User talk:Odysseus654

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Welcome!

Hello, Odysseus654, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! – jaksmata 03:15, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fighting vandals

Congrats on your first revert. However, reverting vandalism is only a part of the fight. Another useful tool is warning vandals. There are a host of templates to use at WP:WARN. The use of templates firstly tells the vandal that their edits are under scrutiny, and secondly allows admins to tell if the account is a "fly-past vandal" or a persistent vandal. Note that the severity of the warnings increases as the vandalism goes on. In some cases a uw-4 or uw-4im is justified as a first warning, depending on the severity of the vandalism. Persistent vandals can be reported at WP:AIV for possible administrative action. Any report there will at least be looked over by an admin, even if no action is taken. I warned the IP vandal who vandalised the Air France Flight 447 article for you. Mjroots (talk) 09:06, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, really didn't know what the protocol was, best thing I could think of is mentioning something on Talk to requesting semi-protection, neither of which I wasn't prepared to exert the authority to do. Thanks for the push for the best first step Odysseus (talk) 21:49, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Introducing Article Controversy

{{helpme}} I ran into an article yesterday about a topic that I was very interested in, unfortunately the article does not seem very high quality and doesn't look to me like it easily can be. I removed a "essay-like" tag and added a "copy-paste" tag, but I have no experience with creating new talk page templates and don't know whether this is "important" enough to do anything about. My rant about the page is here, would like a second opinion as to whether what I'm seeing really is there. This is the first "controversy" I would be initiating, any pushes as to the proper tags to use, and how hard i should push to see an article I really wish existed potentially be pruned :-( ...and yes, i need to remember to sign my posts so hereOdysseus (talk) 02:37, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Odysseus, BE BOLD when updating pages! If another editor disagrees with your changes, they should comment at the talk page. Otherwise, there is no controversy. You may wish to read the essay Silence and Consensus. Thank you for your contributions, Blurpeace 02:54, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]