185.213.154.168

July 2019

Hello, I'm CLCStudent. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Orifice plate have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the help desk. Thanks. CLCStudent (talk) 17:30, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

If this is a shared IP address, and you did not make the edits referred to above, consider creating an account for yourself or logging in with an existing account so that you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

October 2019

Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. N.J.A. | talk 14:04, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

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@NJA: Is it not allowed to revert COI edits, and edits by obvious sockpuppets. Please explain. 185.213.154.168 (talk) 14:10, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Not specifically in relation to "COI" edits unless there's another serious issue with it such as a blatant copyright violation, etc. Although you were dealing with a pervasive user of a new account and IP, the edits, while perhaps promotional in nature, represent a content dispute. Reverting in that case is disruptive. I think a reminder was in order in relation to the rules on reverting. If this person returns please raise with at an appropriate forum (talk pages first, WP:COIN and if serious and persistent then perhaps WP:ANI, N.J.A. | talk 14:19, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

@NJA: What I still don't get, is how Shreyas Zare's COI edits could go unnoticed for so long. It took me, the IP, to catch on. Isn't there any kind of (automated) system in place to catch these kinds of things? 185.213.154.168 (talk) 14:30, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

There are, e.g. this one which flagged up your edits, but that right there shows these are imperfect. For more info see WP:Edit filters, N.J.A. | talk 14:36, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

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