also, thanks for not marching over here with guns blaring. I really appreciate it. Cheers! Bped1985 (talk) 20:23, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Bped1985. Thanks for helping with the vandalism on the Dracula article. After I reverted them the first time I found out that the article had been tag teamed with vandalism by two different IPs for over 20 minutes and I had to go back a ways in the editing history to find a clean version. Keep up the good work and happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 14:27, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Wow. Thanks for the award. You were giving me that at the same time that I was posting here. I appreciate the sentiment and it gets my editing day off on a great foot. Thanks again. MarnetteD | Talk 14:30, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi again. To answer your question I do all my vandal fighting through my watchlist. I know that I looked at the "recent change" page years ago but I am such an ignoramus about most things computer that I didn't want to hazard tools like Twinkle and Huggle since I am just as likely to mess things up as get them right. Now I do try to be thorough by digging into edit histories to see what is going on but sometimes I get going too fast trying to fix things - and that is how I missed how far back the stuff had been going on with the Dracula page today. Thanks again for the award and have a great week. MarnetteD | Talk 15:04, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Just had a chance to peruse your userpage. I have a recommendation based on your work in theatre. I recently bought and watched the DVD set for the Canadian series Slings and Arrows. While advertised as comedy I found it to be a wonderful love letter to the entire world of those who work in theatre - both on stage and behind the scenes. Of course, if you have already seen it then you will know what I am talking about. If you haven't then there is always the possibility that you might not like it as tastes vary from person to person but I think it would be worth your time to give it a try. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 15:17, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. I am glad that you are enjoying it. I got so wrapped up in the first series storyline that I watched the last four episodes in one sitting. Series two and three, while not quite so gripping, are still worth your time. The vaudeville type songs describing the Bards plays are a hoot. Thanks again and cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 16:50, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Scooter Braun

The snippet was originally added by user Mrsbieber6 in this edit, which was almost immediately vandalized and then copy-edited into something decent. I just dug up a ref that could serve as a source.  --Lambiam 20:37, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Okay, would you have a huge problem if I removed it? Bped1985 (talk) 12:49, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm not emotionally attached to that text, which was significantly changed anyway since my reply here above. I do think, though, that the relationship Braun–RBMG–Bieber should be properly dealt with in the main text; just a fleeting mention in the lead is not enough.  --Lambiam 21:05, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the Award Vrenator (talk) 13:39, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Revert at Brink (video game)

How was this vandalism? I believe it was a good-faith edit to remove biased content, which is dripping with weasel words, and supported by only one source.

Fortunately, it is now more NPOV, with "mixed reviews" replacing "terrible", and more referenced, although I had to remove some more negative content from it.

Remember that not all edits which remove a paragraph are considered vandalism. And assume good faith, even from the IP editor.

On a related note, I am shocked by the fact that I taught you how to make an editnotice, and you used Crazymonkey1123's editnotice. --Σ _☭^★ 05:28, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm not really sure how I thought it was vandalism... I must have been in some trance? Will work on that in the future.

And yes, you did teach me how to make an editnotice but I haven't had the time to craft one of my own yet, so I used Crazymonkey1123's editnotice in the mean time. It is on my to-do list. Thanks! Bped1985 (talk) 15:36, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

New messages on my talk page 149AFK (talk) 07:58, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the anti-vandal award :) Calabe1992 (talk) 01:20, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

BTW, so how long does one have to be editing to get into Huggle business? Calabe1992 (talk) 01:26, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

It's not so much a matter of how long but rather how accurate you are with your vandal-fighting. Have you started to use Twinkle yet? Bped1985 (talk) 01:43, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Installed it and will get familiar with it. Thanks. Calabe1992 (talk) 01:50, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Yep, it's a very powerful tool and a great stepping stone to tools like Huggle. So, use and play around with Twinkle for a few weeks. The way someone gets access to Huggle is by being granted the WP:rollbacker right. There is an application process to that whereby an Admin looks over your reverts made with Twinkle to determine if they were accurate and warranted. If he/she feels they are, then the right is granted. So like I said, play around with Twinkle for a few weeks, get some vandal-fighting done, read up on the requirements to become a rollbacker and message me when you feel like you're ready. I can look over your reverts and provide you with a recommendation. Also feel free to message me if you have any questions about Twinkle/vandal fighting in general. We always need help so I'm willing to answer your questions! Cheers and good luck!! Bped1985 (talk) 02:00, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for the award. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 14:44, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi

See you're online! So am I, so lets do some huggling together! 149AFK (talk) 10:20, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Got to go, so we'll do it next time! 149AFK (talk) 12:54, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Whoops! Sorry about that... I forgot to set my status to "offline" last night when I logged off. So I wasn't actually online when you left me the message. Have you used Qui yet? Bped1985 (talk) 16:04, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Nope. What is it? 149AFK (talk) 07:53, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Qui is a more advanced online/offline user watching system. At the top right hand corner of my user page (and user talk page) there is a colored circle (which depending on what time you view this) will say "Online" "Available" "Busy" "Sleeping" or "Offline". That is Qui. Theres a little bit more to it but I suggest you go and check WP:Qui to read up and install if you wish. Cheers! Bped1985 (talk) 16:25, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Just replying ;)

No I'm not the same one Just thought I should use the name so no one poses to be him ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazy4Cody (talk • contribs) 06:08, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Replied 149AFK (talk) 05:13, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

This is my new account

This is my new account. Unfortunately, now that I will no longer be able to edit under my old account name, I have lost the motivation to edit. 111AFK (talk) 05:33, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

I saw that. Unfortunately hackers are alive and thriving on Wikipedia. And they really target RCP members, as they want to have their fun in vandalizing articles and we do everything we can to stop them. Hence our nickname, the "fun police". Don't let them get to you! I hope that you'll continue to edit. Cheers Bped1985 (talk) 19:32, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px; height: 1.5em;" | The Original Barnstar |- |style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | For your contribs! Fewq567 (talk) 08:00, 1 July 2011 (UTC) |} Why do you consider my edit to be not constructive? The information I deleted relates to background context of the flotilla and accordingly is part of the main Gaza Flotilla article. Why do you consider a timeline of the siege of gaza pertinent to the specific article on the Mavi Marmara ship itself? Please explain your reasoning in future amendments.

Completely new abortion proposal and mediation

In light of the seemingly endless disputes over their respective titles, a neutral mediator has crafted a proposal to rename the two major abortion articles (pro-life/anti-abortion movement, and pro-choice/abortion rights movement) to completely new names. The idea, which is located here, is currently open for opinions. As you have been a contributor in the past to at least one of the articles, your thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.

The hope is that, if a consensus can be reached on the article titles, the energy that has been spent debating the titles of the articles here and here can be better spent giving both articles some much needed improvement to their content. Please take some time to read the proposal and weigh in on the matter. Even if your opinion is simple indifference, that opinion would be valuable to have posted.

To avoid concerns that this notice might violate WP:CANVASS, this posting is being made to every non-anon editor who has edited either page (or either page's respective talk page) since 1 July 2010, irrespective of possible previous participation at the mediation page. HuskyHuskie (talk) 22:24, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

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Why?

Why have you stopped editing? Your contributions were excellent. Please come back and start editing again! 77777qwerty (talk) 10:34, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Come back! Start using Huggle again! 77777qwerty (talk) 09:07, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

I just started college, so I think I will be spending some more time on here. I mainly did RCP because I was bored in high school classes. That boredom is setting in again, so expect to see me a bit more on here. Regards Bped1985 (talk) 14:06, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Have a look

I think you need to see this. Shriram (talk) 14:10, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Right it was a mistake I made in Huggle. My apologies Bped1985 (talk) 14:20, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Cheer up and continue

Shriram (talk) 14:23, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Slow down, partner...

Hello. Thanks for the warning you left on my talk page. Please take a look at this difference. Can you see what went wrong? Cheers, Several Pending (talk) 14:11, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Right, my sincere apologies about that. I was just about to post a note on your talk page about it but it seems you beat me to the punch. I was working in Huggle, maybe I clicked revert and issue a warning after you had already reverted it. It may have gone through the with the action because you aren't whitelisted. Either way my mistake!

By the way, I can't recall seeing you around the RCP feed before, do you patrol a lot? Bped1985 (talk) 14:16, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Only when the mood takes me. --Several Pending (talk) 14:18, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Ah, well happy patrolling to you sir/ madam. Bped1985 (talk) 14:26, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

And to you too. Thanks for the star. --Several Pending (talk) 16:01, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Help please

I tried removing a template from an article to which it was not directly relevant and was already included in a different more detailed overview article and inadvertently deleted the template itself as opposed to removing it just from that article. How should I go about doing that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnkhMorpork (talk • contribs) 16:00, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, just for my reference, what article were you trying to delete the template from? Bped1985 (talk) 16:15, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Okay, so just to confirm you were trying to remove this template from the page MV Mavi Marmara, correct? Bped1985 (talk) 16:47, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Alright, so then all you have to do is remove the link to that template in the MV Mavi Marmara article. I just performed that action. So look at the diffs in the page and let me know if you have questions yet. Always happy to help. Bped1985 (talk) 17:18, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thanks for the barnstar! In return you get one too! J (t) 02:59, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Much appreciated. Thank you!Bped1985 (talk) 03:18, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Barons, Alberta Wiki

I would like to know why you keep deleting accurate information posted to this page. I thought Wiki was a collborative effort to improve information. If you feel you have more accurate information regarding Barons I would like to see you edit it for greater accuracy/clarification rather than arbitrailly deleting information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.83.154.162 (talk) 18:21, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

You're asking me why I keep reverting your edits? Because you removed half the content from the page with absolutely no reason given in the edit summary. If you had removed the information and told other editors why in the edit summary field, then I would have given a second thought to reverting the edits. Bped1985 (talk) 14:02, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Just a quick note to say thanks a lot for the barnstar! It means a lot when people take notice of how I've helped out :) So thanks again! --andy4789 ★ · (talk? contribs?) 20:23, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I try to spread a little Wikilove when I can. Happy editing! Bped1985 (talk) 20:29, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Barons, Alberta Wiki

I would like to know why you keep deleting accurate information posted to this page. I thought Wiki was a collborative effort to improve information. If you feel you have more accurate information regarding Barons I would like to see you edit it for greater accuracy/clarification rather than arbitrailly deleting information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.83.154.162 (talk) 18:21, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

You're asking me why I keep reverting your edits? Because you removed half the content from the page with absolutely no reason given in the edit summary. If you had removed the information and told other editors why in the edit summary field, then I would have given a second thought to reverting the edits. Bped1985 (talk) 14:02, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Just a quick note to say thanks a lot for the barnstar! It means a lot when people take notice of how I've helped out :) So thanks again! --andy4789 ★ · (talk? contribs?) 20:23, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I try to spread a little Wikilove when I can. Happy editing! Bped1985 (talk) 20:29, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of List of papabili in the 2013 papal conclave for deletion

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Edit-a-thon in Madison

I saw that you live in Milwaukee (based on your userpage), so if you're interested, I wanted to invite you to a humanities edit-a-thon in the Madison Public Library on Friday, April 25th (1:30–3:30). It'll be on the shorter side and is aimed at new editors, but I hope to see you there. More information is available on the 2014 UW Conference on the Public Humanities website. Let me know if you have any questions czar ♔ 04:39, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm sorry to see that you've pretty much stopped editing here; I hope that's a temporary situation

Even if you weren't a fellow UW-M alumn, I think you had a pretty darned record and a fine style in things like confronting vandals. --Orange Mike | Talk 03:27, 6 September 2014 (UTC) (editing Wikipedia in the first-floor computer lab instead of going to Pantherfest)

See, it's funny that you just posted this, as I was just thinking about my Wikipedia editing days during my drive into campus this morning. Perhaps it's time I fire up the good 'ole Huggle and get back to vandalism patrol! Bped1985 (talk) 05:00, 6 September 2014 (UTC) (Editing Wikipedia from my house instead of going to Pantherfest)

Mcneese State University

I added a simple line about MSU's new Basketball complex that you marked as vandalism. I was on the page looking for some info and saw that no one had added the new complex so I did so. I am the source. I drive by it daily as I am a student there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.217.72.81 (talk) 04:15, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi there, If you look at the message I left on your talk page, you'll see that I didn't mark your edit as vandalism. I posted a notice that the statement you inserted into the article needed to have a verifiable source. Reference WP:VERIFY for questions about this. Shouldn't be hard to find a source on a building project- campus news article etc. Thanks! Bped1985 (talk) 01:22, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Edit to CBSSN

Hi, new to this so here goes! I updated without citation because i could not find one on the Bell TV website, I can assure you though that the channel has been dropped from the Bell TV services. As of August 21, 2014 channels 413 and 1413 are no longer active and have not been reassigned. As i had subscribed to the channel, and have not yet received a reply from Bell as to why it was dropped, the only option for a citation would be the list of programming on the Bell home page http://www.bell.ca/Bell_TV/Products/Best_Package, which when refining by sports channels it is now absent from the channel list. It was a favorite of mine, now its gone, not happy! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.100.52.255 (talk) 02:11, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! I don't necessarily doubt that the channel has been dropped, but all content on Wikipedia must have a source cited. And, the listing of channels isn't an ideal source, but it could work. Have you tried looking to Google for a news story? Bped1985 (talk) 19:40, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Yep First thing i did, Unfortunately nothing exists except on blogs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.71.254.90 (talk) 04:03, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

package managers page edit

Hi,

it is relevant that the hp-ux package manager is not "proprietary" since, if you research the topic you will find this is like the only "official" standard ever created.

I did some digging before you changed and found the GNU clone project that implemented the same standard later on. This is the link to it. http://www.gnu.org/software/swbis/

They go to great lengths to not mention HP-UX or the "SD-UX" name that is the commonly used one. if you check the command names (swinstall, etc), it becomes obvious anyway.

The article also has the name of the POSIX spec for it.

I don't use HP-UX since ages but yet it is somewhere between heavily biased and incorrect as it were.

194.246.122.11 (talk) 14:58, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm not debating the truthfulness of the material. The reason I reverted your edit was two-folded. First, content on Wikipedia must have a source cited which I did not see on your edit. Secondly, the use of the word "bullshit" wasn't really warranted. If you think the listing of HP-UX as proprietary is incorrect, then just change it! Try to avoid putting commentary into articles, just present the facts. Bped1985 (talk) 16:20, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks for your help with California Valley Miwok Tribe

Your note at User talk:2600:1010:B11F:95C7:E9C4:71FB:C374:5382 about the changes to California Valley Miwok Tribe certainly assumed good faith by that IP editor! Unfortunately, IP addresses from this Verizon range keep adding material supporting one of the parties in the tribe's leadership dispute. I've been trying to engage with this IP editor on the article's talk page for a while with no success. Because the same IP also deleted the existing sourced summary of the dispute, I felt the ony option was to revert all the changes the IP editor made. I've also asked for the page to be semi-protected. I'm not aiming to discourage improvements, but right now there's no real way to engage in a discussion and the repeated reverts are a needless waste of other editors' time. Rupert Clayton (talk) 02:54, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Heh, I pretty much knew it had to be a not good faith edit, but for those obvious troll edits, I usually go the route of "well, it isn't sourced, so it can't be on Wikipedia." The edit came across the WP:RCP feed, which is how I caught it. Good move on asking for semi-protection on the page, and reverting the bad edits. I'm not an admin, but I have a descent amount of experience fighting vandals (like this) so if there's anything I can do to help, give me a shout! Bped1985 (talk) 14:40, 13 January 2016 (UTC)