User talk:MoldciusMenbug

October 2020
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions. 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 lose their editing privileges on that page. 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 result in loss of your editing privileges. Thank you. jp×g 12:38, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

A lengthy welcome
Hi PierreBourdieu007. Welcome to Wikipedia. I've added a welcome message to the top of this page that gives a great deal of information about Wikipedia. I hope you find it useful.

Additionally, I hope you don't mind if I share some of my thoughts on starting out as a new editor on Wikipedia: If I could get editors in your situation to follow just one piece of advice, it would be this: Learn Wikipedia by working only on non-contentious topics until you have a feel for the normal editing process and the policies that usually come up when editing casually. You'll find editing to be fun, easy, and rewarding. The rare disputes are resolved quickly and easily in collaboration.

Working on biographical information about living persons is far more difficult. Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons policy requires strict adherence to multiple content policies, and applies to all information about living persons including talk pages.

If you have a relationship with the topics you want to edit, then you will need to review Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, which may require you to disclose your relationship and restrict your editing depending upon how you are affiliated with the subject matter. Regardless, editing in a manner that promotes an entity or viewpoint over others can appear to be detrimental to the purpose of Wikipedia and the neutrality required in articles.

Some topic areas within Wikipedia have special editing restrictions that apply to all editors. It's best to avoid these topics until you are extremely familiar with all relevant policies and guidelines.

If you work from reliable, independent sources, you shouldn't go far wrong. WP:RSP and WP:RSN are helpful in determining if a source is reliable.

I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. --Hipal (talk) 01:52, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

January 2021
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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting. Thanks! Rsk6400 (talk) 07:28, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, MenciusMoldbug. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Dark Enlightenment, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
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 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Hemiauchenia (talk) 17:37, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

May 2021
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions at Claudia Sahm. 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 lose their editing privileges on that page. 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 result in loss of your editing privileges. Thank you. —— Serial  15:34, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Important Notice
—— Serial  15:35, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Please see the discussion at WP:RSN about your sources
Doug Weller talk 19:27, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Username issue
Hi MenciusMoldbug, given that your username is the same as the pen name of Curtis Yarvin, but you have explicitly stated you are not Yarvin yourself, I think you need to change your username to comply with Wikipedia's username policy, specifically WP:MISLEADNAME and WP:REALNAME. Please reply within the next week. If you are unwilling to change your name, I will have to open a request for comment on the issue. Thanks,  ceran  thor 19:20, 29 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi ceranthor, how do I change my username ? Thanks. MenciusMoldbug (talk) 11:22, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Go to Changing username for the full details of the process, and feel free to ask questions here if you have any. I've watchlisted your user talk so I'll see if you have any questions. Thanks,  ceran  thor 15:02, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Introduction to contentious topics
Doug Weller talk 08:46, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Recent edit reversion
In this edit here, I reverted some information that appears to be a violation of our copyright policy.

I provided a brief summary of the problem in the edit summary, which should be visible just below my name. You can also click on the "view history" tab in the article to see the recent history of the article. This should be an edit with my name, and a parenthetical comment explaining why your edit was reverted. If that information is not sufficient to explain the situation, please ask.

I do occasionally make mistakes. We get hundreds of reports of potential copyright violations every week, and sometimes there are false positives, for a variety of reasons. (Perhaps the material was moved from another Wikipedia article, or the material was properly licensed but the license information was not obvious, or the material is in the public domain but I didn't realize it was public domain, and there can be other situations generating a report to our Copy Patrol tool that turn out not to be actual copyright violations.) If you think my edit was mistaken, please politely let me know and I will investigate. S Philbrick (Talk)  14:18, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

October 2023
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 * Factors in your block include edit warring, false accusations of vandalism, obsessive focus on criticizing a sports official, and failure to notify the editors you reported at WP:ANI. Please spend the next week learning more about Wikipedia's Policies and guidelines, and follow them going forward. In particular, read and understand policies regarding content about living people. Cullen328 (talk) 04:56, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

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March 2024
Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Garrick Club. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Belbury (talk) 18:36, 30 March 2024 (UTC)