User talk:SmilesALot

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You wish to refer to the revert policy about explaining reverts before simply reverting away.

[edit] Explain reverts

When a revert is necessary, it is very important to let people know why you reverted. This helps the reverted person because they can remake their edit, but fixing whatever problem it is that you've identified.

Explaining reverts also helps other people. For example, it lets people know whether they need to even view the reverted version (in the case of, eg, "rv page blanking"). Because of the lack of non-verbal communication online, if you don't explain things clearly people will probably assume all kinds of nasty things, and that's one of the possible causes for edit wars.

If your reasons for reverting are too complex to explain in the edit summary, drop a note on the Talk page. A nice thing to do is to drop the note on the Talk page first, and then revert, rather than the other way round. Sometimes the other person will agree with you and revert for you before you have a chance. Conversely, if someone reverts your change without apparent explanation, you may wish to wait a few minutes to see if they explain their actions on the article's talk page or your user talk page.

Thank you for experimenting with the page Karen Dotrice on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. _JD^talk 18:22, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

how did you delete that sentence so fast. I think that took less than a minute. don't take this the wrong way but, are you a bot of some kind? Smiles —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SmilesALot (talk • contribs) 18:28, November 9, 2006 (UTC)

No, I'm not a bot. I'm an administrator, and I have a button that lets me revert an editor's edits quicker than other users. _JD^talk 22:05, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

But how did you know I even added that sentence? or that it was inappropriate? Do the servers use fancy technology to detect inappropriate additions?

I have to say, i'm really impressed. I was going to take it out myself in a day or two, but it didnt even stay up a minute. When I first heard about the encyclopedia anyone could edit, i thought sure it wouldnt work because, you know, whats to stop people from just putting in garbage. Smiles

Heh, everything around here is fancy to me; I don't know how half of it works. Anyway, I'm hoping you're willing and wanting to make good contributions to the encyclopaedia, so here's your official welcome :)

Hello SmilesALot! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy Editing! JDtalk 00:29, 10 November 2006 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Fair use • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Build consensus • Resolving disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Useful templates • Categories • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Tools • User scripts

[edit] Thanks, and some information

Hello there! Thanks for helping to fight vandalism. You might be interested in the list of user warning templates, which you can leave on the Talk pages of users who are vandalizing Wikipedia. For instance, to warn a user who has vandalized the project once, you would enter {{subst:uw-vandalism1|article}} --~~~~ on the user's Talk page, which is of the form "User talk: username" (for instance, this page is User talk:SmilesALot). Users' entries in page histories and on recent changes have links to their Talk pages, as do their lists of contributions.

If users continue to vandalize after being warned multiple times, you can report them and an administrator will block them from editing for a period of time if appropriate. Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism has more information about fighting vandalism, and links to other pages you might find interesting.

On a slightly different note, if you weren't aware, Wikipedia contributors are given User pages on which they can provide information about themselves to other editors. Also, subpages of User pages are often used to store information relevant to the project, such as personal essays or articles being rewritten. Your user page is User:SmilesALot, and you're welcome to edit it in accordance with the User page guidelines.

If you have any questions, you're welcome to ask them on my Talk page or the help desk. Happy editing! --Slowking Man 00:41, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Have a Barnstar!

I've run into you on many vandal reverts. I'm quite impressed. I think you have earned this ;)...

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I, Persian Poet Gal, award SmilesALot this anti-vandalism barnstar for countless anti-vandal reverts. ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 21:31, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please take care while reverting

Hi SmilesALot. I noticed your vandal fighting efforts. Many thanks for those. One note of caution though, this recent edit of yours to Brian actually reverted back a previous vandal edit which was quite a lot worse than the vandalism you removed. Its often worth checking back a few edits in the article's history to see if you should go back to an earlier version if there is a string of vandalisms. Best, and thanks again, Gwernol 22:58, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding edits made to Adam Phillips (animator)

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, SmilesALot! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule \bnewgrounds\.com\b, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links policy for more information. If the link was to an image, please read Wikipedia's image tutorial on how to use a more appropriate method to insert the image into an article. If your link was intended to promote a site you own, are affiliated with, or will make money from inclusion in Wikipedia, please note that inserting spam into Wikipedia is against policy. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 07:42, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks from California Gold Rush

Thanks for helping protect today's Main page FA! NorCalHistory 19:14, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:SmilesALot/badwords

What did you hope to accomplish with this page? Lupin's tool doesn't work like that. Unless I'm mistaken, it's supposed to be in your monobook, not your userpace. I have redirected to your userspace. If you need instructions on how to use Lupin's tool, I'm sure he will assist you. Not targeting you're page for no reason. I saw it marked as semi-protected and it wasn't by any means. Regards — Moe 05:10, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, ok. Feel free to revert my redirection of your sub-page then. Just make sure to remove the sprotect2 tag (since it isn't protected). — Moe 16:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC)