User talk:Purdycat

Welcome new user
Hello,  User:Purdycat, I see you've opened an account and begun to make edits to the encyclopaedia. You are most welcome and thank you for the many constructive edits you have made. It seems you've never been given an official welcome although you started editing in 2012. So apologies for that and let me pass on some helpful information.

I'm Lumos3, one of the numerous editors here. I voluntarily work as a welcomer to newcomers. I'm posting below a standard welcome box with lots of useful links. I hope you get pleasure from editing and making Wikipedia an even better resource for the community.

Wikipedia encourages new members to jump in and make corrections and contributions to articles. I found the  Be bold guideline particularly encouraging when I was getting started. I also found the Cheatsheet a useful quick reference for editing the source text but our new VisualEditor makes editing much easier (This needs to be turned on in your user preferences under beta features).

I myself have come to the conclusion that editing or watching a topic is a great way to learn about it in depth and stay on top of current developments in a field. If you have any questions about the project don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page here :- User_talk:Lumos3.

Happy editing, I hope you continue to develop and improve our encyclopedia.

Lumos3 (talk) 09:56, 22 February 2016 (UTC), Wikipedia Welcoming Committee.

Welcome ! 

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions! I'm Lumos3, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge. Alternatively, leave me a message at my talk page or type  here on your talk page, and someone will try to help. Remember to always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the button on the edit toolbar or by typing four tildes   at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your, a link to this talk) page, and a timestamp. The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to have some fun! To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. ou can  for use any time. Perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you  put  on.

 Sincerely, Lumos3 (talk) 09:56, 22 February 2016 (UTC)  [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Lumos3&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Welcome_to_Wikipedia/user-talk_preload (Leave me a message)]

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May 2016
Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Richard Higgott with this edit, without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 05:49, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I see you are again removing sourced content, and adding unsourced content, to the Richard Higgott article. As previously requested by Materialscientist, would you please explain your edits in the edit summary or on the article Talk page? Thanks in advance, Xenophrenic (talk) 15:16, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

July 2016
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Richard Higgott. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement. Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states: 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 engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing.''If you are editing while logged out in an attempt to disguise your motives, it isn't working. '' Katietalk 15:43, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

The info on Richard Higgott has been a stub for some while. Information was elaborated in greater detail and subsequently undone by Xenophrenic to less wording than before reducing content. Up-dated material was referenced in edit as adapted from Warwick University site.


 * Hi, Purdycat. You've been adding content to an article without citing a reliable source.  Please read WP:CITE for instructions on how to do this.  You have also added what appears to be directly copied material in violation of our WP:Copyvio rules.  I've reverted your edits for these reasons.  Continuing to re-add this content without addressing these problems is disruptive, as User talk:KrakatoaKatie has already informed you.  Regards, Xenophrenic (talk) 13:44, 12 July 2016 (UTC)