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Archives and sandboxes My articles Awards received Dreadstar's Archives Dreadstar's Sandboxes Defender The Mighty Defender of the Wiki Barnstar In recognition & thanks for your efforts in helping us work our way towards consensus towards making Battle of Washita River a good WP:NPOV (instead of WP:SOAP) article. Still a lotta work to do, but now we can do it, in no small part because of your help. Yksin Award! The Vandal Eliminator Award * I, Stormtracker94, award you the Vandal Eliminator Award for amazing vandal fighting and RC Patrol. STORMTRACKER 94 RL Barnstar The Real Life Barnstar - For reporting a situation that could have resulted in a real life massacre I present you this barnstar. Initiative in dealing with situations like this is essential, and for all we know you may have saved lives the moment you posted that. Good work! Thank you. +Hexagon1 Initiative in dealing with situations like this is essential, and for all we know you may have saved lives the moment you posted that. Good work! +Hexagon1 Just be glad you're on the good side, every time I get involved in situations like that, I seem to be the one getting arrested... (kidding, please don't report me Mr. Thoughtpolice-man! :) +Hexagon1 Holy wow. Good job, Dreadstar. --Fang Aili

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D4rkersib

You may want to look at the unblock request at User talk:D4rkersib. The relationship to the original sockmaster ItsLassieTime seems uncertain based on the renaming of the SPI case, and d4rkersib apparently abandoned the prior account. Not sure about this one, on the fence about unblocking, myself. ~Amatulić (talk) 06:27, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi Amatulic, thanks for pinging me on this. From the behavioral evidence, the pattern of editing consistent with that of a massive sock farm, as well as several almost identical edits and comments that User:HatAct made, I'm convinced that User:D4rkersib is a sock of User:HatAct who was confirmed as a sock of User:ItsLassieTime, a prolific sock master. The Checkuser also indicated that he felt they were "behaviorally related". But, I won't dispute it if you decide to unblock, it's up to you. Dreadstar ☥ 16:35, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't see sufficient reason here to push me over to the "unblock" side of the fence. I just wanted to know your take on the situation. I'll leave it alone. ~Amatulić (talk) 21:34, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. I was on the fence about this one for a while myself! Dreadstar ☥ 22:49, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Bluehost again

Hey, sorry to bother you but could you please protect Bluehost again? The protection you put on it in March expired yesterday, and there's already a lot of spam that's been reverted. Thank you. --Gyrobo (talk) 13:02, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Got it. Dreadstar ☥ 20:27, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Invertebrate pain

Hi Dreadstar, could you take a look at a dispute at Talk:Pain_in_invertebrates and perhaps weigh in as an admin on the question of general WP policy on sourcing and what appear to be rather tendentious comments by one user who seems opposed to citing sources and disputes the content being added (with sources) by the other user? I've also dropped a line to someone who knows the underlying issue of animal taxonomy to weigh in on that issue. I am uninvolved in the dispute, though one of the participants has worked with me on a different article and has asked for my help, which is limited, because I have neither the mop nor the background in taxonomy to really be very helpful. Montanabw 19:06, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

I'll watchlist it and see if there's anything I can do to help! Dreadstar ☥ 21:32, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism Warning

http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk:96.245.61.180&redirect=no

This IP address is shared, I am not responsible for the actions of others who have previously been assigned this IP. Please undo all strikes against this IP, to block me from editing for the actions of the previous user of this address would be a gross abuse of your power. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.245.61.180 (talk) 23:17, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Warnings from over four years ago would not have counted against your current edits, unless they were of the same vandalizing pattern. Surprising you would be speaking of 'gross abuse of...power' in this situation, no one has threatened you at all - perhaps you thought the warnings were placed recently? In any case, I see the ancient warnings have been removed. Happy editing! Dreadstar ☥ 01:03, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Dreadstar. Thank you for deleting the edit summaries on Im Yoona. Take care. Δρ.Κ.  05:25, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Your recent revert of vandalism

Hi Dreadstar! Thanks for your anti-vandalistic revert on the article Occupy Wall Street where new IP editor User:96.226.91.5 vandalized it. Unfortunately, you did not warn the editor on their talk page, which as I am sure you know is standard operating procedure that allows us to judge their further efforts, should they be additional vandalism. Perhaps it was an oversight on your part, and I have gone ahead and issued them a warning. Needless to say, please make a note on the talk pages of suspected or undeniable vandals that their edit was reverted by you, and why. Since you are an admin, I am sure you know that leaving warnings really helps down the road if vandals continue in their ways, and allows for their blocking when they persist. Thanks again for your continued work in helping to protect the encylopedia, Jusdafax 02:12, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for warning the vandal! It wasn't an oversight, I just didn't feel the need to warn them at that point - looked to be a pretty limited action on their part; but I understand your view and it's a good one! Dreadstar ☥ 02:25, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

I appreciate your prompt attention to the matter at Highland Park High School. His attacks were getting quite tiresome. Gtwfan52 (talk) 04:27, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Glad to help! I've got the page watchlisted, but let me know if the vandals return. Dreadstar ☥ 04:38, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Well he didn't return to Highland Park, but a near certain sock left an almost identical remark on my talk page and vandalized my userpageGtwfan52 (talk) 04:55, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Got that one too, same user looks like. Dreadstar ☥ 05:08, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

NFLPA

Hello,

I've responded to your comment at FAC. Let me know what you think of the changes. Thanks. -- The Writer 2.0 12:36, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Earth Balance

Any chance of unsalting this? It appears to pass notability now. Erpert 03:12, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm not seeing notability there (e.g. WP:CORPDEPTH); which the brief mention of the company in the news about recalls doesn't provide. Dreadstar ☥ 04:31, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

It's a brand name product, not a corporation. What exactly are you looking for? Erpert 07:46, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Really! The article starts out by saying "Earth Balance is a company", and goes on to say "The company was founded in 1998". Looks to be a company, not just a product. If it's a product, then perhaps it should be mentioned in the article of the company that owns the product. In either case, if you like, take it to WP:AFC and see what they say. Dreadstar ☥ 19:08, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

There's no need to be rude; it was a simple oversight. But I will take it to WP:AFC. Erpert 22:12, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Apologies if that seemed rude, I was actually expressing surprise mixed with a bit of dismay that perhaps I was missing something critical -with a touch of humor thrown in for good measure. Ah, well, glad you're taking it to AFC, good luck! Dreadstar ☥ 03:34, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Going beyond the call of duty to close the move discussion, then both move the article and fix the dabs. Thanks. Montanabw 22:46, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Glad to help! Dreadstar ☥ 05:07, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Just some public kudos in order, it's surprising how often people don't think to do those small things. Very helpful, and thanks. Montanabw 21:25, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Second opinion on Legion of Doom (hacking)

Good afternoon Dreadstar. I need your opinion on Marele câștigător, Legion of Doom (hacking) and Legion of Doom history. Do these seem like legit articles to you, or should they be deleted? I don't know where to split these up.--Jax 0677 (talk) 10:49, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for asking. I've commented on the respective talk pages. Dreadstar ☥ 02:45, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Bandaid offer

i jus wanid 2 let u no i am not ryin 2 get bannd. i jus wanid 2 tel ur frend that he waz rong in 1 uf his editashuns and that i prolly no mour then him. i do not wan 2 get ban an i wil du wateva it taks 2 do so wile sharein my nolige wit tha world. <3 & kissis -Monkeyheffa — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monkeyheffa (talk • contribs) 19:16, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the thought, but I don't need a bandaid at the moment. Both of your edits were vandalism, and if you persist in this course of action you will be blocked; unnecessary offers of bandaids notwithstanding. Apologies if I've misunderstood and you're actually offering rubber bands; but that would be unnecessary too since I have plenty of those as well. Surely you're not talking about banning, that would just be silly... :) Oh, wait, I see, you're saying that you're not trying to get yourself banned. Ah, well then, that's easy, don't vandalize, harass, edit war or other bad things, and instead contribute in a positive manner and you'll be fine! Dreadstar ☥ 19:42, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Holiday cheer

		Holiday Cheer
		Michael Q. Schmidt is wishing you Season's Greetings! This message celebrates the holiday season, promotes WikiLove, and hopefully makes your day a little better. Spread the seasonal good cheer by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Share the good feelings.

Season's tidings!

A token of appreciation

		The Admin's Barnstar
		For your brilliant admin work and initiative fighting socks in the chronically sock-plagued area of K-pop articles. This includes investigating the socks and following up with protection of the articles they frequented. This type of holistic approach to admin work is welcome, reassuring, and very much needed and appreciated. Thank you very much Dreadstar. Δρ.Κ.  05:08, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

• Wow! Thank you very much Dr. K, always glad to help out! Dreadstar ☥ 20:27, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

• You are very welcome Dreadstar. It was the least I could do. Thank you for providing the inspiration for it. Happy New Year to you and yours. :) Δρ.Κ.  21:39, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

SPI you may not have seen

Thanks for the protection at Yuri Leveratto's AfD. Have you seen Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Archeologo40? Dougweller (talk) 16:49, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the link, I'll take a look in a bit; ran out of time last night. Dreadstar ☥ 20:44, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Yup, some definite sock action going on there - I've taken care of the lot. Good reporting! Let me know if I can be of any further assistance! Happy New Year to you! Dreadstar ☥ 21:48, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks very much and a Happy New Year to you also! Dougweller (talk) 14:45, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations

not least for having the humility (or lack of awareness?) to have such a low key edit as your 50000th Kevin McE (talk) 17:02, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for noticing! It was rather low-key, wasn't it? At least I didn't accidentally delete the main page or something... :) Dreadstar ☥ 20:46, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Hardin v. Boyd

Hi. I happened to trip across Hardin v. Boyd today. It had a few issues, mostly as a result of a copy-paste job, I think: <https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?diff=530681883&oldid=528994131>. Not a big deal, but do try to be careful. :-) Hope you're enjoying the holidays. --MZMcBride (talk) 23:44, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning that up; and wow that's from over four years ago - always meant to go back and do a little more work on that one. Happy holidays to you as well! Dreadstar ☥ 23:50, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit in Kapu(Caste) section

This is user RK78.

There is no solid source quoted by any previous editor of this Kapu(Caste) article to prove that Kapu caste is belonging to particular Varna like Sudhra. Hence either this entire Varna status section in this Kapu(Caste) article needs to be deleted or if included atleast a note should be added that the Varna status is not from any authentic source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rk78 (talk • contribs) 07:40, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

We don't add notes like this to an article, we make comments like that on the talk page of the article. If you wish to fix unsourced or poorly sourced information, then please tag it, add citations, or remove it, but don't post editor comments in the actual article. And I'm not really sure what you're talking about, it looks like you're referring to sourced content, so please discuss your edits on the talk page. Let me know if you need any assistance. Dreadstar ☥ 07:46, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Hey!

Edward Jordan1 (talk) 16:32, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Dreadstar ☥ 16:54, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Indef block

Remember that all edit wars have 2 sides. In this manner I do understand user Boljom, as Misplaced Pages should not serve as hate-speech platform. Please reconsider if idef is right solution for this.--DeeMusil (talk) 18:47, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

I'll be glad to revist the block if Boljom puts up an unblock request or other comments that address their edit warring across multiple articles with multiple other editors that make up a majority (over half) of Boljom's edits. And if there's hate-speech going on, can you provide some diffs? That isn't right either and needs to be addressed. Dreadstar ☥ 19:37, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

I wasn't blocked so I'll be adding and proposing new changes to the Sanchez article, just wanted to give you a head's up.--Huysmanii (talk) 00:42, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Help Me

Help me!

On the page Ulzzang, the section "Famous eoljjang" has become nothing more than a place for anon IP's to ad their favorite kpop star. References are never provided, and the changing and undoing of entries is a very real concern. Can you help me by locking down the article while the relevant section is being disputed?

Thank you Mikepellerin (talk) 05:38, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

New sock of Ryanjay1996

Hi Dreadstar. Sorry for the trouble but we have a new suspected sock of Ryanjay1996 (talk · contribs), namely Ahfred82 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). The edits of this account consist of the usual unsourced position and genre warring, including the all time favourite of Ryanjay1996 "Contemporary R&B" as seen in this diff. I wonder if it would be possible for this account to be quick-blocked per WP:DUCK, without going through the trouble of a formal SPI due to the rather high-decibel quacking. If not, just let me know so that I can file the SPI. Thank you for your time. Best regards, Δρ.Κ.  03:46, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much Dreadstar. Take care. Δρ.Κ.  02:54, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Quick proxy question

Could you pop by and review this OPP request? Cheers, --Jezebel'sPonyo 19:57, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

The Weight of Chains

Hi! You've protected the page The Weight of Chains supporting deleteion of section "Criticism" by UrbanVillager and WhiteWriter. as a pretext those editors refer to e-novine as "unreliable source" unlike Politika and Večernje novosti. However, the topic of the movie are the events from 1980s and 1990s that are highly controversial and hardly any media was neutral. please, see this:Vukovar children massacre and Role of the media in the Yugoslav wars. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.3.5.9 (talk) 19:10, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

The article was protected due to edit warring over a content dispute. Dreadstar ☥ 22:45, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Other two editors are vandalizing. Can't I undo their acts??78.3.5.249 (talk) 18:35, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

If there's vandalism, it should be reported to WP:AN3, but it looks like a content dispute to me. I would suggest discussing your concerns on the article's talk page amd find consensus there, failing that then follow the steps outlined in the Misplaced Pages:Dispute resolution process. Dreadstar ☥ 20:59, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Soap

I'm guessing that what you had in mind when writing in my user talk page is Richard Marx talk page. My comment was connected strictly to my predecessor's comment, who had said that it is impossible for a person to be jewish when he/she is not a follower of judaism. That is completely untrue. According to Israel's Law of return (which is based on Halacha, the religious law of the talmud), you can even be an atheist, the only thing that matters is that you have to have at least one Jewish ancestor (grandparent, if memory serves). Put succinctly: it is false to state you have to be judaeic to be considered a Jew, you can be jewish by blood as well. Take Karl Marx for example - he was an atheist, but ethnically purely Jewish (his grandfather was a major rabbi). And that's precisely what I've said in my comment. I don't see anything inappropriate in it.--46.171.197.14 (talk) 19:53, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Not sure why you had to guess when I reverted your inappropriate comments on the talk page, which went far beyond your statement here - comparing the subject of the article to a mass murderer. Totally inappropriate, a violation of not only WP:NOTAFORUM but WP:BLP as well. Dreadstar ☥ 22:45, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

What if I restored the comment but cut out the part saying the obvious (that Trotsky was a mass murderer)? Would that be OK with you? I see nothing blameworthy in the remaining part of the comment (to be honest I don't see anything wrong about the comment as a whole, because I did not compare Marx's actions to Trotsky's, I only said that his face reminds me of that of Trotsky's - which you seem to have manipulated out of proper context). It acctually straightens Candy156sweet's false statement.46.171.197.14 (talk) 23:03, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

I don't see the purpose of any part of your comment, what you need to do is exactly what Candysweet said, find a "citation that says that he practices the Jewish faith" (or that he is actually Jewish), per Misplaced Pages:Verifiability, Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources, Misplaced Pages:No original research and particularly Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living persons policies. There's no point to repeating your own personal opinion, you need to follow the content policies and guidelines instead. Dreadstar ☥ 23:27, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

I've never claimed Marx being Jewish, I only said - which is true - that you don't need to practice judaism to be considered Jewish, as Candysweet had implied. As to his ethnicity I believe someone earlier in the talkpage has given substantial info corroborating Marx's Jewish ancestry but I'm not sure. I still don't see why you keep insisting on removing my comment (even in the censored form).46.171.197.14 (talk) 14:08, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

It wasn't very hard to find (the only link in the 'religion' section of the talkpage): here you go: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0304/grammies2004.php346.171.197.14 (talk) 14:16, 2 February 2013 (UTC) But I don't insist on that. My only point is that Candysweet was wrong about Jewishness criterion.46.171.197.14 (talk) 14:16, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

You'll need to discuss that on the talk page, not here. I do have to say that the source you present above does not appear to be of sufficient quality to meet WP:BLP requirements for a WP:RS. Dreadstar ☥ 21:03, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thanks for always being a reliable and fair administrator! Candy156sweet (talk) 10:45, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Candy! Dreadstar ☥ 15:29, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Added link

You're right. There was a consensus in the past to not include the Omni content, and it probably shouldn't be linked either (TM article) and not sure where Omni got it or if its actually connected. However, the same editor who linked the content has added it to another article (TM technique). I've moved the content to the TM technique article talk page pending discussion on this content and thought it might be a good idea to revert now dependent on that discussion's outcome. Please free free to revert me if I've overstepped myself (trip). I don't mind a little reversion now and then at all. :O)(olive (talk) 07:18, 6 February 2013 (UTC))

The link I removed doesn't seem to mention TM or Omni or Mantras, . Perhaps I'm missing something, but it looks unrelated to the article's subject to me. Dreadstar ☥ 08:10, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Its buried in there, but you're right, I didn't realize this source wasn't actually Omni. I can't see that the source is reliable and it shouldn't be linked. Apologies. :(olive (talk) 08:41, 6 February 2013 (UTC))

Old Revision

Hiya Dreadstar! You can remove that old edit on the Richard Marx article, because it's pretty much obsolete. Hope you are well and having a great year so far! Take care, --Candy156sweet (talk) 23:31, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Precious again

Did you know that Precious for you, 18 February 2012, was my 26th PumpkinSky Prize? Proclaiming you an awesome Wikipedian (repeating, 2 January 2009)? - I put "Letting go of the past" on top of my talk, still not giving up my hope for reformation in the future, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:43, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda! This is indeed precious, and so are you - such a sweetheart..! Dreadstar ☥ 05:10, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Your removal of a comment

I have reverted your removal of another user's comment on Talk:Sidesaddle. Per WP:TALKO, you have no right to edit another user's comment without their permission, except for the specific examples listed there, none of which were fulfilled by the comment. Per WP:WIAPA, the comment was not a personal attack, it was simply uncivil and immature. --Fbifriday (talk) 03:57, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Although this kind of thing is a gray area, the comment was clearly off-topic and the post was simply refactored without changing the meaning - so "I have no right.." is incorrect. And actually, the comment does indeed fall under WP:NPA, since it is a comment made to another editor which is clearly attacking that editor personally. As far as WP:WIAPA, that list of "specific" examples is not exhaustive, as it says itself: "These examples are not exhaustive. Insulting or disparaging an editor is a personal attack regardless of the manner in which it is done". The comment is clearly insulting and disparaging another editor. In any case, you might want to let the editor who made the comment deal with it and let them discuss it directly with me. Dreadstar ☥ 06:28, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Enough

You know full well that transcluding a blocked editors comment into an enforcement discussion is common, standard procedure. Continue to revert this and I will take this to AN. Fladrif (talk) 02:43, 10 April 2013 (UTC)