Hello, I'm Example. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be gaming the system. Gaming the system is defined as misusing Wikipedia's policies for personal advantage at the expense of other editors. Wikipedia policies exist to support constructive collaboration, not to be used tactically to disrupt or "win" disputes. Gaming the system is easily spotted and your contributions are always public.
Examples of gaming the system may include, but are not limited to:
- Wikilawyering — excessively literal or selective interpretation of policies to sidestep their intent
- Cherry-picking wording from a policy to support a view that does not in fact match with or comply with policy
- Repeatedly pushing a viewpoint with which the community consensus clearly does not agree
- Gaslighting — such as rewriting history or denying clear evidence of prior actions
- Abuse of process, including but not limited to gaming of the AfC process (ex: removing the record of previous reviews)
- Deliberately reverting another editor's edits in one article in retaliation for a dispute elsewhere
- Making unconstructive or trivial edits to raise your user access level
You can find more details on gaming the system, including more examples of potentially problematic behavior, at Wikipedia:Gaming the system. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk, or reach out to me at my talk page. Thanks.
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