User talk:JimDodson

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Happy editing! Peaceray (talk) 18:37, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. JimDodson (talk) 18:46, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

June 2024

Hello, I'm AntiDionysius. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Aryanism, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Please only reference "cult" on pages where there are reliable sources calling it one. So for example it would be inappropriate on Ayn Rand Institute but fair enough on New Acropolis. AntiDionysius (talk) 17:28, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for correction any my mistakes. JimDodson (talk) 17:36, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Science fiction. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 18:45, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

I am mistaken sometimes. JimDodson (talk) 18:57, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

See also links

Please be aware that links already present in the body of the article should not be added to the see also section. A link to new religious movement was already present in the bodies of Thelema and Aleister Crowley, so I have reverted your additions to the see also section. You should probably go back and review your additions to see also sections in other articles and remove any additions which are redundant. Skyerise (talk) 00:52, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

July 2024

Hello Jim!

I have reverted your two recent edits to Mundane science fiction. While I applaud your efforts at making the lead briefer, your edits left a sentence that was missing some important grammatical elements. I suggest that we just leave the sentence as it was.

I can tell from this page that you are new to Wikipedia. Keep at it - you'll learn the game along the way! :)

Sincerely, Nikolaj1905 (talk) 12:45, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I am mistaken sometimes. I no problems.JimDodson (talk) 14:06, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit(s) you made to Science fiction, did not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use your sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Please do not alter quotes in articles. Also, your edit summaries could be more clear. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 19:13, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

I considered it did not an extra comma. It was seemed a minor issue, but I was not bothering anyone. JimDodson (talk) 20:04, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello JimDodson. I appreciate your efforts to improve the article Weapons in science fiction, but some of your edits have been reverted or corrected, in part because your use of English was grammatically incorrect. If you speak a different language more fluently or require assistance, please feel free to ask for help with your proposed edits on the article's talk page. Please don't use an automated tool to alter spelling or grammar if you aren't fluent enough in English to know whether those changes are correct. There are multiple users who would be glad to help you fix grammar-related issues. To find out about other useful contributions you can make to Wikipedia which don't require absolute fluency in English, see Wikipedia:Task Center. Thanks! - - AntiDionysius (talk) 11:16, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't expert in English. Please to anything I say to correcting. JimDodson (talk) 13:40, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

There was a similar problem with this edit of yours. I notice you're making a lot of these kinds of edits where you try to trim the language of articles to be more concise; unfortunately several of them have resulted in text which is grammatically incorrect or missing information.

Since that kind of stylistic line editing requires quite a high level of English knowledge, perhaps it would be best if you focused on a different kind of editing? There are plenty of different ways to contribute to the encyclopaedia. AntiDionysius (talk) 23:04, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

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