User talk:Retiono Virginian/Archive one

'''This is an archive of past dicussions from Retiono Virginians talk page. The past 20 dicussions are archived here. Please do not modify it.''' Retiono Virginian 16:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

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Edit conflicts
Hello. Edit conflicts occur when two (or more) users edit a page, so, when one of them tries to save the page (and the other already did) an error comes up, because you're overwriting an edit not intetionally.

See Help:Edit conflict for more information. See you. FrancoGG ( talk ) 17:43, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Editors that don't provide an edit summary tend to look like vandals
I have noticed you commonly don't enter an edit summary. This causes me problems. When I patrol for vandalism, I use the summary to make a preliminary decision on whether or not the post is a vandal edit or not. If the summary is present (or at least a section header, the part inside the /* */), I commonly decide the edit is legit and move on.

However, if no edit summary is available, I typically resort to loading the diff for the edit. This takes time. For that reason, if your edits are all valid, I ask that you provide edit summaries. For more on how to enter an edit summary, please read Help:Edit summary.

Incidentally, it is not just me that appreciate having edit summaries. When you omit your summary, you may be telling various bots that you are vandalizing pages. For this reason, please consider providing that summary. It is very important. You can enter that summary via the edit summary box on edit pages (as shown below).



The edit summary appears in black italics in the following places:
 * Page history - list of changes to the page you edited
 * User contributions - list of all your edits
 * Watchlist *  - list of recent changes to watched pages (logged-in users only)
 * diff page - shows the difference between two edits
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 * Related changes - list of recent changes to pages linked to the page you edited
 * List of new pages: shows the edit summary of the creation.

 *  Use the enhanced watchlist to see all recent changes in the watched pages, not just the last change in each page. Will (Talk - contribs) 21:28, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I left the message because it appeared there was a pattern of not providing summaries. I can only check back about 20 edits (whatever Lupin's popup tool provides). Will (Talk - contribs) 21:37, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: username
You're the first person to raise such an issue. Short answer: I'll change it. Wiki-newbie 19:15, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

3RR
Hey! Thank you for bringing that to my attention. They have been reported to WP:AIV. Cases of vandalism are often treated differently in relation to the WP:3RR. They generally continue to vandalize until they have been giving a test4 or a bv warning. After recieving that warning, they can be reported to WP:AIV and blovked for vandalism! In the future, if you see a vandal that has recieved a Test4 or a bv in the past day and they are still vandalizing, feel free to report them at WP:AIV! If there is anything I can do to help you with anything else, please let me know on my user talk page. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 19:31, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Weasel words
Replied. Kncyu38 21:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the Barnstar
That was too kind, thanks! I appreciate the generous compliments you gave as well :).¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 21:51, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

newbies
You sure are trigger-happy with your welcome. My mate warned me about Wikipedia users who slap a "welcome" on your userpage. (S)he says we shouldn't trust them, and to distrust the links they give. --Boggler 22:01, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application
Dear Retiono Virginian,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that you are a very new to Wikipedia, and should spend some more time learning the policies and the way we work first. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof. Prodego  talk  22:53, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

friendly suggestion
I'm not a very experienced editor, either, so I'm going to say this quite cautiously. Considering this, you may want to slow down just a little bit. First things first, and initial warnings should be issued before final warnings. 87.78.154.133 11:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I left a reply on my talk page. 87.78.154.133 18:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Prod'ing and WP:CSD
Just so you know, you can tag pages created as part of a vandalism spree as. You need not prod them. They'll be deleted immediately by admins. Thanks for your help! Regards, alphachimp  16:26, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Again, tag pages like User:RVBOT/script with . Check out the Criteria for Speedy Deletion. alphachimp  16:42, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

move
I have moved User/RVBOT script to User:RVBOT/script. If your bot does not behave, it may find itslef blocked. -- RHaworth 18:39, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Adoption
Sure I'd be happy to adopt you as part of Wikipedia:adoption. If you have nay questions or need help please feel free to contact me on my talk page. Telly addict  14:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * No, I dont have to leave comments on your editor review, it is optional. Also editor reviews are what users get when they are going to apply to become an administrator, unfortunately you are not experienced enough to become an administrator, you have only had your account for four days, if you did apply for adminship it would probably fail due to lack of experience. Telly addict  16:42, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * No, I'm not being nasty, nor did I mean to sound nasty I was just saying that I dont have to leave messages on your editor review!! Sorry if it offeded you. Telly addict  16:45, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't understand what you mean by the comment you left on my talk page about the wikipedia community, please expain it further. I understand now, good suggestions. Telly addict  17:10, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Well the levels of vandalism change often, sometimes its high level and sometimes it's low, theres no real reason why its just generally the amount of vandalism at the time

Billie Joe Armstrong
Just wondering what that is? Please don't add nonsense to articles. I understand that it may have been added in error, though.--Jude 00:19, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I just checked again because it didn't settle right that you would vandalise something, and I'm pretty sure it was an accident. That undo thing is tricky sometimes.--Jude 05:01, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Genuine mistake. Sometimes I act before thinking, someone had reverted it before I clicked undo and I hadn't relised. Retiono Virginian 16:09, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem at all. I've seen it happen twice with others since yours happened.  I'm positive there's no issue here.  You would never vandalise an article.--Jude 22:05, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Nation of Islam Template Links
I proposed removing the External Links from the NOI template more than a week ago. Nobody has responded, and I planned to remove them later this week. I saw that somebody else removed them today and you restored them. Would you care to join a discussion of the issue at Template talk:Nation of Islam, where I explained why I think the links are unnecessary. Thanks. Malik Shabazz 20:13, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Image:Statepark, Wyoming.jpg
An image that you uploaded, Image:Statepark, Wyoming.jpg, has been listed at Copyright problems because it is a suspected copyright violation. Please look there if you know that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), and then provide the necessary information there and on its page, if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. YFB ¿  01:36, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:Oh no
Sure, it's of no problem at all. Thanks for informing me though :) -Advanced 18:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the Barnstar Award
I've done and re-done a number of articles, and I hope the collective effort by everyone involved can get them to the coveted "Featured Article" status. Carajou 19:55, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

You cannot be serious
For goodness sake, what assertion of notability does Sarah higgs make??? -- RHaworth 20:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It may be the article of a child actor. I would say. I would prefer running through AFD, rather than speedy delete. Retiono Virginian 20:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

We do not need to concern ourselves with "may be"s - the rules are clear: if the author of an article cannot assert notability, then it gets deleted until they learn how to write here. -- RHaworth 20:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually. I have had a bad bloody head all day. Perhaps I'm being a little too simple. See my comment on the deletion entry. Retiono Virginian 20:11, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

It's all right, we all have such days. -- RHaworth 20:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Regarding Grammar Fix
Thank you for fixing the grammar on my userpage. But you really shouldn't go to editing people's userpages without asking; thanks anyway. Retiono Virginian 13:35, 4 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok. I will be sure to not do that in the future.


 * Kriak 21:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)