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If you have been targeted here is because you recently came from the Spanish Wikipedia and you may need familiarization with our policies because there are some differences.
In the Spanish Wikipedia, users are not allowed to remove comments or blank their user talk pages, however in the English Wikipedia this is allowed (with a few exceptions stated at WP:BLANKING).
In the Spanish Wikipedia, sysops are reffered as bibliotecarios (librarians in english), but here they are reffered as administrators (administradores in spanish).
In the Spanish Wikipedia, there are two deletion processes; speedy deletion and deletion discussions. Here, on the English Wikipedia, there is an additional process called proposed deletion (usually stylized as PROD), in which an article can be deleted after a PROD tag remains in an article for 7 days, then an administrator can contest the PROD or delete the article. Non-admins may contest the PROD too, and it may also be done before the PROD expires.
Technically, in the Spanish Wikipedia, the "WP:" prefix does not redirect to the "Wikipedia:" prefix but it is still used for redirects to Wikipedia pages. On the English Wikipedia, the "WP:" prefix does redirect to the "Wikipedia:" prefix and as such things are a lot easier.
The highest sanction level in form of a block, in the Spanish Wikipedia, is permanent, which means that the user is not allowed to edit the Spanish Wikipedia and is not a community member anymore there. In the English Wikipedia, however, that level of sanction is a ban, which may be imposed by the community or the Arbitration Commitee, the highest sanction level in form of a block is instead indefinite, meaning the user is unable to edit Wikipedia but they are still a member of the community and may request an unblock later.
Compare the Spanish Wikipedia's way of formatting vandalism reports to the English Wikipedia's. You may have noted a radical difference. That is, that when a user reports a vandal at the Spanish Wikipedia, they have to make a sub-section to report them, with 4 bullets, named after "Possible vandal", "Reason for report", "Reporting user" and "Administrative action" (only for administrators), which can be a little bit complex compared to the English Wikipedia's way of doing so, all it takes is to add a bullet under the "User-reported" sub-section, use {{IPvandal}} or {{vandal}}, put your reason for reporting and put your signature. Also, when the vandal is blocked, the report is automatically removed by a bot, and the reports are usually contested using {{AIV}}, and the bot may remove them after a considerable amount of time.
On the Spanish Wikipedia, consensus was gained near the end of 2008 to delete the templates "Esbozo" ("Stub"), "Miniesbozo" ("Ministub") and "Expandir" ("Expand", or looking at the purpose of that template, "Empty section"), altrough "Esbozo" was retained for historical reference. But look here. There is{{stub}}, which differs radically from the Spanish Wikipedia version because it is just plain italic text, while the Spanish Wikipedia version was a green Ombox, making it pretty much annoying. That template was never nominated for deletion, altrough the Ministub template never existed. The {{empty section}} template was nominated for deletion twice, the first one being closed as Delete, but later overturned to No consensus per this deletion review, and the second one closed again as No consensus.
In the Spanish Wikipedia, user warnings are prefixed with "Aviso foo" and written like this:
Pruebas de edición
Hola, Aviso prueba 1. Estamos encantados de que Wikipedia haya atraído tu atención y de que te hayas interesado en aprender a editar en ella. La prueba de edición que has hecho en «es:Foo» funcionó; sin embargo, deberías tener en cuenta que el objetivo de este proyecto es desarrollar una enciclopedia fiable y completa que todos puedan consultar. Tu edición afectaba al contenido, por lo que ha sido retirada.
Si quieres aprender a editar en Wikipedia, la zona de pruebas está a tu disposición. Si tus comentarios eran específicos a un artículo el sitio correcto es la página de discusión del mismo. Estaríamos encantados de contar contigo como colaborador del proyecto; consulta el artículo sobre es:Wikipedia y nuestra página de bienvenida para más información. Gracias.
On the English Wikipedia, they are prefixed with uw- and written like this
Hello, I'm ToonLucas22. An edit that you recently made seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks!
Noticed the differences? The enwiki warning used File:Information.svg and the eswiki warning used File:Commons-emblem-legal.svg, which is currently being used for arbitration notices in the English Wikipedia.
User warnings for other problems such as {{unreferenced}} do not exist on the English Wikipedia, altrough deletion notices do exist.
Other differences between warnings include:
Type of warning/notice
Spanish Wikipedia version
English Wikipedia version
Test/vandalism warning 1
Pruebas de edición
Hola, Zona de pruebas. Estamos encantados de que Wikipedia haya atraído tu atención y de que te hayas interesado en aprender a editar en ella. La prueba de edición que has hecho funcionó; sin embargo, deberías tener en cuenta que el objetivo de este proyecto es desarrollar una enciclopedia fiable y completa que todos puedan consultar. Tu edición afectaba al contenido, por lo que ha sido retirada.
Si quieres aprender a editar en Wikipedia, la zona de pruebas está a tu disposición. Si tus comentarios eran específicos a un artículo el sitio correcto es la página de discusión del mismo. Estaríamos encantados de contar contigo como colaborador del proyecto; consulta el artículo sobre es:Wikipedia y nuestra página de bienvenida para más información. Gracias.
Hello, I'm ToonLucas22. An edit that you recently made seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! or Hello, I'm ToonLucas22. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks.
Test/vandalism warning 2
Ediciones arbitrarias
Hola, Zona de pruebas. Te agradeceré que no edites arbitrariamente las páginas; otros editores pierden tiempo valioso al revertir tus acciones y empañas la imagen que pueda hacerse un visitante ocasional de Wikipedia. Además, las ediciones arbitrarias pueden ser consideradas un acto de vandalismo (lo que nos obligaría a bloquearte). Puedes visitar la página de ayuda para informarte y tienes la zona de pruebas para hacer pruebas de edición. Gracias.
Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. or Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you.
Test/vandalism warning 3
Ediciones vandálicas
Por favor, detente. Si continúas vandalizando páginas, serás bloqueado por un bibliotecario y no podrás continuar editando en Wikipedia.
Esta es nuestra última advertencia. La próxima vez que vandalices una página, serás sancionado por un bibliotecario con el bloqueo de tu cuenta para evitar que sigas editando en Wikipedia.
Hola Zona de pruebas, te agradecemos tu interés en Wikipedia, pero por favor, no vuelvas a realizar ediciones como las que has venido realizando, pues se las puede considerar vandalismo. Esta será nuestra única advertencia. En caso de que continúes realizando ediciones o creaciones de ese tipo, serás sancionado con el bloqueo de tu cuenta.
Si quieres hacer pruebas, por favor, usa la zona de pruebas. Hacerlas en cualquier otro sitio perjudica el trabajo de los demás usuarios, y por lo tanto se tomarán medidas para que no vuelvas a realizarlas.
G9 on eswiki is G4 here but only for material deleted per a deletion discussion. Material that has been speedily deleted may be retagged only if it meets specific criteria here.
A1 on eswiki is not a speedy deletion criteria here. If you believe a page here violates what Wikipedia is not, nominate it for deletion.
A2 on eswiki is A1 here. There is also a related criteria called A3.
A3 on eswiki is A2 here but a page will only be deleted as such if it is in a foreign language already on a project (e.g. the French Wikipedia). Pages not translated that are not in another project may be tagged with {{not English}}
A4 on eswiki is A7 here, and has some brother criterias called A9 and A11.
P3 on eswiki is not a speedy deletion criteria here. These may also be nominated for deletion instead.
There are also some new criteria here not noted on the Spanish Wikipedia:
G1 - Patent nonsense. Basically a page consisting of entirely incoherent text or gibberish with no meaningful content or history may be speedily deleted.
G5 - Creations by banned or blocked users. A page created by a banned or blocked user in violation of his ban or block with no substantial edits by others may be speedily deleted.
G9 - Office actions. The Wikimedia Foundation Office reserves the right to speedily deleted a page temporarily in some circunstances. Such deletions should not be undone without permission from the foundation.
G13 - Abandoned Articles for Creation submissions. An AFC submission not edited in over 6 months may be speedily deleted. If you wish to retrieve an abandoned submission, request undeletion at WP:REFUND/G13.
A5 - Transwikified articles - Certain types of articles already transwikified to another project may be speedily deleted.
U3 - Non-free galeries. If an userpage contains non-free images, these images are usually deleted, but if the userpage consists of a gallery of non-free images, it should be speedily deleted instead.
Speedy deletion criteria for files and portals also exist.
Hello, I'm ToonLucas22. An edit that you recently made seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks!
Hello, I'm ToonLucas22. An edit that you recently made seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! 
Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. 
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you.
Please stop making test edits to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to being blocked from editing. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. 
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing.
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia.