User talk:GB fan

Hello, GB fan! 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 username 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! Dlohcierekim 14:46, 4 October 2008 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • 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

Welcoming new users

Hi A new name, thanks for all your work fighting vandalism. I just wanted to remind you to please careful whom you welcome using Friendly. New users who are vandalism-only accounts should get a level 1 vandalism warning or level 1 delete warning ({{uw-vandalism1}} or {{uw-delete1}}) rather than a welcome template, as you gave here and here. Level 1 warnings still give them all that newbie information, but also give them the message not to disrupt the encyclopedia; giving them a regular welcome might make them think their vandalism is permissible. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 03:38, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Both of those welcomes told those editors that their edits were unconstructive and that they do not conform to policies. I think sometimes it is better to try a little less abrasive approach to warning the first time. These templates were created for a reason and I will continue to use them to give an initial welcome and warning all in one. I don't like to bite noob's and I think this is a place to start. A new name 2008 (talk) 03:48, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh, you are right. Sorry, I was editing in a hurry and thought it was just a normal {{welcome}}; didn't notice that the template also gave them a warning. My bad, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 03:56, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem, mistakes happen. A new name 2008 (talk) 04:02, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

im confussed

i dont know why my article has been deleted. because i thought it was a reasonable thing to say since it has some thing to do with windows vista???????? ps im not anoyed or eny ting like that im just confussed.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zyree (talk • contribs) 13:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

The post did have to do with Windows Vista, but the purpose of a Wikipedia talk page is to provide space for editors to discuss changes to its associated article. Article talk pages should not be used by editors as platforms for their personal views. What I removed appeared to be your personal view of Windows Vista. Were you suggesting that a change be made to the article that said that Windows Vista is a "waste of time"? If that is what you are suggesting, then you need to find a reliable source that says that so it does not appear to be your opinion. A new name 2008 (talk) 14:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism?

I am not a vandal, if you disrupt me again, I will report you for banning. 94.192.38.247 (talk) 18:38, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

You removed sourced content with a edit summary of reverting vandalism. That is not constructive. If you believe the sourced content is not correct, discuss it, do not call removing sourced content vandalism. A new name 2008 (talk) 18:40, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Gliese IT

As a matter of interest, why did you revert your speedy of Gliese IT? I'm having trouble keeping half a dozen associated SPAs under control (deleting AfD templates, blanking sock investigations, etc.). -- samj _in^out 19:16, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I don't remember for sure why I removed the Speedy, it might have been because I looked at the history and saw that it had already been tagged for speedy once before and an editor other than the creator (AGF) had removed the earlier speedy. So I probably did not believe that the speedy would hold up. As that was a couple of weeks ago, I can't be sure. A new name 2008 (talk) 19:54, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

X-Box Article

Hey, if I could get some word from the people at Microsoft that would be interesting (so as to get a reference). Tried Google, no official references. Sadly I dont have anybody official to talk to about this. Maybe you could forward this to a Wikipedia editor that has contact with them and is a specialized editor on this subject? (Videogames/Xbox).

Thanks and Wikipedia is great!

190.18.149.130 (talk) 02:08, 7 March 2009 (UTC)ernest22@gmail.com

Hannity is what on Forbes?

I could find in the url (Forbes) you provided. Need help. Glunnbuck (talk) 15:13, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

• That means all the radio hosts and DJs including me are Pundits. Thanks.

http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/21/pundit-americas-top-oped-cx_tvr_0924pundits.html he is a pundit) Athos, Porthos (talk) 18:03, 8 March 2009 (UTC)