User talk:Idontsteal

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World's Largest Buffalo[edit]

I have incorporated most of the points you have added into a more encyclopedic entry. I would suggest working on other articles for a time before returning to this one, to allow heads to cool. You may also wish to create your User Page at this time, as "redlinked" users are often harassed by users watching for vandalism. --AlexWCovington (talk) 18:15, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize for the slight syntactical error; Arts Center site is, after all, at http://www.jamestownartscenter.org ; in this sentence Jamestown is an adjective disambiguating "which arts center?" rather than being part of the title. I doubt that as I wrote it there would any doubt as to what organization is leading the effort.

Idontsteal, I apologize for the difficulties you have had with this article, but your recent edits have amounted to a reversion to the version of the article that MatthewUND and Metros232 were deleting. I must say that the article as you have left it does not generally conform to Wikipedia style (particularly the way you have chosen to specify 1959 dollars), and the overall tone is not as clean and academic as an encyclopedia entry should be.

I have attempted to incorporate a bit more of your descriptions into the version I edited. I am not being sarcastic or condescending; I have a genuine interest in helping new editors participate in Wikipedia and I am simply attempting to provide my full and specific reasoning in this matter.

I would encourage you to edit other articles and gain practice and experience in editing on Wikipedia before returning to this article. There is a lot you can learn about Wikipedia style and tone simply by reading articles and their source code. --AlexWCovington (talk) 19:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I'm sorry that you feel that you have had a bad experience with your efforts to work on the World's Largest Buffalo article. I would point out though that most of your edits to the page did not conform to generally accepted Wikipedia styles and some seemed to have verged on the silly and foolish. If you're going to add unusual facts to an article, it is important to try to find another website that backs up your claims. Otherwise, anybody could just say anything they wanted to in an article and the accuracy of the entire Wikipedia project would come into question. I applaud Alex for his effort to work with the article and incorporate some of your material. Also, I welcome you to Wikipedia and hope you can become a valuable member and contributer. --Matth e wUND^(talk) 06:01, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back![edit]

Thanks for providing a citation for the Chia Pet point -- I think it shows that you have been acting in good faith. I'm glad to see you're still interested in contributing to the Wiki; sorry about all that rot in the past. If you're here to stay, I'd suggest creating your user page to establish yourself. Have fun! --AlexWCovington (talk) 19:24, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Daveanddestiny2.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

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