User talk:Chasf

Welcome!

Hello, Chasf, 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 place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! Dreadlocke ☥ 18:27, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Medium edits

Chasf, your edits are not getting lost [1], I am reverting them because I don't agree with them. We also need to fix the reference links. Please discuss on the article's talk page before making more edits. Dreadlocke ☥ 05:51, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Newbie questions

I really liked your most excellent question, great attitude about editing Wikipedia and working with other editors to find consensus. First I would recommend creating a "sandbox" off your user page or talk page to place the a new proposed version of an article (if it's a major re-write or complete replacement). Instructions on doing that can be found here: How do I create a user subpage. Then create a link from the article's talk page to your version and ask for comments. That's a good first step. Since you copied the entire article onto the talk page the "Table of Contents" or TOC was also copied, thus replacing the one on the talk page. You can read more about that here: Table of contents. Dreadlocke ☥ 18:33, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, it's difficult to make major changes to contentious articles (which is basically any of the paranormal articles). The disputes between the so-called "skeptics" and "believers" can get very heated. In most cases, it's not worth the time to do a whole rewrite of a paranormal article, it's better to make small changes slowly over time, negotiating with any disputing editors. I've added the tag for contentious articles at the top of the Talk:Medium (spirituality) page. Dreadlocke ☥ 18:44, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

thanks! I appreciate your guidance. Now I just have to free up the time to get up to speed and then contribute properly :) Chasf 07:52, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]