User talk:Decaturproud

January 2014
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed your recent edit to Decatur, Illinois does not have an edit summary. Please provide one before saving your changes to an article, as the summaries are quite helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. Thanks! John from Idegon (talk) 22:28, 29 January 2014 (UTC) John from Idegon (talk) 22:28, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Decatur, Illinois, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. ''Your changes are the subject of Talk:Decatur, Illinois. Please discuss further edits on the talk page instead unilaterally blanking information twice after being told that your changes were not understood.'' Closeapple (talk) 22:56, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

February 2014
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Decatur, Illinois. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to be blocked from editing. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. While edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, breaking the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a block. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 20:57, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

March 2014
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Decatur, Illinois. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement. Please be particularly aware, Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing.''You have been warned about this repeatedly. The above page does not belong to the city or its residents. If you have a problem with the content, discuss it on the article's talk page. Next instance of this behavior will result in you being referred to the appropriate board for sanctions. '' John from Idegon (talk) 19:45, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made; that is to say, editors are not automatically "entitled" to three reverts.
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.