User talk:David s graff

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Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 11:02, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

My message concerned an edit (a vandalism warning) that you made to User:Jagged 85; you probably meant to add it to his Talk page, but there was no indication as to what it was about. My apologies if I mistook a mistake for mischief. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 23:29, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Welcome

  • I was just getting embarrassed by Mel, saw your query, and snooped. But then thought someone ought to say Hi, welcome to Wiki. They normally (must be running short handed) would have an admin post a mixed boilerplate plus some stuff the individual found useful in a message, so I'll spare you the clutter. You might want to poke around my user page for some useful links, that's my quick file for things I'd rather not forget. Snooping around is not considered impolite, but almost expected in Wikiculture. Took me some getting used to, but that's the way it is. Most people expect a response in the same place the original message was posted, so if you leave a question, the answer may only appear where you asked... So add such talks to your watchlist (clickbox), and check it regularly and frequently after leaving a question.

Others (usu. Admins) will tell you at the top of their talk page what they want. (e.g. Some will be glad if you only bottom post, others won't mind if you interject so a thread stays together. Varying the Indenting level on Interjections is good manners. A quick 'diff' from your watchlist will usually show whether the answer was to you, or not. It's easy to click an item to remove it when the time has expired. Experment.

  • But again, feel free to snoop most anywhere. Try email if you think things should be private, but be advised that many people leave it blocked. Wiki-ideals are that everything should be out in the open, so thats' the way the old-timers work all the time.
  • Last, spend some time hoovering in WP:AFD, WP:RFC, and WP:PR and thouroughly browse the 'HELP' link to get a sense of the culture and it's tools. Hope this helps. If you mention you're new, you should be fine. (The only dumb question is the one unasked)
FrankB 20:56, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Two more Tips

  • Just two more thoughts.
    • Try to make it a habit to check an articles history to see how actively it is being edited by others BEFORE clicking and edit button, even if it's a section edit. If it hasn't changed much recently, you won't be stepping into the middle of controversy or an edit war (which I advise you to give a wide bearth!)
    • Always check the talk page and it's history tab as well. Whatever you spotted may be embroiled in controversy... etc., or someone may have left a note about the deficiency and that they plan on handling it, or whatever. If things are quiet, edit away.
    • Here's some boilerplate greetings: Standard_user_greeting (results follow) FrankB 21:13, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, David s graff, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! 

  • Gee... I didn't know about the {{HELPME}} template (Double squiggly braces surround a system command, normally templates, like the above. (Edit the page to see the difference)

Best wishes!FrankB 21:13, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chinatown Edits

In reply to the message you sent me in User_talk:Jagged_85#Chinatown_Edits, I think you've got the wrong person. If you check the edits before mine, you'll notice that the vandalism was already there, though I didn't notice it myself earlier. I've already given a clear edit summary for each edit I made in that article, which you can see for yourself in the Chinatown history page. If you need to find the real vandal, you'll need to look back even further. Jagged 85 07:35, 18 March 2006 (UTC)


templates substituted by a bot as per Wikipedia:Template substitution Pegasusbot 22:15, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] (IDF) Purity of Arms

I took up your early August comment to cite the instance of the IDF's use of ground troops in southern Lebanon during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon Conflict. Having been a noncombattant in the latter, I'm perhaps a little too close to the topic to be entirely objective, nor do I have time at present to search and provide the supportive references required to add this material to the article. So I noted my point on the Discussion page and would be interested in your response. -- Thanks, Deborahjay 14:55, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History of Iran

Hi, You've put this comment [1] last year in the talk page of the article. I tried to improve it. Would you please check it now? Thanks a lot. --Sa.vakilian(t-c) 05:40, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your changes. I worked on this article again today. Please review my changes and let me know what you think. David s graff 17:33, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lost you

I think,you are the one,i met in berlin some years ago, we wrote letters to eachother.At that time,i lived in romania,i hope you can remember.we visited berlin,we were 9 children,we slept at a church.now i live in germany,and tried manny times to get into contact with you,but i didn-t mannage that.now,if you remember me,you told me edy,than,please write me a short mail,my adress is *****@yahoo.de. thank you,and i hope,you are the david i know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.173.209.36 (talk) 18:19, 12 October 2007 (UTC)