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February 2016

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Duplicate passage

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The passage in Ben Sasse that you've repeatedly restored after others have deleted it (e.g. diff1, diff2, diff3), is a near-exact duplicate of one that's located elsewhere in the article. In deleting the passage, other editors have noted that it's a duplicate (e.g. diff1, diff2, diff3). You've offered no justification for this, in your edit summaries or at the talk page. This is creating a lot of needless work for your fellow editors. If you believe that there's a good reason for duplicating the passage, please explain it before restoring it once again; and please participate in discussion with other interested editors rather than just restoring the passage over and over. — Ammodramus (talk) 14:12, 7 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

Raven-Symone and Trump

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Hi there, per WP:BRD, when content you submit has been reverted by another user, the burden is yours to seek consensus for inclusion by opening a discussion on the article's talk page and getting feedback from other editors. Restoring the content simply because you're attached to it, is not conducive to a collaborative project like Wikipedia. I have opened a discussion for you at Talk:Raven-Symoné and you are urged to participate. Please note that restoring the content without achieving consensus is generally considered to be disruptive. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:54, 7 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

Let's reach a consensus. Raven-Symone can recant her statement. Then we can remove the political section. Otherwise it is relevant. If a public feature is willing to abandon the nation that they succeeded in over their candidate not winning, it is a big deal.

March 2016

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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Raven-Symoné. 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.

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Diff: [1] Cyphoidbomb (talk) 00:41, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop your disruptive editing, as you did at Raven-Symoné. Your edits have been or will be reverted or removed.

Do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive until the dispute is resolved through consensus. Continuing to edit disruptively may result in your being blocked from editing. Melonkelon (talk) 01:53, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Please note that you've violated, however unintentionally, Wikipedia's three-revert rule. This states that no editor is allowed to perform more than three reverts on any one page within a 24-hour period; edits that undo another editor's actions are considered reverts, whether or not one's used the "Undo" link.
User:Cyphoidbomb and I have both removed the material you inserted re. Donald Trump. You've restored it four times within 7 hours: diff1, diff2, diff3, and diff4. As best I can tell, you haven't changed the material at all in an attempt to find a compromise, and your discussion has been limited to declaring, in so many words, "I disagree" and "I'll remove it if and when Raven-Symonè retracts her statement".
Per WP:3RR, the appropriate action for you to take when you've inadvertently violated the three-revert policy is to undo your own latest reversion. As a new editor, you're not to be faulted for being unaware of the policy; but now that you've been informed, it behoves you to abide by it. — Ammodramus (talk) 02:05, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
I'm afraid that you've again violated the three-revert rule, this time at Ben Sasse, with reverts at 02:38, at 03:58, and at 18:29 on March 7, and at 02:55 on March 8. Note that WP:3RR includes "Fourth reverts just outside the 24-hour period may also be taken as evidence of edit-warring, especially if repeated or combined with other edit-warring behavior"; a fourth edit at 24 hours and 17 minutes seems to fit this description, especially since each of these four reversions, and two reversions preceding them, inserted an exact duplicate of a sentence that already occurred elsewhere in the article.
Please note, too, that Wikipedia operates on a model of consensus, reached through discussion and compromise. I find no evidence that you've tried to compromise at Ben Sasse, although the other two editors involved (1990'sguy and I) have explained why we disagree with your edits, and I've offered several compromises, including a well-sourced two-paragraph subsection on Sasse v. Trump. You've been similarly uncompromising at Raven-Symoné, where you've refused to change your material despite objections from Cyphoidbomb, Melonkelon, and I; and you've repeatedly re-inserted a Trump-related category at several other articles, including Cher, Barry Diller, Eddie Griffin, Randy Blythe, and Omari Hardwick, despite their removal by Malerooster, Yamaguchi先生, and I.
I assume, based on your editing histories, that you're the same person as KeepingSasseHonest, the creator of Category:Americans promising to leave the country if Trump is elected and Category:Republicans who will disavow the party if Trump is the 2016 nominee. Both categories were put up for deletion discussion on March 5, and both attracted a number of "delete" !votes; the only "keep" to date has been yours. On March 7, KeepingSasseHonest created the empty Category:Republicans vowing to leave party if Trump is 2016 presidential nominee: essentially, the same as one of the categories up for deletion. This looks very much like an attempt to get around the category-deletion process by creating a new category substantially identical to one of the likely-to-be-deleted ones.
Throughout this whole business, you've participated very little in discussion, and your participation has come in the form of comments like "The Trump statement stays" and "I am inclined to keep this section on the page until Ravaven-Symone retracts her statement." I see no willingness to compromise or to take into account the arguments of other Wikipedians: only determination to keep the material you want, exactly as you want it, by repeated reversion. — Ammodramus (talk) 14:06, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
you know what they say about people who assume... Anyways, I agree to your new section "sass vs Trump" with a couple clarifications, which have been made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.88.43.62 (talkcontribs)
I'm afraid that your latest edit was contrary to Wikipedia policy. Please see WP:NOTOPINION, which explains that Wikipedia is not a venue for advocacy. Phrases like "which is ludicrous because..." and "even though it is clear to the most casual of observers" make arguments for a position, not well-sourced statements of fact.
As part of your insertion, you cite a 2000 column by Trump in which he dissociates himself from David Duke, and use this to support the assertion that Sasse's position is "ludicrous". This is a violation of another of Wikipedia's core policies, "No original research". Specifically, you're citing a fact, but using it to support a conclusion that you've drawn yourself. If reliable sources report that Trump or Trump supporters have made this argument specifically against Sasse's claim, it might not be inappropriate to include a well-sourced statement to that effect; but rather than interdigitating it with Sasse's statements, it should be in the second paragraph, which is devoted to negative reactions to Sasse's position. — Ammodramus (talk) 17:15, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
Clearly inappropriate and it raises strong doubts about the editor's competence. Wikipedia is not a soapbox. IP editor, if you want to harp about your political opinions or muse aloud, get a blog like everyone else. Content at Wikipedia should be presented in a neutral point of view free of your personal opinions and musings. We only care what reliable published sources have to say about any given subject. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:24, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
  Please stop your disruptive editing, Stop it. The edits that you have made are completely one-sided. Wikipedia is supposed to be a NEUTRAL source of information. The condescending way that you adress me is insulting. I will give you the option to clean up the segment before I need to get the administrators involved. Sasse's accusations are unfounded and the way it is written now does not mention the fact that David Duke never even endorsed Trump and that Trump has disavowed all hate groups, especially Duke and the KKK going back as early as the year 2000. This is fact, not "soapbox". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.88.43.62 (talkcontribs) 19:13, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
1) An administrator has already been involved. I am an administrator. 2) More administrators will be involved per the note below. Wikipedia is not a forum for your soapboxing or edit-warring. Consensus is determined through discussion, and your repeated resubmission of content that other editors have contested is unjustified and inconsistent with established editing protocols. This content, is clearly soapboxing. "Ludicrous" represents your opinion, which does not belong in the article. If you wanted to rephrase the content so that it is presented in neutral language that doesn't reek of your opinion, that would be fine, but at this point you should still seek consensus for inclusion considering how disruptive your edits have been of late. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:51, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

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You should probably respond to the ANI report. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:52, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

March 2016

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December 2016

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  This is your only warning; if you remove or blank page contents or templates from Wikipedia again, as you did at Rex Tillerson, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. FriyMan (talk) 21:18, 12 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

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February 2017

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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 Invented tradition, you may be blocked from editing. Thank you. Sondra.kinsey (talk) 04:04, 5 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Please use English

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Regarding your edit on Death of Muammar Gaddafi, use the English "God is great" and not Arabic "Allāhu Akbar". BTW: "Akbar" should be capitalized. Thank you Jim1138 (talk) 04:24, 19 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

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September 2017

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October 2017

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  Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Uncontacted peoples. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Kbseah (talk) 21:10, 9 October 2017 (UTC)Reply

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February 2019

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  This is your only warning; if you violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy by inserting unsourced or poorly sourced defamatory content into an article or any other Wikipedia page again, as you did at Meritocracy, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Mojoworker (talk) 18:47, 16 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

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June 2019

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  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Uppsala, you may be blocked from editing. bonadea contributions talk 04:50, 14 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

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January 2020

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It was a non-sequitur of a political nature that has nothing to do with the subject matter. The proper edit for that is removal. I really don't care because the majority of the free world knows that Wikipedia's editing mafia has turned it into an unreliably biased source, which is a shame because previous to 2015 it was fairly neutral. Keep trying to edit reality, because it simply shows you as the hack that you are, and further discredits you.