User talk:63.251.211.5

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Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Joe Montana. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. -- wrp103 (Bill Pringle) 19:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

My apologies. I saw a series of edits to the page, and sampled the one where you entered something incorrectly and then fixed it. From the two versions I compared, it looked like you were adding garbage and then changing it. (You would be surprised how many people seem to get their jollies over doing that.) I compared your entire edit session and it does indeed look like you made honest edits. I had just gotten done viewing a series of vandalizations (is that a word? ;^) and didn't assume good faith when I got to your changes. Again, I apologize.
I hope this doesn't sour you on Wikipedia. We need all the "good guys" we can get. ;^) wrp103 (Bill Pringle) 19:35, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
I recommend that you create an account and login when doing edits to Wikipedia. People tend to trust changes by logged-in accounts more than those by anons. wrp103 (Bill Pringle) 21:16, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Another suggestion is to always fill something in for the Help: Edit summary (the text box under the area where you entered changes). That way, when people look at the history for a page, they can tell what changes you made and why. Vandals almost never enter an edit summary (or else one that is clearly vandalism). So if you have a reasonable description, people will usually assume you are making the edit in good faith. Even if they disagree with what you enter, they won't consider it vandalism. wrp103 (Bill Pringle) 15:00, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
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