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Thank you much, Deon.

You're one of the good ones, guy. So's Essjay. It's always a pleasure to contact him. - Lucky 6.9 00:39, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

This is hilarious

Hi Deon! I just thought you might enjoy this "activity..." (I can't believe it's in the Wikipedia namespace, but it's fun and I hope it's never NfD'd.) Here:

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Qty	Item #	Item desc.
1	021	Surprise Wikilink

Here is your order:
Order #10043: Your special surprise :-)

I thought you might enjoy this... Bellito, master of all things Mac-related 21:20, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Update: I reverted someone who reverted your reversion to my revision :-)

Updated update: I reverted your revert to another version to a different revision. Heeheehee! This thing is (heehee) too funny to (hee) be in the (hehehe) Wikipedia name–(heehee)–space!

It's too bad that no admin dares to protect this page :-) It's good for any wikistress encountered. (Shhh! Don't tell people who might list it on MfD!)

Bellito, master of all things Mac-related 00:10, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

The 7 Shot Screamers article

I think I've done more than enough work on this article, and I request that the heading concerning speedy deletion, or any heading concerning deletion, be removed. Thanks. --~Peace out, hasta luego, sayonara, and all those other phrases related to abandonment, death, and melancholy memories of yesterday 01:56, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

So wait... If the prod template isn't removed in 5 days, is the template deleted, or is the article deleted? --~Peace out, hasta luego, sayonara, and all those other phrases related to abandonment, death, and melancholy memories of yesterday 02:37, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:OP

WP:OP is now over two weeks behind. Just thought I'd let you know. -Patstuart^{(talk)(contribs)} 08:58, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Inconclusive evidence

For User:69.86.190.128. Can you specify? This user has been a real BLP pain in the butt 3RR warrior on Larry Craig. Patstuart^{(talk)(contribs)} 01:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

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MedCabal

Hi, we have a heavy backload of cases at WP:MEDCAB and since you are on the mediator list I thought I would request your help. Thanks! --Ideogram 10:47, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

help

I want to edit a section called "Gettysburg Navigator" on Battle of Gettysburg page, can you help me?

I was trying to edit the awards section of the Channing Tatum page and inadvertently did not use the sandbox, thereby ruining the entire section! UW Jakey 07:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to the AMA!

Hello Deon555, I see that you have decided to join the AMA. I'll be the first to say welcome! We're always in need of more advocates, especially since were backlogged most of the time. Just a few pointers for what we do. We communicate by putting a template on our talk page. The template is {{AMA alerts}}. The AMA also has it's own IRC channel which reports new cases to us, and also new alerts. If you'd like to jump right into a case, you are free to check out WP:AMARQ, which is our new request for advocacy system. The instructions for how the technical part works is on it's talk page. You can also use the AMA userboxes that appear under here. If you have anymore questions about the organization, just ping any advocates talk page, including our coordinator, Steve Caruso. Again, welcome to the AMA! -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 00:13, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/7 Shot Screamers

Random fact: You don't need to be an admin to close an AfD :D. Provided that a) The consensus is entirely certain (i.e, all keep votes and nominator changes his mind), and b) It would be uncontroversial to close it early (so the AfD page is free of ongoing debates, and everybody is in agreement). More to the point, the AfD is now closed, Cheers. --Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 08:16, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm looking for help!

{{helpme|I received an email this morning and am unsure what to do about it}}. You can see the email here.. Should I take this to WP:AN?

Even though it's almost clearly a fake.. it's still troubling me a little bit, to know that I didn't even leave any comments or anything on that IP's page :s. Thanks! — Deon555^talk_desk 23:18, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

You should have just really come into IRC. Anyways, if you look you have never edited User talk:66.98.131.109 for a first. Second, how do they get your email. Third, the IP resolves to Houston, Tx, so Belgium can't touch them. But, it's an open proxy (open on port 80, you should probably check that). Anyways, ANI is probably a good place to start. Other users (admins/crats) will probably know a better solution than the few of us monitering this. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 23:25, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help

Thanks for your help, yesterday. Things seem to be Ok today! === Vernon White (talk) 00:36, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

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Userboxen page

Hi Deon! I've been meaning to ask you (for about a month now) if you'd like me to put all those userboxen into a wikitable (you can see what I mean at my userpage; helps keep boxes of different sizes orderly (reminds me of when I didn't know how to make tables and what my page looked like :-( It was pretty creepy!

So, uh, let me know :-) Bellito, master of all things Mac-related 00:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Per your request, I tidied up the place :-)

Invoice for Deon555

Item description	Location	Fee
Userbox cleanup	User:Deon555/Userboxen	It's a wiki world! Wikifavors are appreciated, as always.

*clears throat* That was an er, unexpected redirect to follow from the word "friggin." When you're 11 years old, you don't expect that kind of thing ;-) But I digress! I'm glad you like the new arrangement so much! It's so worthwhile to help wikifriends like you! Bellito, master of all things Mac-related 03:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Update: My sister signed up for Wikipedia a few weeks ago and is, thus, new. She is a bit "wikilost," so to speak. I thought you might like to see her userpage and maybe say hi! She would really appreciate that, as her wikilife (I love wiki- portmanteaux!) is a little bit slow right now. Bellito, master of all things Mac-related 03:40, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

---

Hoho, your userboxen were messed up?! Well, looky here... At least you're advocating a UNIX operating system (Linux. I use Mac OS X [also UNIX] and am a self-professed Mac geek.) To heck with dual-boot (the bridge [to UNIX operating systems] is crossed, so stand and watch it burn! We've passed the point of no… re……turn!

—that would look cool in {{cquote}} i bet

But I digress! I'm glad I'm not the only one overusing userboxen, but it stands at this: you have an odd number of userboxen. Since all tables are fickle by nature, they require an even number of things or they become embarassed and look ugly. So there are three options here:

• Revert it (with navpops, of course! i use popups too)
• Add more userboxen to odd-numbered sections (userbox feng shui, I suppose)
• Insert a friendly, Deon-esque phrase into the tables where an odd number of userboxen is to be maintained

Just drop me a line and I'll work with you to achieve the best possible layout! Bellito, master of all things Mac-related 01:02, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'm sorry to find that you dislike Linux... I like UNIX better :-) But I'll see if I can find, oh say, a Vegemite userbox?... :D Anything related to you should work, I'd think. Bellito, master of all things Mac-related 16:30, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

On the contrary, I'm happy to say that your userboxen are once more in order! Below is your total:

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Item description	Location	Fee	Notes
Userbox cleanup	User:Deon555/Userboxen	It's a wiki world! Wikifavors are appreciated, as always.	No notes for this task
UB-maintenance	User:Deon555/Userboxen	You can't put a price on Wikilove!	Done in multiple edits.

It's friends like you that make Wikipedia such a great place to be :D Bellito, master of all things Mac-related 03:37, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Clerk for Requests for Checkuser

Hey Deon555,

I am messaging you to ask whether you would be interested in reassuming your role as a Request for Checkuser clerk. Currently, the clerk duties are being shared among three experienced clerks, and we have added two new clerks, who are currently in the learning stage. We are currently experiencing backlogs and long waiting times for some actions to occur.

As you are currently listed under "inactive" on our clerk roster, we're asking that if you are willing to resume these clerk activities, please leave a message on my user talk page ^{(quick link)}. A number of things have changed, so we reccommend re-reading Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Clerks/Guide. The guide is currently being rewritten, but the new and updated version should be available by 00:00 December 12, 2006 (UTC) at the latest.

If you aren't interested in being a checkuser clerk any longer, we accept your decision and thank you for your service; it would be greatly appreciated if you'd leave me a note that you're no longer interested. If you would like to resume your role in the future, but can't do so now, please mention so on my talk page, and I'll note this on our clerk register.

Thanks for your cooperation,

Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]}, Head Clerk, for Essjay (talk), 05:12, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply (see [1] :D). On the topic of that page, can I get you to fill in the blank sections next to your name (location, time zone etc.) Cheers, Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 07:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

By the way, I noticed your userpage. Are you retired for good, or just for a little while (ie. a Wikibreak)? Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 07:54, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Gone?

I respect your decision to leave, but did you have to make the notice in Richmond colours? Collingwood has done far better this last year ;) Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 08:00, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey Mike. I was feeling apathetic enough to just copy it from User:anonymous_anonmous just like i'm not gunna bother piping that link... Also note the link at the bottom of User_talk:Daniel.Bryant — Deon555^talk_desk 08:02, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Deon

Long time no see! Care to come onto IRC? I have set up a channel at #Eagle_101 if you care to join. It is on the freenode network as always. —— Eagle 101 ^{(Need help?)} 08:33, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Giant metal star with a smiley face on it

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For all your work answering {{helpme}} requests from our vast army of clueless newbies, and helping to assimilate them into the community. Your efforts don't go unnoticed, (makes it sooo much easier to get to work without having to wikify first every time you hit edit ;-D) Now come on over here and get back to work, we have newbies to train :D Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 09:17, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

DUDE

DUDE! NOOOOO! Will you at least visit me on IRC? Plzzz? Pretty please? :( --CableModem^_^ 12:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

User:Chuchunezumi helpme request

Many thanks for your kind assistance. It look perfect to me! Cheers! Chuchunezumi 23:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

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Are you ready to get started?

The waiting time over at Admin coaching is long (some people have been waiting in line since July). I'm an admin coach with the project, and for my students I set up a group discussion page so that we could all learn from each other. The scope of this concept has expanded into the Virtual classroom, which is an open forum for the teaching and learning of advanced Wikipedia skills.

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Here's an announcement box which you can place on your userpage or at the top of your talk page for keeping up to date with classroom assignments.

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Thanks - Help on Cause Marketing

Deon555, thanks for stopping by my talk page earlier to help answer my questions pertaining to my first efforts here (article on cause marketing).  :-) Uberveritas 08:02, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I think I got it

[[2]]. I'm still not sure how to get it into a Wikipedia article, but I haven't read that far. Thanks.NinaEliza (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) 04:52, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

I did it! Check it out: African Free School.NinaEliza (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) 05:13, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. *permanent grin*NinaEliza (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) 05:29, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Melbourne meetup

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Template

This was used a few weeks ago on the talk page of an anon user. It was placed there by another anon user. There is nothing in the template to give even the slightest impression that this is a joke template without visiting the template page itself, which is not something an anon would know how to do. Even some established users would not realize this were a joke if it were placed on their talk page by anyone other than one of their closest Wiki-friends. This either needs to be vastly reworked or removed. Lara❤Love 03:54, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Template deleted. It's not even remotely funny to be leaving that template anywhere other than on the talk page of an established user that you're very, very well acquainted with. EVula // talk // ☯ // 04:24, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

I am glad to see that template has already been deleted. It can be interpreted as a death threat, and was very inappropriate. -- Infrogmation 04:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

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