User talk:106.69.85.97

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Happy editing! Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:59, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

Circle dance
Hallo, I must admit I came very close to giving you a formal warning instead of a welcome just now. However, I believe that you do have an intention to improve Wikipedia, however awkwardly it comes across through a beginner's enthusiasm and mistakes. The issues as I see them are:


 * 1) you are repeatedly making very large edits to Circle dance without consensus, indeed the second addition of an image gallery was clearly against it. This is called edit-warring and is strictly forbidden. Sanctions are available for that, as for all other kinds of disruptive behaviour.


 * 2) the article is a text, supported by a few carefully-chosen images, not an image gallery with a scrap of text attached. The article discusses "the main points" of the subject, and as such has passed formal review as a "Good Article", meaning that it meets the six defined criteria for that status. I will not allow the article to be diluted or unbalanced by the addition of surplus images that are not related to the text.


 * 3) you are rearranging the existing images, also without consensus. I'll point out that each image directly accompanies and supports the section of text (i.e. a section heading and a paragraph) that covers that exact subject. Separating those images from their sections directly loosens the structure of the article, making it less comprehensible and approachable: in other words, decreasing its quality, or to put it bluntly, causing damage: so, please stop, that will not be tolerated.

Now, if you can prove (that means evidence, from Reliable Sources such as textbooks or academic journal papers) that there are relevant points from some additional dance form, then we could add a new section on that dance form, with a heading, text, and citation(s) in the same style as the existing ones.

Further, if you believe the article's structure can be improved, then you can propose on the article's talk page what that change might be, and we (including any other interested editors) can discuss the change until we reach a consensus.

I do hope this is clear. Wikipedia has definite and well-established policies for editing, and you would do well to familiarise yourself with them. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:13, 18 June 2021 (UTC)