User talk:MKayKeller

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July 2011

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Infant massage. Users are expected to collaborate with others and avoid editing disruptively.

In particular, the three-revert rule states that:

1. Making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period is almost always grounds for an immediate block.
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you continue to edit war, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Instead of reverting, you need to discuss your changes on the talk page to get consensus. Please see WP:BRD and WP:OR as well. Yobol (talk) 02:56, 31 July 2011 (UTC) Okay so this is a first for me. Are you saying that I should have put my edits in the discussion page on the (Infant Massage) page? MKayKeller (talk) 03:19, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

No, it was appropriate to be WP:BOLD in editing an article, but it is general practice that once someone has undone or "reverted" your changes, that instead of changing back to your preferred version, you open up a section on the talk page to discuss the matter. Continually changing back to your version is called "edit warring" and is frowned upon, and persistent edit warring can get you blocked from editing. I will respond to my specific concerns about your edit on the talk page of the article, where you have already posted. Yobol (talk) 14:36, 31 July 2011 (UTC)