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Speedy deletion contested: Urgrund

Hello 93.72.49.123, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Urgrund, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The reason given is not a valid speedy deletion criterion. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. BangJan1999 01:55, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

April 2023

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Hello, I'm Isabelle Belato. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to May Golan—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Isabelle Belato ^🏳‍🌈 14:55, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

How is it not constructive? It's her own words. 93.72.49.123 (talk) 14:58, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at May Golan. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 15:00, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

@Isabelle Belato @Ingenuity How is it not constructive? It's her own words. 93.72.49.123 (talk) 15:10, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

It's not due for the lede, specially in wiki voice. Consider discussing in the talk page before re-adding the information. Isabelle Belato ^🏳‍🌈 15:13, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

May 2023

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at To Pimp a Butterfly. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 21:54, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

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Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at Neville Roy Singham, you may be blocked from editing. In this case, the controversy section already detailed his views and contributions; the additional not-neutral POV material was not required, or should have been added to the talk page. Smallangryplanet (talk) 21:43, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

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June 2023

And read people's replies, if you are told "get consensus" that does not mean "we need more sources" it means you have to start a talk page thread asking for wp:consensus. And also read wp:editwar and WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT. Slatersteven (talk) 12:03, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

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Your recent editing history 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; read about 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 do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 11:22, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

If you want to discuss the particular source, you’re welcome to raise the issue on the article’s talk page. Also, please do not violate WP:NPA. RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 11:22, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

I already gave a reason for deleting the source in my edit summaries. You, on the other hand, have not provided any reasons for keeping it, other than it being published by Routledge (which is good but by itself does not make a source reliable).

My calling you a "weirdo" is no more of a personal attack than you accusing me of having cognitive dissonance. 93.72.49.123 (talk) 11:28, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

I said nothing about it being from Routledge; that was @Alaexis in his edit summary.

I read the article-length version Boyd-Barrett published, which is limited to discussing the early 2014 events in Crimea, Odesa, and Mariupol.

Keep in mind, this is an American university professor who researched similar issues earlier in the millennium, who appears to be from that generation (Boomers) of academics. Research on media bias tends to attract naturally skeptical and contrarian people.

The article is peer-reviewed research in a prominent journal, Journalism Studies. Because it is on the topic of mainstream media biases favoring the POV that you have taken in previous edits to other articles, therefore, according to you, it is fringe.

That basically seems to be the issue. And from the discussions I recently had with a media major acquaintance after her college held a virtual event with Douglas Macgregor (whom we both mostly disagreed with but raised a few interesting and concerning points), it’s hardly a fringe viewpoint in the field of media studies to critically examine the kind of coverage we’ve seen. Hell, my memories of the American news coverage in 2014 don’t have much in common with what WP and RS say happened.

As for his characterization of the Maidan as a “coup”, well, it’s technically entirely not inaccurate, looking at the raw facts. The same with popular feelings in Crimea, and the clashes in Odesa and Mariupol, and Western media coverage thereon (including retrospectives during the 2022 siege).

Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange may be able to help with further evaluation of the source.

Regarding my use of the term “cognitive dissonance” in a previous edit summary, while I suppose it may have been better not to make it, it was not intended as a personal attack, but merely a reflexive characterization of the precise nature of the good faith that I believed the edit to have been motivated by. While the term does get bandied about on the internet now and then by others, I might as well provide excessive context and share that last night, I had an extensive discussion on a particular instance of cognitive dissonance with two friends of similar age and gender and, funny enough, cited WP as describing the exact issue we were having (with a citation).

Because of the particular nature of this dispute, I view it as existential to Wikipedia and am frankly willing to take it as far as necessary, even to ArbCom (although I have no wish to ever visit that place, nor do I have any clue how it works).

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I was supposed to be asleep around 6 or 7 UTC. Due to pressing matters, I may not be back on WP for 48-72 hours. Please don’t interpret any further lack of responses as anything other than preoccupation with Real Life concerns such as college, work, family, and girls, all of which I expect to have to deal with during that time. RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 12:27, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

June 2023 (2)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia as you did here [1] on 15-minute city. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. Repeated disruptive editing may result in the loss of editing privileges. _signed, Willondon (talk) 22:48, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

You could have made your observations far more usefully at the the talk page. Why should you expect anyone to guess what you mean? --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 09:37, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Having gotten that off my chest, you may be surprised that in fact I agree with you: the problem is only that you didn't accompany the tag with an associated talk page section. Which I have now done, see talk:15-minute city#D'Acci and the T*-minute city. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:13, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed restriction

Hi 93.72.49.123,

I have noticed that you have recently edited pages related to the Russo-Ukrainian War. Please note that, due to community consensus documented at WP:GS/RUSUKR, only extended-confirmed editors may make such edits.

When in doubt, please assume that a topic is covered by this restriction. We call this "broadly construed". If this still leaves you unsure about whether a topic is affected by the restriction, feel free to ask on my talk page.

This is not widely announced to newcomers, so I'm not blaming or condemning you for not knowing about this. I'm also not saying that your editing has been problematic in any other way. Your edit may well have been perfectly fine in all other regards, yet may have been removed for this reason.

Additionally, Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee has recognized "Eastern Europe or the Balkans" as a generally contentious topic area. Don't worry: The restriction to extended-confirmed editors is about the Russo-Ukrainian War, not the entirety of Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The box below contains standardized advice for everyone.

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This may be confusing, so I'll attempt to summarize it:

• Only extended-confirmed editors may edit pages related to the Russo-Ukrainian War. Details and exceptions can be found at WP:GS/RUSUKR.
• All edits about Eastern Europe and the Balkans, by all users, need to be done with extra care.

I hope this helps. Please let me know if there are any questions.

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Claims by defense ministries

Hi! I’ve reverted your recent edits to Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War. Claims that are directly and clearly attributed to combatants’ defense ministries are generally considered acceptable.

And by the way, consistently not applying this standard would obviously wreak havoc all over current conflicts and general military affairs topics. It would get even worse once you start tracing claims through secondary sources back to defense ministries.

RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 03:35, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

July 2023

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August 2023

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove or change other editors' legitimate talk page comments, as you did at Talk:John Clauser. Sundayclose (talk) 01:19, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

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Your recent editing history at James Kirchick 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; read about 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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You are currently prohibited from editing about the following topics:

• The Russo-Ukrainian war (WP:GS/RUSUKR);

This is because you are not extended-confirmed on the encyclopedia. Carter00000 (talk) 03:32, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

You aren't a registered editor so can't acquire ECP. Doug Weller talk 09:12, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

September 2023

Anonymous users from this IP address have been blocked from editing from certain pages (Portal:Current events/2023 September 5) for a period of 1 week for violating the WP:GS/RUSUKR extended confirmed restriction on Portal:Current events/2023 September 5.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)}  If you reply here, please ping me by using {{re|Ks0stm}} in your reply.  03:50, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Notice that you are now subject to an arbitration enforcement topic ban

The following topic ban now applies to you:

You have been sanctioned IPs are not allowed to edit articles in this topic area: you have been warned, blocked, and yet continued.

This topic ban is imposed in my capacity as an uninvolved administrator under the authority of the Arbitration Committee's decision at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe#Final decision and, if applicable, the contentious topics procedure. This sanction has been recorded in the log of sanctions. Please read WP:TBAN to understand what a topic ban is. If you do not comply with the topic ban, you may be blocked for an extended period to enforce the ban.

If you wish to appeal the ban, please read the appeals process. You are free to contact me on my talk page if anything of the above is unclear to you. Doug Weller talk 08:16, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

October 2023

To enforce community-authorised general sanctions, and for violating the extended-confirmed restriction, as described at WP:GS/RUSUKR,

you have been blocked indefinitely from editing. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Doug Weller talk 08:19, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

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Doug Weller talk 08:19, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

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Doug Weller talk 11:02, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

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Doug Weller Honestly, the idea that this perfectly reasonable, objectively beneficial, rule-adhering edit warranted a 3-month block is astounding. Did you even read WP:NOTAMB before reverting it? At this point, why not just write a bot that would automatically protect every page that contains "Russia" and "Ukraine" in any order? 93.72.49.123 (talk) 20:43, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

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