User:Avnjay
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[edit] Welcome...
...to my User Page. It's not big or complex and it doesn't have any fancy graphics or animations, but I like it.
[edit] Wikipedia and Me
"Books are repositories of knowledge...it is vital that you obtain books."
I didn't realise the vandalism that had been directed at this page until I just spotted my user page on a vandalism warning on a Talk page! Well guess that means I'm having an effect. My thanks to all those who have reverted and restored my page!
Well now, over a year. Hardly the edit count to match but then it's been slow and steady - something nice to do when I have time. It was the strength of the Wikipedia community that made me start, and that is still something I enjoy.
Without doubt the most common word which I have seen people add as vandalism to an article is "poop". I must confess that this confuses me. Out of all the words to choose, why "poop"??
Got fed up of editors stealing my edits using Huggle so joined the crowds to see what it was. In one day I more than doubled my edit count! Now I understand why everyone uses it! Still, I think it's quite a bit easier to make a mistake and revert something that isn't vandalism with it, as you can't quite see the whole picture. Reverting should never be too easy! Attracted quite a bit more attention to my user and talk pages, unfortunately all of it negative (apart from the wonderful editors who undo the vandalism!).
[edit] Mistakes to learn from
"The man who makes no mistakes usually does not make anything."
Some things to keep me humble:
- 13:59, 28 May 2008 Whoopie pie - Reverted some nonsense additions to an article and then realised it was an attempt to add a citation by someone who didn't know how to use the code. Undid my revert and corrected citation coding.
- Lesson - Assume good faith.
- 01:16, 3 June 2007 and 01:23, 3 June 2007 - Vandalism warnings posted on User pages and not User Talk pages!
- Lesson - check I'm on the talk page before posting!
- 02:19, 2 June 2007 Terrill Middle School - Page was a short article abusing a school, which I have seen many times before so tagged it for speedy deletion. Turned out it was a proper article which had been vandalised.
- Lesson - check History page before tagging articles!
- 01:18, 2 June 2007 Roger Mellie - reverted edits which were adding category tags such as "Fictional rapists", "Fictional murderers" then realised from reading the article that they were probably true!
- Lesson - Read article first: things which are vandalism on one page might be content on another!
