User talk:81.158.14.24

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I am unsure if I am the person you are saying is guilty of vandalism. I have recently added names to the Reporting Scotland page? I was only trying to put the details in some alphabetical order and display the bureaus and portfolios journalists have north of the border. It was merely a tidy up and I did not insult, swear or make a fool of anyone in the process? If my work is such an offence to Wikipedia users, then please just put it back to what it was a few days ago. I really hope that this was not interpreted as vandalism - that was the last thing I would ever want someone to think! Perhaps I should rethink my involvement with Wikipedia, as I am here to enhance and NOT to destroy this great reference tool. Thanks

Hi, unfortunately I can't really answer you since it seems you changed your IP since I sent you the message. Could you be more specific and give me the time I gave you the warning (or a copy of the warning)? We could check the logs and try to dig up what went wrong. I might have done a mistake. Anyway, it is possible that the message was not intended to you since we track unregistred users by IP. Perhaps you should consider taking an account here? :) -- lucasbfr talk 22:48, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I made the changes yesterday evening. I included Morag Kinaburgh, Nina Macleod and Andrew Anderson onto the correspondents list. I can see that there is reference to BBC Scotland in the Anne Mackenzie edit histrory. What was the act of vandalism anyway? I will consider creating a username etc when I see what I am getting myself into. As I say, I am not wanting to join something that I get accused of vandalism for. This is a chill out not a wrist slapping exercise for me.
Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.158.14.24 (talk • contribs) .
Ok I remember the edit in question: was it this one? When I saw it on the recent changes, you seemed to have removed a merge tag without any explanation, and reverting an edit with "(revert - please do not remove merge tags)" as summary. Since you were an IP I assumed it was some kind of vandalism. Please accept my apologies (but keep in mind that removing a tag on a page without any proper discussion is frowned upon) -- lucasbfr talk 23:14, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for that. No it was not me. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.158.14.24 (talk • contribs) 23:17, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Then I honestly can't find your update. There were no reversion on Reporting Scotland, so I can only assume you received a warning that was intended to someone else with the same IP. If you create an account, you'll be sure that won't happen again. Happy Editing and don't hesitate to contact me anytime! -- lucasbfr talk 04:13, 22 October 2006 (UTC)


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