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If someone tells you to stop doing something, stop it.

When someone tells you to stop doing something, that person is probably aggravated by some action you have done on Wikipedia. Why should you? Well, here are a number of things that may happen:

• Edit wars that may cause a block
• A long ^[1] arbitration case
• Distrust towards you in the community
• Any number of sanctions against you
• Many templates and messages flooding your talk page that may disrupt legit activity

• This does not mean warning you is an illegal activity

• A ban being applied onto you
• If you're not an admin yet, but want to be, many opposes may appear

• However, if after the conflict, you resume editing constructively, these past activities may not be taken into consideration

• A revocation of admin rights and tools
• A report against you on one of many admin noticeboards here, here, here, here, or here.

There are many other punishments possible that the community may think up of; i.e. this list is incomplete.

Talk constructively at the appropriate talk page and ask appropriately what you're doing wrong and why you should stop. Be sure to be civil and use appropriate etiquette. If consensus can still not be reached, you can take appropriate steps in dispute resolution.