User talk:Smilepower528

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Speedy deletion nomination of Gene Winfield

A tag has been placed on Gene Winfield requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Battleaxe9872 ^Talk 22:40, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Cole Foster

A tag has been placed on Cole Foster requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles – see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Eeekster (talk) 22:44, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Ken Gross

The article Ken Gross has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or ask at Wikipedia:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Eeekster (talk) 22:45, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Matt Stone (Author)

The article Matt Stone (Author) has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or ask at Wikipedia:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. PhGustaf (talk) 22:45, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Tom Cotter (Author)

The article Tom Cotter (Author) has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or ask at Wikipedia:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Eeekster (talk) 23:04, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problems with Ken Gross

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Ken Gross, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Gross/e/B001JSF8PE. As a copyright violation, Ken Gross appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Ken Gross has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:

If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Ken Gross and send an email with the message to permissions-enwikimedia.org. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, leave a note at Talk:Ken Gross with a link to where we can find that note.
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However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. --Kinu ^t/_c 23:10, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problems with Matt Stone (Author)

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Matt Stone (Author), please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Racing-Life-Paul-Newman/dp/product-description/B003YCQCQ2. As a copyright violation, Matt Stone (Author) appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Matt Stone (Author) has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:

If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Matt Stone (Author) and send an email with the message to permissions-enwikimedia.org. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, leave a note at Talk:Matt Stone (Author) with a link to where we can find that note.
If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Matt Stone (Author).

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. Kinu ^t/_c 23:13, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Tom Cotter (Author)

A tag has been placed on Tom Cotter (Author) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Eeekster (talk) 23:14, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

September 2010

Please stop. If you continue to introduce inappropriate pages to Wikipedia, such as Tom Cotter (Author), you may be blocked from editing. If you need guidance on how to create appropriate pages, try using the Article Wizard. Please stop copying from other websites. Eeekster (talk) 23:15, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:LQ

Please take some time to review the guidelines in MOS:LQ. It appears you are making edits in which moving punctuation marks does not match the style presented in the guide. Sottolacqua (talk) 19:41, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Hello. You may be unaware of the fact that on Wikipedia we have a Manual of style that governs various issues concerning punctuation, spelling, and so on. In particular there is MOS:LQ which is the guideline covering the location of punctuation marks relative to quotation marks. Basically we follow logical quotation which is to preserve the original punctuation (or lack thereof) as much as possible. For instance, in your edit here you changed:
"My Extra Mile",
to
"My Extra Mile,"
which goes against the manual of style. If you have any questions or comments you can reach me on my talk page. Thanks. SQGibbon (talk) 19:42, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

St/St.

Please don't add full stops to "St" (or other similar contractions, like Mr, Dr, etc.) in articles that use British English. In the UK (and most of the Commonwealth), when an abbreviation ends with the same letter as the word that's being abbreviated – i.e. Mr for Mister, Ltd for Limited; but not Prof., Rev., etc. – it doesn't take a full stop. Cheers, — JonC ^ॐ 09:04, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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April 2019

Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:

Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)

I noticed your recent edit to Eckhart Tolle does not have an edit summary. Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. You can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary. Thanks! —DIYeditor (talk) 07:13, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:QUOTEMARKS and MOS:INOROUT

Please thoroughly read MOS:QUOTEMARKS and MOS:INOROUT before making any further edits to quotation marks or the punctuation around them. You have been notified previously on this talk page that Wikipedia does not use standard US quotation style. —DIYeditor (talk) 07:17, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

April 2019

Please do not use styles that are unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in Rachel Scott. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Thank you. SQGibbon (talk) 04:05, 21 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to use disruptive, inappropriate or hard-to-read formatting, as you did at Teena Marie, you may be blocked from editing. There is a Wikipedia Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Please stop and read MOS:LQ. On Wikipedia we use "logical punctuation" which puts punctuation marks outside of the quotation marks unless they are part of the original source material. SQGibbon (talk) 16:55, 22 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I see that this has been an issue for you for a long time now. In fact I posted a message here to you seven years ago about this issue. If you continue to ignore Wikipedia consensus on this issue you will get banned. If you do not like this style choice of Wikipedia then bring it up to the community as a whole and gain a new consensus to follow your preferred style. Until then, please respect the consensus your fellow editors have achieved. Thanks. SQGibbon (talk) 16:59, 22 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you make disruptive edits to Wikipedia contrary to the Manual of Style, as you did at Mary, mother of Jesus. SQGibbon (talk) 04:20, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 31 hours for persistently making disruptive edits. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. -- Scott Burley (talk) 20:25, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It is very unfortunate that you have been blocked from editing, and I hope it never happens again. My advice to help you avoid the same thing happening again is firstly do follow Wikipedia's guidelines and policies, even if you disagree with them (I disagree with some of them, but I don't intentionally go against them) and secondly if you think you have good reasons for what you do then explain why, so that other editors can understand your reasons. I see that you have never responded to any talk page message in the eight and a half years since you created your account, and if you don't make any response then other editors are likely to see you as being deliberately uncooperative, even in fact if that is not your intention. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:37, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I see that after being blocked from editing for a short time, and receiving the above messages, you again made the same kind of edit that led to that block, with the result that your account was blocked for a longer time. Please do take notice of what has been said to you by other editors, and do start following Wikipedia policies and guidelines in your editing; if you don't then you are likely to be blocked for much longer. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:34, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

May 2019

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to use disruptive, inappropriate or hard-to-read formatting, as you did at Florence Henderson, you may be blocked from editing. There is a Wikipedia Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. You have been repeatedly and courteously warned about your edits that do not follow our Manual of Style, and specific guidance about the logical quotation style and punctuation has been shared with you on this page. Since you continue the same edits, we must now assume that you are being deliberately disruptive. Please stop now, or you will again be blocked from editing, and for increasingly long periods with each block. General Ization ^Talk 03:43, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Florence Henderson. General Ization ^Talk 03:46, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 2 weeks for persistently making disruptive edits, returning immediately to the same pattern of edits without discussion that resulted in the last block. Please take this two weeks off to reread the policies you have been directed to. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Mfield (Oi!) 03:57, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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