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WikiProject Malware

Thank You for your interest in WikiProject Malware. I welcome any help you can provide. The project is not quite dead, but its responsibilities have more or less been absorbed by the WikiProject Computing/Computer and Information Security task force . We could use your help on both projects. Feel free to contact me if you would like to work on anything in particular. Sephiroth storm (talk) 12:53, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I only joined a month before you did, and it was pretty dead then too. Only about 20 articles were actually assigned to the wikiproject: I manually did the 200 others we have now. I'm not good in writing articles, I'm more of a typo-fixer (a WikiGnome). I'm happy to assist you whenever you need help, but I'm not the best choice to be a mentor though. --DanielPharos (talk) 15:17, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

About the mentor thing: I just wanted to be clear what kind of editor I am, to prevent any misunderstandings. Now that that is clear; I read your merge-proposal and commented on it. I'm actually leaning towards supporting it, but I'm having trouble with (at least) one issue: if the two are merged, wouldn't that mean the death of Malware? I mean, 'Computer Security' is such a large topic, with a lot of theoretical articles, that the simple virii, trojan etc. articles would become a background thing. So maybe this is a better idea: promote the Security taskforce to that 'Computer Security' wikiproject, and make Malware a taskforce inside that. I think that would be a better arrangement, and keep it also let's Malware keeps it's "niche area" status. --DanielPharos (talk) 14:27, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Answered on WP:CCISTF Sephiroth storm (talk) 14:53, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Redundant images

When you encounter a redundant image such as File:MSMAL.gif, please do not tag it for speedy deletion with {{db-redundantimage}}. That tag only applies when the two images are in the same file format (both JPG or both PNG, for example). If it is already tagged as an orphan, it will be deleted in a week or so. If it isn't tagged as a orphan, you can tag it with {{Subst:Orfud}}, which turns into {{Di-orphaned fair use}} with a date. If you are the uploader, you can tag the image with {{db-g7}} "The author of the only substantial content has requested deletion in good faith" -- Eastmain (talk) 01:42, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, will make note of that in later imagery work. --blurpeace ^{(talk - contributions)} 05:32, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

New image project

Hi. This little form letter is just a courtesy notice to let you know that a proposal to merge the projects Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images, Wikipedia:WikiProject Fair use, Wikipedia:WikiProject Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia:WikiProject Illustration into the newly formed Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media has met with general support at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Files. Since you're on the rosters of membership in at least one of those projects, I thought you might be interested. Conversation about redirecting those projects is located here. Please participate in that discussion if you have any interest, and if you still have interest in achieving the goals of the original project, we'd love to have you join in. If you aren't interested in either the conversation or the project, please pardon the interruption. :) Thanks. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:46, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the notice. I will take a look when I get a chance. ^blurred_peace ☮ 19:54, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

After reviewing your contributions and your reasoning, I've accepted your request. I believe you can be trusted to use rollback correctly, ie its intended usage of reverting vandalism only. For information on rollback see: Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback in the future, just let me or any admin know. Cheers. Nja²⁴⁷ 08:06, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Watchmen

Hi! Re your Huggle rollback on the Watchmen article: The ip's edit appears to be justified... --NorwegianBlue ^talk 22:14, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi Norwegian. Yeah, after he made the edit back, I decided to research it for myself and it was justified. (see his talk page where I removed the warning, and the edit summary). ^blurred_peace ☮ 22:15, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Also, it was too late to revert my own edits as he had corrected it. Thanks for notifying though. ^blurred_peace ☮ 22:17, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I was considering reverting again, but googled, seeing that the ip had provided both edits with edit summaries. --NorwegianBlue ^talk 22:26, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Page blanked by author

Hi. Though page blanking is usually vandalism and needs to be reverted, it is worth looking first at the page history, because quite often the author has blanked his own page, as with Gbf golf ball finder just now. In those cases the best thing is to tag it {{db-author}}. It can be confusing for an author who realises his page is inappropriate and blanks it, if his page is at once restored and he is accused of vandalism for the blanking and told it was unconstructive. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:51, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello JohnCD. Will make sure of looking more closely next time. I hate making those little slip-ups while editing. ^blurred_peace ☮ 21:54, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem - it's easy to do. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:59, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for pointing me to the proper resources on challenging redirects and for pointing out the Wiki adoption program. I may use it in the near future.Jasonbholden (talk) 22:55, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot.

I saw my own userpage on HG but you beat me to reverting the vandalism. Thanks for your help. ^(C/SGT)G2sai 03:03, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I'm happy to be of assistance. ^blurred_peace ☮ 03:06, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

redirect arrondissements Paris

Sorry to haven't gave explication, I'm deleted because there are 3 cities with arrondissements in France, I'll do a disambuigation after deleted the redirections to Paris what a mistake. Lulu97417 (talk) 01:23, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Just remember to place an edit summary next time. I made the revert as I had thought it was just plain vandalism. I've reviewed the conversation you had with TideRolls, and I'll take care of removing my warning. Sorry about the misunderstanding, and happy editing! ^blurred_peace ☮ 13:18, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

HELP!!?!?!!

I deleted the content not out of vandalism but because I thought the page was going to be deleted. I was trying to move the page "Nerd Pride Day" to "Geek Pride Day" but it said that that page already existed. This move must be done because that is the proper usage in English. While the original holiday might be literally translated as "Nerd", it is know as, and mainly referred to as "Geek Pride Day" in the English speaking world. In western culture, nerds are usually coined by others derogatively, and geeks are coined personally as a title. Please help me make this move. TekBoi [Ali Kilinc] (talk) 20:01, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

I don't know much about the topic, but what I would recommend is visiting the Nerd Pride Day talk page, and asking about it there. See if you can gain consensus among other editors for this action, and they can make the move for you (if it is accepted). Happy editing! ^blurred_peace ☮ 20:06, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

I think the author of the page has died or something, the last modifications were TWO years ago. TekBoi [Ali Kilinc] (talk) 20:31, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Well what do you know

What comes around, goes around, eh? :) --Dylan620 _{Efforts · Toolbox} 18:08, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Gotta love the vandalism fighting. File:Grin.gif ^blurred_peace ☮ 18:11, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi and caution

Hello, it has happened to me too, but please be careful, one of your recent reverts added back some old vandalism. Dan D. Ric (talk) 02:12, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Wow, didn't even see that. Huggle didn't show Cluebot as the last editor; its reverted some stuff in error sometimes (and I've caught it) but I guess I didn't catch this one. Sorry about that. ^blurred_peace ☮ 02:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Yummie Brownies

Thank you for reverting the vandalism to my user page. Please accept this plate of brownies in appreciation!--Ndunruh (talk) 03:08, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Asia

Hi!

You recently replaced the old hard-coded infobox with a proper infobox template (which is great, thanks for doing that). My question is: there was recently a discussion at the talk page about using "Pop. density" instead of "Density", as Europe has it. Is there a way to do that with Template:Infobox Continent? I had a quick peak, but couldn't see if it was possible (but I'm by no means an infobox guru...)

Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 17:51, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Y Done, it's taken care of per your request. Happy to be of service, and, also, happy editing! (for notes, see the diff here) ^blurred_peace ☮ 17:56, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Wow, that really was service above and beyond what was expected! Thank you very much! Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 18:05, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

I would love to be your Adoptee!

Hello, thanks for getting to me so quickly - I really appreciate it. My name is Chloe. Chloeanne (talk) 19:00, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello Chloe! No problem, we're here to help. If you have any questions, please refer to your subpage located here. I'll keep watch of your editing and make recommendations as we go along (on that subpage). ^blurred_peace ☮ 21:18, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

My space versus "live"

Hi Blurpeace, thanks for your offer to adopt....

Clearly Wikipedia has its own "rules and tools" and I'm trying to learn them as quickly as possible. One thing however, seems pretty vague and that's the "subpage" (test) experience versus moving an article to "live" status. The help directions are a little sketchy on this.

I'm actually starting a NEW article and would like to make sure I do it right (referencing all supporting sources, etc.) before publishing.

Thanks!

20:21, 21 May 2009 (UTC) H

Hello Hutchman, I've replied to your questions on your adoption sub page (located here). Use that space for anymore questions, and remember to look every day for updates on your editing, and new things to learn! ^blurred_peace ☮ 01:33, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

I saw you rolled back a couple of edits: maybe I should have rolled back List of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's characters instead of placing the tag there--but that whole article and its history are so messy that I couldn't separate the wheat from the chaff. That IP currently "editing" it, well, word's [sic] fail me. Drmies (talk) 18:39, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Maybe. I was a little unsure of what to do, but in the end I decided that I should remove it with a small notification about factual inaccuracies before we continue. Introducing major points with no reference always smells like hoax to me; vandals are sometimes hard to crack. ^blurred_peace ☮ 18:46, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Hard to tell even if it is willful vandalism...I hope someone knowledgeable will go through that article. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 18:49, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

what did I do with S. S. Shrikhande, Be specific.

--Status quo not acceptable (talk) 00:42, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

It was set as an editing test, and did not fit with the article (as to why it was removed). Also, please place your messages in the body of this page (not the headers). ^blurred_peace ☮ 00:45, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

What I edited was 'He was the founder director'. What is wrong with that?? He was. Explain your explainations. --Status quo not acceptable (talk) 00:48, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, and that is bad grammar and did not fit in with the article. I saw it as an editing test and removed it accordingly. I hope that explains it as much as possible. ^blurred_peace ☮ 00:49, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Why did you call it as vandalism? You could have edited than reverting. Can you bring this whole drama to wiki top complaint box? what is their e-mail or contact userdi? --Status quo not acceptable (talk) 00:53, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Why did the other guy delete my article when I was editing?? --Status quo not acceptable (talk) 00:55, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Tell me how you would have edited keeping 'director' there? --Status quo not acceptable (talk) 01:01, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello again Status quo. Let me try to explain the reasoning behind the edits. The way our software works is, once you've accumulated a certain amount of warnings, the warnings become more generalized (as to why the software warned you of straight vandalism; rather than editing tests, as I had chosen). I'm not sure which article you're speaking of, so I wouldn't know, but if it was deleted that quickly, it must have been a speedy deletion. Please read that page to check whether your page matched the criteria for speedy deletion. Also, the reason why we removed director was because it seemed like an editing test. It was two nouns in one section, and that was bad grammar (thus we removed one; rather than keeping and adding it). I hope this explains everything clearly. Once again, welcome to the encyclopedia and happy editing! ^blurred_peace ☮ 01:14, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm not asking all these explainations. How were you edited that? and edit and put it back him as the director. I would appreciate it. After my editings, "He was head of the department of mathematics, university of Mumbai and the founder director of the center of advanced study in mathematics, Mumbai since its inception in 1963 until he retired in 1978." Before my editings, "He was head of the department of mathematics, university of Mumbai and the director of the center of advanced study in mathematics, Mumbai since its inception in 1963 until he retired in 1978." The other gentleman(Administrator) was drunk, I belive. I was writing an new one K. Chandrasekharan and I had just started it. He reminded me that I'm copying - well I was using a source which he belived that I'm copying. I was using it as a source and making edit to reflect it is not a copy. --Status quo not acceptable (talk) 01:27, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

You had questioned why the software called it vandalism; I was answering your questions. Sadly, I won't return "founder" there, as it looks bad. That whole sentence needs to be reworded, as it almost looks like a run-on. Something's wrong grammar wise. Might I recommend cutting the sentence in half, placing relevant information on both sides of a semicolon? ^blurred_peace ☮ 01:40, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

For this silly thing, someone treated it as a vanadalism? It is too much. Some other editors (WORDS) will pass this. Weierd guy warned me that my account will be called. Who cares for this dirty job? This whole wiki business is a dirty one - who does get into this? Bad people like you and me. I'm writing articles on my own risk. No good people get into this. --Status quo not acceptable (talk) 01:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Blur-Status quo deleted my warnings to him about Coren's talk page. Check out those edits too. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:57, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Adopt me?

Wanna adopt me then?

I'll probably not edit everyday, but as often as i can.

Sure, I'll be more than happy to take you aboard. I'll get your adoption section set up accordingly tomorrow as I'm going to bed ATM. (2:34 AM EST-5). ^blurred_peace ☮ 06:35, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Rantzen

Hi, you appear to have been working with vandalism by User:Rantzen he recently made an edit that vandalism in its summary, not the content. I thought I would let you decide how to deal with it on the user's talk page. PDBailey (talk) 11:59, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello PDBailey. Sorry about being late on the reply; I spent a lot of time thinking about what method of deletion would be best, or if it was even necessary to delete it at all (plus I've been busy with school IRL). See the section right below this (the administrator help request) for further confirmation. Also, thanks for notifying me about this. Happy reverting. ^blurred_peace ☮ 00:54, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for dealing with this. I actually was talking about putting a notice on his page about the edit, but I also appreciate your taking care of the edit summary issue. PDBailey (talk) 23:32, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Delete a revision

{{adminhelp}} Hello administrator. I've been mulling this over for some time on what request I should make and I've finally decided that I'm going to request to have a single revision deleted rather than having it oversighted (as the page is around seven hundred revisions; not over one thousand yet, per here). I'd like to have this revision deleted; I wouldn't usually request for vandalism to be removed in this manner, as it's unnecessary, but the vandalism shows in the edit summary (which makes it impossible to edit, and can be seen directly on the "History" tab of the page). The edit was also reverted just a little while after for being incorrect (the content added to the article). Thank you for any input, or any help provided. ^blurred_peace ☮ 00:26, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Y Done – Toon^(talk) 00:40, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Kennedy Galleries

So how did the picture hunting go? Raul654 (talk) 04:10, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that Raul. I wasn't able to get out on Saturday due to my mother coming down with a cold. The weather has seemingly been working against us as well. I'm going to try and get out this Saturday, if that's OK? I can't promise anything, but I'm pretty sure it'll be this week (as I have to submit some forms to the library anyhow). ^blurred_peace ☮ 19:29, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

That's fine -- in life, unexpected things happen. Hope your mom is feeling better now. I'm looking forward to seeing your pics :). FWIW, on my talk page, I responded to your request for suggestions by pointing you towards John Singleton Copley and Winslow Homer. Raul654 (talk) 05:17, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Hutchman Reply

Wow...this Wiki world is very unique (read: complicated). But I thank you for your recent support. I'll do my best to figure out this publishing and communication environment. Hutchman61 (talk) 23:29, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Kidneys

Photomicrograph of kidney tissue, using a silver staining technique, revealing the presence of Leptospira bacteria.

Hey,

This any use to you?

 Chzz  ►  04:45, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for your help, and good luck with your exams 8-))

Melba1 (talk) 15:48, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

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