User talk:MightyLebowski
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A belated welcome
[edit]Hi MightyLebowski. A belated welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you don't mind if I share some of my thoughts on starting out as a new editor on Wikipedia: If I could get editors in your situation to follow just one piece of advice, it would be this: Learn Wikipedia by working only on non-contentious topics until you have a feel for the normal editing process and the policies that usually come up when editing casually. You'll find editing to be fun, easy, and rewarding. The rare disputes are resolved quickly and easily in collaboration.
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I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. --Hipal (talk) 21:34, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
January 2025
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Your recent editing history at Water fluoridation 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.
You seem to think that imposing your version by edit warring will work. This is a mistake. Next revert on your part before a consensus is reached on the talk page will get you a report to the admin board. McSly (talk) 02:35, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Talk:Water fluoridation
[edit]Hi MightyLebowski. I'm trying to understand all the issues and concerns around the dispute at Water fluoridation. I've made a number of suggestions on the talk page on how to move forward. Minimally, it would be of great help if you could follow WP:TALK far more closely, especially WP:TPYES points such as conciseness, repetition, and focus. Thank you. --Hipal (talk) 20:01, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Hipal, I appreciate your feedback and efforts to understand the issues. I’ve been following WP:TALK and WP:TPYES, and I believe my contributions have been concise and policy-compliant. If there are specific concerns, feel free to point them out so I can address them directly. Thank you for your engagement. MightyLebowski (talk) 20:15, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
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