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[http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/04/katrina_help_process.html BoingBoing entry on the project], [http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/44855 Metafilter entry] |
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The user name originates from a certain Calvin & Hobbes strip taking place in the classroom in which Calvin attempts to solve a math problem and slips into his Tracer Bullet fantasy world, concluding that the only possible "culprit" is "Mr. Billion." |
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==Random Comments, Thoughts, And Other Stuff== |
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Mr. Billion's excogitations can now be found on his Talk page. You can '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Mr._Billion&action=edit§ion=new leave a message by Clicking Here]'''. |
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==Useful Digital Objects== |
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*[irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia Wikipedia Chat] |
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*[http://www.tiredbrain.com/wikinews/irc/irc.cgi WikiNews Chat] |
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*[http://kohl.wikimedia.org/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits.cgi Find your edit count] |
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Credit to [[User:Nectarflowed|Nectarflowed]] for the last link. |
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Dealing with Internet trolls: |
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*Information on dealing with Wiki vandals |
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**[[Wikipedia:Dealing with vandalism|Dealing with vandalism]] |
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**[[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|Blocking policy]] |
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**[[Wikipedia:Banning policy|Banning policy]] |
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**[[m:Bans and blocks]] |
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**[[Special:Blockip|Block user]] |
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**[[Special:Ipblocklist|List of blocked users]] |
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**[[Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism]] |
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* Tools: Tracing information |
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**[http://www.arin.net/whois/ WHOIS information on IP addresses] |
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**[[Whois]] |
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**[[Meta:Finding network abuse contacts]], |
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**[http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm Trace the location of an IP address] |
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**[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0792.txt RFC792, Internet Control Message Protocol] |
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**[http://www.traceroute.org traceroute.org - Monthly updated list of online traceroutes] |
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**[http://www.bgp4.net/tr BGP4.net Traceroute Wiki] |
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**[http://www.internetipaddress.com/traceroute.aspx Free Visual Traceroute] |
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Taken from [[Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress]], with links from [[Traceroute]] and various other places added. |
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==Fun Stuff== |
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The [[World Wide Web|Web]] is a bewilderingly vast [[meme]]pool.<BR> |
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Feel free to add any links that you think are exceptionally interesting. |
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* '''http://www.keo.org''' -- Orbiting time capsule to be launched in 2006. Anyone in the world can send his or her own message forward in time 50,000 years. |
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* [http://www.occn.zaq.ne.jp/raku/origami/index.htm# Nifty origami projects] |
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===Games=== |
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* [http://www.thefrown.com/games/stackthecats/ Don't you DARE stack the cats.] |
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