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Happy editing! Drmies (talk) 01:00, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

September 2024

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on 1916 United States presidential election in Wisconsin. 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. Drmies (talk) 01:01, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing from certain pages (1916 United States presidential election in Wisconsin) for a period of 48 hours for edit warring. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Drmies (talk) 01:05, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

• I have added a few more election articles to this partial block; if I had seen that the first time I might have just blocked you indefinitely per WP:NOTHERE. I find it hard to believe that these measures are necessary in order to get you to discuss on the talk page. If you want to find consensus on the talk page, I encourage you to adopt a different tone. Drmies (talk) 01:11, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

  @Drmies This user is starting an edit War for no reason over inaccurate election maps. Could you intervene please? GatewayPolitics (talk) 02:38, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

  @Spiffy sperry GatewayPolitics (talk) 02:55, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

  @Spiffy sperry GatewayPolitics (talk) 02:55, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Accurate County lines.

Stop changing the maps back to the original. The original Maps use modern county lines that are we different than historic Tennessee county lines. Take for instance in 1912 election that you just nominated for deletion.

Here is a source for historic county lines that you should look over before you do that again. [1] GatewayPolitics (talk) 02:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

The original maps have better file names and if you want to change the file just overwrite the old file instead of making a new file. CottonDuggan (talk) 02:39, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

You cannot just override files that you do not have permission to override. That is the purpose of auto patrol users which I do not have. Also it is not against the guidelines to create your own version of maps that have similar names GatewayPolitics (talk) 02:40, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@CottonDuggan your recent edit just said they have accurate shapes even though I gave you backed up sources that say otherwise. Stop undoing my edit, it is useless and misleading if the old map stays up. GatewayPolitics (talk) 02:42, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

The old map is not useless. Just leave the old maps alone and stop with the edit warring. CottonDuggan (talk) 02:44, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

You were the one that initiated the edit warning. I'm going to leave it how it was since my map is more accurate. GatewayPolitics (talk) 02:44, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@CottonDuggan stop it. I don't know why you desperately want the inaccurate misleading map. There is literally nothing wrong with the map that I put up. It is the accurate and correct version GatewayPolitics (talk) 02:58, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

That old map is accurate. They’ve being updating the shapes of the counties on these maps since December 2022. CottonDuggan (talk) 03:01, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

NO IT IS NOT. COUNTY LINES ARE NOT THE SAME AS SHAPES. GatewayPolitics (talk) 03:02, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Yes they are and I’m telling you to stop reverting back to the bad map and you won’t listen and this edit warring has got to stop. CottonDuggan (talk) 03:07, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@CottonDuggan let's talk here. GatewayPolitics (talk) 03:07, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

You need to understand the difference between historical county lines and map shapes on wikipedia. If you look at the map I've been putting up, the counties look a little different . That is because back in 1912 the counties were shaped differently. That is why I'm putting that map up it represents the accurate version. GatewayPolitics (talk) 03:08, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@CottonDuggan GatewayPolitics (talk) 03:09, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

The old file needs to be used because of a better file name like the other presidential election maps. CottonDuggan (talk) 03:11, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

How does that matter? No one sees the names of map files when they read an article GatewayPolitics (talk) 03:12, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

And that is an opinion. All that is different from the title is where the date is located GatewayPolitics (talk) 03:13, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@CottonDuggan GatewayPolitics (talk) 03:13, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:CottonDuggan reported by User:R0paire-wiki (Result: ). Thank you. R0paire-wiki (talk) 03:14, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

September 2024

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for edit warring.

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Bbb23 (talk) 03:21, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

CottonDuggan (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

All I’ve been doing is adding the correct results for elections and reverting back to the original maps with the accurate shapes but they keep getting reverted and the edit warring is getting out of control and they won’t leave my edits alone. CottonDuggan (talk) 03:29, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Yes, you've both been edit warring. What you're supposed to do is use the article talk page and gain consensus for your changes. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 04:54, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

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CottonDuggan (talk) 03:29, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

CottonDuggan (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I promise to never edit war again and use the talk page and gain consensus for the changes this time. CottonDuggan (talk) 13:08, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Decline reason:

That's a start. I suggest you read WP:Dispute resolution, and incorporate it into your next unblock request. PhilKnight (talk) 14:01, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

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25 September 2024 unblock request

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

CottonDuggan (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I have now read the WP:Dispute resolution and I will use the talk pages and will use consensus for changes. CottonDuggan (talk) 23:25, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Decline reason:

This reply does not demonstrate that you understand WP:Dispute resolution and its various suggestions for how to resolve conflicts, nor how to apply them in your future editing. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 16:57, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

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