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Anti-vandalism work

Hey, thanks for all the work you've been doing to counter vandalism on Wikipedia! It's definitely appreciated! I noticed the warning templates that you left for 24.31.208.142. Did you know about the {{Blatantvandal}} template? It's useful for cases of obvious vandalism like this, where the user clearly knows what he or she is doing and isn't just a newbie who needs the benefit of good faith, like the normal {{Test}} template is for.

It looks like you might have left several levels of "Test" templates on 24.31.208.142's talk page, for different instances of vandalism, after they'd all taken place. This makes it harder to tell if he or she kept vandalizing after having been warned each time, or received the warnings all at once and then stopped. So in cases of obvious vandalism in the future, you can use the stronger "Blatantvandal" template so it's quicker to move to the next step of reporting them to WP:AIV if they keep vandalizing. If there's any doubt that they might be a confused newbie instead of a malicious vandal, though, it's better to just leave one "Test" template and wait to leave a stronger one until they strike again, after having received the first warning.

Thanks for all you've done! I hope you keep up the good work! --Icarus ^(Hi!) 20:36, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Toby Douglass

You have the advantage of me, Sir!

I did indeed live in Hampshire for some years, many years ago. First in Church Crookham, then later in Alton. Went to secondary school in Alton, then college, then left for Uni.

So, are you going to 'fess up, or do I have to twist your arm? :-)

Toby Douglass (talk) 21:48, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Battletech

Hey :-)

So, yes, I remember doing the whole Battletech thing, but it was with one or two people, and much as I recall your name, I can't recall which one of those people you were! any photos on-line?

Toby Douglass 18:38, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Sir Jonathan Phillips.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Sir Jonathan Phillips.jpg, which you've attributed to http://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/about/warden.jpg/view. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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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) 16:30, 23 November 2015 (UTC)