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WP:MMA

Hello,

i noticed you edited a Mixed Martial Arts page in August, but you haven't listed yourself as a Participant on the Wikiproject for Mixed Martial Arts pages. I've decided to try to drum up interest to get more people involved!

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Re: WP:AIV

Please give an editor a warning before taking it to WP:AIV. Often a simple test template will cause an ip to stop a bit. I've left a note on the ip's talk. Thanks, Vsmith (talk) 18:53, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

To go into a little more detail (you asked for comments): read the notice headed "Important!" towards the top of WP:AIV. There is a graded series of vandalism warnings and, as Vsmith says, a warning is often enough to stop a vandal. The thing to do is to look at the talk page and see whether there are other recent warnings, and if so add one at the next level up. {{uw-vandalism4}} is a "final warning", and if there is further vandalism after that, then is the time to go to AIV. WP:Vandalism gives a guide to what to do, and WP:WARN has a full list of warning templates. After the {{uw-vandalism2}} series (which can be abbreviated to {{uw-v3}} etc), the {{uw-delete2}} series are the most often useful, for page or section blanking. You can include the article name, like {{subst:uw-v3|Justin Bieber}}. The level 1 warnings like {{uw-v1}} are very gentle, assuming that it was a mistake not mischief; for real vandalism you should start ta level 2. Keep at it - Wikipedia needs all the anti-vandal patrollers it can get! JohnCD (talk) 20:44, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips. I hadn't put a note on their page because this vandalism was the only contribution they were making, and I didn't want to change their edits (again) for fear of edit warring. I felt more comfortable handing it off to an administrator, but I'll remember the above for next time. Tx again.Bobbyandbeans (talk) 21:19, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Looper (film)

Hello there! I noticed you tagged Looper (film) with {{plot}}. According to WP:FILMPLOT,

Plot summaries for feature films should be between 400 and 700 words. The summary should not exceed the range unless the film's structure is unconventional, such as Pulp Fiction's non-linear storyline, or unless the plot is too complicated to summarize in this range. (Discuss with other editors to determine if a summary cannot be contained within the proper range.)

The plot summary as it stands now is about 730 words, which is an acceptable length, considering that the film deals with time travel (read: more complicated than average), so the tag is not really appropriate. If you have any ideas as to how the plot can be further summarized (it was around 900 words at one point), I suggest you voice them on the talk page and contribute to the discussion. Cliff Smith 01:17, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

I personally disagree that it's so complicated that it cannot be more readily summarized, but don't care enough to get involved. Feel free to remove the tag with your reasons or note it on the Talk page; I won't fight it or argue. Thanks for the note.Bobbyandbeans (talk) 01:24, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. I appreciate your candor. I'm going to remove the tag for the stated reasons and note this on the talk page, but just so you know, I too think that it could be a bit more summarized. I intend to work on it soon. Cliff Smith 01:42, 14 October 2012 (UTC)