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Hello, MichaelBillington, and welcome to Misplaced Pages! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Block of school address

I left the following message on Can't sleep, clown will eat me's talk page:

You blocked this IP on 23rd of may for 99 hours. This is the IP (61.69.12.19) of my school's computer labs, is there any way to block anon editing whilst allowing legit users (such as myself) to contribute? Also, 99 hours is more han 4 days!, this IP will probably always cause trouble, but can you keep future blocks to <2 hours or so (the time in the computer room is divided into 1 and a half hour blocks). I would also like to say thast i acknowledge that a lot of junk comes from this IP, but i really want to edit during the boring lessons. MichaelBillington 08:17, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Hello Michael. To the best of my knowledge, Wikimedia does not allow any type of "whitelist" when the underlying IP address is blocked for various reasons. You may want to try connecting to Misplaced Pages using the secure link at https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/Special:Userlogin but I cannot guarantee that this will resolve the problem. (I have received reports that this is a work around solution, but can be slow at times.) In any case, if the vandalism from your school persists, please have your system administrator contact me at the email address posted on my user page and we will work this out through our WP:ABUSE resolution process. Thanks! Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:23, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Please substitute templates

Hello MichaelBillington. When you use template tags on talk pages, it'd be much appreciated if you could substitute according to the guidelines at Misplaced Pages:Template substitution. Just add subst: to the tag; for example, {{subst:bv}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. Thanks. :) // Rory096 08:40, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that, i'll keep it in mind. MichaelBillington 08:41, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

In response to me greeting this user with this message on His\her talk page:

Thank you, very much, for the links!!!! I like it!!! Ogydogg 09:19, 30 May 2006 (UTC+10)

kukle

I'd watch him/her, vandalised Java earthquake already  :) SatuSuro 07:59, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Help please

I left the following message on Shultz IV's talk page:

I just tagged a slander page for deletion, the page was written by User:Thedor. You have left this guy his last warning, so i thought i'd ask for you to block him. (i'm not an admin, i hope you are!) MichaelBillington 12:45, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm not an admin either (though I hope to be by late 2007 or 2008). However, I did add info about him on WP:AIV. --Shultz IV 12:47, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that, I guessed that you were admin because of the size of this page (!!!), thanks again. MichaelBillington 12:50, 2 June 2006 (UTC) (Note: I'm talking about his talk page)

hey

In response to me adding a test2 tag to his talk page:

sorry ny friend took over my computer and thought it would be funny. it was not thanks for helping the wiki community! Bob4567 3:07, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

You should probably try to keep your friend away from your coumputer. If it is any consolation, thanks for helping the wiki community! Try not to let it happen again, as a bad reputation can really stick to you. While i'm here, i may as well say:

(Greeted him with User:MichaelBillington/Newbie) See you around! MichaelBillington 03:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Quinn/Please Read

I left the following message on Antandrus's talk page in relation to a suspected 3RR breach:

I have seen the history of this page, 8 edits today! (and counting) this is a clear breach of 3RR. I suggest you stop before someone takes action. If you have a good reason, please do inform me, as i am tempted to take action. MichaelBillington 03:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

WP:NCV. I'd actually appreciate your help fighting him. Thanks. Antandrus (talk) 03:39, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Anyway, I just protected the page, so he'll move on to another target shortly. You might notice that every one of his reverts was from a throwaway vandal account. Blocking him under 3RR is pointless: we block all of his accounts. Antandrus (talk) 03:41, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining, I thought it was just an edit war. But it seems I was wrong. (sorry) MichaelBillington 03:44, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I stumbled accross the page from Newbie contributions, I'll keep checking there. MichaelBillington 03:46, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Good link! Thanks--that's a great place to look. Almost all of that kid's edits are from brand-new, throwaway accounts. We used to be able to range-block him but he's got a new ISP now. Antandrus (talk) 03:48, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I think he may be attacking India, judjing by history. MichaelBillington 03:53, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually, these seem to be legit, ignore that above comment. I'll stop annoying you now and let you get back to whatever it is you do. MichaelBillington 03:55, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

It is not my problem that you are hypocritical and a non-believer. I think you should know a country such as Israel has never existed and probably never will. The land is currently known as Palestine and it belongs to the Palestinian people. Please, do me a favor and don't let the corrupt Jewish media get to your head. They are making you believe what they want you to believe (making you believe Israel is a country), it only exists on paper, a map, or in your mind but you need to face reality and understand this: It is already difficult enough to change any persons mind since they have all been sucked in too deep by the scumbag Jewish Propaganda. Again, please, don't become one of those people who want to hurt innocent Palestians and their fellow Islamic states.