Phpulse

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Your recent edits

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 00:09, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Ah... thanks. Rather new. Have been harassed by an editor who instantly deleted all entries immediately after entering them and politely asked them to stop and they continued. After reporting them, they have taken to harassing me now and am still a little flustered but trying my best to follow along as fast as I can. Thank you for the tip. I greatly appreciate it. Going to give it a try right now.Phpulse (talk) 05:35, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

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--Orange Mike | Talk 02:42, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

About enforcement

Regarding your screed on the deletion thread for the PHPulse article: Say you and everyone else on the highway is driving 80 when the speed limit is 55, and you're the guy the police officer decides to pull over. Suppose you object, "You have no business ticketing me when you let all those other people keep speeding." How well do you think that argument will go over?

Have you considered the number of articles other than yours that do get delete all the time? Also consider that it's not as though one small group of people scans every single article that comes in. Different people scan them at different times with different perspectives, so, as someone pointed out to you, it isn't all black and white. But it's a system, and it's a reasonable one, with the purpose being to keep Wikipedia what it's meant to be, and not all the things listed in the article at WP:NOT. —Largo Plazo (talk) 02:45, 22 September 2008 (UTC)