User talk:Hatcrazy

Countries of the United Kingdom

Hi! Can you explain the thinking behind changing references to countries of the United Kindom to "UK" or "British"? To draw an analolgy, we wouldn't change "Birmingham, Alabama" to "Birmingham, USA" so why change "Birmingham, England" to "Birmingham, UK"?

In the case of info boxes whose template cites a country it makes no sense to replace the country (England, Scotland...) with the nation (Unitied Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Such a change would only make sense where nationality is cited. -- Timberframe (talk) 15:37, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Mass changing to "British"

I strongly advise that you discuss such changes on the talk-pages of each article concerned before making them. Ti change e.g. "Scottish" or "Cornish" to "British" without seeking consensus first is likely to result in heated disagreement, and may be seen as disruptive. DuncanHill (talk) 15:36, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

British, English, UK, et cetera

Is there any particular reason you persist in changing the nationalities of BLP subjects from, eg, English to British, in spite of already being asked to not do so without discussing your changes first on each article's talk page? And what was your thinking in the series of edits you made to Global city? Radiopathy •talk• 17:34, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

August 2009

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living persons, as you did to Lady Victoria Hervey. Thank you. Radiopathy •talk• 03:32, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

If you carry on making edits like this without consensus and sourcing, I or someone else will likely block you for disruption. Gwen Gale (talk) 15:39, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

After my warning, you've carried on swapping out nationalities with neither consensus, sourcing, nor any discussion, hence I've blocked you from editing for 24 hours. If you do this again when the block is up, the next block will be much longer. Gwen Gale (talk) 10:16, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for disruption. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Gwen Gale (talk) 10:16, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Straight off your block, you carried on doing the same thing. I've blocked you from editing for 2 weeks. If you do it again when this second block is up, the third block will be much longer. Gwen Gale (talk) 23:57, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 2 weeks in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for disruption. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Gwen Gale (talk) 23:57, 15 August 2009 (UTC)