User talk:Joanna-Jervis
September 2007
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Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Potter, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. FisherQueen (Talk) 20:25, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
- Hi, I think the editor who made the above change and comment is being a bit harsh, probably not British.. and assumed it was just silly vandalism. I think they are part of the Wikipedia Cabal, masters of the hidden secrets that they, and they alone know.. Basically they want to see every last little detail cross-referenced to other sources.
- You could find a reference for this (a web page/book/publication) that says something like People from Stoke-on-Trent are often known as 'potters', and make the change again, providing the reference on the talk page.. or let it pass (which is what I'd probably do).
- Have fun on Wikipedia, don't let them grind you down. EasyTarget 09:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- Hi. I don't think the above message is really fair to me, to be honest. Every day, I remove messages that look just like that one. "Smith is a cool dude from New York," "Jimmy has the biggest sexual organ in Taiwan," that sort of thing. I thought this was more of the same... I had no idea that this was an actual nickname for people in that town. I apologize for calling you a vandal, and please feel free to return it... but if you try to phrase it in a way that makes it clear that it's a general nickname for people from there, and not a shout-out to some guy named Potter, then it'll be less likely that some other patroller will revert it again. -FisherQueen (Talk) 10:57, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- I must apologise here, that was waay too strongly worded, I was actually trying to be flippant (I know there's no cabal, just a lot of users who do a good job trying to keep on top of all the vandalism). Citations are useful for the anti-vandal patrols since they help demonstrate the usefulness of an edit. Sorry for any offence. EasyTarget 14:14, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- So I'm not hurt, EasyTarget doesn't have to feel badly that I missed his joke, Joanna-Jervis is welcome to reference the town nickname in Potter, I learned a little bit about Stoke-on-Trent, and the weather is beautiful. We're all so very happy... :) -FisherQueen (Talk) 16:00, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- I must apologise here, that was waay too strongly worded, I was actually trying to be flippant (I know there's no cabal, just a lot of users who do a good job trying to keep on top of all the vandalism). Citations are useful for the anti-vandal patrols since they help demonstrate the usefulness of an edit. Sorry for any offence. EasyTarget 14:14, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- Hi. I don't think the above message is really fair to me, to be honest. Every day, I remove messages that look just like that one. "Smith is a cool dude from New York," "Jimmy has the biggest sexual organ in Taiwan," that sort of thing. I thought this was more of the same... I had no idea that this was an actual nickname for people in that town. I apologize for calling you a vandal, and please feel free to return it... but if you try to phrase it in a way that makes it clear that it's a general nickname for people from there, and not a shout-out to some guy named Potter, then it'll be less likely that some other patroller will revert it again. -FisherQueen (Talk) 10:57, 20 September 2007 (UTC)