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Misleading edit summaries

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  Please stop. If you continue to make edits with misleading or inaccurate edit summaries, even if unintentional, as you did at First Matabele War, you may be blocked from editing.

Here [1] you stated that you Fixed several typos when in fact you substantively altered the POV of the text. This kind of dishonest behavior is disruptive because it undermines trust. See also this edit [2] where you claim to have Added content but also removed well-sourced content, replacing it with unsourced content. Generalrelative (talk) 00:01, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hi, i am new to wikipedia editing. In the first edit on the Matabele war, i made the article sound as neutral as possible. It does not make sense to use the term " to save face ", when putting your vassal to heel upon their revolt is a clear form of retaliation.
In my edit on book censorship, i clearly mentioned why the marshall definition cannot be used as a reliable source when i edited it. You might have not seen it, in which case, i will repeat the reason here.
" Removed the Mar shall definition which was wrongly used as the "definition of book censorship" since the page used the definitions as a guide to read the page, not as a definition to be used and cited by other sources. By ban, they meant school ban, not a book "censorship", since students are free to get the books through various other means. Removed politically charged definitions of book censorship that left the definitions intentionally vague so as to include the recent removal of sexuali..."
I cannot find the full reason, as wherever i look, it gets cut off here.
I wish to have the guidance of a senior wikipedia editor who isn't ideologically driven so that i can make better edits in the future. I also urge you to look at my edit on misogynist terrorism, where my edit was removed with the pretext, "seek therapy", which is clearly something a neutral wikipedia editor would not do.
Neutrality is extremely important to a digital online encyclopedia. It must be respected. Adenyoyo (talk) 17:36, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

November 2023

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  You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Misogynist terrorism. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. 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.

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  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.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and 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.Sangdeboeuf (talk) 01:36, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hello.
After my edit was reverted, i made a request in the talk page, asking the user, Jno skinner, why he had reverted my edits, and to tell me the reasons for doing so in the talk page. Instead of listing his disagreements with the edit, however, The user, Jno skinner, decided to mock and deride me, the editor, by reverting my edits with the tag "seek therapy", providing no other explanation.
Since i am new to wikipedia editing, i have tried my best to stick within the rules of editing, and bring a neutral perspective as much as possible.
The article mentioned above has several neutrality issues, as even mentioned before in the site's talk page, with several misuses of the term "incel" , and only feminist sources used as material for a global, neutral encyclopedia.
I wish to connect with a senior wikipedia editor who is neutral in their views so that I can get a clear and proper understanding on how to make further edits the next time I do so. Adenyoyo (talk) 17:41, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
Your edits were disputed by several editors, not just one person who was rude to you. See WP:1AM. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 22:11, 24 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
When you think the consensus is local[edit source]
In a "one-against-many" dispute, it is a somewhat common occurrence that the editors who are working on a page come to a good-faith consensus that the larger community would not agree with. If you really think that this is the case, you can post a request for comment (RfC) and invite outside editors to comment. Be aware that an RfC settles the question of what the consensus is. You might not like the result if you post an RfC that settles the dispute against you. Posting an RfC that is certain to go against you doesn't just waste everybody's time; it makes it far less likely that you will ever get your way. So, how do you know whether an RfC has a good chance of going your way? In general, whichever side has the most reliable sources and follows those sources the closest prevails.
How do i get this done? Also, can you connect me to other wiki editors, it would be really useful Adenyoyo (talk) 07:23, 26 November 2023 (UTC)Reply


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