User talk:82.26.79.190

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hi, the recent edit you made to Imran Sheikh has been reverted, as it appears to be vandalism. Please do not vandalize pages; use the sandbox for testing, or if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks – Qxz 11:30, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your comment on the help desk

Please note that the (very polite) warning above was from 10 months ago. It is very likely that this IP address did not belong to you at that time, and that whoever did use this IP address has indeed made an unconstructive edit (I can't tell for sure, since the article in question has since been deleted). Being offended by a year old warning in this page, addressed to someone other than yourself, is plain silly.

Furthermore, since you don't edit, why do you even care about being blocked? This doesn't prevent you from reading. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 13:57, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

You seem to have also been offended by the message below which suggests you create an account. If you have no intention to edit then this is of course unnecessary. Otherwise, creating an account will help "avoid confusion with other anonymous users", which is exactly what happened here and you have complained about. So you should be thankful, not spiteful, for the suggestion. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 14:03, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Our logs confirm that this IP address edited the deleted article Imran Sheikh on 21 February 2007. Maybe it is confusing that the warning message says "recent edit" and you may have seen an orange alert saying you have new messages. The edit was 1 minute old when the message was placed in February. It's common that unregistered users get messages regarding edits made earlier by another user which had the same IP address at the time. Just ignore such messages, or create an account to avoid them and get other benefits described at Wikipedia:Why create an account?. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:46, 30 December 2007 (UTC)