User talk:138.25.139.183

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[edit] Eric Voegelin

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Deadsalmon 05:55, 13 January 2006 (UTC)


Hi DeadSalmon,

thanks for your response. I'm not that new to wiki. I've probably contributed over a third of the voegelin article over a period of time - the comments i recently 'added' had actually been silently removed by someone else in a prior edit while i was busy elsewhere - so i was merely putting them back. I have also used the talk page for Voegelin, and previously when stuff has been removed or altered there has usually been some comment or explanation rather than accusations of vandalism. It is true the large section was marked 'controveries about voegelin' was removed, and i'll probably reinsert that at some time as no one as explained/justified the removal. It was also somewhat suprising to find someone else's article, which i had just contributed to, put up for deletion in almost the same breath. Oh well.

I've also contributed to other articles as well. However, i've never really seen much need to put my name forward, as an authority on anything. It either stands or does not. perhaps i should change that in these new days for wiki?

anyway we all seem to want the same thing, which is for this to be the best it can be.

138.25.139.183 01:45, 16 January 2006 (UTC)jon

[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia

Hello Jon, and welcome to Wikipedia. You've asked in a few different areas who I am, and based on a few other things, it's a safe bet that you're new here. It's always good to have new people interested in contributing, but you may want to familiarize yourself with how Wikipedia works in order to contribute in the most effective manner. For starters, keep in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia — which is why your casual comments added to Eric Voegelin have been removed. This isn't a judgment of the merit of gnoticism and Voegelin, but rather an interest in maintaining an academic tone in the article themselves (you may want to discuss the issue of how to address such material on the talk page of the Voegelin article). Second, you may want to take a look at the notability requirements used at Wikipedia to determine whether an article should be included, and especially guidelines on verifiability.

Finally, please consider making an account of your own; there's a number of benefits. You can take a look at the introduction page for starters. Thanks for contributing, and sorry for any mixups you've encountered. Deadsalmon 06:22, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Howdy Jon, regarding your note on the Talk:Eric Voegelin, User:Deadsalmon is a user on Wikipedia (most of us use user names). All are volunteers (in fact, by chance, the three of us seem to be academics of some variety, myself a grad student at the University of Washington in Seattle). Clicking the register button at the top of your screen lets you write send and recieve messages (a numerical address is not always uniquely defined). Putting four tildes (~~~~) signs your messages (only needed on talk pages). Feel free to contact me on my User_talk:Hansnesse page (click the "+" sign next to the Edit this page link to add a new comment) if you have any questions or I can help in some way. Thanks again for helping out, and I look foward to your contributions in the future. --Hansnesse 06:41, 13 January 2006 (UTC)