User talk:Digital Herodotus

nice work

Thanks for your efforts rewriting the Hilaire du Berrier article, and welcome to Wikipedia. Neighborhood Review (talk) 18:29, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you're particularly interested in du Berrier you might like to see my update to his bibliography. Neighborhood Review (talk) 18:43, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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December 2021

Hey there, I dont know if this is the place to do it, but the edit I made was labelling the policital party in the infobox as 'NSDAP' instead of 'Nazi Party' This was changed by another user who made a claim that I was trying to "mask" that Goebbels was a nazi, and citing some supposed rule on this site that you cannot refer to the Nazi Party by their abbreviation of the full official name "NSDAP"

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Edit summaries

Please start using edit summaries so other editors have some idea what you are doing. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:06, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

At Andrews, Texas, you left the edit summary, "added named for segment to infobox as well as cleaned up infobox". What "segment" did you add a name to? Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:41, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

the infobox, there is a "named for" segment in infoboxes for places. Digital Herodotus (talk) 15:44, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Louisiana State Militia

Quit introducing anachronisms to James Longstreet. The Louisiana National Guard did not officially exist until after Longstreet was dead, so there is no reason to continue to link to an organization that didn't exist during the events referenced. Hog Farm _Talk 16:13, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The National Guard for each state was originally referred to as the State Militias, with some dating their foundation to early colonial times. The Louisiana National Guard does so and traces its origins to the 1600s. They also trace their legacy to participation in Reconstruction error skirmishes, the the battle of Liberty Palace which Longstreet fought in.

https://geauxguard.la.gov/history/

Digital Herodotus (talk) 16:31, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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June 2022

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Eugene Waggaman (July 19)

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July 2022

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September 2022

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If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Khaddi Sagnia, you may be blocked from editing. Still copyright issues with your editing, the image you added has been removed as a copyright violation. TylerBurden (talk) 22:50, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

November 2022

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. 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.

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Your recent editing history at Gaius Marius 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.

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FYI

There is a consensus that coats of arms shouldn't be used as substitutes for national flags: see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Icons/Archive 16#Close the coats-of-arms loophole. I don't feel particularly strongly about it myself, but it is an issue that has been discussed extensively. Choess (talk) 18:31, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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January 2023

Please do not attack other editors, as you did at Talk:Alejandra Caraballo. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 13:09, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DH, I'll just add that referring to good-faith edits as "vandalism" counts as a personal attack. There's plenty of room to disagree about the value of an edit without assuming bad faith. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 16:39, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Firefangledfeathers@Firefangledfeathers also lack of good faith Talk:Antifa (United States) about an hour ago. Doug Weller talk 18:34, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looking through their contributions I see a lot of problems with their interactions with other editors. Latest example is today at User talk:HandThatFeeds. Doug Weller talk 18:43, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Sangdeboeuf meant to ping you as well. Doug Weller talk 18:44, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jan 11

Please stop adding unreferenced or poorly referenced biographical content, especially if controversial, to articles or any other Wikipedia page, as you did at Alejandra Caraballo. Content of this nature could be regarded as defamatory and is in violation of Wikipedia policy. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

"falsely claim" can imply a willful, knowing act of deceit. The sources don't use the phrase, and other editors have already objected to the phrase. I think you acted in good faith, but urge you take these things to the talk page. If you feel there is good reason to change "suggested" to "falsely claimed," then you should start a new topic on the talk page for that. Sativa Inflorescence (talk) 18:28, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please use edit summaries

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Please indent your comments properly

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test Digital Herodotus (talk) 21:59, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

test Digital Herodotus (talk) 22:00, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

January 2023

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistent disruptive editing, personal attacks, bludgeoning discussions, and egregious assumptions of bad faith. See this ANI discussion..

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Your draft article, Draft:Eugene Waggaman

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^Read! Talk! 18:52, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]