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First Battle of Tapae

Because the text you added was so short (what we call a stub), I've reinstated the redirect and added your text to the main article where it will be more useful. Dougweller (talk) 10:18, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Legio IX Hispana

I can't imagine what you thought you were trying to do by blanking this page, but please don't do it again. While I'm thinking about it, could you explain your edits as you make them using WP:Edit summaries? Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 10:19, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Halys

Please don't remove the {{unreferenced}} template from the article. As all articles should contain references, the template needs to stay so that helpful (and knowledgeable) editors can be guided to the article. Favonian (talk) 16:10, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

June 2014

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had designs on the boader region of [[Coele-Syria]], recently taken by Egypt. Pharaoh [Ptolemy IV]] was not a loved or respected ruler. Ptolemy was so unpopular, that his generals and governors
ref>The Ptolemaic currency had already been debased under [[Ptolemy V Epiphanes|Ptolemy V]] ([[F. W. Walbank]], ''The Hellenistic World'' 1981:119.</ref> by the cost of the war itself. The [[

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Battle of Zela

You need sources for the casualty figures (including 'probably the entire army'). As for you question about infoboxes, ask at the WP:Help desk. I'm not a big fan of infoboxes as too often we try to express a complicated or disputed issue in a tiny number of words when we use them. Dougweller (talk) 08:59, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Arcole

Hi. Thanks for seeking to move "The Battle of Arcole" to the more logical name Battle of Arcole. A passing tip - when you want to move a page it is better to use the "Move" function instead of cutting and pasting the text to the new title. If you cut and paste the text we lose the page history, which is an essential requirement as all Wikipedia edits must be attributable to the editors who made them. I've fixed it in this instance.

Sometimes the move function won't work (for example, if there is already an article at the proposed new name), in which case feel free to post possible page moves at Wikipedia:Requested moves.

Hope this is helpful, and if I misunderstood what you were seeking with the page move, please let me know. Euryalus (talk) 12:58, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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August 2014

Your recent editing history at Battle of Marengo 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.

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Battle of Jena–Auerstedt

added links pointing to Lannes, Bernadotte and Murat

Battle of Hohenfriedberg

added a link pointing to Frederick II

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Edit history messages

Alexander Gellos (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

From the list of your contributions I see that you are not leaving any comment in the edit history. You need to start doing this particularly when you make large edits like this this one (see WP:UNRESPONSIVE).

If you make an edit and it is reverted then you should discuss the changes you want to make on the talk page and seek a consensus for them before reinserting them (see WP:CAUTIOUS and WP:BRD)

-- PBS (talk) 08:37, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Unexplained edits -- PBS (talk) 09:18, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Copying within Wikipedia

With regards to this edit. You must not copy text from one Wikipedia page to another one without adequate attrition see Wikipedia:Plagiarism#Copying within Wikipedia and Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Wikiepdia takes breaches of copyright very seriously and repeat offenders are blocked. -- PBS (talk) 22:37, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppet

I have reason to believe from the edit history of your account and this IP address are edit being made by the same editor. As you are making edits to the same pages with the two accounts you either need to stop using IP address or declare the ip addresses and this user account to be one and the same account by placing the information on the user page of both accounts (See "Contributing to the same page or discussion with multiple accounts" (WP:ILLEGIT and WP:SOCK#NOTIFY).

If you continue to use IP addresses or deny that you are doing so I will ask for a WP:CHECKUSER to settle the issue. If on the other hand you acknowledge that you made those edits and you would like those IP addresses (but not the edit) removed from the edit history I can do that.-- PBS (talk) 12:30, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Battle on the ice

Would you please stop moving this page randomly around to wrong names. The names is pretty much unambiguous, if you do not like it pls discuss. It is no fun to fix double redirects to delete junk which you have created. Continuation will likely result in a block.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:14, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not move a page to a title that is harder to follow, or move it unilaterally against naming conventions or consensus, as you did to Battle on the Ice (Lake Peipus). This includes making page moves while a discussion remains under way. We have some guidelines to help with deciding what title is best for a subject. If you would like to experiment with page titles and moving, please use the test Wikipedia. Thank you. PatGallacher (talk) 00:36, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And this is your last warning. Next time you will be blocked.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:36, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Battle of Cretopolis

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Recent moves

Please do not move pages (a) without explanation and (b) to titles that do not conform with WP:MOS. For the proper procedure to follow, see WP:RM. —Srnec (talk) 01:13, 6 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I can only concur with this: your repeatedly moving pages is becoming borderline to vandalism. Please discuss such things first to acquire consensus before making such contested moves. -- fdewaele, 7 March 2015, 14:20 CET

Are you sure you know what you are doing? Getting awfully close to a block for disruptive editing. Favonian (talk) 21:50, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think the block is long overdue. I do not see any constructive contributions.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:56, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

March 2015

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you move a page maliciously, as you did at Battle of Strasbourg. Favonian (talk) 22:04, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked temporarily from editing for disruptive edit warring using both this account and your IP, as you did at Battle of Strasbourg. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Favonian (talk) 22:13, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

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	Dear Alexander Gellos, thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia, especially your recent creation of Battle of Agrigentum (456). Keep up the good work! You are making a difference here! With regards, Anupam^Talk 21:44, 28 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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