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Contents 1 Welcome! 2 OK I give up 3 what I'm doing 4 Thanks 5 Vandal tags 6 Vandalism warning thanks 7 unblock message 8 Was reading through your User Page 9 Hey this is Christopher Tran. 10 Re: thanks 11 Great! 12 User talk:Jimbo Wales 13 My RFA 14 Editor Review 15 Crime Section in List of Muslim Converts 16 Smile 17 Your recent edit to Poland] 18 Thanks! 19 Thanks! 20 Santa 21 Thank you for your support 22 Thanks 23 My Request for Adminship 24 Editor review archived 25 I need help... 26 What are you doing?? 27 Userbox 28 Avocado vandalism 29 My RfA 30 RFA 31 RFA Thanks 32 RfA thanks 33 Thanks 34 Hi 35 Re:Hi! 36 Thank you. 37 Your signature 38 Copyedis on battle of Short hills. 39 Request for Blocks 40 Some advice 41 Thank You! 42 Thanks for catching the vandalism on my userpage 43 Your warning to me 44 Thanks 45 Barnstar thanks 46 Thanks 47 An edit to [[metre|Template:Sp]] 48 User Page vandalism 49 Userbox : Visited England 50 Thank you 51 Smile 52 Please Stop 53 Hi Preston! 54 Explanation 55 Vandalism on your user page 56 Improving Semi-Protection policy 57 Thanks 58 Good job on reverting vandalism! 59 Hello! 60 Thanks 61 Hehe 62 Hello! 63 This is Chase, your old buddy! 64 Old times 65 yes 66 autograph

Welcome!

Hello, PrestonH, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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bibliomaniac15 01:14, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Within two days, I already made 20 edits in Wikipedia (not including the ones under my IP adress). Most of which are just grammitical errors and I only reverted an article once. I hope I have a good luck editing articles in Wikipedia. PrestonH 19:30, September 27th 2006

OK I give up

ok prestonh i will stop deleting ur page, i have had my fun now tell me how i can become a good wikipedian. --TAAB 02:36, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

what I'm doing

I'm using recent changes to greet new users (the newcomers) and revert vandalism I see on the recent pages. Oh yeah, I found a log where all the recently created accounts are created, so I can greet them all.

PrestonH 03:32, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank You, Preston, for your welcome message. Xavi D'Souza 06:44, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem, if you need help on your user page, just click your user page and tell something about your self (don't add personal info such as your adress, phone-number, etc.)

PrestonH 17:32, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandal tags

Thank you for reverting vandalism on Wikipedia!

Be sure to put warning tags on the vandal's user talk page (such as {{subst:test}}, {{subst:test2}}, {{subst:test3}}, {{subst:test4}}). Add each of these tags on the vandal's talk page, in sequential order, after each instance of vandalism. Adding warnings to the talk page assists administrators in determining whether or not the user should be blocked. If the user continues to vandalize pages after you add the {{subst:test4}} tag, request administrator assistance at Request for Intervention. Again, thank you for helping to make Wikipedia better. Srose (talk) 15:26, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism warning thanks

Thanks for warning 203.217.9.26 about the vandalism. You're faster than I am, good sir. :) --Brad Beattie ^(talk) 02:11, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

I really appreciated your thank you note. Thanks!--PrestonH 02:23, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey, the more people we have working at reverting vandalism, the better. :) --Brad Beattie ^(talk) 02:24, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

unblock message

((unblock-auto|1=69.236.29.100|2=Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "DavidSaff". The reason given for DavidSaff's block is: "Account compromised? Very disruptive, suddenly.".|3=Luna Santin))

Should be taken care of. Sorry for the trouble! Luna Santin 03:06, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Was reading through your User Page

I was reading through your User Page and I saw that you like to read other people's user page's and/or userboxes. I am suggesting you see my user page then: http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/user:OdinReborn I edit things here and there, and my User Page isn't all that much, but hey, it's just a suggestion. I did enjoy reading your user page, I can tell you're going to be a good mathematician someday, just remember: Negative B plus or minus the square root of B squared minus four AC over two A, you'll be using it in very basic high school math XD OdinReborn 16:40, 21 November 2006 (UTC)OdinReborn

Very true Preston, it was the quadratic formula indeed! XD Yea...that wasn't exactly hard, lol. I would put another one, but typing out a mathematic problem using words is sorta hard, and if I were to try to set it up as an equation, it doesn't come out right o_o; Thank you for replying though, I appreciate it!

P.S: I have no idea what the time frame for Pacific Time Zone is. I live in the U.S, so I can only assume that it's farther west then the Pacific Standard Time (-3 hours from Eastern Standard Time) I also do not understand "UTC", if you could refer me somewhere to show me what the timeframes are (I assume it's around the world) then that would be greatly appreciated. I'm saying this because that way I could at least get an idea of what time difference you have to me. OdinReborn 13:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)OdinReborn

I've read the entire article (And UTC article) but alas, I still don't quite understand it. I would be able to accurately tell the difference if I knew where you lived (I could use my time zone standards to see the time difference) but of course, I don't intend for you to, I don't have the right to just blatantly ask lol. Thank you for the article though, I really do appreciate it, and i'll be sure to look over it again to see if I can grasp anymore of it. OdinReborn 16:52, 22 November 2006 (UTC)OdinReborn

Ha ha, I see, I see, alright, it all makes sense now. We were having a misunderstanding between terms. You say Pacific Time Zone, but I say Pacific Standard Time, both of which are the same thing XD I'm Eastern Standard Time, therefore i'm three hours ahead of you (I've memorized the United States time zones XD) So, it's 12:33 PM here, it should be about 9:33 PM there =) OdinReborn 17:33, 22 November 2006 (UTC)OdinReborn

Hey this is Christopher Tran.

Hey preston! i'm just telling you that my new username is shukakugaara555 and NOT gaara231!

Re: thanks

No problem. AstroHurricane001 22:16, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Great!

Hello PrestonH...I see that you are a vandal fighter like me! I welcome you to this brutal process of vandal whacking and troll slaying, If you have any questions feel free to ask me. Cheers and good luck — Seadog ^♪ 02:42, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Jimbo Wales

I remember you asking what the first edit was and when it was created, and I recently got the answer: The first edit was made on the page Wikipedia:UuU by User:eiffel.demon.co.uk at January 16, 2001, 20:08:33 (UTC) I guess the Wiki was just blank before that :) Hope this answered your question, Cheers! semper fi — Moe 23:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

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Hello PrestonH! I want to thank you for taking time to comment in my recent request for adminship. Though it didn't succeed, I value everyone's opinion, and hope to use the descriptions of the neutral and oppose votes to improve. TeckWizTalkContribs@ 22:36, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Editor Review

I have added my thoughts on your editor review for you, while other users will undoubtedly add their own thoughts, I hope mine provide a helpful starting point! Kind regards, SGGH 11:00, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Not a prob, as i said, everyne uses wikipedia in a different way, i didn't mean my comments to sound derogatory if thats how they sounded SGGH 12:12, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Crime Section in List of Muslim Converts

You have contacted me because I tried removing the Crime section in the List of Muslim Converts article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslim_converts ) . Having this section is spreading negative stereotypes that presents an evil view on a peaceful religion. Myself and others are very offended to see this up, especially when other list of converts from other religions, like Christianity and Judaism, do not have such a section. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Keranu (talk • contribs) 10:13, 21 December 2006 (UTC).

Smile

• I hope you have a Merry christmas. God bless you and everyone you know.--§Sir James Paul<<--wikiholic§ 16:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Your recent edit to Poland]

You found the edit by 194.129.64.35 to be blanking a valid paragraph, while actually he removed some nonsense content. Did you read the relevant text? In consequence your edit was regarded as a vanadlism and reverted (not by me), pretty unpleasant when trying to do the good job. Maybe try not to go too fast? BTW, your message for 194.129.64.35 was quite misleading and I think it would be nice if you could rectify this. Best, --Beaumont (@) 17:41, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

To be clear: I know that you do a good job and I didn't call it a vandalism. I called the following revert an unpleasant situation (to you) when doing a good job. Sorry, if it was unclear. Happy editing! --Beaumont (@) 07:51, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Preston! Thank you for wishing me a Merry Christmas. :-) And no, I don't believe in Santa, although it's "scientifically possible". | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 10:08, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks Preston, you made my day! I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas...and of course I believe in Santa :D, Cheers! — Arjun 20:47, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Preston! I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Also, I would believe in Santa Claus, except the TV told me he wasn't real. =( Nishkid64 23:35, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi Preston, thanks for your greeting, and I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as well! --Kyoko 03:50, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Santa

That depends. Do you? D•a•r•k•n•e•s•s•L•o•r•d•i•a•n•••CCD••• 13:58, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support

Thank you for your support in the RfA on my behalf. It is an honor to have received your expression of confidence. To be chosen as an administrator requires a high level of confidence by a broad section of the community. Although I received a great deal of support, at this time I do not hold the level of confidence required, and the RfA did not pass. It is my wish that I will continue to deserve your confidence. Sincerely, --BostonMA ^talk 19:18, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting vandalism to my user page. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 02:24, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

My Request for Adminship

Thank you for your support in my my RfA, which passed with a tally of 117/0/1. I hope that my conduct as an admin lives up to the somewhat flattering confidence the community has shown in me; and that no problems ever arise (hey I can be idealistic right?). Please don't hesitate to leave a message on my talk page should you need anything or want to discuss something with me.--Nilfanion (talk) 16:15, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Editor review archived

Thanks for having requested an editor review. A month has passed since it has been posted there, and it has been archived. You can find it at Wikipedia:Editor review/PrestonH/Archive1, where you may read last minute additions. We would really appreciate your help in reviewing a random editor. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 22:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

I need help...

 Hello fellow user!  Can you help me get used to being a wikipedian?

                  SonicSuperSpeed 23:40, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

What are you doing??

Hey kid, you're too young to be an obsessive vandalism fighter on wikipedia. That job is for bored, neurotic adult wikipedians who take all this far too seriously. Maybe you'll get there some day. As it is you should be doing something better with your time. Do your parents know about this activity? -- 74.98.253.40 04:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

HAHA! A vandal saying you should stop vandalizing because of your age. Typical. :-) · AO ^Talk 13:27, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Userbox

You have a userbox that says you're an advanced mathematician. Is that true? What is the highest level of mathematics you've learned so far? Just curious. -- 74.98.253.40 04:25, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Preston, I don't think that anyone knows "most of geometry." Geometry is a huge subject. Mathematicians spend entire lifetimes studying just one sub-branch of geometry. No one lives long enough to be able to comprehend all or most of geometry. I think what you mean is that you know most of the geometry that you are aware of. Your naive view of math shines through when you use phrases like "advanced math" and "advanced mathematician." THe phrase "advanced math" is far too vauge to have any real meaning. And nobody speaks of "advanced mathematicians" and "non-advanced mathematicians." A mathetician is necessarily advanced in math. The way to become a mathematician is to discover and prove a new theorem. How good a mathematician you are depends on how profound your discovery is. If you want to be a mathematician then you should master what they teach you at school and then study at a more advanced level on your own by acquiring the next higher grade's math books. Once you understand high school level math (up to calculus), you can take university math courses without having to be a university student. If you are gifted at math (which you appear to be) then you have hit the jackpot and you shouldn't worry about anything other than math. If you work hard at it, math will open all the doors for you. You will be able to become a millionaire through Mathematical finance, or you could become a research professor if you decide to stay in academics (or you could do both). There are of course many other applications of math as well, such as in medicen or cryptography, it's just a matter of what you're happy with. Other people are happiest focusing on pure math itself (as opposed to its applications), and they usually work at universities and research institutes. The one thing that is clear is that if you have a gift for math then you should focus on that, even if it means that you fail in all your other classes (not that you should TRY to fail in other classes). You must have a talent for math but you should learn a lot more as fast as you can, the pay-off will be huge in the long run. -- 74.98.253.40 05:26, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Avocado vandalism

Ahuacatl actually does mean 'testicle' in Nahuatl. It is not nonsense at all. The name was given because that is what it looks like. But if you do not wish for accurate information on this encyclopedia, then leave it out.

My RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent RfA. I'm happy to say it was successful, and I hope to contribute well through the tools. Shimeru 16:15, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

RFA

Hey Preston, thanks for supporting my RFA, it was successful in the end. Cheers SGGH 20:40, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

I would like to thank you for your support in my recent RFA. As you may or may not be aware, it passed with approximately 99% support. I ensure you that I will use the tools well, and if I ever disappoint you, I am open to recall. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to leave me a note on my talkpage. Thanks again, ^demon^{[omg plz]} 20:36, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for your Support on my recent nomination for adminship, which passed with a final tally of 89/1/1. If there's anything I can help with, then you know where to find me. Cheers. - Michael Billington (talk) 06:49, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Belatedly, for reverting the vandalism on User:Xiner/Editor conflicts. I wasn't watching the page, and so only discovered it now. Thanks! Xiner (talk) 03:46, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Please redo your signiture on my autograph page By fixing your sig with 3 tlides ( ~~~ ) WikiMan53 (talk) (click here)

PS: Make sure you fix it on the same number. No hard feelings. Any questions respond on MY talkpage.

Re:Hi!

Hey Preston! I'm doing fine with my recovery after my surgery; thanks for asking! I'm trying to keep everything from being too stressful, and it's all going well so far. Thanks, and keep up the good work with the RC patrol and such. Nishkid64 20:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you.

I am currently using an Apple and since I welcome users at a very high rate, I get lots of messages in return, which distracts me. Thnx 4 the barnstar!

♫Deathgleaner 18:40, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Your signature

Hi PrestonH. I hope you don't mind me mentioning this, but do you know that your signature takes up about 4 lines of code in my edit box? IMHO this is a little excessive. Could you tweak it slightly? One way of making it look less cluttered could be to use X11 color names instead of hexadecimal code for the colours. Or you could take a few links out of it? Thanks, – Riana ^ऋ 03:59, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Ah well, that's fine. I only commented on it because I found myself getting confused when removing a report from AIV and your signature was on the page also - sigs are really the least of our problems :) Take care, thanks for being gracious, and happy editing. – Riana ^ऋ 04:34, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Copyedis on battle of Short hills.

I committed a major copyedit on this article. When I did the commit, I got a "conflict", so someone else was editing at the same time. For reasons that I cannot yet understand, (but probably because I was not paying attention) someone elses' edits were mingled with mine. I am attempting to unravel this now. I would appreaciate it if you could monitor this situation. Thanks. -Arch dude 04:02, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Request for Blocks

Please make sure that an editor vandalizes a page after the final warning. If it is only a few seconds after, it is possible that they didn't see the message. -- wrp103 (Bill Pringle) ^(Talk) 03:49, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Some advice

Hi Preston.

Thank you for your work here at Wikipedia. You are clearly operating at an adult level. Based purely on your edits, I feel that your contributions exceed the level I would expect of a college graduate.

If you are in fact 12 years old, you are an exceptional individual. Please discuss your activities on Wikipedia with an adult: a parent, a teacher, a priest or other religous adivsor, or a counselor at school. Please do not stop your work here: it is valuable. If there is no adult you can trust, please respond here: I will try to find a way to help witout violating your anonominity.. With respect =Arch dude 04:01, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Preston, your instantious response scares me. Please slow down and think. You are unique and you an extremely valuable member of our community. I don't want an instant response. Instead, I want you to think about what you are doing and how you are spending your time. If you want to change the world, you need to work on your grades instead of wikipedia. (We can help, of course.) If you edit once a week, that would be great, if you spend the rest of the the time improvoing our grades. Disclaimer: I am 57 years old and I have three children, 17,22,and 24 years old. They are all older than Preston and all are radically diferent. I do not clain to be an expertin raising kids. I would deem it an honor to be considered a collegue of Preston's, based on his edit history. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Arch dude (talk • contribs) 04:56, 26 April 2007 (UTC).

Thank You!

Thank you for reverting my userpage, I really appreciate it! --PureRED - Kyle Floyd 02:59, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for catching the vandalism on my userpage

I didn't even notice. Good catch. Thanks. Georgewilliamherbert 04:25, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Your warning to me

If your warning was in regards to the edit I made to User:Jimbo Wales, it does say there that "you may edit this page." So I did. Rest assured, I know the ground rules. 129.98.212.50 00:52, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

For catching and reverting the vandalism on my userpage. --soum (0_o) 01:33, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar thanks

...Appreciate it! That was quite kind of you. I'm still not quite sure why reverting is vandalism is fun, but part of the game is staying calm no matter what... :) Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 01:18, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi. Thanks for reverting vandalism to my userpage. Was that user just targetting random userpages? Good thing he/she is now indefed. Thanks. -- AstroHurricane001^(T+C+U) 12:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

An edit to [[metre|Template:Sp]]

Hi Preston,

I am worried about an edit that you made to [[metre|Template:Sp]]. Here is the diff.

It just doesn't seem like you—it is practically vandalism.

Maybe you should change your password in case your account has been comprimised. « D. Trebbien (talk) 2007 May 11 13:10 (UTC)

User Page vandalism

Thanks for the revert, I wasn't paying attention and finally noticed alot has been going on. I think I should keep an eye out more for my page. Thanks again. Inter16 05:18, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Userbox : Visited England

Hi, firstly keep up the good work RE:Vandalism. You may wish to consider changing the image in the "This user has visited England" box to Image:Flag of England.svg, as the Union Jack is the flag of the United Kingdom, of which England is a part. I'm putting this here as it appears to be a userbox you've written. If not, please accept my apologies and leave a message on my page pointing me in the right direction. :) Tswsl1989 16:34, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi, Thanks Preston for signing my autograph book, I apreciate that. Again thanks. Davis160 17:56, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Smile

For being really nice to new users and also greeting them. Davis160 01:23, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Please Stop

Please stop reverting my changes to User Talk:ChaoticGhost. It is my friend's user page, he knows I am editing it, and he does not care. Hope this clears up the mess. if there is anyway we can mark the page so noone makes the same mistake, please let me know. Thank You. User talk:69.242.113.121

Hi Preston!

Hi, thanks for your message. I'm doing much better than I was a few months ago, thank you very much. How are you doing? I hope you're doing well. --Kyoko 13:54, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Explanation

I just emailed you the explanation, dear Preston :) Love, Phaedriel - 04:12, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Oops! You have no email... WP:BEANS apply here. I'd rather not say it in public, sweetie... but I hope you'll understand if you see this. Love, Phaedriel - 04:13, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism on your user page

Hello PrestonH:) No problem, I was just doing my job. Have a nice week and God bless:)--James, La gloria è a dio 02:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Improving Semi-Protection policy

Check this out and tell me what you think. [[1]] Add your support and maybe we can get some changes made.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 11:43, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey, Thank you for your welcome message! Deathcap 03:33, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Good job on reverting vandalism!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I'm giving you this barnstar because I believe that you have reverted vandalism countless times. CaptainIron555 00:06, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello!

Hey Preston. I saw your user page and its very good! I saw that you made many adjustments. Good job! Oh yeah, how do you give someone a smiley?

P.S. What's your advice on reverting vandalism and editing?

                                           CaptainIron555 04:02, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for that advice! happy editing!

CaptainIron555 04:39, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Hehe

My wikiholic test score is 3321!

CaptainIron555 05:53, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello!

I was just informing you that On June 28, I will be on vacation in Florida. Happy editing

CaptainIron555 21:16, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

This is Chase, your old buddy!

REmember me? we met at Christopher Tran's eleventh birthday . It's nice to talk to you after a year. IronMan10 21:39, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Old times

Well, Chase created a new account. He has already made some edits so that's better. Um... so if chase contacts you at all, say hi for me! Happy editing!

P.s. Do you think Chase will become a good wikipedian some day? He wasn't so good last time with the user pages. Hopefully he'll edit more like u and me.

CaptainIron555 22:05, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

yes

So very true. CaptainIron555 22:17, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

autograph

preston, sign my utograph book please