and welcome to wikipedia thank you for your contributions i hope you like the place and decide to stay here are some pages that you might find helpful introduction the five pillars of wikipedia how to edit a page help pages how to write a great article simplified manual of style i hope you enjoy editing here and being a wikipedian please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes which will automatically produce your name and the date if you need help check out wikipedia questions ask me on or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there again welcome automatic invitation to visit wp teahouse sent by hi jerm thanks for contributing to wikipedia be our guest at the teahouse the teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to wikipedia and get help from peers and experienced editors i hope to see you there rosiestep i'm a teahouse host visit the teahousethis message was delivered automatically by your robot friend category wikipedians who have received a teahouse invitation bc bce in saul hi and welcome to wikipedia bc vs bce has been a long debated subject here without a final answer all we have now is a compromise one that's been in place for years wikipedia has a stated manual of style policy on this wp eras basically saying either is allowed but it must be consistent in an article it states pecifically do not change the established era style in an article in this case unfortunately saul is ad bc so should not have any ce bce dates except in quotes links etc per the policy it is possible though rare for an article to be changed if you a specific reason for saul to be changed to ce bce throughout you should bring it up in its talk page as described in the manual of style until you have consensus for that we have to follow the general policy all is good it's unfortunate you ran into a quirky compromise policy so soon after joining wikipedia given we have the whole english speaking population as potential editors things actually run pretty smoothly for the most part btw note there is a british vs american english compromise in place as well some articles are in british english and some in american english and that's also unlikely to ever change it's a fun big world we live in vandalism blocking can only be done by an administrator which i'm not but you can report it at wikipedia administrator intervention against vandalism in the case you mentioned though there hadn't been any edits made from that ip address for several months anselm happy new year jerm style border px solid ffd background