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November 2014

Stop typing on my page.voiceofreason 22:16, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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November 2014

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Warning is in regard to this edit [1]. Please discuss on talk page and seek consensus - edit warring and pointy-editing is not the solution. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 00:13, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Mcgyver2k reported by User:Winkelvi (Result: ). Thank you. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 05:00, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Duh, I'm the one that initiated it.

This is something completely separate from the dispute resolution board discussion you imitated. And definitely more serious. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 05:09, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Stop, you're scaring me.  ;)

3RR

You stated, "I also have no idea what a "3RR" is". It seems that at this point you don't understand a lot of things Wikipedia-related. If you intend to keep editing here, it's advisable you learn what things like "3RR", "vandalism", etc. mean in relation to Wikipedia and its users/editors. And please start using four of these little things ~ (called tildes) to sign your posts. Adding "voiceofreason" and a date stamp is not enough. Your signature needs to be clickable and include a link to your talk page and contributions in order for it to be in line with policy. See the following for more: WP:SIG as well as the point covered at the top of this page here: [2]. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 22:41, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

I always sign every post I make otherwise it wouldn't put "voiceofreason" in there genius. Would you please just go away and find someone else to harangue? Maybe someone who may take you seriously?voiceofreason 23:23, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Something is wrong with your signature, look at "Preferences" (at the top of each Wikipedia page) and you should be able to determine what the issue is. And no, I won't "go away". Wikipedia is a community, not a social networking site where you can block people you don't like. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 00:24, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Please fix your signature

Hello Mcgyver2k. I hope you can take care of two problems with your signature:

1. It is supposed to contain a link to one of your pages. See WP:SIGLINK: "Signatures must include at least one direct internal link to your user page, user talk page, or contributions page" You can fix this at Special:Preferences.
2. You can't have 'voiceofreason' as a user name, because it is registered to someone else, User:Voiceofreason.

If you don't like Mcgyver2k and want to change it, you can check Special:Listusers and take any name which is not shown as being in use there. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 03:01, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

How's this?Truevoiceofreason : Talk 16:21, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

That user "voiceofreason" hasn't used their account in over 10 years.

It answers the WP:SIGLINK problem. But why would you use an account called Mcgyver2k if you intend to mark yourself as Truevoiceofreason on talk pages? You have the option of renaming your account to Truevoiceofreason if you want, since that name is available. Consider requesting a name change at WP:CHU/S. EdJohnston (talk) 16:29, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Why should/would you care what I use as my nickname? It seems you are buddies with another person who has a beef with me. Seems kind of typical as of late though.VoiceOfreason : Talk 16:59, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

If you intend to keep using Voiceofreason to identify yourself in your signature an admin may decide to block you per WP:SIGFORGE. You can't use someone else's user name. Varying the capitalization doesn't make a difference. EdJohnston (talk) 17:31, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

There you go. :)140.194.140.17 (talk) 17:44, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

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November 2014

Hello, I'm Winkelvi. A test edit that you recently made to Talk:Electronic counter-countermeasures is not appropriate for an article talkpage. If you want more practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. The edits referenced are found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Electronic_counter-countermeasures&diff=prev&oldid=633688412 -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 18:38, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

I removed it seconds after I posted it. Quit stalking me.—  VoiceOfreasonVoiceOfreason   19:16, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Glad you removed it, and I saw that you did. That said, it never should have happened in the first place. Articles and article talk pages are not for tests or experiments. Use you own user space or the Wikipedia Sandbox for such things. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:19, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Shut up and go away.—  VoiceOfreasonVoiceOfreason   03:50, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

By the way, I'm reporting you for Wikihounding me. In case you don't know: Wikihounding[edit]

See also: Wikipedia:Etiquette, Wikipedia:User analysis tools and Wikipedia:Disruptive editing § Campaign to drive away productive contributors

Shortcuts: WP:HOUND WP:HOUNDING WP:WIKIHOUND WP:WIKIHOUNDING

Wikihounding is the singling out of one or more editors, and joining discussions on multiple pages or topics they may edit or multiple debates where they contribute, in order to repeatedly confront or inhibit their work. This is with an apparent aim of creating irritation, annoyance or distress to the other editor. Wikihounding usually involves following the target from place to place on Wikipedia.

Many users track other users' edits, although usually for collegial or administrative purposes. This should always be done carefully, and with good cause, to avoid raising the suspicion that an editor's contributions are being followed to cause them distress, or out of revenge for a perceived slight. Correct use of an editor's history includes (but is not limited to) fixing unambiguous errors or violations of Wikipedia policy, or correcting related problems on multiple articles. In fact, such practices are recommended both for Recent changes patrol and WikiProject Spam. The contribution logs can be used in the dispute resolution process to gather evidence to be presented in requests for comment, mediation, WP:ANI, and arbitration cases. Using dispute resolution can itself constitute hounding if it involves persistently making frivolous or poorly-based complaints about another editor.

The important component of wikihounding is disruption to another user's own enjoyment of editing, or to the project generally, for no overriding reason. If "following another user around" is accompanied by tendentiousness, personal attacks, or other disruptive behavior, it may become a very serious matter and could result in blocks and other editing restrictions.—  VoiceOfreasonVoiceOfreason   03:59, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

I'm the current coordinator over at DRN and closed your request there because DRN does not handle conduct disputes. In that closing I noted that ANI was the proper venue for conduct disputes, but in looking at your contribution list saw that you've already been there. The fact that you made the request at DRN makes me wonder if you saw the result at ANI. Just in case you did not, you can find it in the archive at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive862#Need assistance with a Wikihounder. — TransporterMan (TALK) 20:21, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Bowe Bergdahl

Please don't insert editorial comments into Wikipedia. While you may have a strong personal opinion about certain articles or issues related to Bergdahl, Wikipedia is not a platform for you to express them. Thanks. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 04:28, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

If you would quite putting obviously biased information on Wikipedia then I would quit adding my comments which identify it as such. If you persist in doing so then I have other remedies for your graffiti.— Preceding unsigned comment added by VoiceOfreason (talk • contribs)

January 2015

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Bowe Bergdahl. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Like I said in my edit summary, this is not how we edit Wikipedia. Each of your personal opinion statements will be removed. If you continue, you will be blocked. Please contribute in a constructive manner. – S. Rich (talk) 04:41, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Quit adding totally bogus/biased sites and all will be well.— Preceding unsigned comment added by VoiceOfreason (talk • contribs)

Word to the wise – Wikipedia is not a WP:Battleground. Rather, we edit according to the rules and with consensus. – S. Rich (talk) 04:50, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Your recent editing history at Bowe Bergdahl 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 get reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the article's 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.
Please stop. If you continue you will be blocked. Get with the program. – S. Rich (talk) 04:54, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

To be honest, it is he/she who is engaging in an edit "war" with me as he/she posted the erroneous/biased site in the first place. Banning me will do no good as there are several remedies to that. The true solution is for a disinterested third party to simply click on his garbage link and see that it's totally biased and not in any way a "source" for objective information and to delete the whole section. That will likely not happen though from my experience here in WL. Good day young man. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VoiceOfreason (talk • contribs)

Please settle down and learn more about Wikipedia. If you are not here to build the encyclopedia in a constructive and cooperative fashion, perhaps you should find another undertaking. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 15:25, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

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January 2015

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