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:These templates are only for common garden problems that we see almost every day, and are no substitute for a good ol' personal message. In your case it depends on the reasoning for the AFD, but common problems would be [[WP:POINT]] or [[WP:CENSOR]]. Ask an admin for a speedy keep at [[WP:ANI]], and if the editor persists without good reasoning then blocks would be issued for disruptive editing. ^{[[User:Khukri|'''<font face="verdana" color=#6633cc>Khu</font>''']][[User_talk:Khukri|'''<font face="verdana" color=#CC66FF>kri</font>''']]} 10:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

== Link to dispute resolution ==

{{Resolved|1=looks like it's been added. --[[User:Slakr|<span style="color:teal;font-weight:bold;">slakr</span>]]<small>^{\&nbsp;[[User talk:Slakr|talk]]&nbsp;/}</small> 16:41, 12 January 2008 (UTC)}}

[[Template:uw-3rr]] might benefit from a link to [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution]]. The template advises users to discuss their dispute, which is a start. The advantage of linking to the dispute resolution page is that this page helps explain what to do if simple talk page discussion doesn't work (I find often users keep reverting because they find discussion isn't productive). The one con I can think of is that this warning is already rather long and adding a link would lengthen it. [[User:Heimstern|Heimstern Läufer]] [[User talk:Heimstern|(talk)]] 05:49, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

== How to conteract warnings being removed ==

Increasingly I am seeing instances of vandals removing warnings from talk pages. One way of reducing the effect of this, which I am doing, is to paste the warning template code into the Edit Summary as well. This makes it easy for an admin looking at the history to see the type and nature of the warnings, even if no warnings appear on the current version of the page. Should such a request be added to the project page and promoted ? Cheers -- John <span class="plainlinks" style="font-family: Verdana; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;">([[User:Daytona2|Daytona2]]<span style="font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;·</span> [[User talk:Daytona2|Talk]]<span style="font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;·</span> [[Special:Contributions/Daytona2|Contribs]])</span> 17:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

:The [[WP:UTM]] page does suggest you, "give the level of the template you have used (and preferably the name: for example, "error3", "v2", "d1") in your edit summary". I think most admins are in the habit of checking the talk page history for warnings, though it definitely makes life easier if descriptive summaries are used.--<span style="font-family: Palatino Linotype">[[User:Kubigula|Kubigula]] ''([[User talk:Kubigula|talk]])''</span> 17:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

::Whenever I block, I always look at the talk page history ''first'' to make sure all of the warnings were properly issued. You pretty much have to since [[WP:USER]] was updated to state that editors may remove at will any messages on their own talk page. That said, as a blocking admin, I certainly appreciate it whenever an editor also includes the warning in their edit summary (personally I put the generic warning in the summary, such as {{tl|uw-error3}} or {{tl|uw-tpv4}}). --[[User:Kralizec!|Kralizec!]] ([[User talk:Kralizec!|talk]]) 17:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

== Bad practice? ==

To me the wording the wording "bad practice" in "deleting or editing legitimate comments ... is considered [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Behavior that is unacceptable|bad practice]]", used in [[:Template:uw-tpv1]], comes across as almost a joke. Any reasons to not replace that by "... is considered [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Behavior that is unacceptable|unacceptable]]"? &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam|Lambiam]] 16:37, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

:That's a level 1 warning, so the wording seems appropriately gentle. (Just my 2 cents...) --[[User:Orlady|Orlady]] ([[User talk:Orlady|talk]]) 20:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC)