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Sincerely, Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:59, 13 September 2018 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)Reply

Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:59, 13 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

September 2018 edit

  Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Edmund Pevensie, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:16, 13 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

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  Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Edmund Pevensie. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:30, 13 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

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  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to blank out or remove portions of page content, templates, or other materials from Wikipedia without adequate explanation, as you did at Santana Lopez, you may be blocked from editing. Thank you. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:31, 13 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

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October 2018 edit

  Hello, I'm Capitals00. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thanks. Capitals00 (talk) 13:36, 18 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

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  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Lochgelly High School. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 20:09, 30 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Lochgelly High School, you may be blocked from editing. – Gilliam (talk) 20:11, 30 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

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You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Lochgelly.
Your edits have been automatically marked as vandalism and have been automatically reverted. The following is the log entry regarding this vandalism: Lochgelly was changed by 194.81.49.187 (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.951943 on 2018-10-30T20:11:55+00:00

Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 20:11, 30 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

November 2018 edit

  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:53, 24 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

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  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at 2017 Women's March. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:17, 24 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Anonymous users from this IP address have been blocked temporarily from editing for persistent vandalism.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  – Muboshgu (talk) 15:38, 24 November 2018 (UTC)Reply
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December 2018 edit

  Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Szayel Aporro Granz, did not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:21, 19 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Your recent editing history at Szayel Aporro Granz 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. See BRD for 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 don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:42, 19 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion edit

  Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:194.81.49.187 reported by User:Barkeep49 (Result: ). Thank you. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:54, 19 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

 
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 2 months for Disruptive editing. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

Per a complaint at the edit warring noticeboard. See {{schoolblock}}. EdJohnston (talk) 04:22, 20 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Plastique Tiara edit

Please stop expanding the Plastique Tiara redirect. She is not notable enough for a Wikipedia article yet. Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 17:00, 28 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

March 2019 edit

  Hello, I'm Baden-Paul. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to List of sports— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thanks. Baden-Paul (talk) 19:38, 7 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

 
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 year for persistent vandalism. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

See {{schoolblock}} for how to create an account. EdJohnston (talk) 20:02, 7 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

EdJohnston, I'm still seeing problematic edits from this IP. ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:33, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Kiara edit

Hi there! I see you keep trying to create an article at Kiara (drag queen). I want to let you know that the article was reverted to a redirect because you did not include any reliable, secondary sources, which are needed to establish the subject's notability. Without those things, the article can't be kept on Wikipedia. Please ask if you have any questions! Armadillopteryx 15:33, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

August 2020 edit

 
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 3 years for Disruptive editing. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

See {{schoolblock}} and the prior notices on this page. EdJohnston (talk) 17:19, 20 August 2020 (UTC)Reply