User talk:BackpackingCT

April 2017

Hello, I'm MrOllie. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. [1] MrOllie (talk) 10:07, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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22:05, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, BackpackingCT, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or you can click here to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! We are so glad you are here! Jim1138 (talk) 10:16, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:MrOllie

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at User talk:MrOllie, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Jim1138 (talk) 10:16, 27 April 2017 (UTC) well can I delete stuff on my own talk page? I didn't think filling a page with information that was unnecessary was good practice, it looks cluttered and is difficult to follow. I will not delete stuff from someone's page, unless it is called for and I will try to be more reasonable in my edit summaries in the future, thank you!BackpackingCT (talk) 10:39, 27 April 2017 (UTC)BackpackingCT[reply]

Edit summaries, please?

Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:

Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)

Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. You can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary. Thanks! Jim1138 (talk) 10:26, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your talk page

See wp:user pages and wp:talk page guidelines. Specifically, per WP:BLANKING, you may remove most stuff on one's own talk page. In your case everything can be removed. You should format talk per wp:indentation so that threading is easily perceived. Your reply to my message above was concatenated to the end making it difficult to notice. I didn't realize you had replied until I viewed the wp:page history. As this is your talk page, I nor others are watching. Use wp:notifications or "ping". For example, to reply to me, add

{{ping|Jim1138}} your message ~~~~

Save the "ping", message and signature all together with one "Save changes" or it probably won't work. If you forget, unsure if you did, or don't get a reply, just add it again with

{{ping|Jim1138}} ~~~~

(leave out the "nowiki" stuff btw). There are other notification tricks too. Some save reference stuff they use frequently on one's user page: User:BackpackingCT. Then, it doesn't clutter up the talk page. Hope this helps. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 23:39, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]