User talk:GTALAD4EVA

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Hello, GTALAD4EVA, 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 talk 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! McGeddon (talk) 15:21, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
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"Nothing has been confirmed yet"
Hello. We can't say "Nothing has been confirmed yet" in the article, because we have no source confirming that nothing has been confirmed! The Eurogamer articles doesn't mention Rockstar's response (or lack of it), so Wikipedia can't claim to know that "Nothing has been confirmed yet". Let's just leave it unstated for now, and update the article when Rockstar react (or fail to react and have that failure remarked upon by gaming sites). --McGeddon (talk) 15:39, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

''Okay, thank you for telling me that. I will use this for in the future.'' GTALAD4EVA (talk) 16:16, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Collaboration
A heads up that once you've added a paragraph to Wikipedia, it is (as it always says just above the "Save" button) open to be edited and improved by everyone who passes through - you don't own it, and shouldn't use "Because it's been changed" as part of your reason for undoing another editor's work. Fix mistakes, by all means, but don't get too attached if you see it drifting away from your original wording. --McGeddon (talk) 20:43, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

''Okay, thanks for the heads up, just trying to get use to everything here, as I'm new. Sorry for any inconvenience and/or hassle.'' GTALAD4EVA (talk) 20:46, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Noted. Looking a bit closer I see that you've actually been reverting the text to your exact same preferred version every time, discarding whatever copyediting and corrections myself and other editors have tried to make. You should be aware that you have crossed the three revert rule here - a sign that maybe your edits aren't what's best for the project, or that they should at least be discussed on the talk page.

If you revert this text again you may find yourself temporarily blocked from Wikipedia, so I'd recommend just sitting back and leaving it. Chances are this will all be rewritten in a day or two when Rockstar give their reaction. --McGeddon (talk) 20:50, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Can you at least correct the date to "28 October 2012"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GTALAD4EVA (talk • contribs) 20:54, 29 October 2012‎


 * Is that correct, though? The Eurogamer article was published today, and they don't specify when the forum post was made. (And the site's dead, so we can't verify it from there.) I've changed it to just say that Eurogamer reported it on the 29th. --McGeddon (talk) 20:59, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

''I notice on the 3RR page it says "If an editor violates 3RR by mistake, they should reverse their own most recent reversion. Administrators may take this into account and decide not to block in such cases—for example if the user is not a habitual edit warrior and is genuinely trying to rectify their own mistake." - As I did it by mistake, and didn't know as I'm new, please forgive me.'' — Preceding unsigned comment added by GTALAD4EVA (talk • contribs) 20:54, 29 October 2012‎
 * Sure, it's fine - you didn't know about the rule at the time, so it's okay to have broken it by mistake. So long as you don't break it in the future, it's in no way a problem. --McGeddon (talk) 20:59, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding. GTALAD4EVA (talk) 21:01, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

''Hi again, I don't know where to ask, or if this is the place to ask, but could you tell me, or show me how to add a reference? I tried to add one for the paragraph I edited on the Grand Theft Auto V Page, but it sort of failed. Cheers in advance'' GTALAD4EVA (talk) 12:36, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I already added one for this, but if there's already a "references" section set up at the end of the article, all you have to do is add into the article at the end of the text you're adding a reference to. (If you can properly format the reference to show the title and the name of the source, then that's great, but a simple URL is enough.) WP:REFSTART explains proper formatting and other details if you want to know more. --McGeddon (talk) 12:59, 30 October 2012 (UTC)