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Block request for latest Ronosen sock

Hi Tiptoety, could you block and tag User:Platypusbeak, who was confirmed as the latest Ronosen sock here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Ronosen? Thanks, ~ priyanath ^talk 18:41, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

 Clerk note: - blocked and tagged & CU updated. 'bout time you took a break and I did some clerking for you, Tiptoety :) - Alison ^❤ 18:49, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

;-) Thanks for dealing with that Alison, let me know if there is anything else I can do to help. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 02:44, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

I just wanted to use the  Clerk note: template :) You do some awesome work! - Alison ^❤ 07:21, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Please re-protect the Pie article

Hello there.  :) You unprotected the Pie article, and since then there has been nothing but a steady stream of vandalism from anon IPs. Please re-protect this when you get the chance. Thank you, RFerreira (talk) 20:10, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done Tiptoety ^talk 21:54, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Dodgechris=

You know Dodgechris who you blocked, well i am one of his friends who lives behind his house, you know he has recently been blocked for sockpuppetry, i am at his house now and he is bauling his eyes out right now, he so far has three bucketfulls of tears and if you unblock his account you will also be doing his parents a favour because if he is not unblocked he will be crying all night and will keep his parents awake. Thanks. I love energy drinks 21:45, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Quack!. Tiptoety ^talk 17:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Protection conversation at WP:AN

I am wondering if you would like to comment here. Thanks. Chick Bowen 01:18, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Not too sure how it relates to me seeing as I protected the article almost a month ago, but I am happy to comment and have done so. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 17:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Cookie

Thanks! But what was it for? :-S Scarian^{Call me Pat!} 20:14, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

My reply can be found here Tiptoety ^talk 20:15, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Not particularly, but it is creepy how quickly you can reply... Tippy is on the ketamine! Scarian^{Call me Pat!} 20:17, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

My reply can be found here Tiptoety ^talk 20:20, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Blanket IP range block issue

Hey sparky, while no one appreciates the need for blocking morons on occasion more than I do, you managed to block just about every IP at a state health lab while attempting to block one user named Sumerophile. While I don't know if he works here (or is on campus), I fail to see how blocking legitimate users (like myself) who don't always want to login to make a quick change or comment helps Wikipedia. Not for nothing, but it also makes hard to bring this issue up with anyone when the IP range block makes it impossible to leave a note explaining the situation. Might want to take a look at your block and use selective IP targeting instead of the internet equivalent carpet bombing. Thanks. Carpe queso. (KeeperOTD (talk) 21:13, 7 August 2008 (UTC))

Hi there, I would first off like to apologize for any inconvenience this may be causing you but I also would like you to see this request for checkuser. Unless my blocking of this range has resulted in your inability to edit via this account (which it appears you can) there is not much I can do, and at this time I am unwilling to undo the range block. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 22:01, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello Tiptoety. I am not a real editor of WikiPedia, (but a happy user) I am really asking this for several grad students who have complained and are blocked from editing. Many students seem to edit anonymously, as is their right according to wikipedia's own rules. As things stand now, they can't even create accounts if they wanted to, and I don't have time to do this for everybody. Your attempt to resolve the Sumerophile issue seems to have inadvertantly blocked a very large range of IPs. You say 144.92.0.0/16 but somehow it seems to be blocking more than that. It appears to be blocking everything starting with 144.92... Maybe that is what you meant to do? At any rate that is blocking a vast number of users right now. (Basied on a WHOIS search, something like 255,255 Madison IPs) That is too much. This goes past sock-pupet blocking/resolution to greifing on your own part. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AnthroLibrarian (talk • contribs) 17:43, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. As a checkuser on the project here, I can certainly attest to the fact that all accounts on that range, except about three, have been created by a seriously disruptive banned editor. All of them. Unfortunately, this measure is necessary given the level of abuse here and we also have to consider protection of the project as well as the hours and hours of our admins' time wasted by this person. It's unfortunate, but you can pretty much blame User:Sumerophile for this. It's a classic case of everyone having to suffer for the abuses of the few. I don't like seeing rangeblocks due to the potential collateral damage entailed and the severity of the action but have to say that 1) Sumerophile caused it, 2) it's a softblock so others can still edit, 3) there are very little edits on this entire range other than by Sumerophile. I strongly recommend not lifting the rangeblock at this time - Alison ^❤ 01:45, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Alright, you all are the ones who keep it going, so good luck. (AnthroLibrarian)

:)

The proper place to report/discuss this is is this way → Tiptoety ^talk 00:54, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

— ANI

So all sockpuppet discussions should be run through Mr. Tip? MBisanz ^talk 01:42, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Uh...duh! :P Tiptoety ^talk 04:03, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi again

I know you and me have history but I need you to block User:Ftse2007. He has be notified to quit removing content and changing names in UFC ppvs and other pages relating to MMA or the UFC for a while now. He removes everyone of his warnings. I believe he should be blocked because he hasn't quit yet and has been at it for a month.--WillC 02:23, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Hm, I agree with your assesement of the situation and as such have blocked the user. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 04:03, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Mspraveen

Tiptoety, I wanted to keep you posted since you are the blocking admin. I have left a note on WP:ANI about your block of Mspraveen. Please comment at ANI. Thanks, Ganeshk (talk) 04:17, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Way ahead of you. But thats for the heads up! Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 04:18, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Tiptoety, This one seemed really odd to me from the beginning. I hope he can be conditionally unblocked, pending further checking, as a sign of good faith toward a long-time positive contributor. thanks, ~ priyanath ^talk 04:48, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Yep, I had my doubts about the CU resluts going into it myself. I have left a message for Sam Korn and await his response. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 05:17, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Oversight needed

I don't have email, I noticed you deleted and restored a memoriam page to remove a blog post. The same blog post was posted somewhere else, check DS's contribs for Aug 11. The other page was on a post that is too big to get deleted. Keeper ǀ 76 18:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Yep, working on the email right now. Thanks, Tiptoety ^talk 18:35, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

TY, TTY. And good call on the blanking at ANI. I think there are way too many open wounds and hurts right now, that whole situation is so terribly sad, and is a flashpoint of strong emotions for sure. Best off ANI. Keeper ǀ 76 19:53, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Regarding your warning

Tiptoety,

This is to kindly inform you that I have placed a detailed clarification on my talk page of the recent reverts on the Hemshin Peoples entry, for which you have posted a warning. I believe there is a misunderstanding here as my recent reverts were in response to a series of unjustified wholesale reverts (taking the entry back to its version almost a year ago, with no discussions or justifications). My edit practices so far are completely in accordance with Wikipedie policies of first proposing, then discussing and then posting. Consequently, I kindly request that you read my response on my talk page and that you remove the warning (or take an action which amounts to that). You might also consider giving some warning to those contributors there who are in direct violation of the wikipedia edit policies. Omer182 (talk) 18:41, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Good on ya

Nice work. ^S._D.Jameson 19:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

:-) Tiptoety ^talk 19:25, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Good call indeed - Alison ^❤ 19:26, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Ottava Rima (talk) 21:13, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Sure. Tiptoety ^talk 21:15, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Heh

[1] But no one wants to work on it! So frustrating. Posts to AN about the backlog don't accomplish much, so I'm going to work on it with Scarian now. Enigma ^message 21:27, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I am happy to help. :-) Tiptoety ^talk 21:45, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Block

User talk:24.8.254.201 the user you just blocked is vandalizing his/her own talk page...not sure if that needs protection, reversion or nothing. Ctjf83Talk 22:01, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Looks like another admin just protected it. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 22:50, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

User talk:75.47.133.42

I don't think this guy is Splat5572; he's been harassing Splat by adding sock tags. I agree with the block though; just pointing out that you may have gotten the reason wrong. --NE2 04:16, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, oh well, they both edit the same articles and 75.47.133.42 clearly has something for Splat5572 so I thought they were the same user. Either way the IP needed to be blocked. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 04:19, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Here is checkuser confirmation. Wikipedia:Requests for comment/75.47.x.x has been around for a while with no resolution. --NE2 04:25, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Ugh, it still needed to be blocked, thanks for the link though. Tiptoety ^talk 04:27, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

uh, you forgot to block Splat5572 (talk · contribs) when you tagged indef-block on his userpage. I wonder if Splat5572's socks also belongs to Aristol2345's.--Freewayguy ^{Ask questions? See the sodas I've drank} 04:30, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Durh! He is blocked now, Tiptoety ^talk 04:33, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Why did you block Splat? I don't believe I've seen any proof that he has used multiple accounts. --NE2 04:47, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Please see [2]. Tiptoety ^talk 04:48, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Check the contributions: he stopped using Dabby in June and started with Splat in July. --NE2 04:49, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Hm, maybe I am confused here, but what about this account? Tiptoety ^talk 04:57, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

That was obviously not quite kosher, but I don't believe that's enough to block for 1.5 months later, and I seem to remember him apologizing when caught. --NE2 05:01, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Hm, well it does indeed look like I have made a clusterfuck of things doesn't it? I think at this time I am going to go ahead and unblock Splat and leave the IP's as is. Tiptoety ^talk 05:04, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. --NE2 05:05, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

It appears there is a back story that I am not completely in the loop with (the ArbCom cases and all) so its probably best that I do not get too involved, for this exact reason. Tiptoety ^talk 05:13, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Elan26/BatYisrael

The Elan26 account is several months older than the BatYisrael account; you should probably be blocking the latter rather than the former. Jayjg ^(talk) 23:52, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Alisa Flatow, fyi. Should take a look at that article. Enigma ^message 23:55, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Jayjig, I am assuming that this means you have also confirmed that account as well, seeing as you did not reference it at all in the RFCU case. Tiptoety ^talk 00:00, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. It was confirmed that Objectiva and BatYisrael are sockpuppets of Elan26. Since Elan26 is the original account, it would make more sense to unblock Elan26 and block BatYisrael. Jayjg ^(talk) 02:20, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done Tiptoety ^talk 02:26, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Pls restore protection for Hilary Duff article

I notice that u unprotected Hilary Duff article on 31st July. Since then there has been steady vandalism (see [3], [4], [5] and many more....There's a really stubborn anon ip fellow who keeps changing Santa claus lane to "studio albums list". I would request you to pls restore the "indefinite semi-protect" status for the article. Thanx... Gprince007 (talk) 11:08, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected Tiptoety ^talk 16:54, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanx a lot...Gprince007 (talk) 01:19, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Johnnyjoe23

Were you going to inform the candidate that you'd closed his nomination early? I didn't see a notice on his talk page, unless I'm going blind, and wanted to make sure you had the opportunity to do so as you were the one to close the nom. Shereth 21:59, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

I am working on it, I just got a bit distracted with a few other things. If you want to leave him a message, go for it. Tiptoety ^talk 22:01, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done Tiptoety ^talk 22:09, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Probably need to keep an eye on that for a bit.

When Hagger does stuff like this, it usually happens in waves. HalfShadow 23:43, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Trust me, I know. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 23:44, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you...

Thank you... - Adolphus79 (talk) 23:58, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

You are very welcome. Tiptoety ^talk 00:04, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Family Broadcasting Television‎

Sorry if I bugged you, but can you check out this page? I've marked the article in question as a hoax waiting for deletion. What do you think? Blake Gripling (talk) 01:02, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

I think my closer of the AfD speaks for itself ;) Tiptoety ^talk 01:07, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and check out this one, too... Blake Gripling (talk) 02:28, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

That one has been deleted too. Tiptoety ^talk 02:31, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Gee, thanks. God Bless and have a nice day... Blake Gripling (talk) 02:35, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 02:36, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Here's your cookie:

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AfD nomination of Augeant

An article that you have been involved in editing, Augeant, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Augeant. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Eastmain (talk) 05:04, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

The page move vandal

On that issue I took to AN earlier, I thought you should know, the only reason I took it there was because I tried rolling back the edits of Doubtonly, and it didn't work. I tried manually moving the pages back myself, and it wouldn't let me do that either. You cited WP:RBI in your resolved template, so I just wanted to explain myself a bit. ^S._D.Jameson 05:33, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, no worries. Tiptoety ^talk 05:37, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

The World Is Coming To An End

		The I Need A Drink Now Barnstar
		This barnstar is for you, mainly for the fact of the world coming to an end. Share with me please. <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 06:50, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

<3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 06:50, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Share with you? Why, the world is coming to a end meaning you are going to be dead (and for that matter so will I) so its all mine! :P Tiptoety ^talk 06:54, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

That Barnstar has a higher proof than Everclear (alcohol), you can't have it all to yourself. :( <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 07:02, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your relentless efforts in blockin 'dem vandals, I award you this Barnstar. Thanks for all your work. Happy editing Tiptoety! eric (mailbox) 07:05, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Why thank you! Tiptoety ^talk 07:06, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

You're quite welcome! :) --eric (mailbox) 07:07, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The Simpsons

I noticed that you removed some personal info that was added to the page. I didn't get a chance to see it, it wasn't about me, was it? -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 17:35, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Nope. Tiptoety ^talk 17:37, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay, good. The likes of Don Murphy have targeted me in the past, so I was worried there for a moment. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 17:39, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

cascading protection

Sorry, I didn't know how it worked in userspace. Thanks! - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 19:53, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

My reply can be found here Tiptoety ^talk 19:56, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Sumerophile

Hey, you may want to get in touch with Daniel regarding this rangeblock. Apparently this rangeblock was lifted due to massive collateral damage, per advice from the developers. Blueboy96 19:56, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

I have spoken with him, thanks. Tiptoety ^talk 06:35, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

I've been using Twinkle for several years now, so I have at least a small understanding of how rollback works. I will do my best to only use this new power to ann^H^H^H help the project. :) DarkAudit (talk) 21:33, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Take a look at the link I posted on your talk, rollback is really really easy to use. Tiptoety ^talk 21:34, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for giving me rollback. I actually had to look up what you meant by "twinkle". ha. Anyway, thanks. Cavenba (talk • contribs) 06:22, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome. Tiptoety ^talk 06:28, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

AWB

How on earth did you manage to do three approvals in the time it took me just to get ONE count from toolserver? Do you have a shortcut or something? ;) --Rodhullandemu 22:22, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Hm, toolsever was fast for me, must be a problem on your end. ;-) Tiptoety ^talk 22:23, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

I usually just check the contribs, isolate to mainspace and expand to 500 diffs. if it gives you an "older" option, then you're good to go! =) –xeno (talk) 05:14, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

RFCU

My bad. I wasn't sure how strict the guidelines were. Thanks for cleaning up after me. –xeno (talk) 05:12, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

No worries, thats why we have clerks. In the future if you just leave it be, myself or another clerk will be by quickly to deal with it. Tiptoety ^talk 05:13, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Shall do. –xeno (talk) 05:14, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Have a good night! Tiptoety ^talk 05:16, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

You too. With my socks put away I'll have a nice night's sleep =) –xeno (talk) 05:18, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

RobertRetard

I forgot mention it before, but he probably needs a username block too. -- Ned Scott 06:47, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, durh...how did I miss that. Tiptoety ^talk 06:48, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

1 Year of the Collaboration of the Week

Hello again to those of WikiProject Oregon. It is time again for another Collaboration of the Week. The last two weeks were a Stub Improvement Drive, and thank you to those who improved any Stubs.

This week marks the one week anniversary of the COTW, so a brief highlight reel:

• At least 10 DYKs
• Three articles passed GA after being listed at COTW
• Probably around 25 articles started
• Almost all Top importance articles are now better than Stub class

And now on with our countdown. This week we have two requests, the Willamette Meteorite and Tom McCall. Hopefully we can get both to GA quality. Click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Thank you. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:45, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Block request

Hi there. Can you please block User:HabsMTL? He or she is causing trouble on the List of World Wrestling Entertainment employees article. For the past 2-3 days, he/she has been engaging in edit wars, violating WP:OVERLINK. I've left that policy shortcut on almost all of my edits to prevent overlinking on that article and have even tried discussing it on his/her talk page, but this user constantly ignores them. I know it's minor, but it's getting really annoying. Miztahrogers (talk) 04:18, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I have blocked HabsMTL but understand your behavior is not acceptable either and was close to violating WP:3RR, leaving links to policy in your edit summary does not mean that you can edit war, you need to take it to the talk page and request dispute resolution of the other parties involved do not want to get on the train, yeah? Tiptoety ^talk 04:35, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Periods and commas are your friends. Tan ǀ 39 04:42, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

So is typing slow, but do you see me doing that? Tiptoety ^talk 04:59, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I'll take your comment into consideration. I'm still kinda getting familiar with all the policies around here, and am trying to be a better wikipedian. Thanks for everything Miztahrogers (talk) 18:03, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Request for rollback (pls)

Hi! Just like to ask permission for rollback to be enabled on my account? I'd like some practice at counter-vandalism.

Thanks again!

PS Nice userpage, most of us can't be bothered to learn/make that... Moby (talk) 13:14, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done Please remember to only use rollback for clear cases of vandalism. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 18:17, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Bramlet Abercrombie

Hi. Saw your indef block notice on Bramlet's page. Just wondering where the block was discussed and why there is no notice on his talk page? --Regents Park (paddle with the ducks) 16:15, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

The block was not "discussed" and does not need to be, and as for the block message the software does it for us. Tiptoety ^talk 18:19, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

I see now. I was wondering why he was indef blocked (Bramlet was a good protector of the Bhutan pages) but see that there is a complicated history here. Thanks!

Joke

Knock knock. Okiefromokla ^questions? 23:46, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Who's there? Tiptoety ^talk 23:46, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Okiefromokla. Thanks for including Warren Kinsella in your recent unprotection spree. I meant to unprotect it a couple days ago but it just slipped my mind. Okiefromokla ^questions? 23:49, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome, thanks for the recognition! Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 23:50, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Unprotecting pages

I looked at my watchlist, and I thought I might have been looking at the protection log instead. LOL. -- iMatthew _T.C. 01:59, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

:-) Just doing some cleanup, don't mind me (Janitor at work) Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 02:00, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem, keep up the good work. Best, -- iMatthew _T.C. 02:01, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Protection of pages

Hello Tiptoety. I notice that you have unprotected some pages today such as Chris Benoit. I can't blame you 'cause it's a shame that a bunch of people are barred from editing those pages just because of a few silly vandals, but I feel that you should be reminded to keep your eyes peeled—those articles are still vunerable. Cheers, ~ Troy (talk) 02:11, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, of course! Thanks for the note and if you see an article that needs to be re-protected drop me a note or list it at WP:RFPP. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 02:12, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Another Wiki_brah/JeanLatore sock?

See the contribs for Pernambuco Boy (talk · contribs). The same interests as usual. The AfD looks interesting too. Regards. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 03:00, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Hm, possibly, but not enough evidence for me to block on alone. Go ahead and request a checkuser here. Tiptoety ^talk 03:03, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Can I just add it to the existing case, since it isn't archived yet? Delicious carbuncle (talk) 03:06, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Yep, and I will go ahead and relist it for you. Tiptoety ^talk 03:07, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Done, thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 03:19, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

And it has been  Relisted Tiptoety ^talk 03:21, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

unprotecting

Thanks indeed for your work in monitoring the protection of articles. I notice you've unprotected Handel. I'm not much connected with that article, but could I put in a request that the semiprotect on JS Bach be retained indefinitely. For years, teenage boys doing their school music assignments on this iconic composer (I suspect it's them) have been inserting obscene juvenilia, sometimes blanking the whole article in the process. It's been such a relief to have the article semiprotected over the past ?year. Tony (talk) 03:15, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Tony, thanks for brining up your concerns. Let me explain the reason that I unprotected the article, as you are well aware this is a Wiki and as such Wiki's are meant (and created) to be open to editing by who ever wants to, and as such this is one of the founding principles of Wikiedia. So, I at this point I think we give the unprotection a test run and if it does not work I have no issues reprotecting the article, and if you see a increase in vandalism you are more than welcome to report it directly here and I will be happy to protect. Deal? Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 03:19, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Knock knock

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• Philip Glass.
  • rumor has it that Philip Glass thinks this joke is hilarious-FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 03:18, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
    • :D Tiptoety ^talk 03:21, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Unprotecting Poop Deck

You have an amazing faith in human nature. It is not the "length of time" that is important here. WP gets many new imbeciles every day, and one of those imbeciles will look for poop and turn the article on its head again.

"Gosh, that was fun, let's look for cock and shit now!"

You may think it to be worth a try, but it truly is not.

The only solution is permanent semi-protection, otherwise you just encourage the schoolyard to giggle in corners. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 06:43, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, please do not reply using the standard para you have used twice now above. I'm too old to read it three times. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 06:46, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Until I see further evidence of vandalism the article will remain unprotected. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 06:49, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Looks like it's over to you to watch it, then. I'm bored witless with reverting it. I think you are 100% mistaken in unprotecting it, so you can do the work when it needs reprotecting, reverting etc. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 10:20, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Thats fine with me. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 14:33, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Your unprotections

I see that you just unprotected half of Wikipedia (giving the reason "its been long enough, let's give this another try"). Has there been prior discussion about this? Cheers, Face 10:47, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

This is a Wiki, and a Wiki should be open for anyone to edit, at least thats what Wikipedia was founded upon and as such I have been bold in my attempts to maintain that. Tiptoety ^talk 14:37, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Your continuing unprotections

Oh noes not another one. Just wanted to say good work. I expect half the articles will be locked up again within a week, but there'll be another half that won't need to be. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 14:50, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, it is nice to hear someone appreciate what I just spent the last 4 hours on. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 16:45, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

au contraire!

Got a rule not to revert more than once on a given page per 24 hours. Just checked. Haven't broken it. *wipes brow* --Asdfg12345 17:01, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

No, you have not, be you are darn close. Also, take a look at WP:EDITWAR, it clearly states you can be blocked for edit warring without violating 3RR, so be very very careful and please for the sake of the project instead of spending all that time reverting, discuss it on the talk page. Cheer, Tiptoety ^talk 17:04, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

I agree with your sentiments.--Asdfg12345 17:06, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Happy cat RFA

I've removed it from the RFA main page. I see no indication the editor wanted it transcluded. As an aside you need to remember to leave the top ---- in place when you transclude RFA's :) [6] Pedro :  Chat  20:23, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I guess I just thought that adding the RfA template to their userpage was enough evidence that they wanted it open to be, but clearly not. No worries. Tiptoety ^talk 20:25, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

I suspect they do, but I'd have asked first and given some helpful hints to see if they really wanted to run. Best to let self noms translude themselves I thinkl. No biggie my friend. Pedro :  Chat  20:30, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

not indef

The editor is not idef blocked. QuackGuru 20:38, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Oop, you are right. I thought the block log said indef. My bad, you can slap me with a trout now. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 20:40, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

RFA

You asked me if I wanted my RFA to be open for comments, Yes, I do. Thanks!

                 HappyCat12 (talk) 21:32, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Post Deletion

Hello again. Can you please explain why you removed this post? Thanks, ~ Troy (talk) 01:28, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Per WP:BEANS, once the user attempting to attack Wikpedia sees that post he will know he is succeeding and will surely continue. Tiptoety ^talk 01:30, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Alright ...hey, BTW, are you good with javascript? I need to configure hagger, hagger??, h.a.g.g.e.r, h..a..g..g..e..r and stuff like that on User:Lupin/badwords. I have already added "epic fail" to the list, but I can't seem to add multiple terms. ~ Troy (talk) 01:35, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

I am the wrong person to ask, sorry. Tiptoety ^talk 02:36, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

No prob! ~ Troy (talk) 02:39, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

And thanks for the response :) ~ Troy (talk) 02:42, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

It is a valid question, though...

Why not just permanently redirect-protect the page? It's not like anyone would ever need to move it, unless they were an admin, and admins can do it anyway. HalfShadow 01:32, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

There is no way to redirect-protect a page. There is a way to move protect a page and it is already set so only admins can move it. Take a look at WP:PROT. Tiptoety ^talk 01:44, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

I was OK with waiting but I'm glad you reconsidered. Best regards - Apertus (talk) 02:35, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome, be sure to only use it for clear cases of vandalism. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 02:36, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

• Hey Tiptoety, my restoration or that request was only because I was in the process of responding when it got archived. As it's been archived again, and while I thank you for reconsidering, I just want to say that I was seeking clarification, not challenging your decision. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 03:12, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
• Oh, I know. Just after another look I decided it would be okay to grant the flag. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 03:14, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Rollbacker?

Hi Tiptoety. I have more than a few pages on my watchlist that require a fairly regular dose of undo due to clear vandalism. Rollback would be handy, especially in cases where more than one of the most recent naughty edits are by the same editor. Take care,   user:j    (aka justen)   18:57, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done Tiptoety ^talk 18:59, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Danke.   user:j    (aka justen)   19:05, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Folksong

Don't be ridiculous. Did you have an actual reason other than handwaving, knee-jerk assumptions of bad faith, and automatic and unthinking support of Ryan Postlethwaite? A little reading would help. Hint 1: read the deletion log for User talk:Folksong. Hint 2: Read User:Folksong. Not too difficult, really, so I'm sure you can do it. --Calton | Talk 19:59, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and look, the policy-violating nonsense that is User:Folksong has been restored by 76.208.191.18 (talk · contribs), maker of quality edits such as this. Good choice you've made, there. --Calton | Talk 20:12, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Pony

Can you kindly re-protect pony? It was on permanent semi-protection for the same reason many of the other main animal articles are: elementary school kid vandalism on a near-constant basis. On top of that, ponies seem to provoke the same kind of vandal rage that articles on things like Barney the Purple dinosoaur do. Things may be quiet at the moment, but come Back to School time, we are just going to have to reprotect it. I know that there are constant debates about permanently protecting wikipedia articles, but if we are going to continue to protect (and we do protect) cat, dog, horse, cow, etc., pony most certainly needs to be in that category. It won't ever end until this whole type of "tee hee" kid vandalism ends. So thanks in advance if you could restore that protection tag. Thanks. Montanabw^(talk) 04:31, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Montanabw, thanks for brining up your concerns. Let me explain the reason that I unprotected the article, as you are well aware this is a Wiki and as such Wiki's are meant (and created) to be open to editing by who ever wants to, and as such this is one of the founding principles of Wikiedia. So, I at this point I think we give the unprotection a test run and if it does not work I have no issues reprotecting the article, and if you see a increase in vandalism you are more than welcome to report it directly here and I will be happy to protect. Deal? Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 04:43, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Um, just reverted a vandal a few moments ago. The usual. Check diffs to see. These may only be one or two a day, maybe even just 3-4 week, but they are an ongoing PITA. And 99% of the time it's an IP Yeah, I know the theory on not protecting too much. But playing babysitter gets really old. Do as you see fit, but be so kind as to watchlist this one if you don't decide to restore protection. Montanabw^(talk) 03:13, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Oops, the vandalism was to Shetland pony, not pony. I got confused this time. Nonetheless, it's the same basic problem, it's just harder for the kids to find the Shetlands article, so it's hit less. I guess my humble request is still to re-semi-protect Pony. There is some stuff where we just do have to just put up a little speed bump. Thanks. Montanabw^(talk) 22:02, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Like I said before, this is a Wiki and Wiki's are meant to be open for editing. Until I see further evidence of vandalism (which might I note that there has been none since my unprotection) I am not willing to re-protect it. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 04:37, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

There was one today. I'll keep you posted unless you already have the article watchlisted. Montanabw^(talk) 19:13, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay, if it gets out of hand let me know and I will be happy to re-protect it. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 19:14, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Edit warring in Falun Gong articles

User:Dilip rajeev is a Falun Gong practitioner and propagandist with a history of non-NPOV edits, point-pushing, disruptive editing and reverting. He is an unrepentant persistent offender who gives wikipedia a bad name. The last block was for 48 hours - and I am wondering how you came to block him for 55 hours? Ohconfucius (talk) 01:53, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Are you suggesting you feel the block was too short, or do you feel it was too long. I am not really sure what you are getting at here, because either way he is blocked. Tiptoety ^talk 02:38, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Of course I believe it was too short! But that's just my personal opinion. ;-) Ohconfucius (talk) 08:58, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Tiptoety, I just saw this message from the above user .. I request you to please verify from my edit history that in my edits to this article and related articles I have only attempted to add material of a high quality from sources of central relevance to the subject such as Amnesty, KM reports, and improve the quality of the pertinent articles. I find it sad that an established user like ohconfucius would make these allegations while supporting such edits as made by PCPP. The user PCPP whom he seems to be supporting, has in almost every single edit he has done to the page and related pages attempted to delete or blank out highly sourced material of central relevance to the topic - and every time with a misleading edit summary. You may verify this for yourself from the edit history of the page on organ harvestation or from contribution history of USER:PCPP. My contributions to the article has been positively commented on by other independent editors also. I have attempted to clarify things in greater detail in my post, in response to ohconfucius comments, here.

Dilip rajeev (talk) 06:59, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

User talk:88.111.191.127

I declined the unblock from this editor, who was hit by a rangeblock you placed. If this guy is in fact User:WJH1992, we probably don't want to help him create an account. I wonder how we determine this? EdJohnston (talk) 15:04, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Actually (if I am correct) I think this user has contacted OTRS and was given a account, and that is what anyone legitimately using that range needs to do (mind you, that is the only legit user). Thanks for declining the unblock. Tiptoety ^talk 17:07, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Help with User:Tom Sayle ↔ User:Tom Sales

I am going to forward you an email he sent to me, claiming his account was compromised. I believe him to be a sock. If you can't receive emails, send me a message. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 15:55, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Replied. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 17:02, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

WP:CHILD

I know you're trying to help, children's best interests and so on, but in the case of tharnton345, please bear in mind that WP:CHILD is not policy, nor a guideline - it's an essay that never reached any kind of consensus or got wide exposure to the Wikipedia community for much comment. In all honesty I think that the rate this is going, tharnton will be blocked anyway for immaturity, edit warring, POV pushing and constant violation of NPA within 3 months. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 17:03, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, please read the reason for my deletion seeing as it was not WP:CHILD but instead a ArbCom case. The reason I liked the WP:CHILD on the users talk page was because it provides far more helpful info than the ArbCom case does. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 17:05, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

review?

You declined the unblock of Neptune something. See RFCU, this person is unrelated. Also, please unprotect the person's user talk page. If they come back, I wish to ask them the nature of their dispute about Chile. If they have a valid dispute, I will assist in peacemaking. If they do not have a valid dispute, I will end efforts. I have some knowledge and interest about Chile and also a desire to end conflict in order to improve WP. 903M (talk) 04:59, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I deal with a whole lot of RFCU's. Please provide a link to the relevant case. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 17:04, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Giovanni33

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Neptun88 903M (talk) 04:33, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Hm, it does appear the RFCU came back unrelated, but that's not the evidence he was blocked on. He was blocked after a discussion at WP:AE where a link was made via behavioral evidence. Also, seeing as I am not the blocking admin, I am not going to take any action in this case and ask you to please contact them. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 04:46, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

SSP2 templates

• Hi Tip, you know anything about the SSP2 progress? I know Lady Aleena was working on some templates, but I've not heard anything for a while. Can you shed any light on this? (And do you need me to make any more? :) Steve Crossin ^Contact/₂₄ 17:09, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Light Current RFCU case / clerking

Hi Tip. I just noticed this change to the Light Current RFCU page. I noticed yesterday that Steve signed up for checkuser clerk & I personally feel that this would be a good thing, given that yourself and Luna seem to be extremely busy at RFCU (doing a wonderful job, I might add). The more clerks we have, the easier things go; indeed, we could use one on Steve's timezone :) I was surprised to note that you changed his comment from a clerk note and I'm just wondering have you any issues with the above? Best regards - Alison ^❤ 06:44, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok, so now I know. Never mind :/ Good call ... - Alison ^❤ 02:12, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Chris Dodd

Thanks. rootology (T) 03:16, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 03:17, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

British Isles

Hello there. Since you gave some advice on the recent problem with [[User:TharkunColl] and an unwise block I made on him, could I ask you to take a look at British Isles, and, in particular, the discussions on Talk:British Isles from Talk:British Isles#Attempt to vary agreed consensus on use of term onwards (over the next few sections.) I find the whole area has become so bogged down with accusations made against people that I withdrew completely from the matter just under a week ago, and yet I see that I am continuing to have accusations made against me. I did protect the article since it was becoming an edit-warring matter (involving TharkunColl as one of the editors), but it seems that this caused problem with one other editor, and the matter is now getting out of hand. I have now unprotected the article to see what happens, and announced that this is my final action on the matter of "British Isles" controversies, since anything I do is now judged as being biased, etc. So it is best to walk away. However, I think the matter needs some attention. Since you unprotected an article that had had edit-warring problems in a related subject (United Kingdom), I wonder if you could take a look over things there? I am largely unavailable for two rather serious and pressing personal matters for the next 10 days at least. Thanks.  DDStretch  (talk) 10:29, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

I've now also unprotected Scotland, which I protected a slightly longer time ago, for exactly the same reasons, involving the same editors, with TharkunColl seemed to me to be "gaming the system" in his edit summaries about taking it to the 3rr limit for edit warring.  DDStretch  (talk) 10:47, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Another IP to block

Please block User:66.31.19.220, he has been vandalizing Chris Benoit. He has been warned for this twice and been blocked before for vandalism. Plus he should be ashamed of his edits. Though that has nothing to do with this, I just thought to say that.--WillC 05:38, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Please try WP:AIV next time, I am not always online. Tiptoety ^talk 22:41, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

User:PoliticianTexas

User:PoliticianTexas has been through enough and you keep torturing him I know him personally he is not User:ThomasalazarI know he did not do one he is being accused of. Don't you jack*%!@&* have any thing better to do. DICKS!!! SCREW YOU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.135.172.188 (talk) 23:01, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello there

I saw we took the protect page of from Albania.Let's see ;).Can we protect this page though,Himarë . It sounds more like a Greek city than Albanian.I do understand in the past they had Greek influence but some Greek users are pushing to far the POV.What's your idea partner?--Taulant23 (talk) 08:06, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

I am still wating for your response ;).

May I suggest, that, to put the protect page again to the Albania article. Watch this [7].Thank you!--Taulant23 (talk) 18:38, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Please file a request at WP:RFPP. Tiptoety ^talk 22:37, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Dodgechris

Hi - as the blocking admin of User:Dodgechris, I hope it's all right if I ask your advice? Although a checkuser request found the two editors to be unrelated, it seems clear to me that Dodgechris is now editing as User:Notdoppler. The second account become active following the second indef block of the Dodgechris account - heavily editing Coronation Street articles and almost nothing else, showing the same contribution history of redirecting, unredirecting, merging and unmerging Coronation Street character articles so often it's near impossible to keep up, as well as an odd dislike for the Molly Compton article, threatening to take it to AfD - something the Dodgchris account did twice in two months... Basically what I'm asking is, what should the next step be here? Is it still possible to open a sockpuppet case despite the checkuser request stating the accounts were unrelated? I have extremely little doubt the two editors are one and the same, and it's just frustrating to deal with all over again. Many thanks. Frickative 19:45, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

You can still open a sock puppet case even of the CheckUser cam back unrelated, to do so fallow the directions at WP:SSP. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 22:35, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Jim N E Cricket, its another Oregon Collaboration of the Week

Greetings WikiProject Oregon folks, it is time for another edition of the Collaboration of the Week! A big thanks to those who helped out in improving Tom McCall and the Willamette Meteorite last week. This week we have a request for Mr. Greg Oden who has been back in the news as of late, so hopefully we can get him up to B class before training camp starts. Then we have a Hospital red link drive with plenty of opportunity for DYKs! As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Bu bye. Aboutmovies (talk) 15:45, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Reinstate Zvents article?

In the past you have deleted the article for Zvents due to lack of notability. Perhaps it's time to revisit this. Zvents has now a number of partnerships with notable companies now:

• MTVu Gets Local, Launches Online Campus Guides Network
• Zvents to Enable Local Activities and Promotions for MSN City Guides

Zvents also powers the local search for boston.com, denverpost.com, and over 100 other websites.

In addition, there is a Wikipedia article for Eventful, a competing company, which is now lagging in internet traffic by some measures: [8]

Clemwang (talk) 16:07, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Related to your warning on reverts in the Hemshin peoples entry

Hi Tiptoety,

You had issued a "warning" on my talk page on 9 August with relation to the reverts in the Hemshin peoples entry. I had found this to be very unjust and have tried to inform you on 11 August about the particulars. There I had also kindly requested your opinion after that feedback. Upto now I have not received any response. I really am disturbed about the existence of such a warning on my talk page which I consider totally misplaced and wish it to be rectified. Related to the same "revert war", I had a correspondance on my talk page with the Administrator Khoikhoi who has recommended me to apply to formal mediation, which I have undertaken. That correspondance includes again concise info on the " edit war" in question. If you consider necessary please have a short look there also.

Hope to have your attention at my request. ThanksOmer182 (talk) 16:12, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done Tiptoety ^talk 16:29, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Auson

Please see this. Auson evaded a block, as it says his/her block log—just like Italicus did to evade the block of 201.67.241.178. Also, Auson overuses the edit summary "rv unexplained edit", even when there was sometimes an explanation—just like Ausonia and the other load of socks. It looks as though I have to reopen the case somehow. ~ Troy (talk) 00:45, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Uh, I don't mean to annoy you, but it looks like User:Catholicus is in it too. I really don't have the time to keep filing cases if this will keep happening, and it appears to be quite obvious that "Italicus" is the same guy as "Catholicus". ~ Troy (talk) 02:36, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Actually, there's no need to worry about it. The issue has been dealt with at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Benkenobi is a retardate. Cheers, ~ Troy (talk) 23:45, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Glad to hear that. Sorry I was unavailable the last few days, I have been rather busy. If there is anything else I can do to help, feel free to drop a line. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 00:03, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

I understand. I was so desperate that I contacted as many trusted users as I knew XD ...hopefully that guy doesn't go contributions-stalking with me again. Regards, ~ Troy (talk) 00:06, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Well like I said, if he does feel free to drop me a line (and if it needs to be kept private, my email inbox is always open). Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 00:08, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

I was thinking of that ...well, anyway, you've got mail! Stay safe! ~ Troy (talk) 00:25, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I will reply later. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 00:27, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

WikiStalker

Hello. You said on this page: [9] that if my WikiStalker returned for me to contact you. Well I am here to report that my wikistalker is back, he has vandalized my talkpage three times within the past 24 hours, links here: [10], [11], [12] . Thanks for dealing with this. --Tocino 19:07, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

NOTE - These comments were deleted by the IP address below. Link here = [13]

I'm not a stalker. Please stop calling me that.84.134.68.247 (talk) 15:42, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay, it looks like the IP's that have vandalized your talk page recently have already been blocked with the exception of one which I went ahead and blocked. I am going to leave it at that for the time being and see if those blocks have any effect, but promise that if it continues I will perform a range block. So like before, if it starts up again, drop me a line. Tiptoety ^talk 02:03, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Checkuser

User: Tocino want to use you as a checkuser against me. Look at his contributions. I think that HE should be reported to an administrator. I only want to help against him.84.134.106.116 (talk) 19:21, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay....

[14]. Dude, you can say whatever you want about "this is a wiki" and "everyone should be able to edit", but how can you possibly justify unprotecting a page like that? I understand somewhat where you're coming from, but you may as well unprotect Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Main Page. Seriously, what were you thinking? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 05:29, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Um, my reasoning is that everyone should be able to edit. I mean should we really let some vandalism stop us from upholding one of Wikipedia's founding principles? Stopping people from editing is far worse than reverting vandalism, and at this day and age there are so many RC patrol guys out there I really do not see an issue. To be honest, if it was not for people coming to my talk page and yelling I would unprotect Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Main Page...those are the pages that need to be unprotected the most. I mean whats the worst that cane happen? You have to reportect it? Tiptoety ^talk 02:40, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I think I owe you an apology for being so combative. It is clear that we have a difference of opinion, which is fine, but it does not justify the tone I used in my first comment. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 02:55, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate you saying that, really I do. Like always if there is a admin action I have made that you think needs to be undon, then undo it. I trust the judgment of my fellow admins. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 02:57, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Your talk page

The notice at the top of this page requests that I leave a hilarious knock-knock joke. I know a great one, but you have to start it. Useight (talk) 02:44, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Knock, Knock... Tiptoety ^talk 02:45, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Who's there? Useight (talk) 02:46, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Erm...you tell me? Tiptoety ^talk 02:49, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, that's the joke. You just sat there with a puzzled look on your face, not knowing what to say to my "Who's there?". Works better offline. Useight (talk) 02:51, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

XD, well it still made me chuckle. Cheers! Tiptoety ^talk 02:53, 31 August 2008 (UTC)