User talk:GryffindorGall1996

Welcome to the Order, GryffindorGall1996!

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Feel free to contact me on my talk page if you need anything. Master Sima Yi (talk) 20:52, December 11, 2017 (UTC)

Copy and pasting from Wikipedia

Hi GryffindorGall, I appreciate you trying to help expand some of our articles, but copying and pasting content from Wikipedia is not the way to do it. For one thing, the writing should be original to this wiki. For another, our sourcing policy dictates that we should by and far only be taking information from Assassin's Creed sources even when a subject has a real-world counterpart. You may take limited information from real-world sources because sometimes it's necessary to provide better context on the subject that Assassin's Creed assumes is already understood and so does not explain, but not only should this information be sourced to whatever real-world source you used, but it also should not be greater in proportion than the information sourced to Assassin's Creed. Sol Pacificus^(Cyfiero) 22:12, January 16, 2018 (UTC)

Recent edits

Hello GryffindorGall, regarding some of your recent edits to several articles, I understand that you’re just trying to help but when it comes to writing, concise is usually best, and I’ve noticed that your grammar edits actually make things less concise than they were before which isn’t preferable. I’ve also noticed that sometimes you use incorrect tense, such as changing correct past tense to incorrect present tense. Please understand that I’m not doing this to be a jerk. Maintaining the wiki’s professionalism is just important to me. Thanks.

Hello GryfindorGall, about your edit on Bayek, you don't need to make the link to the page every time a name appears, just the first time it appears suffice.Francesco75 (talk) 19:54, March 1, 2018 (UTC)

Hey GryffindorGall1996. Please refrain from overlinking on articles. I see you're purposefully making edits where you want to place links to the same things multiple times throughout one article, but that's not how we do things here. One link to a specific article is enough on one page. Thanks. :) -- Master Sima Yi _Talk 11:23, March 11, 2018 (UTC)

Stop overlink

It's not against you, but you need to learn the rules of editing. Every time you made an edit, you overlinked them and other users must fix your mistakes. One link is enough  and when you choose a category, choose it wisely. Look policies in the tag community. Thank you.Francesco75 (talk) 18:32, March 13, 2018 (UTC)

Warning

	"Have some respect for death, my friend."
	Safety and peace. We have observed that some of your recent activities on the wiki were of ill fate. While your help is just as good as any, please try to refrain from negatively affecting the wiki and its community. Should you require any assistance or have any concerns, please refer to us if need be. This is your first warning. Arrivederci.

GryffindorGall1996, I honestly appreciate your adamance in trying to help out the wiki, but I cannot oversee your ignoring the previous warnings and continuing to do overlink and add unsourced information. Do not do so again, or I will be forced to take action. -- Master Sima Yi _Talk 18:21, March 14, 2018 (UTC)

Block

	"Che nessuno ricordi il tuo nome. Requiescat in pace."
	You have been banned from the Assassin's Creed Wiki. We have offered you assistance, patience and trust. We tried to be tolerant of your actions, and yet you still refuse to cooperate. We came to an impasse, and this is how it ends. Let this serve as a reminder that we never forget what we say, and that we are always watching. May your silence prove to be for the wiki's betterment.

I have given you a one month ban for your blatant refusal to acknowledge these messages. Perhaps you simply have not read them, but that still means you have ignored official warnings, and I cannot ignore that either. -- Master Sima Yi _Talk 19:19, March 19, 2018 (UTC)

Apology to Master Sima Yi 

Dear Master Sima Yi -- 

While I was trying to contribute to the Assassin's Creed wiki, I did notice that my account was blocked because of overlinking. Ever since the ban was enforced on March 18th, I have had a few days to think about the consequences of my actions and realize that there is no excuse for behavior like what I have displayed in the past few weeks. Rather than brushing off responsibility, I take the brunt of my negligent behavior and I rightfully deserve to serve out my ban. However, when I did get news of the ban, I was afraid to contact you through my talk page in case it made things worse than they already were, so I decided to go through FANDOM's staff to at least get a point in the right direction on how to post a message on my talk wall. Going back to my punishment, it is only now that I realize that what I did possibly put the entire wiki into jeopardy and I agree that other users should not have to fix the mistakes I make. However, with that being said, I am a little confused on why this overlinking constitutes a month-long ban as I have only been on here for three months (basically since December 2017) and while I am still reviewing the rules of editing I do realize that other users did have a fair point in giving me their opinion and I was wrong to ignore those opinions. 

The point I'm trying to make is that I did not intend to cause trouble on the wiki prior to getting banned. In fact, I was just trying to help but in my case, I was helping out way too much and not bothering to have a second look before I hit the "Publish" button. I did not intend to cause any trouble while on the wiki, but I only wanted to gain experience with format layout and how to edit things as I own my own wiki site that I've built from the ground up and take pride in being a fan of the series. I would like you to know that I have learned a very valuable lesson with this punishment and would please ask that rather than removing the ban entirely, you could reduce it. If you wish to keep the ban in place, I will understand that and will rightfully stay off the wiki until the ban expires.  

Thank you for your cooperation. 

Sincerely, 

GryffindorGall1996 (talk) 23:53, March 22, 2018 (UTC)GryffindorGall1996

Hey Christine,

I never assumed you harbored any ill will or edited with the intent of worsening the quality of the wiki; the opposite in fact. However, in doing so as you now know you pretty much went against the standards we've set for the articles. And that's fine, everybody makes mistakes, and can learn from them. It's not really because of making a mistake that you received a ban, but rather ignoring multiple warnings about these mistakes, including an official admin warning I had given you. I'm not sure if you intentionally ignored them, or if you simply hadn't seen the messages, but in any case, you understand the necessity for me to enact a block to ensure there were no further such transgressions.

You're always free to ask any questions regarding editing, article standards, or manuals of style; which is quite necessary, considering that every wiki tends to do things differently. We're all willing to help everyone out!

I will reduce your ban and set it to expire on the 25th. Hopefully, you'll retain that enthusiasm for helping out. Be sure to reach out to anyone on the staff list should you be uncertain about something, and don't be afraid to make mistakes; we've all been here long enough to have our own laundry list of them. -- Master Sima Yi _Talk 00:19, March 23, 2018 (UTC)

Reply to the apology letter 

Hey, Master Sima Yi - 

Thanks for getting back to me! Just to clarify any confusion on those warnings, I didn't ignore them intentionally; it was the opposite where it was because I simply didn't see them until you had enacted the ban after giving me that official admin warning. I want you to know I am sincerely sorry about that. However, I will ask you questions about editing, article standards, or manuals of style from now on as it's nice to know you can answer any stylistic questions and series questions.  I am grateful you have decided to reduce my ban to the 25th (I'm assuming that its March 25th you're talking about if I read that response correctly). I do look forward to coming back to the wiki and I will take advantage of the resources available to me on this wiki as I am happy you're more than willing to help out as I do appreciate that. 

However, I do have one stylistic question that you actually might be able to answer. Could you actually tell me what overlinking is? I know I addressed that in my apology letter, but I would like to know what it is so that I have a simple understanding of the term. Thank you!

Sincerely, 

GryffindorGall1996 (talk) 00:04, March 24, 2018 (UTC)

Hey Christine,

Yes, it is indeed tomorrow, March 25th.

Overlinking is making an overabundance of links. Something you did in various of your previous edits was make links to articles everywhere in the article. So you linked to say, Ezio multiple times in the article. That is not necessary. At most, one link to an article in the introduction and then once more in the rest of the article (main body) is enough. (That is excluding links in the infoboxes, where everything should be linked where possible).

Hope that is a clearer.

-- Master Sima Yi _Talk 09:31, March 24, 2018 (UTC)