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August 2023

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Lvl 1 warning: (The Song of Bernadette (novel))

Hello, I'm Melvin Hudson. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to The Song of Bernadette (novel) have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Melvin Hudson (talk) 08:11, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Why do you think it's not constructive? The change I made was to writing in English that wasn't linguistically correct. 96.40.112.10 (talk) 08:17, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

I still don't see an answer to my question, Melvin Hudson. Why do you think it's not constructive? If you let me know, I can explain to you why it is constructive. 96.40.112.10 (talk) 19:04, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Also, Melvin Hudson, why didn't you verify it wasn't correct before undoing the change? Why did you take an action based on an appearance, a feeling? Verify before taking action, because you might be wrong, as you were in this case. 96.40.112.10 (talk) 19:12, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

August 2024

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Why did you think it wasn't constructive? Starting a sentence with a numeral is incorrect in English. 96.40.112.10 (talk) 05:52, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

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Please do not use styles that are nonstandard, unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in Free to be... You and Me. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Thank you. Celjski Grad (talk) 15:21, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

I was a fixing something that was nonstandard. It's not correct to have a space after an ellipsis. I don't know how old you are, but think back to when you were learning to write in school. Did your teachers tell you to put a space after an ellipsis? No, they didn't. 96.40.112.10 (talk) 21:36, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Practice varies, but it is common to have a space before an ellipsis and one after it (except when it's followed by another punctuation mark). And it's what Wikipedia's style guide calls for. There's value in having a style guide because consistency in presentation across the entirety of a publication is a desirable goal, so it looks a little less like it was written by 100,000 different people. In addition, you're confusing democracy with anarchy. Largoplazo (talk) 22:54, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

The style guide is not a good idea for Wikipedia, because that limits the scope of use for the broad spectrum of users. Now Wikipedia is elitist, because if you don't know the style guide, or even of its existence, you can't contribute to Wikipedia, leaving it, ultimately, in the hands of a relatively few people in the know. If that's the case, you might as well not let anybody who's not an administrator edit it and just rename it "Online Encyclopedia." Also, you are correct that a mid-ellipsis sentence can have a space afterward if it has a space in front (like in Associated Press style), but it's even more traditional to have no space on either side, which is the choice that I took, so my change shouldn't have been reverted. 96.40.112.10 (talk) 19:02, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Elitist? You're the one who wants it to be your way and is arguing that it should have been left your way.

Is it elitist to require everybody in a country to drive on the same side of the road, and not let people pick the side that suits them? Your definition of "elitist" is as peculiar as is your definition of "democracy".

It doesn't limit the scope of use for anybody because (a) anybody capable of making a useful contribution here is capable of reading the Manual of Style, and (b) if someone doesn't following the style guide, others who notice this will edit their contribution accordingly and bring it to their attention. Largoplazo (talk) 20:37, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

All these other editors piling on me don't acknowledge the style guide. They're still reverting to a way that is not only incorrect but also doesn't conform to the style guide. I was on your side actually, but you decided to move the elitist tag from a concept (the Manual of Style) to a person (me). "Who's the elitist?" you ask. It's you. You want a style guide, and you want it your way. Most of the people editing Wikipedia didn't approve. The "elite" of Wikipedia approved it. 96.40.112.10 (talk) 01:50, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Also, then if Wikipedia's style guide calls for a space in front and behind the mid-sentence ellipsis, you have two problems: First, that's not going to match the title of the art project that the article is about, and 2) the ellipsis with the space on the right that the title of the Wikipedia article uses is not following Wikipedia style and needs to be changed immediately, along with the titles of countless other Wikipedia articles. 96.40.112.10 (talk) 19:08, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

If there's a genuine problem as a consequence of the current guideline, then (because this is a democratic project) you are as entitled as anybody else to notify the project about this, by beginning a discussion at the bottom of the Manual of Style talk page. Largoplazo (talk) 20:41, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing.

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If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Colin Farrell, you may be blocked from editing. Don't change punctuation in direct quotations. Meters (talk) 21:58, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

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You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia. Multiple articles. Please stop. Don't change direct quotes, don't change article titles, don't change the names of TV episodes, etc. to make your supposed corrections to grammar and spelling. Meters (talk) 23:00, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

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You are obviously the same user who has previously been warned about making these types of edits and ignoring the WP:MOS. Blanking your talk page does not help. It does not matter if don't agree with Wikipedia's choices. Next time I find you doing this I will ask for a block. Meters (talk) 23:05, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

My "supposed" corrections? Prove that they are supposed; you can't. I'm not vandalizing; I'm making it correct. There is no space after a mid-sentence ellipsis (except for AP style, but a space must also be included in front — it can't be asymmetrical). Also, I already saw the comment from a previous Wikipedia administrator, so why did you think piling on would be useful? 96.40.112.10 (talk) 18:58, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm not piling on. You have been warned about this before, but you continue to do it. Thus, a new, level 4, warning. Your comments make it obvious that you have no intention of following Wikipedia's norms here they differ from what you believe should be done. Meters (talk) 03:02, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

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