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@Beyond My Ken: Per WP:BADREVERT and WP:ES, you must have a reason to revert multiple constructive edits to Wiki. I don't need anyone's permission or approval to improve articles here. You are exhibiting WP:OWNBEHAVIOUR by disruptively reverting improvements without a valid reason to justify them. Your revert neither stated the reason nor rationale for removing large, constructive edits. Nothing in my changes needed consensus, and if you have problems with any changes, quote the exact WP:DIFF and the problem HERE. I am a regular editor of this article with a history of constructive discussion about this topic with other editors, so please do not edit war per WP:3RR rule. --WikiLinuz {talk} 06:44, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, that is not the case. You have made significant changes to the WP:STATUSQUO of the article, and I have disputed that change, for the simple reason that I don't believe they necessarily improve the article, and I also don't believe that they will get WP:CONSENSUS on the talk page. That is more than enough reason to revert, and by WP:BRD, since your Bold edit has been Reverted by another editor, the recommended next step, if you continue to think the edit is necessary, is to Discuss the dispute on the article talk page with other editors, but not to re-revert it, which is the first step to edit warring, a disruptive activity which is not allowed. Discussion on the talk page is the only way we have of reaching consensus, which is central to resolving editing disputes in an amicable and collegial manner, which is why communicating your concerns to your fellow editors is essential. While the discussion is going on, the article generally should remain in the status quo ante until the consensus as to what to do is reached.

This is the Wikipedia way. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:50, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As for OWNBEHAVIOR, it is you who are exhibiting it: "I am a regular editor of this article". Indeed you are, with edits beginning in July 2021, and that appears to have given you the impression that you can make any changes you want to at any time, which is not the case. Having written 81% of the article, you're certainly entitled to feel STEWARDSHIP in regard to it, but you cannot stop other editors from being involved and expressing their views about the article.

Please make your arguments regarding why you feel your changes are justified, so that a consensus discussion can take place. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:58, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly is the problem? Quote me the exact WP:DIFF and your problem. You are still not stating the issue here. As I already said, I regularly edit this article and edit the topics whenever I find time and need. You have to have a reason to revert edits; failing to do so is a violation of WP:BITE and WP:OWNBEHAVIOUR.

WP:IDONTLIKEIT is not a reason. --WikiLinuz {talk} 06:58, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I never said IDONTLIKEIT, I said that they do not improve the article. Please make your arguments. Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:00, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is a work in progress. Articles evolve over time; they change their size and shape.

appears to have given you the impression that you can make any changes you want to at any time - You cannot prejudicially revert my edits just because I happen to edit this article regularly. There is no such policy. If you have read WP:WIP you would have realized that articles evolve over time. And some editors dedicate time and energy to some articles over others.

Everything I added is sourced from academic journals and peer-reviewed dissertations. If you have a problem with the edits, state your problem.

And why exactly do you think those aren't improvements? --WikiLinuz {talk} 07:10, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also, WP:BRD-NOT says BRD is not a justification for imposing one's own view, which is clearly what your doing here. It is your own opinion that the material is not an improvement. It does not apply to good-faith efforts to improve articles.

So BRD does not bind here. --WikiLinuz {talk} 07:13, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Don't revert due solely to "no consensus" says discuss first or no consensus is not valid reason to revert good-faith edits. I think mass-reverting with such a reason really discourteous good faith editors and I'm pretty sure this is not the goal of this Project. I will be opening a new topic for explaining changes my edits below. --WikiLinuz {talk} 07:31, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

On a series of diffs, I made the following changes to this article page:

1. diff 1 - The paragraph interprets and analyzes a 1920 WP:PRIMARY source, so following advice WP:RESPTAG and policy WP:OLDSOURCES, I added {{Primary source inline}} tag because such an analysis does not abide by WP:OR guideline. A tag was placed because the removal was contested here by Beyond My Ken.
2. diff 2 - I copy-edited the subtopic to include additional context on Volksdeutsche, complementing the previous sentence that introduces Volksdeutsche, added how different racial groups are interpreted in Nazi doctrine and added a citation to a journal article for verifiability.
3. diff 3 - I added further context into the Nazi concept of Volksgemeinschaft, compliment both previous sentences on Volksdeutsche and subtopic that talks about Connotation of Aryan in Nazi theories, and added citation to Britannica and peer-reviewed dissertations.
4. diff 4 - I modified Britannica citation to {{Britannica}} template since templated citations are preferred over raw text citation for consistency.
5. diff 5 - I copy-edited and removed "indeed" because it was an unnecessary adverb here.
6. diff 6 - I split the paragraph to remove the overcrowded section for ease of readability.
7. diff 7 - I added a bibliography to a peer-reviewed dissertation that will be used in {{sfn}} (and in diff 8)
8. diff 8 - I remove duplicate citation and used {{sfn}} to add page numbers on inline citations.
9. diff 9 - To remain consistent with other numeric figures, I changed "six" to 6, added figures to "disabled people" data, and added "among others" indicating other Holocaust victims and linked to the respective article.
10. diff 10 - I removed redundant links and added a link to another per MOS:SEEALSO.
11. diff 11 - I added further context into the role played by ethnic Germans who lived outside the German Reich in the Holocaust, complimenting diff 2 and diff 3.
12. diff 12 - I copy-edited the sentence to make it better reflect the cited material (Weikrt 2013) and wrote a better sentence.

All of the above diffs were mass reverted by Beyond My Ken in this diff and further by Czello in this this diff for the same reason, with the edit summary stating to get consensus first; they further cited WP:BRD. Beyond My Ken stated in their edit summary (diff) that none of those above 12 diffs are any improvements to the article. However, I made all the above diffs in WP:GOODFAITH and in an effort to further improve the article (the reasons are stated for each diff above). I do not believe any of the improvements/changes to the article through these 12 diffs are contentious or controversial changes. Everything I added and copy-edited is from reliable sources (such as academic journals and peer-reviewed dissertations) that meet WP:SCHOLARSHIP policy. None of the sources are WP:QUESTIONABLE. This is one of the articles that I regularly edit, gragually trying to improve it over time. But I believe my recent good-faith contributions were mass reverted prejudicially without consideration.

Wikipedia:Don't revert due solely to "no consensus" states that avoid reverting with edit summary saying only discuss first.

Wikipedia:Status quo stonewalling states that Status quo stonewalling is opposition to a proposed change without (a) stating a substantive rationale based in policy, guidelines and conventions or (b) participating in good faith discussion. Such stonewalling is typified by an insistence on keeping a current version instead of adopting a proposed change – or reverting to the version prior to a disputed change (the status quo)

Since the other involved editors cited WP:BRD, this is what WP:BRD-NOT states (3) BRD is never a reason for reverting. Unless the reversion is supported by policies, guidelines or common sense, the reversion is not part of BRD cycle. (2) BRD is not a valid excuse for reverting good-faith efforts to improve a page. This also goes against WP:BADREVERT.

I spend my volunteer hours and try to improve and contribute to the Wikipedia Project sparingly whenever I find time. Given that I have explained myself in detail, this type of behavior creates a hostile environment and is discourteous to good faith editors like myself, which goes against the spirit of this Project.

I hope the involved editors and those who watch this talk page can provide input on whether my good-faith edits warrants mass-revert. If this consensus is stonewalled, I think taking it to dispute resolution is the way to move forward.

I vote to restore my last revision in lieu of current revision for the reasons stated.

Thank you, --WikiLinuz {talk} 09:31, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Aryan race was defined by Nazism as all Europeans who do not have Jewish ancestry, this is an easily verifiable historical fact and I do not understand how WikiLinuz can delete my contributions. Midofe1996 (talk) 20:35, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aryan race was defined by Nazism as all Europeans who do not have Jewish ancestry - No, is was not. Read the cited sources. --WikiLinuz (talk) 22:01, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_for_the_Restoration_of_the_Professional_Civil_Service Midofe1996 (talk) 07:22, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiLinuz Midofe1996 (talk) 10:00, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The page doesn't contradict what I'm saying or what this article says. Slavs, Balkans, Spaniards, etc. are "European", but not "Aryan". Nazi's definition of Aryam primarily implies Nordic and Germanic peoples, or their supposed "racially purer" descendants. They did some mental gymnastics with regards to Hungarians, Finns, etc., but doesn't change anything. --WikiLinuz (talk) 12:07, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiLinuz

No, the Nordics were a part of the Aryan race, but this concept encompassed all Europeans including the Slavs and Mediterranean Europeans.

You have no evidence to support those myths, so let me edit the article. Midofe1996 (talk) 08:49, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not gonna argue with you if you have difficulty understanding what the sources actually say, but if you continue this style of editing (which you are doing on every Nazi racial theory related articles), you will be taken to ANI. --WikiLinuz (talk) 15:26, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]