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Picture of the day George Norman Barnard (December 23, 1819 – February 4, 1902) was an American photographer who was one of the first to use daguerreotype, the first commercially available form of photography, in the United States. A fire in 1853 destroyed the grain elevators in Oswego, New York, an event Barnard photographed. Historians consider these some of the first "news" photographs. Barnard also photographed Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inauguration. Barnard is best known for American Civil War era photos. He was the official army photographer for the Military Division of the Mississippi commanded by Union general William T. Sherman; his 1866 book, Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign, showed the devastation of the war. This photograph, by Mathew Brady, shows Barnard c. 1865.Photograph credit: Mathew Brady; restored by Adam Cuerden Archive – More featured pictures...

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User talk:Sbchilton

Hi, I don't know if you saw it, but this user previously asked to be unblocked and the unblock was declined. He removed the decline template to ask again. -- lucasbfr 17:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Crap I missed it. Oh well, I've already assumed good faith, and I will be keeping an eye out on that account anyway. Thanks for the heads up. --  Netsnipe  ►  17:32, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Deleting old instructions

There is no reason to delete things like Misplaced Pages:Google Web Accelerator. Just tag it as historical. —Centrx→talk • 17:35, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Doh-eth! I missed the fact that 65.111.197.34 was a shared/school IP, which was why I blocked for so long. Thanks for catching and fixing my error! --PeruvianLlama 19:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

On a personal level

On a personal level Netsnipe, thank you for taking care of Izanbardprince and his vandalizing of articles and my personal page. It's nice to know that such behaviour is watched by those in power. God Bless. -- Imgi12 07:48, December 9, 2006 (UTC)

63.215.28.185

Thank you for unblocking me.How do I make a user page? I don't see any thing to edit one. 63.215.28.185 13:46, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Log back in. Unregistered users don't get user pages. --  Netsnipe  ►  13:49, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: 58.106.134.127

Hi! Sorry we overlapped on their talk page. Should someone file a SSP report on this IP range? I've never done that. Or maybe an RfC? Let me know what I can do. Thanks! -- weirdoactor -- 14:32, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

There's no actual sockpuppetry as yet. Just anonymous IP vandalism. Semi-protection will hopefully put a quick stop to that. --  Netsnipe  ►  14:37, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Check out the contrib links on this talk page. I even tried a "plea for sanity"...I don't think this vandal will "go quietly into that good night". -- weirdoactor -- 14:41, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

User:Jaydjenkins

Thanks for the heads-up. You don't find the editing patterns to be a bit, um, disturbing? Users who show up out of the blue and become heavy participants in a contentious AfD, showing good knowledge of Misplaced Pages guidelines (like notability), scream "shenanigans" to me, at least. (I'm not disputing the unblock; I'm a new admin and am looking for feedback.) | Mr. Darcy talk 15:04, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

There's a difference between single purpose account and sock puppets. You only block the latter if CheckUser proves it or they're being obviously disruptive. Don't forget that friends do ask their friends to help stack votes on Misplaced Pages, but sometimes those friends editing Misplaced Pages for the first time stay. If I were you, I wouldn't block any AFD sockpuppets on suspicion alone if they're not vandalising etc. Just use the {{Not a ballot}} and {{spa}} and the closing admin will ignore them. It's just not the risk biting potential newcomers. As for the AFD you're handling, you can blame that on the Gay Nigger Association of America trolls and their war on blogs -- just treat them as white noise. --  Netsnipe  ►  15:15, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

OK, good to know. The other two accounts I blocked were clearly SPAs (and in hindsight, I should have identified them as such), so I'm comfortable with those. Thanks again. | Mr. Darcy talk 15:18, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

IP blocks.

Gotcha. I've restored the block at one week, leaving account creation open as well. The indef was inadvertent; I thought I had set it to a finite duration but obviously selected the wrong item in the pull-down menu. | Mr. Darcy talk 18:00, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

PS, if you think a shorter block is in order, go ahead. I was just looking for something long enough to discourage the editor in question from continuing his assault on Embraer-related articles. | Mr. Darcy talk 18:02, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

There was no point reblocking 89.241.144.42 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • RBLs • block user • block log) at all. If you hadn't noticed from the edits to your talk page, he/she had already forced an IP change to 89.241.213.80 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • RBLs • block user • block log). In these situations, semi-protection is much more useful than blocks. --  Netsnipe  ►  18:12, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protecting a half-dozen or more pages seemed like a bad idea to me; why deny other editors the chance to make legitimate edits? If the user in question starts his shenanigans again from the new IP address, I would temporarily block that one as well (would a few hours be more appropriate?) - but so far, s/he hasn't done so, but has been quite reasonable in discussing the matter. You can just respond here, BTW - no need to repost on my talk page. | Mr. Darcy talk 18:23, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

You've got a equally good point as well.I was thinking you might have resorted to a range block instead. If the user persists, bring it up at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. --  Netsnipe  ►  18:28, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

TRN UK

TRN UK got recreated by a User whose name is eerily similar to that of the now-blocked hoaxer who created the article originally. Think this one should be blocked as well? User:Zoe|(talk) 20:05, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for removing my autoblock.
Steevven1 22:09, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Admin help.

OK, I think I need to undo a bad page move (Czechoslovakia -> Republic of Czechoslovakia). There have been a few edits since then, but it will be easy to re-create them after the undo. What's the best procedure? Rollback the current article (RoC) then move it? I want to make sure I preserve page histories etc. Complicating it is that Czechoslovakia is now a dab page with its own small history. Thanks. | Mr. Darcy talk 23:30, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Based on the tickings off and super-fast reverts I encountered from the editors of the dab page, I think it's fair to assume that they want the old state of affairs back. Most of the post-30 November edit history looks eminently discardable. I'd suggest just zapping Czechoslovakia, reverting the move, and rolling back the edits to the pre-move state. According me, the last pre-move versions are:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Czech_and_Slovak_Federal_Republic&oldid=86060429
• http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Republic_of_Czechoslovakia&oldid=90941187
• http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Czechoslovak_Socialist_Republic&oldid=86679291

But you might want to double-check that. Apologies for stating the bloody obvious (like Sybil Fawlty, I could compete in the Olympics at that). If Domino theory (talk • contribs) is unhappy, perhaps xe won't do this sort of thing again. Angus McLellan (Talk) 01:15, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

OK, I took a whack at this last night, and started a new discussion at Talk:Czechoslovakia. I think we're all set, but if you notice I did something wrong, let me know. It appears that all the edit histories are where they belong. | Mr. Darcy talk 18:06, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Fengshui88

Weren't you a little quick on that one? He didn't add any links after he was warned. -Patstuart 08:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Unblocked. Thanks for picking that up. --  Netsnipe  ►  08:59, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes indeed... Please remove Fengshui88's IP address from the "spam" list as it appears you have inadvertently blocked the wrong address. I cannot currently perform any edits. Thanks. -- Zero76 11:16, December 10, 2006 (UTC)

If you are currently blocked, then could you please tell me how you are able to edit my talk page? --  Netsnipe  ►  11:48, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry... it must have been unblocked before I came to your talk page but all I know is that I received a warning from "Netsnipe" saying that my IP code had previously been used by "Fengshui88", a user I have never heard of, and that I had been blocked from any edits. After that when I went to your talk page again everything was back to normal so I posted this note just in case it happened again. Just to let you know, I received the notice at around 11:10 UTC when I was trying to edit the article Ilyushin Il-96. Thanks anyway. -- Zero76 09:41, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

207.69.137.202

this user is deleting stats from careers of sportsmen. should i revert it? West Brom 4ever 11:51, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Have you tried communicating with him via his talkpage first? --  Netsnipe  ►  11:52, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

not yet. i'll do it now. if i may ask you to reply on my talk page. thx West Brom 4ever 11:53, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

thanks for welcome. i contacted this user. i'll report you soon about what he/she said. regards, West Brom 4ever 11:55, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

sorry if i'm boring, but here is reply from ip user: West Brom 4ever 12:00, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

== 06-07 stats ==

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Player pages format#Records

As well, please refrain from updating stats mid-season, as it complicates things and Misplaced Pages's purpose is not to provide up-to-the-date statistics.

--207.69.137.202 11:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Deletion

why has my page on wikipedia been deleted? (MaltaProducts.com)

a lot of companies have a history and ours is a website that promotes local culture. If the wording was not properly said, then I can reword.

Then how come other companies like these exist:

• Farsons
• Air Malta
• Kinnie

What is the difference between these companies and our website?

Thanks

Neville — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nevmic (talk • contribs) 17:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC).

Your article failed to establish the notability of your company as required by the criteria set out in the Misplaced Pages:Notability (companies and corporations) guidelines. You should also note that advertisements masquerading as articles will be deleted for failing the Misplaced Pages:Neutral point of view policy. If you wish to appeal my deletion, please file an appeal at Misplaced Pages:Deletion review. --  Netsnipe  ►  17:52, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Trolling by 81.131.101.50

Archived. I have done this because this critic refuses to disclose his/her identity or follow the proper procedures as set out in Misplaced Pages:Resolving disputes. --  Netsnipe  ►  20:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Block/unblock bug

Hi Haza, I've found a minor bug. Your unblocking tool needs to encode underscores or spaces in usernames for the unblock user link. --  Netsnipe  ►  08:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Fixed? haz (talk) e 21:01, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

When is it open.

Does anyone know when McDonalds is open? I keep on trying to call them and knocking on the door but no one seems to be answering. If you could provide the pertinent information that would be great. I'm sorry, I'm really hungry. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Great Scrivener (talk • contribs) 21:28, 10 December 2006 (UTC).

P.S. Your Cat is Dead

Okay, okay! I've never seen that play before, and I wasn't sure if there was too much information there. My bad :-) P.B. Pilhet / Talk 22:14, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

OOPS! I accidently left you a message intended for someone else. I must be having a bad day :-) Sorry! -- P.B. Pilhet / Talk 22:16, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

You think you're having a bad day: try not being able to go to your local McDonalds all night. I waited for 3 hours for them to open up. I'm freezing and hunry. (Great Scrivener 03:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC))

About the autoblock you just removed on User:Amjra

The IP address of that autoblock is 82.148.97.69, I wonder if that is a open proxy? Because it is being red-flagged by SORBS but I have no other ways to confirm that. --WinHunter 11:47, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

for unblocking me. DavidJJJ 17:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks a lot for the unblock! You made my wikilife easier. :-) Tero 20:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Agim Çeku

Dear Netsnipe,

Greetings from Kosovo. I am writing to you with regards to Agim Çeku article, currently protected, and thus no edits are allowed. There seems to be a major error in the article, one that required immediate attention, I believe.

The website of the Kosovar Prime Minister states that Agim Çeku, the current PM, was born in the Qyshk village, Kosovo, on 28 October 1960. This information is available in the Albanian and the Serbian version of the website. However, in the English version a mistake seems to have been made, and his date of birth is presented as October 29, 1960. So, the odds are 2 to 1 that he was born on October 28, not October 29.

Our Misplaced Pages article however states that he was born on the 29 October, 1960, in Peja -- not Qyshk. Qyshk is a small village and the nearest town is Peja, hence I believe we should write something along the lines that Agim Çeku was born on October 28, 1960, in Qyshk, a village near Peja, Kosovo.

I will be contacting the PM's Office to get a confirmation of his DOB. However, since the material for PM's website is first prepared in Albanian and then translated to other languages, precedence must be given to the information in Albanian.

Many thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. Kosovar 20:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for Unblock

Well...the title says it all. Thanks again. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mixarrow (talk • contribs) 20:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC).

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