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Your edits to the talk page of Talk:Anti-Brahmanism express an intent to vandalize and disrupt. If you persist then action will be necessary.
Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Rumpelstiltskin223 04:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
And no I did not violate 3RR since I did not make 4 reverts.I will report your intent to game 3RR as you have stated above also. Rumpelstiltskin223 05:11, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
This is a personal note, quite a few years after these events. All users who had provoked this edit war had eventually been indefinitely blocked. The above is a good example of the tricks such people use. I learned from this to stay calm and not fight back rapidly. Gschadow ( talk) 19:42, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi BorgQueen, thanks for your warm welcome yesterday. I got myself right into the middle of a battle over an edit in Anti-Brahmanism and would appreciate your advice. I have made a good faith attempt at establishing NPOV and my edits were reverted wholesale with some weird accusation in the Edit Summary. I decided to revert back (since the other user did nothing but reverting, nothing was lost.) I resolved to stay in this silly rv-war until something else happens. That same reverting user accuses me of "vandalism". I don't think that there is reasonable cause for this accusation. But having watched related articles, I am prepared for some trouble. Please advise if you can on how I should proceed. Should I just give up? This is quite an exciting excercise in cyber-democracy. Wow. Thanks for any advice you can give. Gschadow 04:57, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Please avoid edit warring, that is repeated reverting. Note that WP:3RR doesn't say you are entitled to 3 reverts. Use the talk page to discuss differences. In the end, it's better for your health.-- CSTAR 06:04, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the lovely advice.And good to know I am not alone here..I've acted within the boundaries of wikipedia and I strongly believe of my innocence.Also ,I'd like to see the positive side of this..Before he came from no where and started to make false accusations against me, I wasn't aware of the on going debates regarding the "Buddhism in India". I feel bounded to lend my hand to Indian Buddhist friends who fight tirelessly to keep the articles neutral..Let me know if you need any help regarding this.Thanks again -- Iwazaki 17:42, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, thanks for dropping by my page. I see from your discussion page you've run into the usual suspects. Theres a whole group of these fanatics that coordinate their attacks offwiki. They will also get you in trouble by provoking you and trying to get you to do 3RR. Then theres the intimidation. They will use extreme language, blame you for something, doesn't have to be true, just to put you on the defensive and try to have you secondguess yourself. Its funny they all use the same language and technique, sometimes I wonder if its the same person. Its pretty sad you have this going on in wikipedia, these troublemakers besmirch its good name. Theres noting wrong with you putting the "fact" behind a disputed unsourced comments, as I had been doing. These people just want to play games. Well you probably know all this, but just wanted say it just in case. Don't hesitate to draw a administrator in if its getting ridiculous, especially when you have to deal with these sorts, one whos neutral and fair, like User:Dbachmann. Try to stay calm, and do not let them provoke or initimidate you. Stay within the rules also. Take it easy and don't hesitate if you need any advice or help. -- Kathanar 14:05, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Hey Gschadow,
If you wish to contact me, I've enabled the email feature on my user page [1], don't hesitate to contact me by email, as sometimes I'm not watching my talk page, visit my page anytime.-- Kathanar 16:32, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
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