User talk:Marielleh

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noosphere 23:58, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

September 11 introduction

Welcome to Wikipedia and compliments on a great first edit. Just a warning though, the 9/11 page is the source of pretty heated debate. Don't be discouraged if your edits are reverted, and don't give up. Change sometimes takes longer than expected.

You may want to familiarize yourself with the Five Pillars of Wikipedia. [1] They will serve you well here.

ps. FYI, it's considered good form to include a summary of your edits on the subject line (at the bottom of your edit page) --Digiterata 00:06, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please discuss proposed changes, especially to the intro of contentious pages, before implementing edits. --Mmx1 19:45, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits to United States were not well informed

Actually, Germany has the most intricate tax system in the world, not the U.S. It's true that the U.S. first-to-invent patent system is slightly more complicated than the first-to-file rule used everywhere else, but companies in most other industrialized countries are subject to much stricter privacy and consumer protection rules.

For example, the timing of sales is strictly regulated in most European countries (unlike American retailers who throw sales every weekend) and in many of them promotions like giving away "free" goods or services in return for certain types of purchases is illegal. It is also usually illegal to buy or sell information about consumers without their knowledge or permission. In Germany there are even special "data police" who go around making sure that companies have adequate methods in place to guarantee the security of consumers' private information. Plus, in most European countries, it is nearly impossible to be fired or laid off once you are hired, which sounds great for the worker until one realizes that such a rule makes companies very reluctant to hire until they absolutely need to do so. In the United States, of course, we have employment-at-will, which is why American companies vigorously hire and fire all the time. --Coolcaesar 17:54, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever, we need a citation for the statement. Sideways, "the nearly impossible" is not true, in those countries there's just a defined penalty - of course they fire all the time. Judging from the Index of Economic Freedom, there's 8 developed countries ranked less regulated and about 15 ranked more regulated. So I guess it's safe to say that the U.S. is a bit less regulated than the average of developed countries.--Marielleh 18:06, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hamas

Don't add protection tags to articles. Adding a tag doesn't actually protect them anyway. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 15:50, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

3RR on Racism

You are in danger of violating the three-revert rule on a page. Please cease further reverts or you may be blocked from further editing. Naconkantari e|t||c|m 21:32, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, max number of reverts I have done has been 2. I have clearly explained them, while certain editor refuses to explain any edits.--Marielleh 21:33, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am aware of the number of reverts you have made. Also, note that I will not block you as I have been involved. Naconkantari e|t||c|m 21:34, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You fail to understand original research

You fail to understand original research; original research can (and often does) have lots of citations, even from reliable sources. The issue is that the citations are used to produce a novel theory, synthesis, etc., and "more sources" doesn't help with that. Please review the policy and edit in accord with it. Jayjg ^(talk) 04:12, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Block

I've blocked this account for 12 hours for disruption, as you've been making a nuisance of yourself all day on several pages, including adding a protected tag to an unprotected page, [2] but removing it when the page was later protected. [3] These tags are for admins to work with, and you should neither add nor remove them. I also believe you may have violated 3RR, but haven't yet checked the diffs; if you did, I'll be extending the block to 24 hours. When you return, please try to settle into a more collaborative and constructive editing style. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 04:52, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Read Wikipedia policies and guidelines on protected tags.--Marielleh 04:53, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would also point out to Wikipedia:No personal attacks. Be specific instead of declaring "nuisance". What disruption? I have focused on tracking several well-known editors' obviously questionable edits and provided clear explanations and guidance to the editors. And no, I haven't broken 3RR. If you didn't notice, I removed the tag on the same basis as you removed mine. I believe this is against Wikipedia guidelines, but I didn't know about them. Thanks for explaining.--Marielleh 04:58, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

3RR

You violated WP:3RR at Arab citizens of Israel by adding five times (one edit, four reverts) to the intro over two hours that Arabs are treated as second-class citizens. You did this either by adding it from scratch or moving it from elsewhere in the article. I've therefore extended your block to 24 hours, as I see you've already been warned about 3RR. [4] The diffs are below in case you want to check them. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 05:12, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your first edit was at: 02:23 May 15

1st revert 02:44 May 15
2nd revert 02:52 May 15
3rd revert 03:58 May 15
4th revert 04:19 May 15

Sockpuppetry

This account has been blocked indefinitely as a sockpuppet of User:Christinam. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 18:17, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]