User talk:WavesSaid

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November 2012

Your recent editing history at Bozhidar Dimitrov shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. Toddst1 (talk) 17:50, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ARBMAC

In a 2007 arbitration case, administrators were given the power to impose discretionary sanctions on any user editing Balkans-related articles in a disruptive way. If you engage in further inappropriate behaviour in this area, you may be placed under sanctions including blocks, a revert limitation or an article/topic ban. Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 17:50, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bozhidar Dimitrov

Hello WavesSaid. I notice you still have a complaint open about this article at Wikipedia:BLP/N#Bozhidar Dimitrov. In my opinion it is unlikely that your complaint will get any traction there. The claim of WP:COATRACK doesn't appear justified. A coatrack is usually a case where unrelated material is being dragged in to contest some other issue. As it says in that page, "A coatrack article fails to give a truthful impression of the subject." The ten points listed in our Bozhidar Dimitrov article are the actual views of Dimitrov so they aren't unrelated. To help create an article which has better balance, I'd suggest that you add to the article some mentions of the reviews that the book has received. From the discussion at Talk:Bozhidar Dimitrov it seems that such reviews exist. Since I assume you know the local language you should be able to locate these. Few Wikipedia editors have enough background to comment in this area, so if you can actually improve the completeness of this article it would be appreciated. In case you imagine that the article inspires unwarranted sympathy for Dimitrov's views, don't worry about that. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 18:00, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute Resolution

Hi! I am a dispute resolution volunteer at WP:DRN. It appears that your case is one of those where the other parties choose to not participate, so I am going to close it as failed. Alas, we can't make them participate at DRN, because DRN was purposely designed to not be able to force anyone to do anything. his is not true of some of the other steps in dispute resolution.

Do you need assistance or advice about how to proceed, or is WP:DR clear enough? Note that I am not expressing any opinion as to who is right or wrong; I am just offering help navigating through Wikipedia's dispute resolution process. --Guy Macon (talk) 17:33, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that you have filed a new case at WP:DRN which was closed because it did not meet our requirements. Please read the following carefully before filing any further disputes. Thanks!

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--Guy Macon (talk) 02:28, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]