User talk:Bbatsell/Archive2

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Troy

My eyes hurt after attempting to read that. I think that editor deserves a block for at least 24 hours, something along the lines of "major disruption to servers, defamation of article; implications of illegal activity, implications of Wikipedia condoning such uploads, etc." Sounds legal enough, so I'll make the WP:AIV. --Jay (Reply) 02:18, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 02:23, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

dear bbatsell

dear bbatsell i thought that my contribution helped to clarify rather than confuse the average reader i would appreciate you leaving my additions alone. —the preceding unsigned comment is by 68.8.196.178 (talk • contribs)

For reference, this is the edit in question. --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 03:42, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

for helping with User:Used2BAnonymous and her various IP addresses. The most prolific linkspammer I've yet encountered! - Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 03:38, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

No problem - I'll do my best to continue when I can. --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 03:42, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

FYI, there's an open RfC at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Used2BAnonymous - Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 03:43, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism warnings

I saw on User talk:66.29.30.110 you warned the user first with {{bv}}, and then again with {{test4}}, and I was wondering why. If a vandal is becoming too troublesome, or continues vandalizing after 4 {{test}}s, 2 {{vw}}s, or 1 {{bv}}, you can just report them to Vandalism in Progress or the Administrator's Noticeboard on incidents. I have blocked the user for 24 hours for inserting racial slurs into Black (people), and if he pops up again, give me a holler. Anyways, happy editing, and thanks for reverting the vandalism. -Mysekurity^{(have you seen this?)} 05:51, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm aware of that — I just try to give most people the benefit of the doubt if I can, so even though he was pretty blatant I figured two warnings wouldn't be a bad thing anyway. Thanks for the help! --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 06:00, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

hello? Why does wiki let users change its content so easily? i mean i didnt even log in and i was able to delete a whole page... —the preceding unsigned comment is by 24.21.140.174 (talk • contribs)

Assistance with an upset associate

A friend has asked me for help concerning the Talk page for the Wikipedia article about his company. Some unknown man has written a diatribe about how terrible the company operates. It is a subjective rant from someone that appears to have had a bad experience with the Boston Lyric Opera. No one is sure who he is, but he continuously tries to post misinformation and opinion on the article and Talk pages.

Can you point me to a help page that deals with preventing these sorts of events?

Thanks for the help —the preceding unsigned comment is by 216.57.132.2 (talk • contribs)

testing..

Sorry for editing that string theory, I had no idea I had the ability to effect the page, it actually caught me by surprize that the whole page was gone... —the preceding unsigned comment is by 24.21.140.174 (talk • contribs)

Thanks!

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my userpage!

I, xaosflux, award you this Barnstar for your effofts fighting vandals!

xaosflux ^Talk/_CVU 08:05, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

/me blushes... my first barnstar! Thanks Xaosflux! Happy vandal-hunting, --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 08:33, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

RE: Revision as of 08:29, 22 December 2005

I feel your so-called "un-edit" was in error. The removed portion accurately describes Sony Online Entertainment. If you want to remove something, try the portion at the bottom about "thousands of people cancelling their accounts." Because that is both fabrication AND speculation.

For reference, the edit in question. Adding a quote from HHG to the top of an article is a copyright violation, for one. It also wasn't relevant to the article. If you wish to request a source for the claim that you say is fabrication, feel free. --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 08:44, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Fisheaters

The links are being reinserted, but on a more selective basis. I am reverting them and putting messages on the Talk pages. I don't discount the possibility of relevance, but there is nothing to persuade me that this site is an authority. - Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 13:08, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

I have a question — has anyone recommended to this guy to keep links to the articles related to Traditionalist Catholicism? Aside from it being blatant linkspam, I imagine this is another reason for some users' concern and dissension. A link to a quite extensive web site with tons of information on Traditionalist Catholicism would in my opinion work perfectly on Traditionalist Catholic, and I would hope it would stay there if anonymous shut down his campaign against ALL other religious articles. My $0.02 --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 14:01, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Talk Page Vandalism

No problem. :)--Shanel 05:11, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

IMDb link

I see you added the IMDb link to the Just Friends article. However, it was incorrectly put in. I have since corrected it. This is the correct way of putting it in: {{imdb title|id=0433400|title=Just Friends}}. Just thought I'd let you know. --Thorpe 14:55, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it. That was just a typo — I went to fix it and you had already beaten me to it ;) --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 14:57, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Thanks!

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. Keep up the good work! Izehar (talk) 19:22, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Merci beaucoup

Retaliatory thanks for reverting vandalism to my user page. Happy non-specific holidays! (Oh, and Béla Fleck rocks.) Deltabeignet 19:55, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

For Bbatsell

And so happy Christmas... Best wishes from Heidi and Joe and a thank you for knocking that vandal off of us within one minute  :-)

(no header)

you wote about the Argentina Brunetti website. I am the webmaster for that site and the In Sicilian Compnay site and have all rights and priveledges to use andy and all material anywhere. What do I have to do to post photos the ulogy and so forth?

One other problem on the german site, they wote that her son wrote and published the book. although he and I edited and type it the book is hers (Argentina Brunetti). Can you help me get that corrected. Although I speak German, writing is not my strong suite.

michael glatz michael@michelonia.com skype: socosflat

uhh.........

I don't know you people, but I'm logged into some account somehow, of which I know nothing about. Sweeeeeeeeeet. —the preceding unsigned comment is by 64.12.116.10 (talk • contribs)

O'Reilly

I propose an even money bet of $1000 that O'Reilly describes himself as a journalist, just as Anderson Cooper does, the only difference being on Wikipedia where they get different descriptions. Am not sure of the status of the class action, but I don't doubt it would succeed based on what I've seen in terms of systemic failure and bias. Fluterst 13:43, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Class action lawsuit against Wikipedia

If - and a big if I grant you - the lawsuit were filed and successful, and Wikimedia unable to pay then Wikimedia's assets would be sold off with the possibility then of the pursuit of individual contributors to defamatory articles and also board members of the organization and others playing administrative or decision making roles. Just because it's online doesn't mean normal laws don't apply. They certainly do. Fluterst 13:47, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Limited liability

I very much doubt that would help those directly involved if a judgment was unable to be satisfied. Free legal advice is worth what you pay for it though. I think the music industry have proved just how the courts are catching up with unlawful activity online (and hitherto presumed anonymous) and I hope Wikipedia and the folks using it are taking notice. I don't know how active you are in all this but I think all who are very active should seek legal advice as to their potential liability both in terms of legal fees and damages. Homes could be lost over all this. Fluterst 13:56, 27 December 2005 (UTC) PS Try Chris Wallace (journalist)

Voting - Horace Walpole - Consensus building using curious methods

Could you take a look at the Talk page and see the vote. Someone called Horace Walpole has voted despite never editing a page. Is this how a left-wing consensus is built? Fluterst 14:06, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

yo what up wtf u doin u aint god mofo —the preceding unsigned comment is by 64.12.116.10 (talk • contribs)

Wooten Page

Hey, I just came across your Victor Wooten entry, and there's a few things missing. At least in the last paragraph. Victor learned the slapping technique from his brother at a young age, about the time he was five according to several interviews of him that I have seen. So, it really doesn't make sense to say that "a new standard of basses" would contribute to this, since he and a few other bassists had been working on this technique for quite some time, regardless of instrument quality.

Also, Bass Extremes is purely a Wooten and Steve Bailey effort, Dennis Chambers appears on a few tracks on the second CD of the series. Greg Bissionette is actually on the first Bass Extremes effort. Burbridge appears on two tracks on the second album as well. —the preceding unsigned comment is by 68.97.33.188 (talk • contribs)

sorry for the problems

I had thought that as long as had a link to a website, that it would be legal (like using footnotes). I won't do that anymore. But while I have a chance to ask someone who might know, is there a wikipedia category format for cities? Such as the history category first, then economy, then government, etc.? —the preceding unsigned comment is by 38.100.146.10 (talk • contribs)

Hey!

This is an Open Proxy I found myself on! 211.24.152.117 06:27, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

UT

Boy, what a game. I guess this means you Longhorns will all be insufferable for a while. Enjoy it while it lasts! Cheers, -Will Beback 08:19, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Holy hook 'em! 41 is my new favorite number. Check out my new signature -> — Scm83x ^talk 10:43, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Truly one of the best games I've ever seen. I'm still hoarse and hung over! Hook 'em! · Katefan0^(scribble)/mrp 16:08, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

• Awesome game - I knew we *could* do it, but of course I couldn't be sure we *would* do it. I'm glad to see all the relevant articles here are being suitably updated. I'm looking forward to pitching in to help in that effort, for sure. Hook 'em! Johntex\^talk 21:37, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Many thanks for your Extremely incredulous he-isn't-already? support on my request for adminiship, I'm sure you'll be glad to know the final result was 92/1/0. I am now an administrator and (as always) if I do anything you have issue with, please talk about it with me. --Alf ^melmac 08:46, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Pgk's RFA

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Thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was (80/3/0), so I am now an administrator. I was flattered by the level of support and the comments, so I'm under real pressure not to disappoint, thus if you have any queries, suggestions or problems with any of my actions as an admin then please leave me a note --pgk^(talk) 10:08, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

2005 Texas Longhorn Football Team

A new article awaits your edits...Johntex\^talk 13:09, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! There is still a lot to do, but I thought I'd toss it out there in its current form and let everyone pile on. Today's celebration may generate some interest. I can't make it in person, but I'm going to try to watch the live internet feed. There is also a claim on mackbrown-texasfootball that it a shorter version will be shown later tonight on Fox Sports Net Southwest, though my satelite listings disagree. Hopefully I'll get to see it one way or the other. I had seen the rumor about Vince - I hope with my whole heart and being that he decides to stay. Talk about "Greatest...Team...Ever!!" Johntex\^talk 00:03, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Yet another new UT article

I have started Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin, and it awaits your edits. With all of the new UT articles popping up recently, what do you think about the possibility of organizing a WikiProject or collaboration about the University? Please let me know! — Scm83x ^talk 10:16, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

AfD Thanks

Please accept my embarrassingly belated thank you for supporting my RfA, which much to my surprise passed 102/1/1, earning me minor notoriety. I am grateful for all the supportive comments, and have already started doing the things people wanted me to be able to do. And hopefully nothing else... Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 12:48, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

re:last warning

get a sense of humor and a life. it was funny.

BTW if the block is based on IP address you are wasting your time. my ISP assigns IP addresses dynamically. it is different every time I sign on. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.139.29.247 (talk • contribs) .

May I say, Bbatsell, your efforts in protecting the page are very much appreciated. I looked at your latest contributions and I saw how much reverting you have been doing, just dropping in to say great work! Forever young 07:01, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Austin

Bbatsell, some folks and I are in the process of reviving Wikipedia:Meetup/Austin. Head on over if you're interested. jareha 06:40, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Glad to see that you are best friends with ASSHOLE-Barrel —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.9.151.202 (talk • contribs) .

WTF? VANDALISM?

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.7.166.171 (talk • contribs) .

banned user - 24 hour block

Sadly the problem continued. See User talk:143.238.86.176 for my comments about the 24 hour block I put on the IP address. Mark Vaoverland 17:57, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Bbatsell - I'm glad to hear you are considering the prospects of adminship. In my experience, objections to RfA can arise for lots of different reasons. Some of the common objections are:

1. User has too few edits - This is rarely a problem at 2000+ edits, so you should be fine
2. User has been here too little - You've been here a year so that should be fine. There could be a question as to why you become so much more active recently - so you should be prepared to answer that question
3. User has too few edits to _____ space. In your case, you seem to focus mainly on the articles, and some people like to see administrators be involved in policy discussions
4. User has done horrible things or been controversial - I haven't seen any problems here for you, but I've not gone through your entire history
5. User has not done dirty work, such as cleanup of vandalism - clearly not a problem for you since you are a committed vandal fighter.
6. User has nominated themselves, or campaigned to get votes for adminship - easy enough to avoid doing
7. User gives poor or evasive answers to the questions they are asked in the RfA process
8. User has not set an e-mail address
9. User does not have a User page, or there user page is offensive for some reason - You user page looks great, unless someone complains you have too many user boxes - but you can't please everyone!

I think you would be an excellent admin. You probably have already done this, but you should look over the administrators' reading list and how-to guide, as well as the guide to requests for adminship. If you decide you would like to go forward, I would be honored to nominate you. Johntex\^talk 18:16, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

• BTW - This edit was almost too amusing to revert. *Sigh* The burden of responsibility. Johntex\^talk 18:44, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
• Excellent!! I think that is great. I really think you will be successful in the nomination. I would like to nominate you at a time when we both can keep an eye over the nomination page. Would this Wednesday be a good time for you? Johntex\^talk 20:54, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

blanking

The only reason I blanked that section was to stop repetition. The history section was repeated twice, identically, although one of the two sections repeated the text in itself multiple times. I was just correcting this for aesthetics. If you view the page, I did not delete anything that wasn't already there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fropones (talk • contribs) .

hello!

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my userpage!

God, that's big green and ugly. I'd always wanted to give someone one ;x

Unless the designer is reading this, in which case it's pleasing to the eye, and subtle too.

Seriously though. Thanks for fixing my page. It's appreciated :)

Adrian Lamo · (talk) · (mail) · 09:13, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

William Howard Taft

The fact that you fail to interpret what I consider to be the truth as the truth is offensive. I reccomend you read up on your history and get a life before you try to tell me what is false. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.145.92.11 (talk • contribs) .

It is not completely certain of William Howard Taft's college education and hobbies. There is also overwhelming evidence that William Carlos Williams' father was indeed a primitive version of what we know today to be "Street Johns". Please do not offend me, and shove your personal opinions on these individuals into my face. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.145.92.11 (talk • contribs) .

wow.All I did was say hi to my mother. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.182.174.119 (talk • contribs) .

User talk:70.49.243.246

This is the latest IP in a long, long series of vandalisms starting with Porridge and then going off to hit reverters home pages with profanity, abuse, and at least one penis picture. If I were an admin I would have just blocked them rather than throw test4 on their page. Being nice with test1 test2 test3 test4 is no longer justified; they know what they're doing, they're actively sockpuppeting, and getting more hostile and abusive. Georgewilliamherbert 22:36, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

WEEEEEEEEE

HAHA DO YOUR WORST!!!!!!!!!!! HA HA HA HA HA YO NEVER GONNA CETCH MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! YO JEST WASTIN' ALL YO TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -FAMILY GUY

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.179.147.140 (talk • contribs) .

I LIKE CHEESE

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.179.147.140 (talk • contribs) .

Thank you

Thank you for reverting the vandalism to my talk page. Best regards, Hall Monitor 19:40, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

You are very welcome :) --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 19:41, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

You're right.

Sorry it will never happen again. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.41.204.111 (talk • contribs) .

AustinPostcard.com

WTF, do you have against AustinPostcard.com? Link Spam? pffft.

It's a valid and growing source of historic austin images... hundres of images. Plus some unique content about specific history relating to Austin. They do not have ANY ad's, do not sell anything and are a purely not for profit service to the community. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.153.180.106 (talk • contribs) .

Addressed on user's talk page and Talk:Austin, Texas. --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 17:53, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Mark Gallager deleted Team Louis

Why did Mark Gallager delete the page entitled Team Louis? There was nothing offensive about it. If you dont believe it is a real team then come and see for yourself, the new league kicks off in less than 3 weeks. Could the page be somehow be reinstated as several of my friends and I spent a long while constructing the page, only to see it randomly removed for no reason. I quite frankly find this an offensive act by Mark Gallager that has gone unsanctioned. Why was I warned while he has got away with it scott free? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.83.68.114 (talk • contribs) .

Apple Aperture

I noticed your comment about making the Aperture Software page exclusively for Apple. I think otherwise. There should be one page for Aperture Software which talks about both Aperture Visual Information Manager (known as Aperture since 1990) and Apple Aperture. These should then link off to separate pages that describe each software. I notice that the Aperture Software was redirected from an Apple Aperture page. --Harodf 21:33, 5 February 2006 (UTC) harold_feinleib@aperture.com

Who r u....

who r u to tell me what not to do to my friends (know him from school, he is just doing it so he can vandalize more) page! This is between us, so please, dont be offended. I am doing u all a favor (trust me!). thank you.

--Gator Fan 22:29, 6 February 2006 (UTC)Gators222--Gator Fan 22:29, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

You got it bro. I Back off nows —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gators222 (talk • contribs) .

First of all, do u like steelers and Longhorns, they r ok, second of all, are you an administrator? srry for all mispelled stuff. Please respond soon if u are a admin. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gators222 (talk • contribs) .

The boxes that say stuff like hookem horns, i go to U of T, how do i get thoes , and i live in austin, my Bro goes to U of T. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gators222 (talk • contribs) .

tHANK yOU sO mUCH, i wILL tRY tO dO iT. iF yOU wANT, fRIENDS????

--Gator Fan 23:21, 6 February 2006 (UTC)Gators222--Gator Fan 23:21, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Recent uploads.

You're probably right about the clocktower image on the UT page, but the other two pages that this image is found on definitely should be of the tower... how do I get the old image back? Also, the image of Leslie Cochran was from AP, so am I using the correct tag? Reid Sullivan 04:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

R U THERE

The heading says it all.--Gator Fan 00:23, 8 February 2006 (UTC)Gators222

Redirect Thanks

Thanks for taking care of the redirect / merge I suggested. It's the first time I'd done something like that and I wasn't sure how long to wait after making the suggestion to take action. Especially since Busy Phillipps is someone I know nothing about.

Johndodd 03:29, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia 04:01, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! I know you'll use your powers well! --lightdarkness 04:04, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations Brock! You have certainly earned this honor. I know you will continue to do Wikipedia proud. If you need any help comin gup to speed on your new "powers", let me know and I'll be glad to lend assistance. Johntex\^talk 04:59, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I have received your message. Best wish for your adminship.--Jusjih 08:27, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations Bbatsell! --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 20:02, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations--Ugur Basak 22:14, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations on becoming an admin!--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 10:09, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

I know I'm late (I was on wikibreak), but congratulations!! Mushroom (Talk) 01:08, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations and best wishes. Sorry to be late, I was away for awhile.--Dakota ~ ε ° 16:17, 11 February 2006 (UTC)