User talk:AndrewMat1985

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Reference format

Thanks for adding to various lists of deaths. Could you please use the standard format for such lists: <ref>[URL, headline]</ref>. Thanks, WWGB (talk) 07:53, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Warning

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at Deaths in 2014, you may be blocked from editing. Please use an approved method of reporting references. WWGB (talk) 01:59, 16 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How to simple cite

Hey buddy. This is how you simple cite: <ref>[http://www.napolitoday.it/cronaca/morto-francesco-davalos-26-maggio-2014.html Si è spento il grande compositore e direttore d'orchestra Francesco d'Avalos] {{in lang|it}}</ref>.

Would you care to go through every single messed-up edit you made listed here and put it right? Or tell the rest of us why we should go through fixing your mistakes? Thanks. Ref ^(chew)(do) 06:49, 16 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Circular references

Thanks for contributing to the article Deaths in October 2012. However, one of Wikipedia's core policies is that material must be verifiable and attributed to reliable sources. You have recently used citations which copied, or mirrored, material from Wikipedia. This leads to a circular reference and is not acceptable. Most mirrors are clearly labeled as such, but some are in violation of our license and do not provide the correct attribution. Please help by adding alternate sources to the article you edited! If you need any help or clarification, you can look at Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia or ask at Wikipedia:New contributors' help page, or just ask me. Thank you. Kuru (talk) 12:37, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Again here and here. Please slow down and review your sources before adding them to articles. Kuru (talk) 15:40, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Invalid links added to many articles

Hey there! Thanks for trying to add references to sources. Unfortunately, you are not adding the references in the correct format. If you look at the bottom of this page, for example, you will see web addresses in red text. Please either add the web addresses without the {{}} markup that indicates a template, or use one of the many citation tools to help you add properly formatted citations. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:32, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nearly a day after I left the above note, you continued to add broken templates to many articles. I cleaned up, in good faith, your initial contributions, but please do not leave broken things around for other editors to fix. I have reverted edits subsequent to the above note in which you added broken templates to multiple articles. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:15, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted more of your edits, in which you added citation templates with invalid parameters and inaccurate titles for news articles. Please use one of the many citation tools to create references. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:57, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Braces around URLs

Could you please stop putting {{ }} around URLs? Cleaning up after your edits every day is getting tiring. Thank you! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 23:31, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See Invalid links added to many articles above as well. It would be a shame if the answer was to just rollback all your edits in the future. Thank you! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 23:32, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Since you are not responding here, I have rolled back your most recent malformed edits. Feel free to try again without the {{ }} around the URLs. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 15:15, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Continued erroneous edits

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Deaths in April 2008. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:17, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Plastikspork. This editor does not appear to be getting the message (maybe quite literally). What is the next reasonable step here? Rolling back a dozen articles each day is not good for anyone. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:19, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Jonesey95, I have issued a 72 hour block. Hopefully this will start a conversation here. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 14:24, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edit warring

Your recent editing history at Deaths in March 2008, Deaths in April 2008, Deaths in June 2008, ... shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the 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 the bold, revert, discuss cycle 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 you 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 do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. 98.48.117.110 (talk) 15:05, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

February 2022

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours for edit warring, as you did at Deaths in March 2008. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.

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 ~~~~}}. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 14:22, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back, AndrewMat1985. You are still adding nonexistent templates to articles. I have reverted all of those edits. When you add sources to articles, don't use the { } characters. Just put the source in between the <ref>...</ref> tags. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:14, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for edit warring and failure to communicate, as you did at Deaths in March 2008.

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 ~~~~}}. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 15:21, 12 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]