en User talk:Phatwa

Hi there. I reverted an IP, unless you are that user. Anyway I reverted because you added "eggshells" as for what it's made of. It seems dubious and thus reverted. Thanks Tommy! [message] 14:17, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

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Tommy! [message] 14:18, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SPI case

Hi! I am a WP:SPI Clerk and I am writing you about the SPI case that was filed against you (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Phatwa). You admitted using most of those IPs, but you insisted that it was not sockpuppetry because you "haven't tried to use multiple accounts to skew consensus or evade 3RR". But, according to WP:ILLEGIT, it is not allowed to use multiple undelcared accounts and/or IPs to edit the same page. So what you were doing is sockpuppetry. I am giving you an official warning now, and if you continue to use multiple undeclared IPs to edit same pages, you will probably be blocked. What you should do is either login every time you edit, or properly declare your IPs on your user page. Vanjagenije (talk) 11:41, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Vanjagenije: It says on that link "Editing logged out to mislead: Editing under multiple IP addresses may be treated the same as editing under multiple accounts where it is done deceptively or otherwise violates the principles of this policy" (emphasis own). To be fair, I don't think I am guilty of violating any policies. Can you please clarify? I am sure you are right, given that you are an SPI Clerk, but I can't see what I did wrong here and am trying to understand further. Unfortunately I use a dynamic IP address so I can't list them all, as I don't know them and there are apparently many hundreds of IPs. Phatwa (talk) 14:07, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:ILLEGIT: Editors may not use more than one account to contribute to the same page or discussion in a way that suggests they are multiple people. Contributing to the same page with clearly linked, legitimate, alternative accounts [...] is not forbidden. That is exactly what you've been doing: editing the same pages with different IPs without properly declaring that they belong to you. Vanjagenije (talk) 14:36, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Vanjagenije:Thanks. I did state those IP users were me on the Talk page of the article, and on the SPI report. Unfortunately, I can't list every IP address I will ever use for the reasons above but will try to remember to login in future for 'controversial' edits. Phatwa (talk) 18:37, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

November 2016

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Breitbart News. 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 Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
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. clpo13_(talk) 16:38, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]