User talk:Grunny/Archive1

Lavender
Sorry. I didn´t want to undo the vandalism. We worked on the article at the same time. The article is correct again, finally.--Rodolphus 12:23, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Shut it!
Hey Shut Up! I can spam and vandalize if i want!

Lavender Brown vandalism
That person's been at this for weeks now. Check the history of the Seamus Finnigan page and see. They always go after Seamus, and characters closely related to him such as Lavender and Dean. The problem is they use a slightly modified IP address each time, so blocking won't make much difference. - Nick O&#39;Demus 16:50, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Ronald Weasley vandalism
Just a head's up, this isn't the first time this guy's done this. Currently, they're 142.68.105.50 (previously 142.68.98.216, Iamkes, 142.68.98.157, and142.68.98.1).

They follow the same pattern every time: they go through a character's article one section at time, "dumbing down" the wording, cutting down characters' names, removing pictures, subsituting certain phrases with anagrams, and sometimes misdirecting the pipe links.

You can see on Iamkes' talk page that Seth Cooper previously tried to point out the editing guidelines and warned them against ignoring the policies. He also recently blocked 142.68.98.216 when they started doing it again (check the History of the Harry Potter article to see what they were up to yesterday, they were at it for over 6 straight hours). - Nick O'Demus 07:28, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


 * The problem is, as soon as they get done with one article, they move on to another. Between the various I.P. addresses listed, they've done Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Bellatrix Lestrange, Lucius Malfoy, Remus Lupin, Rubeus Hagrid, Sirius Black, Minerva McGonagall, and Antonin Dolohov. It's not like we can give every character article on the wiki semi-protected status just on account of this guy. - Nick O'Demus 07:40, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, yes. I'd hoped they'd quit last month, but now they're back and they've learned how to change their I.P. address. I just thought I'd let you know what to watch for in case you see this sort of editing happening on any other articles. - Nick O'Demus 08:01, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

House Points Game, 2nd term
Hello! Just to let you know, we're starting a new round of the Harry Potter Wiki House Points Game on September 15th, and we need some new members! By helping to improve the Wiki, you can earn points toward winning the House Cup. Just add your name under your favorite House on this page to join. We hope to see you soon! - Nick O'Demus 10:05, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Minute of silence
I had also considered whether it would be possible to lock down the site for a minute. However, I think the spirit of the minute of silence is to let Jayden know that he is in our thoughts, and I think that can only truly be achieved if people consciously set aside some time out of their day. Also, the Protect site function page states that it is intended as a "last resort method" for "circumvent[ing] persistent spam or vandal attacks," so I'm not sure the Wikia staff would activate it on this site for the purpose of observing a minute of silence. Thanks for the tip though. :) &#x2605; S t a r s t u f f (Owl me!) 14:37, September 7, 2009 (UTC)