User talk:CTarnita

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Hello, CTarnita, 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 messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! SNALWIBMA ( talk - contribs ) 17:16, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
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Nicholas Beale
I hope you are not put off from contributing to Wikipedia by the reaction to your contributions at Articles for deletion/Nicholas Beale (5th nomination)! If you look at the history of that article, and the four previous debates on whether to delete it, you will see an extraordinary history of personal involvement and conflict of interest involving the subject of the article. This has undoubtedly made for a debate that is more heated than it might otherwise have been - in short, not a good place to dip your toe into the Wikipedia water! You said "I go to Wiki often for pretty much any question I have and I appreciate the quality of the articles" - so please do consider using your expertise to improve some of the articles. Best wishes. SNALWIBMA ( talk - contribs ) 17:35, 22 January 2010 (UTC)


 * No, I'm not put off, I'm used to scientific debates that can get uglier than this. But as you say, it was probably not the best place to start contributing. Thanks though for your comment to my posting -- it was less passionate than the others and I appreciated that. I was convinced by it. Once I get accustomed to the editing style I hope to make more significant contributions.CTarnita (talk) 21:44, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I certainly hope you do. I will point out, though, that arguments of the "It is sure to be important in the future" ilk are not taken seriously here; see WP:UPANDCOMING for a lengthier discussion. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  23:15, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

"ec"
I notice you have just added "ec" at the start of your latest comment you-know-where... Just thought I might let you know this stands for "edit conflict", and it means that the comment you are adding was written at the same time as the preceding one, and that you therefore have not taken account of what the other person said. Not appropriate, I think, in this case. (Just trying to be helpful) SNALWIBMA ( talk - <b style="color:#2F4F4F;">contribs</b> ) 17:39, 22 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, I realized that and removed it immediately. It's just that I'm not used to the syntax yet and I copied the beginning from your comment and then forgot to delete the (ec). But thanks for clarifying what it means; I was wondering about that.CTarnita (talk) 21:44, 22 January 2010 (UTC)