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July 2020

If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant noticeboards.
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If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Scratch (programming language), you may be blocked from editing. drt1245 (talk) 15:29, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature

Please alter your signature as it does not comply on at least two criteria with WP:CUSTOMSIG/P

It does not make it easy to identify your username,
It impersonates another user (there is a usr account with the name Void (talk · contribs)). Nthep (talk) 16:46, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User pages

If an editor wishes to add a userbox to their user page they are free to do so; you, however, should not be taking the liberty to do so on their behalf.-- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 17:47, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RFPP

I see you recently made a request for protection. However, the page hadn't been edited in over a week, so your request was quite stale and I declined it. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 07:29, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A note from the Captain

Howdy hello! I see that you recently left this message on a users talk page; which seems, frankly, excessive to me. Those warnings are generally for article space, and you jumped right to the highest level of warning, without even discussing it. At any rate, I would caution you about editing articles on polices, guidelines, and essays. Their content has usually been heavily workshopped over the years to a state of community agreement. Also, your account is very new. I would suggest you spend time editing the actual encyclopedia before trying to get involved in the backend at such a fundamental level. If you need some help on finding articles to edit, or resources, let me know :) CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 07:23, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. Take the advice above and stick to developing meaningful and appropriate content contributions. Considering that many of your own edits have been reverted as factually incorrect perhaps it would be appropriate to add the same warning message to this page too? Nthep (talk) 11:03, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Taking things a little more slowly

Hi there. I'm the checkuser who granted you IPBE consistent with our usual practices. There have been some concerns expressed both on English Wikipedia and in other projects that you're moving too quickly without having a good understanding of the expectations for these various projects.

It is really important to pay attention to the constructive criticism being provided to you by experienced editors, and that you demonstrate in your edits that you have absorbed those lessons. At this point, you don't have enough knowledge to recognize that some of your edits, particularly on policy pages or noticeboards, aren't correct. (Example: your edit to the [[Wikipedia:Oversight}|Oversight policy]] was incorrect because there really is a separate function used to "hide" revisions that is technically different from the oversight tools. I would not expect a new user to know this.) I am going to suggest the following:

Avoid editing policy/guideline pages. Instead, start a thread on the talk page to initiate a conversation about your proposed c

change. It's quite possible that your proposal may have already been considered.

Read a lot. Read over previous entries on noticeboards before posting on them so that you have a better idea of how the applicable rules or policies are applied in practice. That will help you to fine tune your requests and reduce the likelihood that your request will be denied.
Ensure that content additions are well-referenced.
Avoid editing featured articles, which are usually very carefully negotiated consensus articles. If you feel there is a real need to modify a featured article, start a discussion on the talk page.
Consider using the Teahouse to ask questions about application of policy/guidelines, and how-to questions.
Many newer editors find that it's useful to follow Recent Changes to develop their skills in understanding what kind of edits are considered "good", "bad" etc. It is a good entry point to editing Wikipedia. Note, take your time here too.
(Adding) It's important for you to know that if there are a lot of concerns about your editing (especially if you are blocked for editing in a way that is considered disruptive, and definitely if you are blocked for sockpuppetry), your IPBE permission may be removed. This would seriously impact your ability to participate.
Below, I'm going to add a welcome template that has some useful links for newer users.

The same principles also apply to other projects. Take your time, read a lot to learn the practices on that project, and ask questions to ensure you're on the right track. Generally speaking, avoid spending more time editing the "project" pages rather than the content pages. I don't have any control on how your activities on other projects will be perceived or handled, and some projects are much firmer in ensuring that users closely follow processes.

I hope you will find this information helpful. Risker (talk) 19:17, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, ThesenatorO5-2, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask at the Teahouse.

Here are some more resources to help you as you explore and contribute to the world's largest encyclopedia...

Finding your way around:

Table of contents / Department directory

The Wikipedia Adventure (a tutorial orienting you with Wikipedia)
The Signpost, our newspaper

Need help?

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Wikipedia's 5 pillars – an overview of Wikipedia's foundations

Article wizard – a Wizard to help you create articles
The simplified ruleset – a summary of Wikipedia's most important rules
Guide to Wikipedia – a thorough step-by-step guide to Wikipedia

How you can help:

Contributing to Wikipedia – a guide on how you can help

Community portal – Wikipedia's hub of activity

Additional tips...

Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.

ThesenatorO5-2, good luck, and have fun. Risker (talk) 19:17, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of HCaptcha

Hello PythonSwarm,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged HCaptcha for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

Nightenbelle (talk) 02:07, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User:Sven Manguard/Failed RfA Advice

Please do not move essays into the Wikipedia namespace. Not all essays belong in the WP namespace, as doing so connotes a level of consensus that might not exist. This early in your editing career, you shouldn't be editing anything in someone else's user space, for any reason. Chris Troutman (talk) 12:47, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

August 2020

Hi PythonSwarm. I see you've been editing a lot of project pages recently. In the future, unless it it's non-controversial maintenance, like typo and grammar fixes, make sure to discuss on the associated talkpage first. Thanks! --◊PRAHLAD^balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 18:08, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification for G5

Do you have a particular article in mind? G5's always intrigue me. I sometimes hate doing it, but understand the reasoning. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 10:22, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

September 2020

You have been blocked from editing Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback for a period of 3 months for continuing to make unhelpful comments on other user's requests despite being asked to stop. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Cabayi (talk) 10:29, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like I screwed up on the block and only succeeded in tagging your page with the notice. In light of your removal of the unhelpful comments I won't pursue the matter BUT

Please remember that there are real people waiting on the outcome of these requests. They don't need or want the stress of answering to ill-informed questions and opinions.
Also remember that, just because you've removed several cautions from your talk page does not mean they don't count. You've had so many cautions and pieces of advice offered that you should consider yourself on your final warning.

I hope you'll focus more on the wiki's content rather than hassling other editors. Cabayi (talk) 11:06, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]