User talk:Bearclaws13
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Hello, Bearclaws13, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, your edit to Starkville, Mississippi does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy (NPOV). Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.
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June 2018[edit]
Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did on Starkville, Mississippi. This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Do not remove sourced copy to add your unsourced revisionist crap. This article is not here to paint the picture the city fathers, the Chamber of Commerce, or the school district wants painted. It's here to summarize the facts as reported by reliable secondary sources. I'm going to request the article be protected again. Please make your case if you have one on the article's talk page. Consensus dictates content. Edit warring will get you blocked. John from Idegon (talk) 05:01, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
Points to note:
- Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
- Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.
If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. — BillHPike (talk, contribs) 05:13, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia, as you did at Starkville, Mississippi. John from Idegon (talk) 08:33, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
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 | Hi Bearclaws13 and welcome to Wikipedia. I see that you are new here. Please be sure that any editing is done in a manner that is encyclopedic. This means it needs to be neutral and without some underlying POV or WP:AGENDA. Also any claims of fact that are not obviously uncontroversial need to be referenced to a reliable independent source. Thank you for your contributions and I hope you stick around. Regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:19, 18 June 2018 (UTC) |
- Ok another editor has pointed out that you appear to be making nonconstructive edits that are substantially identical to edits made by anonymous (IP) editors for a good period of time. Here's the deal. It looks highly suspicious. MY strongest advice is to find another subject/article to work on. Any further disruptive editing on this article will end in your being blocked. I am cutting you more slack here than most admins would because I hate blocking people. But understand this is the only warning you will get from me. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:35, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for your response. I am not sure how the edits I'm making are non-constructive. My most recent edit of the article in question did not remove any existing content and added sourced information that only included the name and a brief history of a public school district. I am at a loss of how to constructively engage in a discussion of how to improve this article by adding relevant information, as the editor who keeps reverting my edits claims they are "non-neutral" without providing any reason why even though I have started new sections both in the article's Talk page and on his page. Do you have any advice on how to proceed? Thank you.
Bearclaws13 (talk) 03:49, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
- I see that you have opened a discussion on the article talk page. That's a good start. You should ping any other involved editors to the discussion. You can do this with the following template {{u|editor user name}}. Also you can read WP:DR for further suggestions on how to handle disagreements. Be aware that I have protected the page which prevents editing by anonymous editors and brand new users. Once you have been around for a little bit and done some constructive editing you will automatically be given auto-confirmed status. For now you will be limited to the article talk page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:58, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
The article Robert D. Ray needs an improved lead section before it could be featured in the "Recent Deaths" section on the front page. Would you be interested in writing that? Your other updated lead sections on political bios look very good. power~enwiki (π, ν) 00:44, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
August 2018[edit]
This is your only warning; if you remove or blank page contents or templates from Wikipedia again, as you did at Starkville, Mississippi, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Not going to work any better now than it did the last time. Take it to the talk page. John from Idegon (talk) 23:28, 12 August 2018 (UTC)