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| == Need to improve editing practices == | |||
| Hi D4rkeRR9, it should be clear by now that you are frequently and continuously making edits across a number of pages that seem to disregard community consensus and practices. Recently, for example, you keep adding flags and changing infobox parameters without justifying the changes, and in many cases it's been unwarranted or inaccurate. In at least one case you've removed sourced material without adding better sources or explaining the problem with the previous source. It's gotten to the point where if one looks at your history of contributions (which is visible to everyone), most of them have been reverted and those that haven't yet may still need to be. This is very frustrating for other users who work on trying to improve these pages. I believe you're doing this in good faith, but I strongly recommend that if you want to be a helpful contributor and not have your edits continuously reverted, you need to reconsider your approach. I want to be constructive, so I'll just make these suggestions (some of which I also had to learn when I started contributing here): | |||
| * Review Misplaced Pages's policies on ], ], or even ], for example (see links). | |||
| * If you haven't already, consider following the ]; try out an edit, but if it gets reverted, don't just make a similar edit again without further discussion and clarification. If you're not sure why the edit was reverted, you can ask other editors on the talk page. | |||
| * If there's an edit you want to make but you can't find good sources for it, refrain from making it until you do, even if you personally believe it's justified. Existing material often needs to be improved, but adding ] just makes more of a mess that others will have to sort out after (which is part of why your edits keep getting reverted). Consider bringing up the problem on the talk page, and give your initial suggestions if you have any. If your suggestions are in fact accurate, other editors might even know some sources that will help to justify it. It may not get resolved right away, but when it does, the resolution is far more likely to be permanent. | |||
| Please consider this feedback or the feedback that other editors have given you seriously. Sincerely, ] (]) 20:28, 21 December 2020 (UTC) | |||
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Need to improve editing practices
Hi D4rkeRR9, it should be clear by now that you are frequently and continuously making edits across a number of pages that seem to disregard community consensus and practices. Recently, for example, you keep adding flags and changing infobox parameters without justifying the changes, and in many cases it's been unwarranted or inaccurate. In at least one case you've removed sourced material without adding better sources or explaining the problem with the previous source. It's gotten to the point where if one looks at your history of contributions (which is visible to everyone), most of them have been reverted and those that haven't yet may still need to be. This is very frustrating for other users who work on trying to improve these pages. I believe you're doing this in good faith, but I strongly recommend that if you want to be a helpful contributor and not have your edits continuously reverted, you need to reconsider your approach. I want to be constructive, so I'll just make these suggestions (some of which I also had to learn when I started contributing here):
- Review Misplaced Pages's policies on consensus, editing, or even Misplaced Pages:Core content policies, for example (see links).
- If you haven't already, consider following the bold edit, revert, and discuss cycle; try out an edit, but if it gets reverted, don't just make a similar edit again without further discussion and clarification. If you're not sure why the edit was reverted, you can ask other editors on the talk page.
- If there's an edit you want to make but you can't find good sources for it, refrain from making it until you do, even if you personally believe it's justified. Existing material often needs to be improved, but adding original research just makes more of a mess that others will have to sort out after (which is part of why your edits keep getting reverted). Consider bringing up the problem on the talk page, and give your initial suggestions if you have any. If your suggestions are in fact accurate, other editors might even know some sources that will help to justify it. It may not get resolved right away, but when it does, the resolution is far more likely to be permanent.
Please consider this feedback or the feedback that other editors have given you seriously. Sincerely, R Prazeres (talk) 20:28, 21 December 2020 (UTC)