User talk:Username

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Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. Pavel Vozenilek 20:50, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I'd like to know more about Photography, so can you suggust any other sites i could use? Another question, am i talking to myself?

You can see our article on Photography, which has lots of links to other articles and external sites. There's also a link there to a Wikibook about photography.-gadfium 18:17, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry for redirecting your page: A little confusing. εγκυκλοπαίδεια* 22:10, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Evil saltine 05:54, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, as you did to God, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --W.marsh 05:59, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Evil saltine 06:03, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikipedia. Please note that page blanking, addition of random text, deliberate misinformation, and repeated and blatant violation of WP:NPOV are considered vandalism. If you believe you have been blocked unfairly, please add the text {{unblock}} to this page, along with an explanation of why you believe you were unfairly blocked. An administrator will review your case. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may come back after the block expires. Evil saltine 06:18, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What to do with this page

What should we do about the many wrong links that go here? Kukini replied on my talk page as follows:

Not sure, but the talk page should remain. You can ADD a notice to it if you like, but best to unlink whatever links you see as problematic. Kukini 20:33, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Since this is a talk page, I'd like to move the discussion here. I wouldn't want to do the unlinking because there are about 100 links, and it would violate the principle Do not edit other user's comments. How about the box at the top, which I just added? — Sebastian (talk) 20:58, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Changing my mind, as you seem to be referring to "what links here" with your concern. Any editor who signs her or his post here will have their user page linked here. Thus, we do not need to be doing anything regarding this talk page, especially NOT deleting notices. I will clean up the top. -Kukini 21:22, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Please don't! Let me explain why, first. — Sebastian 21:33, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

OK. Kukini 21:35, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Of course some links are correct. But please take the time and look at the actual links from pages like that one. You'll find that they contain the words "ask a question on my talk page" with a link to this page, but are signed by somebody who is not User:Username. That is what I am trying to address. It seems to me that constitutes the majority of links. In addition, the name is sometimes used as a generic name, just like "someone@microsoft.com", e.g. in Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace. — Sebastian 21:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I see. That link was due to the post of User:Mlm42. Can you see it? Kukini 21:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, of course. Meanwhile, on my talk page, we reached the assessment that the box on this page may not be clear enough. Do you have an idea for improving its wording? — Sebastian 22:05, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I think the wording is clear enough. But perhaps, the users who have been accidentally sending other users to this talk page should also be contacted and encouraged to adjust their approaches? Kukini 22:08, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

That is possible, but I'd rather get to the root of the problem. I would assume most users make this mistake once or twice until they learn how to use templates correctly. So we would be preaching to the converted, while we wouldn't reach those who using the templates for the first time. My ideal solution would be to fix the templates so that such errors can't occur anymore. It seems this is due to a technical limitation, but I'd rather spend my time lobbying for a change than cleaning up the mess while we know it keeps happening. I used to be a bit active about change requests, but I'm out of practice. If you agree that that's the right way to go about it we could (maybe next week or so) promote this together. — Sebastian 22:18, 8 December 2006 (UTC)