User talk:Winvistaforums

Vandalism Dispute
Please stop. If you continue to use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing. Paul Cyr 22:00, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Please stop removing content, especially vandalism warnings, from Wikipedia; it is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Paul Cyr 02:08, 24 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually I would appreciate it if you would stop “vandalizing” this talk page… your message was received and noted. No reason to continue to display it here when there is a history feature on Wikipedia.  As I had read your false accusation but have not had the time up until this moment to respond to you, I would appreciate it if you did not accuse every single change you do not agree with as vandalism.


 * The edit you speak of on the Windows Vista article was made after the link to the site was removed from the article for some unknown reason. The link was on that article for several months with no objections by anyone. What you perceived to be vandalism was actually a restoration of that link, which some ambitious individual, who I can only assume did not like the site, decided to remove.


 * You can confirm this fact by looking up any Wikipedia mirror and you will see the link there from some time ago. The point of creating this account was not to disguise an identity, or to somehow spam that article, but to actually show that this edit was being made by the people working on that specific site. If this was an attempt at vandalism, why not edit it anonymously, as so many individuals plugging their site on Wikipedia do? The answer, unfortunately, and I hope your ego can handle it, is that you are wrong, Paul. This was not an attempt at vandalism.


 * I can only postulate as to why some person removed the link. Perhaps they did not like the fact that the site it is not as active as some of the major Windows Vista forum sites out there.  Nonetheless it is a completely harmless, non-profit site actually run by a couple of Windows Vista fans, and actually contains useful news and information. At least our modest amount of readers seem to think so.


 * Do you run a related site Paul? I wonder… is that the reason for you singling this situation out? Just wondering.  No doubt a number of people have contributed to the Windows Vista article, however their motivation for doing so seems quite questionable under this light, as it seems only certain sites are permitted to place a link there. Call it nepotism, call it favoritism. I consider such biased editing as a violation of what this encyclopedia is supposed to stand for.  Wouldn’t you say, Paul?


 * Rest assured you have no need to worry about any edits on that article any longer from anyone related to this site– I’m not sure we would actually want to be associated with it at this point, given the favoritism being played there. If you have any future comments please feel free to let me know.


 * The late reply to this is a result of having a life outside of Wikipedia, so I apologize for the delayed response. And please do not revert my talk page again, which is after all, my talk page… not yours. Unless this is some new regulation I haven’t read about... in which case you probably wouldn’t want to remove this response either. Winvistaforums 01:19, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Please refer to User_talk and External_links for all policies regarding your concerns. Specifically: Actively erasing personal messages without replying (if a reply would be appropriate or polite) will probably be interpreted as hostile. In the past, this kind of behavior has been viewed as uncivil, and this can become an issue in arbitration or other formal proceedings... If someone removes your comments without answering consider moving on or dispute resolution. This is especially true for vandalism warnings. and under Links to normally avoid: website that you own or maintain (unless it is the official site of the subject of the article). If it is relevant and informative, mention it as a possible link on the talk page and wait for someone else to include it, or include the information directly in the article.


 * Please also refer to Wikipedia's policy: Assume good faith. As a newcommer, you must understand that Wikipedia deals with high levels of spam and vandalism.  The aformentioned policies are put in place in order to reduce the amount of spam.  Not to say Winvistaforums is not justified to be included, but when self-promoting your own website, it is recommended to use the article's talk page in order to prevent any misunderstandings.  I hope this can be resolved and that you will decide to contribute to Wikipedia.  Below I've included a template with some useful information:

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