User talk:Lauracerffer

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Lauracerffer, good luck, and have fun. -- — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 18:42, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

May 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, but at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Lars von Trier, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted (undone) by ClueBot NG.

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The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Lars von Trier was changed by Lauracerffer (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.924681 on 2011-05-30T18:02:08+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 18:02, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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Morris W. Morris article

Please discuss your edits on the talk page. Melwood19 (talk) 23:42, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Your personal attacks

It's really in your interest to stop this. Paine and I are very experienced editors and your attacks don't harm us, let alone take us down a peg or two, but they do reflect badly on you. Read WP:CIVIL and WP:AGF. Doug Weller talk 11:23, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lauracerffer, I see that Mr. S welcomed you back in 2011, so I see what you mean when you say you've been on Wikipedia for a good while. Doug shows you above what the usual procedure is when an editor gives you some sort of problem or challenge on an article talk page. The best thing to do, rather than to mix it up on the article talk page is to take the discussion to the editor's personal talk page. I think that is done so that casual readers of Wikipedia, who often check out the talk pages of the articles they like, won't see Wikipedia editors going at each other on a page that is supposed to be reserved for article improvement.

I hope you'll forgive me for implying that you were "trolling for hollers", and I see that you do have much interest in the subject. I'm no expert myself, but I was very interested in Nat. Geos. magazine this month as it has detail about the Vikings, especially about the fantastic boats they built! I think it was Netflix that put out another juicy show about finding Viking settlements with satellite imagery. I remember that there are extant religious texts that tell how Leif Ericson had been thrown off course by high winds, and that led to his landfall just north of New Foundland. After digging where the satellite showed a promising area, the results were somewhat inconclusive, but I felt (again, I'm no expert) that the evidence was quite strong that the Vikings settled there until they were overwhelmed and driven off by the indigenous peoples, who far outnumbered them. I think the greatest problem there was that the Vikings didn't share their explorations with the rest of Europe. And that led to Columbus' belief that if he sailed west he would reach the Orient. When he discovered the "New World", most of Europe were in the dark about it, and the descendents of the Vikings weren't saying anything (or if they were, then they weren't believed or taken seriously). I know next to nothing about the Solutrean discoveries; however, that also sounds fascinating. Do you study this sort of thing? or are you possibly related either to Viking or to early-French ancestry? Paine Ellsworth ^put'r there 14:03, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 13:51, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

March 2017

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Latino, without citing a reliable source using an inline citation that clearly supports the material. The burden is on the person wishing to keep in the material to meet these requirements, as a necessary (but not always sufficient) condition. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 21:45, 21 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Final warning

You have shared your opinions about the terms "latino" and "latina" at length on Talk:Latino, culminating recently in a lengthy post about how "the non-Latino Doug Weller" has been "trolling" the article, with other attacks and sarcasms and placing yourself as the only source of knowledge on the subject.[1] Wikipedia goes by reliable sources (please click on that link), not on anybody's personal knowledge/opinions. Also, the way you speak to and of other contributors is completely unacceptable on Wikipedia. Any more attacks and you will be blocked from editing. Incidentally, I see above that you were told how to sign your posts on talkpages some time ago. Please try to get into the habit of doing so. Bishonen | talk 01:16, 22 March 2017 (UTC).[reply]

I should probably have mentioned your pervasive attacks and incivility on Talk:Christopher Columbus too. Please start commenting on content, not on the contributor (that bolding is in our original No personal attacks policy), or you'll find yourself blocked quite quickly. Bishonen | talk 10:29, 22 March 2017 (UTC).[reply]

March 2017

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. I am glad to see that you are discussing a topic. However, as a general rule, talk pages such as Talk:Latino are for discussion related to improving the article, not general discussion about the topic or unrelated topics. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 12:32, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 12:44, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your ethnic attacks

They are completely unacceptable. If you were saying the same thing about Jews or Muslims you would have been blocked from editing by now. Doug Weller talk 16:31, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

March 2017

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours for persistent personal attacks, incivility, and using article talkpages for rhapsodizing about the inferiority of other cultures to your own. My warning doesn't seem to have had any effect; the attacks have continued, as here and here. You have never edited this, your own, talkpage, nor changed any of your bad practices in response to the warnings and advice on it (still no signing of your posts). This could mean you're not aware that you have a talkpage, despite having been here since 2011 and despite being affronted if anybody suggests you're an inexperienced editor. If you didn't know about this page, I hope my block assists you in locating it. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Bishonen | talk 16:46, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]