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August 2018

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  Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions at Lee Harvey Oswald. 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 be blocked from editing Wikipedia. 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 lead to a block. Thank you. Acroterion (talk) 22:49, 23 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

 
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.
During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.
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 ~~~~}}.  Acroterion (talk) 02:15, 24 August 2018 (UTC)Reply
You're not correcting a factual inaccuracy, you're editing disruptively, and you're blocked. Acroterion (talk) 02:16, 24 August 2018 (UTC)Reply
 
This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Request reason:

I was not edit warring, why were the editors who reverted my edit not blocked. I corrected a factual inaccuracy about Lee Harvey Oswald.

Decline reason:

You reverted the article four times so you were correctly blocked for edit warring. There was no discussion on the article talk page in which anyone agreed with your 'allegedly', so you don't have any consensus for your change. EdJohnston (talk) 02:56, 24 August 2018 (UTC)Reply


If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.