Viktor Sublime

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April 2023

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in List of dog crossbreeds, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. See MOS:BREED for this article and for the other dog articles you changed. Wikipedia has its own style guide. It does not matter what other style guides recommend. Meters (talk) 06:51, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Please take notice of the polite message above. Continuing to edit against consensus after being asked not to is not a great idea, and can have undesirable consequences. Thanks, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:45, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

And please read WP:MINOR. Many of your edits are not minor, particularly when you have already been informed that they are breaking MOS. Meters (talk) 18:26, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. The thread is here. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:37, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

April 2023

Hi Ad Orientem,

I'm a long time user, but new to editing. Sorry for rubbing you guys the wrong way on the dog breeds. I didn't see your messages--I wasn't checking messages and they didn't catch my attention. I'll try to be more aware. I think I offered some indisputable improvements in the the syntax and grammar, but I guess making the breeds lower case was a big job that needed some sort of green light from an admin. I do want to point out that dog breeds are lower case, and students and young people who in particular who are using the site for information should know that. All my edits were double checked against Merriam Webster and MLA, which I mentioned. Also, the few times I added to the general intro, it was because there was a note requesting it in the section, and I did change every single sentence and cited at the end, but I understand the requirement for even more novelty from the source. I did not go back and change a single edit of mine that was undone by someone else, so I was not warring. I just kept moving through the breeds and never saw your messages. Anyway, I love dogs, but will leave the dog breeds alone. I think your block was fair because it caught my attention when your messages did not, and it expires in 48 hours. Thanks for helping to keep the quality up and I hope to keep playing in your sandbox. --Viktor Viktor Sublime (talk) 04:17, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. Yes, the dog breed capitalization issue was problematic. Thanks for taking this onboard as a learning experience. Happy editing. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:40, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

April 2023

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Points to note:

1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Cullen328 (talk) 16:20, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Viktor Sublime! Your additions to American Leopard Hound have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

• You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
• Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. You cannot simply copy text form a source and change just a few words. That is overly close paraphrasing Thank you. Meters (talk) 18:13, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

April 2023

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for persistently making disruptive edits. 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 ~~~~}}.  Ad Orientem (talk) 12:56, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

If you resume this pattern if disruptive behavior when your block expires, your next one is going to be indefinite. This should be understood as a FINAL WARNING. -Ad Orientem (talk) 12:58, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

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