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Hello, WillNess, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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thanks! WillNess (talk) 09:51, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

December 2009

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of previously published material to our articles as you apparently did to Avatar (2009 film). Please cite a reliable source for all of your information. Thank you. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 19:49, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"your" articles? "YOUR"??? Why am I excluded exactly? Sheesh! Demand sources, demand attribution by all means. But saying it is "YOUR ARTICLE"? That's rich. WillNess (talk) 00:19, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I think by 'our articles' he meant Wikipedia's articles, he never said it was his. You did some nice edits on the content I wrote in Roadside Picnic article! Keep up the good work. Cheers! Meishern (talk) 19:29, 8 August 2010 (UTC)Nick[reply]
Thank you very much for your words of encouragement! Thank you for the article on Alexander Pechersky too. WillNess (talk) 10:25, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sieve of Eratosthenes

Hello there! I hope you're well. I can see that you've been very busy editing Sieve of Eratosthenes. It's really good to see an editor with such entuhusiasm. Looking at the article's edit history it seems that you've started to disagree with another editor. It can be very frustrating when that happens. The best thing is to discuss any future changes on the article's talk page. It's best if you try not to conduct creative disagreements on the article itself; keep that to the talk page. I can see that you've already started to engage on the talk page. That's good. Remember that there's the very serious issue of the three revert rule. Please make sure you read the link WP:3RR. It's a policy on Wikipedia that says if you revert an article more than three times in 24 hours then you will be blocked from editing. And no-one wants to see that! So, take a deep breath, relax, and go to the article's talk page. All the best. — Fly by Night (talk) 19:49, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your encouragement and warning. Problem is, the other person refuses to engage in any discussion on the talk page. They just ignore my arguments and do whatever they please - to the detriment of the article's quality IMO.
What can be done in such a case? WillNess (talk) 20:01, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, WillNess. You have new messages at Fly by Night's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Three Revert Rule

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Sieve of Eratosthenes. Users are expected to collaborate with others and avoid editing disruptively.

In particular, the three-revert rule states that:

  1. Making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period is almost always grounds for an immediate block.
  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 continue to edit war, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. — Fly by Night (talk) 22:33, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Appearances may be deceptive. I did continue to make some edits on the page, but they were not reverts of anything the other editor did. They were edits in good faith. For instance, I removed an OR section which I myself wrote. This is how I know it is OR. So that removal was not a revert. Cheers.
Moreover, it is the other editor that makes disruptive and unilateral changes without any consensus, and refuses to engage on the talk page. WillNess (talk) 10:16, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I would like an acknowledgement that 3RR warning was issued in error to me; and possibly have it removed from my talk page altogether. I removed my own material in that last edit when sourcing was requested and I had none. Thank you. WillNess (talk) 12:34, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
There's no such things as using it in error. I was reminding you of WP:3RR. It's impossible to wrongly notify someone of relevant policy. If you're actually blocked then that's a different matter altogether. — Fly by Night (talk) 15:47, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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