User talk:Wikiprediger

Although some prefer welcoming newcomers with cookies, I find fruit to be a healthier alternative.

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Thank you very much for this welcome message! Wikiprediger (talk) 04:31, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

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Edit warring at several articles about Freemasonry

Please stop. When another editor reverts an edit you make, go to the article’s talk page and DISCUSS the matter. Edit warring (repeatedly returning the article to your preferred version) can eventually get you blocked (or even outright banned) from editing Wikipedia. Blueboar (talk) 11:39, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for this information. I will discuss it first next time. Wikiprediger (talk) 11:42, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

September 2024

Hello, I'm SarekOfVulcan. I noticed that you made a comment on the page Talk:Freemasonry that didn't seem very civil, so it may have been removed. Wikipedia is built on collaboration, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Claiming that an editor is working at the behest of other "masters" is not generally considered a good idea. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:52, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello, I only answered the humor shown to me with humor. I think there is no need to remove it. But if you need to, i can post similar ironic things like that anytime elsewhere in the internet. It's in the wayback machine, too - and i have a screenshot. Maybe i present it then somewhere so that people can discuss and judge it themselves.Is it really that big problem to you? I can't understand. Wikiprediger (talk) 16:12, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Open Parliamentary License

Per https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/, this is not considered a free license for our purposes. (See also Template:Non-free Parliamentary copyright.) Actually, I'm not sure now. Reading more closely, it may be suitable. I'll do some more research. That said, though....

In addition, copying even free content in the manner that you did at Operation Countryman is frowned on. See Wikipedia:Plagiarism for guidelines on how to use other people's content properly. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:57, 4 September 2024 (UTC)