User talk:Udibi

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[edit] January 2008

Hi, the recent edit you made to Heath Ledger 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. Snowolf How can I help? 00:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Heath Ledger. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Gwernol 00:56, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


I appreciate that you all are trying to maintain a page during a time when many people are trying to make innumerable edits, both valid and otherwise, but this is completely out of hand. The information that I inserted and that was "reverted" as "unconstructive" is now a permanent (as much as anything on Wikipedia can be) part of the article. At the time, the news reports were changing so quickly that I couldn't keep up with a source. Mind you, I added a single word, "naked", to describe Health Ledger at the time of his death. Apparently the human body in its unadorned state is so controversial that the mere word "naked" requires its own footnote! That single word earned me TWO warnings.
Right after I received my first two warnings (the first, thankfully, friendly - I do appreciate that, Snowolf), I went back to the article. Trying to rectify my earlier "infraction," at the end of a relevant thread of the discussion page I added a link to an Associated Free Press article to substantiate the nudity. Next thing I know, I get another instant response - a "Level 4" vandalism warning. I went back and looked up what that means (= "Assumes bad faith; strong cease and desist, last warning"). To issue that level of warning - or ANY warning for that matter - to something completely appropriate....well, I just hope that all you Wikipedia gurus just had your hands too full and lost track of what you were doing. All I can say is, that is probably the last time I will touch an article that is breaking news. This is all too much! Udibi (talk) 06:33, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


Sorry for the harsh warning for something that wasn't vandalism. Vandalfighting sometimes requires snap decissions, and this time I was wrong. I apologize deeply and hope that you will stay and further edit. I have obviously removed the warning and hope the matter is settled. See you around the 'pedia, Poeloq (talk) 15:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


Thank you for looking into this and clearing up the matter. I can certainly understand that it must sometimes be difficult to make the quick judgment calls required to fight vandals. Udibi (talk) 18:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] William Alexander

Hi, Udibi! I'm curious about your recent addition to List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: K-L of William Alexander Levy. That article (on Levy) makes no mention of his sexuality and isn't in any LGBT-related cats, though I see that you put the LGBTProject banner on the talk page. In addition, I'm unable to review Max's "Lives and Adventures" - at least not through Google Books. Could you clarify the situation? Thanks! -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 15:33, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm having a hard time with this. I'm all for him being gay [ =) ], but it's considered "controversial" info, meaning it really should be a) explicit in his article, and b) properly sourced. Is it possible to find a better ref? And add it to his article? I'd feel much better about including him on the list then. Many thanks for your hard work!! -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 00:38, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry - didn't see the ref you added to the list! That one works for me (the Ted Wells podcast description). But the Levy article really should have some mention of his sexuality :) Thanks again!!! -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 00:44, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] May 2008

Hi, the recent edit you made to Talk:Glendora (Television producer and host) 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. Razorflame Report false positives 00:09, 11 May 2008 (UTC)