User talk:MutedL

January 2024

Hello, I'm Rehsarb. 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 Counter-Strike (video game) 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. Rehsarb (talk) 21:37, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Rehsarb (talk) 21:41, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by adding your personal analysis or synthesis into articles, as you did at Deus Ex (video game), you may be blocked from editing. All content in the lede of an article should appear, sourced, within the article's prose. In this case you added a lot of analysis of the game that currently isn't in the article body or sourced. -- ferret (talk) 02:16, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

March 2024

Please do not attack other editors, as you did at Talk:Gamergate (harassment campaign). Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 23:01, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

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