User talk:Energybender

Congratulations! Yours is the first brand-new account of the new year! --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:02, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks; I've been waiting forever to join Wikipedia, but I just wanted to make sure my account was created at the perfect time. --Readopedia (talk) 00:20, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Perfect timing! Greman Knight. 01:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

O_O

Wow, you've really shot right out of the starting gate. I have been fighting vandalism for just under a year, and I have never seen someone do what you've done. I'll say it again: Wow. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 19:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

I take that as a compliment? Sorry, I'm no good at reading it sometimes. Just one request, could I have the welcome template? --Readopedia (talk) 19:38, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

That is a compliment. You are doing better than anyone I have ever seen. If you would like a tool that can undo more than one edit, you can go to your preferences, click on the tab labeled "Gadgets", and check the box to enable Twinkle. I see someone else has already given you the welcome template, so... :D J.delanoy^gabs_adds 19:51, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Energybender, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page
• How to write a great article
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Inferno, Lord of Penguins 19:50, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Wish granted ;) by the way, grats on being the first account of the new year. I didn't find this out for a while, but you can revert to a previous verion by viewing the diff of the old version you want to revert to, clicking edit on the old version and saving the page. Sounds a little complicated, but it is easy. Once you are autoconfirmed as well, you can use Twinkle, a set of javascript functions that provides many tools, including three types of rollback, a library of speedy deletion templates, warning templates etc. Hope you enjoy it here! Inferno, Lord of Penguins 19:54, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

I also see J.delanoy explained twinkle to you. Happy editing! Inferno, Lord of Penguins 19:54, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Are you a sockpuppet?

You seem to have a very good grasp of policy for somebody with less that 50 edits. Are you a sockpuppet? 87.112.0.252 (talk) 02:21, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

No, at least I don't believe a I am. --Readopedia (talk) 02:41, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I just have, as you said, a very good grasp on policy. I've been editing here as an IP for a long time. --Readopedia (talk) 22:37, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

January 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Frank Hudrey has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. -- IRP ☎ 02:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Please note: never substitute a {{delete}} template. -- IRP ☎ 02:41, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Gotcha; I've taken note of that. --Readopedia (talk) 02:42, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I know you weren't trying to make any unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. I shouldn't have told you that the edit was unconstructive, but please use templates correctly. -- IRP ☎ 02:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Notice

Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, such as those you made to Macazana, even if your ultimate intention is to fix them. Such edits appear to be vandalism and have been automatically reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox. If you believe there has been a mistake and would like to report a false positive, please report it here, and use this number while reporting: 164. Thank you. SoxBot III (talk | owner) 03:03, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I accidently undid intended vandalism. --Readopedia (talk) 03:04, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

This was completely unintentional on my part, and I had no idea that was what I had done, but after going back over the history of that page I saw that its creator wanted the page removed in the first place, and the bot took my restoring of text as a test edit. --Readopedia (talk) 03:21, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

(Conversation continued at User talk:X!/Archives/01/2009#Your bot)

HG

Just to let you know: HG in an edit summary denotes edits made by WP:HUGGLE, wikipedia's main counter vandalism tools these days :). Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 23:58, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Edit summary with link

Simply copy the link to the version of the article which had the vandalism. HG means Huggle, a tool used by rollbackers and admins to combat vandalism. For more info, click here: WP:HG. Thanks, Willking1979 (talk) 00:00, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Talk page messages

You just instructed an anonymous user not to remove talk page messages ([1]). This user is new to wikipedia. Since it is perfectly allowable to remove messages from one's talk page in all but a few very limited circumstances, I'm not sure it's good to make that instruction. Have I misunderstood? Tb (talk) 03:07, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay, but I've been to wikis where it is absolutely forbidden to remove talk page messages because of server lag there. Since the data is still hard on the server, they deem it pointless to have someone deliberately remove the messages they'e accumulated. If you see my contributions, I've already done the some to other IP's talk pages. --Readopedia (talk) 03:32, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Indeed. On wikipedia, a user who has removed a talk page message is assumed to have read it. As a result, the only talk-page messages which cannot be removed are extreme ones, like sockpuppet notices. Users are generally free to drop things from their talk page because they think they are stale, or whatever. The case of an anonymous user is more ambiguous, because such pages can be shared, and the actual editor it's destined for might not see it. In this case, however, it was pretty clear that the editor who removed the messages was the same one whom they were addressed for. Tb (talk) 05:45, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Can you help ?

A few days ago you advised me that I had deleted something on the page 2008 BAFL season (which was acidental or during me trying to create a page). I hope it is now in order. There are still two things I am unsure how to do and haven't been able to find the correct information for, they are:

How do I create Brackets for sports competitions similar to those used by the NFL but labeled correctly for the article?

Also how can I creat an INFOBOX if I cant find a suitable one? (I tried to use the NFL one but this has since been removed)

Andy9596 (talk) 17:20, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

RE Hello

By the way, Zero uses exactly the same user name on Wikipedia as on Wikia. WHSL ^(Talk) 11:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

The last edit to your talk page...

I did just warn that user, there was clearly no ill will on your part and you should not be discouraged by users like that. His warning to you was not only unneeded (as you were certainly right, the exclamation point should have ditched), but inappropriate as warning in the guise of a 'robot' is incredibly immature. I hope that you will contribute here in the future and won't let him get you down. Thank you. Nate • (chatter) 05:41, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Rename

When I had renamed you, your global cookie was still active, which automatically recreated the old account when you accessed en.wikipedia. I can't delete the new account, but I can rename it to some random name if that's what you want. Maxim_(talk) 22:54, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, and I locked the account so that cannot happen again. Cheers, —DerHexer (Talk) 01:44, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:05, 24 November 2015 (UTC)