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Invitation to comment at Monty Hall problem RfC
You are invited to comment on the following probability-related RfC:
Talk:Monty Hall problem#Conditional or Simple solutions for the Monty Hall problem?
-- Guy Macon ( talk) 17:16, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to
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SineBot (
talk) 00:39, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
There was an extensive discussion of what to call this article. The current title is what was decided on, and we start articles by referring to the title. Don't change this. 07:15, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at
Spanish flu. Your edits appear to be
disruptive and have been or will be
reverted.
- If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively, you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant noticeboards.
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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. You do not get to unilaterally overturn consensus Meters ( talk) 07:34, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- And I suggest that you read WP:BRD and WP:EW too. three times is edit warring. Meters ( talk) 07:51, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at Spanish flu 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. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle 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 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 don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Meters ( talk) 08:25, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- There is no point in making the same edit repeatedly without discussing it on the talk page, you will only get blocked from editing. I mentioned WP:RGW, because the most recent discussion agreed to keep Spanish flu as the article title. It would require a consensus to change the article title per WP:COMMONNAME.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 09:05, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
- Re this edit: this has now hit 4RR so there are problems. Quote from WP:COMMONNAME: "Although official, scientific, birth, original, or trademarked names are often used for article titles, the term or name most typically used in reliable sources is generally preferred." The WP:LEAD is clear that a) the disease probably didn't originate in Spain and b) Spanish people are not to blame for the outbreak. Xenophobia is not the issue here.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 10:05, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
This is your only warning; if you
vandalize Wikipedia again, you may be
blocked from editing without further notice. You are now well beyond edit-warring and have graduated into vandalism. Being "right" is less important that finding consensus.
O3000 (
talk) 10:58, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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. Thank you.
O3000 (
talk) 11:15, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
{{
unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.
NinjaRobotPirate (
talk) 12:37, 23 March 2020 (UTC)- Re this edit: You were blocked on Monday after exceeding WP:3RR by a wide margin. The line of reasoning here is false, see WP:FREE.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:02, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
{{
unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.
NinjaRobotPirate (
talk) 08:12, 25 March 2020 (UTC)It seems like all this account is doing is edit warring over your preferred wording in an article. Wikipedia is a collaborative project, and everyone has their own views about how something should be worded. We need to work together to come to a consensus, especially in controversial articles. Disputes on Wikipedia are not solved by repeatedly making the same edit – this only makes the situation worse, and whatever point you're trying to make gets lost in the amount of disruption that you cause. When you commit to following Wikipedia's guidelines on how to resolve a dispute, you'll be allowed to edit once again. This is the only reason why you're blocked. NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 08:25, 25 March 2020 (UTC)