User talk:Cotterpins

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November 2019: Articles for deletion/Raleigh Grifter
Hi Cotterpins. You should not remove the WP:SPA or Blocked tags from struck out !votes at AfD (read the box at the top of the AFD). Editors who have been indefinitely blocked from Wikipedia may have their !votes struck out. Editors who have only every edited on one article, are also tagged as WP:SPAs. If you persist with trying to undo these tags, you may yourself also blocked and your !vote struck out. thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 19:07, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Your recent editing history at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raleigh Grifter 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 the bold, revert, discuss cycle 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.. You have now reverted the legitimate application of AfD tags/actions by myself, and restoration of those tags by more than three times. Britishfinance (talk) 19:25, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

November 2019
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 31 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:. Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  01:20, 29 November 2019 (UTC)