User talk:Dow.nathan

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[edit] Welcome!

Hello, Dow.nathan! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Melsaran (formerly Salaskаn) 19:13, 3 August 2007 (UTC) Getting started Wikipedia tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

[edit] October 2007

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Tokio Hotel. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. AFUSCO 15:35, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps if you carefully read the edit, you would notice I did not vandalise the page. I don't appreciate the time I spent editing being wasted. My edit improved the flow of the article and removed unconfirmed information. N. Robert Dow 15:38, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

It was a good edit, thanks, but if you remove content from an article, it is generally recommended that you explain your changes in the edit summary or on the talk page, so that other editors understand why you made the change and do not revert it. Melsaran (talk) 15:42, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Gotcha. I was still typing it when my edit was reversed. I kind of panicked. Sorry for the inconvinience. Next time, I'll do the discussion page before I do the edit. Thanks for setting me straight. NDow 15:48, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh, that's not necessary, we encourage you to be bold; it is just that removing content without citing a reason is not really a good idea, but as long as you explain your motivations in the edit summary or on the talk page, you're fine. Melsaran (talk) 17:30, 7 October 2007 (UTC)