User talk:Kbh3rd

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wpspam invite

Hey there! I saw you reverting or removing linkspam. Thanks! If you're interested, come visit us in Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam so we can work together fighting those who spam Wikipedia. -- Perfecto Canada 03:50, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

GIGANTOR

GIGANTOR, GIGANTOR, GIGAAAAAAAAAAAAANTOOORRRR, GIGANTOR THE SPACE AGE ROBOT, HE'S AT YOUR COMMAND, GIGANTOR THE SPACE AGE ROBOT, HIS POWER IS IN YOUR HAND, BIGGER THAN BIG, TALLER THAN TALL, QUICKER THAN QUICK, STRONGER THAN STRONG, READY TO FIGHT FOR RIGHT, AGAINST WRONG, GIGANTOR, GIGANTOR, GIGAAAAAAAAAAAAANTOOORRRR!

The preceding thoughtfully added to my talk page by 69.154.35.214 (adsl-69-154-35-214.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net), connoisseur of bathroom humor, who obviously doesn't appreciate his vandalism being reverted. Most vandals aren't nearly so entertaining in their gnashing of teeth and rending of garments, so I'm leaving this here. ;-> — Kbh3^rdtalk 11:08, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke article-

The Archbishop Burke article is getting to be a mess. I asked User:Holly from the Wisconsin WikiProject about reverting the damage to a neutral point of view and putting the Archbishop Burke article under protection. Also the external links in the article itself are screwed up.Your help and response would be much appreciated.Thank you-RFD 12:15, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Put a request on Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Please open a dialog with 24.217.202.226 explaining why their POV edits are not acceptable. I'd suggest creating working copies of the articles (both Abp. Burke and St. Stanislaus Kostka) as subpages and work towards a version that's acceptable – contains the relevant portion of the facts that 24.217.202.226 is so keen on, but presented in a way simply to inform, not to sway. — Kbh3^rdtalk 16:17, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Vn bridge pic

"... it might be good to have a picture of the same bridge before and after fitting."

actually those are pretty similar blanks, both Aubert #7. Different fleck figure in each, of course. I'll see if I can remember to scan the blank first, next time. Just plain Bill 20:04, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Common Short Code article

I noticed your copyvio notice on this article. I've written my own non-copyright infringing version (which is available at Common Short Code/Temp)

Thanks! I've moved it in place of the infringing version, as noted on the article's talk page. — Kbh3^rdtalk 04:12, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

What about WP:CP after taking care of an article?

Hey Kbh3rd. Duk seems to have already answered your question on WP:CP/Advice for admins: as he says, once you've cleared a copyvio (in whatever way) you can just remove it from the listing on the WP:CP page. Thanks for your help with this! --Nick Boalch ^?!? 10:37, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

User:194.80.21.10

Would you mind if I extended this block? You'll notice they've been getting longer with no collateral damage, and if 2 weeks didn't help, I'm not sure 3 hours will.  :) Wikibofh_(talk) 13:45, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

I've been off Wikipedia for several hours, so this is not a timely response. I've no problem with extending the block; do what you feel right. There has not been any further activity from that address, though the block only expired a half hour ago. — Kbh3^rdtalk 15:19, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

• • Thanks. No problem. If it had been urgent I would have had to beg forgiveness. Thanks for the reply. Wikibofh_(talk) 15:23, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Image:Manitoulin Island.png has been listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:Manitoulin Island.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.

dbenbenn | talk 01:22, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Question:

why do yuo edit out other people's contributions? 21:59, January 4, 2006 68.65.252.131[1]

Answer: WP:CVU — Kbh3^rdtalk 06:45, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

St Stanislaus

Hello, I'm the mediator assigned to the articles St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (Saint Louis) and Raymond Leo Burke. You are receiving this message because you have been named as one of the users who have intensely participated in developing these articles. Over the past few days, there has been a dispute over the neutrality of the articles with numerous anonymous users making what have been characterised as biased edits. The obvious thing to do would be to make a compromise version, and User:Kenj0418 seems to think that versions Raymond Leo Burke 18:40, 4 January 2006 and St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (Saint Louis) 00:33, 4 January 2006 may be those versions. Could you please review them and let me know if you think they are OK. Thanks. Izehar 10:43, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello, could you please direct your attention in the St Stanislaus mediation case to its main page. Any comments should be made on the talk page. Thanks. Izehar 23:06, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Ongoing vandalism of article: Hamer_Guitars

Thank you for your attention to the ongoing mutilation of the Hamer Guitars article. Someone in Florida and Korea (68.56.17.179 and 24.148.2.4) seems hell-bent upon re-writing the story for their own amusement. Although the edits are actually quite hilarious, it is obviously not correct! I am researching this subject for a book that I am writing that includes the history of this company along with several others from that era.

Thank you, Americanguitars

Vandalism reversion encouragement

thanks for the heads up on the Guitar article reversion - I had to loo once or twice to be sure it wasn't someone's constructive work in progress. But anyway thanks for the pointer to assistance on dealling with the visigoths and v. :: Kevinalewis : please contact me on my Talk Page : 16:36, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Why do illiterates try to edit an encyclopedia?

Much appreciated.--Antispammer 06:08, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I pretty much regreted saying that as soon as I saved it – one of the shortcomings of the WikiMedia software is the inability to retract an edit comment. Your spelling is good – "Caribbean" is one I usually have to look up. (I looked but couldn't find who was responsible for the original poor semantics and capitalization, but I'll assume it was someone else. ;-) — Kbh3^rdtalk 07:27, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah it was someone else, that presumably English is not their first language, and I focused on correcting "Caribbean" and overlooked the grammar. Anyhow don't worry about it, I've had my fair share of comments I wish I could retract. Thanks for the apology. :)--Antispammer 08:22, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

School computers <_>

I'd like to apologize on behalf of whoever vadalized that guitar article. This is a school computer and as an avid user of Wikipedia, I think it's shameful that someone would just wantonly delete information like that.

66.30.240.162 – c-66-30-240-162.hsd1.ma.comcast.net

Vandalism of Mumia Abu-Jamal page

I noticed you gave a vandalism warning to User Talk:68.74.7.107. This individual also vandalized the Mumia Abu-Jamal page.J.R. Hercules 07:22, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Retracting

Hi there. I just saw that you reverted an article at Royal West Academy. In a previous edit, I just made a new edit and erased the vandalism. Would it be better to tell a moderator and if so, how do i know who? Alternatively, do I have the powers to revert an article? I'm new, so I'm still trying to learn this stuff. Thanks. Dross82 23:07, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Eschbachtalsperre

Hey there! I see that you have created a lot of articles about dams and resevoirs. I have just translated an article about the Eschbachtalsperre, the first dam built in Germany for the reservation of water supply. However, I was unable to translate the technical details as I know very little about such things. Do you think, if you have the time, you could possibly help me with this? I can translate them, I would just like to make sure that they sound correct to someone who knows the subject matter since I don't. Or, if you're too busy, etc, that's okay too. Thanks! Maaya 05:23, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a billion! -Maaya 21:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

apology

sorry for edits on pamela andreson it will not hapend again!

Reverts

there was some more vandalism on List of Final Fight characters but now it is removed Yuckfoo 01:16, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, saw that but you beat me to it. Thanks! --Kbh3^rdtalk 01:17, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Edits to the FlyFF Wiki

I was not "vandalizing" your wiki as you so cared to put it, but removing HIGHLY DAMAGING information to FlyFF. Perhaps if you actually READ the history of your wiki you would notice THIS. someone posting a link to a hacking program for FlyFF So don't say I was vandalizing when I was actually trying to help. K thx bai.

Por favor?- Spacēba

Could I indulge a request to look at a page I just created, totally on a whim. I use the a-z look-ups, but not perfectly. I have created about 15 pages, in Egypt, Hieroglyphs, cuneiform related, etc, (see Gardiner's Sign List). At any rate I am now finishing Papyri (chronology) which was suggested by a user to make List of Egyptian papyri by date, off point; I am working on List of birds, Yuma, Arizona (low deserts, river, elevations) (started today 21 Jan).

Anyway, I know what is going on with the Ogalalla. Arizona is about 30-40 years from a water crisis. Anyway, I tried to transliterate Russian, made a character for "i" on top of an "e" for the sound ee. Anyway could you comment to me on my talk page (If you are so inclined). Even if you are 'religious', some insights would be appreciated. Page: Names of God (antagonist, deductive definitions). (I worked in Book, Acquisitions, very low position. the head of the 13 member group was an Eastern European, who knew about 8-12 languages. The Univ. of Ariz has a science library,(got books from the shelves: "Atmospheric led(ice)", and "Gas ee Neftee"" that had been focussing on acquireing Russian books. This was 1981, in main 5 story library 2-buildings away.)(On page: I learned some table stuff today, and did the A to Z section of Humor.)...Patiently, and, beseechingly...MichaelMcAnnisYuma,AZ...Mmcannis 03:11, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

And...I looked at some of the articles you have listed. I see you know/and or/ like Geology and history. I am partial to terms like Varve, or (Saltation)(also from Limnology). The Univ of Arizona, is where Dendrochronology was created. I am kinda into some of the 'stuff' I think techie (in an old fashioned way). ...(I found not even a typo in the 4 or 5, except the Ogallala (spelled correctyly now).)..Chow.(And i am gonna add a note on the deletion page(and try to use some humor..chow again... ///MichaelMmcannis 14:02, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

reference reading... bulky template?

Thanks for your high-quality attention to the Violin article. Did you notice that the Thede reference takes more than 80 lines to put a single line into the article? Is there a benefit to all that bloat? Inquiring minds, & all... Hope you are having a splendid day, and that you continue to do so. Be well, Just plain Bill 16:38, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I knew there was something about that book reference template. I don't know why it's like that. I've reduced the reference in the article to a single line that renders identically. Thanks. --Kbh3^rdtalk 19:00, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Much better, thanks Just plain Bill

Blocked

I was definately correcting vandalism when you banned me for it.

Replied to at User_talk:63.207.106.210

Rick Warren copyvio

Some weeks ago you claimed that large parts of the text of the Rick Warren article were from his website. Can you be more specific? I'd like to get some sort of closure on this. See Talk:Rick Warren#Copyright violation. Andrewa 20:59, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I've added a table of specific examples of wholesale copying of paragraphs to the article's talk page. --Kbh3^rdtalk 21:47, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Ghantoub crystals

This guy seems to not know about either Ghantoub crystals or the new media technology being offered by Google. Please don't remove my additions to articles, why make it editable then?

Huge bias if you ask me, a worthless website where the opinions of the mods are all that are stated as fact.

A total failure.

That was from 70.31.113.108. He must be referring to this gem of an edit:

However the current limitation of their technology is the reader requires a perfect cut Ghantoob crystal to work which can only be found on the inside of the teeth of live, pregnant, great-white sharks.[2]

X-D --Kbh3^rdtalk 01:58, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Please Sign

Did I forget to sign? Whoops... Got a bit ahead of myself there :) Liamdaly620 06:23, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Toy Story 2

I re-deleted the Toy Story 2 entry over at Films that have been considered the greatest ever after noticing that you had reverted the deletion of another user (and rightly so, considering there was no rationale or anything). See my thoughts on the article's talk page. –Comics (Talk) 05:05, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I've no feeling on the matter one way or the other (though I did think that TS2 was even better than TS1). While on rc patrol I simply reverted an unexplained deletion by an anonymous user. You're going about it the right way – with an edit summary directing attention to a note on the article's talk page. Those who built and maintain that page can hash out the details. Thanks. --Kbh3^rdtalk 08:24, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Vandal block

This fellow is at it again and should be blocked. But I'm not an admin. so can you or someone else block him.

Evidence:

ng the page One-child policy, this is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Kbh3rdtalk 19:36, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits, such as those you made to fascism, are considered vandalism. If you continue in this manner you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the hard work of others. Thanks. --Lacatosias 15:11, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

There are some non-vandalous edits coming from that IP. It's an ISP (wireless?), and there might be a number of different users of that same address. Maybe. Let's try a block of modest length to silence the immediate problem. --Kbh3^rdtalk 15:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

You're Welcome

--- "Thanks! I found one of your neat images on the Kelso Dunes page while patrolling for vandalism, and I thought someone should thank you for adding your own great images to Wikipedia. It gets frustrating sometimes playing whack-a-mole with the vandals, and it's always refreshing to come across someone's good work like this. — Kbh3rdtalk 04:14, 14 December 2005 (UTC)" ---

Hi Kbh3rd, you're very welcome. I love these desert areas and I'm glad I had some photos that showed off these great areas in California.

Jeff

Jennifer Aniston

I want to add jolie vs aniston as a user template. 220.247.253.223

NPOV tag on Bill O'Reilly (commentator) article

Hello! I was curious as to why you added the NPOV tag on the Bill O'Reilly (commentator) article. Normally, there is a discussion of perceived POV problems on talk pages before adding such a tag. If you do believe the tag should remain, please add your reasons on the talk page of the article so others can make attempts to correct whatever POV issues you think the article has. Adding the tag without explanation will naturally cause others to simply remove it. Thanks.

It's hardly unexplained. Read that article's talk page. You are reverting items that have received thorough discussion. --Kbh3^rdtalk 16:00, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it looks like I'm the one who hasn't read that talk page in a while <blush>. If it's consensus that the article has a neutral point of view I won't argue you removing the tag. When I have time I may come back to argue strongly that the article is not neutral, though. I don't have cable and have never seen the commentator or his show, but when I read that article, the editors' bias against him is very glaring. I can tell when someone is trying to make me see things their way, and that obviously is what that article is all about. --Kbh3^rdtalk 16:07, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Simpsons

Hi Kbh! Sorry for the late reply. I am not sure if they translirate it to "El Shempshoon" or "Al-Shamshoon" but the spelling in Arabic is correct. Cheers -- Szvest 12:12, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Vandal you blocked back to vandalizing

66.144.52.250 (talk · contribs) continues to vandalize. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] --TJive 13:43, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

That's a school in Ohio, though I haven't definitively figured out which one -- there are multiple schools in that IP range, though nothing ties to that particular IP. But it's probably Ashland High School (Ohio)[9], given their multiple defacements of that article.

I'm quickly developing the opinion that schoolboys should strictly be consumers, not editors, of encyclopedias. I can understand, even appreciate, much of their humor and irreverence. But this is not the place for it, particularly the vulgarity, and a disproportionate amount of the vandalism of Wikipedia comes from school computers. (Maybe we should add Wikipedia is not your playground to WP:WWIN.)

This IP has produced nothing but vandalism, so I've blocked it again for even longer. Thanks for the heads-up. --Kbh3^rdtalk 15:14, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Vandal tool-box

Thanks for the info about inserting text at the top of the box rather at the bottom. I believe with that my "Speedy Delete Toolbox" is complete and is available at User:AKGhetto/speedydelete.js, useful for tagging articles for Speedy Deletion. Please let me know what you think! —akghetto ^talk 07:44, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Colombus

Please look at the Colombus article and my note on its talk page. I believe you may have had the last good edit, followed by lots of 'something else' in the last 2 days, which may just be misinformation or vandalism. Now, we have editors English-correcting this added 'stuff' and adding good info into what may be bad info. What do you think? Thanks Hmains 02:42, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Template:Test2a-n

After your changes to this template, when I enter "{{test2a-n|article}} ~~~~", the signature ends up on a separate line with a space preceding it, causing it to be indented in a box -- very ugly. The template must be able to be entered on a single line like that, and it must render in the user's talk page with no embedded newlines. The latter requirement is so that the notices to repeat offenders can be numbered. E.g.:

#{{subst:test1}} ~~~~
#{{subst:test2}} ~~~~
#{{subst:test3}} ~~~~

so that they render as:

1. Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. 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. --Kbh3^rdtalk 15:43, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
2. Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. --Kbh3^rdtalk 15:43, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
3. Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Kbh3^rdtalk 15:43, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Spurious line breaks will interrupt the numbering. Could you please revisit this template and see if you can make it behave properly? Thanks. --Kbh3^rdtalk 15:43, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Please try it now. -- Avi 15:49, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

It looks like it all works properly. Thanks! (Of course, when I say "must", what I really mean is, "it sure would be nice if ..." ;-) --Kbh3^rdtalk 04:13, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

King's College School

Hi,

Would you be Kevin Hawney? Just interested to see your activity on the King's College School wiki and I was wondering who was maintaining the page.

No, I am located about 90° west of there. The page got onto my watchlist when I reverted some vandalism I found while on rc patrol. It seems that most articles about schools attract attention from their students, and require protection from the same. That seems to be true regardless of where they are located. Apparently the universal condition of secondary education is that the teachers are clueless and sadistic, the administration is archaic and tyrannical, and all the students (except for the writer) are perverted morons who drool on themselves. So those things, by being ordinary and non-notable, do not merit inclusion in the schools' articles. ;-) --Kbh3^rdtalk 17:29, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Enola Gay in Pop Culture

Hello! This is an invitation to comment on the section on Enola Gay in Pop Culture that is part of the main article on the Enola Gay. The reason for this is to find a solution regarding the section getting too long and the information being added is overshadowing the main reason for the article itself.

Please feel free to visit the talk page to make comments or suggestions on how this can be improved. Thanks for your input! Davidpdx 11:21, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Image:Isthmus of Tehuantepec close-up?

I have been using your "Image:Isthmus of Tehuantepec.jpg" as a base for building an Olmec heartland map and several Olmec site maps like La Venta and Tres Zapotes. In trying to put together a map for the Tuxtla Mountains, I found myself wishing for a little finer detail. Do you still have the ability to create a map of this area? Would you be able to provide me a map of those mountains? The Tuxtlas are the mountains between Veracruz and Coatzacoalcos.

Let me know, if you would. And thanks. Madman 05:25, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Answered on your talk page. --Kbh3^rdtalk 17:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Proposal

Hey, I have posted a policy change proposal on the Wikipedia talk:Editing policy page. I would your opinion and all Wikipedia members with accounts. Please. (Steve 21:49, 24 February 2006 (UTC))

thanks

Thanks for making the edit. The presentation for my class was a hit. Also, I was reading your profile, and shouldn't it be "How to Write Well" (unless you intentionally used good to be funny)?

WikipediaFS

WikipediaFS has been proposed for deletion. Please see the article for details. NickelShoe 22:35, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Some Happy Knowledge

I replaced the "Gay" at God is dead. I think we had a discussion about this on the talk page. If you feel we should use another title, we should discuss it and see if we can come up with something. I think at this time, since the book is most well known under the "Gay" title, we should leave it at that, otherwise people unfamiliar with N.'s works might get confused. --DanielCD 16:54, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Answered on your talk page. --Kbh3^rdtalk 17:32, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Toolbox

I'm glad I stumbled accross your vandal toolbox. Very helpful. Thanks. mmeinhart 16:01, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Warnings

I warn vandals 99% of the time; mostly, if there is a rash of vandalism, I'll revert it, then go back and warn all the offenders. But thanks for catching my mistake! M ^o P 20:55, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thank you for reverting vandalism to my userpage. — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 21:06, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for removing the linkspam on Jaipur and Jaiselmer. Cheers! --Andy123(talk) 09:47, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Metrics

umm please let me know why metrics are godless? soon it will be 40 years of use and having been dual-standard for most of that I feel that I have a good understanding of the spirituality of standards. moza 12:05, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Writing Good?

How to Write Good

   My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules.

      1. Avoid Alliteration. Always.

please let me know if this is intended as tongue in cheek or seriously? moza 12:05, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Humor

Goodness gracious! The "godless metric" edit comment was even more tongue-in-cheek that those writing "rules", and it should be obvious that those are for fun as much as to teach by counter-example. I'm sometimes told that my sense of humor is too dry for some to grasp. Hint: the edit comment ended in a winky-smiley: ;-) If I really stopped to think about it, I'd probably think that standards of measurements are fairly agnostic.  ;-) --Kbh3^rdtalk 01:24, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

ok cool... its great that humour exists here alive and well! it,s just that after trying to lighten up in the past, I have been cut to shreds, so i'm double checking. sorry, but your humour is just a victim of mean spiritedness in lots of places. I will try and be more optimistic, but the tide is heavy the other way, and I'm not sure if i can be bothered to swim upstream for too long. Maybe i just need to spend more time interacting with a different group of aware, confident, happy editors.. thanksmoza 01:58, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Sorry

I am very sorry about my "vandalism" on this sight. I was just excited because it was a chance to have a little fun and mess with people. Now i see that that type of behavior is not tolerated on this site. Sorry again, and good luck finding all the other screw-offs like me. 72.241.10.155

218.214.6.233

Nice blockage. We need more guys like you who just cut to the chase. ◄ИΞШSΜΛЯΞ► 00:11, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I actually think that 48 hours is a bit much for what they did. But on the other hand, there hasn't been a non-vandalous edit from that IP all year. So I won't lose any sleep over it. I'd say 90% or more of the edits on my watch list are either defacements or reverts of defacements. (Think about that when the next fund drive comes around.) --Kbh3^rdtalk 06:32, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Fishing

Perhaps, but it's a picture of fishing, nontheless. I was thinking of getting a real image when the season starts, though. I'll remove it unitl then... -Obli (Talk)^? 05:55, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

duihuggins

Actually I do not have anything. It is simply just a screenshot of a feed hosted on a local news station website. I can remove it if you like, because I searched the website of the page and gave finding something about copyrights of images.