RDPortman

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November 2012

Please don't change the format of dates, as you did to Abraham. As a general rule, if an article has evolved using predominantly one format, the dates should be left in the format they were originally written in, unless there are reasons for changing it based on strong national ties to the topic. Please also note that Wikipedia does not use ordinal suffixes (e.g., st, nd, th), articles, or leading zeros on dates.

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Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours to the article Abraham has an edit summary that appears to be inaccurate or inappropriate. Please use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did, and feel free to use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do. Thank you. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:03, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Your recent editing history at Abraham shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. 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.

To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. Dougweller (talk) 16:49, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Misleading edit summaries

If you continue to do this you will be blocked. Dougweller (talk) 16:50, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Era changes

You also need to read WP:ERA and WP:NPA. Please stop attacking other editors. Dougweller (talk) 16:52, 22 November 2012 (UTC)