User talk:SomeIrishPerson

Hello, SomeIrishPerson !

Some Scottish butter shortbread fingers to welcome you!

Thank you for your interesting contributions to our Irish articles and welcome to Wikivoyage, SomeIrishPerson !

To help you contribute, we've created a tips for new contributors page, full of helpful links about policies and guidelines and our house style as well as some important information on copyleft and basic stuff like how to edit a page.

However, even more important than following every guideline is to PLUNGE FORWARD and write something useful – someone might be along to help with the proper formatting later if we're both lucky...

Add your home town, or a place you know well or write some insider tips - but please don't use first person pronouns.

It was terrific that you created your own user account on Wikivoyage because it'll now provide you with various benefits:

1. easier communication with other writers about your edits and travel tips via this, your very own User Talk page, even if your future visits are from another IP. Don't forget to log in, though!
2. your choice of thumbnail image display size by setting the default size they will display at (in your user Preferences)
3. gain kudos for your contributions, which will now all be attributed to you rather than just an IP address - as long as you remember to log in!
4. your contributions will become more trusted as you become familiar to other Wikivoyagers as a frequent editor with a history they can check
5. you'll not need to pass a recaptcha test each time you add an external link
6. protect your privacy — your IP address will still be displayed in the history of articles if you have not remembered to log in to your registered account, but logging in will allow you to maintain your privacy behind an alias
7. your very own watchlist — a list of pages for which you want to keep track of future changes
8. become a Project:Docent — if you know a destination well and would like to share your knowledge
9. Preferences menu — customize your Wikivoyage experience.

If you need help, check out Wikivoyage:Help, or post a message in the travellers' pub. We're looking forward to seeing you again and again here on Wikivoyage now you're a registered user! --118.93.67.66 20:30, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Misleading edits to other users' words

In most Wiki's it's considered extremely rude and abusive to change an editor's comments in talk pages (even to correct spelling mistakes and other typos) without the author's permission.

I wish to make it clear that at least two admins have now committed this sin and that this was the actual greeting that I wanted to give you. The substantive difference is that I am NOT User:W. Frank and the caption on the Scottish shortbread image (caused initially by my substituting here Frank's very good user template for issuing welcomes) should not be reverted to imply that I am Frank - never mind what the old boys club may attempt to persuade you!

I really wish that these crude attempts to fan personality politics and denigrate good faith edits should cease and I find it strange that admins can't be bothered to welcome productive new users, but do have the time to edit war in this fashion. My version of Frank's original idea also produces a table of contents positioned on the right hand side of the page, so it would be wonderful if you reverted to that version, SomeIrishPerson. Sláinte! --118.93.67.66 22:32, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Distinguished editing history as an IP

Would I be right in thinking that almost all of these edits to Irish articles are also yours?

Please feel free to delete this topic without reply if I am wrong or you are uncomfortable with it... --118.93.67.66 22:42, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Yes that was me. I also did the Warning box template. SomeIrishPerson (talk) 23:50, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the confirmation. Like many Kiwis, I can turn up the odd Irish ancestor myself - especially down the West Coast of New Zealand where most of my rellies originally came from Munster. If you ever want to chat, feel free to e-mail me at 118.93nzp AT gmail DOT com and I can then give you a ring from work when I'm on late shift (bearing in mind that the "old sod" is usually 11-13 hours behind Godzone). --118.93.67.66 08:44, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

I see you haven't been active for a while - or have you been editing without logging in. I was quite interested by the layout you adopted here: User:SomeIrishPerson/Help/Time_and_date_formats --118.93nzp (talk) 23:45, 13 February 2014 (UTC)