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Thanks

Thanks a lot! I've been trying my best to do things right... I'm working on improving my judgment for certain articles and figuring out exactly whats good and whats bad.... its somewhat of a trial and error thing because the WP policies don't cover ALL situations and I don't have them all memorized but I'm working on it. Thanks againKatanada (talk) 17:00, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

So what do you think a good name is? Chain me up and hold me down —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chain me up and hold me down (talk • contribs) 22:03, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar:-) You're doing a better job fighting vandalism actually. You have been beating me to reverts, and in some cases when you beat me, I beat you to warning the vandals. Have a nice day, and please keep up the great work:-)--SJP (talk) 05:15, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. To let you know the truth, I am actually not using any software when I revert, although I might get some in the future. SchfiftyThree 05:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry

Is it an an editor? Is it an admin? No, its The Huggle-Man!

Don't worry Schfifty-me-laddie, your time will come. Its gotten so bad that we're practically tripping over each other, reverting the reverts :) Vishnava _talk 22:08, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

That was just my opinion after being beaten a lot. One of the reasons why I might have said that was because I'm not using software yet. Let's say an anonymous user replaced the Boston Red Sox page with something inappropriate that a bunch of users will try to revert. I kind of felt lucky that time, which was yesterday, and I reverted it (97,396 characters)! It's not you at all, but I do my best. -- SchfiftyThree 22:15, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Well I have my own trouble keeping ahead of ClueBot - I usually just bypass page blankings, as the bot gets to them within 0.025 seconds of my pushing the button :) Vishnava _talk 22:20, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

I usually miss them, too, but there are some times when it sits out for a while. That's a good time to revert page blanks, as I did on the General Motors page on Wednesday. I bet that some other users are stressed out after being beaten by ClueBot multiple times. My own opinion now is that we should cooperate here on Wikipedia and take turns at vandalism reverting instead of continuously doing it for over an hour. I typed the message on my userpage to express my feelings at that time. I actually was quite lucky yesterday :-) -- SchfiftyThree 22:28, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

First time you beat me to it - [1] : ) Vishnava _talk 18:43, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Not every revert is correct sometimes. Everyone makes mistakes. ;-) SchfiftyThree 18:46, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Well it wasn't a mistake really - removal of data w/o explanation is after all the first sign of vandalism. I have duly apologized of course. The para seemed suspicious, so I checked the history and found the copyvio link. Vishnava _talk 18:48, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar

Thank you! (I'll try to slow down, though.) ... discospinster _talk 22:51, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem. -- SchfiftyThree 22:51, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Have you considered using WP:HUGGLE for vandal-fighting superpowers? ... discospinster _talk 00:41, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

I'll use it sooner or later; my wikimood is not very happy right now. SchfiftyThree 00:43, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Vishnava _talk 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.

To cheer thee up, whatever the cause. Vishnava _talk 22:16, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Editing

I know how to edit articles, I am a member of GTA Wikia and a couple of differant wikis too.--GREENZzBoii (talk) 19:22, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem.--GREENZzBoii (talk) 19:25, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi and thanks for the advice, but I don't know how to apply for that. Argentium (talk) 19:26, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok thanks for your help, I filed a request. I will just have to see if they approve it or not. Argentium (talk) 19:30, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Approved, thanks. Argentium (talk) 19:33, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:Thanks

You're welcome! Glad I could be of assistance! Lradrama 19:26, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

SarekOfVulcan RFA

Thank you for !voting on my RfA. If you supported, I'll make sure your confidence is not misplaced; if you opposed, I'll take your criticism into account and try to adjust my behavior accordingly.

See you around the wiki!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 00:12, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for fixing my botched revert to Gerald Ford. Due to a computer glitch (interruption of my ISP), this got truncated in mid-transfer. By the time I got back online, you had already restored the full article. Again, thanks JGHowes ^talk - 01:00, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

I never knew about that tool, thanks for recommending it to me. I will continue to fight vandalism on Wikipedia but I'm afraid I haven't done it long enough for them to approve of my request. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnivekk (talk • contribs) 01:15, 3 July 2008

That's okay. I've had the tool for 5+ months and am doing fine. SchfiftyThree 01:16, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, too

For reverting vandalism to my user pages. Keep up the good work! :-) Regards, Húsönd 17:48, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

No prob. SchfiftyThree 17:51, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU, Status, and you!

As you may know, the StatusBot responsible for maintaining the status of the Highly Active Users was taken offline. We now have a replacement in the Qui status system. This semi-automatic system will allow you to easily update your status page found at Special:Mypage/Status which the HAU page code is now designed to read from. If you are already using Qui (or a compatible) system - great! - no action is needed (other than remembering to update your status as necessary). If not, consider installing Qui. You can also manually update this status by changing the page text to online, offline, or busy. While it is not mandatory, the nature of HAU is that people are often seeking a quick answer from someone who is online and keeping our statuses up-to-date will assist with this. Note if you were previously using your /Status page as something other than a one-word status indicator, your HAU entry may have been set to "status=n" to correct display issues. Please clear this parameter if you change things to be "HAU compatible". Further questions can be raised at WT:HAU. This message was delivered by xenobot 22:42, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

username

my username is cool why do you not like it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cowdudemanxboyguymalesenorninoxxxxxxx (talk • contribs) 19:50, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

A Tree Full of Secrets

This isn't a biggie, but I notice you copied the article called A Treeful of Secrets to A Tree Full of Secrets rather than renaming the page. Renaming is recommended because the talk page does not become lost. On this particular article, all the talk page has is a project infobox, which you should probably copy to your new article. But I wonder why this change was made. The title is surely based on A Saucerful of Secrets and so I would think the original title makes more sense. The original article said "Treeful" is often mistakenly written as "Tree Full", and you removed this rather than revising this reference to a disagreement over the title. Maybe an attempt should have been made to ask for consensus on the talk page before making this change. BTW, I have no connection to the "album" and don't even have it, as I don't do music downloading. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 04:05, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I did not actually intend to do that; I was just watching what happened, and ClueBot reverted that IP user. It wasn't my intention to move the page at all. I just thought ClueBot made a mistake, and then proceeded. SchfiftyThree 17:23, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

My apologies, I presumed you and the IP were the same person. Thinking about it again, I am going to revert the Treeful page, and also question whehter it should be on WP at all, on the talk page. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 17:39, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: UP

ummm... did you want some tips on how to it or something? I'm not really sure what you are asking. Thingg^⊕⊗ 19:40, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm just really annoyed right now, because that program has gotten so popular; my Wikimood's not bright. SchfiftyThree 19:48, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: post on my talk page

Sorry, I think... I'm not 100% sure what you are saying :/ J.delanoy^gabs_adds 19:42, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm just really annoyed right now, because that program has gotten so popular; my Wikimood's not bright. SchfiftyThree 19:48, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, it's pretty popular all right, but all the people who use it started reverting vandalism manually using Special:RecentChanges and then got approved for Huggle. Don't worry about how many edits you make or how much vandalism you revert. Every piece of vandalism you remove helps make Wikipedia better. A way to help get more reverts is to go for the smaller changes instead of the larger ones. Often, those are missed. Thingg^⊕⊗ 19:59, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

If you think it will help your wikimood, I can get off Huggle for a while and do some Twinkling. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 20:02, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

You're right; I should get it, but how? SchfiftyThree 20:03, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

You mean Huggle? Go to WP:HG. The instructions are there. Your huggle.css is already fine, so all you have to do is download Huggle. There is a link to download it on WP:HG. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 20:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw that, but don't you need NET Framework 2.0? SchfiftyThree 20:08, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes you do, unfortunately. What operating system do you have? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 20:10, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I use many different computers. Sometimes I use an XP (using right now, but doesn't have enough disk space for Framework 2.0), and sometimes I use a laptop (I tried to download Framework 2.0 on there, but the first time it didn't work). Maybe if I get Huggle and start using it, I'll be WAY happier. SchfiftyThree 20:12, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

←You should be able to use the NET 2.0 framework on Windows XP. I don't know if you want to try it again, but here is the link to the download. It says the download is 22 megabytes, but I don't know how much space it takes once it installs. How much free space does your hard drive have? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 20:16, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I switched to the laptop, started installing it, but a pop-up window says "Setup cannot continue because this version of the .NET Framework is incompatible with a previously installed one. For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q312/5/00.asp". So, unfortunately, I will probably never get to have the program. I guess I'll won't be able to revert 10,000+ deleted characters a lot anymore... SchfiftyThree 20:27, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Actually, that means you already have NET 2.0 installed. Try downloading Huggle and see if it works. J.delanoy^gabs_adds

Hmm, I'll try... SchfiftyThree 20:33, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

 Not done It encountered a problem, and I don't know what happened. So... am I unlucky, or did I see tons of games lost on The Price Is Right? SchfiftyThree 20:36, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Can you try again and give me the text of the error? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 20:38, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I had looked at your talk page, but I didn't comment since I had nothing to add. I hope you're able to get huggle to work:-)--SJP _Chat 20:38, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done Yes! It worked! SchfiftyThree 20:42, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! I hope you enjoy it. However, you may want to take it a little easy with Huggle until you get the hang of it. It is extremely powerful and takes a while to get used to. Hope you like it. ;) Thingg^⊕⊗ 20:51, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

(e/c) SWEEEEEETTT!!! Just be sure to take it slow for the first few days until you get used to it, and always, always pay attention. I cannot emphasize this enough. It is far better to let someone else "get the revert" than to make an erroneous revert. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 20:52, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Go to System > Options. Be careful what you do there, though. Some people here will skin you alive if you make lots of mistakes with Huggle. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 22:56, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

AM ANGRY

you took me off the page. i talk wikipedia es racist! not is spanish wikipedia. am angry. too, how is my ingles? -Fernando —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.115.32.180 (talk) 21:41, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

i not remember

--24.115.32.180 (talk) 21:47, 11 July 2008 (UTC) is my sign (see on top)

Re:This user is using Huggle

Good to hear. Use it wisely and you will be getting Barnstars in no time! ... discospinster _talk 19:25, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For continually improving upon your vandal-fighting skillz! ... discospinster talk 01:54, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Every time I get a barnstar, I feel a little stronger. And I have read this page, in case a lot of vandal fighters are active. :-) -- SchfiftyThree 01:57, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

You're welcome, I had just noticed the user and was monitoring them from their contributions page. I rolled back the edit as soon as it appeared, guess that is how I beat Clue bot to it. Have a good day, Landon1980 (talk) 05:01, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou

User:Electrical Experiment/Thankyou thank-you, ElectricalExperiment 18:40, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

I hate you

You and RyRy... you're both going down. Beam 19:48, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for your kind award, SchfiftyThree! :-) Actually, I had noticed your superb vandalfighting skills a few days ago and was about to give you a RickK Barnstar too. But since you were faster, and in order to be original, I hereby present you with one my personal awards instead. I hope you like it. Keep up that outstanding job! Best regards, Húsönd 03:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

		A fine collection of dangerous axes!
		Uh-oh! You were awarded with the sharpest tools on Wikipedia to assist you on your vandalfight! Use them carefully but not sparingly! :-) Best regards, Húsönd 03:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that award! I'll add it to my userpage. SchfiftyThree 03:50, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Software

Hello SchfiftyThree. You have been invited to join WikiProject Software, a WikiProject dedicated to improving the Software-related articles on Wikipedia. You received this invitation due to your interest in, or edits relating to or within the scope of the project. If you would like to join or just help out a bit, please visit the project page, and add your name to the list of project members. You may also wish to add {{User WikiProject Software}} to your userpage and {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Software/Announcement-u}} to the top of your talk page with the heading ==WikiProject Software Announcement==. If you know someone who might be interested, please pass this message onto others by pasting this code into their talk page {{Software invite|~~~~}} with the following heading == WikiProject Software ==. Thanks, Tyw7, formerly Troop350 (Talk ● Contributions) 09:27, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Fast reverting

Huggle doesn't use the recent changes page located in the menu, rather it uses an IRC feed which is updated directly whenever anyone makes a change to Wikipedia. That means there is next to zero time between the edit being made, and the edit showing up in Huggle. With Huggle's hotkeys, its very easy to press a single key and have it be sent back to the server marking it vandalism. With big blocky text like that, you can identify it as vandalism text quickly. I'll make note of my time and see if I ever make a new personal record ;) tj9991 (talk) 04:30, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

lol :p

well yes, these things sometimes happen with VandalProof (until the RSS Feed of the Recent Changes will be fixed). Sorry about that :) --KaragouniS :  Chat  23:26, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

That's okay. SchfiftyThree 23:28, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Question about reverting page moves

Is there a shortcut for that, or do you just click move and type in the last page title? I can't seem to find much on that at the CVU or the doc pages. Thanks! Protonk (talk) 00:16, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

I just go to Special:Log/move and click the (revert) button on the right as fast as I can. SchfiftyThree 00:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Good to know, thanks! Protonk (talk) 00:20, 22 July 2008 (UTC)