User talk:Wikitumnus

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[edit] Template messages

Just cos I saw your message to someone else: Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace HTH, Cheers Stephenb (Talk) 14:12, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I've used them several times now. Mr Tumnus (talk) 00:11, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Warning vandals

Hello, I reverted a nonsense edit which Jameshowe2k7 made to Mouse, and saw he had made other similar edits, so I reverted them as well. I went to his talk page and saw that you had left two messages for him. One of them had "Template:uw-vandalism1" in invisible text, and another had "Template:uw-vandalism3". Can you tell me how to use these templates? Thanks. Mr Tumnus (talk) 14:06, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

  • Sure thing. These are the standard vandal warning templates, and can be used like any other Wikipedia template. For example, the vandalism1 template can be called trough {{uw-vand1}}. A list of all the available templates can be found here

    Before filing a warning template, make sure you check the users talk page for previous warnings. For example, if a user already has a recent level 2 warning (Recent is less then 1 week ago) you place a level 3 warning on the page. If the user didn't receive any warnings yet, then a level 1 template is placed.

    One exception is the "Last warning" template (level 4) Once a user has already received that you should add a second level 4 warning, and report him at WP:AIAV. Instructions on how that's done is done can be found on the AIAV page. Is that enough information? If not, feel free to ask for more :) --Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 14:13, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. Mr Tumnus (talk) 00:12, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crum375 sockpuppet of Slimvirgin

It is beyond doubt that Crum375 is a sockpuppet of Slimvirgin, even down to deleting repeatedly the article on Swalwell, Alberta which is where SV is rumored to live, until told to stop.

So there is nothing uninformative about using the sockpuppet template, because that is exactly what it is supposed to be used for - to mark accounts used for abusive sockpuppetry.

Your vandalism will be reverted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.131.88.98 (talk) 22:32, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

My vandalism? Mr Tumnus (talk) 00:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism in New Articles

When dealing with new articles that contain vandalism, use the {{db-vandalism}} tag rather than just removing the text. It helps to keep track of what's going on and allows the offending user to be properly warned. Cheers. ++Arx Fortis (talk) 00:05, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. I'll do that in future. Mr Tumnus (talk) 00:11, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of List of places in The Chronicles of Narnia

An article that you have been involved in editing, List of places in The Chronicles of Narnia, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of places in The Chronicles of Narnia. Thank you. --BJBot (talk) 17:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Aslan's How

An article that you have been involved in editing, Aslan's How, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aslan's How. Thank you. --BJBot (talk) 20:19, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Queluz National Palace

This article, to which you contributed, will be featured on the Main Page on January 5, 2008.[1] Risker (talk) 17:50, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thank you for warning 68.49.200.156 about vandalising the Hitler talk page. I was just about to warn him myself, but I wouldn't have known how to revert the page! Keep up the good work! Fléêťflämẽ U-T-C 01:50, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] England FC mistake

Hi, I have reverted your edit to England national football team here [2], where you inadvertantly dissapeared the article from line 634 downwards. MickMacNee (talk) 19:30, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't know how that happened. The IP had added {{main|failure}} to the article, and had also added {{main|urine}} to American beer and {{main|inferiority complex}} to Germans. I used TWINKLE (which I'm not very familiar with yet) to roll back, and somehow it did more. Thanks for catching it. Wikitumnus (talk) 09:57, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Maybe worth telling the twinkle people, you might have used it correctly it just might be a bug. I was more amazed no-one had noticed it sooner. MickMacNee (talk) 11:26, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] pedophile comments and wikilinks

Hi, although your edits are hopefully well-meaning the "pedophile scandal" is what made international news. We correctly have pointed out - directly after the quote - that the term is misapplied. Str1977 and I have been asked not to engage each other so I wanted to respond to you directly so you knew at least that I considered your view and I'm open to improving the article. Also, as indicated in the edit summary, I wasn't able to find a good source to reconcile the drunk priest comments, if we include anything we have to qualify if she was joking or what context it was said. Frankly it's a talk show that covers dozens of topics everyday so realistically we shouldn't put everything the hosts say even if they are outrageous. On a BLP we need to show extra care and ensure balance. Benjiboi 15:24, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

"Hopefully well-meaning"? Err, thanks! Btw, I think it's better to keep the discussion on the article talk page. I really don't see how you can just revert and revert, with no discussion on the talk page, on the grounds that you've been asked not to engage another editor. Wikitumnus (talk) 22:38, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, yes, I didn't quite and still don't quite understand what that editor who suggested to both of us not to engage truly intended unless they honestly thought both of us were simply going to walk away from the article. In my defense I didn't engage them on the talk page but did respond to everything they wrote. I've pretty much gone over everything in the article myself from lede to EL's whereas the other editor's only intent has focused on labeling the subject as anti-Catholic and lately has moved on to another "controversy". In any case I dug up references when they weren't able or unwilling and added them.
Consensus generally is arrived at through editing as well as talk page discussions. Ironically our roles had reversed with myself inviting them to the talk page to stop the revert warring on past occasions but due to the direction given I had held back directly conversing with them. Now, sadly, I've just decided to step back even though there are some untruths there. They aren't major but I feel if something's wrong we should fix it. I had taken about nine days wikibreak because of this situation and just saw this reply here so wanted to reply back. I think for the time being I'll just have to wait and see what happens with that article as i do have plenty of other projects to work on. Benjiboi 18:13, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

For the revert here!--MONGO 02:47, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Rather a childish piece of vandalism! Wikitumnus (talk) 22:35, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback

Hello Wikitumnus, I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck. Acalamari 20:28, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for that. I'll try to use it responsibly. Wikitumnus (talk) 22:35, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
You're welcome! Acalamari 22:39, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Wikitumnus, can I ask if you are a returning editor? Some of your edits seem to suggest that you may have prior experience. Feel free to email me if you like, if only to tell me about other editors who may know about any situation. Thanks, Mackan79 (talk) 23:57, 8 March 2008 (UTC)