User talk:Desert jasmine

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Harem Pants / Ali Baba

Your first edits altered both of these items to place their origins in India. I was perhaps rather hasty in assuming that you were not really intending to be constructive, but in the case of Ali Baba this is almost certainly incorrect - the harem pants question is "fuzzier", and in fact the article is poorly referenced, and badly needs improvement. This is all the more reason why any changes need to be properly documented. Have a look at the dictionary definition at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harem%20pants for starters. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 19:54, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

September 2014

Hello, I'm PhilKnight. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Jinn, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 17:32, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Ali Baba because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Materialscientist (talk) 08:52, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did to Princess Jasmine, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. NeilN ^{talk to me} 21:53, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Aladdin. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:28, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Mabalu. Your recent edit to the page Harem pants appears to have added incorrect information, so I have removed it for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Mabalu (talk) 13:49, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia. Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 16:54, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

October 2014

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize pages by deliberately introducing incorrect information, as you did at Harem pants, you may be blocked from editing. Mabalu (talk) 11:44, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

First things - Thank you for pointing out the South Asian error. That is a valid point and it is much appreciated, so thank you. However - your other edits are disruptive. To be blunt, I believe that you and User:United arabs are the same person. You are making the exact same disruptive edits, and pushing your personal opinions and original research, which is against Wikipedia policy. Furthermore, have you actually looked at the blog you are trying to use as a cite? Setting aside the fact that it is a self-published blog on a commercial website which just happens to sell harem pants (several things that mean it is not an acceptable source) it contradicts itself. I quote: "First seen in Persia 2,000 years ago." Persia is NOT India, no matter what you and your alter-ego are claiming. Furthermore, there are dozens of published sources which explain that Paul Poiret was inspired by Persian and Turkish clothing when he introduced harem pants to Western fashion. This is an extremely well-documented fact. "Harem" is not an Indian concept, but a Turkish/Middle Eastern idea. The term "harem pants" is a early 20th century invention - I doubt anyone would have known what "harem pants" meant before the 1910s. So please, unless you can actually produce a source that is published, super-reliable, and not a farrago of nonsense blogged to try and sell cheap rags, please stop changing the article. Mabalu (talk) 12:22, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 2 months for persistent disruptive editing, including edit-warring, and using a sockpuppet account, apparently in an attempt to avoid a block which you had been warned was likely. Because of your dishonest abuse of multiple accounts, this block is for a far longer time than you would have been likely to be blocked if you had merely continued your disruptive editing from this account. 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.  The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:21, 30 October 2014 (UTC)