User:SpikeToronto/talk/Archive 5

Welcome
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 * Love it! — Spike  Toronto  20:13, March 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * Awww. (: – Tm_T@Scratchpad:&#126;$ 19:20, March 25, 2012 (UTC)


 * I loved the fact that I was just greeted on a wiki that, at that time, was being closed. That reminds me: better check that message! — Spike  Toronto  23:12, March 25, 2012 (UTC)

Chat JS
Hi Spike. I decided to not go on with the chat JS things. The JS will not work for me (not sure if I am not importing the script page correctly or not), and I don't want to interfere with the other JS. However, until more information is noted on the JS, I will put it on hold. Though, I made adjustments to two MediaWiki pages, and added links to users who join. -- Plasma  ( Talk ) 00:03, April 5, 2012 (UTC)

Categories for usergroups
Hi Spike! I would like to ask if I could create categories for administrators. May I? Thanks! -- Plasma  ( Talk ) 16:01, April 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * Can you explain a bit more? You mean like  ? —  Spike  Toronto  02:41, April 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, we can add to our user pages for users to recognize us.  --  Plasma  ( Talk ) 17:47, April 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * Sure. It’s going to be a heavily-populated category. :P — Spike  Toronto  23:42, April 7, 2012 (UTC)

Block 75.168.85.121
Can you please block this wikia contributer known as 75.168.85.121? He/She keeps cause problems to me and other users by deleting contents on a page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.244.136.26 (talk • contribs), 16:27, May 31, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi 69.244.136.26! I appreciate that some editors can be difficult to work with. However, before we can block 75.168.85.121, I need you to give me specific examples of his/her editing that you consider disruptive. To do this, you have to provide me with links to specific diffs. (See Help:Page history for details.) Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  07:11, June 1, 2012 (UTC)

 UPDATE :   I went through your contribs to see what edits of the other person’s you were undoing. Unfortunately, those edits that you undid do not constitute disruptive editing. Wikis are collaborative environments. Anyone can edit any article. However, significant changes should indeed be explained ( Everyone : Use edit summaries!), and consensus sought.

Follow these steps to resolve the matter:
 * Start a discussion on the article’s talkpage.
 * Use a descriptive heading for the new talkpage discussion
 * This way, anyone looking at it knows immediately what it’s about
 * Ask politely:
 * Why the big change?
 * What was the goal, the intention?
 * Leave a message on his/her talkpage
 * Tell him/her what the discussion's about
 * Invite his/her participation
 * Provide him/her a link.
 * Always be POLITE.

Let me know how things are going. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  07:42, June 1, 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism on another wiki
recently this wiki here has been vandalized by idiotic people i've been trying to remove their stupid edits & they just keep vandalizing can you help me get rid of those dumb pictures & help me be an admin to this wiki i believe i'm the only true user on that website: w:c:jayjay. — Skullzproductions 06:54, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

Hey Skullz! I took a look at the Jay Jay Wiki for you. The Founder is both the only Bureaucrat and the only Administrator on that wiki (verify). That person is User:Bulldog180. He has not edited on that wiki in three years (verify). While he still logs in at Wikia, he edits elsewhere.

To become an Administrator there, when there are no active Administrators, and no active Bureaucrats to promote you, you have to adopt the wiki. This is done by filing an adoption request at Forum:Adoption requests at the Community Central Wiki.

Hope this helps! Please, do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any further assistance. Thanks! —

Spike Toronto  08:40, June 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * ok thanks man Skullzproductions 08:50, June 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * You’re welcome. And, good luck! Let me know if I can help in any way. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  08:53, June 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * You're welcome & I was able to make that adoption thing here. Now all I have to do is wait Skullzproductions 08:57, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

user 37.128.194.108 on the Jay Jay wiki
just today that user told me the reason why they keep editing the wiki which was a big mistake for because this is what he said to me just because i "keep removing their fun"

"who even uses this wiki in a serious way tho other than you i mean we use it for satanic worship and fun but you use it for serious reasons"

i believe you already know that NO ONE uses a wiki for satanic stuff like that right? Skullzproductions 22:47, June 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * This just supports why the wiki needs an active admin, so that the IP can be blocked. You might want to add that diff to your adoption request. (The satanic comment, I am sure, was not serious.) — Spike  Toronto  19:27, June 9, 2012 (UTC)

I need help here
those guys on the Jay Jay wiki just won't back down & i can't wait any longer for the adoption to be complete can you help me talk to those satanic idiots for me? i'm getting really tired of doing all of this fixing myself Skullzproductions 03:45, June 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * They’re increasing their efforts because you are responding. It’s called “feeding the trolls”. (See wikipedia:WP:DENY.) I can ask the VSTF, but they only deal with spam. But, I’ll try. — Spike  Toronto  19:28, June 9, 2012 (UTC)


 *  UPDATE :   Skullz, that IP is now blocked. You can look at the log here. —  Spike  Toronto  20:44, June 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * thanks also as admin i may need help on how to block though Skullzproductions 22:06, June 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Yep. Left a message in that regard on your talkpage at jayjay &rarr; w:c:jayjay:User talk:Skullzproductions — Spike  Toronto  22:09, June 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * thanks man also i think i may have it covered Skullzproductions 22:12, June 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, there are guidelines for blocking, protecting pages, etc., that you should follow. Ask anytime you have a question. :-) — Spike  Toronto  22:14, June 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * ok thanks man Skullzproductions 22:16, June 9, 2012 (UTC)

What is Scratchpad?
What do people come here to do, Sandboxes? 18:10, June 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Originally, we could not create our own wikis here at Wikia. We first had to create a miniature version of the wiki we had in mind for Staff to approve. Those mini-wikis were created here at Scratchpad Labs. Once Staff approved the wiki, then a full-fledged wiki would be created and the contents of the mini-wiki transferred. Once that system ended, and we could just create our own wikis, the lab system was retired. But, this wiki wasn’t closed down and took on a life of its own. Basically it’s become the Twilight Zone of wikis! There are all these little communities of mini-wikis that just seem to grow and grow. It’s a very busy wiki. In a typical week, there are almost 400,000 page views and 6,000 edits (some days having 1,200+). Hope that answers your question. — Spike  Toronto  21:04, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Odd pages
Hi Spike. If you find some odd pages that I imported like Shawn's Page they're probably just things I moved from elsewhere. For example, people often mistakenly add pages on the wiki about Google so I move them here in case the authors need that content. If you find any more, a good mini wiki to put them into might be a "moved from the Google wiki" one rather than my own user subpages. Good luck with reviving this wiki! Angela 09:31, July 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much for clearing that up! I really could not figure those odd pages out. So, I’ll create a mini-wiki for them. Thanks for the guidance on this matter. It’s very much appreciated! :) — Spike  Toronto  09:33, July 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅   Thanks again! —  Spike  Toronto  09:57, July 2, 2012 (UTC)

Lego Set
ST, my man! Hey is it possible to get my Lego Set Ideas page put up on the home page like some of the others? I could really use some viewership. It'll make me feel welcome. No harm meant, man. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.24.31.123 (talk • contribs), 17:51 July 2, 2012 (UTC).


 * Hi! I'd like very much to help you out, but I'm not quite sure what you're asking me. The only mini-wikis appearing on the mainpage, as far as I know, are mini-wikis that have left Scratchpad to become full-fledged, standalone wikis elsewhere at Wikia. However, along those same lines, it might be a nice idea to have "spotlights" for mini-wikis here at Scratchpad, sort of like how Wikia spotlights full-fledged, standalone wikis. Get back to me with a bit more info about what you're asking, and we'll see what we can do. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  04:23, July 3, 2012 (UTC)

User 24.192.153.178
the user who is a wiki contributor 24.192.153.178 has been abusing my page Mr. Conductor's Adventures of Veggietales & says it's fake because of the fact i haven't made it yet my projects take time just because it's not made yet doesn't mean you instantly call it fake & on top of that on the page before i undoed it he said to ban me to life do you think you can take care of this user please? Skullzproductions 11:57, July 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅   I have protected the page from anonymous users for one month. I have blocked 24.192.153.178 for three days for intimidating behaviour/harassment, violating the three-revert rule, and for abusing categories. —  Spike  Toronto  09:17, July 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * cool thanks man Skullzproductions 11:16, July 8, 2012 (UTC)

AbuseFilters
Hi, gonna making this message simple; I added two filters, you may take a look if you like, both relate to preventing profanity and bad words. :) --  Plasma  ( Talk ) 16:11, July 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * Great thanks! I'll look at them tomorrow. Were you able to prevent creating a new page with bad words? Also, do you think you could make some to prevent shouting, page blanking, etc.? If you want to discuss these filters, I should be on IRC at   tomorrow. Thanks again for taking on the AF project. It'll be a great help! :-) — Spike  Toronto  01:50, July 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * We'll talk. In the meantime, look at how many hits we gotten so far;  this one has even more!  --  Plasma  ( Talk ) 13:56, July 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Wow!! Or, should I say, “Holy sh!t!” Color me impressed. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  04:47, July 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * P.S. Now that we have a bunch of results for each of the two filters, we should review the logs to determine any false positives. Also, the warning messages should indicate where to file a false positive report. We can keep that simple here at Scratchpad, if we want, and just tell them to go to one of the Administrators’s pages (see Category:Administrators). I made it more complex at ATW, but then complexity is the nature of that wiki (see Special:PrefixIndex/MediaWiki:Abuse at ATW). Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  05:29, July 10, 2012 (UTC)

Plagiarism
This user made a claim on my talk page that the crossovers pages like Ash Ketchum Meets Robin Hood and Ash's Adventures of Aladdin belong to him when they are not even his contributions. The information he had written on them are actually stolen from another Wiki site where I am in charge at called the Pooh's Adventures Wiki and those articles should never be written on any other Wikia site outside the Pooh's Adventures Wiki. Now before you say anything, I want to also add this. True, I may have replace the false information on most of the false articles that are seen here with deletion in the past, but I have reasons to do it. Whenever that I see that someone had written the same crossover article from the Pooh's Adventures Wiki who copied the same information from the site onto this site, it makes me so mad that it makes me want to replaced the stolen information with deletion, but now I stopped to doing that and decided to do the right thing by telling. Now I was told that it would be vandalism to replace information with deletion on this site, but on the Pooh's Adventures Wiki, it's not vandalism. When a user on the Pooh's Adventures Wiki replaces information with deletion on an article, I would then delete the article instantly. So all I ask for you is to block that user and delete the stolen articles, please.

BrerJake90 (talk) 02:20, July 20, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi BrerJake. Thank you for discussing this issue with me before taking unilateral action that may have led to an edit war. Please take a look at the Wikia Staff blog The CC-BY-SA License and You before proceeding. After you have read it, let me know if you still think there is a copyright violation. I won't be blocking anyone or deleting anything until then. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  11:13, July 22, 2012 (UTC)

User 74.75.79.133's unwanted catagories
this user here keeps adding unwanted catagories on some pages even mine like "Amanda Wood's Video ideas" or "My Video Ideas" they're not HIS video ideas they're MINE! do you think you can help me get rid of this guy? Skullzproductions (talk) 17:14, July 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * I've rolled back all of his categorizations that were current, back to April. I have also left a message on his talkpage, which you might want to take a look at. Let me know if the problem starts back up. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  11:52, July 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * all righty if he tries another unwanted catagory thing again i'll let you know Skullzproductions (talk) 20:20, July 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * he tried to put his unwanted catagories again Skullzproductions (talk) 22:13, July 26, 2012 (UTC)


 * Since it’s an IP address, the protocol is to place a six-month “soft” block on it (aka, a “school” block). That is, the block is for anonymous editors only. Therefore, if s/he will not log in, s/he will not be able to edit from that IP address for six months. However, if s/he creates an account, and logs in, then s/he can edit. BUT, at least with a registered account, it will be easier for us to communicate and try to teach that person why what they are doing is not correct. Perhaps we might make a better editor and Wikian out of them! :) And if not, registered accounts — unlike IP addresses — can be given indefinite blocks. Thanks Skullz. — Spike  Toronto  08:32, July 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * you're welcome Skullzproductions (talk) 15:16, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

another page harassment
i've just fixed it but earlier a user by the name number of 153.106.93.9 removed all content from my Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales of Equestria & replaced it all with this "THOMAS FAG ALERT PAGE WILL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY!" i hate it when people act like this to remove my ideas think you can help me again dude? Skullzproductions (talk) 16:36, July 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * Skullz, it really helps me if you provide me links. For instance, Special:Contributions/153.106.93.9. Also, to save me going through all those page histories, since you’ve already found the edits, you should provide me with the diffs for those edits (see also Help:Page history). Okay. I’ll be right back, once I’ve looked into this. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  08:42, July 29, 2012 (UTC)


 *  UPDATE : Because of the offensive edit summary, I completely removed the IP-only editor’s edit. I also semi-protected the article for one month so that only registered, autoconfirmed editors can edit it. Thanks Skullz. — Spike  Toronto  08:52, July 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * you're welcome dude Skullzproductions (talk) 15:15, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

Asmit005
Hey ST,

I don't often post messages on your wall, but I'm posting this message because I am having trouble with a user, Asmit005. I asked him not to edit my Thomas parody cast (which I would like deleted due to vandalism and the fact that I don't make them anymore). He doesn't listen to what anybody has to say, and he's an idiot.

Now, if you wouldn't mind, I would suggest two favors please: 1. Delete the page ThomasandMichael's Thomas Parody Casts. And 2. Please tell him to stop posting/editing unwanted casts that he came up with himself.

Thank you for taking the time to read my message. Have a nice day.

ThomasandMichael (talk) 16:40, July 27, 2012 (UTC)

Hey T&M! I appreciate you bringing this problem to me as it gave me the opportunity to “fix” it. I was not able to do all that you asked since there are certain wiki principles involved. Hope this helps. Thanks again for bringing this matter to me. — Spike  Toronto  20:53, July 29, 2012 (UTC)
 *  Ownership : There is no ownership of articles in the main/article namespace. At the very heart of the wiki ethos is the concept that anyone can edit any page in that namespace. Therefore, other editors are indeed permitted to add their own versions of parody casts.
 * Consequently, I have renamed the page Thomas the Tank Engine Parody Casts, removing the ownership component from the name.
 *  Warnings : Because no one owns any page in that namespace, there cannot be any warnings at the top of the page preventing others from editing.
 *  BRD Cycle : Instead, we editors need to apply the bold, revert, discuss cycle. That is, be bold in your edits (that’s what User:Asmit005 did). If another editor does not like the bold editor’s edit, he reverts. At that point, everything moves to the article’s talkpage where we discuss the direction of the article, arrived at by consensus. (See WP:CYCLE at Wikipedia for a better understanding of the bold, revert, discuss cycle.)


 * Thanks a lot! :)  ThomasandMichael (talk) 21:47, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Thanks...
hey no problem this is my favorite wikia page :D Skullzproductions (talk) 23:19, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

Talk: The New Ownership Policy
Hello, This is FlyingDuckManGenesis. I'd like to have a talk with you about the new Ownership policy, if that's okay with you. If you agree, could please tell me which page we should have the talk on? Thank you.

FDMG, 3:44 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 19:44, August 4, 2012 (UTC)


 * We can use Scratchpad's chatroom. You can access it from the right-hand siderail on most pages, from the menu at the top of the wiki by clicking on Chat, or by typing Special:Chat into the search box. — Spike  Toronto  19:48, August 4, 2012 (UTC)


 * I must say, you've done an excellent job with the new policy. I think that's something we on the Scratchpad Wiki can all follow. Keep up the good work! — FDMG, 6:01 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 22:01, August 4, 2012 (UTC)


 * I was just going to ask you to have a look at it! I made my last edit to it at 21:57 UTC. Did you read it after? If not, you might want to take another look at it. Thanks FDMG! — Spike  Toronto  22:06, August 4, 2012 (UTC)

Trouble on The Simpsons/Spongebob page
Hi. I'm BiggestThomasFan. I have noticed that they is some trouble a page here, the The Simpsons/Spongebob page. A user known as 24.186.67.100 keeps deleting the contains on the page and saying some bad stuff about it. Another user has been reverting that user's edits, but can you please ban 24.186.67.100 from this wikia so he/she can't cause more trouble here? Thank you for listening. - BiggestThomasFan


 * ✅   Thank you for bringing this to my attention. :-) —  Spike  Toronto  15:30, August 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * No problem and thanks. - BiggestThomasFan

Career with admin wiki
Hi Spike, its King657 here, I was wondering what it takes to have a career with admin wiki

Thanks, King657 (talk) 01:35, August 10, 2012 (UTC)King657

Hi King. I'm not quite sure what you're asking me. So, I'll answer each of the three things I think you might be asking me. I hope one of these answers your question. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  06:35, August 14, 2012 (UTC)
 *  Administrator : If there is a wiki on which you are a regular contributor, and on which you help with maintenance, and you want to be an Administrator on that wiki, you just have to make a Request for Rights on that wiki asking to be an Administrator, and that wiki's community will decide. If the wiki has been essentially abandoned by its Administrators/Bureaucrats, and you frequently work on that wiki, you may apply to adopt the wiki by making a request at w:c:Community:Forum:Adoption requests at Wikia's Community Central wiki.
 *  Wikia Staff : At the bottom of every page here at Scratchpad is a corporate footer providing links to various things here that relate to Wikia at the corporate level. One of those links is labelled Careers . If you click on it, it will take you to http://www.wikia.com/Careers, which should tell you everything you need to know about a career with Wikia, as well as a list of current positions available.
 *  Admin Tools Wiki : The Admin Tools Wiki is a wiki for Wikians and Wikipedians who are already Administrators, or soon to become one, who want to practise with the admin tools without fear of harming their home wikis. It's also a testing wiki for testing CSS/JS, templates, bots, etc., again without fear of harming one's home wiki. To apply for testing privileges, one makes application at w:c:admintools:Admin Tools Wiki:Requests for rights.


 * You might be interested in this recent Staff blog posting &rarr; w:c:community:User blog:Beth Fox/Wikia is Hiring. — Spike  Toronto  23:38, August 19, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Spike, Its King657. I really want to become a Scratchpad Administrator, I was wondering if you could give me a shot. Thanks, King657 (talk) 01:16, August 20, 2012 (UTC)King657.


 * I really appreciate your enthusiasm! At this point, however, we are not adding any more Administrators. There are ways you can help, though. Whenever you see vandalism or spam you can report it to either me or the other Administrator, PlasmaTime. We are going to be creating a spot here at Scratchpad for people to report such things centrally. But, for now, you can just report it directly to us. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  01:15, August 21, 2012 (UTC)

A Concern on the Phineas and Ferb/TUGS Page
Hello, this is FlyingDuckManGenesis again. There's something I'd like to talk to you about on the Phineas and Ferb/TUGS page. It's about a cast that I feel doesn't really need to be on there because it doesn't really have any characters from the latter series in its casting. I gave my opinions on what I think should be done in its talk page and asked if whoever created that cast could please transfer it over to the page where it belongs, but I think it could help if it had an administrator's opinion as well.

Thank you for your time.

FDMG, 2:16 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 18:16, August 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅   Commented on article talkpage. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to help. —  Spike  Toronto  06:50, August 14, 2012 (UTC)

Delete Pages
Hello. It's BiggestThomasFan again. There some pages I want to delete because I don't need them anymore. The pages I want to delete are:


 * BiggestThomasFan's Thomas Crossovers Casts
 * BiggestThomasFan's TUGS Crossovers Casts
 * BiggestThomasFan's Sonic Crossovers Casts
 * BiggestThomasFan's The Simpsons Crossovers Casts

Can you please delete these pages? - BiggestThomasFan


 * Have others contributed to them? If you are the sole author/contributor, then I can delete them. Otherwise, it’s not so straightforward. Let me go look at them. — Spike  Toronto  18:31, August 14, 2012 (UTC)


 * Actually, if you’ve flagged them with delete templates, then I’ll assess each of them when I go through using AWB. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  18:37, August 14, 2012 (UTC)

Redirecting Tautology
would you please redirect http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/TauTology to http://tautology.wikia.com/wiki/Tautology_Wiki. I am the contributor to both pages but want to only use the main tautology page.

Please don't delete http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/TauTology because it is still ranked at nr.1 on Google search (tautology + selection)

thanks Trader100 (talk) 20:32, August 14, 2012 (UTC)

Hi Trader. I’ve set up the cross-wiki redirect. If you click on http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/TauTology now, it takes you to http://tautology.wikia.com/wiki/Tautology_Wiki. You should consider redirecting all of the Tautology pages here on Scratchpad. Doing do would ensure that anyone landing on one of them from a Google search would be taken instead to the same page on the new wiki. The process is a fairly basic, yet multi-step one. where    is the name of the page on the target wiki. Give this a try, at first with one page, and let me know how you make out. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  21:14, August 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Use Special:Export to gather up the pages still to be moved to the new wiki
 * 2) At the new wiki, use Special:Import to load the pages
 * 3) Back at Scratchpad, on each page moved to the new wiki, replace the contents with a redirect to the new page at the new wiki


 * I tagged
 * #REDIRECT w:c:tautology:Tautological assertions
 * #REDIRECT w:c:tautology:Tautology Journals
 * #REDIRECT w:c:tautology:John Jones
 * as a test to see if the pages redirect but they are no re-directing, please advise. Trader100 (talk) 11:20, August 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * They redirect for me. Click on each of the following, which are all set up as local (i.e., Scratchpad) wikilinks (verify):
 * &rarr; Tautological assertions
 * &rarr; Tautology Journals
 * &rarr; John Jones
 * Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  11:04, August 16, 2012 (UTC)

Email Address
Hi Spike, Its King657 here. I was wondering if you could give me the email address for the former User:ThomasandFriendsRingoStarrandGeorgeCarlin, as I would like to become friends with him.

Thanks

King657 (talk) 01:15, August 18, 2012 (UTC)King657


 * [[Image:Scratchpad Non-existent user (2012-08-19).jpg|thumbnail|right| Userpage of non-existent user. ]]Hey King. That user does not exist, at least not here at Scratchpad. See the image to the right where the system error message says, “ User account "ThomasandFriendsRingoStarrandGeorgeCarlin" does not exist or has never logged in on this wiki. ” The reason the previous page existed was because some of our fellow Scratchpad Wikians were manually creating these pages in the User: namespace. (The system usually creates them when the user makes his/her first edit.) This had the effect of making it appear that there were such users when, in fact, there were none. I’ve been trying to clean them out. I had missed that one. Let me know if you come across any others. Also, if I can help in any other way, please do not hesitate to ask. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  23:32, August 19, 2012 (UTC)

Hey Spike, Its King657 here. I was wondering how you could tell a user is fake?

Thanks King657 (talk) 23:35, August 21, 2012 (UTC)King657

Paid to be an admin?
Hi Spike, Its King657 here. I was wondering if you could get paid as a wikia administrator. Thanks King657 (talk) 23:42, August 21, 2012 (UTC)King657


 * All Administrators on all Wikia wikis are like you and me: volunteers. The only paid personnel at Wikia are its Staff. Where you see the admin icon at the top of this page, in my ProfileMasthead, you will see the word “staff” for those that are Wikia Staff. — Spike  Toronto  19:22, August 22, 2012 (UTC)

User is Fake?
Hi Spike, its King657 again. one more question, how do i tell if a user is fake? Thanks, King657 (talk) 23:44, August 21, 2012 (UTC)King657


 * Well, in the example above, the system told us that that individual did not exist. The other clue is that s/he is shown to have zero edits, yet a userpage exists for him/her. So, when we look at the revision history for that userpage we see that it was created by neither the system (which occurs automatically when the first edit is made), nor by the user him/herself. Hope that helps! — Spike  Toronto  19:26, August 22, 2012 (UTC)

Asmit005 threatens to block
the user Asmit005 says he going to block me for doing a simple thing but i know only admins like you only get to block can you take care of him for me? Skullzproductions (talk) 07:30, August 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Skullz, as I may have mentioned before, I need diffs. If you want quick action, you have to save me the legwork. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  19:33, August 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * P.S. This is the diff for my edit above:"http://scratchpad.wikia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:SpikeToronto&diff=968207&oldid=968191"It can be shortened to"http://scratchpad.wikia.com/?diff=968207"The best way to present a bunch of them is in a list:
 * http://scratchpad.wikia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:SpikeToronto&diff=968207&oldid=968191
 * This is the diff for my edit above
 * http://scratchpad.wikia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:SpikeToronto&diff=967943&oldid=967800
 * This is the diff for when you made your enquiry above.
 * Hope that helps. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  19:42, August 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * ok but are you still going to help me? Skullzproductions (talk) 20:45, August 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Of course! But, you have to point me in the right direction. He often makes tonnes of edits. I need you to pinpoint the threatening ones since you know where they are. Even if you just tell me on what page he did it, then I can find the diffs. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  00:08, August 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * well actually it's on the page's talk page. — Skullzproductions (talk) 00:23, August 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * Ah, but until this post from you, I didn’t even know to what page you were referring. ;) Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  00:48, August 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * you're welcome Skullzproductions (talk) 01:05, August 23, 2012 (UTC)

User: 38.100.155.34 and his not so user-friendly Anti-Madeline Pages
Hello, It's FDMG Again. There's a user, 38.100.155.34, who make various Anti-Madeline pages, which, for the sake of sounding polite, I will not directly say the titles of the pages, but will instead give links to them. In my opinion, there's nothing wrong about having an opinion on which shows you like or dislike (my opinion is the opposite of his, I like Madeline, but hate Barney), but I think you should at least be polite about what shows you like or dislike. For example, you don't see me making various Anti-Barney pages or vandalizing existing Barney pages just because I hate Barney. I have currently marked the pages shown in the links below for deletion because they contain inappropriate language, something I feel should not be on the Scratchpad Wiki, but I think it would be a good idea if you talked to User: 38.100.115.34 on why he is making these kind of pages and see if there is anything you can do to prevent him from making more in the future.

Here are the links to the pages, as previously mentioned:


 * Anti-Madeline Page 1
 * Anti-Madeline Page 2
 * Anti-Madeline Page 3

Thank you for your time.

FDMG, 6:06 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 22:06, August 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * The second and third ones are most definitely inappropriate. Our abuse filters should have caught them and prevented their creation. In the meantime, I’ll delete the two pages and “salt” their re-creation. As for the first one, it’s title is not immediately violative of any policies. However, it’s contents might very well be. I’ll have a look. Thanks FDMG! I really appreciate your help. :) — Spike  Toronto  00:17, August 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * P.S. For speedy deletions, use Template:Speedydelete. The other deletion template — Template:Delete — is for deletions that are no so obvious, where discussion is necessary as to the merits of keep versus delete. Please see Scratchpad:Requests for page deletions (shortcut &rarr; SP:DEL). Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  00:28, August 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * P.P.S. I found a bunch more pages to delete connected with that IP address. I am sure there are a bunch more. If you wanted to review and flag any of them, please feel free. See Special:Contributions/38.100.155.34. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  00:45, August 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much, I will let you know if I do see any pages like that.
 * FDMG, 9:45 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 01:45, August 23, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Scratchpad:Cast Lists (Parodies)
Hello again, SpikeToronto. It's FDMG. I think you are doing a fine job on the Scratchpad Casts Lists (Parodies) policy once again. Keep up the good work!

FDMG, 8:40 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 12:40, August 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks FDMG. That’s very kind of you. Let’s hope it does the trick! :) — Spike  Toronto  00:02, August 24, 2012 (UTC)

Need Help
Hey Spike, Its King657 here. I was wondering if you could give me some advice on how to run my wiki properly as I am finding it a bit hard.

Thanks, King657 (talk) 22:49, August 23, 2012 (UTC)King657

http://theallnewadventuresofshiningtimestation.wikia.com/wiki/The_All_New_Adventures_of_Shining_Time_Station_Wiki


 * Hey King! Sure, I can give you a hand. To which wiki are you referring? Can you link me to its mainpage? Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  00:03, August 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the link. By the way, because the wiki is here at Wikia, you don’t have to use a long URL like that. Instead, you can just type it like this:" "which will produce this link:"w:c:theallnewadventuresofshiningtimestation"Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  01:02, August 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * Okay King. I had a look. I think it might be best if you asked me specific questions. So how about if we dialogue on my talkpage at that wiki? Is that okay with you? Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  01:10, August 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey Spike Its King657. Thanks for helping me work on my wiki. — King657 (talk) 01:33, August 24, 2012 (UTC)King657

Re: New FlyingDuckManGenesis mini-wiki
 Original query :  FDMG, I just discovered that you have all these various pages (see Category:FlyingDuckManGenesis) that, together, comprise a mini-wiki. Consequently, I’ve created a mini-wiki mainpage for you at FlyingDuckManGenesis. You should use it as an intro to your collection of pages. Finally, you should consider renaming all the pages in Category:FlyingDuckManGenesis so that they all have the same prefix. This will more logically group them together for you. For example: Let me know here in this section of your talkpage what you think. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  08:04, August 26, 2012 (UTC)  – from “New FlyingDuckManGenesis mini-wiki” at User talk:FlyingDuckManGenesis
 * A Bad Day For Danny &rarr; FDMG A Bad Day For Danny
 * FlyingDuckManGenesis' Disney Parody &rarr; FDMG Disney Parody

 Response :

Dear SpikeToronto,

Thank you very much for adding that new FlyingDuckManGenesis mini wiki template. I must remember the next time I have some spare time here on the Scratchpad Wiki to add it to my collection of pages as an intro. If I haven't added it to the pages yet, it's not because I've forgotten, but because I am busy with other things or the computer I usually use for this kind of situation is in use. You have done wonders for the Scratchpad Wiki and all that I ask of you is to keep up the good work as usual.

FDMG, 9:03 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 13:03, August 26, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey FDMG! Actually, it is not a template. It's a mainpage for the FlyingDuckManGenesis Mini-wiki. Think of it as a portal to all your pages. It's very late here. So, I'll explain more tomorrow how to use it. In the meantime, just be sure to add Category:FlyingDuckManGenesis to the bottom of all of your pages. Also, rename all of your pages so that they all have the prefix FDMG . If we can get this working for you, then it might be more effective than SP:CAST at dealing with all the cast-list edit warring. Each of you could have your own, private mini-wiki just for your own cast lists. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  07:08, August 27, 2012 (UTC)


 * P.S. To properly use the mini-wiki mainpage at FlyingDuckManGenesis Mini-wiki, you go to it whenever you want to create a new page. Use the Create box there to create your new page. Be sure to prefix it with your unique prefix: FDMG. — Spike  Toronto  07:21, September 1, 2012 (UTC)

Dumbo casts, etc.
Hey, SpikeToronto. I need your help. Can you block the user who keeps editing my Dumbo/Thomas, Dumbo/TUGS, and Dumbo/Ed, Edd, and Eddy casts? He won't leave my casts alone. Thank you.

BrittalCroftFan (talk) 18:41, August 26, 2012 (UTC)User:BrittalCroftFan


 * Hi BCF. I'd love to help you, but I need more information.
 * Link(s) to the article(s)
 * example &rarr; Dumbo/Thomas, which is produced by inputting
 * Link(s) to the problem user(s)
 * example &rarr; User:BrittalCroftFan, which is produced by inputting
 * It would also be a tremendous help if you could provide diffs (see Help:Diffs).
 * Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  06:50, August 27, 2012 (UTC)

Another Email Address
Hey Spike its King657 here. I was wondering if you could give me the email address for another former user, User:ThomasandBarneyFan, since other users say hes real and I would like to become friends with him.

Thanks, King657 (talk) 21:47, August 26, 2012 (UTC)King657


 * Again, there is no such user (verify). Notice two messages there. One is the system telling us that the user does not exist. And the other is a deletion notice explaining why the page that was incorrectly created there was deleted.
 * As for email addresses, only Staff have access to those. However, if a user has enabled email access, anyone may contact them by using    where     is the name of the person you want to email. For instance, to email you, it would be Special:EmailUser/King657.
 * Hope that helps! — Spike  Toronto  06:36, August 27, 2012 (UTC)

An Issue on the Blaze the Cat Page
Hello, it's FlyingDuckManGenesis again. While I was working on the Blaze the Cat page, I decided to add some information from the various Sonic the Hedgehog games to the Bio section. One of the things I tried to add was that Dr. Eggman Nega (spelled N-E-G-A, as in short for negative) was one of her enemies. This is true, because Dr. E. N. appears in some of the Sonic games as one of her enemies. When I tried to add that to her page, the filter said that I was adding inappropriate language even though I wasn't, nor was I even trying to. I think the reason this happened is because The last part of Dr. E. N.'s name sounds like something inappropriate even though it really isn't. The filter told me to report it to an administrator, so I decided I will. Please see what you can do about this issue. Thank you for your time.

FDMG, 8:16 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 12:16, August 27, 2012 (UTC)

Update:

Hello, It's FDMG again. The same thing that I mentioned earlier on this article is also happening on the Jazwares Sonic Action Figures Ideas page. The reason I was on that page was because somebody removed all the content from the 3-inch figures (with movable hands) section of that page, and replaced it with something, that for the sake of being polite, I will not directly say. Now, the filter struck again, for the same reason as above, the reason, being Dr. E.N.'s name, since he was one of the figures mentioned on the 3-inch section. I feel something needs to be done about that filter, since Dr. E.N.'s name is not inappropriate content just because it may sound similar to it. Thanks again for your time.

FDMG, 3:38 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 19:38, August 27, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you FDMG for the information re: the abuse filters. We are still fine-tuning the finer points of the filters, so it will sometimes be triggered by false positives. It is for this reason that we permit users to still publish the questionable edit, rather than disallow the edit (i.e., block the edit). Although PlasmaTime and I try to review all the activity of the abuse filters, when reporting false positives to us, it would be helpful in these situations if you would provide us the diffs for edits you published that the abuse filters questioned. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  07:46, August 28, 2012 (UTC)

Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Hey there. This is BrittalCroftFan. I got to tell you something. Back in 2000, audiances hate Thomas and the Magic Railroad so much, that it's was bad. But to you and me, it was sucessful and was okay. Wouldn't make more sense if they just love it.

BrittalCroftFan (talk) 00:30, September 3, 2012 (UTC)User:BrittalCroftFan

User Doug scheer
a user here by the name of Doug scheer keeps on removing my Sing Along page on the Home Videos ideas list on the Cartoon Network page & look at the history he even says "SEE YOU IN HELL" can you take care of this guy please? Skullzproductions (talk) 18:28, September 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅   Thank you for bringing this to my attention. —  Spike  Toronto  20:34, September 16, 2012 (UTC)

IRC
Can you get on IRC? Thanks! -- Plasma ( Talk ) 19:50, September 16, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey PT! I probably will not be able to go on Scratchpad's IRC channel before the afternoon of Monday, September 17, 2012. If it is urgent, please e-mail me at Special:EmailUser/SpikeToronto. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  20:36, September 16, 2012 (UTC)

Help me
Can you help me? Hsunito has keep putting Zira as Maurice, but I perfer Mufasa as Zira. Can you blocked him for me? Thanks.

BrittalCroftFan (talk) 01:32, September 22, 2012 (UTC)User:BrittalCroftFan


 * I’d love to help you, BCF. But, I need more information. Please see what I told you above at  as to the information I need in order to take any action. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  06:38, September 25, 2012 (UTC)


 * I fixed the issue with Beauty and the King. Please look carefully at how I’ve done it. That is how I expect you to deal with such issues in the future. Also, you’ve been blocked before for how you interact with others. No matter how upset you get, you cannot harass people, call them names, etc. Please do not do so from this point forward. Thanks for bringing the issue with User:Hsunito to my attention. If there other pages that he has edited that you think I need to look at, please list them here. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  08:32, September 25, 2012 (UTC)

User 92.2.126.18 might be Asmit005
i think Asmit005 is back as an unregistered user called 92.2.126.18 can you take care of this please? Skullzproductions (talk) 13:05, September 23, 2012 (UTC)

now he's got another unregistered account called 92.8.231.158 i really thought we were done with him Skullzproductions (talk) 19:16, September 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * Skullz, if those two IPs plus the others that I suspect he’s used are indeed his, it will make rangeblocking difficult. When I plug them into the range calculator, I get a range that is much too big to block (2,097,152 IPs), a range that the system will not permit. So, I’m asking Staff to run a CheckUser on the various IPs to determine if there are any that can be eliminated. I’ll get back to you. In the meantime, undo edits where undoing is appropriate. Provide clear, polite edit summaries. (Never undo without providing an edit summary.) Make sure that the sections whose cast list edits are being undone clearly indicate that they are not to be edited by others (if that is the issue). Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  07:39, September 25, 2012 (UTC)


 * Skullz, from looking at the IP edits made at Talk:Thomas/The Wind in the Willows, it’s pretty obvious that it is User:Asmit005 evading his block. So, I have gone ahead and blocked the following IPs:
 * 92.2.126.18
 * 92.8.231.158
 * 92.8.149.100
 * Since you edit the same pages, would you please review the article edits made by those IPs and see if any need to be reverted? Do not worry about his talkpage edits. If any of them are offensive, just tell me and I’ll take care of them. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  12:25, September 25, 2012 (UTC)


 * ok thanks dude Skullzproductions (talk) 12:51, September 25, 2012 (UTC)


 * Skullz, based on the blocks so far, I added some narrow rangeblocks for the following IP ranges:
 * 92.8.128.0/17
 * 92.2.120.0/21
 * These are only “soft-blocks”, which means that only anonymous edits from those IP addresses are prevented. This forces the editor to create an account from which to edit. If those edits clearly indicate that it is Asmit005 evading his block, then those registered accounts — sockpuppets, technically — can then be blocked indefinitely. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  13:21, September 25, 2012 (UTC)

New 2012-11-29
looks like he's got another one look here User:92.2.114.137 Skullzproductions (talk) 16:53, November 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * I came across the new article talkpage where you and he were discussing the matter. In this instance, the latest IP has been soft-blocked because he is evading the hard-block on his account. (See Special:Contributions/92.2.114.137) Block evasion brings an automatic block. All he has to do is open a dialogue with us at User talk:Asmit005 and this can be resolved. I hate to see anyone who wants to edit not being able to edit. So, I want to resolve the issue of his disruptieve editng with him so he can be unblocked. (By the way, his block message that he sees when he triggers it has a link right to that conversation. If only he’d read it.) Thanks for alerting me to this, Skullz. — Spike  Toronto  03:07, December 5, 2012 (UTC)


 *  UPDATE : I added a small, soft-rangeblock to the block. This should catch any other IP address from the same ISP so long has any moves he makes up or down are small ones. — Spike  Toronto  03:31, December 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * ooo cool! thanks dude and if i should find him again i'll report to you ASAP Skullzproductions (talk) 03:45, December 5, 2012 (UTC)

User:108.71.176.123 and his anti-Mac pages
Hello, SpikeToronto, it's me, FlyingDuckManGenesis. There's this user, 108.71.176.123, AKA Shadowgate, whom I'd like to talk to you about. A couple months back, he made some unwanted edits to my Thomas/Foster's cast. Basically, he was adding the obviously false rumor that Frankie and Mac, both from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends are enemies. This is not true, because on the show, Frankie and Mac are just friends. Many of his pages are fan fictions of Frankie trying to torture and/or kill Mac, some which even contain inappropriate language.

Here are some of his pages, just to prove my point:


 * Mac Killed
 * Why is Frankie Foster so programmed or dominated to get mad at someone who hurts her?
 * Mac and Frankie Become Enemies
 * Mac and Frankie Become Friends Again (basically the same as above but with a different title)
 * Mac's Revenge
 * Frankie & Terrence A Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Episode
 * Mac Framed
 * Mac's Punishment
 * Opening To The Mac VS. Frankie Rivalry Trilogy 2004 DVDS

As far to my knowledge, there are no episodes of Foster's where Frankie sends Mac to jail, denies him food or water, kills him, or even spanks him, because as previously mentioned, Frankie and Mac are friends.

As of recently, he has pretty much copied and pasted several Foster's episodes descriptions from their pages on the Imagination Companions Wiki, but added obviously false information of Frankie and Mac being enemies. I have modified those pages, removing false information and making them more family-friendly, but have left his fanfiction pages unaltered to, as previously mentioned, prove my point. I think he will likely continue making these pages unless something is done about it.

Thank you for your time.

FDMG, 8:06 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 00:06, October 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * Before I proceed, FDMG, I am confused about a few things. Are all of his pages and/or contributions in the realm of fanfiction (which includes fantasy cast lists)? Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  02:26, October 16, 2012 (UTC)


 * Just to elaborate, about half of Shadowgate's pages, specifically the ones I have the links to listed on your page are his fan fictions, some of which, like User:38.100.155.34's anti-Madeline pages, contain offensive language. The other pages he's added are articles of Foster's characters or episodes, some of which he's pretty much copied and pasted from the Imagination Companions wiki and added false information and/or offensive material to, which I've later altered to make more accurate and family-friendly. There's a big difference between fanfiction and reality, and I try to keep both of them separate. If I add character or episode pages to the Scratchpad Wiki, i at least try to keep them accurate to the source material, but at the same time, family-friendly. In the past, he's tried to add the obviously false rumor of Frankie being enemies with Mac and/or trying to torture and or/kill Mac in various ways to various Foster's parody cast pages, specifically to casts that warn you not to edit, add, or delete. I hope this has helped, and thank you for your time.


 * FDMG, 8:10 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 12:10, October 16, 2012 (UTC)


 * Okay. I think I have a handle on this now FDMG. Let me break it down for us:
 *  Fanfiction , including cast lists, can be whatever the person wants it to be.
 *  Offensive language  can be dealt with by anyone. So, if you see such language, you can either undo the edit, or manually remove the offensive language. If you are unsure whether a particular example is sufficiently offensive, ask me.
 * Truly offensive edits and edit summaries can be totally redacted by a special tool that I have. Anything like that, let me know and I’ll obliterate it.
 * If someone continues to add offensive language even after you’ve warned them, let me know so they can be dealt with (e.g., temporary removal of their editing privileges)
 *  Wholesale copying  from other Wikia wikis is acceptable under the Wikia licence. It is supposed to be attributed to the source wiki, however.
 *  Factual inaccuracies  are of course not acceptable. Even worse is purposely inserting them in articles that are not fanfiction. Purposely inserting factual inaccuracies into articles (e.g., an article on U.S. history) is not a good faith edit. Those edits need to be undone/removed. Also, editors doing so, should be politely warned that it is unacceptable. If they persist, then a temporary removal of their editing privileges would be in order.
 * Okay, based on this, perhaps you can tell me exactly where I need to take action; that is, any of these things that you or other editors cannot do with the tools available to you. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  06:04, October 17, 2012 (UTC)

VH Wiki Entry Blocked
I have just finished uploading a record of the folder/file hierarchy to the VH wiki to aid in updating the changelog and differentiating unofficial branches. When I went to publish the page, I received a message from the Language Filter - I believe this is due to my including the original folder names. The page has been published, but its content is currently invisible. VH/Folder_Hierarchy Thank you for your time. Claws61821 (talk) 19:32, October 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * Correction, page content now visible from my computer. Perhaps the system just needed time to parse it first. Claws61821 (talk) 19:40, October 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * Glad it worked for you! :) — Spike  Toronto  07:54, October 30, 2012 (UTC)

Renamed
Hey there. As you can see, I dislike Goofy as The Scarecrow and Mickey Mouse as The Tin Man. So, I decided to renamed to Scootaloo/The Wizard of Oz. Now I can live peaceful. I'm not trying to be mean, it's just that I don't like Goofy as The Scarecrow and Mickey Mouse as The Tin Man that's all.

BrittalCroftFan (talk) 11:04, November 1, 2012 (UTC)User:BrittalCroftFan


 * BCF, I have no idea what you’re talking about. :D — Spike  Toronto  08:44, November 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * What I meant to say to you is Disney/The Wizard of Oz, where I renamed it to Scootaloo/The Wizard of Oz due the fact that someone kept change from Mickey Mouse as The Scarecrow to Goofy as The Scarecrow and Goofy as The Tin Man as Mickey as The Tin Man. BrittalCroftFan (talk) 11:00, November 2, 2012 (UTC)User:BrittalCroftFan


 * You don’t have to report page renames to me. If we didn’t want you and other contributors to be able to rename pages, we wouldn’t give you the ability to do so. ;) Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  11:14, November 2, 2012 (UTC)

Parody rules being ignored
a couple of users are ignoring the rules as said on version 8 of the Thomas/Veggietales list take a look at the history and see what i mean Skullzproductions (talk) 22:29, November 3, 2012 (UTC)


 * Skullz, it would help me tremendously if you would use edit summaries, especially when you use the undo function. Then, when I review the revision history, as you’ve asked me to do here, I can see at once what you think the issue is. Otherwise, I have to study each edit and try and determine what the issue was, what caused the revert. Thanks! Okay. Off to look at Thomas/Veggietales. ;) — Spike  Toronto  06:06, November 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * I’ve semi-protected that page for one month so that IP-only editors cannot edit it. This should be sufficient for the message to get through to those particular editors. Also, I’ve added this to the policy at SP:CAST since it was not entirely clear. Finally, I’ve soft-blocked those particular IPs so that they have to log in to edit. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  06:24, November 6, 2012 (UTC)

Thomas and Friends Character Ideas
Hey I was editing on the Thomas and Friends Character Ideas page about two days ago. I had just added 5 more characters, but somehow mine along with all the others were automaticly deleted when I hit publish. I'm sure it wasn't something I did. What happened? GordonTheFourth (talk) 21:58, November 4, 2012 (UTC)


 * I don’t know what to tell you, Gordon. This edit shows you clearing out the text. Can you describe what was going on at the time? For instance, did the system give you any messages? Were you editing in source mode or visual mode? Etc.? By the way, when something like that happens, from the revision history, you can just click on undo and revert to the previous edit. You can see I did that with this edit. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  07:12, November 6, 2012 (UTC)

Chat Mods
hey Spike, its NZGuy here, i was wondering if you could tell me who the chat mods are on this wiki thanks, NZGuy (talk) 23:45, November 6, 2012 (UTC)NZGuy


 * I’ve never seen anyone use the chat here, so we’ve never created any chatmods. — Spike  Toronto  00:13, November 7, 2012 (UTC)

User:66.250.191.192 and a Counterparts Policy proposition
Hello, It's FDMG again. I have written this because there's this user, 66.250.191.92, who has been making various unwanted edits on Counterparts sections of character pages. Basically, he was removing every character but one per franchise to suit his needs. However, I feel that since not all parodies are the same (as noted below), the characters should not be removed from the Counterparts section. Even on pages like Sonic's, which have a Do not delete, but you can add section are not immune to his edits. I sent him a warning, but he ignored it within mere minutes after it was sent. I think he will continue making these kinds of edits unless we do something about it.

I propose that we start a Counterparts policy on the Scratchpad Wiki. Each character page has their own counterparts section because people like to use that character as other characters in various parodies. Here are a few rules I think everyone should follow regarding Counterparts sections:

1. More than one counterpart is allowed for a specific character (Ex; Some people like to have Sally Acorn as Emily in their Sonic/Thomas parodies, while other like to have Amy Rose as Emily).

2. Female characters cannot play male characters and vice-versa.

3. Heroes cannot play villains and vice-versa.

4. Do not remove counterparts from character pages unless the counterpart does not suit the character (Ex. a female character on a male character page.)

I think that if everyone follows the rules of this policy, then everything will be as it should. I like to encorage individuality in parodies and a Counterparts policy to ensure that whoever wants to put characters they think suit their counterparts in their parodies can.

Thank you for your time.

FDMG, 5:03 P.M. Approx.


 * Just as a threshold matter, can you please explain to me what a counterpart is? In the meantime, I’ll go deal with 66.250.191.92. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  21:59, December 4, 2012 (UTC)


 * Basically, a counterpart is someone from a franchise that suits another character from a different franchise based on its personality.
 * FDMG, 5:03 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 22:03, December 4, 2012 (UTC)


 *  UPDATE : I still don’t quite get it; but, it is a bit clearer. ;) As for the IP-only editor, I have placed a soft-block on the IP address. That means that he can still edit, but he must do so from a registered account. Then, if he has difficulty following the few rules and restrictions we have here, it will be easier to communicate with him. As for a Counterparts policy, let me spend sometime with it and get back to you. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  00:14, December 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * P.S. Are there any of his edits that I need to revert? See Special:Contributions/66.250.191.192. Or, did you repair all the damage? Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  00:33, December 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * I think I took care of most of the unwanted edits he made, though specifically, the franchises I cared the most about (Thomas, Sonic, Garfield, TTA, Etc.).
 * FDMG, 8:06 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 01:06, December 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * Again, just so I can understand, how are the issues with counterparts not served by the existing cast list policy? — Spike  Toronto  02:11, December 5, 2012 (UTC)

I think the Cast policy applies to the entire cast of characters of two or more specific franchises (Ex; If it's a TUGS/Thomas cast page, it applies to the cast of characters from TUGS (and to a lesser extent, Theodore Tugboat) and Thomas). The Counterparts policy applies to pages of one specific character from one specific franchise, instead of the entire cast of said franchise (Thomas the Tank Engine, from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, for example, has a variety of characters from different franchises that suit him based on his personality, whereas James, also from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, has a different variety of characters that suit him based on his personality). My apologies if I'm not being clear enough, as I really am trying hard to be as clear as I can. — FDMG, 9:23 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 02:23, December 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * Okay. Just let me spend some time thinking about it. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  02:26, December 5, 2012 (UTC)

Go ahead. Write it up! Create your draft at User:FlyingDuckManGenesis/Counterparts policy. We’ll move it into the Project namespace when it’s ready. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  09:05, December 17, 2012 (UTC)

96.41.229.194
There is this anon who keeps spamming by using nonsense things on Thomas parodies and stuff, can you have that underaged anon banned? PikachusIslandAdventure (talk) 00:20, November 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * PikachusIslandAdventure, do all of his edits need to be reverted? — Spike  Toronto  01:45, December 5, 2012 (UTC)


 *  UPDATE : I’ve taken care of his edits for December and November that had not already been dealt with. Also, I have placed a soft-block on the IP address. That means that he can still edit, but he must do so from a registered account. Then, if he has difficulty following the few rules and restrictions we have here, it will be easier to communicate with him. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. — Spike  Toronto  02:13, December 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * I think so. PikachusIslandAdventure (talk) 20:40, December 5, 2012 (UTC)

Admin
Hi, I see The 888th Avataris an admin ans hasn't edited for a while and has 8 edits, so I was woundering if I could replace him and help with cleaning up ect., and importing abusefilters.. Note: You may want to delete the mini wiki I created a while back as I haven't used it and don't have plans to..— Original  Authority  (contrib's) , 21:08, December 1, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey OA. Thanks for reminding me about 888. He was helping out here with one particular project. I just hadn’t got around to removing the sysop bit from his account. Thanks for reminding me. As for the mini-wiki you created, I can’t delete it if I do not have a link to it. :P Finally, thanks for the offer of help. We’re okay for now. And, PlasmaTime does most of the abuse filters. But, if we need some more help with them, I can add the AF userright for you. But, right now, the only one we need to add is the one Ultimate Supreme is working on at ATW. Thanks again! — Spike  Toronto  02:22, December 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * P.S. You can help with cleaning up by marking pages for deletion, or speedy deletion, per SP:DELETE. Then we can review them and decide. The hard part is tracking them down and flagging them. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  02:31, December 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * What is Af? add me anyway!! Thanks!! — Original (Talk) 16:28, December 15, 2012 (UTC) -- — Original (Talk)

184.57.244.145
Hey, there Spike. This is BrittalCroftFan. Sorry I curse, and I promise I won't do it again. Plus, I need you help. Can you blocked the user that keeps putting Rainbow Fish the Snow Fish in Disney/Frosty the Snowman? Thanks. And one more thing, the user's name is 184.57.244.145.

BrittalCroftFan (talk) 21:08, December 1, 2012 (UTC)User:BrittalCroftFan


 * First, thank you for promising to watch your language. It took me quite some time this weekend going back through all of your edits to clean up as much as I could. Second, remember if you do not want your cast lists changed, add a DO NOT EDIT note next to your version (per SP:CAST). Third, please remember to SIGN IN when you edit. Try not to edit anonymously, because then I won’t know it’s you. Fourth, your IP-only editor seems to have also been editing from 204.10.220.127. Finally, I have placed a soft-block on the IP address. That means that he can still edit, but he must do so from a registered account. Then, if he has difficulty following the few rules and restrictions we have here, it will be easier to communicate with him. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. — Spike  Toronto  02:55, December 5, 2012 (UTC)

User:69.50.51.89
Hello, it's FlyingDuckManGenesis again. My apologies if you feel like I am bothering you by sending you all these these messages, but there's this user, 69.50.51.89, who has been making unwanted edits to many of mine and Skullzproductions' pages, among others. Basically, he was adding unwanted categories, specifically "My Vhs ideas" and "Amanda Woods VHS ideas". I sent him a message telling him to stop, but he ignored it within mere minutes after I sent it and continued to make the unwanted edits. Now, I can't be online all of the time, so he might make more edits if something isn't done about him. Do you think you could help? Again, my apologies if I feel like i'm bothering you by sending these messages, I am merely trying to prevent unwanted spam. Thank you for your time. — FDMG, 5:40 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 22:40, December 1, 2012 (UTC)


 * I’ve reverted all of his categorisation edits that you had not already done. I’ve placed a soft-block on the IP address. Also, we had created an abuse filter to stop the use of the My video ideas category. I guess now we have to add My vhs ideas. They’re such nonsensical categories. After all, who is the me in my?! Thanks for bringing this to my attention. — Spike  Toronto  03:23, December 5, 2012 (UTC)


 *  UPDATE : I am fairly sure that this is the same person who was adding the My video ideas category, whom we blocked three months ago. I noticed that a lot of the pages to which he added the My vhs ideas category were from the same 1,000+ pages from which I had removed the My video ideas category. So, I’ve added a soft, range block to catch any other IP addresses from the same ISP, within a small range from this latest IP address to their previous IP address. How pervasive is the Amanda Woods VHS ideas category? Are there a lot of them? Or, is that a legitimate category? Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  05:46, December 5, 2012 (UTC)

User:66.97.232.188
Hello, it's FDMG again. This time Special:Contributions/66.97.232.18 is making unwated edits on various character pages. He's deleting various counterparts on Sonic the Hedgehog character pages, including pages that have a Do not delete, but you can add section. He deleted all the Thomas-related counterparts and chose one character per franchise in every other franchise to suit his likings, including casting heroes as villains (Ex. Sonic from Sonic the Hedgehog as Darth Vader from Star Wars, instead of Sonic as Luke Skywalker). I sent him a message telling him to stop, but he ignored it and continued making these edits. Things are getting worse now, as he's making unwanted edits to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and SpongeBob SquarePants' character pages as well. I say it's time we put the Counterparts policy (as mentioned in a previous section) in full swing to prevent this kind of thing from happening in the future. Thank you for your time, it's a real pleasure talking to you.

FDMG, 7:10 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk)


 * I think you meant Special:Contributions/66.97.232.188. Looking into it … — Spike  Toronto  12:53, December 11, 2012 (UTC)

User:165.234.180.20 might be User:66.97.232.188
Hello, It's FDMG once again. This time, User:165.23.180.20 has been removing true information on the Bio sections of the Blaze the Cat and Rouge the Bat character pages and adding false information in their places. Since these are the kind of edits that User:66.97.232.188 made (besides removing suitable counterparts from Counterparts sections of character pages and adding unsuitable ones in their places), I have a hunch that User:165.23.180.20 might be User:66.97.232.188's alternate account. In the meantime, I have reverted the edits he made on the Bio sections of the Blaze the Cat and Rouge the Bat pages to the way they were before and added a (Do not edit!) disclaimer to the Bio sections to hopefully prevent these kind of edits from happening again. Thank you for your time.

FDMG, 10:08 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 15:08, December 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * I think you meant IP 165.234.180.20. You kept dropping the “4” in the IP address. Got me confused when I went to the IP address without the “4” and could see no edits. :P Anyway, am reviewing … — Spike  Toronto  07:50, December 14, 2012 (UTC)


 * The bat/cat pages are not parody pages. So, SP:CAST does not apply. I think we need a policy for character pages, pages that provide factual information about actual characters from actual productions. Then we could place a “character” template atop those pages, akin to the template we currently place atop certain parody cast pages now. Thoughts/ideas/suggestions? Thanks! —  Spike  Toronto  07:59, December 14, 2012 (UTC)

Threats on Lady the Tank Engine and Friends
Hi there, SpikeToronto. I need your help. Can you please tell 174.71.27.114 to stop? He's keep putting 'Horrid Diesel', but I perfer 'Horrid Lorry' just fine. Can can you please tell him to stop editing the episode? Thanks. — BrittalCroftFan (talk) 22:53, December 17, 2012 (UTC)User:BrittalCroftFan


 * Hi BCF! Right now I cannot do anything regarding that IP-only editor. If SP:CAST applies to the page, then they are allowed to at least create their own version on it. Note this edit that I made to the page: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/?diff=1053296


 * Now that the material that is there is clearly labelled as your version, if he edits it again, this is what you must do:
 * Leave a polite message on his talkpage asking him to create his own version
 * He can create this on the same page if he wishes
 * It would be helpful, however, if you copied and pasted his version to the page, following yours. Then you could tell him, in your message on his talkpage, that you’ve done that for him and he would have learned something for the next time and thereafter
 * If he still persists in editing your version after you will have done all this, then come back here to me and I will deal with it.
 * Thank you for bringing this to my attention BCF. — Spike  Toronto  04:13, December 18, 2012 (UTC)

66.250.190.31 might be 66.250.191.92 + I worked on Counterparts policy
Hello, yet again, it's FDMG. I ope you aren't bothered by all of these messages I have been sending you lately, I am merely trying to keep this wiki organized. This time, User:66.250.190.31 has been making unwanted edits to the Counterparts sections of various Sonic the Hedgehog character pages, removing every character but one per franchise to suit his needs, regardless if the character page has a (do not delete, but you can add) disclaimer to the Counterparts section. Since these are the kind of edits that User:66.250.191.92 has made previously, I have a feeling that User:66.250.190.31 might be User:66.250.191.92's alternate account.

Oh, and by the way, I did get around to working on the User:FlyingDuckManGenesis/Counterparts policy page, listing all of the rules regarding counterparts section. I just would like to know how to add that in a banner to various character pages. Thank you once again for your time.

FDMG, 1:23 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 18:23, December 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * Update: I would just like you to know that I have added a Counterparts Policy banner to every Sonic the Hedgehog character page that User:66.250.191.31 has made unwanted edits to plus the Rouge the Bat and Blaze the Cat pages.


 * FDMG, 1:38 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 18:38, December 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, it cannot be added to a banner just yet because it’s not a policy yet. It’s still a draft. In fact, this is the first I’m learning that it’s ready for me to review. I’ll look at the new IP-only editor and see if there may be a connection. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  10:39, December 19, 2012 (UTC)

IP Addresses
FDMG, you have to be very careful when reporting IP addresses. Above, you are drawing a comparison between these two IPs: However, there are no edits from the second one, deleted or otherwise. Nor have you previously made a report on that IP address that I can find.
 * Special:Contributions/66.250.190.31
 * Special:Contributions/66.250.191.92

The closest I can come is to a report you made regarding Special:Contributions/66.250.191.192. You seem to have dropped the “1” and turned “192” into “92”. Why does this matter?
 * You don't want to waste mine or the other Administrator’s time (i.e., PlasmaTime) having us look at the wrong person
 * You do not want to waste Staff time, to whom we have to go when CheckUsers are required.
 * We do not want to penalize the wrong person
 * Range blocks could be greatly off
 * In this instance, if I had set a soft range block from 66.250.190.31 to 66.250.191.92, it would not have been sufficient to catch the other actual IP address with which we are concerned: 66.250.191.192

Be very careful with IP addresses. Use copy-and-paste to improve your accuracy. Thanks FDMG! — Spike  Toronto  11:07, December 19, 2012 (UTC)

If you go to Special:BlockList you can see the range that I soft blocked to try and deal with this individual’s edits. It’s the latest one, at the top of the list: 66.250.190.0/23

Because I know you are a curious kind of guy, the range was calculated using a range calculator at Wikipedia’s toolserver. You can see the results of my work here. You will notice that the range calculated covers 512 IP addresses. Your assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to input the “wrong” IP address from above, and compare the resulting range. It should generate a range of less than 512 IP addresses.

Have fun! — Spike  Toronto  11:29, December 19, 2012 (UTC)


 * I just would like you to know that I did use copy-and-paste to improve my accuracy, but you are right, I must have accidentally typed the wrong address down. I didn't mean to, I didn't want to report users who have actually done no harm to this wiki. I think maybe the problem was because these kind of edits happened during a time when I was also working on the Tiny Toon Adventures Wiki, and I was trying to handle edits on two Wikis at once. Thank you for sorting this out. — FDMG, 7:46 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 12:46, December 19, 2012 (UTC)


 * No problem! Thank you for bringing it to my attention. :-) — Spike  Toronto  13:42, December 19, 2012 (UTC)

Messages from CoolZDane
Will you please change my "Danny Pan" page back? Because 173.10.230.229 has been changing it, right?


 * Which ones CZD? There are several of them:
 * Danny Pan
 * Danny Pan Part 1 - Opening Titles ("The Second Star to the Right")
 * Danny Pan Part 4 - Danny Chases his Shadow/Melody and Danny Meet
 * Danny Pan Part 5 - Mowgli and Tipo Meet Danny/Tanya in a Sulky Mood
 * Danny Pan Part 7 - Meet Captain Jafar and the Forty Thieves/Abis Mal vs Vlad-Vlad I Koff
 * Danny Pan in Return to Neverland
 * Also, you can change them back yourself. Just use the undo function. If there are any you cannot do yourself and need help with, let me know. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  03:05, December 21, 2012 (UTC)

Excuse me, but 84.103.102.149 was changing my cast of The Cat King.

Also, 84.103.102.149 was changing my cast of Timon Pan too.


 * ✅   Renamed page to CoolZDane's Timon Pan. —  Spike  Toronto  06:09, January 7, 2013 (UTC)

Re:Abuse Filter
Thanx. I would try my best. Anything specific you want?— UltimateSupreme (Talk) 05:15, December 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * I created one. ~ Ultimate  Supreme  16:30, January 5, 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes! I saw it. I haven’t had a chance to do anything with it though. How did it test? — Spike  Toronto  18:24, January 5, 2013 (UTC)

another user is breaking the parody rules
someone's breaking the rules on the Pokemon parody lists and he goes by 46.254.252.45 he ignores the rules & edits something that's not his can you take care of this please? Skullzproductions (talk) 02:32, December 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅   If you give me a linked list of specific pages, I can semi-protect them for a month. —  Spike  Toronto  04:40, December 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * sure thing dude thanks :) Skullzproductions (talk) 08:37, December 26, 2012 (UTC)

Need a second opinion
I am an admin on a couple of other wikis. Every so often, users will come in and add fan fiction. Most of the time it's not a big deal. It's not a part of the wiki, so we usually delete it and leave them a note about our FAQ or other places where fan fiction is allowed.

But there have been a few users who have added their fan fiction to so many wikis that I have been referring to it as "fan fiction spam". In each of these cases, it can be tracked to several different accounts and numerous IP addresses. To give you an example, for one user it was about three dozen wikis, using about 20 different accounts and several dozen IP addresses. In some cases, what's being added is along the lines of "I'll add a Finding Nemo character to my story idea to make it fit the Pixar Wiki". Then you go to a Warner Bros. wiki and the same story idea appears with Bugs Bunny it. Go to another wiki and the same story idea is there, changed slightly again to fit that wiki.

I have also seen a few go back to a wiki that's been cleaned up and keep adding their fan fiction back in. In that regard, it could also be considered vandalism.

Scratchpad is a fan fiction wiki. Normally that would make it exempt from any cleanup that I would do. I will have to check my notes, but I think there's two or three different people I've had to keep cleaning up after that have also been to Scratchpad.

Before I do anything, I wanted to ask your opinion on this. Should I leave their edits intact on this wiki because they are in keeping with the theme of this wiki? Or does the fact that it's spam and/or vandalism on other wikis override that, and it should be deleted here as well?

Let me know how you want me to handle this. If you tell me to go ahead, I would be placing the Deletion template on any pages and pictures that I can identify as being from them. —RRabbit42 ( leave a message ) 05:10, December 28, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for bringing this to my attention, RRabbit. It’s an interesting situation. I’d like to respond in point form:
 * Each wiki makes its own policies. One wiki’s spam is another wiki’s gold.
 * Therefore, it’s not necessarily the case that a violation on one wiki is a violation on another.
 * So, before dealing with material here at Scratchpad, discuss it with me first, at least for the first few occasions.
 * I agree that fan fiction on a wiki that does not permit it, should be deleted
 * However, such wikis could instead create a fan fiction namespace (e.g.,   and  ) and warehouse it all in there.
 * Alternatively, in your case, you might suggest to these individuals to create a Phineas & Ferb fan wiki (e.g., http://phineasfanon.wikia.com).
 * Finally, do not hesitate to take advantage of the VSTF (Volunteer Spam Task Force) located at w:c:vstf
 * They have an array of tools that let them deal with spammers in ways we can only imagine, especially when the same IP addresses and/or logged-in users are spamming more than one wiki (i.e., cross-wiki spam)
 * Thanks again RRabbit! :) — Spike  Toronto  08:44, December 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * I believe that in each case, the users were told about fan fiction wikis and did create their own wikis, then later abandoned them as they continued finding existing wikis to edit on. So instead of sticking with it and taking the time to develop their fan fiction, it was more along the lines of "let me see how many wikis can I add my fan fiction to". Also, after being blocked on a wiki (ones that I am not an admin on and some that I am), they came back under a different account to continue editing. I know that there are legitimate uses for having more than one account, but in these cases it appears that the accounts were being used to get around being blocked.


 * I am going to put this on hold for a little bit while I work on other things. I will put together a list of things I would like for you to check when I'm ready to continue. —RRabbit42 ( leave a message ) 16:04, December 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * Block evasion is its own basis for blocking. The sockpuppet/evasion accounts should just be indef blocked. But, talkpage access for the blocked user on the puppetmaster/main account should still be allowed since it provides a point of communication. — Spike  Toronto  01:23, December 30, 2012 (UTC)

Mr. Conductor's Adventures Movie Ideas rules being ignored
a user called Thomaspercyjameshenryandgordonfan has been putting some stupid edits on my Mr, Conductor's Adventures Movie Ideas page violating rule number 6 which says "Do not add in fake movies or movies that are not suitable for children." do you think you can take care of this guy please? Skullzproductions (talk) 14:38, December 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * Rule #6? Where are these rules you speak of? — Spike  Toronto  00:26, December 30, 2012 (UTC)


 * oh they're at the top of the page & i put them there to make sure my rules go for reality it goes like this


 * 1) Only put in a fair number of guest stars.
 * 2) Do not replace stories.
 * 3) Only put in stories if a movie doesn't have any yet.
 * 4) Only Thomas stories from Seasons 1-6 can be used. No stories from Season 7-onwards allowed.
 * 5) If you don't use the buttons above the editing toolbox, the movie/quotes you put in will be removed.
 * 6) Do not add in fake movies or movies that are not suitable for children.
 * 7) Limit of Guest Stars: 10
 * 8) Each Movie must have four Thomas Stories.
 * 9) No fake Thomas stories allowed.
 * 10) The following movies will not be listed at all: Barney's Great Adventure, The Big Friendly Giant (AKA The BFG), Kids For Character [since that movie already has Thomas on it], How To Eat Fried Worms, Gremlins (as well as its sequel), RV, Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure.
 * 11) Thomas &amp; Friends Specials will also not be added on here, for obvious reasons.
 * 12) Because of the Pooh's Adventures series, characters from Winnie the Pooh will not be used as guest stars at all.
 * these rules on that page are important to me so my page doesn't get violated there are even some movies that i don't like that don't belong on the page it's better that way


 * Then you need to put them in a separate miniwiki here at Scratchpad. That way, they comprise rules applicable on that miniwiki. As it stands now, they are not Scratchpad rules. So, create a miniwiki using the tool on Scratchpad’s Main Page. Call it “Skullzproductions”. Then, rename all your pages so they fit under that miniwiki. Then the pages are truly yours and SP:CAST does not have to apply if you do not want it to. — Spike  Toronto  00:23, December 31, 2012 (UTC)


 * P.S. See also the notes I left for FDMG on this same issue. They are at . Let me know if I can help at all. — Spike  Toronto  00:26, December 31, 2012 (UTC)


 * hmm i'll see what i can do about that Skullzproductions (talk) 02:01, December 31, 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅   Take a look at the Skullzproductions miniwiki mainpage. Look also at Category:Skullzproductions. You can re-design your miniwiki mainpage any way you want. But, leave the top part as it is. In other words, below the “Do NOT write above this line!” warning, you can make it as uniquely Skullzproductions as you want. —  Spike  Toronto  05:40, January 1, 2013 (UTC)


 * ok i'll see if i can try to figure this out Skullzproductions (talk) 09:26, January 1, 2013 (UTC)


 * Just ask me any questions. I am here for you. :) — Spike  Toronto  09:51, January 1, 2013 (UTC)

Re:Talkback: Mr. Conductor's Adventures Movie Ideas
Dear SpikeToronto,

I agree that the Mr. Conductor's Adventures Movie Ideas page should be split into several pages. One of the reasons is I have a low-definition computer (which, by the way, doesn't let me edit on various Wikia websites. I am typing this from a computer that does), and when I try to load the page (usually to see if changes, wanted or not, are added, it stops the browser I am using from working for a few seconds, sometimes to the point of not responding at all. Now, I am pretty busy on other Wikia websites, so I'm not sure how much time I'll have to work on the Mr. Conductor's Adventures Movie Ideas page, but I just want you to know that I have it under consideration. Similarly, I've been meaning to shorten another page I work a lot on, that page being the fanfiction series, The Tiny Toons & Looney Tunes Show, maybe giving separate pages for the Characters, Seasons, Quotes by season, and various others. I made a wiki for it back when Scratchpad was announced to be shut down (but obviously, an outcry from its contributors shut down the shutdown), but I haven't posted a lot on there, and I'm pretty much the only contributor on there. Do you think a Mr. Conductor's Adventures Movie Ideas Wiki would be a good idea? It could be something that Skullz and I could both contribute to, and each movie idea could have its own page. In conclusion, I assure you, that those two pages I am considering to shorten, though how much time I have in my schedule may vary.

FDMG, 9:30 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 14:30, January 4, 2013 (UTC)


 * Hey FDMG! Nice hearing from you. A new wiki for that topic may not be a bad idea. But, I’m not sure that you would have enough pages to justify a full-fledged wiki. What do you think? You could also consider a mini-wiki here at Scratchpad for that topic. Or, you could make each section a sub-page under the Mr. Conductor mainpage; then each sub-page gets transcluded to the Mr. Conductor mainpage. (To see what I mean, take a look a how my userpage at User:SpikeToronto is designed.) Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  14:50, January 5, 2013 (UTC)

My parody wiki
Hey SpikeToronto, this is MTPF, I just wanted to tell you that I made a parody wiki for myself at MilesTailsProwerFan Parody Cast Wiki. I hope you enjoy! MilesTailsProwerFan (talk) 01:36, January 7, 2013 (UTC)


 * Hey MTPF. That’s great! Long name though. :) Have fun with it. Let me know if you have any questions I can help you with. — Spike  Toronto  06:12, January 7, 2013 (UTC)

Founder
Who is the founder of Scratchpad? Four What was that? 19:36, January 7, 2013 (UTC)


 * There isn’t one. Scratchpad is one of Wikia’s several corporate wikis. As such, it is overseen by Staff, or their delegates. — Spike  Toronto  19:45, January 7, 2013 (UTC)

Re: Shouting filter
Yeah, trying to create a shouting filter has made me realise that there are infinite ways in which people can shout. It won't be possible to create a perfect filter for it. The one here is the same as on wikipedia (last I checked). Many shouts missed it. The one which caught most of them is: length(added_lines) > 1 & !"#REDIRECT" in added_lines & added_lines rlike "[A-Z\s']{20}"  ~ Ultimate  Supreme  11:54, January 11, 2013 (UTC)


 * I found another way of doing it. If you don't mind I can try it here.~ Ultimate  Supreme  17:19, January 17, 2013 (UTC)


 * Sure. Go for it. Remember the remedy is to warn and flag. Also, the warning is located at MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning-shouting. Thanks! :) — Spike  Toronto  10:39, January 18, 2013 (UTC)

Users that don't exist
Hey SpikeToronto, this is MTPF, and I was looking over the Sonic/Spongebob page, and many of the casts people have claimed as their own. However, I am unsure if they are real users here on Scratchpad, as I checked the history, none of the users have even edited the page. Some of them are just stuff like movie names, such as Sherk the Third. I feel like if someone wants to claim a cast as their own, they need to log in, as the Cast policy says. I am going to procede to delete the claimed users. MilesTailsProwerFan (talk) 23:06, January 11, 2013 (UTC)


 * This is an ongoing problem here, you are right. What many of us do is, if we see an anonymous/IP-only editor editing a version that has someone’s name on it (for example, MilesTailsProwerFan’s Version), we just press the undo button and write “username impersonation” in the edit summary. However, sometimes the name in the description is not a Scratchpad username, but rather a YouTube username. In which case, the person editing is listing the cast someone over at YouTube used. I think we should all start identifying these latter ones as YouTube names right in the heading. — Spike  Toronto  04:45, January 12, 2013 (UTC)

Need Text
hey Spike, its NZGuy here and i was wondering if you could give me a copy of whatever text was on this page: User:RingoStarrandMichaelAngelisUSFan

Thanks, NZGuy (talk) 23:55, January 11, 2013 (UTC)NZGuy


 * ✅   NZGuy, I userfied the page for you. So, you can find a copy of it in your own userspace at User:NZGuy/RingoStarrandMichaelAngelisUSFan. Have fun! —  Spike  Toronto  04:53, January 12, 2013 (UTC)

more text
hey its NZGuy here again, i was also wondering if you could do this page as well:http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:BarneyandBJSeason3Fan?&cb=5031

thanks, NZGuy (talk) 01:59, January 19, 2013 (UTC)NZGuy


 * ✅   I’ve userfied it for you at User:NZGuy/BarneyandBJSeason3Fan. Thanks! —  Spike  Toronto  11:28, January 19, 2013 (UTC)

User 24.230.102.16
Hey SpikeToronto, this is MTPF, someone who goes by 24.230.102.16 has been editing the bio sections of the Blaze the Cat and Rouge the Bat pages and replacing the current information with false information. After I changed it back, he edited the counterparts section of the Blaze the Cat page and deleted some counterparts and replaced some! Could you do something about him? Thanks. MilesTailsProwerFan (talk) 04:50, January 23, 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅   Soft blocked for six months. —  Spike  Toronto  12:04, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

Help again
Hi there, SpikeToronto. Can you tell someone to stop edit my Crash Bandicoot/Snow White cast ever again, please? Thank you.

BrittalCroftFan (talk) 00:16, January 24, 2013 (UTC)User:BrittalCroftFan


 * BCF, I need links to the article, links to the person you’re having problems with, etc., or I won’t know where to start. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  12:06, January 24, 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅   Soft-blocked for six months. —  Spike  Toronto  12:12, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

a few more pages please
hey Spike, its NZGuy again and i was wondering if you could userify these 3 pages:

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:EdwardandEmilyFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:JamesandBJFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:ThomasDuckJamesandGodredFan

thanks, NZGuy (talk) 1.27, Feburary 4th, 2013 (UTC)NZGuy


 * ✅   Sorry about the delay. Let me know if there are any more. :) —  Spike  Toronto  11:28, February 11, 2013 (UTC)

User:50.133.222.159
Hello, it's FDMG again. There's this user, 50.133.222.159, who has been making unwanted edits to the Wreck-It Gordon page. He has been removing the content from that page and replacing it with gibberish/nonsense. He has also made rude remarks to the people who have contributed to the page through the section headline. Thankfully, users like 68.43.65.199 and 76.119.209.110 have been reverting the edits back to normal, but I have a feeling that 50.133.222.159 is going to keep making these kind of edits unless something is done about him. I know we'd all really appreciate the kind of help you can provide. Thank you for your time. — FDMG, 9:30 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 14:30, January 26, 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅   I’ve placed a one-year, soft block on the IP address. This means that, if the IP address should belong to a school, library, Internet café, etc., registered Wikians will still be able to edit so long as they sign in first. Only anonymous edits from that IP will be prevented for the next 12 months. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. This was some serious vandalism. I’m very impressed with how you and your colleagues managed to catch and revert it all. Thanks! —  Spike  Toronto  08:16, January 28, 2013 (UTC)


 * P.S. Would you please provide me with any diffs of any of that IP-only editor’s edits that should be deleted because they are offensive, racist, etc.? Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  08:53, January 28, 2013 (UTC)

User:67.81.105.42
Hello, it's FDMG once again. This time, 67.81.105.42 is making unwanted edits to the Thomas the Tank Engine (character) page. He is adding offensive language to it (basically, trying to enforce his opinion that Thomas and Daisy are enemies. This has never really happened in the show). I have reverted the edits and asked him to refrain from using profanity, but he didn't listen to me, and continued making these offensive edits. He even removed all the content from the page once, which I almost immediately reverted afterwards. I think he will continue making these edits unless something is done about him, and I would really appreciate if you could help. Thank you for your time. — FDMG, 5:16 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 22:16, January 26, 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅   This was a hard one. At first, I was inclined to make only a small block because he seemed to have heeded your edit-summary warnings and ceased his quite foul behaviour. However, because his edits were so egregious, I decided on a six-month, soft block. Therefore, only anonymous editors will be prevented from editing. He, and anyone else at that IP address, can always sign in and edit. I reviewed almost all of his other edits from January 26, 2013, and they all seem okay. The only offensive ones were at Thomas the Tank Engine (character). I have revdel’d those edits. Let me know if I missed anything. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Thank you also for reverting where necessary. That sort of behaviour is simply unacceptable. Thanks! —  Spike  Toronto  09:35, January 28, 2013 (UTC)

Please investigate 96.41.229.62
This IP address, 96.41.229.62, is continuously undoing a redirect to a page that I had to do because his cast is already listed in the page that I redirected it to. Please block this IP address. Thank you. FirePuppy (talk) 22:18, February 1, 2013 (UTC)


 * FirePuppy, I’d be glad to investigate this. But, it helps tremendously if you give me links for diffs, the redirect page, etc. In fact, until you link me to the redirect page in question, I cannot even begin. There are just too many edits for that IP address. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  04:49, February 2, 2013 (UTC)


 * Here's the web address to the action history for Thomas/The Hunchback of Notre Dame: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas/The_Hunchback_of_Notre_dame?action=history Now please block the IP address that keeps on trying to undo the necessary redirect. FirePuppy (talk) 20:37, February 7, 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅   Soft-blocked for six months for edit warring. As a soft block, though, he can still edit from the same IP address using a registered account. Sorry for the delay. I took a little break and we are down to only one Administrator at present. Thank you FirePuppy for bringing this to my attention. Keep up the good work! :) —  Spike  Toronto  08:40, February 11, 2013 (UTC)

Filter 2
I was wondering who created it originally?~ Ultimate  Supreme  07:58, February 2, 2013 (UTC)


 * I believe it came from Wikipedia. If you want to make changes, go ahead. Just be sure:
 * The changes are improvements
 * You’ve thoroughly tested them before implementing them
 * You will monitor the logs for several weeks after to minimize false positives
 * I know you don’t need reminding about any of this. I just feel better saying it. ;) — Spike  Toronto  08:26, February 11, 2013 (UTC)

HELP ME, PLEASE?!
CAN YOU HELP ME, PLEASE?! THESE USERS KEEP EDITING MY FREAKING CASTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEM!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

BrittalCroftFan (talk) 20:42, February 3, 2013 (UTC)User:BrittalCroftFan


 * BCF, you have not given me any information to go on. I cannot begin to help you. At the very least, I need:
 * page names + links
 * usernames/IPs of editors with whom you are edit warring
 * In addition, specific diffs would be nice since I could go straight to examples of what you’re talking about. Thanks BCF! :) — Spike  Toronto  11:36, February 11, 2013 (UTC)

User:Yvestroy.apor has uploaded a vulgar image
Hello, it's FDMG again. This time, a user by the name of Yvestroy.apor has uploaded a vulgar image, which I am pretty sure is against this wiki's policy.

Here is the image he uploaded: File:Margo.png

There are several reasons why I find this image vulgar.

I would appreciate it if you deleted this picture, and talked to Yvestroy.apor on as to why he uploaded it. I have marked the picture for deletion. Thank you for your time.
 * 1) Every line of dialogue in this picture includes profanity.
 * 2) Debagging is shown in this picture.
 * 3) Indecent exposure is shown in this picture (A female human with no skirt or pants and exposed undergarments).

FDMG, 2:26 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 19:26, February 8, 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅   Deleted as age-inappropriate material for Scratchpad. I left a message here. There is no need for you to comment on his talkpage since that might have the effect of piling on. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I very much appreciate it. Perhaps someday you can explain to me in chat what “debagging” is. I have no idea. Thanks again. :) —  Spike  Toronto  11:56, February 11, 2013 (UTC)

79.106.109.131
I want you to ban this user, as he is making threats on reporting users, if he ever catches us editing Total Drama/Phineas and Ferb. Brickleberry (talk) 02:17, February 11, 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅   Soft-blocked for intimidation and harassment. I want to point out that you over-reacted especially given that there was only one, single edit. There were no other edits from that IP-only editor. Since he can still edit so long as he logs in, you need to better handle these situations going forward. Language such as that in your edit summary undoing his edit to the article, and your message on his talkpage, was not appropriate. Such language in future is likely to also result in a temporary block for you. Thank you for bringing this incident to my attention. I very much appreciate it. Thanks again! :) —  Spike  Toronto  12:18, February 11, 2013 (UTC)

a few more pages
hey Spike, its me once again and i found a few more pages

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:ThomasDuckJamesandWhiffFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:ThomasandBarneyFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:RingoStarrandBrittAllcroftFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:BarneyRiffBJandDerekFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:GordonandEmilyFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:ThomasandNedFlandersFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:BiggestThomasDuckGordonandDennisFan

thanks, NZGuy (talk) 22:28, February 11, 2013 (UTC)NZGuy


 * ✅   You can see the growing list at User:NZGuy/list. :) —  Spike  Toronto  02:44, February 12, 2013 (UTC)

a few more pages #2
hey Spike, its NZGuy and i found a few more pages:

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:ThomasDuckPercyMarioLuigiandYoshiFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:ThomasDuckJamesandPercyFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:DuckJamesHenryandDerekFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:BarneyandStanMarshFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:ThomasandFriendsRingoStarrandGeorgeCarlin

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:HenryandEmilyFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:BiggestEdwardPeterSamJamesandPercyFan

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:EdwardtheBlueEngine2

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:EricCartmanFan

thanks, NZGuy (talk) 22:23, February 12, 2013 (UTC)NZGuy


 * ✅   You can see the growing list at User:NZGuy/list. :) Let me know if I missed any. Thanks! —  Spike  Toronto  15:18, March 2, 2013 (UTC)

Abusefilter
Hi, I. Was woundering if I could copy the. Abusefilter for words that should not be said? — Original  Authority  (contrib's) , 22:08, February 13, 2013 (UTC) 17:27, February 13, 2013 (UTC)


 * Sure OA! Go right ahead. You needn’t ask. Or, is it not letting you have read-only access? — Spike  Toronto  15:22, March 1, 2013 (UTC)


 * It turns out we already have it at vampire diaries wikia, but we are having problems with it, its not doing it purpose its warning people for adding large content instead of not allowing swearing so we had to disable it.Oh and by the way whats happened to PlasmaTime, i saw the message at the top of your talk page? — Original  Authority  (contrib's) , 22:57, March 2, 2013 (UTC) -- —  Original  Authority  (contrib's)  , 22:57, March 2, 2013 (UTC)

problem with SuperMalechi
hey Spike, its NZGuy again and i have a problem with SuperMalechi, who keeps on adding Barney the Dinosaur to the fave tv shows section on:http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:NZGuy/RingoStarrandMichaelAngelisUSFan but i don't want it there, so can you please tell him to stop. proof:http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User:NZGuy/RingoStarrandMichaelAngelisUSFan?diff=1100597&oldid=1095060

thanks, NZGuy (talk) 22:08, February 13, 2013 (UTC)NZGuy


 * Sure NZ. I’ll let him know. Each person’s userspace is their own. Other than the talkpage, no one is supposed to edit someone else’s userspace without permission. He can always make a copy of the same page in his own userspace for him to edit on. In future, it’s okay for you to politely leave a message on someone’s talkpage letting them know that you do not want them editing your userspace. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  15:30, March 1, 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅ with this edit. — Spike  Toronto  15:55, March 1, 2013 (UTC)

Please block both of these users for 1 year
These users, by the names of BrittalCroftFan and TongueSpeakingFool, are continuously writing nasty/offensive/inappropriate comments back to me. Here's some examples:

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:FirePuppy?diff=1103127&oldid=1099019

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:FirePuppy?diff=1103303&oldid=1103268

http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:FirePuppy?diff=1103336&oldid=1103320

I would appreciate it if you could please block both of these users for 1 year. But please don't block me; I didn't do anything to these users before this happened. Thank you. FirePuppy (talk) 12:25, February 17, 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi FirePuppy. First, I want to apologize for my absence and, thus, not having dealt with this while it was ocurring. It’s good that you have outlined the issue for me, as well as have provided diffs for me to look at. I have reviewed every diff on all three of the user talk pages involved. Afterwards, I deleted the material. Both of those accounts have a history of intimidating/harassing behavior towards other users and had been warned previously that future occurences would result in a permaban. For the future here are some tips for you:
 * Do not get into an edit war with another user. Everything is retained in the revision histories (the diffs). So, do not worry that an Administrator will not see the other editor’s edits.
 * Your edit war alone was sufficient for you to receive a three-day block. But, I understand that your intentions were good.
 * Do not fall to their level where your behavior begins to mirror theirs. Just pull back. Report it to an Administrator. Leave it for the admin.
 * Don’t threaten other users with blocks or blocks of certain durations.
 * Doing so is intimidating/harassing behavior in itself
 * Only admins can decide if a block is appropriate. If a block is appropriate, only admins can impose blocks.
 * Block lengths are determined according to the interplay of specific protocols, the miscreant’s current behavior, and his previous behavior
 * It is up to the admin dealing with the matter to decide the appropriate length of block
 * Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Thank you also for attempting to resolve the issue. However, I need one more thing from you to complete this. I need a list of the articles/pages that were in dispute so that I can review their revision histories. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  13:53, March 2, 2013 (UTC)

User:82.35.167.3 is adding unneeded categories
Hello, SpikeToronto, once again, it's FDMG. This time, User:82.35.167.3 is adding categories where they're really not needed. He has added the Villains category to both the Lions and Tigers category pages, despite the fact that not all tigers are evil. In fact, on the Lions and Tigers category pages, there are examples of good Lions and tigers, such as Alex from Madagascar, Vitaly, also from Madagascar, and Tigger from Winnie the Pooh. Not only that, he has added false categories to certain character pages. For instance, he tried to put down that Knuckles the Echidna was a lion, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse were pets, and that SpongeBob was a fish. As you know, none of these are true. Knuckles is an Echidna, Mickey and Minnie are not pets, and SpongeBob is a sponge. I sent him a message telling him not add any more unneeded categories, but he didn't listen and continued to make these unneeded edits within mere minutes after I sent it. I would appreciate if you could talk to him as to why he is making these unneeded edits. Thank you for your time.

FDMG, 10:40 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 15:40, February 21, 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅. Since he wouldn’t listen to you, or even engage you, I went ahead and soft-blocked the IP address. In order to persist, he’ll have to log in. By the way, speaking of people not responding to things on their talkpages, would you please take a look at this? ;) Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  16:18, March 1, 2013 (UTC)


 * My apologies for not reading over it earlier. I've mainly been busy on other wikis. I think it would be a good idea if I were a rollbacker, though I mainly know how to revert edits, particularly if more than one unwanted edit is made in between the way it should be. Thank you for taking care of this situation.


 * FDMG, 9:11 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 14:11, March 2, 2013 (UTC)

Update on fan fiction spam
I had been considering letting the matter drop, but one of the people I was referring to in my previous message in December is still at it. By my count, he has shown up under a half dozen new IPs, two new accounts, been to about three or four additional wikis and created four new wikis of his own. Just like last time, some of those new wikis are being abandoned not long after he creates them since he wanders off to find yet more wikis to edit on. Even after I gave him another chance when he came back to one of my wikis, he kept right on adding his fan fiction spam.

By my estimation, less than 1% of the edits he's made during the past two years have not been fan fiction. Since he is still causing messes on wikis that need to be cleaned up, I will do so. I am not going to do it tonight, but every page that he's created here will be marked for deletion. So don't be surprised when several dozen pages show up in the Candidates for Deletion category. —RRabbit42 ( leave a message ) 03:41, February 28, 2013 (UTC)


 * I certainly appreciate and am impressed by your diligence and sleuthing. This is a fairly serious issue. I would suggest you take this up with one of the following:
 * STAFF
 * User:Rappy 4187
 * User:DaNASCAT
 * VSTF
 * User:TyA
 * User:TK-999
 * They all have tools and permissions that would make this rather large chore easier to take care of. Good luck! — Spike  Toronto  16:32, March 1, 2013 (UTC)


 * I sent in a report on the VSTF wiki about a different, but similar, kind of problem and the response was that they really didn't consider it vandalism. But after giving him numerous chances to stop or change what he's doing, it really does come down to a very basic definition: vandalism is any mess that has to be cleaned up. If he had stayed on wikis that are specifically for fan fiction or even on the wikis he created, I wouldn't have had a problem with it. But he didn't, so I'll clean up his messes. —RRabbit42 ( leave a message ) 02:41, March 5, 2013 (UTC)

Does your wiki have a policy against fanfic? If so, has the wrongdoer been told so on his talkpage? If so, and he persists, block him. I suggest escalating blocks: 3 days, 7 days, 10 days, indefinite. Seems a straight forward matter once the fellow’s been warned, yet fails to comply. Is that feasible? — Spike  Toronto  09:00, March 10, 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, we have a policy about this. He visited the Phineas and Ferb Wiki and posted some fan fiction stories as an anonymous user. Not a big deal because people will do that occasionally. I left him a "this isn't allowed, go over to the separate Phineas and Ferb Fanon wiki that we set up for fan fiction" message. He continued, so I left him more messages directing him over to the Fanon wiki. He continued, sometimes under different IPs, so I started issuing short blocks as an encouragement to stop. He continued, so I started blocking longer. He continued, so I eventually had to start blocking permanently.


 * Then he started creating accounts. And I went through the same process, though there were less intermediate steps before a permanent block was issued. Even after it got to the "block on sight" point, I still left him messages that he needed to stop. In the past two years, he has answered exactly one time, saying that he was sorry and that he would stop. That was about a year ago and he hasn't stopped, and has returned to wikis where he's been blocked and told it isn't allowed.


 * When I started checking the fan fiction he wrote, I found he had put it on many different wikis, including this one. For example, we'll call one of his stories "X". If he went to a wiki about Cars, he would change X slightly so it related to Cars. If he went to the Victorious wiki, X was changed slightly so it related to Victorious. His thought process seemed to be "I've found a new wiki I can post my story to. I'll just throw in a couple of characters from that wiki to make my story fit the wiki."


 * In all the wikis he's been to, some other admins have also blocked him, so it's not just me that has an issue with him posting fan fiction. And he's been back to some of those wikis to continue posting fan fiction under new IPs and new accounts.


 * Here's the breakdown on his activity. As part of maintaining the wikis I'm an admin for, I have had to keep track of the vandalism that's occurred to help prevent it from reoccuring, which is why I have extensive notes on him.


 * Over 50 different IP addresses, spread across 39 different IP ranges, which indicates he's going to many different computers in order to edit. Some of these are over 150 miles apart, so he is traveling a pretty long distance in order to find computers that he can made edits from. The total number of IPs he's used is higher, but there was a point last year where I stopped keeping track because I thought he had finally stopped.
 * 20 different accounts where he mostly just changes the number behind the account (example: x123, x124, x130, x131, x132, x133, etc.).
 * Ignoring requests to stop.
 * Ignoring blocks by creating new accounts.
 * Creating new accounts even when a particular account hasn't been blocked, so there wasn't any reason why he had to create a new account.
 * Creating new wikis for his stories, then forgetting about them/abandoning them, and creating even more new wikis. Seven wikis at last count.


 * I believe that I have taken more than sufficient steps to work with him and help him move his fan fiction to appropriate wikis. He is deliberately ignoring that and doing what he wants, a common tactic with vandals.


 * But because he's still at it, with his most recent edit being yesterday, it definitely has progressed well past the point of someone just expressing themselves to being spam and now being vandalism. I will begin cleanup on this wiki later today. —RRabbit42 ( leave a message ) 16:28, March 10, 2013 (UTC)

Be an Admin
Hey Spike, it's NZGuy an I was wondering since Plasmatime left, I could take his place?

Thanks, --NZGuy (talk) 04:18, March 3, 2013 (UTC)NZGuy


 * Hey NZGuy! I don’t want you to think I’ve forgotten about you. I haven’t. I’ll get back to you later in the week. Thanks! :) — Spike  Toronto  06:20, March 11, 2013 (UTC)

An update
Hello, it's FDMG again. As of lately, User:24.15.201.208 has been making unwanted edits to Belle's page, basically edits that are poorly written, containing various spelling or grammatical errors and adding information that is not needed (like saying that Belle looks goofy, which is an opinion, not a fact). He even removed Belle's picture in one of his edits. I have been reverting these edits, and no matter how many times I revert these edits or ask him to stop making these unwanted edits, he continues. As of lately, I added the Protected template to Belle's page, to signify that it should not be edited until further notice and that any edits to it will be reverted. He also made some unwanted edits to the Day of the Diesels page, basically making it a hard to understand article with many spelling and grammatical errors. I reverted that to a readable page with the same Protected template. Since then, he's been making the same unwanted edits time after time after time, which I have been reverting every time. No matter what I do, (adding a protected template, adding a Do Not Edit or Add disclaimer, and asking him numerous times not to edit it again), he just keeps making these unwanted edits.

To a lesser extent, Users: 75.117.151.226 and 168.10.192.3 (both of whom may be the same person) have been making unwanted pages to the Amy Rose page (and to a lesser extent, the Dr. Robotnik page), adding false information, including Sonic games that aren't real. I have been reverting these edits every time, and as of lately, even added a protected template, to signify that it should not be edited until further notice and that any edits made to it will be reverted. But even that isn't helping, because they continually make these unwanted edits, which I have to revert.

To another lesser extent, User:71.224.5.77 is continuously making unwanted edits to the Irving page. He is adding counterparts that don't suit him, such as Oscar and Irvine, both from Sesame Street. Neither one suits Irving because Irving is good and male, Oscar is bad, and Irvine is female. To add to this, he is also replacing the Male Characters category with the Female Characters category, and he's re-adding these just as fast as I can revert them. As usual, I send him a message telling him to stop, and it does no good. To count, he did this four seconds after the message was sent. He also made these unwanted edits (which I had to revert) as I was writing the message. As with the Amy Rose, Day of the Diesels, and Belle pages, I added a Protected template, to signify that it should not be edited until further notice, but as usual, it did no good, as he continued to make the same unwanted edits, which I had to revert. Since he wouldn't listen and kept making these unwanted edits time after time after time, I removed all the content from the page out of frustration. But I assure you, I will restore all the content to it as soon as he is taken care of.

To yet another lesser extent, User:60.80.61 is messing up pages like no one's business! He's made unwanted edits to many of the Foster's character pages, removing the counterparts that do suit them and adding ones that don't. (I.E. Vain counterparts for Wilt when Wilt isn't vain at all; he's kind. And old counterparts for Mac when Mac is young). He's also adding false categories to character pages, such as claiming Scrooge McDuck is western when he's really Scottish and Oliver is grumpy when he's not. And now he's put a death threat to me on his talk page because I reported him to you for his unwanted edits.

Would it be a good idea to count these edits as spam/and or vandalism? Because during one of the times I was reverting Amy's page, I clicked the revert spam option, because I thought false information counted as spam. Now, of course, they continued making these edits, but every other time, I just reverted the page the way I normally did, by going to the History section, selecting both the revision before the edits were made, and the latest revision, then after both were selected, I hit undo. That is also how I reverted the numerous edits to the Belle page mentioned above. I sent both of them messages, but they ignored them, as their latest edit to the Amy Rose page was earlier today (thankfully, another wiki contributor reverted it shortly after). Now, I only mean the best for the Scratchpad Wiki, which is why I've been reverting all of these edits, but I'm worried that if I try choosing the revert spam option for every time these edits happened, I might lose my editing privileges. Now, as previously mentioned, I only did the revert spam option once, for one of the reverts to Amy's page, but I also did the revert vandalism option twice (the first was intentionally when another wiki contributor added both false information and inappropriate language to Smudger's page, and the second was by accident, as I meant to select "undo" when I was reverting edits on Scrooge McDuck's page.). I hope I'm doing things right and not abusing my rollbacker privileges. Thank you for your time.

FDMG, 6:47 P.M. approx.


 * The IPs starting with 75 and 168 are from the same town. —RRabbit42 ( leave a message ) 04:57, March 7, 2013 (UTC)


 * You’re right, FDMG. This is getting longer and longer. :P I think the quickest way for us to resolve these issues is in the chatroom. It’ll be much quicker than me typing back a response that will end up equally as long. When are you available for chat on Monday, March 11, 2013? Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  06:18, March 11, 2013 (UTC)


 * My apologies for removing this message the other day. I just misinterpreted the one you sent me, is all. I now realize that message told me I could remove the messages you sent me on my talk page, and not vice-versa. I just want you to know that, and that I am planning to do some spring cleaning on my talk page someday.


 * FDMG, 10:07 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 14:07, March 15, 2013 (UTC)


 * You are very dedicated! :) I like that. And yes, I was specifically referring to the talkback messages I’ve cluttered your talkpage with. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  14:19, March 15, 2013 (UTC)

Quick update
Just a quick update. I severely underestimated how much fiction spam has been added here. Over 580 pages and categories so far, with about a half dozen for popular TV series or movies that are usable with a bit of editing.

And that's only on the IP addresses he's used. I haven't even got to his registered accounts yet. Unfortunately, because about a half dozen of his edits hijacked someone else's page to make it a part of his fiction, it make take checking several thousand edits to clean up his mess.

I am going to take a break before continuing, but if you need to talk with me further in chat, let me know. (Wasn't sure if the message above was directed to FDMG or me.) —RRabbit42 ( leave a message ) 21:23, March 12, 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi RRabbit. The message re: chat was for FDMG. I made enquiries with Staff about your issues. You can read the discussion at User talk:Sannse. Now, even though it’s a Staff talkpage, you may comment there. But, one caveat. Sannse has read everthing you’ve posted here at Scratchpad on this matter. So, you do not need to post to her page repeating it. Keep your messages brief. (Staff are very busy and so can’t always get to long messages quickly.) Finally, I would like to discuss with you the merits of the soft-block for flushing out miscreants the next time we’re on together. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  04:55, March 13, 2013 (UTC)

User:151.46.102.164
Hello, SpikeToronto. As usual, it's FDMG. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep this message short. This time, User:151.46.102.164 is removing most of the counterparts from Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher's pages. I sent him a message telling him to stop or I would report him, but he ignored the message and continued making these unwanted edits. As with several other pages, I added a protected template to them, to signify that they should not be edited until further notice, and even added the Counterparts policy disclaimer. As one of the rollbackers on the Scratchpad wiki, I would like to know if it would be a good idea to count these unwanted edits as spam or vandalism. Thank you for your time.

FDMG, 1:09 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 17:09, March 13, 2013 (UTC)


 * Technically, it is neither spam nor vandalism. It is an editing dispute. Therefore it is inappropriate to use rollback. You have to use undo and provide a clear edit summary. We need to discuss all of this plus the important points you raised in your posting at . Are you available for a chat in the chatroom this Friday, 15 March? I am in the Eastern timezone. I do not know what timezone you are in, but when would you be available? Thanks! :) — Spike  Toronto  06:25, March 14, 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you for letting me know, Spike. I'll try to be available on the 15th of March for the chat. Also, when I have the time and chance, I'll try to remove some of my past messages that were cluttering your talk page. I've already deleted the "an update" one that just kept getting longer and longer with every passing day.


 * FDMG, 7:45 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 11:45, March 14, 2013 (UTC)


 * Hey FDMG! Actually it is very contrary to wikiverse custom to remove things from other users’ talkpages, especially admins. Don’t worry about the clutter. It’ll get archived soon enough. Btw, any idea what time on Friday? Thanks! :) — Spike  Toronto  03:48, March 15, 2013 (UTC)

Something you should see
hey Spike, its NZGuy and I think you should see this: File:Picture1.png

NZGuy (talk) 21:20, March 13, 2013 (UTC)NZGuy


 * First, thank you for bringing this to my attention. You’re right about the language. It is not permitted at Scratchpad. In this particular instance, that user and I were testing some new admin maintenance bots he’s developing for us here at SP. While the language is totally and completely unacceptable, in all fairness, at the time, he thought he was alone in the chatroom. Also, I suspect that he momentarily forgot that unlike IRC, in Wikia chat lines can persist; that is, someone joining the chatroom later can see them. I’ll pass this on to him as a reminder. I think, though, that this demonstrates that you’d make a good chatroom moderator. I’ll add that to your account. If you are not interested, tell me, and I will remove it. Thanks again! — Spike  Toronto  06:16, March 14, 2013 (UTC)

User:71.224.5.77
Hello, Spike, once again, it's FDMG. I'd like to talk to you about User:71.224.5.77. He is the one who was previously making unwanted edits to the Irving page.

Here are the pages he's currently been making unwanted edits to, and the edits specifically.


 * Simba - Reversing the order of the young and adult counterparts - He lists Elmo as Adult Simba's Sesame Street counterpart and Big Bird as Young Simba's, despite the fact that Big Bird is older than Elmo. He also has removed Kermit the Frog as one of Adult Simba's counterparts, despite the fact that Kermit is also better suited as Simba's adult counterpart because he is also older than Elmo. He has been making these edits since last night and is even continuing this morning. I sent him a message telling him to stop, but he didn't listen and continued to make these edits within mere minutes after I sent the message. I have also been reverting his edits, but I decided to leave the last edit unreverted so you could see for yourself. Do you think you could help me out here? Thank you for your time.

FDMG, 9:38 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 13:38, March 16, 2013 (UTC)


 * Update: Another wiki contributor has switched the order so that Elmo is Young Simba's Sesame Street counterpart, and that Big Bird is Adult Simba's. I can't guarantee it'll stay that way, but I'll give you another update if it doesn't.


 * FDMG, 3:47 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 19:47, March 16, 2013 (UTC)


 * As it turns out, it was short-lived, as 71.224.5.77 reversed the order again. I re-reversed the order while I added the links to the Phineas and Ferb pages, which were recently added to the counterparts sections, and shortly after, he reversed the order again. I have a feeling he's gonna keep reversing the order if I try to re-reverse it to its proper settings, so I've decided not to re-reverse the order again until he is taken care of.


 * FDMG, 3:53 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 19:53, March 16, 2013 (UTC)

✅ I’ve semi-protected the Simba page for one month. That means that only logged-in users may edit it. I also soft-blocked that IP address for six months. If he signs in, he will be able to edit. If another edit war ensues, I’ll fully lock the article and you, he, and other editors can resolve the matter on the article’s discussion page. In fact, if you have not already done so, you should open a dialogue on the discussion page explaining why you keep reverting his edits. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  20:41, March 16, 2013 (UTC)


 * I have just posted on the Simba talk page my reasons for reverting 71.224.5.77's edits. Thank you for helping out with the situation.


 * FDMG, 4:56 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 20:56, March 16, 2013 (UTC)

User:151.18.98.227
Hello, this is FlyingDuckManGenesis. Sorry if you feel like I am bothering you by sending you another message so soon, but it's about Special:Contributions/151.18.98.227. He has been removing counterparts from character pages, specifically Mario, Luigi, Cosmo & Wanda, and Princess Peach. I have reverted the edits on the Mario and Luigi pages, but left the Cosmo & Wanda and Princess Peach pages unreverted so you could see those for yourself. Much like many of the other unregistered users making unwanted edits, I sent him a message telling him to stop and he ignored it. He's still at it, as he's been removing counterparts from other character pages, such as the pages for Yoshi, Pete, and several SpongeBob characters. I've had to re-add the counterparts he removed from those pages. Can you help me? Thank you for your time. — FDMG, 10:13 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 14:13, March 16, 2013 (UTC)

✅ I’ve semi-protected all six pages for one month. That means that only logged-in users may edit them during that time. I also soft-blocked that IP address for six months. If he signs in, he will be able to edit. If another edit war ensues, I’ll fully lock the pages involved and you, he, and other editors can resolve the matter on the articles’ discussion pages. In fact, if you have not already done so, you should open a dialogue on the relevant discussion pages explaining why you keep reverting his edits. Finally, when you leave messages for these people on their talkpages, you should suggest that they explain their edits on the relevant article discussion pages. Also, when you mention the possibility of reporting such persons, I think it would be better if you say that you may report the situation to an administrator rather than to me specifically. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  06:49, March 17, 2013 (UTC)

Re: Chat Mod
I think that being a chat moderator would be a great idea.

FDMG, 4:24 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 20:24, March 16, 2013 (UTC)


 * Great! I’ll set it up. :) Btw, I did ask you to respond over there. ;) It’s customary in the wikiverse not to spread threads over multiple talkpages, but rather to keep them in one place, wherever it is that they’re started. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  20:32, March 16, 2013 (UTC)


 * My apologies, I tried to go there, but I couldn't see the link to it.


 * FDMG, 3:45 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 20:35, March 16, 2013 (UTC)


 * “Go there”? I meant respond right on your talkpage, where my initial message was. :) — Spike  Toronto  22:54, March 16, 2013 (UTC)

User:67.80.61.186
Hello, once again, this is FlyingDuckManGenesis. This time, I'd like to talk to you about Special:Contributions/67.80.61.186. At first, he seemed like a nice guy who just wanted to add images to gallery pages, but didn't have an account to do so. So, I tried helping him by organizing the gallery pages and adding the "Image_needed" image (you can see it on some of the pages I've been contributing to), as well as finding some of the images he was looking for. Now, it seems things have gotten out of hand. He put too much text in the gallery to go with pictures of Emily from Thomas the Tank Engine that we don't have yet. I have also been trying to find and upload some, but he added too much text, and I've been trying to reduce the amount of pages the "Image_Needed" image has. So I asked him nicely not to re-add them, and he told me to shut up. Things only got worse from there, as after I told him I could report him if he continues to be rude to me, especially after I asked him nicely, he gave me death threats with offensive language. I just can't find all the pictures at once, and him giving me death threats with offensive language is no excuse for it. I'd really appreciate it if you did something about him.

Thank you for your time.

FDMG, 7:45 P.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 23:45, March 18, 2013 (UTC)

P.S. I can also do this for personal information such as when someone unwittingly leaves their phone number or other personal things that should not be left on a public wiki. — Spike  Toronto  07:51, March 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅   I soft-blocked the IP address for one year. If he wants to keep editing, he’ll have to create an account and/or log in. If he persists in this behavior from a logged-in account, I can hard block that registered account indefinitely. I also rolled back all of his edits that had not been rolled back/undone by you. Finally, I am deleting individual revisions, or parts thereof, in which he was offensive or threatening. For an example, see the revision at http://scratchpad.wikia.com/?diff=1131733 You will notice that his edit summary has been stroked out. I am able to remove any combination of username, actual revision, or edit summary. This is why I like to know specific articles so I can review their revision histories and do this sort of cleanup. It helps if I can be pointed right to them. There’s no need for this stuff to be visible forever. Thanks! :) —  Spike  Toronto  07:51, March 19, 2013 (UTC)