User talk:Anscombe
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- You're welcome - here's a bunch of links I send to new users, hope they are useful to you. Regards, WilliamH (talk) 19:28, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Regarding the aforementioned AfD, please understand that deletion discussions are not a majority vote, but are for the purpose of allowing a consensus to form among Wikipedians as to whether the subject should be deleted. Consequently, the recruitment of people who might circumvent the formation of consensus in order to change the outcome of a discussion is highly discouraged. All editors are welcome to offer their opinion in a discussion, but please understand that if it were to be construed that other people were being 'enlisted' to change its course, it probably wouldn't put one in a good light. Hope this helps. Regards, WilliamH (talk) 18:46, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for taking the time to leave me the message about the wiki consensus policy. I had seen a reference to it in the wiki docs and was worried that the responses would in fact work against the page in just the way that you describe. I appreciate wiki giving the group the benefit of the doubt this time. Anscombe (talk) 02:31, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
- FWIW, it took me a while to figure out how to use the talkback feature that you mention at the top of your talk page. I kept getting an error message that said "Please enter the username parameter...". Any chance that the error message could show an example? I found an example on your talk page, but for others like me, the example as part of the error message would be a boon. Anscombe (talk) 03:05, 12 June 2008 (UTC)