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 This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

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Alexbrn (talk) 13:32, 7 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

March 2021

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  You currently appear to be 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. 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. Alexbrn (talk) 14:20, 7 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Content vs. behavior

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Hi RonnieSays,

messages like Special:Diff/1010830759 that focus on editors' behavior rather than content are inappropriate for content discussion on article talk pages, may be removed or collapsed (WP:TPO, "Removing harmful posts", "Off-topic posts"), and can lead to a topic ban from the area (cf. WP:GS/COVID19, WP:NPA, WP:Civility).

Please have a look at WP:Dispute resolution, especially its section about disengaging from the conflict, and take time to gain experience with the encyclopedia in less controversial areas. The Task Center and the community portal contain helpful ideas unrelated to COVID 19.

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:55, 7 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. He wins. First and last time coming to this site. This guy is out of control and it looks like this has been going on for years.

RonnieSays, you are invited to the Teahouse!

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