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Revision as of 05:54, 13 December 2007

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Queens College, City University of New York

I somehow missed your last note on my talk page, Enigmaman, so I just removed the warning here now. Good to see you again, I'm glad that the questionable editing at Queens College, City University of New York has died down. I'll keep the page on my watchlist, let me know if you need any help. Cheers, Iamunknown 13:56, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Enigmaman, why did you delete "Queens College" redirects here. For other uses, see Queen's College (Disambiguation). from Queens College, City University of New York? I have added that line twice and it has been removed twice, and I'd like some sort of reasoning behind the removal. I think that it is necessary because "Queens College" can mean so many things but it redirects there without referencing all the other meanings. The disambiguation page referred to here doesn't just talk about colleges spelled "Queen's" but also those spelled "Queens." Awbeal (talk) 13:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

You say "There is no other major institution called Queens College." Who decides what is a major institution? And I think the existence of the Queen's College Disambiguation page proves that there are other well-known institutions of a similar name. Awbeal (talk) 19:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

There are places called Queen's College, yes. There's a difference between Queen's College and Queens College, and that is why it is unnecessary.

But the first line of the disambiguation page clearly says "Queen's College, Queens' College or Queens College is the name of more than one institution." Awbeal (talk) 01:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Whoever put together the disambiguation page apparently decided to group everything together for some reason, but there is only one Queens College, and I think it's easily distinguished from Queen's. Enigmaman (talk) 04:01, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Reporting vandals

Try the administrators' noticeboard; to report the users, use the template {{vandal|username}} (replace "username" with an actual name or IP of the vandal). Regards, Mike Rosoft 21:17, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

• In general, we don't block for the first act of vandalism (unless the edit makes it obvious that we are dealing with a vandalism-only account). In the cases you have reported, a message on the user's talk page would have been enough; see this page for useful templates. Regards, Mike Rosoft 21:21, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
• You mean the IP address, 149.4.115.5 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)? It's a school IP, shared by many people, so there's little point in blocking it today for something that has been done yesterday by somebody else than who is sitting at the computer right now. (If abuse continues, anonymous editing from the address may be blocked for a longer time, even for several months, and a complaint to the staff may also be made.) - Mike Rosoft 22:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Ping

Hey, Enigmaman! Sorry for the late reply. I've responded on my talk page.  :) Cheers, Iamunknown 05:28, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Just noticed your other message

Enigmaman, I'm really sorry I've been so late in responding. With regards to your other message on my talk page (I somehow missed it...), you can report IP addresses and usernames at Misplaced Pages:Administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV for short). That page can be kind of confusing, but just click the bottom-most "" button, and type your report like

*{{Anonlinks|127.0.0.1}} - Repeated vandalism on ] after final warning --~~~~

for IP address, or

*{{Userlinks|Example}} - Repeated vandalism on ] after final warning --~~~~

for usernames. Hope this helps.  :-) Feel free to ask other questions. I'll try to offer a more prompt response this time.  :-) Cheers, Iamunknown 05:36, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

ProFootBallTalk.Com

See Talk:Profootballtalk.com for why I think "the site was released" is more appropriate than "the site was created." Kurt Weber (Go Colts!) 17:09, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

December 2007

If you continue to constructively edit pages by adding correct and updated information, as you did to Bobby Petrino, you will be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. -- ALLSTARecho 02:45, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

AIV removal

Hi Enigmaman. It appears that the first IP you reported was removed because it had already been blocked, and the next IP address that you reported was later removed due to the article being vandalised being semi-protected. Hopefully this makes things a bit clearer. Thanks, Spebi 04:34, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

AIV report

So not to clog up Spebi's talk page, lol, I'll just reply here, Ember of Light removed the second report, and a bot removed the first IP once it was blocked by another administrator, but no biggie! And if you'd like to read up on the intricacies of Recent Changes patrol, and how to report (for instance, the last IP had not received a proper set of warnings in succession, and no final warning was given explaining the problems), so it may be helpful for you, if you are planning on getting into vandalism fighting. Anyway if you wish to review these issues, policies and see some examples of templates you can use, take a look at the essay I've written, here. And if you ever have any questions, feel free to ask, I'm happy to help! Cheers! Ariel♥Gold 05:00, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll check that out. Thanks! By the way, how did you come by the name Ariel Gold? What's your background? I'm asking because I happen to be Jewish and the name made me curious. Enigmaman (talk) 05:47, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Ahhh, yes, I get the occasional Hebrew note on my talk page. Unfortunately, in the U.S. "Ariel" is just a pretty girl's name, not really anything special. ArielGold is actually just one of my favorite names, very melodic, and pretty :) When I created the account back in 2005, I don't think it let me add a space, or it would have been Ariel Gold, lol. Thanks for the note! Feel free to ask if you have any questions. Ariel♥Gold 05:55, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Ariel Gold is just an interesting combination. :) Yeah, I'd imagine you'd get the occasional comment with that name. I noticed you were able to get the space later, though, with that doppelganger account. Enigmaman (talk) 05:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I did that just as a precaution, heheh. What is interesting is when the folks leave comments in Hebrew, I have to get my friend to translate them, lol. Ariel♥Gold 13:41, 12 December 2007 (UTC)