User talk:Smartedits5

Nomination of Students for Life of Illinois for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Students for Life of Illinois is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Students for Life of Illinois (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. TheLongTone (talk) 09:15, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

November 2014

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Functional medicine. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to be blocked from editing. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. While edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, breaking the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a block. Thank you. Alexbrn ^{talk|contribs|COI} 15:15, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi Alexbrn - thank you for the comment. I'm a bit confused as I don't think I reverted anything... I didn't think I was in an edit war. I just thought there wasn't much info on the page and I wanted to contribute. Seems like maybe I joined the war unknowingly? I just made my own edits and they were all reversed. I didn't look into the history of the page. But now looking at it, maybe I made some edits that others have before. Anyway, thanks again and I'll check it out on the talk page. Smartedits5 (talk) 15:22, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi there! There's potentially a problem if an editor repeatedly changes to a preferred "version" of the article, it's best if changes get reverted (especially if they repeatedly do) to open up some discussion on the article talk page. A lot of editors like to follow the WP:BRD convention too. Alexbrn ^{talk|contribs|COI} 15:25, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for engaging on talk and doing so in a collegial and collaborative manner. I think the key points have been mentioned but they bear repeating. Sources and for biomedical information WP:MEDRS. If you bring sources to talk, I think you will find it much easier to establish consensus (which isn't majority rule, but community interpretation of policy and evaluation of arguments and sources). Welcome to WP and I hope you enjoy editing. If you start contributing to an article and find yourself getting reverted, post rationale for edits on talk. That will go a long way in bolstering your case. - - MrBill3 (talk) 17:04, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of March for Life Chicago for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article March for Life Chicago is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/March for Life Chicago until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. wumbolo ^^^ 20:05, 19 December 2018 (UTC)