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 Please come back, please. 

RickK, since you left, your status as my favorite Wikipedian grows every day. On the night that so soon became your last, you stood steadfast against an edit warrior and his tiresome copyvio spamming, despite protestations that 3RR justice ought to be drawn out to all participants, no matter which side they were on or the justness of the cause. 

Rick, we miss you. Please come back.  [ +t, +c, +m ] 08:19, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

 A Simple Plea 
Please return. We need you here. This page proves it. talk 5 pillars 02:09, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 Support.  
 Seconded.  parley 
 Thirded"""""".  

Los Baños
Rick, next time you're on I-5 can you check to see if the signs say ""Los Banos"" or ""Los Baños"" (per my one-sided discussion at Talk:Los Banos, California). Send me an email () if you just wanna lurk.  Thanks.   |  Talk 22:08, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
Vandal activity down since you left
Rick, it's interesting to note that since you left, vandalism on Wikipedia has gone down. It's clear that you and those like you simply act to frustrate and abuse legitimate users, whose angry responses can be classed as vandalism, giving you an increased sense of self importance. We don't need that, we need more quality editors, not more volunteer vigilantes.  
That's the biggest absurd I've ever heard. 
Indeed; it is my impression there is considerably more vandalism now. The edits of the sockuppet above would be one small example. (talk) 
Indeed.  I've blocked more in the last day than in the previous 18 months as an admin, which can only be due to the ""RickK and Heph gap"". Complaining about RickK and Heph is like having an allergy and wishing you didn't have an immune system.   |  Talk 18:40, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

I find it hard to believe one editor (even one so prolific as RickK) can have much of an effect overall. Do contributors on either side have any (non-anecdotal) evidence that suggests otherwise?  Pete 
If memory serves, Angela did a survey a while back (Feb or March of 2004) where she sampled the number of blocks each admin had given. Rickk had almost as many as the next 3 people combined.  19:19, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
Personally? I frequently saw his edits, and he left a useful note on my talk page correcting me for something.  

Isn't it obvious to everyone?  RickK created a whole entourage of sockpuppets, then vandalised with them, then blocked them.  Just to fulfill his self-aggrandising dreams.  He made fools of us all, just to prove that he was brilliant.  Don't you hate him?  Kill RickK, kill RickK, kill RickK'''!  

I can safely say that ever since RickK's departure, I have been faced with reverting five times the vandalism I did prior, which still dosen't come close to his legendary vandal fighting, troll combatting, and trash disposing.  
Nonsense! I wish him and his many sockpuppets stay out!  

To Raul654, now that I can believe ). Statistics on the effect of handing out bans liberally would be great to have.  Pete 

My experience in the Wikiworld has shown RickK to be abusive of other users, authoritarian, consistently reverting other peoples edits without apparent reason and unwilling to join a debate on a given subject when his arguments were confronted. Personally, Im glad he gave up. 

""Rick, it's interesting to note that since you left