User talk:Gustave55555

Hi Gustave. Please see my reply to your post about the article Prostitution on the Talk:Prostitution page. Thanks :-) --MsBatfish (talk) 10:21, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again Gustave. I replied to your post on my talk page at User talk:MsBatfish. I wasn't sure which page you would be checking so I will copy the text below as well:

• "Hi Gustave,

I will reply here as well as make a note on your user talk page as I am not sure whether or not you received the previous message I left for you at User talk:Gustave55555. I was also a bit confused because your user name shows up simply as "Gustave" but directs to "Gustave55555". While it is not necessary that your signature name be exactly the same as your user name, according to Wikipedia:signatures it is inadvisable to use a name that closely resembles a user name already taken by another user. In this case, however, I think "Gustave" should probably be ok to use if you want to go on using it, because the user called User:Gustave hasn't been active on Wikipedia since 2006.

As for editing protected pages, you do not need to make 10 edits per month in order to do so, you simply need to make 10 edits total before you can edit a semi-protected page (such as the Prostitution article. Once you have made a total of 10 edits (which I think applies only to articles and not talk pages, but I'm not certain) you will be considered an "autoconfirmed user" and able to edit semi-protected pages any time you wish. It really isn't that difficult to rack up 10 edits, even making a minor edit such as fixing a spelling mistake counts. You can see the relevant Wikipedia policy at Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed user and Wikipedia:Protection.

Editing other articles on Wikipedia in order to get your first 10 edits is also good practice to learn about the editing process. Please let me know if you need any help. In the meantime, if you have any specific suggestions for the Prostitution article I will do my best to try to help you with them. Thanks for wanting to help improve the article :-)" --MsBatfish (talk) 02:18, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm IronGargoyle. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Prostitution in New Zealand seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. IronGargoyle (talk) 19:31, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]