User talk:Kaivarri

Recent edit
Please be advised that your recent and only contribution to Wikipedia via Atari has been reverted as vandalism. You're welcome to contribute to wikipedia in a constructive manner, and should certainly expose your self to the 5 pillars of contributing here. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 18:50, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I had removed that link (on the atari page; "Atari Gaming Headquarters - Atari historical archive site"), as when I clicked on it, the site ran a script (that was blocked, but a little to late) that installed a trojan (that was luckily quarintined shortly after installation). I ran several checks (as I had clicked on several links) but after seeing the same "you need this virus protection software" internet popup, and subsequent quarintines from my virus protection software (three successive times), I felt it was necessary to protect other users from something that could damage their computers. After it being restored (and retesting it for the trojan) I have noticed it does not come up anymore. It seemed too much to just be coincidence. I am new (and am still learning how to use the site) and did not see the Edit Summary until after I had clicked save page. My edit was done in good faith, and had good purpose (as will any other edit and/or post I will do in the future). Kaivarri (talk) 04:05, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

My condolences
My condolences on the loss of your friend. I know what it's like, and I'm very sorry to hear it. The reason I reverted your edit is that Wikipedia has a policy of verifiability, meaning all information that's likely to be challenged must cite a reliable third-party source. This is especially true of biographies of living (or recently deceased) people. There are two reasons for this: (1) Wikipedia gets a lot of vandalism, so even if the information is true, unless it has a source, it's likely to be removed; and (2) Wikipedia could get sued for libel if incorrect information about living people is in an article, and it's always better to be safe than sorry. If there's an article in a local (or regional) newspaper, you could give me the name of the article and newspaper, author, date, etc. and I'll turn it into a reference. Thank you. Once again, I'm sorry for your loss. --- cymru.lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 00:04, 5 January 2011 (UTC)