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on almost all other language Wikipedias? Would it be taught or referenced in many schools or universities around the world? Does it provide a lot of important...

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on Internet Explorer versions 8 or earlier. If you use Windows Vista or later, you can upgrade to Internet Explorer 9 or later, under which Twinkle will...

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or fork (copy, but change parts of the material of) Wikipedia. Many correctly follow the licensing terms; however, many others fail – accidentally or...

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in the hook should be in the article text (not in a footnote, or in a linked reference, or in an infobox). Whether a hook is not interesting should not...

(autopatrolled). See Wikipedia:Patroller. Administrator (also called an "admin" or "sysop") is a user who can delete and protect pages and block users. Admins...

reads the page can keep the changes or change them to something else. If someone says something about a change or changes it back, then everyone should...

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encyclopedia. Changing pages to promote your own interests or those of other people, companies, or groups, is a COI. Where outside goals are more important...

An edit war, or change war, happens when people do not agree on an article's content. Instead of discussing it on the talk page, they keep changing the...

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Articles that no longer meet the criteria can be proposed for improvement or removal at Wikipedia:Proposed article demotion. All good articles come with...

so our articles are much easier to understand. Anybody can make changes or make new articles for Wikipedia. Try it out now! Just click the 'change this...

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It is kept for historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose is not clear. To talk about the subject, ask for...

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has written or significantly contributed to 42 good articles on Wikipedia. Transclusions {{User:Gwib/VGAbox|42}} This user has written or significantly...

promoted or not promoted depending on the consensus reached in the discussion. This is not a vote, so please do not use comments such as "Support" or "Oppose"...

not feel safe because this can happen anywhere and at anytime, at school, or even in their own homes. Governments around the world are under increasing...

when articles about two or more different topics have the same natural title. See Wikipedia:Disambiguation Edit conflict When two or more people both attempt...

article should be mentioned in bold text ('''subject''') in the first sentence, or at least the first paragraph. The name of the subject is usually the same...

information about two or more users (including named users and temporary accounts). Some administrators are able to check if two or more accounts have been...

articles on the Simple English Wikipedia have pages in the English Wikipedia or other languages. The way to add interwiki links to other languages is done...

If a rule stops you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it. Wikipedia:Be bold Wikipedia:Do not make problems to prove something...

any point, you can get help from other Wikipedians by going to Simple talk, or by using the "live chat" links (top right) for live help. Learn a bit more...

Wikipedia and number of edits made, do not show the quality of an editor's work, or how useful they are as a member of the community. Service awards also do not...

administrator or a bureaucrat. Administrators and bureaucrats are elected by voting. Although every user of Wikipedia can try to become an administrator or a bureaucrat...

find reliable sources on the Web or in library. Finally, each student will have to add content to existing articles or create a new one (a stub). Teacher:...

more about certain subjects or topics and write many articles by themselves. Some may think that the articles, templates, or categories they write belong...

the page includes things that have been copied from another Wikipedia page, or if some parts have been deleted. In these cases, crediting the authors will...

right for yourself or another user, please see Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Patroller. Administrators do not need to request or add this user right...

very different looking output, such as the ones that take many parameters, or the ones that have many branches of the #switch operator. For navigational...

not on you as a person, or even your general contributions Many experienced and highly respected administrators have failed one or more RfAs before being...

"some argue that..." or "critics say...", etc. The bad thing about weasel worded statements is that their implication is misleading or too vague to substantiate...

that has a similar name with another article. Hatnotes help readers find the right article using a link or disambiguation. Category:Hatnote templates...

for you. If a certain IP address is used to vandalize (deliberately mess up or write nonsense on) Wikipedia articles, it may be blocked. You will then not...

The article should be stable. It should not have many recent big changes or any current change wars. All important terms should be linked and there must...

often weak reasoning as well. I consider anything to do with edit counting or time spent on the project as very weak reasoning. It's almost as if you're...

wikimedia.org or contact one of the oversighters privately for help. Do NOT post oversight requests on-wiki. Page revisions can be hidden or removed from...

well as amateurs and may have been edited by less-knowledgeable passers-by or vandals. Although these tables are well designed, and useful to present the...

bands, albums, and songs. Notability is different from "fame", "importance" or "popularity", although these may affect it. Important note: If an article...

Shortcut WP:TRANSWP:TRANS Transclusion is when the contents of one page or document is included within another. In the Wikipedian context, it is the use...

is not a rule on Simple English Wikipedia that covers a specific problem, or it is not clear how to act. In these cases, you should look at the English...

A wikibreak, wikiholiday, wikivacation, or leave of wiki-absence is when a user/member of Wikipedia takes a break from Wikipedia. This means they will...

┌─────────────────────────────────┘ I added it to my /skin.js page an hour or so ago. Put this in your /skin.js page: // install [[Wikipedia:User:Cacycle/wikEd]]...

Special:UserRights, letting them add or remove users to and from the 'sysop' group and 'bureaucrat' group (but not remove them), and can add or remove users from the...

there's a note about the album being the nth one with or without a particular group member, or with or not with a particular record label. I don't think this...

don't want to start swinging blindly and delete the main page or something. ;) Any help or direction would be appreciated. thanks. --Gordonrox24 | Talk...

must be explained, or linked to proper explanations (or wiktionary entries). Articles on technical topics must have substance, or they are fakes. As I...

of the old versions of Navpop. You need to ask an IA to update it for you, or disable Navpop altogether on all wikis and use global.js instead. The same...

heard in the hit parades) Albums, singles or songs of such bands TV series or episodes of TV series Computer or video games Personally, I do see a few problems...

change with Twinkle gets put onto my watchlist. :p Is there a reason for this or a way to change it? Classical Esther♣ 04:02, 20 March 2010 (UTC) I think in...

disambiguation page. But to redirect a page, you just click the red link to WP (or whatever article you want to redirect), then put #REDIRECT [[name of article...

brought over from En wiki and left with minimal simplifications. Advice is more or less ignored, and the same editor brings over more and more articles... The...

in my user space, when it's finished, do I just move it to article space, or do I need to go through some sort of process? - Purplewowies (talk) 06:14...

to go, but anything on en or another language needs to stay (cities, towns, villages, etc). Just revert all the mistakes or remove the dead links and...

template, which some may have seen before: "This article or parts of it were created based, in whole or in part, on this version of the English Wikipedia article...

has so many meanings. It should be specified or an example given.] Can't it be written in clearer language or changed to make it easier to useKdammers (talk)...

Hello all, would it make sense to have one (or two) categories for GAs/VGAs that were demoted, and also to keep their history (as of: promoted, demoted)...

to clean up (or doing anything else, for that matter), I'm more efficient if I do one thing at a time -- that is, either cleaning up or creating articles...

Am I blind, or have things changed? I can't see how to add a site to my watchlist, even though I did it frequently in the past. How do i do it?Kdammers...

18:28, 24 February 2009 (UTC) Fine, good. From our combined list of simple or basic English words, Wikipedia:Basic_English_combined_wordlist, which words...

majority of the users who voted for checkusers were users from other wikis, or newbies. So they probably may abandon their userspaces and leave. Also I think...

weekly (maybe monthly to start). Would anyone like to help (especially bots), or does anyone have any objections? Kennedy (talk) 10:27, 31 October 2008 (UTC)...

request for adminship, request for bureaucratship, request for checkusership, or request for oversightship that did not succeed. Please do not modify it. Not...

Germany and removed the cleanup tag. Cannot find the article in the cleanup or complex article lists. Can somebody check I haven't missed it. I have also...

contributors or Wikimedia-affiliated organizations such as chapters might ask for. The goal here is to identify what YOU (or groups, such as chapters or clubs)...

created as a mistake. If the author blanks the page, this can mean that he or she wants it deleted. Notes: This option only applies if the page was created...

to see which designs are preferred, so we can focus our attention on one or two proposals instead of 3. Each have their ups, their downs, and I wanted...

contributor on. Loudclaw (talk) 21:03, 7 March 2011 (UTC) [[File:IMAGENAME|left or right|thumb|caption]] will work. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 21:15, 7 March 2011...

extra work - I am no talking about the more or less huge workload required to get an article promoted to GA or VGA status. I am talking about very specific...

are deleted quickly. New student editors make format mistakes sometimes. Or, the articles may have some misspelled words. It can take a long time for...

MathCool10 05:46, 17 February 2009 (UTC) BTW, can someone fully-protect (or at least semi-protect) {{-}}? It is a widely used and transparent template...

made here, or if a something that happens is not covered by the rules that are here, we will look at the rules on the main English Wikipedia or other Wikimedia...

biologically you are male or female, or by feeling you identify as any of the LGBTIQ+ genders. In all those cases, your gender, or sexual orientation shouldn't...

Wikipedia or any other project. They can't help people settle arguments here or help if you are blocked here. If you find a software bug or want to ask...

Commonwealth English from the EnWikipedia page: "English is spoken as a first or second language in most of the Commonwealth... [The English language] is widely...

to agree that we need a flood of stubs per "x is a city in y" or "a is an asteroid" or "d is a river in e", but the articles created by NU were clearly...

not be the right place to ask this, I wasn't sure where to ask. Is there (or is there planned) a Spanish equivalent to this encyclopedia? I'm learning...

a doctor who is from an underprivileged background or Asian or sis or trans female or atheist or any combination of traits. There will always be some...

--Kyoko 03:39, 1 March 2007 (UTC) A 1993 Guideline says don’t use B.C.E., C.E., or A.C.E. to replace B.C. and A.D. without translating the new terms for the...

request for adminship, request for bureaucratship, request for checkusership, or request for oversightship that did not succeed. Please do not modify it. Hydriz (talk ·...

{{safesubst:<noinclude/>Please ping|no}}. Many templates, such as {{if empty}} or {{infobox}}, are just simple wrappers around Lua modules, in this case Module:If...

for the wikicup =talk= 11:26, 13 December 2008 (UTC) :O You stole mine and/or Kennedy's thunder! :P Yep, the plan was always to move it after this issue...

article should describe the basic terms clearly. This would be good for a child or someone who did not know anything about the subject. This would not be good...

00:00 UTC. I can't, because it's 02:00 in my time zone. Or every other admin from Amerika or where ever. Barras || talk 18:01, 31 July 2009 (UTC) If I...

WP:RFD and weigh in on a few of the nominations, we have several with little or no input and even one that was relisted due to lack of input and still has...

understanding english, those who are learning english (not necessarily children), or people who [probably] use english as a second language, and so on. As stated...

that we don't put Wikiproject banner things or whatever they're called in talk pages. Why don't we do this(or if we do that, tell me)? Thanks, MrMeAndMrMeLet's...

(UTC) Thanks. I just wondered... can you get blocked for having two accounts or does one have to be misused first? The Flying Spaghetti Monster! 19:16, 20...

this isn't en (such as here), now we have to be consistent, either we use or we don't. There is no case-by-case basis here. So I propose we create our...

will even use their rights here. I doubt they will, maybe once or twice, but that once or twice is benefiting the encyclopedia. PeterSymonds (talk) 14:43...

decision to keep or delete. ie too close to call. In such cases we keep them to be safe. -DJSasso (talk) 13:56, 24 August 2009 (UTC) (or very close to a...

in why did you make it and why do you think it's something we'd ever want or need? Only (talk) 22:04, 17 March 2017 (UTC) Because I don't think people...

week Normally pages can be moved to a title that has no existing page yet or to a page that has only one revision, which is a redirect to the page to be...

should make sure the text from VGAs is updated before each presentation, or else at regular intervals. Macdonald-ross (talk) 09:45, 22 December 2010 (UTC)...

may help, or maybe it does not. Should we try to have many difficult words remain in the article as links to articles which explain them? Or would it be...

simple pages. If people browse or click Show any page they might find unsimple pages. They might find pages that are too short or too long. They might find...

contribs) 21:30, 13 October 2022 (UTC) @Aspiringchemistyht: You are not blocked or banned here, which you can tell by the fact that you were able to edit this...

highly unlikely for you to have a successful request. Usually users have three or more months of editing and 1000 + edits before having a successful request...

a wiki this small - when things like this come up it can either go to AfD or come here. Thanks, Goblin 22:16, 4 March 2009 (UTC) Exactly, that's why our...

(talk • contribs) Try joining a social networking site like Bebo or Facebook or MySpace or something. This isn't a social networking site, this is an encyclopedia...

This page refers to copy-editing (or "proofreading") a Wikipedia page; in other words, correcting for spelling, grammar, punctuation, tone, style and so...

delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. 08:48, 30 December 2013 (UTC) I think the Tech News should have...

a vote was stricken. There are some uncertainty about whether it's an SUL or local account. I then propose that WP:CFD under who can vote to add the date...

which is against rules of Wikipedia policy, but we don't when it has created, or we did speedly deletion on that article but user wants more time, to accomodate...

--Tbennert (talk) 15:54, 10 October 2017 (UTC) You could make a group RfD request, or maybe just list the questionable ones here to save everyone else repeating...

problem, though, especially where these reports have additional info and/or are sortable. --Auntof6 (talk) 04:35, 2 June 2015 (UTC) Not much, the algorithm...

list, there seems to be an argument for Ida Saxton McKinley (or maybe Ellen Louise Wilson or biotechnology) being the 10,000th article. Dragging everyone...

categories on commons. As I'm new here, do we somehow make exceptions for that or are these all qd-able as empty unused categories? Osiris (talk) 22:06, 17...

do not know about the Big Weekends, they were built on teamwork to improve or create articles of a chosen topic. What I am suggesting is that we focus on...

be either simple or complex, depending upon whether or not the person who initiated the discussion wanted it to be in either simple or complex English...

Foundation's Trust & Safety team announced a future consultation about partial and/or temporary office actions. We want to let you know that the draft version of...

7 October 2012 (UTC) The combination of "uppercase-only or lowercase-only" is "uppercase- or lowercase-only". The hyphen persists to show that the "uppercase"...

'Wikipedia:Test' when you type WP:TEST and have no redirect message below the title; or go to 'Wikipedia:This is a test' when you type WP:TEST but show a redirect...

something like this page somewhere (I know I am not an expert on wikistyling or making it look good; but when discussion/voting starts, the page could be...

Oppose - I am giving him 1 month for mentorship. If he gets out of control or drains Matilda's patience, then a ban. Chenzw  Talk  04:58, 20 October 2008...

available at Wikimedia and/or other Wikipedias. Especially in SEW, pictures are a valuable tool. How about it we set up a group or campaign to import good...

request for adminship, request for bureaucratship, request for checkusership, or request for oversightship that did not succeed. Please do not modify it. Closed...

the book, if you check. Can anyone help me make that to an article on book? Or make an other article that is the book? --Windell (talk) 12:25, 19 January...

request for adminship, request for bureaucratship, request for checkusership, or request for oversightship that did not succeed. Please do not modify it. Not...

material may be challenged or removed." so my question is that, Is my draft article cannot be move to the article space with this tag or any other tag? That...

This blocked user asked to be unblocked, but one or more administrators said no to this unblock request. Other administrators can also review this block...

be consistent in using one word or the other. Well, I didn't quite say that, so I'll try again: use either change or edit but not both. And then we have...

procedure requires only 7 days). I hope you can help by either supporting or opposing the nominated VGA articles by November 3, 2007. Thank you:) --§ Snake311...

community, what they think will be the best action? Delete it, keep it as it is or put a small section in the poets page about this festival and redirect it...

categories; Note: In my opinion, categories by gender/sexual orientation, or categories by ethniciry are no solution. Interested people, please look at...

2019 (UTC) as it is, it will run for another week; there are no comments or votes on it yet. Also note that other Wikipedias have articles on 'idiot'...

or attacks, browser-crashing or malicious HTML, shock pages, phishing pages, known virus proliferating pages, and links to web pages that attack or threaten...

articles like José de Acosta. Sometimes an interwiki link is forgotten, or a red-link category left. But it doesn't happen often. You might also want...

must vote with an account meeting the above requirements either on Commons or another SUL-related Wikimedia project (for other Wikimedia projects, the account...

delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. 20:16, 2 October 2013 (UTC) I just stumbled upon {{timeout}}...

earlier. I tend to become more lenient as time goes on from the block and/or based on the specifics of the case. I also tend to (when possible) not even...

pictures. How do I add pictures from the company that i found on their website or newspaper, in a legal way? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jules Muylaert...

about the numbers. Ultimately, a decision will be made one way or the other as to whether or not he'll be allowed back on a trial basis. The decision will...

re-worded or deleted. The original discussion can be found here. The idea at the time was to require several edits (in the form of a review or ipmrovement...

are either disruptive or open proxies. But they could have the potential to return if they repented within six months or so, or come clean under a different...

instead of editing directly, someone could help him by sourcing his edits. Or at least explain how to source and he can source his own. There were *many*...

articles just 'sit there' (without much change apparent), so is there no change, or does the new system mean that the article needs to sit around for 3 weeks...

Conduct across the movement. Comments about the guidelines can be shared here or the Meta-wiki talk page. There will be conversations on Zoom on 4 February...

born in other countries and became American citizens (either naturalized or born of US parents). You also have to take into account people born of immigrants...

This is why we have DAB pages with all the possible pages for that word or phrase. --IWI (talk) 09:35, 9 November 2020 (UTC) Red links also help the...

it is Simple English Wikibooks or English Wikibooks, not Wikipedia of any flavor. Just my two cents, or tuppence, or what have you. StevenJ81 (talk)...

come to mind are "type" for a kind of object or concept, and "parts" for the constituents of an object or concept. What is one to do about such cases?...

happen by making problems yourself. Some people may sometimes get annoyed or angry when something that is important to them has not been done the way they...

all do likewise. I'd suggest keeping warnings newer than a year though... or shall we say 6 months? If people still want them they are in the history too...

places and asteroids, to football players and rivers. When these are deleted, or nominated for, there are always complaints that the topics are "notable"....

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they do not own (that is, any page ending with .css or .js that is either in the MediaWiki: namespace or is another user's user subpage). You can learn more...

options, based on the same core idea. The central idea would be to pick one or two articles from each of the Knowledge Groups to display as our Most Wanted...

to make these kinds of comments (I believe this is like a "village pump"), or if this comment will be seen as bad, so I would like to say that I am sorry...

what we appointed them to do - regardless of whether it is vote counting or not. Secondly, NVS has a clear COI with the elections, being involved with...

momentarily. Sean William 00:25, 28 June 2007 (UTC) Does that mean "for a moment" or "in a moment"? It could be either, you know. I assume it means "in a moment...

this is just one of those times that I cannot just let what I am thinking or what is on my mind from being said. As a precaution, I am going to tell you...

make this look minimalistic, but nice. So leave messages at my talk page or here if you have ideas. obentomusubi 04:27, 25 June 2010 (UTC) I like it!...

"watchlist" tab. In that tab you can check off if you want things you create added or not, Either way (talk) 21:56, 15 February 2010 (UTC) Okay, thanks for the...

should move the to pages with over 5,000 versions to a "versions archive" or something like the sandbox. This would give admins the ability to delete the...

behaviour". --Gwib -(talk)- 10:16, 1 February 2009 (UTC) Can a user be punished or warned for comments like this, he made that comment to me on my talk page...

does not create or imply any contractual or extracontractual liability on the part of Wikipedia or any of its agents, members, organizers or other users....

2021 (UTC) why were so many people blocked, was there a massive sock attack or something? Derpdart56 (talk) 17:09, 8 November 2021 (UTC) Just move along...

differing opinions on the piece of land. Is it Indian, or is it Pakistani, or is it disputed, or is it 'occupied'? I would hate for the word 'occupied'...

to change community consensus. The last time this was discussed (a month or two ago), no consensus was reached to allow fair-use images. I suggest you...

then you use Backspace or the browser Back button to jump back up where you were reading. Try it. Or else you can use a star or something, like [[#Hard...

attention, just report them to WP:VIP. Chenzw  Talk  03:46, 4 June 2013 (UTC) Or the WP:Administrators noticeboard. -DJSasso (talk) 14:02, 4 June 2013 (UTC)...

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how should we handle race and ethnicity? Should we follow en, or should we create or owcn categories? cassandra (talk) 19:43, 19 September 2008 (UTC)...

sites/subsites. I suppose if necessary we could add a counter to the main page or something. There are users that go directly to articles, but I would guess...

and help readers in cases where there are two or more topics with a similar name. For example, if two or more famous people have the same name, a disambiguation...

got no reply. I want to know other peoples opinion on if we should redirect or not. Note that all 3 IPs that have edited the page are blocked on enwiki as...

English Wiktionary or the English Wiktionary projects! On the other hand, a good article can and should begin with a good definition, or with a clear description...

of DYK. Getting an article to GA or VGA is however still seen as a pet project of one (or a few) editors. VGAs (or their equivalent) are specially marked...

not. In my opinion, the idea of an Encyclopedia is to present the facts, or as close to the facts one can get. Regligion/Belief is something very personal...

warned. Disruptive editing is just that, disruptive... be it vandalism... or just a failure to collaborate professionally. NonvocalScream (talk) 15:25...

993 featured lists and 5,215 good articles (grand total of 8,500 or so out of 2.6m or 1 in 300). So I guess that's roughly a ratio of 2:1 good to featured...

give the readers of the articles the impression that we actually care about or VGAs and GAs. The stars that TOM changed our icons to are not professional...

are "logos", "screenshots" or "posters". A well written text can be informative enough, even without a picture of a poster or a logo. - Huji reply 23:04...

Harassment is a pattern of repeated rude or nasty behavior that seems to a normal observer to deliberately target one or more people. Usually (but not always)...

help on a specific thing or article, I have extra time. We really need to either revive PR, or create a new message board or such (without cluttering...

encourage everyone to discuss and ask questions here (or on IRC, #wikimedia-fundraising, or email or wherever :) ). On the meta pages you will find links...

(talk) 22:28, 1 January 2008 (UTC) Am I supposed to submit this to Bugzilla or something? I'm green on these procedures...-- penubag  02:46, 4 January 2008...

collaborative working experience. I didn't think any pages would be edited or deleted by moderators in such a short amount of time, so I didn't bother instructing...

messages not meant for you, please create an account or log in. I suggest this to be changed to such (more or less like English Wikipedia): The change should...

build as a stack of rows, whose most significant part is a cell lining up one or several square icons. There are more than 3,000 of these elementary pictograms...

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intercultural communication experience. Have governance or organization experience in non-profits or communities. Have experience negotiating with different...

I can easily make five or six decent new articles on various topics every day, or two. Maxim(talk) 01:40, 6 June 2008 (UTC) Or maybe we can feature a...

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be researched for many people whether they are actually from that country or just listed as a member of that country (Examples: Naturalized American citizens...

people who are more than 2 months old and have at least the approval of 3 or more of the current admins. Agreed? Razorflame 20:32, 13 January 2008 (UTC)...

I want to find an answer to a question like: How did the Civil war start, or something like that. How would I be able to find an answer like that? If WP...

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needed for an article like the Bible and an article like Flight into Egypt. Or an article like Cooking and an article like Flapjacks. Expression A great...

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across every language wiki. The only real scope question should be children or esl learners. -DJSasso (talk) 22:12, 6 December 2009 (UTC) I think when determining...

I was most surprised about. Anyway, you can either ask any administrator or at WP:RFR, but I've already given you rollback, assuming you were asking where...

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simple wording, but wording similar to en.. Why is that so? Is it intentional or a mistake? The life of brian 16:27, 5 January 2007 (UTC) Which navigation...

shape or form you want to contribute. Either you can help by creating articles about things you're interested in (or not interested in^^), or you can...

I don't mean this to be cheesy or self centered, but I just wanted the time to say thank you and good bye. The drama of wiki, irc, and the general Internet...

certainly does look fishy. Anyone who wants to try again for the 25 votes, or nominate someone to, can go right ahead. Of course the 50 edit minimum should...

Thus I would like to know if there are any suggestions on how I can improve or some things I should work on before running. I have asked some people the...

should change. If I read the enWP article correctly, Tibet depends on Chinese (or other aid). Most of the economy consists of farming lifestock (which might...

990kbs) for use on a home PC off line, what application is required to run or does it contain an installation file?Kamasi (talk) 05:15, 9 March 2008 (UTC)...

Philosophy (and are in Category Philosophy, or a subcat), or Religion (similar rule: Category:Religion, or a subcat)? - I think it would be easier to find...

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This message is not meant to discourage or attack Camouflaged Mirage or any other editor for their views or proposals. It's simply my own opinion, and...

this) on this wiki located? {{Sonia|talk|en}} 22:08, 12 May 2010 (UTC) ...or just have it be at the top of the bar (as on en:Main Page). PiRSquared17 19:05...

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default setting for some reason. It normally corrects itself after a while or it can be forced to reset by just blank saving (edit/save with no changes...

comments there (or here), if they have an opinion. Currently, links can look like this (with or without an in-line <!-- comment -->), or the can have a...

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money. Making a legal threat can make other users afraid to change pages, or make them angry at you. There are almost always better ways to solve the problem...

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as I tend to work in user space and have to deal with change page names, or with complicated naming issues where a long series of redirects would be problematic...

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Chile, they are a lot and this tool may be very useful. I won't misuse it and/or let you down... --Diego Grez (previously MisterWiki) let's talk 22:21, 20...

happen between children who make changes here and other people who change or read the Simple English Wikipedia. All users, including children, are allowed...

mouth." What starts in the mouth -- the body or the breaking? Also, what breaks the sugars -- mouth or the body? Coffsneeze 00:41, 9 May 2007 (UTC) The...

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meet a numeric requirement. Other requirements include things like whether or not there is someone actively expanding articles in that topic area from stubs...

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usually use the Ogg Vorbis sound type. Other kinds of sound types like MP3 or MPEG are used other places more, but they are patented. Vorbis is free to...

you most edit here? I often edit or make articles about books I've enjoyed, such as Evelina, The Brothers Karamazov, or Uncle Tom's Cabin. I also enjoy...

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The article should be stable. It should not have many recent big changes or any current change wars. All important terms should be linked and there must...

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Were it not for the community, we would not have such a large repository, or collection if you will, of knowledge and the world would still be using boring...

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or other functional and useful document "free" in the sense of freedom: to assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or...

comment, try saying something nice first. For example, you can say "thank you" or smile at them. Don't lose your temper, and don't say "me first". Try to keep...

reach consensus on what to do (other than what I suggest below) before Feb 23 Or we should temporarily continue with that list (for five more weeks) and try...

page is for reporting any mistakes the change filter makes. If it warns you or stops you from making a helpful change, please report it here. This says it...

an account use this account in a special way: They only change one page, or a group of pages that belong together They change many pages, which do not...

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something that happens by chance or mistake; an unplanned event accuse – v. to say a person is responsible for an act or crime; to make a statement against...

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is an encyclopedia, meaning everything on this website has to be accurate (or correct), with good sources on pages to prove what we put on articles is true...

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adminship. An inactive administrator is one who had made less than 100 changes or administrative actions combined within the past calendar year. Editors who...

be bold and DO IT! ... that Did you know needs more hooks? If you know of or come across an interesting fact from any article that meets the requirements...

watch · logs · delete) This section lists candidates for very good articles or very good articles that need help. Please look at the proposals page, as well...

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import action during my entire time here at simplewp. Are you refering to me or someone else? —§ stay (sic)! 21:52, 28 February 2010 (UTC) I was referring...

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to find a way to come to an agreement or deciding that we are unable to do so can be done without name calling or anger but we have a problem with that...

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misusing Wikipedia rules for personal advantage at the expense of other users or the Wikipedia community. Bad-faith wikilawyering – arguing the word of policy...

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an important decision. I was wondering whether I should stop editing wiki or get more active again. I chose the latter and I will concentrate on eradicating...

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about yourself and what you do? Hi, I'm Christianrocker90 (CR90 for short), or Aaron in real life. I mainly focus on the wrestling and baseball articles...

include asking a steward or another checkuser to run the check. Q: Why was en:CIDR invented? Is en:IPV6 still needed today? Why or why not? A:There are only...

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just a contest; there is no need to expand an article with uncited content or directly copying from enwiki. Being careful and patient is a virtue. Remember...

Category:Barnstar award templates. General Barnstars are awarded for work or contributions that do not fall into a specific Wikipedia category, but instead...

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at adding and improving articles but not much at anti-vandalism or any work in RfD or other areas. You should work on fighting vandalism first....

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Wikimedia wiki where it is enabled. You can import pages to start a new article or you can import revisions to that wikis existing article. It can't import revisions...

categorize and link them in appropriate ways. If you want to enter the contest or serve as a contest judge, add your name to the list. The Simple English Wikipedia...

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trust around WMF, or my technical expertise. I gather I'm supposed to put on soft gloves, because you can't take frank discussion. Or that it is ok for...

{{Qd-nonsense}} This does not include bad writing, profanity, vandalism, things that are fake or impossible, or parts which are not in English Language....

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come in (assuming there's a mailing list, similar to the list for en.wiki, or if someone emails me directly) and am usually idling on AIM all day, so I...

quite a few people have said that they are not very good at editing articles or that they lack confidence in doing so. So with that in mind I have begun a...

oversight policy. If it isn't permitted, I would just delete the article, or page or problematic revision. Majorly talk 00:46, 11 August 2009 (UTC) Of course...

also do vandalism reversions & QD tagging. I occassionally work on WP:PGA or may create few stubs. And of course, SN. Back at enWP, I work at WP:NOVELS...

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bureaucrat in the Americas who would close RfXs when Eptalon, TRM or Vector are asleep or when Chenzw is at school.  :-) Meetare Shappy Cunkelfratz! 00:14...

SimpleWP. I beleive I am a tolerant person and have zero time for racism or any other kind of -ism that judges people by things other than their actions...

This essay contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia users. Essays may represent common ideas, or ideas that many users would not support...

were in support of the new license change. As a result, on June 15, 2009 (or shortly after), all WMF projects (including us) will be dual licensed under...

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21:06, 8 August 2009 (UTC) A. Oversight is a mechanism of deleting a page or a log entry, much like the normal deletion mechanism, available to admins...

every edition, Yotcmdr will be chosing articles that need creating, expanding or being attended to. This time Pmlinediter is selecting the articles. Here is...

accuracy (or correctness) of an article may be a problem if: It has a lot of things that are wrong, a lot of things it does not prove, or are proven...

editors have to prove their competence with credentials, or that they should be demanded to show them, or be labeled "incompetent" Finally, it does not mean...

the German wikipedia. When did you make your first edit? With my account or as an IP? With your account 31 December 2008 Ok. Tell me what you like most...

record that anyone can see. I have never been in any drama concerning my use or non-use of tools. As for why you can support me? Because I have common sense...

to the Final, and the bottom two will progress to the 3rd Place Edit-Off, or "Plate". The winner will get a wikicup, the runner-up another award and everyone...

Candidate's acceptance:I accept this nomination. Sorry, but not now. One or two days of experience and 3 edits, that too none to article space is not...

include satire. I'd like to know if anyone objected to this', and if you do or don't please say so on this page. Please remember, if it existed none of it...

to each other. But being civil should not be confused with being friendly or courteous, let alone charitable. It's OK to let others know when you think...

sentences in a Google Doc (as they are working individually, with a partner, or in groups) and pasting them in all at once. They are not plagiarizing, I will...

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this user can be trusted with the tool and not violate the privacy policy or things like that. Thank you, Razorflame 17:40, 26 March 2009 (UTC) Co-nomination...

any controversial action, regardless of whether it is an administrator task or not." This statement says that if I /had/ used the flood flag whilst my edits...

If this fails, it fails, and to be honest i'm not that fussed if it passes or not. I can (and am) still help the encyclopedia in other ways (indeed, i'm...

international writing contest. We have it at Wikipedia every year in February or March. Writers write about folk cultures and women in folklore from all over...

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("CCPL" OR "LICENSE"). THE WORK IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT AND/OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW. ANY USE OF THE WORK OTHER THAN AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS LICENSE OR COPYRIGHT...

occupation and so this is unnecessary. Maybe there should be a category of lists or something? -- Ricky81682 (talk) 23:04, 31 May 2005 (UTC) Speedy deleted, since...

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is a photograph or logo, the entire work is likely being used. A screenshot that shows the most important discovery of a documentary or the ending of a...

notability is used for movies. Notability is different from "fame", "importance" or "popularity", although these may affect it. Important note: If a new article...

every edition, Yotcmdr will be chosing articles that need creating, expanding or being attended to. Here is this edition's list: McFly Blood Tour de France...

other Wikipedias. Self-Nomination Sorry, but you don't have enough experience or activity for me to support you. Become a bit more active and come back in...

Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, but rather intends to describe some aspect(s) of Wikipedia's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect...

are inappropriate for a administrator on this site, that is, being impolite or using the tools in content disputes. I don't have three months on the wiki...

changes that the filter detects) before being used (in "throttle", "warn", or "disallow" modes, which takes action against the changes that the filter detects)...

asking you to join us now. You can help updating the new admins, the v/GAs, or you could also start writting articles. Any of these would be of great help...

Can you remember what your first edit was? I first found Wikipedia in 2005 or so but I didn't edit it till..er this edit. And yes, I had never edited before...

Project namespace is the namespace where discussion about Wikipedia articles or other Wikipedia pages happen. A shortcut for them is WP....

errors like typos), please check that other people agree with your changes. Use the talk page when you are not sure or when you want to suggest a change....

hooks (with references), checking the articles the hooks are in and aprove or decline these hooks. This project wasn't revived for nothing, and these hooks...

articles. Being informal, there is no need to "register", or to commit to anything. You can do as much, or as little, as you have time for. The topics for the...

harder to read. Use lead tags when either the lead needs to be fixed, or re-written, or is not there. {{lead missing}} {{lead}} {{lead cleanup}} en:Wikipedia:Manual...

anti-stub team whose aim is to make stubs into articles, or a simplification-team who simplifies articles or even just keep the collaboration-team whose objective...

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have 'flaws with my personality or editing style', has that affected my editing here (severely?) in the past few weeks or days? Other than...

Help:Import. The local import tool is at Special:Import. This tool brings - or "imports" - a page from a different Wikipedia to the Simple English Wikipedia...

job. When I feel like it, I edit Wikipedia; I think currently I am number 2 or number 3 (as to number of edits) on Simple. Grats on the Msc! So what do you...

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be automatically scored for free and the test more fully explained. (Most or all of the scoring sites give score results for many of the other tests.)...

anything that might be closely related to the above, or a major corporation, for example Microsoft, Apple, or others, it may be a good idea to notify the committee...

preserved as an archive of a request for adminship, request for bureaucratship or request for checkusership that did not succeed. Please do not modify it. Kennedy (talk ·...

- A very productive user who will use the tools well and not cause drama or break down and ask for a block and can understand the English language and...

as abuse of any tool would be; this can result in removal of the tool and/or a block. Examples of acceptable use would be deleting a large number of pages...

many edit wars. Sockpuppetry has dramatically cooled off, and we only have 1 or 2 RFAs on at the same time. Our community is small, and we pretty much all...

(UTC) I withdraw Techman224Talk 16:16, 15 March 2009 (UTC) Are you active or have substantial experience on any of the other Wikimedia projects? EhJJTALK...

slurs, or sexual acts. It also contains pages on political or religious groups and movements, which may be seen as controversial by certain people or groups...

Wikipedia, i know that i've certainly made lots of friends on it! So, when and/or how did you first find Wikipedia? I was browsing an external site, and stumbled...

Very often, articles are about people or things with names in a language other than English. This page explains how to name such articles. Special characters...

and charities, to use our articles in different ways (like in print books or CD-ROMS). I encourage everyone to vote on this important issue. EhJJTALK...

for this is because most of the administrators either live in Europe or Asia, or they are tied up in their real life situations, so they are unable to...

--Auntof6 (talk) 19:51, 7 January 2014 (UTC) Isn't there a way to notify users or IPs about a discussion that may include then on the administrators noticeboard...

take it a step further, or do we only ever offer "empty threats"? For instance, take this edit (admins only!). This may be fake or it may be about an actual...

and MediaWiki:Blockiptext do not match. Also, there may be more on the ENWP or Meta list that need to be copied over. The IP address didn't match the ones...

archive of a successful request for adminship, request for bureaucratship, or request for checkusership. Please do not modify it. Malinaccier (talk · contribs)...

two dashes in front of my signature. I did not chose one big dash, an arrow or a cross - I chose two dashes. It is perfectly within policy to use two dashes...

the guy uses different computers and/or devices to talk or vote on this wiki, he probably didn't see his own vote or didn't refresh his page. DingoTalk...

archive of a successful request for adminship, request for bureaucratship, or request for checkusership. Please do not modify it. Juliancolton (talk · contribs)...

extensive vandalism over the last few months. It appears to be a school IP or similar in its activity. I have softblocked it for one month (it is well past...

If the person who made the request wants to hurry the process along, he or she can post their own reminder. --Auntof6 (talk) 10:31, 16 July 2013 (UTC)...

preserved as an archive of a request for adminship, request for bureaucratship or request for checkusership that did not succeed. Please do not modify it. Tharnton345 (talk ·...

the mentioned project page, or about things that have nothing to do with one or more wikipedians, allegedly being impolite or non-relevant in the discussion...

(and possibly very wrong) articles, many of them on non-notable subjects or apparent dictionary entries and no references. They are all related to the...

design, or the training to students and others involved, or the processes for maintaining quality, or the limit of the number of students, or any other...

be against the law, or may say things that are not true and hurt people. When that happens, the people hurt might send a letter or e-mail to Wikipedia...

should be RevDel'd don't post a link to it on a noticeboard or simple talk etc. Email the admins or an oversighter so you don't publicise it. :) -DJSasso (talk)...

protection time. Over the time, subjects move out of the scope of vandals or a protected title becomes then notable. I think it's not actually the best...

a little and don't accuse others without good reason. We, neither myself or Zhangj1079 are vandals, and don't appreciate the way you just blew our messages...

people who find problems, need help with changing articles, or have any questions about Wikipedia or Wikimedia. To contact the team, you can email info-simplewikipedia...

threat in a very dire way, whether or not it is or not is up to personal interpretation. And as far as involving Jimbo or the stewards. Jimbo rarely gets...

board. Can someone please review, and either either make a call on the edits, or else protect the page? I am happy to abide by any final decision! 188.221...

Following multiple recreations (all of which have either been deleted as A1 or A4), could I please request salting on Mongezi Matthews to prevent further...

editor evading the block (no matter whether the original block was justified or not) a few days ago by trying to edit anonymously; User:LouisPhilippeCharlesNew...

ignored, forgotten about or don't really care; all of which are in some way controversial, for example Jimbo's flags on meta, or Simple's mass-desysop....

xhaxela plus 9. It seems to me to be an improper use of registration and/or user pages. Macdonald-ross (talk) Said users blocked by Glaisher as sockpuppets...

The friendliness of this project is incomparable, and that can be a make or break difference in keeping new users. That being said, the reason I'm writing...

Thanks, Goblin 19:34, 28 February 2009 (UTC) Can an andim decline the request or remove it? Barras (talk) 20:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)  Done by Djsasso fr33kman...

of or needs doing. Maybe it's just me? :) fr33kman 00:45, 12 August 2011 (UTC) If this is easier for you, then I'm ok using it. I could take it or leave...

of our MOS. We could try the Benniguy-style rules? Any sign of puppettry or vandalism would lead to indef, but as long as the contributions are constructive...

preserved as an archive of a request for adminship, request for bureaucratship or request for checkusership that did not succeed. Please do not modify it. Yotcmdr...

chained monkeys that write this stuff. Apologies for the missing edition (or two!). Hopefully we can get back on track soon and sending you a newsletter...

• contribs) This is not an insult, and you are edit warring. Please stop, or you will be blocked. Majorly talk 16:21, 24 April 2009 (UTC) I disagree; twice...

his own RfA. He also inserted images of me (which I believe to be trolling, or at the very least personal attacks). See here (nonsense on the RfA page),...

we should QD or RFD the categories or not. I'm not seeking punitives against JM; and I can't talk to him until I figure out whether or not the categories...

223.23 be unblocked, as it doesn't look to me to warrant a 6 month block, or any at all. I'll be honest and say that I haven't seen a long school block...

throttle (and perhaps block) an (unconfirmed/IP) user that is "undoing" one or more edits (of bots/other (confirmed?) users). (User:199.216... in the edit...

"accepts" or "declines" the request (may be original blocking admin or not). Proposed: 1. User requests unblock. 2. Original blocking admin "accepts" or "declines"...

English or even close to it. You would not consider posting an article in this condition to the French or Spanish wikipedia, but for here you ignore or simply...

nothing in either a references section (or sources, or similar name) or an other-websites section (or external links, or similar name). For the rest of the...

name should not suggest that you hold any particular political, religious or other belief." "People should be able to think things about you just based...

you might be an Administrator and a Bureaucrat, but that does not make you or anyone else in that matter above any User of the Community as we all are equal...

wiki. Regards, Goblin 09:07, 13 October 2009 (UTC) I ♥ Nifky! Two or three weeks early or later will nothing change. It doesn't matter to me. I don't have...

remotely be assumed to be a claim whether its a true claim or not, or makes them notable or not. It can't be speedied. -DJSasso (talk) 13:55, 19 April...

makes it hard to leave a message on their talk page. Am I doing this right, or should I leave the message first, then delete? Peterdownunder (talk) 11:27...

archiving older requests. We should hoever look that the last month or so is still present (or available in the archives). Therefore when you do please properly...

tagged as either confirmed or suspected sockpuppets, a checkuser nightmare trying to sort out multiple abuse issues (either sock or meat puppets really doesn't...

also includes a large image which many people would consider pornographic or unsettling. Accounts jackjack (talk · contribs · logs · block log) - Indef...

input from the community? A lot of people don’t look at or follow guideline or policy pages or their respective talk pages other than (mostly) admins....

Just an idea, but could come in handy, and would make more of our article GA or VGA. Comments are welcommed. Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 18:08, 1 March...

handwavium is. Also, to name Mohammed or Prime Minster John Howards' hair as example of handwavium is either offensive or funny, but not encyclopedic. Write...

opinion, who thinks that these policies are humane or not harsh?". I've only been here for a week or so, but even I can see that Jonas is disruptive and...

onto this wiki over the last year or so that simple wikipedia is a place where we play the game of wack-a-vandal or wack-a-user. It is very detrimental...

Category:Computer and video game companies to Category:Video game companies please. Or else, give me AWB access and I'll do it. Thanks. —Giggy 07:29, 22 August 2008...

2022 (UTC) Thanks for keeping up on them. I'm currently traveling for a week or two, but will try to get back on top of them as well when I return. --Gordonrox24 | Talk...

use the word changes for contributions, as in my changes above the page, or User's changes in the toolbox (left), the links to the user contributions...

articles. He is currently blocked for two weeks, I would suggest a few months or indefinite. JetLover Bam! 04:40, 21 December 2007 (UTC) The user has been...

that category so they can be worked on or would you prefer to do an AWB to find that parameter and remove it or do you have any other ideas on this? This...

become a sysop there, I have not had any problems with misusing the tools or with following the guidelines too closely. I have logged over 10 blocks, 100+...

when doing so with the named editors. They must first abuse the talk page or email privilege before we remove it. We should not be ticking these boxes...

he says it's "pathetic" that RF failed. This is not the kind of behavior or attitude I expect, nor do I want to see, from a bureaucrat trusted in deciding...

Is this a good or appropriate place to post these kinds of issues? A. The List of Emperors of Japan is a chronology. I plan to create 100+ articles with...

have made in the past. I'm not offended but I'm not sure if it's allowed or not. Cheers, Hockeycatcat (talk) 15:36, 21 September 2021 (UTC) Looks like...

return for a fortnight or more given his current edit record. Thanks to Chenzw for restoring some normality, perhaps in a week or so we can find someone...

made. If you need to make other changes, wait until the time has run out or request the right he removed once you're finished with the lint errors. Thank...

community website. Also, I have no idea about the terms of service of BellSouth (or any other ISP). I can therefore neither tell you whether this user violates...

all be solved by an agreement whether the user should be in the "active" or "inactive" column? And it really isn't all that important! Whitstable 17:56...

atmosphere. So, starting about now, I'm going to caution, warn, then either block, or bring up for discussion based on the history of the whatever editor is displaying...

user page (to myspacy) I do not think it is to a point that it is abusive or out of line for user space. I would also like to request comment on what I...

up to our activity levels from a few months ago, when we frequently had 5 or 6 P(V)GAs at the relevant page - as I write this we have 1 PVGA and 2 PGAs...

this is an encyclopedia and it is in mainspace that this project will live or die. I am a big one for WP:CIVIL and believe that it is fundamental to our...

of France; they need expanding! And concerning french rivers, or mountains, or cantons, or arrondissements, there are hardly any written at all! There are...

"sillyimpersonator" or similar. It's obviously not en:User:DerHexer or DerHexer as he created a vandalism account; I believe it was BOT - George Bush, or something...