Lisa Spenser

Hello

I saw your name pop up in my watchlist; I noticed you had a redlinked talk page but also saw that you've been on Wikipedia for two and a half years. As such, it doesn't seem appropriate to put {{welcome}} on your page; instead, hello. :) Acalamari 22:53, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Lisa Spenser. The intent of my message to your talk page was meant as a friendly gesture and nothing more; when I meant "welcome" I was referring to me placing Template:Welcome, a welcoming message for new users, onto your talk page. As for your questions:

1. In regards to watchlists, see Help:Watching pages

2. "Redlinked" is Wikipedia jargon for a page that does not exist yet For example, linking the words "This is jargon" produce a "redlink" because there is no page called "This is jargon". See Wikipedia:Red link

3. It was I who created your talk page, rather than you. I had to create it to post a message here.

4. To access your talk page, there should be a "talk" button in the upper-right hand corner of your screen while logged into Wikipedia. You can also type "User talk:Lisa Spenser" into the Wikipedia search engine.

5. When you're on a talk page, there should be a "new section" button near the top of the screen. This will create a new message screen for you.

6. Wikipedia:Talk pages is useful for information about talk pages. A talk page is so other users can contact you; it's so users can communicate with each other.

7. I was going to tell you how to disable your e-mail, but I can't e-mail you and have to conclude that you have disabled it yourself already.

8. I can't delete your talk page now that it has been created; user talk pages are generally not deleted and besides, since you have disabled your e-mail (which is okay!) I cannot e-mail you everything I have just said.

I hope that covers everything and is clear and helpful to you! Again, my initial message was intended to be a friendly note...nothing more, nothing less. Please continue with the work you've been doing; good writers, editors and researchers are always welcome! Best. Acalamari 08:48, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Lisa Spenser, you can have a talk page if you edit from an account or an IP, although it's easier to communicate with an account than an IP: From what I understand, due to the dynamic nature of IPs, people editing anonymously aren't always notified of a new message. When you create a new account, the talk page is a redlink by default until you or another editor creates it. When an IP edits Wikipedia for the first time, their talk pages are also redlinks until someone creates them.

Again, sorry for how unclear and confusing my original message was. I do agree with your suggestion on how to avoid this in this future, although the funny thing is, I have done that before and have received "This is patronizing! I already know all this!"-type messages in response! :D Ah well.

Let me know if I can help with anything else; I'm always happy to help and in the event that I can't, I'll pass you on to someone who can. Best. Acalamari 08:46, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

January 2021

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to United States Department of Homeland Security, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Thank you. - wolf 03:27, 28 January 2021 (UTC)