Nyarlat 1920

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March 2022

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to use talk pages for inappropriate discussion, you may be blocked from editing. On a number of pages. Please stop. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 19:11, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Can you say what you mean by disruptive so I can prevent it? Nyarlat 1920 (talk) 19:14, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Your post at Talk:Tiamat is an example. But I meant to give you a more detailed and lesser warning but my finger slipped. See WP:NOTFORUM. Review your others and see where you could have done better. Doug Weller talk 19:24, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Input request @ Talk:Jinn

• Jinn (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch
• Users are discussing DUE/UNDUE relevance and fringe-ness inputs requested also at Talk:Jinn#Comparative mythology.

also Pre-RfC stage info:
Also A user has proposed updates for consideration at this sand box for the article Jinn. As a discussion facilitator fyi a WP:DUE discussion (some aspects may touch WP:Fringe) is at Talk:Jinn#Pre-RfC stage's WP:RSN#Hachette Livre and WP:ORN step. After RSN and WP:ORN step, RfC formatting is likely to be discussed at Talk:Jinn#Pre-RfC in a new sub section.

This intimation / input request is made to you, looking at your previous contribution to the article Comparative mythology or talk page there of. Bookku (talk) 04:14, 21 May 2024 (UTC)