User talk:208.81.184.4

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[edit] Saving test edits

Welcome, and thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test on the page Image:BalancingRock.JPG worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --• EvanS :: talk § email § photos •
00:10, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

The edit in question was adding Category:Garden of the Gods to the image. I mistakenly though I was on a commons page, where that cat exists (see commons:Category:Garden of the Gods). Also note that I subsequently reverted vandalism on that article by 65.18.31.254 (talk · contribs) on this edit. -- 208.81.184.4 17:28, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Yes, I greatly appreciate your vandalism revert, and that vandal is now blocked for a year. I'm sorry if your took my message wrong. • EvanS :: talk § email § photos • 23:56, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas A. Scully

Hi, what kind of balancing do you think needs to be done on the article? I'd be glad to discuss it with you. Regards,Rich 01:04, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Please see comments at Talk:Thomas A. Scully

[edit] Neutering cats

If "neutering cats" is not the stable term for removing categories, then it URGENTLY NEEDS TO BE. Thanks. --Kizor 19:28, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

I didn't originate the term, but I'm a sucker for bad puns, so when I saw an edit using the term to describing the act of adding a colon (i.e. 2 small round objects) to a category to neutralize it, I remembered it & started using it. -- 208.81.184.4 21:37, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User Name?

I noticed you have made a lot of good edits recently, and you appear to be an experienced Wikipedia user - I am curious as to why you don't have a regular user name set up. --Descartes1979 (talk) 02:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I can't speak for everyone that uses this IP address, but I've been told that I can use WP (including making constructive edits) as long as I don't login. I'm generally WikiGnomish, so not getting 'credit' for my edits isn't really an issue for me; an edit should be judged as valuable based on the edit itself, not the editor. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 02:18, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I find it a bit amusing that we have made conflicting edits under the same IP. At least none of us has been tagged as a vandal. Does Vangent somehow create a Gnome-friendly environment? 208.81.184.4 (talk) 19:52, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the heads up on the FAQs and such. -- Please feel free to undo the article creation (not that you have to). Again, thanks for the heads up Mr Gnome :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeb.rodgers (talk • contribs) 22:39, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually someone else already took care of it. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 22:50, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Eli Whitney

Hi, the recent edit you made to Eli Whitney has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; 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. treelo talk 19:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Could you explain more clearly why you feel this edit is unconstructive? The dif clearly shows that I am dab'ing the link to Harper's Ferry (which is a redirect) with Harpers Ferry Armory, which is what's being discussed. I also did an (admittedly short) edit summary that adequately describes what I was doing with the edit. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 19:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
After reading your talk page, I see that you frequently have made false positive identifications of vandalism, going so far as to state that "you might accidentally delete good faith contributions and warn users for them, because you're using huggle" (to quote another WP User). As you did undo your revert of my edit, I'm assuming you realized your mistake, but am a little disappointed that you did not apologize for it, as you state on your talk page is your normal course of action. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 23:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re Removal of content

Sorry about that, I didn't see the inclusion of the wikisource external link. I'll revert to your good faith edit. Wisdom89 (T / C) 18:15, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 18:16, 30 May 2008 (UTC)