User talk:Mj92
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Hello, Mj92, 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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[edit] Anti-vandalism
Hi I just joined Wikipedia yesterday, and I realised just how much I loathe vandalism. I've decided to become a kind of part-time unofficial vandalism fixer, and I have a question which I thought I should ask an administrator...I was wondering, when you put a warning (template or otherwise) on a non-member's talk page, is there any guarantee that they read it? I have used Wikipedia for a long time without being a member, and I had never even heard of a talk page! Thanks for your help, (Mj92 06:29, 24 February 2007 (UTC))
- No, there is no guarantee. It might be a AOL proxy, where the IP changes with the with every edit. Or the person might just ignore the new message bar. In those cases the next user of the IP will pick up the message. But experience has shown that many do receive their messages and a lot of simple vandalism stops once people realise they are watched. Personally I don't warn for IP vandalism when it relates to actions several hours back and the IP is no longer in current use to avoid annoying the next user. Hint: check the contributions. One act of vandalism will often unearth a string of actions.
- On the other hand, please balance vandalfighting with content work, preferably on non-contentious subjects. It relaxes and puts things into perspective.
- Any further questions - don't hesitate to ask. Agathoclea 09:30, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
