User talk:Alantio

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Hello,, 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: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! . Thanks for taking the time to write. I'm not anyone special on Wikipedia -- I am not an administrator and do not have any more powers than you do. I do feel I have a fairly powerful grasp of the English language and proper grammar (mom was an English professor) and I think I'm pretty good at applying Wikipedia policy properly and keeping others from misrepresenting or misusing policy to inject inappropriate information into articles (formal legal education). Self-aggrandizing aside, I'm no more special than anyone else on here. I appreciate you taking the time to message me, and I think it's a sign of a potentially great editor who proactively seeks information. I will gladly assist you in any task you like, simply leave a message on talk page and I will respond as quickly as I can. Cheers! :) /Blaxthos 02:23, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
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Clarification
Hi Alantio! I just wanted to take a moment to clarify: I never once thought you were "getting my my way" -- Wikipedia is a community project, and your contributions are appreciated and welcome. The nature of this project ensures there will be a fair amount of conflict, and free flow of ideas is necessary to resolving conflict. I think it's very noble to try and work out compramises -- indeed, that's the way to resolve conflicts. However, just because conflict exists does not mean that a middle ground must always be found. Wikipedia policies and guidelines must be consulted when evaluating the merits of various arguments, and the past history of the editor should be considered when assuming good faith regarding the purpose of his edits. In this case, the editor was attempting to insert negative and irrelevant information inappropriately (it would possibly belong in articles about lawsuits, or about malpractice lawsuits, but not here). If you evaluate the content (irrelevant) along with the editor's previous edits (which show a non-neutral point of view), it becomes obvious that the purpose of these edits is to try and include negative information. Anyway, I have no ill feelings towards you for trying to help. I encourage you to continue contributing and learning Wikipedia policies and norms, and I am always available if you need help. Thanks again! /Blaxthos 21:52, 21 November 2006 (UTC)