User talk:Willillam123

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Hello, Willillam123, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. 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! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Jytdog (talk) 20:16, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
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Craig Venter
I've reverted your numbering of paragraphs on this article. I'm not sure what you intended, but this is not how we format things. Can I help you? --Hammersoft (talk) 19:38, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Craig Venter. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism. Thank you. --Hammersoft (talk) 19:54, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

edit war warning
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Craig Venter. 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. Jytdog (talk) 20:18, 29 October 2014 (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.

Policies
Hi Willillam123, please carefully read the policies we have on neutral point of view, no original research, and verification of content, and our guideline for sourcing, WP:RS, and for anything related to health, WP:MEDRS. Your edit to the Craig Venter article, changing "adolescent" to "adult", directly contradict the source provided in the article. Yet you edit warred that change back in!

If you continue editing in this way, you will get blocked to call your attention to the problem, and if you persist beyond that, you will lose your editing privileges altogether. I know there is a lot to learn, but the editing community has put these policies and guidelines in place to help editors make Wikipedia a reliable source of information for the public and not just a garbage dump of random opinions. They are really important! Thanks, and good luck! Jytdog (talk) 20:18, 29 October 2014 (UTC)