User talk:Valtam

Welcome to Wikipedia![edit]

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Re: 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict[edit]

Hi Valtam, Thank you for your salient observation about McCarthyism. I assure that such "reviews" do not take place - the editors suggesting it were totally out of line. I hope you like Wikipedia and choose to stay. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me. Cheers, Tewfik^Talk 15:57, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Trenton[edit]

Glad to help. Fyi, if there's a LOT of recent vandalism from multiple IPs, you can request semi-protection at WP:RPP (Requests for page protection). You can get an idea by the history of the requests being made, and those recently denied or approved, whether it's probably enough to qualify for such a request.

PS: I got a smile out of "This user understands the difference between less and fewer. So should you." Sarah Jane Smith taught me "fewer sugar lumps" as opposed to "less sugar" recently. Gotyear 18:04, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BLP[edit]

I was going through the archive of some talk page comments Talk:2006 Duke University lacrosse team scandal/Archive 2 and noticed you were complaining about your comments being removed and you referenced Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. While the specific issue is no longer relevant, unfortunately no one appeared to explain the situation very well to you. Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons applies here. This policy applies to talk pages as well as articles and overrides a number of other policies including for example, the 3RR. There are many implications, but the specific one that is important here is that if you wish to name someone in an article, you need a reliable source, period. In the absence of a realiable source, all speculation even in the talk page can and should be removed. Indeed, this may even be permanentely deleted by an admin with oversight, so it is a serious matter. If you want further info, there is a specific case of a porn star Talk:Brandy Alexandre, who's real name has been revealed but not in any reliable sources. Also you might want to take a look at Wikipedia:Vandalism as I noticed you called the removal vandalism. Whether the removal was allowed or bad, I don't think it can be called vandalism as it was clearly done with good intentions Nil Einne 12:01, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NB, I only briefly looked through the comments so forgive me if I misunderstood what you were saying. Nil Einne 12:02, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Nil Einne. I had decided that Wikipedia didn't enforce its own rules or guidelines, so I stopped complaining at the time. But the BLP policy would cover it, then. Thanks again. Valtam 15:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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ArbCom 2017 election voter message[edit]

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