User talk:Olamal1

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Olamal1! I am Ser Amantio di Nicolao and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. Thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions check out Questions, or feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or type helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. Again, welcome! Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 02:33, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
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April 2011
Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Mel Gussow. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. JohnInDC (talk) 00:09, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Waiting a couple of weeks to avoid the page's semi-protection will not help you make this disputed edit. Stop now or you will find this account, like all of the others, blocked.  Thanks.  JohnInDC (talk) 00:11, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Please do not add unsourced content, as you did to Mel Gussow. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. JohnInDC (talk) 00:11, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

This is your last warning; the next time you disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Mel Gussow, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. JohnInDC (talk) 00:12, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Your edit to Mel Gussow
Just letting you know that I replaced the "[cite?]" you added to this page with an actual citation needed template. In the future, you should use this template. To add it, simply type. So, for example, I just added. Thanks! – GorillaWarfare talk • contribs 00:12, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Mel Gussow. Users are expected to collaborate with others and avoid editing disruptively. In particular, the three-revert rule states that: 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 continue to edit war, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Jasper Deng (talk) 00:31, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period is almost always grounds for an immediate block.
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

Please check your edits a bit more carefully. You are inserting text into the article that is already present. Thanks. JohnInDC (talk) 13:30, 9 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, Olamal1, and welcom to Wikipedia. I see you re-added some paragraphs to the article on Mel Gussow but I guess you did not realise that they were already present. Please don't re-add this duplicate material.


 * I was wondering about the obituary of Elizxabeth Talyor. I noticed that it has Gussow's byline, and you are adding to the article that the obituary was based on his research. Where are you obtaining that information? Because the article does not say that, so I was wondering what your source is for that information. We will need to quote a reliable source before we can add it into the article. Please reply here on this page or on the article talk page. Thanks. -- Diannaa  (Talk) 13:37, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * (Diving into the middle here - ) That info is correct, and can easily be sourced - indeed it was, a few iterations ago; but another editor regarded the reference as trivial and removed it.  I was sort of fond of it but deferred to his judgment, and removed it this go-round out of respect for his well-stated position which had met with only my objection.  The exchange is at Talk:Mel Gussow.  JohnInDC (talk) 13:44, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, John. You are right; it seems the consensus was to leave out the fact the Gussow had written Taylor's obit. Apparently this is not that rare an occurrence. That's how we create articles here on Wikipedia - we discuss things objectively and make a communal decision about what to include and not include. Olamal1, please have a look at the article talk page and discuss your proposed revisions there. Reverting other people's removal of your additions without discussion is called edit warring and is an activity that can get you blocked from editing. Thanks. -- Diannaa  (Talk) 13:46, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi again, Olamal1. We really want to help make the Gussow article a good one. I see you have chosen not to communicate with anyone on this talk page or on the article talk page. You are going to need to do that, rather than continuing to add unsourced information to the article without discussion. Thanks-- Diannaa (Talk) 15:10, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi. Please do not try to communicate using the edit summary only. That is how edit wars get started. Please discuss your edits on the talk page of the article. Thank you. -- Diannaa (Talk) 15:14, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Olamal, I have blocked your account for 24 hours for edit warring. Once the block expires, you are more than welcome to go to the article talk page and discuss the issue. If I see you resume edit-warring after the block expires, another will be applied. Wikipedia operates by consensus, which requires discussion to establish; you must be willing to engage in discussions with other editors (especially those with whom you disagree) if you intend on working here in the long term. Parsecboy (talk) 16:03, 9 April 2011 (UTC)