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October 2015

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WP:PTM pe my edit summary, and we prefer links / ambig term at start Widefox; talk 20:43, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: Fantino (disambiguation)

Hello Some Gadget Geek. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Fantino (disambiguation), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: There are three links on the dab page. Thank you. Ϣere SpielChequers 22:14, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your CVUA

Hi Some Gadget Geek, I've graded your final practical assignment, and at this point I'm not willing to endorse a request for rollback. Perhaps User:Kudpung, who general take care of WP:PERM, would like to take at your page (here). We can look at doing some more training, or anything else you'd like to do. Kharkiv07 (T) 14:14, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not too bad but I wouldn't accord the Rollback right just yet until you have more experience reverting vandalism edits one-by-one. Rollback is a powerful tool and can do a lot of damage if a mistake is made with it. Remember that until a few years ago it was only allowed to be used by admins. I would recommend using Twinkle for the warnings until you are fully familiar with what is vandalism and what is not (and using its preview function to see what the message is going to say), and using the other options for reverting in the diff window. Ask me when yu think you are ready for Rollback, but pass some more of Kharkiv07's test first. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 14:55, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Some Gadget Geek, I've marked your last few practicals, and there definitely is improvement! Why don't you just go about your business reverting vandalism for a few days, no need to report it to me, and I'll just keep an eye on your contrbis, and perhaps later this week we'll look into rollback. Cheers. Kharkiv07 (T) 01:59, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Editing other's comment

Hi again, it's generally not good form to edit others' talk page comments, there's even a warning template for it ({{Uw-tpv1}}). I'd recommend not doing it. Kharkiv07 (T) 14:48, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

AN/I

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. samtar ^{t} 15:58, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Some Gadget Geek, when an editor asks you not to post messages to their talk page, it applies to all of their user pages. And for a new editor to instruct an administrator on following correct policy guidelines, well, it is behavior that is considered unwise. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:43, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well said Liz. If I may expand on your comments - of course every editor on Wikipedia is expected to abide by policy, and it's okay to remind people from time to time, I think most of this issue was caused by the way you did it. A polite "Hey why did/didn't you do X" would have at least opened a dialogue.

samtar ^{t} 17:13, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

October 2015

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for persistent disruptive editing. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:09, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]