User talk:Barbeau87

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Plantagenet[edit]

Yes, the king at the time was of the House of Plantagenet; are you also going to make Waterloo a Hanover victory, or the Battle of Britain a Windsor victory? It's relevant in the War of the Roses, but not in external affairs, at least not without appropriate discussion. Let's stick to the general case. If you have specific suggestions, please bring them up on the talkpages. See WP:BRD for the process, and please do not edit-war.. Acroterion _(talk) 03:32, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

January 2011[edit]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Users who edit disruptively or refuse to collaborate with others may be blocked if they continue.

In particular the three-revert rule states that:

Making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period is almost always grounds for an immediate block.
Editors violating the rule will usually be blocked for 24 hours for a first incident.
Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes. Work towards wording, and content that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Acroterion _(talk) 03:34, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback[edit]

Hello, Barbeau87. You have new messages at Acroterion's talk page.
Message added 03:43, 21 January 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

To elaborate a little: I understand your point, but the entire article(s) is/are written from a simplified English vs. French viewpoint, and while it's not really that simple, you need to keep in mind the general readership and the need to back up your change with references. If you're aware of sources that treat the actions in the terms you're employing, please cite them. While I'm no specialist in the Hundred Years' War (or the War of the Roses), all the accounts I'm aware of frame it in English vs. French, at least as a kind of shorthand, and deal with the dynastic succession in more specific terms as part of the background. Please review WP:RS and WP:V for the guidelines on what needs to be cited. As for Waterloo, I'm also aware that it was a coalition, and I believe it's correctly attributed thus, but Wellington was the English commander, not the Hanoverian commander; that dymasty had its own issues. . Acroterion _(talk) 03:52, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]