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June 2010
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Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from Gottfried Leibniz. When removing text, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the text has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. - DVdm (talk) 15:54, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Please do not delete content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Ptolemy, 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. - DVdm (talk) 15:57, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to blank out or delete portions of page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did to Ptolemy, you may be blocked from editing. - DVdm (talk) 15:58, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

This is the final warning you will receive regarding your disruptive edits. The next time you delete or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia, as you did to Ptolemy, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. - DVdm (talk) 16:11, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Ptolemy. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If the edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. You are evidently  Favonian (talk) 16:18, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

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Hi Mndstrm, and welcome to Wikipedia. Can I ask you to begin a discussion about that change to the Ptolemy page, on Talk:Ptolemy? There is apparently opposition to it, and the only way to have your edit stay in the article is if you can convince other editors that you're right. Persistently repeating the same change ("edit warring") is, on a collaborative project, not constructive, and will either lead to blocks or to the protection of the page in question. FWIW, I think you had a point on the Leibniz page, and the Sorbian ancestry was now moved to a more proper place. If you have any questions about this feel free to ask! Kind regards, Amalthea  16:32, 25 June 2010 (UTC)