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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, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 16:14, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

December 2017

Hello, I'm Flyer22 Reborn. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Dál Riata, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 22:11, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

January 2018

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February 2018

Please stop your disruptive editing.

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If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. Canterbury Tail talk 19:23, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Hello, I'm John. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit seemed less than neutral and has been removed. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. --John (talk) 00:55, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

March 2018

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Ireland. 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. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. ww2censor (talk) 08:39, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

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March 2018

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia. Canterbury Tail talk 11:30, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Listen to the man, he's an admin. Your contributions to Wikipedia so far have been almost universally non-constructive. — Jon C.^ॐ 13:03, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I am blocking you for 24 hours due to your continued disruptive editing. I note that every single edit you've ever made to Wikipedia has been reverted by multiple different editors. You are welcome to return after your block has expired, however be aware that if your edits continue in the pattern they are currently you will be blocked from editing permanently. As things stand you are not an asset to this project and are causing unnecessary issues and work for other editors. Issues include 1) poor references (using non-notable academics to try and substantiate claims), 2) pushing a pro-Irish agenda, 3) making edits contrary to established consensus, 4) making edits contrary to accepted references, 5) making edits not pertaining to the article, 6) a poor grasp of English. Please also read WP:CIR. Canterbury Tail talk 13:21, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

You have been blocked temporarily from editing for abuse of editing privileges. 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 ~~~~}}.

my edits are more constructive than half the stuff posted on here , please quote me on what you thought was :""none constructive:"" .

Ireland

You were writing about a Paleolithic find, but after that area the glaciers returned and Ireland was uninhabitable, so the article was correct. Doug Weller talk 17:53, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

No it wasnt correct ,theres no reason to assume ireland was later uninhabited nor have l heard any paleontologist make that claim .the glaciers receded in Ireland around 14,000 years ago most of ireland was ice free during this time apart from the north east of Ireland .Greenwood and Clark, 2009 . that was the end of the ice age in ireland completely no Glaciers returned at all.even if that wasnt the case those who were born & died in ireland during the Paleolithic were obviously Irish their later descendants came back to ireland . there may have been people in Ireland going back hundreds of thousands of years but due to Glacier scraping we may never truly know . heres a very simple animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc5cL9azEW0.

The term British isles was never used by the irish the term “Pretain” could never have been used/applied in Ireland as its linguistically impossible. in irish preteni or british was rendered as Qritani or Cruthin and that term was used for all of the island of Britian and later northern britian and the Qritani = british were seen as invaders to the irish and not originally irish .basically the irish viewed the british as foreign invaders so l highly doubt that was a local name for the islands by them including their own. this explains why theres no such word in the irish language and why later irish medieval writers never use the term nor do they rarely ever even group the islands of Ireland and britian together ,in regards to the greeks and romans perhaps its similar to the Belgae and gaul situation .

March 2018

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for constant addition of unsourced POV-pushing material and opinions.

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 ~~~~}}.  NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:13, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

[1], [2], [3], [4] --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:18, 30 March 2018 (UTC)