User talk:Caracticus Saxon

Welcome![edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia, Caracticus Saxon! Thank you for your contributions. I am Doug Weller and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{help me}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Doug Weller talk 06:39, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Amerike[edit]

Good work, but do all of your sources mention Amerike? You might want to read WP:NOR. It's an unusual requirement but the way Wikipedia works. Doug Weller talk 09:18, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Users and administrators[edit]

Minor points of terminology. The word 'user' is mainly reserved for "user space", that is your user page and subpages that you might create. Otherwise we are referred to just as editors. Then there are editors who have passed a selection process and become Administrators. You might want to read WP:ADMINISTRATOR so that you're clear of our privileges but especially of our limitations. Some Administrators, a very few trusted ones, have the ability to within policy constraints check the IP addresses of accounts - this is done to reveal WP:Sockpuppets, or to suppress libellous or private information so that even other Admins can't see it. Eg if you edited logged out you could ask an "Oversighter" to hide your IP address. Or if you saw a minor revealing details that could be suppressed. Those rights are granted by an elected 15 member WP:Arbitration Committee which does NOT deal with content but with behavior. We (I'm an Arbitrator) have the "Checkuser" and "Oversight" tools as part of our job. I hope that helps. Doug Weller talk 17:25, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]