User talk:79.70.179.144

Nicholas Wade

Take it to the talk page, this has been discussed there!--Milowent • ^hasspoken 19:58, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! 205.154.245.36 (talk) 22:49, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

September 2021

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions. Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

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Edit warring is disruptive no matter how many reverts there are, so what you need to do is get consensus for your changes via discussion. Simply posting a comment on a talk page does not mean that a consensus has been achieved, especially if nobody has had time to answer to you. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 23:23, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 23:23, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Allergens

FYI, allergens are not a type of infection. Two totally different things. An allergen stimulates an immune response without infecting or replicating. — Shibbolethink ^(♔ ^♕) 15:03, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct. I think we need a separate page on Bio-incidents which would cover allergic and toxic incidents. Would you like to go ahead and create one? 79.70.179.144 (talk) 21:32, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I do not believe that would be a notable article as separate from the current article. Allergen contaminations in and of themselves, if they are notable, would likely be DUE for the article which already exists. I do not believe allergen contamination or unsubstantiated "suspected" incidents are particularly due for inclusion in any article, given that these incidents happen every day, all the time, without any negative repercussions whatsoever. It would be like reporting every incident of a computer virus getting into a company. It becomes a laundry list. — Shibbolethink ^(♔ ^♕) 15:36, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

September 2021

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Nicholas Wade. 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:

Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
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. Generalrelative (talk) 00:23, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Since when does warring apply to inserting tags when other editors are in disagreement? 79.70.173.174 (talk) 00:24, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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