User talk:LittleTony

Reply from Carlossuarez46
I don't know enough about the technology to answer you. You may try asking at WP:HELP. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:30, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Please, HELP
I am the son of a banned user of en.wiki and I want to ask you if the fact that I am going to use the same modem of my father (I live with him and my family in Coconut Creek, a town inside the greater Miami metropolitan area) will create problems. I know (from a friend who is a wikipedia user) that I must pinpoint this close relationship with my father's IP in my user page. But I hope (in case of a future check up, for any reason) that I will not be banned simply because I have the same IP of my banned father. Sincerely--LittleTony (talk) 18:39, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I really wouldn't worry about it. You wouldn't be banned just for that reason - indeed, very few people could even see your IP address. We do worry about sock puppets - people sharing accounts for nefarious purposes - but, if you're keeping your password to yourself, logging out when not using Wikipedia, and abiding by all the usual policies, then you shouldn't have any problems at all.


 * For more help, you can either;


 * Leave a message on my own talk page;
 * Use a - please create a new section at the end of your own talk page, put , and ask your question - remember to 'sign' your name by putting ~ at the end;
 * Talk to us live, with this or this.


 * Best wishes,  Chzz  ►  19:01, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

(below message copied back from my own talk page, to keep this conversation in one place  Chzz  ►  21:23, 1 September 2009 (UTC))

I appreciate your help with my problem. But I need the help from an admin of en.wiki to be sure. Thanks. --LittleTony (talk) 21:18, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * As a registered user on Wikipedia, all of your edits will be recorded under your user name. The IP address is also recorded, but in a confidential way (see "Privacy policy" on meta). The only time that your IP address would be involved would be if a "Checkuser" was performed. That process allows a select few people to look at the IP address used for editing, in order to investigate problems with vandalism, sock-puppet activity, or other disruptive edits. If that ever happened to you, then a link could perhaps be made to the other account, but the comments you have made on your user page, and indeed in this query, would be taken into account.


 * The only other potential problem I can think of is, if the IP address was blocked from editing. Normally, if an IP address is blocked, it is a "soft block", which prevents anonymous (IP) edits, but it does not stop a registered user from logging in and editing. In the rare event that a hard block was used, thus preventing you from editing, you could request that an IP block exemption be given.


 * I hope that this helps to explain things a little; please do ask more questions if you wish. It would be easiest if you continued this thread here, but please leave a quick note on my own talk page too, so that I am alerted to your reply. You could do that by putting on the end of my talk page.


 * As you asked for an administrator, I will now make sure that one pops in here and verifies that what I am saying is valid. Best wishes,  Chzz  ►  22:15, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Chzz is generally accurate in what he says :-) Just playing, chzz knows his stuff. If the IP was softblocked, which it appears is the case, because you can edit right now, you're fine. Killiondude (talk) 22:54, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Welcome and introduction
Hi, LittleTony. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck!  Chzz  ►  19:01, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Original research
Kindly stop adding original research to the Roman Catholicism in Somalia article. You claim the following:

"Catholicism was introduced in the part of Somalia that was called Italian Somalia in the late 1800s. The other areas with Somalian people (namely former British Somaliland, French Somaliland, Ethiopian Ogaden and Kenya north-eastern provinces) practically had no catholic presence." "Initially catholicism was practiced only by the few Italian colonists in Mogadishu and the Shebelle river farmer areas. But after WWI many Somalians become catholics: most of them were former black slaves, called Somali Bantu, in the Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi and Genale plantations." "In 1895, the first 45 slaves were freed by the Italian colonial authority under the administration of the chartered catholic company 'Filonardi' and converted to catholicism. Massive emancipation and conversion of slaves in Somalia only began after the antislavery activist father Robecchi Bricchetti informed the Italian public about the slave trade in Somalia and the indifferent attitude of the Italian colonial government toward the trade."

You've indicated that this source supports your edit, even though that source does not even once mention Catholicism. In fact, the last paragraph you paraphrased actually reads as follows:

"In 1895, the first 45 slaves were freed by the Italian colonial authority under the administration of the chartered company, V. Filonardi. Massive emancipation of slaves in Somalia only began after the antislavery activist Robecchi Bricchetti informed the Italian public about the slave trade in Somalia and the indifferent attitude of the Italian colonial government toward the trade. Slavery in southern Somalia lasted until early into the 20th century when it was abolished by the Italian colonial authority in accordance with the Belgium protocol. Some inland groups remained in slavery until the 1930s, however."

As can be seen above, it's all about the slave trade, not Catholicism. That is both off-topic & original research (OR) on your part, and OR is not permitted on Wikipedia. Again, please desist with this disruptive behavior. Middayexpress (talk) 05:46, 13 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Moved to talkpage of Roman Catholicism in Somalia article. Please, kindly post there in future. --LittleTony (talk) 04:22, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

How's it going?
Hi there; wondered how you were getting along - all OK?

I notice your directing people to the article talk page, for discussing changes - good stuff.

I thought of you when I received a totally unrelated post from another user I was helping, in the same area (ie religion) - you might like to say 'hi' to. Wikipedia is all about building the community.

Best of luck,  Chzz  ►  23:44, 27 October 2009 (UTC)


 * P.S. You once asked me about becoming an admin - well, I'm currently applying, see Requests for adminship/Chzz. Cheers!  Chzz  ►  07:30, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

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