User talk:Knickerchain

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[edit] The Waltons (IOW)

Well, I'm a Tony Walton (yes, it's my real name). I'm no relation to John-Boy, I'm not the Oscar-winning one that was married to Julie Andrews, I've never written a note of music in my life and I'm nothing to do with this band. I couldn't let an article with a name like that go unloved, though!

By the way:

[edit] A Short Lesson On Reverting Edits

If you find you've bogged up an edit completely and want to revert to an earlier version, it's easy.

  1. Click on the "History" tab for the article
  2. Click on the date and time in the article history corresponding to the version you want to revert to
    You'll see the version of the article from that date and time
  3. Click on "Edit"
    You'll see a normal edit screen with a warning that you're editing an old version
  4. Explain in the edit summary why you're reverting (just a few words; people usually use "rv" as a shorthand for "revert")
  5. Click on "Save"

You can rv any edit, including other people's, but do this with extreme caution and always explain why. There's a thing called the "3RR", the "3 revert rule", which states that you can only revert a single page three times in a 24-hour period (excluding reverts of your own edits or reversion of simple vandalism). Breaking the 3RR can have consequences up to being blocked from editing. As I say though, reverting your own edits is easy, allowed as many times as you want, and can get you out of a hole if you mangle an article irretrievably. Cheers. Tonywalton  | Talk 15:20, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the tip! (Knickerchain 15:23, 8 September 2005 (UTC))

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