User talk:SchnitzelMannGreek

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To the Vandals-"Respect the Schnitzel, Respect It!!!" CSD! This user will not hesitate to delete or CSD tag your article if it falls under CSD criteria. vn-32 This user talk page has been vandalized 32 times. >:( Vandals dislike this user. >:-P This user tattles on vandals. This user despises vandalism and reverts it with extreme pride.

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		SchnitzelMannGreek GuestbookBarnstar
		For signing my guestbook - I, SchnitzelMannGreek, hearby present you with this unique barnstar. Thanks for reviewing my userpage and hoped you enjoyed it. Happy Editing:)--SchnitzelMannGreek. 20:33, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I created this barnstar for Guestbook signers. When you go to the userpage, view it and sign guestbook, there is a heading with the barnstar. When you sign, you're free to take it;)

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excuse me but edu's contract was terminated this year? bloody ridiculous song —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.32.25.163 (talk) 14:36, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain how you judge whether an edit is constructive or not. Adding a genre to the infobox certainly isn't vandalism (unless it's made up, which is not the case). Minikui (talk) 13:45, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For all your hard work reverting vandalism and for beating me to the revert more times than any other user (except ClueBot ;). Keep up the great work! Midnight Comet 18:53, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This revert and subsequent warning seems a little harsh, for a new user who doesn't seem to be aware of article talk pages. Am I missing some backstory? --McGeddon (talk) 18:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, just checking. I've removed your warning and left a friendly note on the editor's talk page. All the best. --McGeddon (talk) 19:17, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Same here, please be more careful. This edit was not vandalism. See the edit summary and discussion on Talk:Laurent Vaguener. Garion96 (talk) 21:40, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that you may be interested in the above link per our conversation earlier. Best, t'shael^chat 04:51, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Where is evidence of suspected sockpuppet user:Rasmani? Regards--Ducatista2 (talk) 13:46, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I presume you are concerned because the links lead to your own user and talk pages? The wiki-code for the links is [[Special:MyPage|here]] and [[Special:MyTalk|or here]]. They lead to your own user and talk pages - it says to the vandal "Vandalize in your own space". Intelligentsium 16:28, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Very nicely done and very interesting subject. It's worthy of consideration for the "Did You Know?" section on the main page in my opinion. It just needs some minor spelling/syntax tweaks. I'll try and fix it later. Only logged on for a moment. Again, a fabulous and interesting new article! --PMDrive1061 (talk) 23:16, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If PMDrive was referring to 2,000 Romanian Lei Note, I would have to agree. Now that I have had a chance to read the entire article I would have to say that it is one of the more interesting articles that I have read on Wikipedia. Great work. :) Best, t'shael^chat 01:36, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

--Midnight Comet 01:26, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You posted a vandalism template on my talk page recently, pertaining to Dave Mustaine. I just wanted to tell you that I attempted to revert 69.122.179.48's edit at the same time you did, and inadvertently clicked the undo button on your edit, not 69.122's. I hope that you realize that I have good intentions on Wikipedia, and I also hope this didn't cause you too much trouble. An elite (talk) 02:02, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Other than some problems with past and present tenses (which I fixed), it looks magnificent. I never knew that the New Mexico flag was based on that tribe's symbol. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:34, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please fix the Wienerschnitzel entry to reflect that the Champaign location is now closed, since you apparently don't want me to change it. You said my changes were "unconstructive". How is changing it to reflect reality unconstructive? The store is closed, it is no longer, it is an ex-store, it may or may not be pining for the fjords but it is CLOSED. You want me to take a picture? -- SEP —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.227.76.50 (talk) 04:55, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note that the IP is correct per this and I have undone your reversion. Please try to be more careful in the future. :) -t'shael^chat 05:07, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wild Women

You know, I'm not shure that it's written in that tonalitet, and I can see anywhere on internet Aretha Franklin's version, so... article is full of poor informatios and I think it isn't for one encyclopedia. --Ogggy (talk) 13:01, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, this is my talk page. I redirect this to somewhere else. I don't see why I could not. USer:ceedjee. Keep away from this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.244.180.141 (talk) 14:43, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Omg, thank you so much! My first barnstar; I'm going to put it on my userpage. ~*big hugs*~ Thanks again, --Midnight Comet 14:48, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the talkpage revert :) Gpia7r (talk) 14:51, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This diff here: [[1]]

My apologies if I do not fully understand the situation, but how was adding a population number unconstructive? You also templated the user who did the edit, and this could dissuade them from future editing as it is rather unclear what they did wrong. Did you make an error because the abuse filter flagged it for whitespace? --Taelus (talk) 14:59, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply on my talk which cleared things up. I will remove/clarify the templates you put on the IP address' user talk, as I have suspicions it may be a shared IP, and those diffs are very confusing! --Taelus (talk) 15:04, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reverting my talk page. Abce2|Free LemonadeOnly 25 cents! 15:02, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And again.Abce2|Free LemonadeOnly 25 cents! 15:07, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. In the message you sent me, you wrote : "if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary.".
I made an edit summary explaining this was my user page. Where is the problem exactly ? 81.244.182.215 (talk) 15:07, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Don't worry.

I am extremelly upset and you did right in fact.

But I want to redirect this anyway.

Good continuation in wikipedia (and good luck with the numerous IP's vandals).

81.244.182.215 (talk) 15:08, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I genuinely appreciate the Barnstar! Always glad to help you. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 17:34, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page. Cst17 (talk) 19:46, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I realise that it's an automatic Huggle report, but there are some queries about why you made an AIV report about User:Pokerdance - you may wish to visit AIV and respond. ~ mazca ^talk 20:28, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, most of your Huggle work's been good so keep it up. :) I would say though that you should generally be cautious about reverting comments on other people's talk pages unless it's really, really blatant vandalism. Thanks for getting back to me. ~ mazca ^talk 20:39, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Called a mistake... You really know how to welcome people to Wiki don't you! Have a beer and enjoy the darts! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.217.186.175 (talk) 20:30, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok sorry pal. Maybe its just a misunderstanding of semantics regarding 'vandalism'. Anderson looking good in that last game! Enjoy the arrows! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.217.186.175 (talk) 20:52, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. Much appreciated.--The Legendary Sky Attacker 21:03, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't want to clutter your talk page with a separate section, but muchas gracias from me for the same thing :) --Minkus (talk) 08:27, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

...for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. :) → Dylan620 (Toolbox Alpha, Beta) 23:05, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Neat userpage! :D I'll take the guestbook barnstar in just a sec. :) → Dylan620 (Toolbox Alpha, Beta) 23:37, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just now noticed the barnstar that you gave me and wanted to say thanks! It's much appreciated. :) Ack, sorry, it seems I edit conflicted with someone who vandalised your talk page. Cheers and happy editing! -t'shael^chat 23:29, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I edited the WTAE trivia section so that the information can be found in the history. Maybe you can delete it because it keeps saying I'm not being "constructive." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.61.76.248 (talk) 23:33, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the warnings, since it was clearly a clean-up, content moving operation. --JForget 23:36, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for not getting back to you, I've been away from secure internet connections (though I did see your message). It's quite an interesting article. You should try and get it on WP:DYK. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 00:01, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, forgot to do that actually. I've got to go now, but thanks for the reminder. I'll take care of everything first thing when I get back though, ok? Inferno, Lord of Penguins 00:23, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay:)SchnitzelMannGreek. 00:26, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reversion of good-faith edits as "vandalism" [2], and incorrectly warning users [3] damages Wikipedia by encouraging good-faith editors to leave (do you see 72.183.120.48 (talk · contribs) making any more contributions?). Edits cannot be identified as unconstructive merely because they trip an abuse filter rule, or because they include "naughty" words. Erik9 (talk) 16:42, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't leave forever. I just went to another site. It's cool, man 72.183.120.48 (talk) 17:05, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Zia (New Mexico) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! candle•wicke 11:08, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am simply removing a misplaced request on the Wikipedia_talk:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Biography_(arts_and_entertainment)_articles_by_quality_log talk page. I am not vandalising the page. Thank you. Harry the Dog WOOF 14:53, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not SchnitzelMannGreek, but I would like to sincerely apologize to you, Harry. Please continue to help improve the encyclopedia. Best, → Dylan620 (Toolbox Alpha, Beta) 14:56, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

→ Dylan620 (Toolbox Alpha, Beta) 15:09, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I have looked at them. They need some improvements. --candle•wicke 18:40, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This has 1200+ characters. This has -5300 characters. 1200+ X5 = 6000+. --candle•wicke 20:29, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that you're having some reference problems with your articles, here's a tool that really simplifies the process. Cheers,--Giants27 (c|s) 23:42, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You indeed!SchnitzelMannGreek. 23:46, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Everything on the other article checks out but you just need to fix the refs.--Giants27 (c|s) 23:54, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See how the refs in your article are just links, they are more or less supposed to look something like this with the publisher, headline or page name, authors etc.--Giants27 (c|s) 23:58, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I was off for a little while, I'll take a look.--Giants27 (c|s) 01:02, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can look here but it appears as though the Zia article will be on the main page just past midnight EDT while the other one will be on the main page right after that.--Giants27 (c|s) 01:38, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's no guarantee of when your articles will be on the main page; after an article at DYK is verified, it sits around until it is moved into the DYK queue. This depends on a number of factors such as how old the article is and what other things are already in the queue (we like to keep the topics varied, so for example if there are already four biology-related facts there then any biology-related facts that have been verified will probably have to wait a day or so before going to the main page). Once it's moved to the queue, a bot will automatically move it to the main page whenever its update is due (the DYK items on the main page are updated once every six hours; you can see T:DYK/Q for a list of queues and to see what time exactly a given queue is supposed to go to the main page). Once it is on the main page, you will get a notice on your talk page to let you know. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 01:58, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Your revert here was a mistake and I have undone it. Obviously you are not the original author but those edits were not constructive. Thanks. Jdrewitt (talk) 20:50, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On July 7, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Zia (New Mexico), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Wikiproject DYK 08:50, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

...for reverting the vandalism on my talk page --Until It Sleeps ^{Wake me} 13:05, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

+ Hi, i see you reverted my edit to the incubus song Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song). Why did you call it vandalism? I reverted it back to the album because it is not notable for it's own article. It's not a single, not a charttopper, wan't even featured on a video game. It obviously fails wp:music. My edit was not vandalism. And you saw the message i wrote on July 1st and you didn't answer so why delete it. Please stop this, you did this to someone else. I want a reply why you called my edit vandalism —Preceding unsigned comment added by RandomGuy666 (talk • contribs) 17:44, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are supposed to come back tomorrow. Hi. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 19:19, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm about to alert the authorities... Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 18:03, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I responded on my own talk page. Not much really, not worth looking at, but I know you will. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 21:35, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back! :) --Midnight Comet 00:43, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{helpme}} How do I make the image smaller here[[4]]?

I'm not sure if you're talking about the infobox image or the other, but here's how to do either. For the infobox, you can change the image width parameter to a lower number of pixels, i.e., from 250px to 150px or anything in between. For the other image you can add a pixels parameter and lower the size from the default, i.e., [[Image:Aladdin Desert Passage interior.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Desert passage Moroccan themed decor showing the painted sky]].--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:17, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)::Which one? For the one on the top of the article, just change the image_width parmeter from 250px to whatever size you want. For the other one, add to the code |100px, for example: Image:Aladdin Desert Passage interior.jpg|left|thumb|100px

Replace the 100px with the size you're looking for. Did this help? Nja²⁴⁷ 13:20, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You very much!SchnitzelMannGreek. 15:48, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{helpme}} I noticed there isn't a buffet infobox. Can you tell me how to design one?SchnitzelMannGreek. 17:45, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Do you have an idea of what you would like it to look like? What entries should be included? I would be happy to help. Plastikspork (talk) 17:56, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It would have where the buffet is---what hotel/company, city state, adderess, fine/casual, serves:-breakfeast lunch, etc. Number of items. Maximum seating. Thanks!SchnitzelMannGreek. 20:37, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great. How about if you start a page here with the following as a start:

{{infobox | title       = {{{buffet_name|{{PAGENAME}}}}} | image       = {{#if: {{{image<includeonly>|</includeonly>}}}|[[Image:{{{image}}}|220px]]}} | caption     = {{{image_caption<includeonly>|</includeonly>}}} | label2      = {{#if:{{{streetaddress|}}}|Address|Location}} | data2       = {{{streetaddress|<includeonly>{{{</includeonly>location<includeonly>|}}}</includeonly>}}} | label3      = Type | data3       = {{{type<includeonly>|</includeonly>}}} | label3      = Meals | data3       = {{{meals<includeonly>|</includeonly>}}} | label4      = Number of items | data4       = {{{items<includeonly>|</includeonly>}}} | label5      = Seating capacity | data5       = {{{capacity<includeonly>|</includeonly>}}} }}<noinclude>{{documentation}}<!-- PLEASE ADD CATEGORIES AND INTERWIKIS TO THE /doc SUBPAGE, THANKS --></noinclude> 

I can help tweak it once you have something started. Plastikspork (talk)

• I did a little already but I don't have much experience making infoxes(just using them);)It seems smaller and included less than I expected. If you can "tweak it to include all the following sections:what hotel/company it's located in, city, state, adderess, fine or casual, serves:-breakfeast lunch, etc. Number of items. Maximum seating. I'm plannig on using it in an article I'll create today. Thanks!SchnitzelMannGreek. 21:18, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great. I just tweaked it a bit more. I would say that hotel/company could go in 'Location', cite/state/address could go in 'address', number-of-items is in 'items', serves is in 'meals', maximum seating is in 'seating capacity'. There is also a place for an image, and for an image caption. Are there any fields which are missing? It might look bigger once you actually insert all the data and put it into use. Plastikspork (talk) 21:22, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just started a documentation page for it as well. Hopefully this is enough to get the ball rolling. Thanks for the Barnstar. Plastikspork (talk) 21:35, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I switched the 'infobox' to 'infobox buffet' that you created and it appears to show the image as desired. Plastikspork (talk) 04:49, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was just in Laughlin myself. Small world, eh?  :)

Overall, the article is well laid out and concise. You did a great job, but the language is a bit promotional. Gotta curb your enthusiasm just a bit. Nothing a bit of adjustment can't fix. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:55, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much; you're too kind. Tomorrow, the final WOTW of July will be awarded. On Sunday, this month's Wikipedian of the Month will be awarded. Happy editing! --[midnight comet] [talk] 16:51, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Midnight Comet told me that you were interested in Abuse reports. Thanks for helping out! Since abuse reports may be a somewhat confusing process (at least in my opinion =D), you may want to read the guide to abuse reports before you start. I've cleaned up the entire project (since when I found it it was pretty much "dead"), but I'm still working on making it easier for people to understand and help out.If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks! (You may also want to add yourself to the list of volunteers. Netalarm 12:36, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That Journeyman editor ribbon doesn't really show up on your userpage, etc. etc.

P.S. Thanks for saying hi. I appreciate it more than you think. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 18:28, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, I fixed it for you. Y Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 18:45, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there! Midnight Comet has loved you by placing a heart icon in the top-right corner of your userpage. Don't worry, it's not vandalism, but simply a small way to spread the WikiLove. If you don't really like it, feel free to revert it and make it go away, and no hard feelings; after all, it's just a small token of appreciation. If you like it, just add your name here, but again, there's no need to feel upset if you don't. Love and best wishes, [midnight comet] [talk] 22:22, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently, you've got new messages on my talk page. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 13:16, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

207.157.121.50 (talk) 18:32, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		Cookies!
		Thanks for the note. has given you some cookies! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the "WikiLove" by giving someone else some cookies, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{subst:Cookies}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

207.157.121.50 (talk) 18:49, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey SchnitzelMan (do you mind me calling you that? Actually don't bother answering , I'll call you SchnitzelMan either way), thanks for the Barnstar. Here's one for you:

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		Not just because you gave me a Barnstar, but also because your photos are really good--ScribbleStick (talk) 03:00, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

.

Anyhoo, as you pointed out, we haven't really talked much, so I'd like to put an end to that. Unfortunatly I don't log in much, so it'll probably end up with you talking to yourself (Spongefrog tells me thats quite fun though).

Anyway, thanks once again, and hopefully I'll hear from you soon.

--ScribbleStick (talk) 03:00, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here is living proof of that. User talk:Spongefrog/Archive 1#No one is talking to me. I will just talk to myself. I actually got a Barnstar for that. See here. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 13:14, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for this late response (15 hour place rides are not fun =/ ). Since you'll be volunteering as either an investigator or a contactor (or both) at abuse reports, you don't do the actual reporting of an IP address. The New Alerts section is where all the new reports are listed. Reports are created by regular users that find an IP address that fits the criteria set. Abuse Reports then sees if the IP actually meets the guidelines and processes it accordingly.

Process:

• Open a new case. (Cases are found at New Alerts)
• Look for trends, other information that may help the responsible organization in identifying the abusive user in the Contribs log)

This is the Investigation part.

• Contact the organization.

This is the Contact part.

Remember to move the wikilink to the corresponding section when you investigate and contact. =D

I know the moving can get complicated, so I'll try to automate the process by using a bot to do the moving. It would be easier to explain some things involved if we were in direct communication, would that be possible? I'm thinking of Wikipedia's IRC, AIM, or any other instant messaging service. Thanks. Netalarm 15:11, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Major cleanup was done again, should make it extremely easy to process now. Are you still intested? Netalarm 16:19, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy editing! --[midnight comet] [talk] 00:07, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks friendSchnitzelMannGreek. 00:12, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi SchnitzelMannGreek,

I'm asking Wikipedians who are interested in United States legal articles to take a look at WP:Hornbook, the new "JD curriculum task force".

Our mission is to assimilate into Wikipedia all the insights of an American law school education, by reducing hornbooks to footnotes.

• Each casebook will have a subpage.

• Over the course of a semester, each subpage will shift its focus to track the unfolding curriculum(s) for classes using that casebook around the country.
• It will also feature an extensive, hyperlinked "index" or "outline" to that casebook, pointing to pages, headers, or {{anchors}} in Wikipedia (example).
• Individual law schools can freely adapt our casebook outlines to the idiosyncratic curriculum devised by each individual professor.

• I'm encouraging law students around the country to create local chapters of the club I'm starting at my own law school, "Student WP:Hornbook Editors". Using WP:Hornbook as our headquarters, we're hoping to create a study group so inclusive that nobody will dare not join.

What you can do now:

1. Add WP:Hornbook to your watchlist, {{User Hornbook}} to your userpage, and ~~~~ to Wikipedia:Hornbook/participants.

2. If you're a law student,

• Email http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Hornbook to your classmates, and tell them to do the same.
• Contact me directly via talk page or email about coordinating a chapter of "Student WP:Hornbook Editors" at your own school.

(You don't have to start the club, or even be involved in it; just help direct me to someone who might.)

3. Introduce yourself to me. Law editors on Wikipedia are a scarce commodity. Do knock on my talk page if there's an article you'd like help on.

Regards, Andrew Gradman ^talk/_WP:Hornbook 05:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For successfully and painstakingly completing my challenge. Rkr1991 (Wanna chat?) 10:59, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The "'Random idiot user who Spongefrog doesn't hate for some reason' of the 2½-day period" Award
		Congratulations! For your friendliness, usefulness, contributions, reform, existence, and not being an idiot, I award you with this soon to be prestigious award: The "RIUWSDHFSROT2½DP" Award. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 13:43, 1 August 2009 (UTC) [reply]

Note that you are the second ever recipient of this award. Javert was the first. Feel very honored. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 13:37, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let you know, I believe you 121.5%. Which is good. And I'm sure most other editors would believe you. I only thought it a reform after seeing one of your Barnstar, which metioned your history.

So, basically, you want the hacker's bad sockpuppets under one category, and your good ones under another? I would do this myself, it would be a pretty simple task, but I don't think I'm allowed. Concensus (is that the right word?) would have to be reached. Remember, I'm pretty inexperienced. I would go to an admin or something, see what s/he can do. There may be some sort of discussion/debate about it, it could get quite serious. I'm not going to do any of this myself, because, considering you've only told me and someone else, I don't think you'd want me to, as a lot of people might find out. But if you really want this changed, well, go to somebody who is a bit more experienced. I'll back you up voraciously if the need be. Sorry for not being much of a help. But I'm sure you can get this fixed somehow.

P.S. - If you want to remove that comment from my talk page so nobody else sees it, go ahead. I don't mind.

P.P.S. I'll be gone from August 6 to August 18, do you want to take over my award system while I'm gone? If not, that's cool, I'll find somebody else. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 20:37, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, another thing. About the archive. It would be possible, I think, to delete one of your archives. I think. However, archiving, as you know, doesn't actually split the page, so the history would still show up here. Hope any of this helps. If you've tried to do this sort of stuff before, I could make some enquires on your behalf, maybe that might make a difference. Or not. But I'll try. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 20:50, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Heya, Schnitzel. I read what you said on Spongefrog's talk page. If you need any help, give me a shot. I'm willing to back you up on this. Not only do I simply trust you, but behavioral evidence suggests that to me as well. Anyways, as I have said, you need help, let me know. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 22:33, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So you've got the archives sorted? Thats good. Now it's just the categories. If you want me to ask someone, I'll do that. I'll find a trustworthy sounding admin, and give him/her a shot. But they'd see the whole story on my talk page. Is this OK? Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 11:20, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Thanks for taking over the awards system. I'll notify you if anything changes. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 11:20, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to get some help, but the best I could do was get a reccomendaation that you approach User:Tiptoety, who seems to have some experience in this sort of stuff. Only problem is, he's on a WikiBreak. Well, you can always find someone else, or wait untile S/he comes back. Hope this helps, even though I doubt it will. Happy New Year, Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 18:43, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Don't you, uh, want to do it yourself? Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 08:51, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just thought if you know somebody to ask, you may want to do it yourself. It would seem a tad, uh, whats the word, well I can't remember the word. But people might not like you asking somebody else to do it when you know what to do yourself. I'll still back you up. You're not bugging me, BTW, I've got nothing else to do really. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 14:14, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is a very nice image-type thing. I wish I had the software to make images...Spongefrog, (I am a flesh-eating robot) 18:34, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Something you could try is a MfD for the sock archive, and if consensus exists then I/you/somebody else could re-arrange the categories. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 01:03, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Here's to you for your excellent work fighting vandalism. Cheers! Best, Dylan620 (contribs, logs) 18:27, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job on HG, you seem to be dominating only 2nd to ClueBot so I'll leave you to it for now :-). Jeff M | Talk2Me | BNosey - 15:08, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You wouldn't mind being a smidge more careful, would you? You reverted User:Huileixu's blanking of the above page, but he created the page, which means that the appropriate course of action would have been to tag the page for speedy deletion under criterion G7. I have done so. I know that you have massive amount of experience combating vandalism, so I was just dropping a friendly note. :) Best, Dylan620 (contribs, logs) 20:15, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!--96.243.180.70 (talk) 09:34, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, it's great that you'd like to (and have) help(ed) with creating barnstars :). I personally always use Wikipedia images which are realised under a free-license (e.g. Public Domain), because this makes the licensing much easier. You should also use File:Large Barnstar.png, for your base.
Unfortunately, there is no software created specifically for barnstars (not that I know of anyhow), but there are plenty of tools which do a fine job. I, for example, use Corel PHOTO-PAINT 7 (which is not free unfortunately),I think a lot of users use Adobe Photoshop (again this is not free). If you are looking for a powerful free photo paint download, then your best bet is probably a google search. I hear Paint.NET is very good, and would definitely recommend you try it.
So yeah, basically, just download a powerful paint program (I'm sure there are some free ones around), and then play around with it. I find transparency a very useful tool, if you want to blend the barnstar into something else (for example, with this barnstar, I used transparency to blend the flag of the United Kingdom and the barnstar together). If you need other help, or would like me to expand on something, just ask :) - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 10:23, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I'm very pleased with it myself - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 15:20, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice, much better than the Assyria barnstar. It's a shame that you haven't made the banner continue without the barnstar (at the moment it's cut off with the barnstar), but that's a minor fault. Overall, the barnstar itself looks really good, nice work with merging the two images. BTW, in the source on the file page, you should include a link to the images you used when creating it (e.g. the File:Large Barnstar.png if you used it). BTW, which program did you use? - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 15:27, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not at all, tis well deserved :). Good luck with bringing your other one up to scratch - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 15:31, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another great barnstar. BTW, if you use PNG you should be able to get transparent backgrounds (in Paint.NET the transparent bits will be checkered). I think this means doing everything on a second layer, rather than drawing on the background, although I'm not sure about that, as I haven't actually used Paint.NET myself. Anyway, really nice, love the red and blue squiggly lines =D. Another BTW; I fixed some stuff on the barnstar template (the other one) here, when you create barnstar templates in the future, please ensure they are done like this. If you don't understand those changes, then ask. Although I won't be able to reply for about an hour, as I've gotta dash now. Keep up your work :) - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 18:04, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, slow down; I'm going to run out of compliments ;P. But seriously, another good one . Well done for adding yourself to the project.
But about the barnstar template, you are still getting it a bit wrong, take a look at the changes I've made, and try to make them yourself :). Best - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 22:10, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed, you were just missing the two close-square brackets. Also, you were using a semi-colon instead of a colon, but all should be well now :D - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 22:20, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He he, good luck with that :D. I can't find any, so I'd say go ahead and create it, you seem to be enjoying it :). And you can post on the WikiProject talk page, noting that you have created it, and then if someone points out that there already is one, then no harm done; they can just have a choice of two, and the second one can be added to the awards page (although, since it's not there already, I highly doubt it exists :D) - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 22:34, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Doh, I thought you meant does WikiProject Awards already have a New Mexico award. Anyway, nice job, you got the background a bit better on this one. You still have the template a bit wrong though; Don't include the sig in the template, add it to the category, and create a section detailing on how to award it. Then it should be fine :D - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 22:58, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here I go logging on, I see your message, I check my e-mail...and your message was my e-mail. Sheesh. Ya had me running around all over cyberspace and for what, I ask? Seriously, thanks for the chuckle. Always nice to hear from you. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:38, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, no. I have had nothing but trouble with this e-mail system. I can't get it to work with my personal e-mail, so I route it to work. I may just get a generic Hotmail account or something like it just for Wikipedia. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:00, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. I'll try and e-mail it from this end. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:03, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Got it this time. I'm looking it over.--PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:15, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I saw it and responded. Thanks.  :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:21, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Promise to check it later tonight when I have a bit more time. Thanks.  :) PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:22, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

...you need to know this. If you are not prepared you (and me) will become a laughing stock. The RIUWSDHFSROT2½DP runs every 2 and a half days, so you have to add the halfs up. I've listed the first few days on the project page. You may want to create some redirect shortcuts to get to the page faster. And don't use the template for the award, just use the whole code. Otherwise you can't give specific reasons why they got it to each user. I think that's all. Oh, no its not. Add "on behalf of SchnitzelMannGreek" to the award somewhere if you like. If you feel like it, you can add e better image the award, it's not very good. Now I am going to apologise, because I feel bad for some reason. And thanks! I owe you. Spongefrog, (I am a flesh-eating robot) 10:56, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Spongefrog, (I am a flesh-eating robot) 15:25, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This is for making 150+ edits a day reverting vandalism, and being kind enough to take over RIUOT2½DPWSDHFSR for me while I'm gone. It's also for translation of articles in languages I've never even heard of (I'm a very uncultured person), and doing other stuff. Perhaps the all-round barnstar would have been good here, but I've never seen you correct any spelling. Spongefrog, (I am a flesh-eating robot) 18:07, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. - Now stop asking. :) / :(

P.P.S. - with the award system, remember to assure people that they're not idiots in the reason.

P.P.P.S. - If you'd like to make a template for the award, please do so. I would have myself, but couldn't figure it out. But REMEMBER to leave space to customise the reason.

P.P.P.P.S. - this is probably the last message I will leave you for a fortnight or so, so goodbye.

Alright, barnstar updated. Could you clarify what he meant by a "grawp attack"? Inferno, Lord of Penguins 01:36, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. I find it a little bit out there to say that it was ED and 4chan, but it doesn't really make a difference anyways. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 01:59, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That I will do. Could you take a look at the category and list which accounts are yours? That way I can just go through and retag the rest. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 02:02, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

These are the good-non-distruptive accounts that I can remember that are mine: User:The Logical Mind User:The Polish Leader User:Axis1 User:Axis2 User:Axis3 User:Axis4 SchnitzelMannGreek. 02:06, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Basically The Polish Leader, The Logical Mind and the Axis series? Inferno, Lord of Penguins 02:11, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, are you sure you weren't Axis666? That's a little bit confusing. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 02:16, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. I'm not going to be able to stay on much longer and it's a lot of accounts to recat, you don't mind if I do this tomorrow when I have more time, right? Inferno, Lord of Penguins 02:21, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 02:23, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on File:632px-Pokemon barnstar Barnstar.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I6 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a non-free image with no fair use rationale uploaded after May 4, 2006 which has been tagged as not having a rationale for more than 7 days.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. -sesuPRIME 15:52, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on File:632px-Mario Barnstar.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I6 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a non-free image with no fair use rationale uploaded after May 4, 2006 which has been tagged as not having a rationale for more than 7 days.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. -sesuPRIME 15:53, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello SchnitzelMannGreek. Mario and Pikachu are owned by Nintendo, and therefore images of them are only allowed on Wikipedia if they contain a non-free use rationale and they're used in at least one article. Note that userpages, subpages, project space, talk pages, etc. don't count as articles, so they can't contain any non-free images. -sesuPRIME 16:09, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah was about to explain that myself, you could perhaps have used a better tag for the deletion request but yeah. If you use copyrighted characters in your works you can't release them under a free license unless you get an explicit permission from the copyright holder of the character(s) you used. --Sherool (talk) 16:20, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:PERMISSION is the place to go to learn how to request permission to freely use copyrighted material, but I think the odds that Nintendo will release images of Mario and Pikachu for public use is virtually nonexistent. However, images like this or this are too simplistic to be copyrighted and can be used however you like. And I see now those weren't the best tags to use. Oh well. Cheers! -sesuPRIME 16:28, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I give to you this barnstar for helping me revert 118.137.20.111's vandalism/misinformation while any admin's action against the vandal was pending. 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 12:41, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, what sort of warning or action do you think would be appropriate for User talk:59.100.188.95? I looked at the IP's contributions and something more than a second warning message look appropriate but I don't know if I should remove the CSD notice. Thanks. LovesMacs (talk) 14:08, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that, but what I mean is that I already gave a warning for the personal attacks before discovering the other vandalism. Do you think I should have gone back and changed the severity of the warning? LovesMacs (talk) 14:15, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it does, thanks! LovesMacs (talk) 14:20, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem... I think I came quite an expert at removing it after my user page got vandalised about 100 times ;). Anyway, keep up your work reverting them :D - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 18:07, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks so much for the barnstar :D, made my day - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 18:09, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For your help clearing the vandalism on my talk page. Dougweller (talk) 19:56, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto for mine. The kidz are out in force today:/ DMacks (talk) 20:02, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Might as well add mine to the bunch ditto :) Jamesofur (talk) 20:50, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some things came up, sorry I couldn't be on. ED stands for Encyclopædea Dramatica, which is a troll wiki. 4chan is an online image board where users post anonymously, infamous for its random board, /b/. Honestly, I wouldn't get involved with either of them. They are full of pedos and creepers of all types. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 23:37, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just a quick question: do you have IRC? Inferno, Lord of Penguins 23:41, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Internet Relay Chat. I wanted to talk to you about something off-wiki before I do recategorizing. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 23:46, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the award! My sixth barnstar. But Spongefrog hates me for not making him Wikipedian of the Week. (Kidding, he said this as a joke before.) Happy editing! --[midnight comet] [talk] 00:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

While talk page stalking, I noticed your post and responded to it. Cheers, Dylan620 (contribs, logs)^{help us!} 20:53, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{helpme}} I usually have a problem posting images in infoboxes properly. See[[5]]. Can you help display the image I posted?SchnitzelMannGreek. 22:58, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You need to add the full image link, so [[File:RuskeKapa.jpg]]. Xenon54 (talk) 23:02, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I see you've given me the prestigious Spongefrog award, I saw it on that page. Thanks a lot !!!. However, I haven't received it !!!. There's nothing on my talkpage, or annywhere else... Did you forget to post in on my talkpage or something... ?Rkr1991 ^{(Wanna chat?)} 11:11, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello SchnitzelMannGreek. You'd left a query on my talk page a couple of weeks ago regarding "தலை டா நீ". In case you still want to know what it means, it translates roughly to something like "You're a real head, mate." It's a slightly odd phrase, but whoever said it could have meant something like "you're a genius" and could have been genuinely appreciative or ironic. Perhaps you can figure it out from the context? Sorry this reply is so late - I've not checked Wikipedia for the past couple of weeks. I hope it helps. --Arvind (talk) 18:36, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that award SchnitzelMannGreek, and SpongeFrog :D. - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 12:22, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My name is Spongefrog, not SpongeFrog, you random idiot. Well, not really, but it is on WP. Spongefrog, (I am a flesh-eating robot) 15:47, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've got it SpoNgefROg, it's just you have so many names these days, it's hard to remeber where the caps go in each one :P - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 16:37, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I stole that heading from Scribbls. Tyhankyou for stuff etc. I tried to say this while editing from a PSP via a McDonalds internet connection, but it was too diffivcult. I don't sound very enthusiastic in my gratitude, but I am. I have not typed for 10 days give or take,so forgive me if there'r (yes "r". It's short for "there are", not "there is") spelling mjstakes. Spongefrog, (I am a flesh-eating robot) 15:46, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think you forgot to give PMDrive his/her award. Or am I wrong. Spongefrog, (I am a flesh-eating robot) 17:25, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply<