User talk:WikiUserFromTheBalkans

February 2023

Hello! I'm JCMLuis. Your recent edit(s) to the page Edin Terzić (footballer) appear to have added incorrect information, so they have been reverted for now. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. luis 💬 14:40, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

April 2023

Please stop. If you continue to blank out or remove portions of page content, templates, or other materials from Wikipedia without adequate explanation, as you did at Bosnia and Herzegovina, you may be blocked from editing. [1] is a transparently biased removal of text with numerous references and adding text without references in what seems to be some sort of a sociolinguistic point making. --Joy (talk) 16:30, 15 April 2023 (UTC) Joy (talk) 16:30, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What did I do wrong? I edited what Bosnia and Herzegovina is in Bosnian. Nothing wrong with it. Do you have any problems with it? If so, tell me WikiUserFromTheBalkans (talk) 16:33, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please feel free to read WP:V about the importance of referenced text, and WP:ARBMAC about what happens when you edit-war about petty Balkans issues. The average English reader doesn't care for the distinction between Serbo-Croatian and Bosnian, and they do care about the removal of basic information on how to pronounce things in English. This much should be obvious. --Joy (talk) 16:37, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am from Bosnia. The language that we speak is Bosnian. I dont really understand why you changed it to Serbo-Croatian, when it is not an official language. I would unterstand if the Wikipedia stated Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Bosna i Hercegovina', but it is not. WikiUserFromTheBalkans (talk) 16:43, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The version before I edited which you can see at [2] clearly says "Serbo-Croatian" already. I did not make any such change. If you want to make content changes to lead sections, that is fine, but you did them together with a blanket removal of a bunch of other stuff, which is improper. Generally, if your change gets reverted, the process Wikipedia editors typically use is to start discussion on the relevant talk page. Please feel free to explain what you want to do at Talk:Bosnia and Herzegovina so other people can see as well. --Joy (talk) 17:29, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary, as you did at Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is your chance to read the various fine instructions above and remain not blocked. --Joy (talk) 16:34, 15 April 2023 (UTC) Joy (talk) 16:34, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Since much of its content is user-edited, Transfermarkt is not considered a reliable source. Please do not cite the website in articles. Thank you. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:08, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]