User talk:Martin451

hey dude whyy did you revert my edit when on youtr front page it says This user finds censorship offensive.

Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism. Even harmful edits that are not explicitly made in bad faith are not vandalism. For example, adding a controversial personal opinion to an article once is not vandalism; reinserting it despite multiple warnings is (however, edits/reverts over a content dispute are never vandalism, see WP:EW). Not all vandalism is obvious, nor are all massive or controversial changes vandalism. Careful thought may be needed to decide whether changes made are beneficial, detrimental but well-intended, or outright vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.106.205.76 (talk) 23:37, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

User:Painaware

Hi -- you quite properly reverted an edit this editor made linking from the Pain article to a draft article in user space. But since this is a new editor unlikely to be familiar with policy, hitting them with a vandalism template, without any explanation of the problem, seems a bit bitey. This is the sort of thing that can drive potentially good editors away. Regards, Looie496 (talk) 20:31, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou for telling me this. I have put a strike through the warning. Thanks also for your note on his talk page. Martin451 (talk) 20:44, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Colette Hume

Colette Hume was deleted despite me having included information of notability. The article was also deleted at the same time as I was sent a message noting that it had been deleted - leaving me no time to include a hang on tag. (Misstinkafairy) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Misstinkafairy (talk • contribs) 19:05, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

• Martin - I have restored the article; I think it sufficiently asserts notability to avoid speedy deletion. Feel free to tag for AFD if you wish. NawlinWiki (talk) 19:07, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
• NawlinWiki - thank you Misstinkafairy (talk) 20:10, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Swindon 105.5

Hi,

Thank you for monitoring this page. It has been the subject of repeated vandalism. I work at Swindon 105.5, I am one of the presenters.

We have endeavoured to keep the page factual and accurate. I believe we have succeeded. If however, we have made errors, we would be delighted for some guidance from those that know. The page was set up by a computer-geek no longer associated with the station.

In our honest opinion, we would be delighted if you could actually remove the page - it's been more trouble than it's worth, and I have to keep monitoring it for sabotage.

If the page cannot be removed and the name barred, can you please tell a complete computer novice (me) how to protect the page... using simple language in words of one syllable

Ron Travolta (talk) 19:38, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I have put the page up for deletion, here where we will try and gain consensus about whether to delete or keep it. I am happy for you to contribute to the discussion, but if you do you should include the fact that you word for the station. If the page is not deleted, then it is unlikely to be protected as the level of vandalism is low, and anyone will still be able to edit it.Martin451 (talk) 20:07, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Thierry Henry

User:Jbmurphy 22:34, 18 November 2009 (GMT)

I was trying to mention the handball that Thierry Henry committed in the box against Ireland in the world cup qualifiers. It defintly needs to be mentioned in his international page. How best should this be added?

Is it really notable enough to be included? "He will always be known for his double hand ball"? is a very dubious statement and I suggest you leave his article alone. Martin451 (talk) 22:41, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

It should be mentioned in the World Cup 2010 section and added too later on. There will be alot of talk about it in the next while anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbmurphy (talk • contribs) 22:55, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Can you please explain why you gave this editor an "only warning" for vandalism [1]? His edit was non-neutral (I was about to revert it myself) but it was sourced and certainly wasn't vandalism. --NeilN ^{talk ♦ contribs} 22:59, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree i was non neutral but believed it deserved a mention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbmurphy (talk • contribs) 23:02, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry. I reverted an edit by 98selitb which, which I thought was Jbmurphy's second edit. When Jbmurphy made his second edit, I thought it was his third to a page which has received a lot of vandalism today and has already been semi-protected. I thought Jbmurphy was using an old account to carry on adding material as the page had been semi protected. Martin451 (talk) 23:18, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

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