BittersweetParadox

January 2024

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April 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Bo Nix, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Specifically per MOS:GEOLINK, locations should not be broken up into consecutive links to the individual city, state and country. —Bagumba (talk) 13:49, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Yeah there's nowhere in that style that says I can't do what I did so maybe just don't be such a prick?? Thomasbeem (talk) 21:03, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

There you go princess I fixed it. Also idk why you said "welcome to Wikipedia" lmao I've been editing for almost a year Thomasbeem (talk) 21:05, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Please do not use styles that are nonstandard, unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in Mohamed Salah. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Per MOS:OLINK. Mattythewhite (talk) 12:54, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

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Oh okay I added the citation, am I supposed to directly quote it Thomasbeem (talk) 05:01, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

June 2024

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at User:Yankees10, you may be blocked from editing. Meters (talk) 23:12, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

July 2024

Please stop. If you continue to use disruptive, inappropriate or hard-to-read formatting, as you did at Pantomime, you may be blocked from editing. There is a Wikipedia Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. You have been cautioned about overlinking. This edit was unacceptable. Most readers will know what "music" is. I strongly urge you to read MOS:OL and stop your disruptive editing. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:06, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Awe do you own Wikipedia? Cry more BittersweetParadox (talk) 23:26, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Please stop MOS:OVERLINKing. It is disruptive and against our style guidelines. If you continue, it may lead to your loss of editing privileges. -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:56, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

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BittersweetParadox (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I believe my Wikipedia editing rights were blocked prematurely and without adequate consideration. I inadvertently overlinked the page “Pantomime.” While my intention was not to overlink, I acknowledge that many of the links I added were unnecessary. I have observed other pages with a higher number of links, which led to my misunderstanding.

The individual who reverted my edit did so in a manner I perceived as harsh. In response, I impulsively reverted the edit and left a comment that was inappropriate. I deeply regret this action and did not anticipate it would lead to the revocation of my editing rights.

I believe my contributions have positively impacted Wikipedia. I primarily focus on editing sports pages, particularly baseball, where I frequently update statistics to ensure they remain current. Often, I find that baseball stats have not been updated for over a month, and I take it upon myself to keep them accurate and up to date.

I understand the error of my actions and recognize the importance of adhering to Wikipedia’s guidelines. I respectfully request the reinstatement of my editing rights, as I am committed to making unbiased contributions that enhance the quality of Wikipedia.BittersweetParadox (talk) 01:51, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Accept reason:

It's not that I am unblocking you, it's that you have not been blocked and this template only gives the options of "accept" and "decline". Mind MOS:OVERLINK and WP:CIVIL, or you could end up blocked. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:04, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

@BittersweetParadox: Wikipedia is not like the rest of the internet. You will be blocked if there is any repeat of commentary such as "Awe do you own Wikipedia? Cry more" above (diff). The views of other editors must be considered respectfully, particularly when they are correct and they provide links to relevant guidelines. Any further overlinking will result in a block. Questions can be asked by replying here or at WP:Teahouse. Johnuniq (talk) 02:57, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Please stop MOS:OVERLINKing, as you did tonight at John W. Henry. -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:58, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

@BittersweetParadox: The reason your edit at John W. Henry was incorrect is that the linked text was "His parents were soybean farmers". The article is about a person who appears to have nothing to do with soybeans. A mention of his parents is incidental and standard procedure is that such words are not linked. If links like that were wanted, the software could be changed to automatically add them. However, they are not wanted. To avoid a block, you must not overlink. Johnuniq (talk) 05:31, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Okay that seems super nit picky but I won't do it again my bad BittersweetParadox (talk) 06:31, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Regarding nit picking, you may be right but you should be aware that people get very irritated by repeated changes against consensus. Editors have battled over many style issues causing a lot of disruption. Therefore, it is standard that any flare-ups are handled aggressively. Johnuniq (talk) 07:16, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Please consider the purpose of linking. It is to help people reading about a topic on Wikipedia to easily find more information that may help them to understand that topic, but not about general topics that are either common knowledge or not helpful in understanding the topic at hand. You like to edit sports articles, so let's say that you are working on the Wikipedia entry about Babe Ruth. You want readers to understand Babe Ruth's life and career. You probably don't want readers to be distracted by a link in the article to, say, musicals, in the section that describes the slugger's supposed connection to No, No, Nanette. Yes, we link to the specific article, No, No, Nanette, but not to the general topic of musicals. If you take a moment to read MOS:OVERLINK, it gives a good description of when linking is, and is not helpful, based on years of experience by editors here. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:02, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Okay I get it 👍👍👍 BittersweetParadox (talk) 18:04, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

You did it again! and again today. -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:40, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

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August 2024

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Dairon Blanco (baseball). This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Houston Astros Baseball Team

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Conyo14 (talk) 05:15, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Sorry I was trying to make a redirect to the main Houston Astros page but I messed up yes please delete it that's my bad thanks for pointing it out 👍 BittersweetParadox (talk) 05:29, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you for changing that, I didn't realize. My apologies BittersweetParadox (talk) 23:14, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

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Super Bowl winning players category

There is a discussion here. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:52, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

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Category:NBA championship-winning players from Canada

So I'm confused here. How is this category supposed to be read. Is it like Category:NBA championship: winning players from Canada, or Category:NBA "championship-winning" players from Canada? If the former the speedy move was ok I guess but there must be a space on both sides of the ndash. If the latter, it is improper English. Championship-winning is used only with a hyphen and never an ndash. It would be like using an ndash in "Low-flying airplanes contribute to noise pollution." That would be dead wrong always. Hyphens join words and ndashes separate words/phrases. It seems to me that "championship-winning" is a compound word that must use a hyphen. You said that this was to conform to "Category:NBA championship–winning head coaches"... perhaps THAT is the category that should have conformed. Fyunck(click) (talk) 08:44, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

You been asked an important question here and you ignored it while adding more posts. You need to fix what you did here. Fyunck(click) (talk) 05:00, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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this needs to be mentioned in the target page

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Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen

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