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Waffle House shooting

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You've repeatedly [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] added "Bushmaster XM-15" to this article without providing a source that specifically names the weapon as an XM-15. If you disagree with the editors who have reverted you, please discuss it on the article's talk page. Your repeated edits are beginning to be disruptive. –dlthewave 15:35, 25 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

Nashville Waffle House Shooting

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Sources say that the weapon was a Bushmaster JBW95 (talk) 15:46, 25 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

October 2018

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  Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did on Tree of Life synagogue shooting. This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. 75.182.115.183 (talk) 16:19, 27 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Tree of Life synagogue shooting. 75.182.115.183 (talk) 16:55, 27 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

FINAL NOTICE: Unsourced edits

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  This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. 173.209.178.244 (talk) 20:41, 27 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

You are ASKING for a block

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What exactly is your problem? If you don't understand the requirement to document your edits with reliable sources, then thoroughly read WP:V and WP:RS. If you don't know how to cite a source, read WP:CITE. If there's something else you don't understand, ask here before you make another edit. Maybe you don't actually believe you will be blocked from editing. Maybe you think the rules don't apply to you. Whatever the reason, the string of warnings above is more than sufficient evidence for you to be blocked right now. So if you would like to continue editing, read the policies and ask questions. Because the very next time you make an unsourced edit you will be blocked. Not the next two times. The next time. 75.182.115.183 (talk) 02:03, 28 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

Source

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Why did you not provide a source for this edit? I expect an answer before your next edit. Answer the question and there's a chance you can avoid a block. It might help the rest of us understand whether you are confused, or incomeptent, or simply don't care. Ignore the question like you have ignored all the warnings above, an that will be the final straw; use the time of your block to think about why you are editing here. Are you editing to improve Wikipedia, or do you think you WP:OWN the articles that you edit? 75.182.115.183 (talk) 16:36, 28 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Im sorry for not adding sources. I try to improve Wikipedia, but since i’m new to this and still trying to get the hang of adding sources, they never work so i leave them off JBW95 (talk) 02:58, 30 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

"They never work so I leave them off.": After editing for nine months and getting all the warnings above, that is the same as saying, "I don't want to learn how to source because I'm too lazy." Wikipedia is a collaborative project. If you're not willing to try to ask questions and learn, and you're not willing to discuss you problem edits, this is not the place for you. You're no longer a newcomer. Start by reading WP:5P. Then go to CAT:CONTENT, click each of the blue links, and read each policy before continuing to edit. If you're too lazy to do that, then stop editing. 75.182.115.183 (talk) 02:52, 1 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

October 2018

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  Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions at Baldwin High School (Pennsylvania). Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

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Reminder

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I see you've been notified of the DS applied to AR-15 style rifle. To explain, though I'll only do this once, with this specific article, there are a special subset of restrictions that are being applied. These are in order 1) Consensus required, 2) 1 revert rule, and 3) Civility required. The first restriction is the relevant one here. Any edit that has been challenged by reversion, may not be reinstated without a talk page acquired consensus. The DS can be enforced by any admin without warning, provided that the person being subjected to enforcement has been appropriate notified of the DS. You have been notified, and I'm now giving you a reminder. Take your argument for inclusion to the talk page. Thanks, Mr rnddude (talk) 19:37, 1 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

November 2018

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  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Baldwin High School (Pennsylvania). Edit warring is not only WP:3RR. You've got only one route to successfully add the name to the above article you've had REPEATEDLY reverted. Write his bio so that it will stay in the encyclopedia. It is irrelevant if his name has been mentioned in every single newspaper on the planet and on every TV and radio station in existence in connection with the shooting. If there are not sources about him that discuss him in detail in a context unrelated to the shooting, he is NOT NOTABLE per WP:BLP1E. Your failure to understand that or your unwillingness to abide by it, along with the multiple other issues others are having with you, have reached a level where your competency is in question. Continuing on the path you are on will inevitably lead to you being brought before the community to discuss your competency at a noticeboard. Please don't take it there. John from Idegon (talk) 23:29, 4 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Nikola Motor Company. 173.209.178.244 (talk) 00:23, 7 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Reverting

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I reverted your edit to 2018 Tallahassee shooting - version before your change was correct. While the perpetrator at one point possessed Glock gen 4 model, but the murder was with gen 5, as stated in source referenced. – attomir (talk | contribs) 20:40, 15 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Good catch! I missed the wrong page present in the reference - I now see this initially confused you. – attomir (talk | contribs) 15:22, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Please don't delete the "confirmation pending"

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You undid the edit Special:Diff/1183216787 with "Was confirmed by police" but that is not true. The model of the weapon in the vehicle was identified, but no WP:RS that I can find says that the .308 rifle was the actual weapon used in the crime. Please do not delete my edit until you can verify that information in a reliable source. - Fuzheado | Talk 20:08, 4 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

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