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Test

Thanks for experimenting with Misplaced Pages. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. --Tom Harrison 17:37, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

For future readers of this notice, what happened was I stuck something in a dead article about Pokémon to make sure that Misplaced Pages was as secure as it says it is, and I would try to help make it better if it wasn't. So don't think I'm a bad person just because of this. Random the Scrambled 18:42, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Please refrain from adding nonsense to Misplaced Pages, as you did to Talk:Haemophilia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. T. J. Day 15:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I should have been more descriptive. Your edit removed the entire content of the page Talk:Haemophilia. Since you have retracted your comment on my user talk page, I have removed your comments, no offence. T. J. Day 15:48, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

And what happened here was I tried to cut-and-paste Haemophilia and its talk page to the American spelling before I knew moves should be requested. See below. Random the Scrambled 13:51, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Cut & paste move

Mr Random, you manually moved content from haemophilia to the page that employs the US spelling.

Please be advised that "cut & paste moves" are not the accepted way to move pages. In fact, this messes up the page history, and may even make pages non-GFDL compliant. The correct way of doing a move is listing it at Misplaced Pages:Requested moves.

I have undone your manual move. Hope you don't mind. Please let me know if you've got any questions. JFW | T@lk 08:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Please aknowledge you have read the above message. You have now repeated the same move, in contradiction to policy, despite my message above. Please be advised that this may be interpreted as WP:POINT. JFW | T@lk 15:13, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Actually, when I did that, I hadn't read that message. Sorry. Random the Scrambled 10:52, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

I only found your message on User talk:Jfdwolff/Archive 18 later. Sorry. I have completed your request for a page move at Talk:Haemophilia. Please vote there.

The moving process is a bit complicated. I made the same error in my first week on Misplaced Pages (incidentally involving haemochromatosis). Basically, if you copy & paste text to other articles it mixes up the previous versions of the page, a prerequisite of the GNU Free Documentation License under which Misplaced Pages operates.

Haemophilia is in fact the UK spelling, which is very commonly used apart from in the US. JFW | T@lk 18:49, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages has long since agreed to leave Anglo-American spelling differences alone. I use hemophilia myself; but I agree with this policy. Creating new accounts to discuss a decision will result in their being ignored, and may result in your own account being blocked from editing. Please stop this; it's not even causing as much aggravation as you may suppose. Septentrionalis 17:56, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I told you, I did not create those accounts. Random the Scrambled 20:48, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Advice

When walking in the woods it is advisable to know what a bear-trap looks like.

Who added this, and why did they? Random the Scrambled 20:48, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I added it, for comedy value JayKeaton 04:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Okay, but your timing was kinda off... I was having problems at the time you wrote that. Random the Scrambled 16:54, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Blocked

I've blocked you for twenty-four hours for being a disruptive nuisance with your behavior on Haemophilia. When your block expires I hope you'll return and make a useful contribution. Tom Harrison 21:17, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Who are you calling a disruptive nuisance? I told you, I am not the only one who uses this server! {{unblock}} But I did notice someone doing that... Random the Scrambled 00:33, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Well the edit history shows the person in question to be logged in with this account, since you seem to be saying this is a shared user account, which is outside the rules I'll extend the block to indefinite. Create your own user account that you and only you use and such confusion will be avoided in the future. --pgk 07:08, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

That's not it at all. Someone else was on this computer (probably the vandal), and then got off so I could use it and log in. And since you say that, I'll tell you that Sparky5333 and Chaoman55 are my sister and brother, respectively.

Just to let you know, I've blocked you for another two days for your obvious sockpuppeteer activity. Let's make something clear: Wikipedians are not stupid, and sockpuppet use for vote-rigging will not be tolerated. Understood? Have a nice day. —Nightstallion (?) 14:17, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

They aren't sockpuppets, but I did find out that they qualify as meatpuppets, except Sparky5333 and Chaoman55 who are indeed my younger siblings. And as for the time where they were all there at once, I was having a party and they were all over. Sorry for any confusion. Oh, and I had absolutely no knowledge about Wonderfulauthorofsap. You can keep him banned. Requests: unblock Sparky5333 and Chaoman55, consider unblocking all the rest, keep Wonderfulauthorofsap blocked. Random the Scrambled 18:51, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Infobox City Empty syntax

What did you mean by your comments about the empty syntax on the Misplaced Pages:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 June 1? —MJCdetroit 17:11, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Template:Infobox City has "Empty syntax" at the top of it along with some other gibberish, and below that is a whole bunch of code. I'm pretty sure something needs fixing... Random the Scrambled 11:15, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

It is just there as an example and does not affect the articles that the template is inserted into. See Detroit, Michigan for an example of how it works. —MJCdetroit 13:19, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Feel free to delete that part of my comment if you wish. Random the Scrambled 18:25, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I'll just strike out the comments. That example will probably be moved or deleted after the templates have been switched. —MJCdetroit 19:11, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

NOTICE from Random to Public

To anyone reading my user page, please don't block me because of the "Things you shouldn't do around me" part of it. But don't do any of those things on my talk page, please. But seriously... What's there to hate about IE? I see what there is to hate about Firefox... It never works. Random the Scrambled 11:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

My user page

Free speech, comedic license... call it what you like, my user page is NOT changing. Thank you JayKeaton 15:13, 13 June 2006 (UTC) Besides, it is hardly a "personal attack" if it isn't actually personal, you have to agree ^_^ JayKeaton 15:17, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:Personal attack

What you did could have been considered vandalism. It was irrevelant and out of place. I'm sorry if I came off harsh, it's just that I deal with a lot of deliberate vandalism everyday. It wasn't meant to be personal. --CyberGhostface 03:15, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay, so what you're saying is that I was violating a WP policy... No offense taken. Random the Scrambled 11:48, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

WP:AIV

I noticed that you were asking individual administrators to block users for vandalism. If you believe a user needs to be blocked for vandalism, and they have vandalised after a {{test3}} or {{test4}} warning that was given within the last 24 hours, the correct place to report them is WP:AIV. (I'm adding this message because you mentioned that you weren't sure what the proper procedure was.) --ais523 15:14, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I can't express my thanks to you enough. (this isn't sarcasm) Random the Scrambled 16:04, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Sephy

Thank you for experimenting with Misplaced Pages. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  16:25, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I'll tell you what happened. I wanted to set up a redirect to Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII), but it wouldn't work, so I wanted to delete it, but before I found out how, you put this up here. I would have deleted it myself if I could... Long story short: That wasn't an experiment, that was a failed redirect. Random the Scrambled 16:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Misplaced Pages:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Templates

Here are some of the templates you wanted:

I, Mr. Random, have deleted the templates themselves to avoid distorting Category:Male Wikipedians. You can view them by copy-pasting the code into the sandbox or just comparing my user page to its source code.

The code is:

{{User male}}
{{User IE}}
{{User christianity}}

—Preceding unsigned comment added by SigmaEpsilon (talk • contribs)

Whoever's doing this, please either keep it up or tell me how to find them. Random the Scrambled 23:23, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh. Forgot to sign that... Anyway, check out this list of userboxes for any other userbox needs. - SIGMAEPSILON → ΣΕ 23:49, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very, very much. Random the Scrambled 01:19, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Notice from me

Preferring Firefox over IE is hereby a BANNED BEHAVIOUR on this talk page. Any comments that support Firefox or denounce IE will be removed without warning. Random the Scrambled 15:58, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually, Firefox may be better (I'm noticing it's a lot faster), but I'm just not used to a complete browser changeover, so I may change my mind in a while... Random the Scrambled 00:15, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Yup, I changed my mind. You can say good stuff about Firefox, just don't trash IE, okay? I think you can live with that. Random the Scrambled 01:24, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Help needed with HTML

How do I make my web page pick up what browser the viewer is using, and redirect them to another page depending on which one? (this may not be possible, but I know that picking up the browser name is) Random the Scrambled 17:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

August Esperanza Newsletter

Let's get this straight

Here's my list of browsers for Windows: (from best to worst)

IE 7 w/Google Toolbar

IE 7 w/o Google Toolbar = Firefox w/Google Toolbar = Firefox w/o Google Toolbar

IE 6 w/Google Toolbar

IE 6 w/o Google Toolbar

(Note: I've never tried Opera or Netscape, so I didn't put them up here.)

And now I have a question for all IE haters: How is making Bill Gates mad a good thing? (question especially directed to the makers of this site)

Another question

If I request adminship, can CutManFan and Gamefreak426 (for those who weren't here when their old usernames were accused of being my sockpuppets, CMF is my sis and GF426 is my bro) vote in the RfA? Just wondering (not that I will RfA soon, I just want to know before I do). Random the Scrambled 14:37, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Hey Mr.E, weve got a new burning sand forum up and runing, sorry if you posted on my talk a while ago, i dont usualy sign in, there isnt many changes that i see need to be done and so I see no need to sign in, when im just browsing, and im horrable at the wikicode, Can you work on the burning sand page that i tried to do, burning sand is not part of falling sand, and should have its own page, not be a redirect. You seem to be good at the code, judging by your long list of stuff in here, so could you try and make it a good page of its own. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atlasrune (talk • contribs)

Is this from Atlasrune? Just a pointer... When commenting on talk pages, always sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). And I'll work on the Burning Sand page. Random the Scrambled (Vandalism and other nonsense!) 14:18, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Random, I reverted the external link changes you made as they appeared to lead to a) some kind of german media site and b) nothing. The original links appear to be fine. Righto then :> Marasmusine 19:17, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

That's strange. The title of the page is spelled that way. Thanks anyway. Random the Scrambled (Vandalism and other nonsense!) 19:41, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

September Esperanza Newsletter

November Esperanza Newsletter

Please don't add potentially offensive content to the sandbox

Thank you for your contributions to Misplaced Pages. While you are free to make test edits in the sandbox, please do not post copyrighted, offensive, slanderous, or libelous content in it. This kind of content is not necessary for testing. Thanks! Yuser31415 22:34, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

So a phrase used in a family movie is offensive? Random the Scrambled (Vandalism and other nonsense!) 22:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Stop

Ok, quit adding nonsense/offensive material to the sandbox. I see you are a vandal, and I do NOT stand for vandalism. I have reported you. I'm lucky you havn't vandalized my user/talk page! Sorry if you took at as me being rude I apoligize. Talk to me anytime. WikiMan53 T/C e@ 22:39, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism? So the sandbox is for editing experiments only? Okay, now I get it. It won't happen again. If I do get blocked, I understand as long as it isn't permanent. Random the Scrambled (Vandalism and other nonsense!) 22:42, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

You're not going to be blocked. Just remember, what appears in a "family movie" might be considered offensive by some who don't know what movie you refer to. Anyway, cheers and happy editing! Yuser31415 00:03, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Just so you know, it was Nanny McPhee I was referring to. Random the Scrambled (Vandalism and other nonsense!) 00:47, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Cheers! Yuser31415 02:12, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Cheers! Random the Scrambled (Vandalism and other nonsense!) 19:00, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

ASUE

Hello, Mr. Random and thank you for your contributions on articles related to A Series of Unfortunate Events. I'd like to invite you to become a part of WikiProject A Series of Unfortunate Events, a WikiProject aiming to improve coverage of A Series of Unfortunate Events and related articles on Misplaced Pages. If you would like to help out and participate, please visit the project page for more information. Thanks! <3Clamster 23:05, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Lemony Snicket Roll Call

Hello, Mr. Random! Your username, as well as the usernames of other members of Misplaced Pages: WikiProject Lemony Snicket, has been moved to the inactive members list, as part of a process for making the wikiproject active once again. If you would like to continue to be an active member, please follow the instructions on the top of the participants page to add your name to the active participants list. Thanks! Clamster 16:57, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Lemony Snicket task force

Hello, Mr. Random and thank you for your contributions on articles related to the works of Lemony Snicket. I'd like to invite you to become a member of the Lemony Snicket task force, a task force aiming to improve coverage of Lemony Snicket and related articles on Misplaced Pages. If you would like to help out and participate, please visit the task force page for more information. Thanks! — The Man in Question (gesprec) · (forðung) 06:41, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Non-free files in your user space

Hey there Mr. Random, thank you for your contributions. I am a bot, alerting you that non-free files are not allowed in user or talk space. I removed some files I found on User:Mr. Random. In the future, please refrain from adding fair-use files to your user-space drafts or your talk page.

• See a log of files removed today here.

• Shut off the bot here.

• Report errors here.

Thank you, -- DASHBot (talk) 05:07, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Soliciting your input

Hi. There's an attempt to bring the History of Spider-Man article, which needs enormous work, up to encyclopedic standards. You were among the editors in the deletion discussion, and it'd be good to get your input on, and edits to, the work-in-progress at User:Spidey104/Fictional history of Spider-Man sandbox. With regards, --Tenebrae (talk) 05:02, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Trackers Task Force

Hello, Mr. Random! I'd like to invite you to join the proposed Trackers Task Force. If you are interested in Patrick Carman's series The Trackers, you are perfect for this proposed WikiProject!!!! Just add your name to the support list to join! The task force is under construction, so maybe you can help. We need 3 more supporters before September 21 or else the proposed task force will go into the Archives. Goodbye!!! Hidividedby5 (talk) 12:55, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Additional comments needed

Following a month-long process of multiple editors to have "Fictional history of Spider-Man" conform to Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style (writing about fiction), one editor has objected and wishes for the article, which has been the subject of three deletion discussions, to remain as is.

Alternately, the proposed new version appears at User:Spidey104/Fictional history of Spider-Man sandbox.

Your input, as an editor involved in the deletion discussion, is invited at Talk:Fictional history of Spider-Man#Rewrite and replacement. --Tenebrae (talk) 21:29, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Intelligent Design

I reverted your edits, please discuss this change on the talk page, thanks! Nformation 23:43, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

June 2011

Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Intelligent design, as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. Nformation 23:44, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

WikiWomen Unite!

Hi Mr. Random! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Misplaced Pages are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge - through the WikiWomen's Collaborative. As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by: Liking the WikiWomen's Collaborative on Facebook and share your tips, projects, and connect with other WikiWomen Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our meta page (under construction) to see how else you can get involved! Can't wait to have you involved! SarahStierch (talk) 04:43, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative: Come join us (and check out our new website)!

WikiWomen - We need you!

Hi Mr. Random! The WikiWomen's Collaborative is a group of women from around the world who edit Misplaced Pages, contribute to its sister projects, and support the mission of free knowledge. We recently updated our website, created new volunteer positions, and more! Get involved by: Visiting our website for resources, events, and more Meet other women and share your story in our profile space Participate at and "like" our Facebook group Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel Volunteer to write for our blog, recruit blog writers, translate content, and co-run our Facebook and receive perks for volunteering Already participating? Take our survey and share your experience! Thanks for editing Misplaced Pages, and we look forward to you being a part of the Collaborative! -- EdwardsBot (talk) 00:45, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Notice

Please read this notification carefully:
A community discussion has authorised the use of general sanctions for pages related to the Gamergate controversy.
The details of these sanctions are described here.

General sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimise disruption in controversial topic areas. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to these topics that do not adhere to the purpose of Misplaced Pages, our standards of behaviour, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. An editor can only be sanctioned after he or she has been made aware that general sanctions are in effect. This notification is meant to inform you that sanctions are authorised in these topic areas, which you have been editing. It is only effective if it is logged here. Before continuing to edit pages in these topic areas, please familiarise yourself with the general sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.

This message is informational only and does not imply misconduct regarding your contributions to date. —Ryūlóng (琉竜) 03:05, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

You're just 100% wrong

– The Daily Dot has not the slightest connection to Gawker Media whatsoever and you have expressed no grounds for removing it nor provided any consensus for doing so. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 20:48, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Really? Huh, didn't know. Alright, then, it can stay. Random the Scrambled 20:58, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you

As suggested, the list of sources has been moved to the Gamergate controversy's talk page, though a link to the section is present in order to prove there are sufficient reliable sources to not consider the "misogyny perspective" to be neutral. Quite frankly, I'm not sure what my contribution to the ARBCOM will achieve, but I'm hoping it will help force a discussion on Misplaced Pages's neutrality. Akesgeroth (talk) 18:05, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Alright, yeah, that much is fine. Thanks. Random the Scrambled 18:07, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

I edited the statement, as you suggested. Note that I may not respond to further suggestions or provide further edits; as said, this is not a topic on which I wish to spend energy. Still, I thank you for your suggestions, again. Akesgeroth (talk) 00:42, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

As it concerns our Dear Leader

This is not technically true.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 00:15, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Ah, didn't know. Duly noted - sorry about that. Random the Scrambled 00:25, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

For bravely entering in a heated debate and not giving into popular opinion.

DSA510 Pls No H8 06:31, 11 November 2014 (UTC)