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Is there a reason you posted this on my talk page? Meatsgains^(talk) 01:13, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

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September 2018

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Antifa (United States). Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 20:22, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Antifa edits

"the terrorist organization known for their use of state-backed violence against peaceful protesters." Really? Acroterion (talk) 23:13, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions alert for articles and content relating to post-1932 American politics

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For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

Doug Weller talk 13:53, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions alert for articles and content relating to governmental regulation of firearm ownership; the social, historical and political context of such regulation; and the people and organizations associated with these issues

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For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

Doug Weller talk 10:45, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Your recent edits

Your recent edits to American political subjects have been tendentious, in my opinion. Admittedly I don't understand the point of this back and forth at Antifa (United States), but it ends with a change of the word "stated" in the sentence "Their stated focus is on fighting far-right and white supremacist ideologies directly, rather than politically" to "Their supposed focus, etc". Stated is neutral and in accordance with the source; supposed introduces a non-neutral element of suspicion. This is fairly ridiculous, especially in the prominent place where the sentence is: last in the lead section. Here you removed the well-sourced final sentence in the lead of the article Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which brought the history of the Second Amendment into the present. How you can think that's "irrelevant" baffles comprehension. Your earlier edits are all of a piece with these recent ones. Please edit more constructively and neutrally on these controversial articles, or you're likely to find yourself banned from editing them, per the blue boxes above. Bishonen | talk 20:09, 19 September 2018 (UTC).

October 2018

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at Proud Boys, you may be blocked from editing.

Your changes have already been discussed on the article's talk page. Reliable sources repeatedly describe the Proud Boys as far-right, and Wikipedia follows reliable sources. Wikipedia isn't a platform for promotion, censorship, political correctness, or whitewashing. Again, if you want to make these changes, gain consensus first on the article's talk page. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 02:32, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at User talk:Grayfell. Grayfell (talk) 00:14, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

UW

You have ignored all 4 previous warnings. You have been reported to the administrators for repeated vandalism and you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. JC7V-talk 05:02, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

October 2018

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for intentionally being a dick to 3-4 different people. why should we have to put up with people like you?.

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 ~~~~}}.  Floquenbeam (talk) 12:36, 25 October 2018 (UTC)