User talk:Verygentle1969

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Chicago

Your recent additions to Chicago do not appear to be properly sourced and they appear to be trivia. See, WP:SOURCES. They may also be original research or synthesis. WP:SYN. The Chicago article is very long, so trivia is a real burden. Several editors have taken note that you keep adding this information (which is being removed by other editors) without a direct source and without explaining your edits. The substance of your edit that Chicago may be the largest inland city (that is not a capital), even if true, adds very little to the article. Besides Chicago is the county seat of Cook County so international readers may understand that to be the capital of a region, and there are allot of large cities in Asia that are not on the coast. Finally, "major coast" is ambiguous and introduces point of view. The Great Lakes certainly may be considered a "major coast." Alanscottwalker (talk) 17:50, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi! I invite you to discuss your proposed changes. Alan started a talk page section Talk:Chicago#Unsourced_trivia_in_intro_about_Chicago_being_inland. Click and take a look. You and other editors can discuss your ideas, and see what happens from there. I notice you are new to Wikipedia. This "discussion" stuff is a big deal. Every article has an associated "talk page" which you can reach by clicking the "Discussion" tag at the top of the article. You will find other discussions that you can participate in, or you can start discussions of your own (just click "New Section"). You may find editing here and interacting with other editors to be interesting and pleasant. Good luck! Jd2718 (talk) 00:23, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Chicago

Please take the time to discuss your edits to the Chicago article with other editors. If you click here you will see what concerns have been raised about them. Repeatedly reinserting your edit without any attempt to reach consensus is called edit warring and may end with you being blocked from editing. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 01:41, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Concerning your recent edits to New York City and Chicago

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content please cite a reliable source for the content of your edit. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. Take a look at Wikipedia:Citing sources for information about how to cite sources and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Jd2718 (talk) 22:39, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

ANI Notice

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Disruptive editor at Chicago. Thank you. Elockid ^(Talk) 02:43, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

And again at WP:ANI#Obvious block evasion. Elockid ^(Talk) 01:42, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Warning

You continue, despite warnings and without discussion, to edit aganst consensus on the article Chicago. If you persist in this edit warring you will be blocked. Please take your concerns to the article talk page. Tiderolls 03:16, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Edit warring at Chicago

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 month for edit warring. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.

The complete report of this case is at WP:AN3#User:Verygentle1969 reported by User:Tide rolls (Result: 1 month). EdJohnston (talk) 22:22, 17 February 2011 (UTC)