User talk:RenaultTwingo

October 2018
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Date format
Hi, we have agreed formats for lots of stuff like dates. The one you changed was correct before. Please see WP:MOS for general info on editing and formats. Thanks DBaK (talk) 21:58, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Driffield. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. GorillaWarfare (talk) 21:55, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * The edit referred to here adds commonly abbreviated to DJS to (Driffield Junior School), giving us (Driffield Junior School, commonly abbreviated to DJS). That is simply not vandalism as defined on Wikipedia and I'd be interested, with the greatest respect, to hear why thinks it is. Thanks and best wishes to all DBaK (talk) 08:02, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Driffield, you may be blocked from editing. Your edits have been automatically marked as vandalism and have been automatically reverted. The following is the log entry regarding this vandalism: Driffield was changed by RenaultTwingo (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.965451 on 2018-10-14T21:58:42+00:00 Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 21:58, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * False positive. This edit was not vandalism. I am reporting the ClueBot error. Thank you DBaK (talk) 08:06, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * (Update - I don't think that I have managed to report these errors yet. It might have to be done by the user themselves DBaK (talk) 08:49, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Walkman. Your edits have been automatically marked as vandalism and have been automatically reverted. The following is the log entry regarding this vandalism: Walkman was changed by RenaultTwingo (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.922366 on 2018-10-14T22:04:50+00:00 Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 22:04, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * False positive. This edit was not vandalism. I am reporting the ClueBot error. Thank you DBaK (talk) 08:06, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * (Update - I don't think that I have managed to report these errors yet. It might have to be done by the user themselves DBaK (talk) 08:49, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Please don't bite this newcomer
I can't do anything about ClueBot's misdiagnosis apart from reporting the errors, but I would urge human editors to look carefully at this user's contributions and to read then reread WP:BITE before making any accusation of vandalism here. This is clearly not an experienced editor and perhaps a younger user (if so, please do not give us any personal details here) but, let's be honest, none of the edits meets the criteria for vandalism. I repeat, none. The first edit is a bit flaky logically but is not vandalism - the rest, as I write, are simply good-faith edits with which many of us would not agree and which could and should have been politely reverted and guidance offered on editing. They are not vandalism.

I've been editing here for about sixteen years. I have seen and removed more than enough vandalism and seen enough idiots showing up here intent on fooling around, and I am always happy to see those people blocked as soon as possible. This is not that situation on current performance, and we should not be treating a new user like this. Again, please read WP:BITE and consider alternatives before you reach for the vandalism label. I am just not seeing it here. Thanks and best wishes to all DBaK (talk) 08:20, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Note to RenaultTwingo - things to try
Hello, welcome again.

I'm sorry that your start here has not been all that happy. OK ... your very first edit was perhaps a bit daft ... that is, it was maybe perfectly true but a bit of a non sequitur, unreferenced, and looking a bit strange in that context, maybe a bit jokey sounding. Unfortunately that seems to have triggered your other edits getting looked at rather harshly and classed as vandalism when I do not agree that they are. (I might not agree that they are all good edits either! But that is different – we have a very specific definition of vandalism here and your edits were not it.)

Of course, I might be wrong and it might turn out that you really might be here just to mess around. I doubt it but if that were the case then you would very soon get your account blocked and we could all move on. If you are, as I hope, a serious editor then I would avoid anything that looks jokey or has a tricksy edit summary as it will add to your problems and risk getting you blocked by accident/misunderstanding.

Assuming that you really are here to edit helpfully, there are a couple of things I think you could do to help yourself: I hope this helps a bit and that your next edits are more successful.
 * Slow down and work out if an edit really is necessary
 * If it is then – if possible – give an edit summary that explains what you did and why. The canned edit summaries like "improved grammar" will make some editors suspicious as we see them on a lot of vandal edits. Commenting about edits being reverted probably isn't a great idea either – it's a bit like shouting about bombs in an airport – we just don't!
 * If you are interested in editing Driffield then perhaps you could go to its talk page, Talk:Driffield, say hello and explain what you are trying to do. It is much easier if you feel like part of a team that is interested in a topic.
 * Go to the Teahouse and say hello and get some help and advice. I cannot emphasise this strongly enough – the Teahouse is very very useful for new users and could be your biggest source of help in getting properly started here.
 * Explore the other links in the Welcome notice at the top of this page – there is a lot of useful stuff there.
 * Please don't be depressed and give up. Wikipedia is a great project to be involved with and when you've settled in and are editing successfully you could really enjoy it, and forget these initially setbacks.

With best wishes DBaK (talk) 09:04, 15 October 2018 (UTC)