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Welcome to Bulbapedia, Zabbethx!
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Thank you, and have a good time editing here! --TTEchidna 20:20, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Hmm... Why am I not allowed to start my own userpage? It keeps telling me that I don't have permission. Zabbethx 20:07, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Yeh I looked at that message. Turns out it was posted a few months ago. Seems like it should have been fixed by now don't you think? What seems to be the problem, and when can we expect to see some progress made towards fixing it? Zabbethx 17:04, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
- Sometime soon. There will be a notice posted when we can resume user space edits. ~$aturn¥oshi THE VOICES 17:09, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Well thanks for the information, I look forward to the time when it is fixed.Zabbethx 17:16, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
"I Can't See The F***ing Sailboat!"
In the "Party" section of my userpage I can't see the pic of Torterra. On a side note, above Electivire and Milotic there is this wierd "Image:IC.gif" thing. I am giving permission and asking for assistance from a high ranking user or admin to please fix this for me. Any takers?Zabbethx 21:23, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Never mind I fixed it.Zabbethx 21:35, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi
I noticed you have been editing the User: namespace a lot recently. You may not be aware of this, but Bulbapedia has a Userspace policy that asks users to try and minimize the number of userspace edits they make in a short period of time. Instead of making multiple edits, why not use the Preview button (Alt + Shift + P) located right next to the edit button to look at your page and see how it is coming? That way, your page can look great while staying within the required amount of edits. Instead of editing the userspace, as a wiki, we encourage users to edit the mainspace. So, if you edit the mainspace more often, you will be allowed to edit the userspace more. Thanks! --PsychicRider☮ 22:19, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
- Did you even read the article? It cleary states that I intend to edit the mainspace as well as that page. In fact I left a summary after I edited just to make sure I would not get a message like this. Don't get me wrong, I know your doing what you think is best, but 3 edits over an hour and a half span doesn't seem to justify a warning message. Again, I'm not trying to come off as rude here but I used the preview button every time. That's why it was just 3 big edits and not 100 small ones.Zabbethx 22:28, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
Actually I made 2 edits to my user page and 4 edits to my teams page, and 1 of those was over six hours ago. It still adds to 6 edits though. But I honestly don't think 6 edits should be counted as excessive. Can I get in trouble editing my talk page like this? This is edit number 2 by me. Does that bring the total to 8 now? Can I get banned for talking alot on this page?Zabbethx 22:42, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
- It's different. Talk Page and User Page are separate. However. in the past we were not allowed to edit the userspace due to excessive edits. The limit was three, then four, then removed, as long as it wasn't abused. That's why the user warnings were made as warnings...Preview works very good. --PsychicRider☮ 22:51, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
Again! I know how to use the freaking preview button! I'm tired of everbody on this site thinking I don't know how to use the damn thing! I know a thing or two about editing, I'm one of the highest ranking users on the Golden Sun Universe.
Sorry, I lost my temper there for a moment.
I remember the ban. It sucked. Would you say I was abusing the user page?Zabbethx 22:59, 23 May 2009 (UTC)