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The Philippine STAR

I've restored and reverted. Once you select your trout, you know where to find me. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 16:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

OK... thanks. --Howard the Duck 16:31, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Haha

Haha... thank you for this. TheCoffee (talk) 16:33, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I just imitated User:Bluemask. --Howard the Duck 16:36, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not an active Wiki user anymore, but I need to ask: do you guys have some secret place where you can discuss Situation Dwarfjudge? Because it's really starting to get annoying.

Hey, I didn't make the above comment, but I couldn't agree more. This is a serious problem. I'm still learning the ropes here, but I strongly feel something has to be done about this situation, I'm just not sure what that something is... I'm assuming a "secret" discussion would not be the Wiki way to handle it, but his behavior is diruptive and there is already a lot of cleaning up to do thanks to him. Please let me know what you think. Beeblbrox (talk) 15:31, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I really do not want to become a part of this "scheme" but I'll just limit myself on patrolling his edits to make sure they meet the policy. If it worsens, I'll let you know. --Howard the Duck 15:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear with my above remark. I don't want to initiate any "schemes" I'm just not sure what to do about this frankly very bizzare situation. I can see that you have acted with remarkable patience and vigilance thus far, but is there no point at which it is not considered an unwarranted personal attack to, if you'll pardon the expression, call a spade a spade? Perhaps there would be a better venue than here to discuss the matter, so that other editors might be able to advise? Beeblbrox (talk) 18:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I have suggested to him that he ask to be an adopted user, I think that is probably the best solution for everyone. Thanks for your time Beeblbrox (talk) 03:26, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually the user has been more "paranoid" especially when his articles are patrolled by me and other Filipino users. He thinks the edits made by Filipino editors to his articles are vandalism and I really don't think anything to solve this problem... unless the adoption works out. --Howard the Duck 18:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm just frustrated I can't simply ban him for being a wacko. TheCoffee (talk) 18:53, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

If he disrupts for another few weeks I think that should be enough. --Howard the Duck 00:53, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

A few weeks is all well and good, but I'd like to issue the friendly reminder that it's actually already been SIX WILD AND WACKY MONTHS --Migs (talk) 09:25, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Most admins here won't ban a person unless they're really nasty vandals. Even though those that cause disruptions but manage to have legit edits no matter how seldom are rarely banned. --Howard the Duck 09:27, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

We could just keep replying to his rants so that his time is spent messing up talk pages rather than the article namespace. I honestly doubt he has the capacity to become any better at this when he's a documented madman.

... And if that doesn't work, then if there are no objections, I'd like to tell him what everyone is thinking but doesn't want to say because of common courtesy. I know Wikipedia isn't a battleground, but it's not an asylum either for certifiably crazy people to write whatever they want on the walls. I don't think the rare hit he occasionally gets is worth the massive noise he generates. --Migs (talk) 05:52, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I'd recommend the participants in this discussion to edit other articles that are remotely related to the Philippines, or at least remotely related to what Floro likes to edit. He'll eventually be dealt with, anyway. --Howard the Duck 11:49, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Help?

Hey, Howard. I was wondering if you could help me out with something. I need to know how to go about protecting a page from vandalism with a ban against anon and newly created users. Also, I need to report some vandalism. Can you give me a hand, please? I've been to some of the WP pages concerning this, but I'm not very good with templates and what not and was hoping, since you seem like you've been here quite a while, that you could give me a hand. Thanks, bud. Grant.alpaugh (talk) 09:16, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

The places to go are WP:RFPP and WP:AN/3RR. Hope this helps. --Howard the Duck 09:23, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Another page would be WP:AIV. --Howard the Duck 13:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Howard the Duck/About

Perhaps you'd like to request semi-protection on that page, seeing as there's a dynamic IP that's been vandalising it for months, and there's no real reason for anyone other than you to edit it, really... Dreaded Walrus ^{t c} 14:44, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I dunno... if the IP vandalizes it constantly for hours then it can be semi-protected. Depends on the admin, though. --Howard the Duck 14:51, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I've requested it for semi-protection. I really don't care about the vandalism but time and resources are wasted by reverting. Thanks for notifying me and doing the reversions. --Howard the Duck 14:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I hereby award you...

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		For the excellent posts on Talk:Main Page about Wikipedia's various "biases". Smokizzy (talk) 21:16, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Now this page has a barnstar bias... :D --Howard the Duck 03:02, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I am requesting to a page to be locked

• Regine Velasquez article must be permanetly locked.There are so many vandalism happened in this page.We know that Regine is the Asia's Song Bird of Asia.We must be proud of her.We must give her a privacy.{Jennyandalizapurok4 (talk) 03:43, 11 March 2008 (UTC)}

Please go to WP:RFPP. I can't lock pages. --Howard the Duck 03:44, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

You can edit protected articles?

• You cannot lock pages but you know how to edit locked pages? {Jennyandalizapurok4 (talk) 05:22, 11 March 2008 (UTC)}

Admins can only lock and edit locked pages. Unless it is really important they'd rather wait for the lock to expire. --Howard the Duck 05:59, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Etymology

Ahm, Howard, this is just a trivial question. You got your username from a movie title? --Efe (talk) 11:54, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Comes from Howard the Duck. --Howard the Duck 12:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Kala ko yung film; yung character pala. --Efe (talk) 12:55, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Louisasze

Hi,

i saw your block request and have noticed that it would have been his second block, do you think it is worth of an open abuse investigation? --Prom3th3an (talk) 08:13, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

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I dunno. S/he exclusively edits UAAP Season 70 volleyball tournaments making it appear UST won the women's championship. --Howard the Duck 08:14, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Invite

Please accept this invite to join the Red Sox WikiProject, a WikiProject dedicated to improving all articles associated with the Boston Red Sox. Simply click here to accept!

STORMTRACKER 94 ^{Go Irish!} 18:20, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll try to contribute whenever I can. --Howard the Duck 05:30, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you put your name on the Members list please?--RyRy5 talk 06:31, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't think I'll be that prolific contributor... they'd only show Sox games whenever the Yankees are playing. Thanks for the invite though. --Howard the Duck 06:33, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Filipino television directors (2nd nomination)

Hi - since you were involved in the first AfD I wondered if you knew about this one? Vegetationlife (talk) 16:45, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

I'd defer for the moment... I'd let other people to judge for themselves. --Howard the Duck 05:30, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Philippines

• Please consider the page i edit because our country is really famous of shopping malls and you know that because you are also a filipino. {I Love You!!!™ (talk) 04:24, 25 March 2008 (UTC)}

That's still not a good reason to include an entire shopping mall section. And the Philippines isn't that known for shopping malls. --Howard the Duck 04:26, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Barnstars

Hello, Howard the Duck. Just so you know, User:I Love You!!!™ has put your barnstars on his/her userpage. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 21:42, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll let my barnstar givers deal with that. --Howard the Duck 02:50, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice!

I know we're all trying to do the right thing here. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:19, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I encountered this user days ago and I figured I'd deal with him at a later date but since a lot was done already I think this should be the right time. --Howard the Duck 16:26, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Help in creating a kit

Hey Howard the Duck. I'm new in creating kits and I'm trying to create a kit with a white body with thin purple lines on the sides and the bottom of the sleeves. You can find an image of that kit here ----> [1] (Second on on the right side of the page). Can you help me? ---- Hariharan91 (talk) 05:42, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I'd create one later. I'd notify you when I'm done. --Howard the Duck 05:49, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Pinoybandwagon and User:Radiosmasher

Hi! I am observing the ongoing discussion regarding the Philippine FM stations in the Administrator's Noticeboard and you've raised a concern that the two users User:Pinoybandwagon and User:Radiosmasher were sockpuppets. Actually I do also think that the two accounts were created by the same person. Also, maybe these two accounts were accounts created by User:Map inc which I requested to be blocked sometime last year. (Please see Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Map inc). They edit the same articles (all regarding Philippine FM stations) and the userpages of some accounts were almost the same in the layout and the content.

Can we report the two accounts as socks of Map inc? Thanks! -Danngarcia (talk) 06:43, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I haven't scrutinized Pinoybandwagon/Radiosmasher edits vis-a-vis with that of Map inc so I won't assume anything. But if your hunch is strong, I suggest you go along with your plan. --Howard the Duck 06:58, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Excuse me, I AM NOT A SOCK PUPPET OF User:Map inc!!!! And what I said is REALLY TRUE!!!! Radiosmasher (talk) 11:53, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

It is for the admins to find out about that. --Howard the Duck 12:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I used to be a Sock Puppet of User:Map inc until now when Map inc used my current account User:Pinoybandwagon, but since User:Map inc sold it to me, I use User:Pinoybandwagon the right way. Pinoybandwagon (talk) 12:25, 30 March 2008 (UTC)