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DanCherek (talk) 00:54, 21 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Happy template editing! Primefac (talk) 08:33, 24 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

CS1 error on Sophie Lewis (author)

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Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Sophie Lewis (author), may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

  • A bare URL error. References show this error when one of the URL-containing parameters cannot be paired with an associated title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 10:12, 14 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Removing spaces from citation templates

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Please don't do this. Many editors prefer spaces in citation templates. This is unnecessary, potentially disruptive, and violates WP:REFVAR, which says that the editors who established the citation style are the ones who set it for the article. I prefer spaces, and you didn't discuss on the talk page and get consensus before unilaterally removing them. In generally, unnecessary edits should not be made. Also, your edit summary was misleading, saying you were correcting a typo. That is also discouraged. Skyerise (talk) 10:57, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Skyerise: WP:REFVAR is about the citation style, that does not refer to superfluous spaces. Your recent rollback at Guardian angel is a clear violation of the guidelines about typos and formatting operated via WP:AWB/T, and it will be reverted. Refrain from such disruptive actions, thanks. Est. 2021 (talk · contribs) 11:06, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
So in my opinion these spaces are NOT superfluous. Drmies (talk) 21:26, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
B.S. Now, you are edit-warring. Get consensus on the talk page per bold, revert, discuss. Skyerise (talk) 11:12, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Skyerise: Watch your language and respect the guidelines, otherwise further measures will be taken. Thanks. Have a good day. Est. 2021 (talk · contribs) 11:15, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
There is nothing wrong with my language. Many editors do not use visual editing tools. We rely on the templates being easily readable and editable by having spaces in citation templates. Per WP:IAR (ignore all rules), it is completely within my rights to revert edits that make an article harder to edit. Go complain about it wherever you want, you are simply wrong and any such complaint is likely to WP:BOOMARANG. Skyerise (talk) 11:19, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Est. 2021, you're presumably aware of WP:ANI#Pointless edit-war potentially breaking guidelines, having started it, but I don't think anyone has pinged you or notified you since discussion has shifted to focus on your conduct. Please respond there at your earliest convenience. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 16:15, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

June 2024

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Your recent editing history at Guardian angel 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. Skyerise (talk) 11:21, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Skyerise, I haven't looked at this--maybe it's the same problem in Existence. Est. 2021, spaces in templates are NOT typos. I put one after every parameter to make sure that a template is not one long single line. Please don't do that anymore. Drmies (talk) 21:25, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

  • Haha, now I see the section above. Drmies (talk) 21:25, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
    • @Drmies: apparently they did it to 356 articles before I happened to notice it on one of my watchlisted articles. Then they took themselves to ANI, saving me the trouble! Skyerise (talk) 21:29, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
      • That's literally what you proposed me to do in the previous thread, so yeah, I'm glad you boys are having fun. I just answered y'all on the noticeboard. Goodnight. Est. 2021 (talk · contribs) 01:18, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
        • Was this nonsense fun for you, Skyerise? Est. 2021, I think us boys are both kind of scratching our heads over the usefulness of your edits, considering the time we spent on Yamantaka. Seriously, if you're going to be picky about curly quotes, be picky about double curly quotes too. Drmies (talk) 02:14, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
          • @Drmies: I don't pick anything at all, curly quotes are automatically fixed by AWB without external settings needed. Do your homeworks and be more mature. Est. 2021 (talk · contribs) 02:19, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
            • I don't think he's getting that using automated tools doesn't exempt one from WP:BRD nor has he acknowledged on the ANI thread that automated edits should never be restored after a revert and certainly shouldn't be edit warred over. I suspect if he doesn't explicitly acknowledge that there, he's likely to be blocked. And no, that's not nonsense. Skyerise (talk) 10:08, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

whatever floats your boat

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I am amused that your edit to Languages of Italy consists almost entirely of adding invisible spaces to subheads and removing them everywhere else. —Tamfang (talk) 06:55, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Tamfang: I'm always open to constructive criticism and proposals, but I don't see any of them here. What's the point of this new thread? I mean... Glad to know you're amused, but please let me know when you grow up and we have something to constructively talk about. Est. 2021 (talk · contribs) 11:21, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

June 2024

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Information icon Hello, I'm Skyerise. I noticed that you made a comment that didn't seem very civil, so it may have been removed. Wikipedia is built on collaboration, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. I refer to telling the above user to "grow up". Personally, I'd like to say that to you, but I don't. Skyerise (talk) 11:23, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Let it there. B.S., Haha, saving me the trouble!, drop the bomb, it sucks, whatever floats your boat, I am amused... Here's a partial compilation of the civil, mature and constructive attitude y'all showed both here and at the ANI. Do you really think I'll let you talk like that? Do you think your threats scare me? Are you gonna take the food from my table? Y'all really need to grow up. Est. 2021 (talk · contribs) 11:32, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Information icon Please do not attack other editors. 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. Skyerise (talk) 11:40, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Skyerise: Let me introduce you the basic golden rule: "Show respect and you'll receive respect. Show lack of respect and you'll receive lack of respect. That's on you to choose." Do you want to go on writing unrespectful and immature comments like B.S., Haha, saving me the trouble!, drop the bomb, it sucks, whatever floats your boat, I am amused? Think about that and answer yourself. Est. 2021 (talk · contribs) 11:46, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Those are mostly comments from other editors and have nothing to do with me. The two comments I made (B.S., saving me the trouble) do not actually attack you and don't run afoul of the no personal attacks policy. Now, if I were to call you "thin-skinned" (which I'm not, I'm just using it as an example), that might be considered a personal attack. But telling two editors now to "grow up" is certainly a violation of policy. Skyerise (talk) 11:52, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
But by all means go open another complaint at ANI. I love watching the WP:BOOMARANG effect. Skyerise (talk) 11:54, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Oh, yeah, and exactly how much "respect" did you have for my concerns about your removal of spaces from templates? Exactly none. So don't lecture me on respect, dude. Skyerise (talk) 11:56, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Editing restriction enacted

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Per consensus at the administrator's noticeboard (permanent link), the following editing restriction has been enacted:

Est. 2021 is prohibited from using AWB or any other semi-automation tool indefinitely.

Details regarding appealing a community-imposed editing restriction are contained at Wikipedia:Banning policy#Appeals of bans imposed by the community. This topic ban will be logged at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions.

Regards
Daniel (talk) 23:40, 25 June 2024 (UTC)Reply