User talk:86.187.166.188

May 2023
Your recent editing history at Jim Ratcliffe 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; read about 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. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 09:09, 29 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Failsworth was not in Manchester until 1974. Ratcliffe was born in 1952 when it was still in Lancashire. Why should I be blocked from editing for making this fact clear? 86.187.166.188 (talk) 09:14, 29 May 2023 (UTC)


 * You accuse me of "edit waring" after one revert? In bio articles we give the county at date of birth. It's as simple as that. So please stop. 09:37, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict - moving this to after your last) I may have been a bit quick off the mark with this warning, sorry. You may be unaware that there is a bit of a history of people asserting that places remain in the historical counties they were always in, and changing articles to suit. However, I did want to make you aware of the 3 revert rule, because sometimes things escalate so quickly that a 3 revert block is imposed before the new editor is aware that is even a problem. In any case I have now made two edits. One restores the infobox to the correct information as it is now - we cannot allow anachronism in there. However I have added a line to the main text to make your point that it was Lancashire at the time of his birth. I hope that is okay. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 09:39, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 * But oh dear, you reverted it, and now that IS edit warring. I suggest you self revert. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 09:41, 29 May 2023 (UTC)