User talk:Reginald sniff-peters

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February 2019

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.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to be blocked from editing Wikipedia. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a block. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 07:56, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My edit has itself been edited twice. The first editor said that if people want to find the views of the author of the quote, they can check his Wikipedia article on RationalWiki. But the quote isn't about the author. In addition, it is largely made up of quotes from RationalWiki itself.

The second edit said: "So what?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reginald sniff-peters (talk • contribs) 07:46, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

There has been another edit asking me to justify my quote. The quote is classed as "random". What is meant by that? The quotes is about RationalWiki, from an article on RationalWiki, in a journal that has been criticised by RationalWiki and which even has its own entry in Rational Wiki. So why "random"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reginald sniff-peters (talk • contribs) 07:54, 4 February 2019 (UTC) - Reginald Sniff-Peters 07:57, 4 February 2019 (UTC)Reginald sniff-peters

Please look carefully at WP:BRD. The burden is on you to gain WP:CONSENSUS for the changes you want to make. It is random in that there is no external indication that this perspective is significant, nor that these quotes fairly summarized this perspective. This makes the edit potentially WP:UNDUE. Not every verifiable piece of information belongs, and not every quote from a source, even if that source is reliable and significant, belongs in a Wikipedia article. The way to decide this is through consensus. If this specific quote is significant, please explain why. There are countless quotes which could be inserted from countless outlets, many of which have also discussed or been discussed by RationalWiki. We obviously cannot and should not attempt to compile all of them, because Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Further deciding how to summarize this information is not always simple or obvious. These quotes appear to be cherry-picking, since they were chosen by you, not through any objective means which I can see. If I'm wrong, please explain how. To avoid edit warring, please do not restore these quote again until consensus has been reached. You should also review the instructions on how to sign your name which have already been posted to your talk page. Grayfell (talk) 08:07, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Firstly, I am new to Wikipedia editing and that's why I'm posting this here (which may be the wrong place). So do you, Grayfell, actually work for Wikipedia, or are you a layperson in the same position as I am in?

Is your reply a cut and paste from Wikipedia policy or did you write it in its entirety?

You asked me to justify my inclusion, and I did. What does "external indication that this perspective is significant" mean? Is that the official wording of Wikipedia, or are they your words written specifically for my edit? You asked me to explain, again, why the edit and quote was done. I already have and you haven't commented on my reasons. In addition, I haven't edited the piece - I added to it. Unless you mean that I've edited the edits. -Reginald Sniff-Peters 08:31, 4 February 2019 (UTC)