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For the benefit of other watchers whose infoboxes have been edited- MOS:INFOBOXFLAG

While it's not outside the purview of cleaning up articles, you have been rather zealously removing flags from infoboxes and I would just like to repeat this here for others affected to consider- MOS:INFOBOXFLAG says "Human geographic articles – for example settlements and administrative subdivisions – may have flags of the country and first-level administrative subdivision in infoboxes. However, physical geographic articles... islands, mountains... etc. – should not."

The Manual of Style only goes on to say consensus is needed for the placement of infobox flags in articles which are in dispute or intersect both Where one article covers both human and physical geographic subjects. These cases are few and far between. Manhattan is the only example I can find at quick glance, even Brooklyn and Queens wouldn't be covered by this as they represent borough/county divisions, human geography. Others, like Montreal have separate articles like the Island of Montreal. Do you see what I'm saying here?--Simtropolitan (talk) 17:11, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Yes, of course, Simtropolitan is correct, I am responsible for the zealous removal of flags for Country, State, or equivalent, and County, or equivalent, to all but a very select number of "settlement" articles and apologise to all of those affected.

My Favourite Account  ^😊 17:51, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

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Three-Revert Rule Warning

Again, despite admitting your recent edits contradict the MoS, you have continued reverting edits on Springfield, Massachusetts.

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. 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.--Simtropolitan (talk) 23:55, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

I will never understand why I am sent the warning when mine was the first edit to be reverted. Surely "changing content back..." and "Undoing another editor's work..." is advice and warning that should be given to the first to revert, especially if they did not follow the primary advice, "... Instead of reverting, please use the talk page...", they are the instigators.

Or will it forever be one rule for those who dictate the content and one for those who try to remove bias, especially such an obvious bias in articles related to the U.S. Using this edit as a typical example, almost all articles relating to towns and cities everywhere but the U.S. have consistency and follow the rule as intended, while those in the U.S. each has its own self-chosen editor, or sheriff, who argues, 'nothing changes without a consensus' on his page, one of those editors "changing content back...", "Undoing another editor's work" but one who doesn't need to "... use the talk page...", because they have impunity regardless of which editor has most privileges. So, do what the fuck you like, Wiki is now just a punchline to a joke about lacking credibility.

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