User talk:All that is solid melts into air

August 2023
Hi All that is solid melts into air! I noticed that you have reverted to restore your preferred version of Socialist Alternative (Australia) several times. The impulse to undo an edit you disagree with is understandable, but I wanted to make sure you're aware that the edit warring policy disallows repeated reversions even if they are justifiable.

All editors are expected to discuss content disputes on article talk pages to try to reach consensus. If you are unable to agree&#32;at, please use one of the dispute resolution options to seek input from others. Using this approach instead of reverting can help you avoid getting drawn into an edit war. Please discuss your changes in the talk pages talk.. AlanStalk 06:57, 8 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Just so you're aware you technically made 4 reverts yesterday and I could raised this at WP:AN/3RR if I wanted to. Additionally your contribution history shows that 95% of your edit history is on Socialist Alternative, Red Flag, Victorian Socialists. I suggest you read WP:Advocacy and perhaps think about editing a broader range or articles. AlanStalk 13:10, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi Alan, my particular interests aren't relevant so long as my concern is ensuring high-quality and accurate content. I have attempted to engage with you but you have failed to explain yourself. As a relatively new Wikipedia user I was not aware of the edit-warring policies, but given you have been engaging in similar conduct I find it odd that someone with supposedly so much experience would be unaware. You seem to be using Wikipedia's policies in an attempt to browbeat someone into conceding to you, rather than attempting to be genuinely collaborative. Case in point that you are accusing me of not responding to you, when I have in fact replied to your message on the talk page (the first one that warranted a response given you seem truly attached to a clearly unreliable source that doesn't even say what you're saying it says). All that is solid melts into air (talk) 13:17, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Please calm down and remain civil. I've been trying to engage you for a while now and you'll see that I left a message in the article's talk. On the matter of the source, you've not provided any reasons why it is unreliable? Why because Socialist Alliance bad, Socialist Alternative good? AlanStalk 13:28, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
 * You don't seem to have absorbed the discussion on your own noticeboard entry regarding Red Flag, where other editors made clear that the "reliability" of a source depends not only on the source but also on the claim the source is being used as evidence for.
 * By the way, repeatedly asking someone to be calm and civil in response to their calling you out for poor behaviour is not a very good way to cover for that poor behaviour. It just makes you appear passive-aggressive - this is mentioned in the policy you so helpfully cited regarding the 3-revert rule. I'm sure you weren't just citing that policy in a cynical attempt to defend yourself, you must have actually read it of course! All that is solid melts into air (talk) 13:33, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Look, I've edited the section of the article that we were having an issue with. Please have a look at it and I highly suggest you discontinue your aspersion casting. AlanStalk 13:57, 9 August 2023 (UTC)