User talk:Golden Mage

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We normally use hyphens in modifiers

Hello Golden Mage, I saw that you changed "African-American" to "African American" in several articles. This is contrary to the consistent use here on WP: African-American as a modifier (i.e. in combinations such as "African-American history") is written with a hyphen. Happy New Year and happy editing, Rsk6400 (talk) 10:45, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

January 2023

Please do not use styles that are nonstandard, unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. There is no need to fix redirects, per WP:NOTBROKEN, and the United States can be abbreviated as US or U.S., per MOS:ABBR. You were cautioned about these sorts of edits on December 6. Magnolia677 (talk) 11:24, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed a recent edit you made does not have an edit summary. You can use the edit summary field to explain your reasoning for an edit, or to provide a description of what the edit changes. Summaries save time for other editors and reduce the chances your edit will be misunderstood. For some edits a summary may be quite brief.

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Please provide an edit summary for every edit you make. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary, and then click the "Save" button. Thanks! Rsk6400 (talk) 05:55, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Remini article

Please disregard my revert of your edit to the Robert V. Remini article. You were totally fine. I have self-reverted. Thanks. Display name 99 (talk) 00:22, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Ergzay (talk) 09:10, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Red links

Hey Golden Mage! You may have noticed that I reverted your recent edits to Operation Beleaguer. I think you made these in good faith, but red links on Wikipedia are actually OK (and sometimes even a good thing). If you're curious, you can read more about the reasoning at WP:RED. TL;DR: Wikipedia is always expanding, and so editors link to pages that will likely exist in the future but haven't been created yet. I know they look ugly (I hate the look, too), but they shouldn't be removed unless you have a reason to believe that those pages will never be created. If you DO have a reason to think that the links you removed will never exist, please discuss on the talk page. SilverStar54 (talk) 18:28, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

February 2023

Hello, I'm CastJared. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, The Last of Us (TV series), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. CastJared (talk) 09:18, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I have noticed that you often edit without using an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This helps your fellow editors use their time more productively, rather than spending it unnecessarily scrutinizing and verifying your work. Even a short summary is better than no summary, and summaries are particularly important for large, complex, or potentially controversial edits. To help yourself remember, you may wish to check the "prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" box in your preferences. Thanks! Nick-D (talk) 22:24, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of red links

You've removed a red link at Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, but didn't give any justification in your edit summary. A quick google search reveals that the person is very much a reasonable red link. I've reverted you. Then I looked at your contributions and I see that you're removing multiple red links without providing justifications. They too look like reasonable red links. At minimum you need to justify why you're removing them in the edit summary. But I am wondering why you're doing this. DeCausa (talk) 13:29, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

After posting the above, I see someone else has already raised this with you. Do you understand the function of red links in Wikipedia? Read WP:Red link. DeCausa (talk) 13:39, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

NOTBROKEN

I think you should read WP:NOTBROKEN. Basically we do not change links based on case to avoid redirects in most cases. Canterbury Tail talk 18:25, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You also do not need to add MOS:OXFORDCOMMAS if they are not consistently used throughout an article. TylerBurden (talk) 13:38, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Golden Mage: seems to be still doing this, doesn't seem like they've ever read their talk page or acknowledged any reverts of their revisions. FutureFlowsLoveYou (talk) 18:58, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@FutureFlowsLoveYou I see now that they have previously removed messages with people raising these concerns, unless they respond, the issue may need to be raised on WP:AN/I. Enforcing ones own subjective personal preferences is not only a waste of peoples time, but in violation of the MOS. TylerBurden (talk) 20:39, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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ANI notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. TylerBurden (talk) 19:04, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Administrative inquiry

Hi, Golden Mage. I'm Tamzin, and I'm an administrator here. One thing I do here is look into cases where multiple accounts have interacted in an unusual manner. I have a few questions for you at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Datu Hulyo, and would request that you answer them at your soonest convenience, before making any further edits elsewhere. Thanks. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 04:52, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

August 2023

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistently making disruptive edits.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Lourdes 09:05, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Editing without communicating throughout your tenure here while continuing to make mistakes (and taking no effort to address them) is taxing the time of our productive editors. While I am indefinitely blocking you, you need to do the below things for administrators to be confident that they can unblock you:

Respond to the query asked at User talk:Golden Mage#Administrative inquiry. As I have blocked you, you will be able to respond only on this talk page; please do so.
Confirm that going forward, you will communicate with other editors when they raise queries.

Once you do the above, you can use the procedure listed in the unblock template to request for an unblock. Thank you, Lourdes 09:08, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]