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April 2018

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize pages by deliberately introducing incorrect information, as you did at American-led intervention in Syria (April 2018), you may be blocked from editing. Representing sources speculating on the event as being in response to the event is misleading, and if you continue to do so, you will likely be blocked from editing. power~enwiki (π, ν) 02:24, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Alt-right. Mdriscoll03 (talk) 00:54, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

How was it vandalism? FlowerRoad (talk) 00:57, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Note

I'd like to apologize for some of the templates and reverts you've received of late for good faith edits. They aren't warranted, and some were made by users who also don't have that much experience. I would generally listen to whatever Power~enwiki said above, as he's been around a fair amount and has his head on straight. It also might be a good idea if you're trying to be a regular contributor to create a user page so you get less templates. You are also free to remove the ones above, if you wish. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:43, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I was not mad or anything, more confused. :) FlowerRoad (talk) 01:45, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Not a problem. The note also has the advantage of letting other administrators and users know to look closer at your edits before blocking, which is part of why I left it. Anyway, the links power left at the top of the page gives you a good overview of how Wikipedia works. Good reading, especially if you are going to be editing in controversial areas. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me on my talk page. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:48, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

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Nation of immigrants

The article Nation of immigrants seems like a spin-off of Immigration to the United States or History of immigration to the United States. Also, the title and scope is somewhat vague: is the topic of the article the phrase Nation of immigrants (and its relation to US culture), or the history of immigration policy and the contributions of immigrants? If the latter, the content is probably better off being discussed in one of the aforementioned articles, and/or some of the articles found Template:Immigration to the United States. Ideally, we want to avoid or minimize Content forking: the creation of multiple articles or article section covering the same subject. --Animalparty! (talk) 01:27, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

It's about the phrase itself and its influence in American culture. That being said, it does need some expansion.FlowerRoad (talk) 01:54, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Deletion of other people's comments

• Hi, FlowerRoad. Just a quick note. This diff removed a comment/!vote by Lihaas. While this was likely accidental, and I will absolutely assume good faith on your behalf, it can be an annoyance and is frowned upon. Thus, in the future, please be slightly more careful when making replies in threads, just to avoid this scenario. Thanks, Stormy clouds (talk) 20:30, 8 May 2018 (UTC).

Sorry. FlowerRoad (talk) 20:36, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

No problem at all. Simply a heads-up, to spare trouble in the future, as some editors really dislike this. Stormy clouds (talk) 20:43, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Addition to lede of GA article, United States

A discussion has begun on whether or not to include the content you have provided and whether or not it needs sourcing for claims being introduced at; Talk:United States#Addition to lede.--Mark Miller (talk) 23:27, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

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Aloha.--Mark Miller (talk) 00:27, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

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