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@Norfolkbigfish: I highly appreciate your constant attempts to contribute to our community efforts. However, please try to avoid original research and also try to use the "Preview" button before saving your edits to avoid obviously distructive edits. For instance, could your refer to reliable sources stating that the Middle Ages "saw the rise of agriculture as the primary economic force", or to scholarly works suggesting that Germanic migrations began in the Early Middle Ages? I know that WP can be edited by any editors but editors who do not have a certain level of knowledge about an article's topic can hardly improve it without familiarising themselves with the relevant literature. Sorry, I must revert all your edits because they did not improve the article, and I do not have time to correct all of your misinterpretations. Borsoka (talk) 01:53, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There were review comments unactioned at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Middle Ages/archive1 since the 21st October, so in attempt to move these on I summarized the lead and another section as the comments suggested. No factual information was added. The article says Scholarly consensus characterises the period by the economic predominance of agriculture and the issue with Germanic migrations required a tweak in language to position this as a precursor to Early Middle Ages rather than a constituent part. A reversion was therefore disproportionate. Norfolkbigfish (talk) 11:25, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please compare the verified text you quoted from the article what you wrote before commenting. If a short text contains two unverified statements, its total reversion is not dispoportionate. Borsoka (talk) 11:32, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I must apologise before the whole community because my edits destroyed an FA and as a consequence it was delisted. The destroyed version must obviously be restored because our readers cannot be forced to read a version representing a lower standard than the restored version. I urge the original nominators to re-nominate their version. I will show my contrition for my distruptive edits by comments during the process. Borsoka (talk) 02:37, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
level-3 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
