User talk:117mcr

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Free Derry
Hi 11mcr. Thank you for your attempt to improve the Free Derry article. Unfortunately, some of us do not feel that your edit is in fact an improvement. I have tried to explain why in my edit summaries. I will try to explain some of the terminology now. I said here, first of all, that it was wordy and unsourced. By that I meant that there was a couple of long sentences whose meaning was not very clear, and that there were not any reliable sources provided to back up the statements. Secondly, I said that the 1974 formation of INLA was after the end of Free Derry in 1972. In other words, it is not relevant to the Free Derry article. There is a History of Derry article where that information, if properly sourced, might usefully be added. The second time, I said "per WP:BRD". BOLD, revert, discuss cycle is a very important essay. It says, "If your edit gets reverted [and] you have reason to disagree with the explanation given, or you don't see any explanation at all, start a new discussion (section) on the article's talk page to request an explanation for why your edit was reverted, or to present your argument." In this case the relevant page to start a discussion is Talk:Free Derry. To continue to add the same content repeatedly after it is reverted, without first engaging in discussion, is called edit-warring. Users who engage in edit wars risk being blocked or even banned. I hope this makes things clearer for you. Scolaire (talk) 09:13, 6 February 2013 (UTC)