User talk:XZealous

Hello, I'm 2003 LN6. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Fort Ancient have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Please do not change dates without a reason for doing so and a reliable source. 2003 LN6 17:40, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

I understand, thanks! XZealous (talk) 05:13, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. The thread is International Churches of Christ. Thank you. Cordless Larry (talk) 14:16, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

April 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you recently removed maintenance templates from International Churches of Christ. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Please see Help:Maintenance template removal for further information on when maintenance templates should or should not be removed. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Thank you. Cordless Larry (talk) 14:21, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

I looked into the rules of maintenance templates, and came to my conclusion that your template was inappropriately used. Those were the reasons I removed it, while also stating this on the talk page.

It is clear that the ICOC article page has become contentious, and actions should be taken when there is reasonable consensus on the talk page. According to WP:WTRMT (4) and (7)a discussion should have been initiated by you on the talk page before your tag, or even at least after it. That way editorial consensus could be made if the tag is appropriate or not.

I decided to remove it so we could come to consensus on the talk page first. I understand that this may also have been against procedure based on WP:WNTRMT.

Since the tag is back up, I will wait for consensus before appropriately removing it. I will wait for either

1) When the issue has been adequately addressed;

2) If it reasonably appears that the template did not belong when placed or was added in error. Consider first discussing the matter with the original placer of the template (unless this user is no longer active on Wikipedia). In any case, if the issue appears contentious, seek consensus on the talk page;

3) You may remove a template when according to your best judgment the lack of edits and/or talk page discussion should be interpreted as the issue not worth fixing (as a form of "silent consensus"). XZealous (talk) 15:15, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

For future reference, there's no requirement for there to be talk page discussion of an issue before a tag is placed; usually, the placement of a tag initiates it, as it did here. You removed the tag while that discussion is ongoing and without consensus to do so, which you shouldn't have done. Cordless Larry (talk) 15:33, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, I will note this in future. XZealous (talk) 15:34, 5 April 2024 (UTC)