User talk:Caliper
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Hello Caliper, welcome to Wikipedia. You might like to start by reading the tutorial and introducing yourself at the new users page. For ideas of what to put on your user page, see Wikipedia:User page.
If you have any questions, you can ask at the help desk or on my talk page. Two useful tips are that you can sign your name using four tildes (~~~~) and you can preview your changes before you save using the show preview button. You can regularly find new tips on the Community Portal. I look forward to reading your great articles and I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian. :) Angela. 06:46, May 5, 2004 (UTC)
Hi! Welcome from me also, and thanks for your note on the new user's page. Proofreading is quite a useful skill; we can never have too much of it here. If you're going to edit articles on the Middle East, of course be aware that those are sensitive topics. You'll want to make sure to follow our neutral point of view policy, and you might want to discuss changes on the appropriate talk page before making major modifications to an article. Good luck and happy editing, Isomorphic 18:12, 5 May 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks to both of you for the welcome. Of course I would never make a major change to a controversial article without getting a consensus first. --Caliper 18:37, 5 May 2004 (UTC)
Thanks! Nice work with those album boxes, I never got around to doing it myself...don't worry about the link on my page, that page needs to be updated anyway so I'll just fix it myself. Adam Bishop 19:41, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your kind words. I hope that my changes help to improve Wikipedia and that over time I will improve the quality of my submissions. Rei has suggested the same course of action....normally that would be the thing to do. My response to her was:
regarding a username...you(Rei) are one of the few people i have encountered on Wikipedia that are willing to talk, discuss and consider (Uncle Ed is another). Many i have run into (Zero0000, Viajero, MyRedDice) are different in that regard....hence my IP address status...this IP that IP we are all based upon four octets equally ;)
In addition, at least one of these individuals has admin status. One of these individuals deletes material regardless of source provided it does not meet his world view. One could look at Tali Hatuel and the recently emerged Palestinian practice of filming attacks. One deletes that material (filming attacks reported by INN, NYT, Reuters for various attacks) and calls on an admin to lock his deletions in place.....a sitation that i find rather troubling.
Feel free to delete this of course...we are effectively using Wikipedia as a message board here ;)
[edit] Cleanup message removal
Hi Caliper,
I removed the cleanup message from all articles that had it yesterday (you can check my contribution history), because it had been decided that it should no longer be used. The message had been edited so it was empty at the time (see its history). Lord Basava and all the other articles are still listed on Wikipedia:Cleanup; listing and listing alone should suffice in the future.
I do realize that my edit summary probably wasn't the clearest - I should've provided a reason. Sorry about that.
