User talk:EuropeanLynx

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. One Night In Hackney 303 01:29, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. One Night In Hackney 303 01:35, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Your edits to Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice have been unfactual and could be considered vandalism. Spylab 01:38, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Sock puppetry
Spylab 21:34, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Your original block has been extended due to evasion with various IPs. – Steel 17:58, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Please consider making constructive contributions.
I'm posting this on your talk page to encourage you to make constructive contributions. Your edits are not productive. Also the manner in which you are trying to express your point of view is not acceptable. Hopefully after reading this you will have a chance to reflect on your contributions to Wikipedia. Good luck on your future posts. --ProperManner 06:42, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Recommended reading for user EuropeanLynx
The three-revert rule (often referred to as 3RR) is a policy that applies to all Wikipedians, and is intended to prevent edit warring:


 * An editor must not perform more than three reverts, in whole or in part, on a single page within a 24-hour period. A revert means undoing the actions of another editor, whether involving the same or different material each time.

Any editor who breaches the rule may be blocked from editing for up to 24 hours in the first instance, and longer for repeated or aggravated violations.

The rule applies per editor. The use of multiple accounts is not a legitimate way to avoid this limit, and reverts by multiple accounts are counted as reverts made by one editor. The rule otherwise applies to all editors individually.

The rule applies per page. For example, if an editor performs three reverts on each of two articles within 24 hours, that editor's six reversions do not constitute a violation of this rule, although it may well indicate that the editor is being disruptive.

The rule does not convey an entitlement to revert three times each day, nor does it endorse reverting as an editing technique; rather, the rule is an "electric fence". Editors may still be blocked even if they have not made more than three edits in any given 24 hour period, if their behavior is clearly disruptive. This particularly applies to editors who persistently make three reverts each day, or three reverts on each of a group of pages, in an apparent effort to game the system. Many administrators give less leniency to users who have been blocked before, and may block such users for any edit warring, even if they do not exceed three reverts on a page in 24 hours.

The bottom line: use common sense, and do not participate in edit wars. Rather than reverting multiple times, discuss the matter with other editors. If an action really needs reverting that much, somebody else will probably do it &mdash; and that will serve the vital purpose of showing that the community at large is in agreement over which course of action is preferable. Engaging in dispute resolution or requesting for page protection is often preferred over reverting. Apparent breaches of the rule, including instances of edit warring, may be reported at Administrators' noticeboard/3RR.