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I was editing new content at the list of works based on Arthurian legends page.

I made 2 edits. but then I checked history and noticed a strange quick revert by one user. His account was old since 2016 but never made any edit before today. then suddenly, he started making reverts to many different topical pages including the one I worked in above and threatened me in my talk page with a typical warning message of vandalism.

See the revert edit from that user. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_works_based_on_Arthurian_legends&diff=1229816576&oldid=1229816508&variant=en

Also please check his recent history targeting other users with the same warning.

It is very strange. Does he seem to be trolling, or did someone hacked into his account? ObiKKa (talk) 21:29, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ObiKKa The user has already been checkuser blocked by @Spicy. -- ferret (talk) 21:41, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. ObiKKa (talk) 01:42, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I made some minor edits to the "Story" section and you undid them stating this reason: "Some of these changes are slight improvements, but a lot of them are wrong." Can you elaborate on what was wrong with my edits?

Thanks for your time. Atlas 184 (talk) 22:37, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Atlas 184 Some of the issues: a key figure in the plot, we don't really make statements like this. You added numerous double spaces after sentences which we also don't do, and moved punctuation and quotation marks in a way we don't do per our Manual of Style. Did you edit with some sort of grammar tool? They often get things wrong and aren't compatible with Wikipedia often. Grammarly in particular is bad. -- ferret (talk) 22:48, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I typed it in Word (I like to save the docs) then copied and pasted, which might explain the double spaces? Because I didn't purposely double-space it, so that's odd. I'll have to check my settings on Word. I moved the punctuation and quotation marks because that is how I was taught, but if that's the rule for Wikipedia, then that's understandable. "Some of the issues: a key figure in the plot, we don't really make statements like this." Is that stated anywhere in the rules regarding how we should make certain statements? That way I can avoid that in the future. Thanks for the input. Atlas 184 (talk) 22:55, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Atlas 184: Generally you should say "key figure in the plot" only if reliable secondary sources also say so. In this case, it's a plot summary, where stuff like "key figure" is not just redundant (they're prominently mentioned, after all) but also a form of "emphatic language" which is usually discouraged per our Manual of Style (read this). You'll get the hang of this the more you edit and the more you read high-quality articles. Kind regards, Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI (^{talk to me!}/_{my edits}) (talk page watcher) 16:00, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't know who this might be, but my spidey sense is going off. Do you know anyone who's very interested in tagging game engines? I already ran a check because I thought it was Tkgood, and it's almost certainly not him. A few other accounts came up on the same IP, some of whom strike me as a bit spammy, but I'm still not sure what's going on. I guess I figure to just let it go and see what happens if you don't recognize this as a sock. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:53, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NinjaRobotPirate Doesn't immediately match any patterns I'm aware of. The logged out editing is obvious even without CU, but I don't see any crossing of paths with anyone I'm familiar with. -- ferret (talk) 02:45, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ferret! I am Amogh Tripathi. Remember, you blocked me for "Persistent addition of unsourced content" in June 2024? Anyways, since I am new and am not an very experienced editor, please tell me if images can be added as a reference or not? If yes, how? Waiting for your reply😊 Amogh Tripathi (talk) 12:51, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Amogh Tripathi Images are pretty poor as sources. There are some cases where you could use one, such as an image of a graph or perhaps an image from a study on an animal demonstrating it's appearance... but in almost all those cases, you could just reference the source containing the image. Image boards like imgur are WP:USERG and definitely unreliable though. -- ferret (talk) 14:28, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I might not use images as a reference already containing text (like a paragraph as you just mentioned). I asked this because sometimes credits for a game might not be readily available as a reliable source and if the credits are directly taken from a game as an image and then used as a reference, Wikipedia will become more informative. Also, please tell me how to add images as a reference because I have no knowledge about using images as a reference. Waiting for your reply😊 Amogh Tripathi (talk) 16:53, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]