User talk:Pennywisdom2099

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Shannara
Yay! Thanks for the assist on Shea Ohmsford. Cheers! &mdash; the _ ed 17  &mdash; 16:06, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello.
I saw your comment on the talk page for Shea Ohmsford. If you have any questions, feel free to go to my talk page and leave any questions! I'll reply to those questions here.

If you have any more questions, leave them here or on my talk page; I'll find them either way. Cheers! &mdash; the _ ed 17  &mdash; 04:19, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Random: watch for WP:INUNIVERSE, but don't worry about this quite as much as the other things.
 * For your questions: per WP:PLOT, it should be cut down/generalized a bit...thats why I added the plot tag to the top of the article.
 * New users continue to surprise me. You used another article as an example? PERFECT! Good work. Try using Harry Potter (character) as an example; it is a better-quality article (though don't copy everything...Harry potter has info that Shea shouldn't! (films, etc.)
 * No, if it is a part of the plot summary, you can cite it if you want, but it isn't required.

Adopt?
I'll adopt you if you want...I can "show you the ropes" of Wikipedia. Don't feel like you have to though! Cheers, &mdash; the _ ed 17  &mdash; 06:03, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Al'ight, see User:the_ed17/Classroom/Pennywisdom2099 and fill out the questions; we'll get started. Cheers! &mdash; the _ ed 17  &mdash; 06:24, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Replied to everything there. See you tomorrow! (I'm going to bed...I'm tired. [3 a.m. does that to you!]) G'nite! &mdash; the _ ed 17  &mdash; 07:04, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

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Reverting vandalism to List of Mario series characters
Hi,

I noticed you just reverted some vandalism to the article List of Mario series characters; good job catching it so quickly! Just to let you know, though, that user vandalized the article 4 times in a row, so in cases like that the "Undo" button won't get rid of it all; what I usually do in those cases (since I don't use Huggle or Twinkle or rollback or any of those things) is just open the history, go back to the last version before the vandalism (clicking "last" to open that version), and click "edit" to edit that page, then save it without making any changes; that should restore it to the version before that particular user started editing at all. (Apologies if that was all stuff that you knew already!)

On a side note, I noticed you're a member of the Shannara task force...I just did a GA review of Skull Bearers (Shannara) and had to fail it, but if you're interested in expanding that article it could definitely use your help! Best, &mdash;Politizer( talk • contribs ) 18:00, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks for the tip, I did figure that one out but I may not have known it yet when I did the edit to the Mario article. I'm using the Vandal Fighter program to monitor new changes and in cases like that one it only shows me the most recent.  I'll be more thorough in the future by checking the history of the article to make sure that was the only vandalizing that was done :) Should I take any other action regarding the incident such as posting on their talk page?  I'm monitoring edits by IP addresses only so I don't think those would be blocked if I put a request in :( I'll definitely take a look at the Skull Bearer's article and see if there's any improving I could do.  I do agree that notability is a problem in a lot of Shannara articles, so that doesn't help matters. Anyway, any help you can give regarding fixing vandalized articles will be appreciated!  Thanks!  Pennywisdom2099 (talk) 18:10, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, it helps if I read the Recent Changes Patrol page ;) that gives the skinny on giving them warnings on their talk page. Any other info you have will be appreciated though! Pennywisdom2099 (talk) 18:18, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I think that somewhere in the (new) Task I on the classroom page is a link or links to many of the warning templates. =) &mdash; the _ ed 17  &mdash; 18:21, 7 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, it looks like RCP has most of what you need for warning people....personally, I use the warning templates at Template messages/User talk namespace . It's mostly the same stuff you'll find at RCP, but I think they're organized a little more nicely at this page, which makes them easier to go find (although some you eventually memorize from using them over and over again).  As for blocking IP addresses, I've often been successful in getting them blocked at WP:AIV, but only if they've made a good number (let's say four or more) edits right then...if it's fewer edits than that they'll say the IP hasn't been warned sufficiently, and if it's more than 15 or so minutes ago then they'll say the IP isn't currently active.  But those two criteria notwithstanding, I have gotten a lot of IP vandals blocked at AIV.
 * Happy editing! &mdash;Politizer( talk • contribs ) 18:26, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link, that'll be good to have. The IP edits that irritate me the most are the ones that are identified as coming from a school district that has a mile long talk page with warnings for vandalism.  Usually they seem like drive-bys, they'll edit 4 sections and then disappear.  Most of the ones I've checked later on still had my revert or undo.  Somehow I feel like a browncoat, fighting a losing battle, but I keep on fighting Pennywisdom2099 (talk) 18:34, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

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