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"Anti-Polish" Uprising - Sign It

Hi Korwinski,

Please sign your last entry at Talk:Szlachta#Korwinski's_arguments. - Exxess (talk) 18:02, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Want to get third-party opinion about use of phrase "anti-Polish" appearing in source - Wikipedia:Third_opinion#Active_disagreements - Exxess (talk) 01:30, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey. I've changed it Civil war. Civil war can't be Anti-Polish. So no point arguing anymore Korwinski (talk) 03:09, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

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October 2021

Thank you for trying to keep Wikipedia free of vandalism. However, one or more edits you labeled as vandalism, such as the edit at Grand Duchy of Lithuania, are not considered vandalism under Wikipedia policy. Wikipedia has a stricter definition of the word "vandalism" than common usage, and mislabeling edits as vandalism can discourage editors. Please see what is not vandalism for more information on what is and is not considered vandalism. Thank you. – Sabbatino (talk) 16:55, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, but removing encyclopedic content without any reason is. Just because you say something is "completely false.", that doesn't mean that it actually is. The same goes for statement about Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth. Its partial implementation existed longer than Constitution of 3 May 1791. Doesn't mean latter one shouldn't be added to the article. Especially since it was mentioned in the footnotes and not in the main text.

Also you said "The discussion went nowhere so there is no consensus to include this nonsense". And again I never said there was a consensus per se as you completely ignored that discussion. But since I did meet all possible requirements in such case, I do have sources and there aren't any other valid objections, I don't see any reason why I shouldn't add them. Korwinski (talk) 18:25, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

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Czy Wielkie Księstwo Litewskie jest częścią Republiki Litewskiej?

Zapraszam do wzięcia udziału w dyskusji na temat kategorii Category:Symbols of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania na Commons, gdzie proponuje się rozwiązanie całej kategoryzacji symboli Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego, a wszystkie akta uważać za częściowe symbole współczesnej Republiki Litewskiej. Zasugerował to uczestnik z Litwy.

Nawiasem mówiąc, z inicjatywy tego samego uczestnika z angielskiej Wikipedii usunięto artykuły en:Pahonia i en:Pogoń Litewska. --Лобачев Владимир (talk) 05:54, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

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"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."

So why are you not following this? I had started the discussion. List out all of the issues that you have with my edits and we will work on improving them. Korwinski (talk) 23:19, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Please read WP:BRD and WP:CON. You did not get consensus for your bold edit. You have violated 3RR so if you do not self-revert, it might lead to a block. At least the stable version should be restored. Mellk (talk) 23:20, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Thats funny. When I had stated that i will forward this discussion to admin board in case you don't list out your issues with my edits so we can work on them, you claimed it was a threat. But now you threatening me with a block. Russians and double standards at their best. Korwinski (talk) 23:42, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

You don't repeatedly restore your bold edit until you find the reason you were reverted to be adequate. You violated WP:3RR and have chosen not to self-revert, which in fact can lead to a block. Also, don't make assumptions. Mellk (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

No reasons in comply with Wikipedia guidelines were listed when you reverted my edits. As far as I know your edits were vandalism and disruptive editing. Please do spend some time on Discussion page instead of my User talk. Korwinski (talk) 23:53, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

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"you may ask them at the arbitration clerks' noticeboard"

Oh my. Who knew that submitting request to noticeboard is not a threat, but a standard practice. Korwinski (talk) 23:50, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

August 2023

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring, as you did at Rurik. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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Please take a step back

Hi. To the best of my knowledge, I've never interacted with you before, so please take this in the spirit it is intended; impartial advice. I see you've been around for eight years, but have relatively few (under 500) edits. Despite the small number of edits, you've managed to be involved with a request at the WP:Mediation Committee, another at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard, and a third one at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. And now the case request at arbcom. I haven't looked at any of these threads in detail, but I think it's fair to say that if you're entrenched in this much controversy after so few edits, you're doing something wrong. May I suggest that you step back, take a break, and consider that other people's points of view are as important as you own?

You might also want to read Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SmallCat dispute#Being right isn't enough and consider how it might apply to your own editing. RoySmith (talk) 23:03, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your message! But I did. At this point I'm trying to find out why discretion of some administrators here goes one way and they ignore the other side despite admitting that other party's actions can be considered as edit waring. Korwinski (talk) 14:05, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Aoidh did a good job explaining this in Special:Diff/1173196853, particularly the second half starting with The difference between your reverts and Mellk's .... But the bottom line is if you're in disagreement with another editor, the right thing to do is to work it out on the talk pages, not continue to revert and nit-pick about the details of how WP:3RR should be interpreted. RoySmith (talk) 14:13, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I understood his position with the exception for the part where he says "Mellk's 4th revert outside of 24 hours can be considered edit warring" and does nothing. Like he doesn't need my petition to noticeboard to at least issue a warning. And due to that all I see at the moment are tolerance of actions that slightly bypass 3RR rule. Korwinski (talk) 14:23, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

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