User talk:Brainyiscool

Welcome to Wikipedia!!!

Hello Brainyiscool! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. You may also push the signature button

located above the edit window. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. This is considered an important guideline in Wikipedia. Even a short summary is better than no summary. Below are some recommended guidelines to facilitate your involvement. Happy Editing! -- LittleOldMe 17:53, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Getting Started
Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page The five pillars of Wikipedia Manual of Style Be bold in editing How to write a great article WikiProjects
Getting your info out there
Cite your sources Neutral Point of View Point of View Verifiability Uploading images Image use policy
Getting more Wikipedia rules
Policy Library

Getting Help
New contributors' help page Where to ask a question Help Desk Frequently Asked Questions
Getting along
Wikiquette Civility Sign your posts Wikipedians Conflict resolution
Getting technical
Cleaning up vandalism Pages needing attention Peer review Utilities Village pump

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

LittleOldMe 17:53, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I think if you check out this diff you'll see that the edit you considered vandalism was just a slow attempt to revert vandalism! Good luck, Brainyiscool! Budgiekiller 17:57, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Are you using pop-ups for reverting vandalism? You have to be quick with it because it just goes back one version which, if more edits have been made since, can result in funny results... like this time...! Budgiekiller 18:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I must admit, I have not used Wikipedia very much before and just a bit ago started trying to revert vandalism with the Recent Changes page. Feel free to post any tips you may have to make sure this won't happen again. - Brainy

Hi, and welcome again, sorry that you may have encountered an early problem! What happens sometimes is that you will get stacks of rapid vandalism with pages being edited every minute. When using the Recent Changes, it's sometimes worth checking the History of a page to see if you can find the last, good version of the page being vandalised - it may be quite a way back in the history if (usually) an anon IP has attacked it. But don't be put off, I can see that the majority of your edits so far have been excellent. Keep it up, and once more, welcome. Budgiekiller 18:07, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the Tip. I'll make sure to check that before reverting vandalism.Brainyiscool 18:08, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry Brainy. I must admit that when I went to look at your other contributions (as we do when we spot vandalism) I realised how out of character the swearing was.

I take back the warning and wish to reaffirm the welcome that I extended.

Regards

LittleOldMe 18:14, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I recently received a 'message' from Brainyiscool regarding the vandalism on the Darfur Conflict page. I'll have you know I was editing the page to remove the vandalism that appeared in the header as it affected my reading. Please take the time to check the edits made by a user before accusing them of vandalism. (Posted by 128.220.251.228)

Responded on talk page. My Mistake

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reasons:

Autoblock of 169.204.171.226 lifted.

Request handled by: Netsnipe ► 00:32, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My IP talk page

You had no right to go in and edit my IP address talk page. As you can see... I have a user name and at the time was not using it. I had that warning on my talk page for quite some time and felt it null and void and irrelevant since I was making a point of using my user name more frequently. Please leave that page alone in the future. Thank you

EricJosepi 06:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About the John Bosco reverts

I chose the bot revision because the revision you chose came from an editor who self-reversed his edits. Morenooso 06:06, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. I wasn't too worried about it, since both seemed free of vandalism. Brainyiscool 06:07, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's a matter of choosing the best version. Plus, if that anon IP re-edits the article, someone might think it is a good editor based upon looking at the edit summaries and seeing your re-vert to one of its previous edits. Depending on edits to an article, I will review as many edits as I can to see what the history of the article is in choosing the best version. Fortunately, I am familar with this article. I left a message for that the both anonymous IPs as well. Morenooso 06:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:37, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]