User talk:Chadhoward

Talk:Climatic Research Unit hacking incident

Thank you for your contributions to the encyclopedia! In case you are not already aware, an article to which you have recently contributed, Climatic Research Unit hacking incident, is on article probation. A detailed description of the terms of article probation may be found at Wikipedia:General sanctions/Climate change probation. Also note that the terms of some article probations extend to related articles and their associated talk pages.

The above is a templated message. Please accept it as a routine friendly notice, not as a claim that there is any problem with your edits. Thank you. -- TS 23:21, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sock template

I apologise if I've made a false accusation--if so that's an error I'd do anything to set right. You can defend yourself against a false claim by commenting at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Scibaby. See also some useful advice at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Guidance#Defending yourself against claims. For myself I will take your word for it pending a finding to the contrary and as a sign of goodwill I will remove the template from your user page. --TS 20:18, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've done it. For the record your words in response, which I've also removed from the page, are:

I'm not a sockpuppet or the user named Scibaby. It feels really crappy to put work into improving an article and then get accused of being deceitful. This is my first try at contributing to the talk pages on Wikipedia and I wish it were more welcoming!

--TS 20:20, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You've been cleared. Anything I can do to help, or undo the damage, please don't hesitate to ask. --TS 20:34, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. A checkuser came around and assured us that you are not a sockpuppet of Scibaby. Let me offer you an apology for that investigation, and let me also be the first to do this:

Welcome!

Welcome!

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Just wanted to second the message, and offer you a collective apology for the manner in which you were first received. The Climate Change articles are the worst I've ever come across (from a WP:NPOV, WP:CIVIL and WP:BITE perspective). I'd almost suggest editing other content to get a sense of how great Wikipedia can be, since you certainly won't get that sense there. In any case, glad to see you're continuing to edit. See you around.--Heyitspeter (talk) 04:36, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the welcome messages NW and Heyitspeter. I guess I jumped into one of the more controversial pages, but it sure is a good education in all sorts of Wikipedia policies and dispute resolution procedures! -- Chadhoward (talk) 16:05, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]