User talk:Carlson969

Welcome!

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 ask your question and then place  after the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! --Steve (Stephen)talk 23:58, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
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And thanks for reverting vandalism --Steve (Stephen)talk 23:58, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Reverting vandalism
That's right. All you have to do is revert the change, making sure you revert to a clean version (some vandals will save multiple vandalised edits before they are spotted). Then leave a warning on their talk page, with increasing severity. I use  Article name, Article name, Article name, and Article name . After the 3rd or 4th vandalism in succession they can be reported to a special noticeboard where an admin will intervene and probably block them for a while. Let me know if there is anything else I can help you with, especially in adding content to the encyclopaedia - fighting vandalism just gets in the way of that! --Steve (Stephen)talk 00:10, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

After Midnight left a similar response to your query on my talk page...
 * 2 part answer... 1) you can revert the vandalism with an edit summary that says "rvv" which means "reverting vandalism" 2) you can pick an appropriate warning from WP:WARN and leave it on the user's talk page. --After Midnight 0001 00:15, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

And just for the record, the vandal that you were reverting was reported and indefinitely blocked, so good job in catching it! --Steve (Stephen)talk 00:42, 2 May 2007 (UTC)