Volleyballjerry

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November 2013

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. I am glad to see that you are discussing a topic. However, as a general rule, talk pages such as Talk:Amish Mafia are for discussion related to improving the article, not general discussion about the topic or unrelated topics. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. SummerPhD (talk) 15:42, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

September 2022

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons, as you did to Lia Thomas. Please review MOS:DEADNAME. Thank you, Beccaynr (talk) 01:19, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

It is not poorly reference. It is in the birth record and countless news articles. Since she has transitioned, her former identity is absolutely relevant. Volleyballjerry (talk) 01:43, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Per MOS:DEADNAME we only include the former name of a trans or non-binary person if they were notable prior to transition. Lia Thomas was not notable prior to transition. Sideswipe9th (talk) 01:44, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Volleyballjerry, this is also discussed on the Talk page of the Lia Thomas article, e.g.

• Talk:Lia_Thomas#First_name and
• Talk:Lia_Thomas#I_see_some_inconsistencies_here

Consensus has not been established to include her deadname in the article, and you are welcome to continue discussing this on the Talk page, but please do not continue to add the disputed information without consensus. Thank you, Beccaynr (talk) 02:12, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Lia Thomas. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although 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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Sideswipe9th (talk) 01:43, 18 September 2022 (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. Thank you. Funcrunch (talk) 02:47, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for edit warring and violating the three-revert rule. 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 ~~~~}}.  Daniel Case (talk) 19:21, 18 September 2022 (UTC)