User talk:Dylan Fourie

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Happy editing! --🐦DrWho42👻 20:26, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Marlene van Staden

On 9 June 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Marlene van Staden, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 06:56, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Comments in edit summary

Hi @Dylan Fourie. Regarding your edit summary at South Africa, please note that edits of every user on Wikipedia is treated equally. Your country of citizenship or residence doesn't give more weight to your edits. Making these comments are against wiki policies. Also add references to your edits. See Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Verifiability. Changes made to articles without proper reasoning in edit summary and/or cited references will be reverted. Dhruv edits (talk) 17:51, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

maybe don't edit pages of a topic you have no knowledge about Dylan Fourie (talk) 18:09, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

NPA

You need to read wp:npa. Slatersteven (talk) 12:30, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Jan 24

Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war; read about how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Slatersteven (talk) 12:32, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Note, you have been warned, one more revet and I report you. Slatersteven (talk) 12:34, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

January 2024

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for edit warring. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Acroterion (talk) 13:02, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

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Generalrelative (talk) 16:09, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

April 2024

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Survivor 44. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

• If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively, you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant noticeboards.
• If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, please seek assistance at Wikipedia's Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. You do not get to unilaterally decide that a particular contestant's photo doesn't belong just because you don't like him. Take it to the talk page if you want to open a discussion as to whose photos should and should not be acceptable. Bgsu98 (Talk) 20:42, 4 April 2024 (UTC)