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October 2016

Hello, and welcome to Misplaced Pages. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions at 85th Academy Awards. Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Misplaced Pages this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to lose editing privileges. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Misplaced Pages is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a loss of editing privileges. Thank you. ⁓ Hello71 15:43, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

If this is a shared IP address, and you did not make the edits, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. 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.

Please be particularly aware that Misplaced Pages's policy on edit warring states:

1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
2. 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; 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. ⁓ Hello71 15:51, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

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Please stop making disruptive edits.

• 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 Misplaced Pages's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
• If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, seek assistance at Misplaced Pages's Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

If you continue to disrupt Misplaced Pages, you may be blocked from editing. Rob Sinden (talk) 15:55, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

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You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Misplaced Pages. Rob Sinden (talk) 15:59, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

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Since everyone and their pet dog wants to smack a banhammer on this IP, can somebody spell it out to me (preferably without using Twinkle templates) why I should block them? Ritchie333 16:14, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Ritchie333 the IP is editwarring by removing dates from numerous navboxes claiming WP:FILMNAV prohibits their inclusion. In fact the relevant section makes no mention of dates whatsoever. OTOH the info is standard practice and gives a reader info that helps put a list of films into context in a directors career. The fact is that several editors have reversed their edits and they have ignored WP:BRD. Yes I know it is an essay but acting like "they are right and everybody else is wrong" is not a good sign. MarnetteD|Talk 17:01, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Marnette. In case it wasn't obvious, I do get annoyed with people just templating IPs without actually explaining what the problem is. I've protected the template in question, so that should keep the reverts down a bit. Ritchie333 17:04, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

It was Robsinden who said, "We don't even need to put years in. A navbox isn't here to provide information." He later said, "It fails WP:FILMNAV." I read it and found nothing about years but I took his word for it since he's been an editor since 2006. So that's were I got the memo, in case anybody wanted to hear my side of the story.

Follow-up discussion and Misplaced Pages advice

Hi 2600:387:8:F:0:0:0:9F, just in case if you, Robsinden and MarnetteD were wondering, the discussion is also being held at Hello71's talkpage, too. BTW, I'm not discrediting what you said about Robsinden at all, but just because they have been an editor since 2006, doesn't mean that you should "take his word for it". I've been around since 2012(ish) and have only recently made an account (it's currently being Usurpated, but that's of no significance here...) Anyway, my point is that the amount of time you've been on Misplaced Pages shouldn't indicate your expertise/knowledge in editing and Misplaced Pages guidelines. The only reason that I am mentioning this is because in the future, you can be bold with your edits, and not really worry about anyone else's experience... You may have edited for a very long time on Misplaced Pages with different IP addresses, but we can only see your most recent edits with this IP address... :-) 2601:1C0:4401:F360:E036:CE49:FD17:5346 (talk) 17:28, 28 October 2016 (UTC)