User talk:SparklingTunnel

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December 2015
Greetings. At least one of your recent edits, such as the edit you made to Japanese Peruvians, did not appear to be constructive and has been or will be reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Iryna Harpy (talk) 02:23, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Japanese Peruvians. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, 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 editing privileges. 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 loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Iryna Harpy (talk) 02:42, 12 December 2015 (UTC)


 * You're the one starting an editwar with no rational reason here. SparklingTunnel (talk) 02:49, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * There is a very rational reason for not creating galleries of 'notable people' for articles (see WP:OFFTOPIC) for the scope of the article per WP:TITLE. As you'll have noted, I've also removed the diplomatic ties photo for the same reason. I agree that it is also off-topic for the purposes of the article. I see you've now started a thread on the article's talk page, and I'll respond to you ASAP, but I'm about to log off for the day, so will be open to discussing the content issue with you (and any other editors who care to join the discussion) there tomorrow. In the meantime, greetings and welcome to Wikipedia. I'm sorry if it appears that we've had a gruff start, but I'm more than happy to work with you in a collegial and collaborative manner. Cheers for now! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:25, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks for the reply. SparklingTunnel (talk) 05:29, 12 December 2015 (UTC)