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July 2018

Hello, I'm DuncanHill. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Ernest Shackleton 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. If you disagree with the reversion you must raise the matter on the article talk page, per our Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle, and not undo the reversion of your edit. As you will see from the talk page there has been a lot of discussion relating to Shackleton's nationality etc already. Review what has already been said, then start a new section. DuncanHill (talk) 18:43, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

You should raise your concerns on the article talk page, not on my talk page. DuncanHill (talk) 18:55, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

PLEASE stop your disruptive editing. Go to the article talk page and seek consensus there. DuncanHill (talk) 19:36, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

You are being disruptive because you are deliberately ignoring WP:BRD, despite being repeatedly advised of it, you are being disruptive because you refuse to seek consensus for your changes despite being repeatedly told that this is what you need to do. DuncanHill (talk) 19:58, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Why are you so reluctant to seek consensus for your proposed changes? It's really very simple - you go to the talk page, open a new section explaining the changes you wish to make and your reasons, then other editors join in the discussion and in time a consensus is reached. This consensus - which may be to make the changes you propose, to keep the status quo, or to make other, agreed changes, is then applied to the article. This is how Wikipedia works. When an editor decides that he knows best and refuses to engage in discussion, as you are doing, it not only undermines our whole way of working, it often ends up with that user being blocked or even banned. DuncanHill (talk) 20:09, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

A discussion concerning your edits

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Your recent editing history at Ernest Shackleton shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. 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 BRD 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 your 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. Erpert ^{blah, blah, blah...} 20:49, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Please see my closure of a request at RFPP. In my opinion both sides are edit warring and both sides are risking a block. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 21:06, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

July 2018

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Please indent correctly on talk pages

Please read WP:INDENT and apply it to your comments on talk pages. This will make it easier for other editors to follow the discussion, and to reply in the right place. DuncanHill (talk) 14:03, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

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April 2019

Please stop attacking other editors. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. --Twofortnights (talk) 21:53, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

ANI

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Twofortnights (talk) 21:20, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Please engage nicely with other editors, or you are likely to be blocked from editing. -- The Anome (talk) 21:30, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

June 2019

Please stop your disruptive editing.

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If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Ronin (film), you may be blocked from editing. Slightlymad (talk ⋅ contribs) 06:13, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

ANI (June 2019)

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. --Slightlymad (talk ⋅ contribs) 12:45, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

June 2019

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48h for edit warring, as you did at Ronin (film) and Ernest Shackleton. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Black Kite (talk) 13:00, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Not aware of any edit war re: Shackleton. Made a recent addition with reliable source which was uncontested. The situation with Ronin is different. Slightlymad has become somewhat malicious about a correction I've made to his project. Have made several attempts at rational debate with this guy but hit a brick wall. Would be grateful if you'd check out RfC (today's) on the RONIN talk page. This will give you a clearer idea of the problem. I also made a separate addition to the Ronin page recently with reliable sources (Washington Post, etc) which Slightlymad deleted without explanation. All is not as it seems here. 48 hours ban absurd in the circumstance. Mike Galvin (talk) 13:12, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

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December 2019

Your belligerent behavior at Talk: Generation X is completely unacceptable. There are countless websites where you can indulge your penchant for disrespect, flaming, trolling and cheap insults. Wikipedia is not among those websites. Civility is one of the pillars of this encylopedia. Correct your behavior now if you wish to keep editing this encylopedia. I am serious. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 08:29, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

October 2020

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on A History of Violence‎; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that 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.

Points to note:

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.

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October 2020

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours for edit warring, violation of the three-revert rule, battleground behaviour and incivility in edits to A History of Violence and its talk page. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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Please learn to indent properly

Please read WP:INDENT and properly indent your comments on article talk pages. It is sometimes almost impossible to work out to whom or to which comment you are addressing yourself. DuncanHill (talk) 17:13, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion

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You are at 5RR currently, I would strongly suggest you stop edit warring and give an undertaking to use the talk page to prevent a block. WCM_email 01:09, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Email

Please do not email me like that again. It's totally inappropriate, that sort of communication should be done openly.

I note you've already been blocked for edit warring on the article, it's likely with your current attitude you will only get a series of escalating blocks. WCM_email 02:34, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Lighten up, Dude. We're not in MI-5. Hanoi Road (talk) 03:18, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Edit warring at Ernest Shackleton

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The full report is at the edit warring noticeboard. Your block history suggests you may be running out of chances. The term WP:BATTLEGROUND should apply to this kind of comment to another editor. EdJohnston (talk) 22:03, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

I have not made changes to any article. Please see Talk Page at Ernest Shackleton in which I agreed with another editor that change should be made, which he did (Duncan Hill). There has been no push-back by me. Indeed, I suggested to him thirty minutes or so ago that, for the sake of uniformity, he should make the same changes to other, similar figures. I don't mind legitimate blocks, but this is an abuse. Hanoi Road (talk) 22:21, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Do some homework before acting in this way. The tone today has been accomodating and conciliatory. The only change to the Shackleton piece has been made by another editor, with a note of support from me. On what basis, or for what reason, has this block been made? Hanoi Road (talk) 22:28, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Change to Ernest Shackleton piece made today by another editor (Duncan Hill), with agreement and support from me. Tone is conciliatory and reasonable. Further suggested he apply this standard to others similar figures. What's the reason for this block? Hanoi Road (talk) 22:46, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I do not "understand" why I have been blocked. That is because there is no reason for it that I can see. Duncan Hill made a change today which I agreed with and supported. I also encouraged him to apply this criteria to other, similar figures. Don't be lazy. Read our exchanges. And since I don't "understand" the reason for this block, why don't you explain it to me? This is a classic example of Wikipedia 'gangs' acting in concert and bad faith, not to mention abusing the blocking process. I repeat that the last change made to the Shackleton article was made by Duncan Hill, who has my full support. Now try again. And this time, don't seek refuge in obscurity. It's a poor disguise. Hanoi Road (talk) 01:17, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Dude, for all the sense this makes, it may as well be Trump who runs the thing. Hanoi Road (talk) 03:35, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello Hanoi Road. You say, "I have not made changes to any article". Are you sure? The AN3 report shows you making five reverts at Ernest Shackleton on November 14th. This breaks the WP:3RR. Any reviewing admin might look over the edit history of Ernest Shackleton since 7th November and study your lengthy edit summaries over that period. You are constantly declaring that the Irishness of Shackleton hasn't been properly acknowledged. You consider 'Anglo-Irish' to be inadequate, you want him to be purely Irish. Opinions have differed on this issue on Wikipedia over the years. (People are saying on Talk that he was called 'Anglo-Irish' at the time this became a featured article). See a long talk thread, opened by you, with as yet no clear result. Consider waiting for a formally-closed RfC before trying to adjust hotly-contested nationalities. EdJohnston (talk) 05:59, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

You are not up to date. Read the end of that thread. I finally suggested to Duncan Hill that he change the thing to Anglo-Irish, which he did. Frankly, I just wanted concensus and I think we got it. My final message to Duncan Hill was that he also look at Goldsmith, who probably also needs to be changed to Anglo-Irish. In fact I can think of four entries offhand described as Irish that need to be looked at.

You might do well to have a word with Grandpalamma, who exhumed this by stalking me from another article ('A History of Violence') which I corrected, but not before he angrily arranged a 3-day block. The correction stands, of course, because the previous content was incorrect, and I sense that infuriates him. He then got this going. The LAST change made to Shackleton was made by Duncan Hill yesterday - and that's fine by me. I'll admit the article has some 'history', but not recent history. In the interests community harmony, I surrendered the point, but not before airing my views. You want to block me? Go ahead. I think that says more about your sense of fair play than it does about my occasional tendency to fume. Hanoi Road (talk) 13:18, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

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February 2021

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Fine. Control your trolls. I just one of them to fuck off. Hanoi Road (talk) 22:53, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

June 2021

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.Guliolopez (talk) 09:25, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

Now there are two, because I started another. Hanoi Road (talk) 10:51, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

You have been blocked temporarily from editing for personal attacks, which you've been warned about before. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  DrKay (talk) 11:10, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

I've extended this to indefinite after further investigation. DrKay (talk) 11:14, 18 June 2021 (UTC)