User talk:Raist3d

Welcome!

Hello, Raist3d, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! Simply south 19:46, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits[edit]

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) 04:08, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for your kindness, I didn't know. Ill do so, thanks again.Raist3d (talk) 04:32, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AIV reports[edit]

Your recent reports to AIV have been removed. Users must be warned prior to being reported. However, the user you have reported is not vandalizing. Please use greater care next time and be sure to follow the instructions on the page before reporting. Thanks. Okiefromokla ^questions? 04:24, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies for not following protocol. I left you a message in your talk. The guy is clearly posting false information in the four thirds entry. It's completely false this standard got killed by the announcement of micro four thirds. He posted a troll thread on dpreview and linked to it, clearly trying to "prove" his point. If that is not considered vandalism- just like what happens with Elephants on the Stephen Colbert show- I don't know what is. I appreciate your kind feedback and will try to read on wikipedia protocol. I don't think it will help to warn him. Please watch the four thirds page. I would appreciate it. I will try to read and see what I can do. Thanks again Raist3d (talk) 04:34, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You need to assume good faith — read Wikipedia's guideline on that here. Also, please read Wikipedia's description of what constitutes vandalism. Most notably, take a look at what vandalism is not, and you'll see that this user's edits are probably not vandalism. By reverting his edits more than three times in 24 hours, you violated the three revert rule which is cause for an administrator to block you, so be more careful next time. Also, in the case of obvious vandalism (which this is not), users must be warned in sequence using user warning templates before being reported to WP:AIV. WP:AIV deals only with obvious vandals and only those that have been properly warned. Now that the page has been protected, you should contact the user on the article's talk page and calmly invite him to share his view while also providing reliable sources that prove the 3/4 system is not dead. Do not accuse him of vandalism. Good luck. Okiefromokla ^questions? 17:13, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry it took me a few days to respond, I haven't had much time to read your entire comment. Thanks for taking the time to explain. Nevertheless, as I said on your talk page, user warning templates need to be used before a user is reported for vandalizing. If this user returns and continues these edits, please use those warnings before reporting him. If you are confused about the warnings, feel free to ask someone. I will probably not be around at any given time (I usually check up only once or twice a day) so placing {{help}} on your talk page will get you immediate help. If the problem resumes, report him again to WP:AIV. Since only active IPs can be blocked, I can't block this one now — he hasn't edited in a month. Thanks again. Okiefromokla ^questions? 16:41, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, check out Wikipedia:Guide to administrator intervention against vandalism. Okiefromokla ^questions? 16:43, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]