User talk:Jiwood23

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or place {{Help me}} on this page and someone will drop by to help. Again, welcome! HiLo48 (talk) 02:28, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

National varieties of English

Hello. In a recent edit, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, or Pakistan, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the first author of the article used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. _ZZ^Z 'S 15:29, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For the same reason, it is wp:disruptive to go round tagging articles with your preferred variety of English without first seeking consensus at the article talk page. And, in preparation to do that, the wp:ONUS is on you to show from the history of the article that one or other variety predominated at the beginning or at least has persisted unchallenged for at least two years. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 19:01, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 2024

Please do not add or change content without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. DMacks (talk) 17:04, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at Curb, you may be blocked from editing. Belbury (talk) 15:09, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 31 hours for persistently making disruptive edits. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you believe that there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. DMacks (talk) 17:11, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]