User talk:Taren

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Hi there, Taren, and welcome to WikiFur! Thank you for your contributions so far - please let me know if you need any help not already provided. --MKerris 23:03, 14 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Question about defacing?[edit]

Hello, How are you? (: I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm running into a little problem with two forum trolls who seem to have a "thing" for stalking me online. Several times so far they defaced my user page (although the effects weren't up for very long -- Great job moderators! (: ) and there seems to be no end to it.

I find it funny that they spent OVER an hour writing stupid 6th grade crap like "OMG, U GAY FURRY!!1" (although I'm not gay -- lol), yet the moderators can revert my page with two clicks. While it's fun to point and laugh at these people who pollute our gene pool, I fear that it's going to become a hassle for the moderators after a while.

Is there anything I can do to "lock" the page so that only I can edit it? I'm guessing not, since that somewhat defeats the purpose of a Wiki.

The problem is that these users have eather floating IPs or use a program to make random IP address, so banning their IPs is almost pointless.

Thank you for your time. (:

Taren

Hi there - I'm good, thanks!
As you might expect, our administrators (and regular users) are used to trolls - they typically get bored and move on or forget about it after a few days once they realise nothing they do will have a lasting impact. All the IPs have now been warned on their talk pages; judging by a few previous edits, they are not all proxy IPs.
It is possible (through an evil hack) to make it so that pages are only editable by one user and by administrators - see WikiFur:Personal information for more info, and Crassus for an example. We prefer to avoid that where possible, for the reason you described, but it is an option. Let me know if you feel that it is one you wish to take. --GreenReaper(talk) 05:30, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism from 68.35.31.154[edit]

Looks like there's repeated vandalism on your article from 68.35.31.154, which resumed when the previous block expired. Someone sure has an interest in you. That IP resolves to pcp03997104pcs.sntafe01.nm.comcast.net. Looks like it's a Comcast Custom in/around New Mexico. --Dmuth 01:21, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

We generally don't ban IPs forever. But successive vandalizations from an IP get banned for longer and longer periods of time. :-) --Dmuth 04:22, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Please exclude my profile.[edit]

Please delete and exclude my entery, Taren from the Wikifur. It has nothing to do with any past events. It's based totally on my personal reasons. Thank you very much!

~Taren

Done. The previous revisions have been deleted (or at least deleted as much as is possible on a wiki - they're only available to administrators). Let me know if you decide you want it back at a later date, either publicly editable or with user editing restricted to your control. --GreenReaper(talk) 05:55, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Krystal[edit]

Just curious about your reasons for removing of a couple of statements from Krystal. We typically frown on deleting material from articles without explanation, but if you have good cause for doing so, please let us know and we may reconsider. --mwalimu 19:21, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

The section I deleted didn't seem very encyclopedia worthy. If someone stated, "she is a popular character used in much erotic fan art", that would be more legit, in my book. If you feel the need, revert the page. It just didn't seem very official to me. --Taren 19:32, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Already reverted it, since I think her popularity in that regard justifies mention in the article. But I concur with your suggestion that a more straightforward statement would be an improvement over the current somewhat obtuse one. I'll give you dibs on making the edit; if not, I may do it myself later. --mwalimu 20:44, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Image:Glowsticktemplate.jpg[edit]

Hello Taren,

This is in regards to Image:Glowsticktemplate.jpg. It has not been tagged with a copyright status. This can be a complicated area, so I can try to help if you need any. The Wikipedia Image use policy may give some background, but it isn't policy here.

To deal with this image, there are a few choices:

  • If you are the copyright holder, release it under a free license, for example:
  • If you are asserting that this image is usable under fair use, add an appropriate fair use tag. A very basic summary is that fair use is used for commentary, criticism and review on the image when no free image could be used instead. Some fair use tags are:
    • Logos: {{logo}}
    • Covers: {{Cover}}
    • Comic panels: {{Comic-panel}}
  • If the image is already under a free license, provide information on the license, and tag the image if you can.
  • If you would like the image to be deleted, ask any administrator

To see a list of current copyright tags available on WikiFur, see Category:Image copyright tags If the copyright status is not resolved, the image may be deleted.

Unless you have a question for me specifically, I'd prefer responses on the page for the image. --Rat 19:20, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Piano.jpg[edit]

The file Image:Piano.jpg needs its copyright status resolved, same as the previous image. --Rat 22:04, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Anthrocon2005dance.jpg, Image:Broken Elevator.jpg[edit]

Hello Taren,

This is in regards to Image:Anthrocon2005dance.jpg and Image:Broken Elevator.jpg. They have not been tagged with a copyright status. This can be a complicated area, so I can try to help if you need any. The Wikipedia Image use policy may give some background, but it isn't policy here.

To deal with this image, there are a few choices:

  • If you are the copyright holder, release it under a free license, for example:
  • If you are asserting that this image is usable under fair use, add an appropriate fair use tag. A very basic summary is that fair use is used for commentary, criticism and review on the image when no free image could be used instead. Some fair use tags are:
    • Logos: {{logo}}
    • Covers: {{Cover}}
    • Comic panels: {{Comic-panel}}
  • If the image is already under a free license, provide information on the license, and tag the image if you can.
  • If you would like the image to be deleted, ask any administrator

To see a list of current copyright tags available on WikiFur, see Category:Image copyright tags If the copyright status is not resolved, the image may be deleted.

Unless you have a question for me specifically, I'd prefer responses on the page for the image. --Rat 21:04, 16 March 2008 (UTC)