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June 2017

Hello, I'm Darkness Shines. I noticed that you recently removed content from Chinese Century without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Darkness Shines (talk) 01:47, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

October 2017

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to North American Free Trade Agreement, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 08:38, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to blank out or remove content, templates, or other materials to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to China–Israel relations, you may be blocked from editing. Jim1138 (talk) 07:39, 20 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Read the sources. https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/01/24/the-eight-great-powers-of-2017/ gives it #2 tied with Japan. Jim1138 (talk) 07:39, 20 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You deleted a properly cited definition under false claims

In Economic growth you deleted a sentence with proper citation claiming a dead link when there was no link intended. It seems you have a history of problem edits. If you continue making disruptive edits you can and should be banned from editing.Phmoreno (talk) 23:01, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Unexplained removal

Please, Guardian101, don't remove content without a proper explanation as you did it to List of military occupations. Your "they lost that battle" doesn't mean there was no foreign military occupation during the Russian Civil War. See the Wikipedia article Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War: "... though Japanese forces occupied parts of Siberia until 1922 and the northern half of Sakhalin until 1925."--Russian Rocky (talk) 14:51, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Since you're no more interested in providing rationale in this discussion, the content has been restored. If you have any objections, you can start a new discussion on the list's talk and prove your point there.

For the record, I've noticed that it's not the first unreasonable removal, your similar edit in the article Nazi Germany (with the edit summary "The Soviet Union was never occupied") was quickly reverted by Wikipedia administrator Diannaa. I don't want to speculate, but it looks like you're doing it intentionally. I advise you to be more constructive, good luck.--Russian Rocky (talk) 00:47, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

October 2019

Your recent editing history at List of military occupations shows that you are currently 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. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:05, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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December 2019

Hello, I'm Iryna Harpy. 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 to Template:Russia topics 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. Iryna Harpy (talk) 12:02, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Template:Russia topics. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. I am starting a discussion thread regarding why the 'information should not be there' as it is long standing for the template, and certainly of direct relevance to Russian history... particlarly in the context of all the other categories in use. Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:38, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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May 2020

Hello, I'm Mutt Lunker. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, United Kingdom, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Mutt Lunker (talk) 17:30, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a reliable source for statements in Wikipedia. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 18:10, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent editing history at United Kingdom shows that you are currently 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. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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June 2020

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"is often considered"

Using a completely different subject as an example, it's accurate to say "orthodox Christians believe Jesus to be God, Muslims believe Jesus to be a prophet, Mandaeans believe Jesus as a false prophet, and Scientologists believe Jesus to be a conflation between alien hologrammatic propaganda and a mildly psychic but tempermental pederast." Although these beliefs contradict each other, the simple fact that each group believes different things about the same subject is not contradictory. The existence of one of those groups does not negate the existence of those other groups, even if their beliefs are not compatible.

Now let's look at Hitler. Any writer on the topic (at least, any writer worth considering) is either going to say he's the most evil dude ever or are simply not going to comment on it. Someone who thinks that Stalin, Mao, or General Butt Naked was way more evil doesn't really disprove that people think that Hitler is the face of evil. This isn't to say that any of them are wrong (even if "most evil" would mean that only one choice is right), but we don't need to go into the General Butt Naked article and remove that someone described him as "the most evil man in the world" just because other people think it was Hitler, nor do we need to put in a contrary comment to the effect of "however, more people more closely associate Hitler with evil."

Differences of opinion exist, and we don't need to hide them when they're relevant to an article (nor do we need to bring in contrary info on unrelated topics).

Do you get what I'm getting at here? Ian.thomson (talk) 09:39, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You're talking about his editing on the "Genghis Khan" article, right? His edits are becoming disruptive and he's engaging in a ridiculous edit war. He's also doing this on the "Emperor" article. If he continues to do this, an admin should be informed. -TrynaMakeADollar (talk) 05:04, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@TrynaMakeADollar: I am an admin and I am informed. Just making sure that this user is incapable of discussion before taking action.

Guardian101, do you have any proper arguments against what I've explained for you? Ian.thomson (talk) 06:45, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's great. I didn't know you were an admin, I should have looked at your userpage. He has just reverted again on the Genghis Khan article. His reasoning is very limited and does not make any sense. He has reverted 4 times on that article. And on the Emperor article he has removed the lead image of Genghis Khan 6 different times. Again, he gave a very limited reasoning and one that does not make any sense. After my last revert I told him to take it to the talk page and he simply wrote on the talk page: "Genghis Khan image should not be there" and then another editor agreed with him and gave a very limited reasoning. And quickly after that, the editor removed it from the article. Obviously during a discussion like that, the status quo of the lead image is supposed to remain on the article. It's all so absurd and I'm running out of patience. He is edit warring and engaging in disruptive editing. You should probably look at the edit history of both articles to get an even clearer picture. -TrynaMakeADollar (talk) 07:18, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I should also note that the "another editor" that I mentioned above is Francis Schonken. He left a BS and pretty retaliatory warning on my talk page. I responded to it here. He has also wrongly used the "minor edit" button to inappropriately mark significant edits as being "minor" on the "Emperor" article. -TrynaMakeADollar (talk) 07:26, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@TrynaMakeADollar: I have looked at the histories of those pages, and Guardian101's contributions page as well.
For the Genghis Khan article, Guardian101 is the only user opposing a pretty obvious consensus to keep the line and hasn't given adequate reasoning for such opposition. His edits there and in the Emperor article could be interpreted as possibly being some issue against Genghis Khan on his part (but that would open the door to the inverse of those accusations against you so I recommend not acknowledging this idea any further).
In the Emperor article however, the change in focus, Francis Schonken's presence, and the scant representation of the Mongol Empire in the article all make the consensus far less clear. You need to (while assuming good faith from Francis Schonken) engage in discussion on the talk page to demonstrate that Genghis Khan is one of the most notable examples of an emperor, or perhaps suggest an inclusive gallery of multiple emperors as the God article does, or perhaps restore the picture in the section on Mongolia. Ian.thomson (talk) 08:02, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fine. But there was a silent consensus to keep the image of Genghis Khan as the lead image. It had been on the article for months without opposition and is a very good example of an Emperor. Guardian101 was originally the only one reverting it and he kept doing it without any concrete reasoning. I mostly agree with what you said, but both Guardian101 and Francis Schonken have engaged in wildly inappropriate and shady behavior as I articulated above.

Also, while the discussion for the "Emperor" article lead image is going on, the status quo should remain. And the status quo is the lead image of Genghis Khan. Francis Schonken quickly removed it after essentially making up a consensus for removing it. The discussion had only been introduced in the talk page for less than an hour and he claimed that was good enough to remove it. -TrynaMakeADollar (talk) 08:35, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any progress on this? Guardian101 is removing more sourced content from other pages while giving the most smallest and nonsensical explanations. And when he gets reverted, he reverts again. That's disruptive. He has a history of this. -TrynaMakeADollar (talk) 20:24, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

July 2020

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Emperor. 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. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. -TrynaMakeADollar (talk) 05:00, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Partially blocked

I've blocked you from editing the Genghis Khan page as you continue to refuse to communicate. Ian.thomson (talk) 00:31, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

July 2020

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia. Doanri (talk) 22:36, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

August 2020

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia, as you did at Censorship in China. Doanri (talk) 11:50, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges.

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 ~~~~}}. Ian.thomson (talk) 09:40, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You can't seem to wrap your head around the idea that different people might have different opinions. That's the crux of your disruptive editing at Genghis Khan. I was going to just come here and give you another warning, but then I saw you removing the only pictoral example from an article saying "There are other examples", and you blanking this template because not all pages use it. There's also this unexplained deletion of sourced material, this half-baked explanation for a similar removal, and shuffling this template's content into a single article before shuffling it back. Then there's you saying that Isaac Newton wasn't relevant to the Scientific Revolution. There's also oddities like this.

Looking over your talk page and your contributions, I see a history of ~~inability~~ refusal to communicate (often manifest as edit warring), inability to consider the consequences of your actions (often manifest by how regularly you have to revert yourself), and an inability to consider other perspectives. Those three skills (communication, considering consequences, considering perspectives) are absolutely necessary to edit here. Ian.thomson (talk) 09:40, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If any administrator could please review my case as soon as possible, that would be very much appreciated. I don't mean to sound desperate, I just am very eager to once again becoming a responsible editor on Wikipedia.

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).

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Request reason:

I fully understand that sometimes I do make hasty edits on sensitive issues without consultation first and I do apologize for that. My intention was never to spread disinformation or vandalism or start an edit war, I only wished to be objective and add what I though would be acceptable by everyone. Some of my edit warnings were actually accidents for example removing an entire series of articles related to China, I was actually trying to add another series to the original article however that doesn't excuse my other edits warnings which I take full responsibility for. In future if I am allowed to edit, I will assure you that on every sensitive issue I will consult first and foremost before any sort of edit is made to prevent conflict or some sort of edit war. I only wish to be a responsible editor on Wikipedia who is only trying to provide as accurate information as possible. I sincerely hope I will be given that opportunity again.

Decline reason:

Sorry, there's enough questionable edits identified by Ian.thomson above that I'm not comfortable unblocking you. If you choose to submit another unblock request, you're going to need to go through the diffs provided by him and explain both why you made them and how you will avoid making similar edits in the future. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 06:14, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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