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Video games set in psychiatric hospitals

You seem to be adding games which include a (sometimes very small) section in a psychiatric hospital, rather than games which take place entirely within one? I'm not sure that "Video games featuring levels set in psychiatric hospitals" would be a useful category if we managed to fill it. --McGeddon (talk) 16:43, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the same could be set for the category Films set in psychiatric hospitals. Some of the movies in that list only have one scene in that particular environment. If we broke it down, we'd found ourselves having to differentiate needlessly between games that A) are set entirely in psychiatric hospitals, B) only have certain levels which depict psychiatric hospitals, and C) only feature psychiatric hospitals in cutscenes due to the circumstantial nature of the plot (like American McGee's Alice, for instance).

I thusly concluded it would be better to have one cat for everything.--Hyperinsomniac (talk) 18:01, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That does not seem like a needless differentiation. I would say that games with a single cutscene in such a hospital should definitely not be categorized as being set in a hospital. -- Fyrael (talk) 18:25, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well of course if I know there's just a single cutscene, I don't even add it to the category. Agreed it doesn't belong there. --Hyperinsomniac (talk) 18:28, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Warning

Having reviewed your contributions in the video game topic Hyperinsomniac I'm issuing you with a warning for disruptive editing due to your overcategorization of a large number of articles in a short space of time, and edit-warring to keep the category on the pages (for example at Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn & Dungeons & Dragons Online). Some of the edits in question can be seen here: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. This edit in particular is clearly disruptive[16].

Please see WP:NOTDEFINING for an explanation why this kind of edit is inappropriate for these articles, also you should know that filling the category with irrelevant articles makes the category itself pointless. I note also that the category in question is one you have recently created[17].

I'm advising you to cease this kind of edit immediately. Given that this account is only about a week old I'm advising you to step back and reconsider your approach t- please read WP:CAT, especially its section on articles. Please be aware that administrative actions may be taken to prevent further disruption if inappropriate edits like these continue or recur--Cailil ^talk 15:12, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Assumption of bad faith. Understood. Furthermore, the warning for edit warring is entirely unjustifiable - an edit war is the customary three reverts, not merely one. --Hyperinsomniac (talk) 19:04, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No edit-warring is "reverting in order to override [another user's] contributions, rather than trying to resolve the disagreement through discussion". 3RR is a bright-line rule, not a privilege or right. In short you don't just get 3 reverts per day. You shouldn't use a revert just to enforce your preference - when somebody else reverts your edits you need to engage them in discussion (usually at the article talk page) in order to reach a consensus.
FYI reverting contrary to policy or consensus or to keep incorrect material in an article is disruptive. For one it clogs up the history of an article with pointless back and forth edits. I suggest you engage with the teahouse and learn the wikipedia ropes a bit more before jumping into categories & categorization, these are quite rules heavy areas and also you should avoid inappropriate humour in edit summaries - like that in your revert at Dungeons and Dragons Online [18] - please see the advice on this here--Cailil ^talk 23:49, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

January 2016

Greetings. At least one of your recent edits, such as the edit you made to Argentines of European descent, did not appear to be constructive and has been or will be reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:35, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]