User talk:Soulmann

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Meelar (talk) 23:21, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)

User page vs. User talk page[edit]

I'm sure you were entirely well-intentioned in editing my user page, but, please, unless invited, do not edit other people's user pages. If you want to leave someone a message, please use their talk page. Again, not doubting your intent, and I gather you are new to this.

The welcome messages at the top of my user page indicate what languages I actively work in. I read very little Greek, and wouldn't attempt to write it. If a message is there in Greek, people will be under the misimpression that I know the language. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:53, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)

In fact, article discussion pages are heavily used, as are user talk pages.

It's technically possible to edit someone else's user page, and it's occasionally appropriate. There are a lot of people who make task-oriented pages in user space (e.g. if you were to create User:Soulmann/Project X) and welcome edits to those, and there are groups of people who work closely together who are comfortable letting each other edit their user pages.

As in any community, there is a complicated mix of actually enforced rules and etiquette. And there are sub-communities here. Remarks about another editor's point of view that might be considered entirely appropriate in discussion Israeli-Palestinian conflict might be considered rather out of line in discussion Poetry of the United States. -- Jmabel | Talk 17:45, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)