User talk:ArctosNU

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March 2019
Hello, I'm Doug Weller. I noticed that you recently removed content from Patricia Sutherland without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 16:50, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to James Tuck (archaeologist), without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 16:51, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for persistently making disruptive edits. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. 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:. Bbb23 (talk) 13:15, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

RE: Patricia Sutherland edits, March 29 Para 1: added “in some circles” to “controversial” to increase accuracy

Research para 1: refined the subject’s research history and deleted irrelevant material (her discoveries at Quttinirpaaq and on Axel Heiberg Island); deleted incorrect material (her presentations in 2000 and 2012, the statement that she suggests pre-Norse contact, and the sentence about “spoils of war”); added the most important (2009) academic publication on the evidence for Norse presence in Arctic Canada; added 2018 reference

Research para 2: deleted paragraph which was added January 16 by Jerry Stockton. This addition is part of a trolling effort against Sutherland’s research, and in any case is not particularly relevant to a biography (note that this material was also added to the bio of James Tuck, where it is even more irrelevant.)

Personal: deleted irrelevant material.

Please do not attack other editors, as you did at User talk:ArctosNU. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 21:03, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Doug Weller.Sorry about the comment in Talk: it was not aimed at the editor, whom I assume was practicing good faith, but at the source of his information which is problematic. I will learn how to do this properly. I still believe that my edits are useful, make a significant improvement on the entry, and should be allowed.

Feel free
To take them to WP:BLPN. Doug Weller talk 21:08, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

March 2019
Your recent editing history at Patricia Sutherland 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 BRD 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 don't violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Doug Weller talk 13:20, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Reblocked
Your first edit after coming back from your previous block was to resume your disruptive editing at Patricia Sutherland. When you were reverted, you reinstated the same edit. I have therefore blocked you indefinitely for disruptive editing. See WP:GAB for your appeal rights.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:44, 30 March 2019 (UTC)