User talk:Truthseeker315

January 2017

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to The New York Times. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. WP:EXCEPTIONAL claims like you are making require exceptional sources. Toddst1 (talk) 22:53, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Your recent editing history at The New York Times shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. 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. See BRD for 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 your 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 don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Toddst1 (talk) 23:25, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

It may not have been your intention, but one of your edits, specifically one that you made on The New York Times, may have introduced material that some consider controversial. Due to this, your edits may have been reverted. When adding material that may be controversial, it is good practice to first discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them, to gain consensus over whether or not to include the text, phrasing, etc. If you believe that the information you added was correct, please initiate that discussion. Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 23:29, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Truthseeker315 reported by User:Toddst1 (Result: ). Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 23:31, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

January 2017

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for edit warring. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.  Acroterion (talk) 23:52, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Unblock Appeal

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Truthseeker315 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I struggled with editing a page, with Toddst1 continually undoing my edit with no reason. He claimed first that it wasn't cited fully (it was, with at least 3 peer-reviewed journal articles) and then he tried other methods. I believe he tried to bully my edit out, by recruiting others to undo my edits so it didn't look like he was edit warring. Truthseeker315 (talk) 13:57, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Please see WP:GAB. Unblock requests need to talk about your actions, not those of others (see specifically, WP:NOTTHEM). You need to convince us that you did not engage in edit warring, not that others may also have engaged in it. I see four reverts over the space of less than half an hour. Yamla (talk) 14:15, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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Doug Weller talk 16:40, 30 January 2017 (UTC)