User talk:2600:1000:B01B:EFEF:936:D42:628:B924

August 2021
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions at Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film). Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, 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 lose their editing privileges on that page. 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. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to result in loss of your editing privileges. Thank you. —El Millo (talk) 02:19, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Now, to explain further. Articles are built on consensus. You can make what are called WP:BOLD edits. If you are reverted, you are expected to start a discussion, not to reinstate your edit, because that constitutes edit-warring, basically going back and forth between versions without discussion or progress. The editor making the BOLD edit is the one responsible for starting a discussion, and the WP:ONUS is on you to show why the change you made should stay. Here, you made several changes to all the Harry Potter film articles, and were reverted by me and another user in one of the cases. There's not a consensus for your edits, and what can be an improvement in your eyes may not be an improvement in someone else's view.

Removing the info on sequels from the lead section only to add a section that's one sentence long at the bottom is unnecessary and uncomfortable for readers searching for a quick, easy way to navigate among these films. You can start a discussion and see if other editors agree with your changes, but until then the WP:STATUSQUO stays. —El Millo (talk) 02:23, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Reverting, despite some newcomer IPs and editors complaining, is a part of the process of Wikipedia. It is merely a useful tool to undo an edit which seems not to be constructive for a number of reasons. Many editors dislike being reverted, but It's always seemed to be an emotional issue rather than a rational one, getting upset because their edit didn't stay when there was actually a valid reason for the reversion. One time, there was even one editor who disliked being reverted so much that he reinstated his edit only to manually revert it himself immediately after, simply because they didn't like their edit saying "reverted" next to it or whatever. All editors have to get used to reverting and being reverted on a regular basis, and we have to learn that it is not personal, or at least shouldn't be. —El Millo (talk) 02:29, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

You should also know about assuming good faith and being WP:CIVIL when interacting with other editors. Answers like and  are not civil and are not assuming good faith. Disregarding arguments without presenting counterarguments is not cooperative, and it is advised to assume that whatever another editor is doing, they're doing so because they think that it's the right thing to do, and not that they're lying or something like that. —El Millo (talk) 02:33, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

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Happy editing! —El Millo (talk) 02:33, 18 August 2021 (UTC)