User talk:Delimitation

I would prefer to keep conversations together so if you leave a message here I will reply here. Thanks!

Your AIV report
Thanks for filing a report at WP:AIV. However, I did not block the user you reported, because the edit history shows that they only made one edit today, and none since your warning.

To clarify, here's what most administrators expect to see before issuing a block:
 * 1) User vandalizes a page
 * 2) You warn them with or
 * 3) User vandalizes again
 * 4) You warn them again with
 * 5) User vandalizes again
 * 6) You issue a last warning with
 * 7) User vandalizes again
 * 8) You report them to AIV

This all needs to take place within a reasonable span of time. How long is up to the individual administrator, but most expect at least the latest one or two warnings to have been issued and ignored within the past 30-60 minutes. A day or two at the very most. We block users to protect Wikipedia, not to punish them. If they're not vandalizing on a regular basis, blocking them isn't effective.

Hope that clears things up. I know it's a long process, but we want to give everyone enough chances to mend their ways before we block them. Yes, it wastes a lot of time, but it's the only way to keep Wikipedia free for everyone. Thanks again for your efforts at fighting vandalism. If you follow those steps, you'll have better success at AIV in the future. Kafziel Complaint Department 20:20, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

While we're at it, since nobody has officially welcomed you yet, I thought I would give you some links you might find helpful as you edit Wikipedia.


 * User tutorial
 * Help desk
 * Policy on maintaining a neutral point of view
 * Policy for content when editing articles and creating new ones
 * Notability guidelines for people
 * Tips for settling disputes
 * Guidelines for properly writing and formatting articles
 * Criteria for Good Articles
 * The Village Pump, our discussion forums

I hope you find these links useful. It looks like you're off to a good start, but if you have any questions, don't hesitate to drop me a line. Good luck, and happy editing! Kafziel Complaint Department 20:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks Kafziel, I'll be more careful in the future. I let my mild consternation get to me obviously. :)--Delimitation (talk) 21:50, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * As a comment on this, the warnings list isn't a rigid rule, I tend to block particulaly obscene and racist vandals very quickly, sometimes after one or two edits. Tim Vickers (talk) 21:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * As do I. Just a general rule of thumb for standard vandalism - there are, of course, exceptions to everything. Kafziel Complaint Department 23:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Perhaps one of you could take a look at this users userspace page. I don't yet know enough to know whether something needs to be done however it is inherently racist in nature. I removed one of his edits of a similar style as evidenced on his talk page. Thanks for all your help and advice. Delimitation (talk) 23:50, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Semi-understandable, but not all that bad. If they continue to cause problems somebody will deal with them. Tim Vickers (talk) 01:16, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Links
Sure, I stole them from somebody, but I can't remember who, since it was a while ago! I've put them on your userpage. Tim Vickers (talk) 21:08, 4 March 2008 (UTC)