User talk:Johnbrownsbody/Archive/Archive-Oct2006

User 76.17.52.73 left this comment

you, my friend, need to stop trolling so much

Hmmm...Let's see. YOU vandalize Wikipedia, admit doing so, leave comments on my user page, but I am a "troll?" Sorry, no sympathy here. Become a useful contributor, or find better ways to spend your time than vandalizing Wikipedia. Cheers! Johnbrownsbody 13:04, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User 76.17.52.73 left this comment

seriously: the first time i edited the ahs article it was vandalism but the second time it wasn't. If you don't go to the school, stfu, ok? I know all that stuff i wrote in my second edit to be true and current, so just STOP deleting my comments when i post actual information, which WAS what i intended to do! p.s. how do you request a permanent ip ban on a user? everyone is mad at you -pepebuslo

The problem, sir, is that once you are pegged as a vandal, everything you edit is suspect (at least until you prove yourself otherwise). If you are serious about contributing to Wikipedia, then make useful edits. Otherwise, find a different hobby. Cheers! Johnbrownsbody 02:04, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

You have just messaged me telling me that I vandalised a page. In my opinion, everything I wrote was true, If you have any problems with my personal opinions then thats just bad luck. I also DEMAND that you add to the notable teachers section that Barry Lewis was convicted of child pornography charges, you cannot just hide information like this from the general public.

Thanks,

Steve Jobs

Wow. Steve Jobs, visiting MY page. BTW - stop vandalizing web pages. Cheers! Johnbrownsbody 03:11, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism? ppphhwat?

I just edited the Boise, Idaho page... I am from Boise, and I added a page I found to help you learn more about Boise and things to do in Boise... Why did you delete my submission?!

It was a spam link. Read Wikipedia:Spam for more info. Cheers! Johnbrownsbody 10:14, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tim LaHaye

I fail to see how my edit was unhelpful. You can see here the diff between the previous version and my edit. All I did was remove the "LIZETTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!" from the biography section. I did not add the "and is so gay" remark. Consequently I will be removing your comment from my user page. It's been a pleasure doing business. -- 72.11.118.26

My mistake. I added the tag to the wrong anonymous user. Many apologies. Johnbrownsbody 17:14, 25 September 2006 (UTC)17:13, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! -- 72.11.118.26

Animal Rights

That edit was serious, not vandalism. The page needs a criticism section. I know the two sentences were crappy, but I'm not a good writer. Please change it back and put a stub there or something(I don't know how to use templates). --216.164.193.1 18:14, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You should take your concerns to the Talk page for Animal rights. You make a lot of blanket generalizations that violate NPOV and which need citation. Thanks! Johnbrownsbody 18:18, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sneaky spam

You're not the first editor to sneak in spam between "minor grammar edits." Please don't do it. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 21:53, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Sneaky Spam?" Sorry, not me. If you don't like the link, then delete it. Just don't make assumptions about people or places you know nothing about. Thanks!!Johnbrownsbody 22:01, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Found some interesting coincidences: let's compare your contributions Johnbrownsbody (talk · contribs) with this anon-users contributions: 72.240.144.166 (talk · contribs); similar edit summaries, but then again, lots of folks use similar edit summaries. More interesting: compare this edit (yours) and this edit (anon), then compare this edit (yours) with this edit (anon). Draw your own conclusions. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 22:25, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Again, I hope that you find more productive uses of your time. Cheers! Johnbrownsbody 03:01, 23 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit to Conner Prairie

I see you removed content about the Earlham College/Conner Prairie controversy, labeling it "rv v", which usually means revert - vandalism. As far as I can tell, the information you reverted is factual and accurate, and is certainly not vandalism. If you feel the information is inaccurate, please say so on talk:Conner Prairie --rogerd 20:30, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

== Rvv on Conner Prairie==

My mistake, Roger. I reverted after chasing around an anonymous user who was vandalizing pages, including Conner Prairie. I should have looked more closely at the subsequent revision that erased the vandalism. Johnbrownsbody 20:50, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I too have made those kind of errors when chasing vandals. --rogerd 20:59, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The same goes for me. I would appreciate it if you wouldn't call my wikifying Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan "vandalism". I can understand how repeat vandals can drive someone crazy, but it shouldn't be taken out on established good-faith users. I also saw that you left a block notice at User talk:24.185.240.126, but I can't find any trace of a block in the block log. What's more, this IP has continued vandalizing after the block notice was posted. Aecis ^Apple ^knocker ^Flophouse 21:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry that your edit was erased, Aecis , but I did not label your edit as vandalism. I simply reverted to an earlier version of the article to erase the blatherings by the anonymous user. The vandalism was clearly directed at the vandal, not you. I will, in the future, look for the most recent clean version before reverting. Cheers! Johnbrownsbody 21:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have to disagree with you there. Your edit was a return to the edit before me. My edit was this, your edit was this. There is no difference between Mindspillage's version of 19:03 and your version of 20:15. The only thing you removed is what I had added. And yes, you labelled it as vandalism. What else does "rvv" in your edit summary stand for? Perhaps it was directed against the vandal, but definitely not as "clearly" as you assume. Aecis ^Apple ^knocker ^Flophouse 21:18, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Again, I was reverting to a version I thought was the cleanest to fix vandalism. I erred. You have reverted back to a better version, so thank you. Johnbrownsbody 21:38, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For the record: I didn't revert to anything. I added an intro, edited the layout of the words (I find it a bit disrespectful to use the word "lyrics" for anthems), I added a stub tag and a category. Aecis ^{I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive} 21:50, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re [1]

You can't block a user just by placing a blocking notice on their talk page. Blocks must be performed by administrators. Non-administrator users generally report vandalism in progress at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. John254 21:18, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, John 254. Johnbrownsbody 21:20, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Remember to subst, please

When using certain template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. Kyra_~(talk) 03:24, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks for the reminder. Will do. Johnbrownsbody 03:27, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:24.196.213.175

Hi, I noticed on the above talk page that you placed a {{test5}} message. Did you mean to apply {{test4}} instead? Regards, Accurizer 21:34, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

man meat?

I'm sure it's an accident, but twice now you have added the phrase 'man meat' back into the article on William Penn, while stating that you are reverting vandalism. Please check the versions more carefully. :) CB Droege 20:18, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I saw that I reverted to the wrong version of William Penn. I think the latest revert is better. Certainly "man meat" has no place in this article. Johnbrownsbody 20:20, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Coalition of the stupid

I reverted to remove the prod template you restored. You may want to review WP:PROD. Unlike an AfD template which cannot be removed until the discussion is closed or a speedy template that cannot be removed by the article creator, a prod template can be removed by anyone for just about any reason (other than blanking and obvious vandalism). I certainly may pursue AfD on this topic now because my doubt about it remains, but that is really all that can be done now. Erechtheus 03:50, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: IP 195.195.219.3

I note that you gave the shared IP 195.195.219.3 a level 4 warning immediately after someone there resumed editing after a block. I might be misinterpreting, but I understood from the note 'The vandal has not received the full range of test warnings recently (i.e., within the previous week)' at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism that it was common practice to reset the counter after a period of non-vandalism? I've reverted their latest nonsense addition, but because of the above concern, I've not placed any warning. Espresso Addict 16:01, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good question! I am of the school that it is not necessary with a repeat, persistent vandal to start with level one warnings. In my book, if a previously-blocked user starts right back with filling Wikipedia with nonsense, we do not need to exercise the same incremental approach to editing. Johnbrownsbody 19:12, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For a registered user, I'd agree with not starting again at the earliest level, but this seems like a case where there might well be multiple users at the same IP. Not really sure of the protocol here, but they seem to have stopped the current run, anyway. Espresso Addict 20:00, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: iBurst

Sorry if there is any spamming, it is one of the guys in our marketing departmant 'bright idea' for the week. We've taken this up with him and are trying to get him to stop it. If he does it again would you be able to include a copy of what he writes in the message?

Re: Turpin High School

You removed this from the page...Why? This account is verifiable on many levels and neutral. See Anderson High School and blurb regarding Principal Hall tenure.

During the late 1980's, Forest Hills student drug usage skyrocketed prompting the Forest Hills School District to hire David Toma, a powerful anti-drug speaker to speak at Turpin in order to deal with the crisis. Due to the drug problem remaining high the following year, the School Board requested he return for a second speaking engagement. At the time, It was rare for David Toma to visit the same school twice.

David Toma

Reads like a plug for David Toma. Take it up on the talk page for Turpin High School. Also, if this anecdote is verifiable, provide a citation. Finally, should we be placing this entry on the Wiki page of every school Toma visited? I don't think so. Johnbrownsbody 01:29, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seevic College

May I suggest the IP addresse I am currently operating from is permanently banned from editing Wikipedia? It's a college addresse, and unfortunatley I seriously doubt the humilty of my peers. I enjoy using Wikipedia and the concept of my peers using this network to vandalise articles is frustrating.

Harrison High, "Push"

That really is the name of a marching band program. Why did you get rid of that?

That may be true, but it is not notable. Please read Wikipedia:Notability for guidelines. Cheers! Johnbrownsbody 02:16, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Taichung City page

You corrected vandalism (as have several others,) but he was at it again after you left. Could we do something to stop this? I am trying to bring the page up to Wikipedia Cities Project standards, but I can't if I have to keep putting out these brush fires.

Ludahai 13:59, 5 October 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Re: Hong Kong

Sir, I have just read your comment on my user talk page. And i believe whta i edited was not vandilism, so please stop editing my changed.--202.40.134.252 02:31, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmmm...you typed this on my user page: "johnsbrownsbody is such a scumbag. Get a life.", added this on Hong Kong: "Donald Tsang aka. the HK commie & Hu Jin Tao's crony" and switched the seal of Hong Kong with a picture of Fidel Castro. But you protest that you are not a vandal. Sigh.... Johnbrownsbody 02:38, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keey up the good work!!!

Hey there! Keep up the good work fighting vandalism. We're all new at this, but you're doing fine. By the way, I do have one quick question for you. Would you care go guess what I stuck up my butt today? Anyway, like I said, keep fightin'! 172.128.54.210 02:48, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have absolutely no interest in such matters. Please refrain from leaving such comments on Wikipedia, or you will find yourself being blocked. Cheers! Johnbrownsbody 02:52, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Those spam links....

I tried to be nice about it the first time...see User talk:72.138.243.62. He added them back after he'd seen my first (nice) note, so this time he got spam2. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 03:44, 15 October 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Crap!

Thanks for catching that article I deleted. I got a little over-zealous. I'll be more careful. -- Merope 15:01, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem - I am the one who added the db tag! After I added it I Googled and found that James Botting was, indeed, a hangman at Newgate Prison. I've added some material to the original article. Johnbrownsbody 15:07, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re Anthroposopjy

The discussion link is not spam. Please leave it up as it is totally relevant to the subject.

comment left by User:58.84.104.77

You might want to read Wikipedia:External links for more information. Forums are generally not a desired addition to Wikipedia articles, and external links should be avoided unless being cited in-text as references. Johnbrownsbody 23:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:83.104.72.241

Please can someone block this idiot--Boris Allen 11:36, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just reported him to admins. Johnbrownsbody 11:38, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why Are you such a Fag

Your life consists of deleting peoples articles. You have no life. congrats unsigned comment left by 69.197.210.24

Let's see...I remove your addition of "poopsicle" from Talk:Digital zoom and your addition of the word "poo" two dozen times on Digital zoom [2], but YOU are the aggrieved party? Hmmmm....... Johnbrownsbody 03:45, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Accuracy

If you think that what I posted was opinion, may be you should look at your own posting. Please, be accurate. People do not rely heavily on Wikipedia because of posts like yours. Most of the stuff that you wrote is on the very hedge of veracity. Let me explain something. As someone who has consecrated his life to Theology, I have to admit that I am amazed that you talk so freely on the issue of Mormonism. I refer you to the official website of the LDS Church so that you can see how to use terms such as Mormon, Mormons, LDS Church, Mormon Church, Mormonism, Mormon Movement, and so on. I think that it is obvious that I am LDS, but I'm asking you to move to the side of truth and accuracy, not as an LDS, but as a Wikipedia user. Thanks

You wrote: "Members of this group wrongly believe that increasing numbers of individuals within the LDS..." This is interjecting your personal views, and is why I added a friendly note about Wikipedia:NPOV to your talk page. And, for the record, I merely reverted to the previous version, and did not add any written text. Have a good day. Johnbrownsbody 14:18, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]