User talk:Marcw21!

February 2018
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions at Westerville, Ohio. Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, 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 Wikipedia. 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. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a block. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 18:29, 13 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Please note that by pillar policy Wikipedia is not a newspaper. Sadly, cops are killed in the line of duty weekly. It may be a very important story locally, and it probably even was mentioned nationally. But widespread coverage will not last, and it's doubtful that this event will have a long term impact on anyone except the officers' friends and families. Wikipedia articles are not written for the locals and realistically, this is simply not something about the community that anyone will care about in 10 years. You're welcome of course to start a discussion on the article's talk page to attempt to gain consensus, but your addition, although well intentioned, is simply outside the scope of an encyclopedia article about the community. John from Idegon (talk) 18:37, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Also please note that if you want to communicate with me or another editor, the way to do it is leave a message on the editor's talk page. Generally email is reserved for sensitive communication only. John from Idegon (talk) 18:40, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

This is being posted on your talk page where you can receive messages from other Wikipedians and discuss issues and respond to questions. At the end of each message you will see a signature left by the editor posting. This is done by signing with four tildes ( ~ ) or by pressing or  in the editing interface toolbox, located just above the editing window (when editing). You won't need to sign your contributions to articles themselves; you only need to when using talk pages. If you have any questions or face any initial hurdles, feel free to contact me on my talk page and I will do what I can to assist or give you guidance.

Again, welcome! John from Idegon (talk) 18:40, 13 February 2018 (UTC) John from Idegon (talk) 18:40, 13 February 2018 (UTC)