User talk:Sierraf1395

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16:03, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Sierraf1395, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with Wiki Education; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:36, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Article selection

Hi. I noticed that you assigned yourself the Rachel McAdams article to improve as part of your assignment. I wanted to let you know that this article is a Good Article, which means that it is among Wikipedia's best work. While there might be room to make a few small improvements to Good Articles, they are going to be more complete, overall, and harder to work on as your first major contribution to Wikipedia. For that reason, I recommend that you pick a different articles to work on - one that have scope for improvement. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:19, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sierraf1395, I would also recommend what Ian (Wiki Ed) is suggesting; thanks. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 03:16, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please also be aware of Wikipedia policies around edit warring. If a change has been reverted, please discuss rather than editing the article again to your preferred version. Please see WP:BRD. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 03:28, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Inspiration

McAdams was inspired by her high school drama teacher named Pereira at Central Elgin Collegiate institute in St. Thomas, Ont. McAdams was originally going to study for social sciences at college until Pereira told her to follow her heart and give acting a try. After that. Rachel Adams changed her major to theatre at York University in Toronto.

October 2020

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions at Rachel McAdams. Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to lose their editing privileges. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to result in loss of your editing privileges. Thank you. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 03:47, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. Any additions also need to adhere to WP:V, verifiability policy. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 03:54, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And now this is a copyright violation, copying text from another website. Please stop or you will be blocked from editing. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 04:02, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sierra. This isn't acceptable - you can't edit war like this, and under no circumstances is it acceptable to add copyright content like this to Wikipedia. Since you've done this repeatedly, I have blocked you from editing the Rachel McAdams article. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:10, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sierra. With this edit you have copy-pasted text from the Rotten Tomatoes website. Once again, this is a copyright violation. Furthermore, you have uploaded and added screen shots from the film, in violation of fair use/copyright guidelines, and you described the images as your "own work". Ian (Wiki Ed), can you help with the cleanup again please? This user does not understand the basics, and has not once asked for guidance when problems are pointed out. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 15:44, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked temporarily from editing for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

I'm sorry to do this, but you have already been partially blocked for doing this on Rachel McAdams' bio. Guettarda (talk) 13:50, 19 October 2020 (UTC)}}[reply]