User talk:Cw.456788

Welcome!

Hello, Cw.456788, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

You may also want to complete the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit the Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome!

Vandalism

Hello, I'm Canterbury Tail. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thanks. Canterbury Tail talk 19:25, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How were they not constructive

How is it not constructive all I did was change the county because it was incorrect?! Cw.456788 (talk) 19:43, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You changed the county to an incorrect name. See WP:DERRY. There has never been a County Derry in Northern Ireland, only County Londonderry. County Derry is a purely colloquial name used by some people who don't like the actual name, and carries no official weight. Plus you broke the infobox, map etc with the edits. Canterbury Tail talk 21:05, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not good at editing

Sorry but you are obviously from somewhere outside of Ireland possibly the uk because before the England took over Ireland hundreds of years ago it was always called Derry and then when the English took Northern Ireland they changed it to Londonderry and ONLY people in the uk call it LONDONDERRY everyone from Ireland calls it Derry so you obviously know nothing about the troubles In Northern Ireland Cw.456788 (talk) 21:24, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

1) Well you've made a grossly incorrect assumption there on me, and anyway Wikipedia policy is to comment on edits, not editors.

2) On the name actually no, that's an oddly common misconception (likely stemming from a deliberate misunderstanding at some point in the past by someone), not sure where it came from. Before it was called County Londonderry it was called County Coleraine. Then the London Livery Companies managed to get it renamed from County Coleraine to County Londonderry during the Plantation of Ulster, while also incorporating some small parts of Counties Antrim, Donegal and Tyrone. It wasn't called County Derry previously, that's a myth. You can check this out in the appropriate articles and history books. Additionally what people in Ireland (the country i.e. the Republic of Ireland) call it is irrelevant because it's part of the United Kingdom and they get to name it. Some people don't like the name, but that's another matter and doesn't change the history. It's a bit like saying that we should rename Ireland (a.k.a. Republic of Ireland) "down south" because that's what everyone in Northern Ireland calls it.

Also note that this is Wikipedia policy per WP:DERRY. Derry for the city and Londonderry for the county. Canterbury Tail talk 21:53, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. You can just edit a section by clicking the edit button beside the header, such as to the right of the "I'm not good at editing" above. Instead of New Section each time. Canterbury Tail talk 22:00, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Derry/Londonderry

Basically people from the uk call it Londonderry and people from Ireland call it Derry there is deep trouble up there over what it’s called people who consider themselves irish up there call it Derry and people who consider themselves English call it Londonderry I know that it is part of the uk but I don’t know I still feel as though it’s part of Ireland I know it’s not I just wanted to stand up for the Irish people up there you know anyways sorry if I came off a bit strong let’s just end the disagreement here yeah? One question are you just like a normal person or do you work for Wikipedia?Cw.456788 (talk) 22:09, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just a normal person. We are all volunteers here. Canterbury Tail talk 02:15, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You have been warned previously, yet you continued to make the edits against Wikipedia policy and against all the above discussion. This is considered vandalism as you have been warned, but you continued. As a result you have been blocked from editing Wikipedia for a period of 24 hours. If you continue to vandalise the project you will be blocked indefinitely. Canterbury Tail talk 15:52, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked temporarily from editing for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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 ~~~~}}.