User talk:Ted19

Introduction

Hello everyone, I'm new at wikipedia so any tips are welcome.Ted19 12:13, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I could give you thousands of tips, but here is the one I believe in WP:IAR.--Kerotan ^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 12:23, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. The links in the Welcome message below will be very beneficial to you in learning to contribute to Wikipedia. Meanwhile, there are tons of tips at Wikipedia:Tips. :) --Moonriddengirl 12:25, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also another one, Wikipedia:Civility.--Kerotan ^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 12:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

Hi and welcome to Wikipedia. You'll find the attached template helpfull: Welcome!

Hello, Ted19, 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:

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! 1redrun ^Talk 12:10, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I could claim I'm magic, but the truth is I saw the edit you made to your own user page (I'm watching a page were all edits by accounts not older than 5 days are shown, this is where you find most vandalism). Your edit summary sugested you were a nice user not interested in vandalism. That's the kind of user where I try to stop by and say hi. 1redrun ^Talk 12:33, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed you're reverting vandalism: A good page to look for it is here Special:Contributions/newbies. It list all edits by new users. While not all of them are vandals (like you (your edits also apear there)) a significant portion is. Happy hunting :) 1redrun ^Talk 13:11, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, undoing it is basicaly it. Considder adding a page to your watch list (by clicking on watch on the article page) if you suspect a vandal could come back for further vandalism. If you like put the following code on the users talk page {{subst:uw-vandalism1}},{{subst:uw-vandalism2}},{{subst:uw-vandalism3}},{{subst:uw-vandalism4}}. These are increasing warning levels for vandalism. Usualy it stops most vandals if they notice they're being watched. If a user keeps vandalising, they'll be blocked by an admin sooner or later. 1redrun ^Talk 13:24, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are Bots who will automaticaly revert the most "obvious" vandalism. When the do they'll also leave a note. However if you revert vandalism yourself such a note won't be posted by a bot (as there are other reasons other than vandalism to revert an article). The 3RR rule and vandalism: I feel if you ask two editors you'll get at least 7 or 8 different responses... In my opinion reverting vandalism is always fine no matter what. However there are edits that are not exactely vandalism (such as a user changing a birthdate to an incorrect year) in these cases even if you are perfectely sure the date that was given before is correct, 3RR aplies (as you're technicaly not dealing with vandalism). Be sure to add "vandalism" to your edit summary if you're reverting it. Generaly, if you have to revert an article more than three times a day, it's best to get it to an admins attention. The admin will then either protect the article (if multiple users vandalise) or block the vandal account. 1redrun ^Talk 08:17, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

helpme

Hi. Got your note. I'm glad you found Wikipedia's editors helpful. :) {{helpme}} does work a bit like a beacon, but, like the Bat Signal, it needs people to be looking. Response is not always quite that fast. Sometimes it can be quicker to head over to the general help desk or the new contributors' page. People do keep an eye out, though, so it usually doesn't take too long. --Moonriddengirl 15:25, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]