User talk:71.246.147.162

August 2018
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you make personal attacks on other people, as you did at User talk:71.246.147.162. Comment on content, not on fellow editors. Natureium (talk) 16:21, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
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Anonymous users from this IP address have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for making personal attacks towards other editors. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. — CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 16:22, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hello, 71.246.147.162, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:


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I see that nobody greeted you here, and that you are unfamiliar with the place. Please, before making any more edits, read the above. You may especially need to know that everything on Wikipedia must be supported by independent reliable sources, - being true is not enough, like it or not, contentious material without sources can be removed. Another: Articles usually begin with a summary of the most important facts, stress on most important. At Mason's time, to have slaves was accepted and normal, nothing worth mentioning in the summary. Below in the article, you might add it, if you have a good source, and if there is consensus among editors that it isn't undue weight. Thirdly: when you are reverted, don't put the same thing back, but try to find consensus on the article talk, per WP:BRD. I'll restore the state before your edit, which gives you a chance to discuss. Finally, don't put it back a third time, or you may be blocked for edit-warring. - I hope that you'll still find joy in editing Wikipedia. It will be greater if you respect that articles with a little star in the upper right corner have been polished and reviewed, and watched for changes. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:29, 1 August 2018 (UTC)