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Happy editing! - ^theWOLFchild 01:22, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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February 2018[edit]

The comments you recently posted to the WP:MILHIST talk page were an inappropriate use of that page and have been removed. Your comments also indicate you are likely a recently blocked editor who is now evading that block and either editing while logged out, or using multiple IP addresses to edit, in violation of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Should that be the case, continued block evasion can lead to escalating blocks or even a ban from Wikipedia altogether. Please adhere to the policies and guidelines of this project while editing. Thank you - ^theWOLFchild 01:46, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at the comment you linked. While critical, it is not disruptive, and a better decision would have been to just leave it there. We do not enforce rules for the sake of enforcing rules. We enforce rules when doing so makes things run more productively. Occasionally a new user is blocked prematurely. We ought not overlook complaints just because they are in technical violation of the rules. Jehochman ^Talk 12:51, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion[edit]

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. - ^theWOLFchild 04:04, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked for 1 year[edit]

Effective 21 February 2019. - wolf 07:40, 22 February 2019 (UTC) (Non-administrator comment)[reply]

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