Tonycrisos

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Hello, Tonycrisos, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, your edit to Zosimos of Panopolis 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 2021

Hi Tonycrisos! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 22:42, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions. Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to lose their editing privileges on that page. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to result in loss of your editing privileges. Thank you. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 22:55, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

Zosimos was a Greek alchemist. Correct the error. You can say something like “Egyptian born Greek” Alchemist. But don’t try to change his identity. Tonycrisos (talk) 17:03, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello Tonycrisos! Wikipedia is based on citing sources. The sources currently cited at Zosimos of Panopolis (e.g. Sherwood Taylor, F. (1937). "The Visions Of Zosimos". Ambix. 1 (1): 88–92. doi:10.1179/amb.1937.1.1.88.) call him "Egyptian" or "Graeco-Egyptian", not "Egyptian born Greek". Can you provide us with a source that calls him "Greek" or "Egyptian born Greek"? Also, please don't edit while logged out, as you did here. This is called sockpuppetry, and can get you blocked. Thanks for looking up the source! ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 18:27, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

October 2021

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Zosimos of Panopolis. 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. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 17:09, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

November 2022

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion.

Please refrain from changing information on the background of historical figures and phenomena to remove any suggestion that they may have been non-Greek. We follow what the sources say, and systematically changing sourced information to conform it to an editorial point of view is considered tendentious and disruptive. Thanks, ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 17:30, 17 November 2022 (UTC)