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== Admin abuse ==

I just registered and created an initial basic user page ( User:Flurdy ) to test how it looks.
However 1 minute after I created it, someone deleted it. The deletor claims to be an admin and the reason for deletion was because he can.

I recreated it, but looking at the differences in the revision history two people seem to have edited my page, User:200.56.224.5 and User:Dysprosia . (The first user, I presume is an IP and it is not mine). 

I am not certain how WikiPedia works, but is it right that people can randomly delete pages as they seem fit? Or can they remove and edit the entire page as they seem fit? Does that not imply admin abuse?

The content of the page was not the best, just basic info on who I am, as it was only an initial revision to build upon later with more relavant information. 

I do use WikiPedia quite a lot, and it seemed a natural progression to register. And I do understand WikiPedia's method of open authoring. However I am unwilling to populate the User page if it can be deleted instantly without any notification procedure or valid reasoning.

Cheers,
Ivar

Is it possible for an admin or someone else to check the above IP to see if it matches one of our problem users? I am sure it wasn't an admin. If we can identify who is likely discouraging a new user, I'd vote for immediate permanent expulsion. [[User:Alteripse|Alteripse]] 12:28, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

:I have just checked and there was no deletion of User:Flurdy.  Is it possible that you accidentally created the page in article space?  Perhaps it was misspelled or lacking the "User" portion? - [[User:Texture|<span style="color:red;">T&#949;x</span>]][[User Talk:Texture|<span style="color:blue;">&#964;</span>]][[User:Texture|<span style="color:red;">ur&#949;</span>]] 12:45, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

:In addition, it appears that Dysprosia reverted vandalism by User:200.56.224.5. Admins and other users are watching to help protect your user page. - [[User:Texture|<span style="color:red;">T&#949;x</span>]][[User Talk:Texture|<span style="color:blue;">&#964;</span>]][[User:Texture|<span style="color:red;">ur&#949;</span>]] 12:45, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

::Thanks for the advices. It appears to me that an unknown (User:200.56.224.5) edited the page and as Texture mentions that Dysprosia reverted it nearly immidietly. I am appreciative of the effort people did put in to help and assist with this and Wiki in general. I hope the user can be tracked down. I am though amazed at the speed of it. There couldnt have been many minutes between registering, first page edit, vandalism and then revertion.

:::Admins often watch ''Recent changes'' to see what edits are happening at any given moment.Dysprosia  was probably doing this. When she saw an edit to your user page by someone who was not you (We don't normally edit other peoples user pages) she probably smelled a rat and decided to check the edit out. In general, vandalism is usually reverted very quickly. [[User:Theresa knott|theresa knott]] 21:42, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)