User talk:Opelio

Seems we missed this; better late than never?[edit]

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Fighting vandalism[edit]

Hi! I just noticed that you reverted a childish vandal in Breast, and you've been doing a lot of vandal-fighting, and that's great! One thing that can help to slow down the flood of vandalism is to let the children know that they're being watched. You can do that by posting a standard message to the vandal's talk page. (For example, I went ahead and sent a warning to the user you reverted.) You can find the details here. The templates on that page cover most situations, but if you need something different, you'll probably find it here. Sometimes a user honestly doesn't know he's messing things up, so a quick warning will set him straight. A teenager who wanders around the site randomly scribbling on articles will often stop when he realizes he's not invisible. And in the extreme cases, if someone refuses to stop blatantly vandalizing after several warnings, he can be reported to WP:AIV and blocked from editing. (But in order to justify blocking, we need to show that he's been warned, and continued anyway.) Regards, Jim Douglas 06:01, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my Talk page. Nothing like vandals who don't know how to vandalize properly. =) -- Gogo Dodo 07:28, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem....[edit]

That guy has a serious issue with lesbians.... -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 05:38, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

I have seen various acts of vandalism, corrected much, but what I saw with Langston Hughes article was really offensive. Thank for catching that persistent vandal. Thank you so very much.TonyCrew 16:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please consider also warning vandals[edit]

Thank you for reverting vandalism on Wikipedia. Could you also please consider using our vandal warning system [1]? First offenses get a "test1," then a "test2," followed by a "test3" and "test4." At the end of this, if the vandal persists, he or she merits blocking for a period of time. If you do this, it will greatly help us in decreasing vandalism on Wikipedia. Much thanks, -- Kukini 01:10, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi once again...please do consider using the anti vandal tool you are using to also notify the vandals that their vandalism is not appropriate. It will greatly help us in decreasing vandalism on Wikipedia. Much thanks,--Kukini 16:42, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

none of my business, but... (copied from User talk:Imjustmatthew)[edit]

I noticed you recently reverted an edit to Earthquake made by 67.189.86.160 in which they had replaced the word tremor with temblor. This seems a curious thing to revert, as the word temblor is a synonym for earthquake. Cheers - Opelio 08:12, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I hand assumed the edit by an anon was intentionally misspelled, apparently the ignorance was mine. I will revert my mistake. --Matthew 08:15, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you again for pointing out my mistake, you are wrong in one thing though, it was totally your buisness to point out my mistake, tools like VandalProof make it really easy to destroy legitamite users, and mistakes made in their use are very important. thank you again for taking the time to point this out to me. --Matthew 08:23, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ASUE[edit]

Hello, Opelio and thank you for your contributions on articles related to A Series of Unfortunate Events. I'd like to invite you to become a part of WikiProject A Series of Unfortunate Events, a WikiProject aiming to improve coverage of A Series of Unfortunate Events and related articles on Wikipedia.

If you would like to help out and participate, please visit the project page for more information. Thanks! <3 Clamster 14:49, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sep 15[edit]

G'day, I noticed you removed two events from the September 15 page regarding spaceflight. In my opinion they are notable, as they refer to the days when human spaceflight was still in its infancy, and research was ongoing. I would like to revert your changes. Just wanted to tell you. Cheers. --Ouro 12:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Thank you for your response, I appreciate it. A bit also about me: I have spent only about a quarter of a century on Earth, but was too always fascinated by stars and space, and have spent many a night looking at the stars. So I completely understand your fascination.

Regarding the edits. I still would consider those speceflights to be important, but your argument number three convinced me somewhat. I won't revert your edits. Thanks and have a lazy Sunday :) --Ouro 09:23, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your revert on 3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing Thanks Yug (talk) 21:35, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User warnings[edit]

Hi, thanks for helping with reverting vandalism at Cannibalism. Regarding the message you left at User talk:58.69.50.235, I think one of the {{uw-delete1}} templates would have been more appropriate to this particular case, as the anon wasn't adding unhelpful content. See here. ElinorD 09:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

151.204.134.34[edit]

Thanks for taking care of reverting vandalism made by user 151.204.134.34. I hope he won't make trouble again! --SUBZ3R0 ^{( Talk | E-mail )} 21:45, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

nlp[edit]

thanks for the vandal revert on 69.113.248.42. Wonder who Brandon was? Fainites 10:32, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

71.106.149.85[edit]

why did you just edit my edit of march 16?--71.106.149.85 07:13, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

March 2007[edit]

Hello, Opelio! Thank you for reverting vandalism to Wikipedia. After you revert, I would recommend also warning the users whose edits you revert on their talk pages with an appropriate template or custom message. This will serve to direct new users towards the sandbox, educate them about Wikipedia, and a stern warning to a vandal may prevent him or her from vandalizing again. Thanks! Kaori Mogami 01:27, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edit to 2006 Lebanon War[edit]

Hi Opelio. You recently removed a statement from the 2006 Lebanon War article which stated: "However, several foreign media outlets reported Lebanese civilians with burns characteristic of white phosphorus attacks during the conflict." First, you note that this is hearsay. What about this do you believe to be hearsay? The source that this is taken from uses almost the exact same wording. They also cite a specific example in a CNN report. Furthermore, even if this statement were deemed hearsay, what makes you believe that hearsay is inadmissible in Wikipedia? I haven't memorized Wikipedia policy by any means, but I'm not familiar with any rules regarding "hearsay," especially when [{WP:RS|reliable sources]] are cited. Cheers. — George Saliba^[talk] 06:45, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I totally see where you're coming from. Thanks for taking the time to explain your reasoning. :) I've changed the text in the article, based on your feedback, to more closely match the original sources wording:

"Israel later admitted to the use of white phosphorus, but stated that it used the incendiary 'according to the rules of international law.' Several foreign media outlets reported Lebanese civilians with burns characteristic of white phosphorus attacks during the conflict."

I think this wording is more neutral, and takes out any possibility of the word "however" being interpretted as accusing Israel of lying. If you disagree, feel free to revert it or I'm totally open to discussing it further. Cheers. — George Saliba^[talk] 07:57, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting my contribution to the June 13 history page[edit]

Hi Opelio. I discovered today that back on March 6th (07:53), you deleted my reference to a 2002 accident in South Korea which killed two girls, and which ultimately led to protests against the US military later that year--but the only comment that you made was "list cleanup." Why did you delete it? As far as I know, the information was accurate, and my text was entirely neutral about the individuals involved and the various positions on the issue. It was an important incident in recent Korean history and in Korean-US relations. Let me know what the problem was. Thank you. - BlueResistance 21:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barack Obama Article Probation[edit]

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A study on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies[edit]

Hi. I would like to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change. If interested, please get in touch via my talkpage or email me Encyclopaedia21 (talk) 18:18, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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