User talk:216.41.249.232

Edit warring at Flag of Tennessee

Your recent editing history at Flag of Tennessee 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. Nemov (talk) 01:47, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Firstly, Thank you for your work to keep bad actors off of Wikipedia. I have read some of your other work and it is generally excellent. I appreciate that there are editors out there who defend Wikipedia from bad actors and actual wiki vandals. I understand why it was assumed that I was a vandal, and I suppose my anger was because I thought the person who wrote the opinion was also a vandal.

I rarely ever ever edit Wikipedia pages. I only edit local things that I know for certain. Wikipedia is generally great in this regard. However, the second paragraph of the "Flag of Tennessee" symbolism is the perfect definition of an "attack opinion." The paragraph itself states that it's opening sentence is conjecture, and has no facts to back it up. I believe it is in violation of Wikipedia rules.

Again, I apologize for my anger, but as a Tennessee resident I found the paragraph in question extremely offensive. I assumed it was written by a vandal to evoke this reaction. It is misinformation that angers both sides; the side that knows the heritage and that it is misinformation, and the side that doesn't know and will form a negative opinion of the Tennessee flag based off the quote.

Many others in the edit history were also offended and had tried to remove the paragraph. Only to have their edits reverted. I am a resident nearby to where the flag was designed. I personally know the family and I know that the flag was not based on the Confederate flag. The quote in suggestion to the contrary is ill-informed.

I am not the person that I was accused of when I was blocked. I have no idea who that is (again, I rarely ever edit pages and when I do it is only local things I know for certain. Scott County/Sullivan County area.) I made the edits within a 24 hour period only because I had the page open in the background. Then when I saw it change I got fixated to see if it would change back quickly, assuming the paragraph writer was a vandal.

I believe you should consider your power as an editor and realize this paragraph is an opinion; intended to provoke anger. This is evident by the edit history, and the dozens who have tried to remove the misinformation. I am a proud East Tennessean and I do not take kindly to people thinking something about our flag that I know for certain is a lie.

Ultimately you can block me from edits if you wish, as I have no power in the Wikipedia system. Nor do I desire any. But you should know the opinion paragraph on this page will continue to offend many people who view the page. I believe you are intent on changing the culture for the good. I agree with you on that. But spreading a lie is not the way to go about changing the culture, even when the intended conversation you are trying to evoke is positive.

Whatever your decision, I leave it in your hands. I only ask you consider Wikipedia's rules.

Thanks again, 216.41.249.232 (talk) 00:33, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

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