User talk:Butlerblog/Archives/2024/September

Unconstructive Editing

I've noticed that you have left messages on my talk page about "unconstructive" and "disruptive" edits. I have failed to see what about such edits are disruptive and/or unconstructive, as I just added links to the Chicago, Illinois, and United States pages. How is that disruptive? BorneoIsland (talk) 14:58, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

@BorneoIsland: If you fail to see what is disruptive, then either you haven't read manual of style link I pointed out to you or you don't understand it. Please read MOS:GEOLINK to understand how you should be handling links to geographic locations.

You are putting in links to geographic locations like this: [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]].

That is overlinking. Our manual of style asks you to do it this way: [[Chicago, Illinois]], United States.

You've indicated on your user page that you are a wikignome. If you want others to consider you to actually be gnomish, then you need to follow the manual of style.

We want you to edit (and to enjoy participating in the community), but you need to also follow established guidelines. If you edit in a way that isn't within the MOS, you're given the benefit of the doubt initially (WP:AGF). But after a few reversions and having been notified of what needs to change, if you continue to ignore that, then it's disruptive. ButlerBlog (talk) 16:17, 20 September 2024 (UTC)