User talk:172.116.63.222

November 2020
Instead of edit-warring at Cornell University, please participate in the discussion that I've opened in the article's talk page. Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 02:35, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Edit warring - November 2020
Your recent editing history at Cornell University 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&mdash;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&mdash;even if you do not violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. --Drevolt (talk) 04:18, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Could you please explain though why you deleted my comment? It simply is not fair to delete it on Cornell if you keep the same type of comment on numerous other universities. Delete all if you won't let Cornell's stand.

I find this concept of edit-warring extremely frustrating as my comment was deleted without asking my permission, and then I tried to explain myself and reinsert it and somehow I am acting inappropriately.


 * Please read WP:BRD. Other people don't need your permission to remove content you add if it doesn't meet Wikipedia criteria for inclusion, and the sources you used for it clearly did not adequately support that statement. Based on WP:NPOV and the Wikipedia consensus on higher education articles, the evidential standard for statements of that sort are extremely high (for instance, take a look at the sources cited for such a statement in the lead of the Harvard University article). This has been thoroughly explained by multiple users on the Cornell University talk page as well. If you want to include that sentence in the lead, the onus is on you to do the proper research and find adequate sources rather than edit warring over it. --Drevolt (talk) 01:55, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Got, that actually helps a lot. I had a question though, do you mind if I say "Cornell is ranked as one of the most prestigious universities in the world" if I cite some universities rankings? It's similar to what Columbia does.
 * Based on the sources you were using, you could probably say "ranked among the top universities in the United States" or "ranked among the top universities in the world" (depending on what's actually given in the sources), but not "ranked as one of the most prestigious universities in the world", since that statement isn't given in any of those sources and the standards are very high for mentioning prestige without violating WP:NPOV. I looked at the Columbia University page and the sources weren't adequate to support that claim, so that sentence has been removed from the Columbia article and will stay that way until somebody changes the wording or provides better sources. --Drevolt (talk) 02:14, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Hey I wanted to say I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this. Sorry if I came across as rude, I'm new to Wikipedia and trying to understand it all. I'll work on that!
 * No problem, glad that I could help. And welcome to Wikipedia! --Drevolt (talk) 03:40, 14 November 2020 (UTC)