Minetruly

My account is a few years old now, but I'm not very involved, so please treat me as a beginner and let me know when I've made a mistake. Thanks! Minetruly (talk) 16:40, 7 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

This is the first time I've edited a Wikipedia article, but I am pretty sure that I did the right thing. I'm the one who edited the deaf-mute article to mention The Stand in Deaf-mutes in art and literature. Did I do something wrong? Why did you undo my edit? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.240.17.228 (talk) 03:37, 26 February 2009 (UTC) Reply

If I recall correctly, King did not use the term "deaf-mute". I'm sure King conveyed that the character could not hear and did not speak, but I don't think he used the term "deaf-mute" to describe the character. The article only cites literature in which that term is actually used by the author. Otherwise it is inappropriate because then the example itself falls into the same pejorative, prejudicial terminology that it is meant to discuss. In other words, "deaf-mute" is an insulting term to deaf people. It should only be discussed in an historical sense (i.e., authors decades ago may have used the terms in their writings). But a character should not be referred to as "deaf-mute" unless the author specifically uses that term. That would be similar to using the N-word to describe a black character in the article Nigger, which would only be used if the author used it. Ward3001 (talk) 03:55, 26 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for checking it out. It appears my memory is incorrect. But let suggest that you word it as "a man referred to as 'deaf-mute'", including the quotations around "deaf-mute". That makes it crystal clear that it is King and not you who is using the phrase. Thanks. Ward3001 (talk) 17:33, 26 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

  Thank you for making a report on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Wikipedia and all users are encouraged to revert, warn, and report vandalism. However, it appears that the editor you reported may not have engaged in vandalism, or the user was not sufficiently or appropriately warned. Please note there is a difference between vandalism and unhelpful or misguided edits made in good faith. If the user continues to vandalise after a recent final warning, please re-report it. Thank you!.

Specifically that IP has not edited at all for the past three days per this, the last warning they were given was some seven weeks ago and the instance of vandalism you noted was back in December last year. AIV is for current or very recent instances of vandalism, particularly in the case of IP users (users without registered accounts) - an IP address may well be shared between a large number of people and may be reallocated to different people over time; the person editing using a given IP address is very possibly not the same person who was using it back in December, so issuing a warning or a block for vandalism that occurred over two months ago will probably be inappropriate.

Again, thanks for taking the trouble to make an AIV report, but please take note of the bit that says Important! at the top of the WP:AIV page. Thanks Tonywalton ^Talk 23:32, 26 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

No problem. One other small point - please remember to "sign" postings on talkpages (and AIV, and so on, but not article edits) by adding ~~~~ at the end. This will be replaced by the Wiki engine with your name and the date/time. Tonywalton ^Talk 23:49, 26 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button   located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 22:33, 27 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

How do I display a picture on my user page that isn't in the Wikimedia Commons? (question from your userpage)

You can display pictures on your userpage by simply adding this code where you want it:

[[File:name of picture]]

A detailed tutorial of different options you have when adding pictures can be found at WP:Picture tutorial. I must warn you though, only free images may be used on your userpage. Most of the images that are on Wikipedia and not in the Commons are not free and are only used under "fair-use" rationales. These unfortunately are not eligible to be used on userpages. Jujutacular ^talk_contribs 13:46, 22 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hello, I am trying to bring WP:WikiProject Theoretical Linguistics back to semi-active status. Toward that end, I have moved all members who have not posted to the project page in the past six months to a section, "Inactive members." If you wish to be active in the project, I hope you will move your name back to the section, "Members." You may also remove your name if you are no longer interested in the project. Thanks, and happy editing, Cnilep (talk) 17:58, 19 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

Hello, per WP:TOPPOST I had moved your entry to the bottom of the talk page. I see you moved it back to the top, so letting you know I will be reverting your changes to put it back to the bottom again. Cheers. Akerans (talk) 15:39, 5 July 2010 (UTC)Reply