User talk:Dawgjz

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[edit] Editing

Do not remove sections from group pages as you did with the Anti Cheater Alliance or remove sections of comments that have been replied to as you did on the talk page. If you continue I will refer the matter to A/VB which could ultimately result in the loss of your editing privileges. -- . 03:37, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

i have a huge favor to ask. can you email me or answer here. i have not played urban dead for at least 2 years but i am trying to get a job and when you google my name i am getting tons of hits that lead to urban dead. it is not impressive that my name is all over the urban dead wiki. it makes it look like i sit at my desk and play games all day - which i used to do. I'm merely trying to edit out and remove my full name from the wiki so it doesn't turn up in google searches. can you help Dawgjz 03:41, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Why don't you change it to Josh P. or something. --  AHLGTH 03:49, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

i am doing that right now if it will let me. thanks for the help. Dawgjz 03:50, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't get 'tons' of hits to UD, on the first page I get only one, to the group page in question. We do not delete old groups on this wiki and we certainly don't go around falsely removing sections of a group's page on the grounds of spelling. We do have a clause about removing personal information, but as this was garnered from a publicly available source (Desens) and says as much on the page (thereby creating the possibility that the account on Desens could have had a false name put there deliberately) I don't fancy your chances of it being removed. Especially when link 10 on the front page of Google is a lot worse.

You could always tell them that it's a different person with the same name or that someone else used your name out of spite. You not think of that? -- . 03:51, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Edit conflicted: don't change it in any way. That'd be wrong. -- . 03:51, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Guys I have not played Urban Dead in years,at least 2. All i am trying to do is to get my name removed from here. That is all. I will pay $ to do so. I just need it done. When you google my name and urban dead you get 3 hits. Any help would be appreciated and I would hope some of you could have some empathy for my situation. the head hunter who i went to found my name here at urbandead and all over the brian keene board, etc. it makes me look like a tool to a would be employer. i am not trying to bug anyone. would just appreciate some help Dawgjz 03:55, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

It doesn't make you look like a tool, all this shit you're doing now does. If al you're going to do is what you're doing now I urge you to shut the fuck up and go away. God damn, it's a name. On a fucking wiki. Sheese.-- SA 03:59, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

This is the situation. You are claiming that your personal information is placed on a page here. As I have explained repeatedly, the page in question is clear that this was only the name used and that it might not be correct. Personal data removals are generally done under A/VB due to it being a breach of policy. I doubt you'll be successful as you've been dishonest already, you tried to hide what you were doing under the lie of fixing spelling and then you tell me 'tons' of links and I see two over three pages of google with a much worse link available at www.texasburgerguy.com. -- . 04:01, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Never mind guys. I thought in 2009 a little civility would be okay. This is a game that I used to play at work. I haven't played in years. I know there are rules but i'm merely asking to remove my name from a group page that disbanded 2+ years ago. I am sorry to bug you guys and I'll go now as i doubt my pleas will be answered. sorry to frustrate you all. Dawgjz 04:07, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I'm sorry for the hostility. 40 bucks and I'll remove all traces of you from any websites you want off of.-- SA 04:09, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

OMG! You haz mods on www.texasburgerguy.com? OMG! -- . 04:11, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm pretty much king of the internets. I'm kind of a big deal you know.-- SA 04:14, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

$40 is worth it for me. shoot me an email off the wiki and we can talk. sorry for all the trouble tonight guys. Dawgjz 04:15, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't know what "haz mods" means but i obviously didn't write that on the texasburgerguy site. and that's the type of crap people pull up on a pre-employment screening. think how cool i feel that one of my nerd friends posted that? it isn't important but it doesn't help me out either - know what i'm saying. Dawgjz 04:17, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

I think you'll be fine. But to anyone reading, people's jobs do actually get screwed by what they have online, many employers actually do search you. --  AHLGTH 04:19, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks everybody. My apologies for pissing anyone off. Dawgjz 04:26, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Gnome's right. We had a talk at school recently about "cyber safety." The majority was ether obvious stuff (don't post soft porn of yourself on your facebook,) or mild paranoia, but it was mentioned that employers do cull potential employees based on a facebook/internet check. Linkthewindow  Talk  11:11, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

ITT SA is a dick and Iscariot revokes his status as a human being. Cyberbob  Talk  04:33, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

In this comment, Cyberbob show's an AMAZING change of heart. Suddenly he's not going to be a dick evar again amirite?-- SA 00:06, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

I draw the line at the kind of shit you two were pulling. Cyberbob  Talk  00:27, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay, good. If you were going to suddenly be a saint, it would be really weird. :/ -- SA 00:35, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

BTW I just removed 1 sentence from that page i was trying to edit. i changed an email and a user name so that the statement as it stands today is false. if that won't work i won't alter/edit the wiki ever again. it was a last shot in the dark. i'm sure i'm an easy mark but i'd definitely pay $40 to get my stupid name off some sites. anyway, later on guys and thanks. Dawgjz 04:37, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Sup b. Anyway, here's the deal. We weren't being serious about the money, so yeah. Don't worry about it. Your name has been replaced with a [name removed] tag anywhere another admin was able to find it, so that's been taken care of. Now, the way you went about originally removing your name, and editing other people's comments were vandalism, but you didn't know about our rules really. So we will give you a soft warning and let it all be done. A soft warning by the way is just our way of unofficially telling you that you fucked up a bit, and that next time you'll receive an actual binding warning. Is everything good with you now?-- SA 00:06, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Awesome guys. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it and even though you guys think it is lame it was a really big help. Thanks so much Dawgjz 01:50, 4 November 2009 (UTC)