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FireFox  ^{T C E} 17:31, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

confusing personal message

(i don't see any way to communicate with you other than putting my text here.)

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

that's the message i got from you. i have no idea what it means, or what it refers to, or if i am even the correct recipient. you have a strangely self-assured tone for somebody who hasn't made it clear what in god's name you're talking about, so maybe i am not the intended recipient.

i've never performed any "tests." recently i've added comments to a few DISCUSSION pages, about critical issues relating to whatever subject at hand. i added to the DISCUSSION pages, not the main articles, because of the problem that i described: certain individuals erase content not based on its merit or its relevance for an encyclopedic entry, but based on their own taste or distaste with the facts presented. in this case, i didn't think i'd be "treading" on even the most neurotic wiki-stewards, since i was.... discussing..... on the discussion page.

so with that in mind, i have to assume that your message is nothing but a trumpeting of the fact that you disapprove of my additions to the "discussions" and rather than confront those elements on their own terms, you've deleted them altogether.

this might surprise you, but the last time i actually edited an ARTICLE, a moderator messaged me to compliment my contributions and suggested that i make a registered account.

so with that in mind, i think you're out of line, and i'd like to know what you deleted and why you did it. (on another note, your use of the term "our" in "our encyclopedia" seems to have excluded me, and seems to miss-- or maybe malign-- the fact that it's as much mine as it is yours.)

Good day.

The message you received from me was a template message in responce to an article that was vandalised from someone at your IP address. My message and action are, I believe, in accordance with the Wikipedia policy on how to deal with vandals. The article in question was W.E.B. DuBois - it was blanked out completely (you can view my action on the article's history page). You have my apologies for you receiving this message in error, however for users that choose not to register, we (including you) have no other means by which to communicate with those users. In fact, repeated acts by unregistered vandals from your IP address can actually result in that IP address being banned from Wikipedia. Hence, I would also urge you to take the admin's advice that you mentioned and create a registered account - it will prevent further such misunderstandings in the future.

Kind regards, Shawn 18:40, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Consider leaving the message left on my talk page on the IP addresses talk page, I think it will be more of use there! FireFox 18:55, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Speedy delete

Hi Sferrier, I just ran across your 'AfD' tag on " A Coathanger Abortion" . I didn't change anything, as I'm no expert here, but check out the Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. That would easily fall into the {nonsense} tag, or some such, and then would just be cleared by an Admin. Cheers --Bookandcoffee 09:49, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Chardon, Ohio

Thanks for your help in cleaning this article up with the vandalism — it's one of many cities/towns from my area on my watchlist, and I can't understand why it's such a nightmare compared to the others. Some days it's nothing but your mom jokes. Anyway, it felt really good to not have to be the reverter this time. :) Jacqui ^★ 00:52, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Hi, Jacqui.

Thanks for the kudos. ☺ I loved your comment about reverting the vandal's mom!! :) Shawn File:SFerrier Talk Redirect.png 07:14, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

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