DiGriW
Joined 27 September 2021
Latest comment: 2 years ago by DiGriW in topic November 2022
Hello, DiGriW, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like this place and decide to stay.
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November 2022
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Hello, I'm K.e.coffman. I noticed that you made a comment on the page Talk:Russia that didn't seem very civil. Wikipedia is built on collaboration, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Please do not attack other editors based on their perceived national origin, as you did in this section. -- K.e.coffman (talk) 16:44, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
- You must be mistaken. I didn't attack anyone based on their origin. DiGriW (talk) 16:48, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
- Corrected; the point of using an article Talk page to attack other editors still stands. This is not what Talk pages are for. If you have concerns about editor behavior, please use WP:ANI. -- K.e.coffman (talk) 16:55, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
- All my comments were civil. That editor has a bias towards the discussing subject and he should step back. It's normal to be biased so I couldn't insult him anyway. I just said that his biases shouldn't affect the article. DiGriW (talk) 17:17, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
- Corrected; the point of using an article Talk page to attack other editors still stands. This is not what Talk pages are for. If you have concerns about editor behavior, please use WP:ANI. -- K.e.coffman (talk) 16:55, 26 November 2022 (UTC)