User talk:Parsikan
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Happy editing! Ekdalian (talk) 15:19, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
Notice of discretionary sanctions[edit]
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You have shown interest in South Asian social groups. Due to past disruption in this topic area, the community has authorised uninvolved administrators to impose contentious topics restrictions—such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks—on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, expected standards of behaviour, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic. For additional information, please see the guidance on these sanctions. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor. |
Ekdalian (talk) 15:21, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
May 2024[edit]
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Varna (Hinduism). Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.
- If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively, you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant noticeboards.
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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. Ekdalian (talk) 07:56, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive editing.
- If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant noticeboards.
- If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, seek assistance at Wikipedia's Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.
If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Varna (Hinduism), you may be blocked from editing. Ekdalian (talk) 11:37, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Varna (Hinduism). This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
Points to note:
- Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
- 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 and work towards a version 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 you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Ekdalian (talk) 11:38, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you make personal attacks on other people, as you did at Varna (Hinduism). Comment on content, not on fellow editors. Ekdalian (talk) 11:47, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at Varna (Hinduism) 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; read about 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. Kautilya3 (talk) 12:20, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Hello Parsikan, welcome to Wikipedia. Since you are a new editor on Wikipedia, it is disappointing to see that you have chosen to edit war at the Varna (Hinduism) page. When an edit is reverted, you are expected to open a discussion on the article's talk page, and try to achieve WP:CONSENSUS. Edit warring can result in you getting blocked from editing Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is written by summarising scholarly sources, typically academic sources. You can only add content based on what such sources state. You book on Nath panth would count as a WP:PRIMARY source. Whether it is appropriate for inclusion in the article needs to be decided by CONSENSUS. You cannot unilaterally decide such things. I suggest you leave this issue aside and find other topics to edit. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 12:24, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
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