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Draft promotion

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Why did you do this move without any explanation?

(Are you connected to User:SpeedyHaste by any chance?) --Joy (talk) 00:15, 18 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

I recently tried visiting the page but i couldn't find it so i went to editing history of speedy haste and found it was moved to draft then i checked Haste's tp (since when article is moved to draft the user who moved will leave the message and explain the reason) and i found your comment saying how page is FORK of Jovan Nenad then i visited his page checking if that's true but apparently it isn't then i moved it from draft and to answer your question if I'm related to speedy, no I'm not at all this isn't my first time moving pages/drafts also I'm avoiding to be associated with anyone Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 01:27, 18 November 2025 (UTC)Reply
It's best to use edit summaries to avoid this sort of a thing. There was clearly some complex reasoning behind the edit, so it makes sense to document it. Please do that in the future. Cf. Help:Edit summary. --Joy (talk) 11:58, 18 November 2025 (UTC)Reply
Update:I put back article to draft, while it isn't completely FORK it might still need more information. Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 01:42, 18 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion

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November 2025

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You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring, as you did at Yugoslav offensive in Drenica (1999). Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.
During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.
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😢😔 Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 14:31, 21 November 2025 (UTC)Reply
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aha ok lemme fix Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 08:23, 5 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

December 2025

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Information icon Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your recent edits to Operation Orada (1991) when you modified the page, you introduced unknown parameters. Just because you specify ‹See TfM›|some_param=some_variable does not always mean that variable will display. The ‹See TfM›|some_param= must be defined in the template. You can look at the documentation for the template you are using but it is also helpful to use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and ensure that the values you have added are displaying correctly. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the page will look like without actually saving it. It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving. Note I have likely fixed the error by now so check the history of the page to see how it was fixed. If you have any questions, contact the help desk for assistance. Thank you. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 06:43, 6 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Information icon Hello. I wanted to let you know that in your recent contributions to Ratko Mladić, you seemed to act as if you were the owner of the page. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to Wikipedia. This means that editors do not own articles, including ones they create, and should respect the work of their fellow contributors. If you create or edit an article, remember that others are free to change its content. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia.
The message at in particular is concerning.
Joy (talk) 09:01, 14 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

How is generous offer to do job myself acting like I'm owner of page? Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 09:03, 14 December 2025 (UTC)Reply
What you perceive as a generous offer will not necessarily be perceived the same way by others. --Joy (talk) 11:38, 14 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Information icon Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Draft:Goroljub Paunović. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Do NOT reinstate this image. First of all the licensing is challenged on Commons. More importantly, it is a BLP violation. It's gruesome, and there is no evidence whatsoever that a. the image represents the subject and b. the draft properly respects the BLP in terms of sourcing. Drmies (talk) 16:52, 14 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Information icon Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Vasojevići. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Jingiby (talk) 13:44, 19 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Edit didn't contained my POV?? I added 4 reliable sources and removed some typos? Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 13:47, 19 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Ohh i didn't saw it, thank you for notifying me about it Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 09:04, 20 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Your userpage

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Your userpage is unreadable. The comic image is about 1000 times bigger than it needs to be, making the text on the page unreadably tiny. FYI. David10244 (talk) 06:02, 13 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Oh thanks for telling me that😅 i didn't notice it because i use phone so the photo is much smaller. Imma fix it now Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 06:20, 13 December 2025 (UTC)Reply
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Problematic edit at Operation Storm

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G'day. I saw you made this edit on Operation Storm. The idea that NATO was a combatant in Operation Storm is a very fringe point of view. NATO airstrikes under Operation Deliberate Force, triggered by the Sarajevo marketplace shelling by the VRS on 28 August 1995, began over a fortnight after the Operation Storm follow-up operations had concluded. I strongly suggest you ensure that edits you make to articles with contentious subjects are based on reliable sources and reflect a neutral point of view. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:14, 29 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

New Years birthday 🎂

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@Wikicommonsfan134! Happy New Year! Wishing you a year filled with knowledge, collaboration, and meaningful contributions. Thank you for your dedication to building free, reliable, and accessible knowledge for everyone around the world. May the new year bring you inspiration, successful edits, respectful discussions, and strong community spirit. Here’s to another year of improving Wikipedia together! Warm regards, — A fellow Wikipedian (Iluziya7 (talk) 17:06, 29 December 2025 (UTC))Reply

Recent edits

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Try not to engage in edit warring; use the TP as much as you can. Happy New Year. Best. — Sadko (words are wind) 15:59, 31 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Im trying to but other users don't always want to do the same and thanks Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 16:04, 31 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Serbian flag image

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It's incredibly POV to replace a picture of a monument with a picture of a huge Serbian flag on an article about a disputed place which Serbia claims as its own territory. Instead of just reverting and asking a question with your edit tag, you should have gone to the talk page at tried to build a consensus. Please do this in the future. I noticed that you have recently been blocked for edit warring. Please try and build a consensus instead of edit warring. IJA (talk) 14:47, 1 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Happy New Year, Wikicommonsfan134!

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   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Volten001 10:49, 2 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

January 2026

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You have been blocked from editing from certain pages (KLA Summer offensive (1998)) for a period of 1 week for edit warring. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.
During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Callanecc (talkcontribslogs) 12:19, 20 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Battle of Lumë

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Hello. I hope you’re doing well. Since you have experience dealing with Balkan historiography on Wiki, I wanted to bring the "Battle of Lumë" article to your attention. I've done a deep dive into the archives and comparative sources, and the current version of the article seems to rely heavily on fringe/nationalist historiography (mainly Braha and various non-academic portals) rather than reliable military history. The biggest red flag is the choice of references. Using random Albanian tabloid portals like https://www.google.com/search?q=Sot.com.al or Kosovarimedia as sources for a "major military victory" is a joke. These aren't peer-reviewed academic journals or military archives; they are nationalistic blogs that have zero credibility in serious historiography. If you look for any official Serbian military records or even neutral foreign observer reports from the time, this "great battle" where the Serbian army was supposedly "crushed" simply doesn't exist.

To put this in perspective, eight battalions constitute nearly 8,000 men; Serbian total combat deaths for the entire First Balkan War (including major battles like Kumanovo and Bitola) are estimated at around 5,000 to 7,000. It is patently absurd to suggest that a single, undocumented skirmish in the Luma mountains resulted in more casualties than the entire war against the Ottoman Empire, yet the Serbian Army still managed to successfully occupy the coast, establish the Drač County (Durrës), and maintain administrative control over Luma until the diplomatic withdrawal in 1913. An army that loses its core strength does not continue an offensive to the sea; it ceases to exist.

This article needs a serious overhaul. To maintain wikipedia standards of neutrality and reliability (WP:RS and WP:NPOV), this article must be fundamentally restructured and renamed to "Operations in Luma (1912)" or "Luma Expedition." We need to strip out these fabricated casualty figures and clear out the trashy portal citations. It was a brutal counter-insurgency campaign where the Serbian army secured a strategic corridor to the sea—not some epic military defeat that only exists in the imagination of certain albanian portals.

The current title implies a conventional battle that never took place in the form described. We must prioritize verified military history over fabricated regional epics. The serbian armys objective was the Adriatic, and they achieved it by passing through Luma; any resistance encountered was a tactical hindrance, not a strategic defeat. These are not peer-reviewed academic journals; they are digital pamphlets for ethnic romanticism. These "sources" claim a military victory while contemporary, neutral, and even anti-war sources like the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1914) and the Serbian socialist Dimitrije Tucović describe a completely different reality. Tucović and the Carnegie Commission documented "punitive expeditions," "pacification," and the burning of villages. While these reports are critical of the Serbian Army’s conduct toward civilians, they inadvertently prove Serbian military dominance. You cannot carry out a systematic, months-long punitive "pacification" of a region if you have been defeated and expelled. The very existence of these atrocity reports is the most damning evidence that the Serbian Army held the ground, controlled the roads, and broke the resistance of the local tribes. FranéRogoz (talk) 14:45, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi and thank you for bringing the article to my attention. The sections talking about the battle are poorly and unreliable sourced. I couldn't find any reliable source mentioning the battle nor the casualties, it
is simply impossible that the battle which according to available sources was that big doesn't appear to be mentioned anywhere else outside of nationalistic sources. I think it is the best to nominate it for deletion simply because it only relies on unreliable and poor sources and it isn't mentioned in any reliable ones. Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 15:15, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
The article was also created by sock Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 15:22, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

January 2026

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for edit warring.
During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.
If you believe that there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  signed, Rosguill talk 18:32, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
Can you tell me on what exact page i did edit war??? Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 18:44, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
Kosovo War, with multiple reverts going back to late December, where editors clearly disagreed with you in discussion on the talk page. This comes after prior recent edit warring blocks for your behavior at KLA Summer offensive (1998), Operation Orada (1991), and Yugoslav offensive in Drenica (1999). signed, Rosguill talk 18:52, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
I haven't edited Kosovo war article that much at all, i edited the article only few times, some changes in result and yeah there was dispute over one thing but that was pretty much solved in talk page and Operation Orada? Really? What exactly had happened there to get me blocked? And i was already blocked for my edit wars on Yugoslav offensive in Drenica months ago. Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 18:58, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
I count 8 edits at Kosovo War page since mid-December, every single one of which was in relation to a clear dispute with Pincrete and Kogjaimeqem, the former of which gave a clear objection to your changes on the talk page. The prior blocks are clearly justified based on the discussion on this page. I would suggest you take any further arguments to an unblock request. signed, Rosguill talk 19:01, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
Again I stoped putting back some things after i think Pincrete gave proper reasons for reverts on my edit while Kogjaimeqem straight up refused to talk most of the time, you can see i tagged him several times to discuss but he avoided it Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 19:04, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
@Rosguill how long does it usually take for someone to review my request? I do get that it takes some time to wait but i send it almost an week ago and still no response. Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 06:42, 27 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
I would expect a wait time of about 1-4 weeks on average. Looking at the timestamps of the backlog of unblock requests, you seem to be about in the middle of the current ~60 open requests. signed, Rosguill talk 17:48, 27 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
👍🏻 Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 18:27, 27 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
Hi, Rosguill! I'm not sure I understand the reason for escalating this block following the previous 1-week block starting on January 20, just one day before your indefinite block. As such, the editor wouldn't have been able to show that they learned from the one-week block before being indeffed. Can you explain your rationale? Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 16:58, 6 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
At Kosovo War on 21 Jan, 1 day after the p-block was imposed from KLA Summer offensive (1998), they introduced content that was equivalent to text that they had previously edit warred in favor of at this and other pages. Ultimately this last edit was never reverted by anyone else at the page (possibly partially because of the entirely innocuous edit made 30 minutes later), but it seemed to be a clear continuation of a POV-push pattern exhibited in their prior blocks. Note as well that Wikicommonsfan134 engaged in an egregious amount of edit warring at Kosovo War itself, but this was never reported or sanctioned; while that in itself is not cause for a sanction, taken together with the overall pattern of editing, it made me confident that edit warring would continue if a block was not imposed. signed, Rosguill talk 17:10, 6 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
That isn't true, this is the text that caused the edit warring this is my edit several weeks later the edit that was never done before and that did not cause any new edit warrings. Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 06:52, 7 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
@Rosguill You didn't give better explanation reason for block, neither did you mention the article where i made "controversial change" neither did i engaged in edit war after getting 1 week block from KLA summer offensive nor i was reported anywhere could you give better explanation Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 18:52, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
(edit conflict) see reply above. signed, Rosguill talk 18:53, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Unblock

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I was recently blocked for my old edits on Kosovo war article where in december i had dispute with two editors but after proper explanation why my edit was reverted i pretty much stopped, i was also blocked for my warnings and behaviours on Operation Orada (1991), which is really false accusation since the article itself hasn't been edited by many editors and the last time i edited the article was on 7th december adding categories and last reason why i was blocked was edit wars on deleted article Yugoslav offensive in Drenica but i was already blocked for that. Please unblock me, these were some bit older disputes that were already solved in talk pages and one false accusation i also recently did much of good contributions including reverting vandal edits and i will stop the edit wars and resolve the disputes in talk page in the future i promise

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If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 19:24, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Comment i also haven't been told that i could not edit the Kosovo war, i was blocked shortly after this edit with claim that and i quote:

have been blocked from editing to prevent further disruption caused by your engagement in an edit war.

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However there was no edit war on Kosovo war article after my latest edit nor did i engaged in new one after i got blocked from KLA summer offensive. Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 06:52, 22 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Government of the Republic of Serbian Krajina has been accepted

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Government of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. This is a great rating for a new article, and places it among the top 23% of accepted submissions — kudos to you! You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Earth605talk 10:15, 29 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
Yay Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 14:13, 29 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
Even if you are currently blocked, I invoked IAR. You are welcome. Earth605talk 15:07, 29 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
Accepting the article is fine even without invoking IAR--the block is for repeated edit warring, so nothing relating to the submission of this draft. signed, Rosguill talk 16:18, 29 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
There was no editing warring i explained it in my unblock request what happened Wikicommonsfan134 (talk) 16:23, 29 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
Well, I once promoted a nice article that was made by a sock. The article then got deleted. So I'm just making sure. Earth605talk 17:09, 29 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Goroljub Paunović

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Concern regarding Draft:Battle of Polom Barracks

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Your draft article, Draft:Goroljub Paunović

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