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April 2011

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Robb Thompson. Users are expected to collaborate with others and avoid editing disruptively.

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1. Making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period is almost always grounds for an immediate block.
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• Note that you are currently at 3rr again. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 11:37, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
• Discussion of your editing behaviour now here. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 16:41, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I have responded there. :) Alexandra Adotrde (talk) 17:14, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

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Hello. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions regarding the 3RR notice and about my behaviour and what part of it was wrong? I'm slightly confused and hope you can clear it up for me so I don't make the same mistake again. :) When an editor reverts me, saying that my references are not good enough, adds the "no citation given" for a particular sentence or two, and I go back and add new references, does that construct as a revert? And 3 of those and he can report me? Also I added a KTBN-TV page, and he said that particular page was written by their marketing department and not news department and I'm not allowed to use it. Is that correct? Thank you so much! Alexandra Adotrde (talk) 08:56, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

OK, I'll get back to you on that one shortly. Magog the Ogre (talk) 22:26, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

OK, to answer your question; you actually violated WP:3RR, which is in fact a blockable offense. In fact, I would have blocked your account if I'd seen his report in a more timely matter. it really doesn't even matter if he was refusing to talk or being obstinate; 3RR is a bright red line that is not to be crossed except in some very limited circumstances (notably: reverting obvious vandalism - see WP:VANDNOT if it's ever unclear, removing WP:BLP violations, and reverting a user who is blocked/banned and is misbehaving by editing under another screenname). However, please note that continued edit warring may end up with you being blocked even without a 3RR violation; I usually say that because, obnoxiously, users will continue to revert day after day after day - which doesn't appear to be happening in this case Robb Thompson (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Magog the Ogre (talk) 02:14, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

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Important note

You did properly show notability for Protica, so that one's okay. But all the articles you've been putting up for Protica's products are just... they're just so much promo material BUY THIS DRINK THIS IT'S WONDERFUL HERE'S HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TRUST MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Rather than delete them outright, I've been converting them into redirects to the Protica article. Iff you can make legitimate articles out of them, I will allow those putative articles to remain. But for now, they're redirects.

When you think they are ready, I strongly recommend you get them checked by a more experienced user. DS (talk) 14:41, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

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Nomination of Can I Retire? for deletion

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Speedy deletion nomination of Magic PDF Editor

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First National Innovation Brokers

All of the references given in the article are fabrications. Some are simply ads (the HuffPoUnion, firstnationalib.com). I have access to the journals cited and none of them mention FNIB at all, despite the lengths you seem to have gone through to make it look like there are legitimate, serious sources for it. Please stop with this kind of editing; Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. KarlM (talk) 06:13, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Sunkist Protein

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Dubious references

Looking at some edits you have made, there are some serious questions about references used in these articles:

First National Innovation Brokers

• This source reads in a very promotional fashion, making it dubious under WP:SOURCES. Furthermore, it is credited to the Huffington Post, but the actual source is the Huffington Post Union of Bloggers, a separate organisation, making the article improperly sourced.
• This source doesn't mention bitcoin, yet it seems to be used as a source for the bitcoin claim. In fact, Trademarkia is a search engine.
• This source mentions bitcoin, but the link is from the subject, plus the page contains promotional claims - the use of this is problematic, as per WP:SOURCES, which limits the use of self-published sources to certain circumstances.

Magic PDF Editor

This source and this source use the same phrasing as the official site. This source has similar text (though not 100% copied) as the official site. The CNET links don't have the same problems, though only one is needed, as they both point to the same link.

Protica

• This reference has a very promotional tone, as does this.
• [fordhamroadbid.org/04%2016%2007%20Forbes%20Enterprise%20Awards.pdf This reference] mentions the company as an award winner, but no more detail. Worse, it is an advertisement (labelled at the top), thus failing WP:RS.
• This reference is a blog, as is this failing WP:SELFPUBLISH.
• This reference has a promotional tone.
• This reference seems to be related to a promotion by the company - in any case it is published by Radar Online, which doesn't seem to meet WP:RS.
• This reference seems to be related to the same promotion in the previous link.
• This reference is promotional in tone.

In short, these sources do not meet the criteria for reliable sources - this is a matter of concern, as verifiability is a core policy of wikipedia. Indeed, many of them seem promotional. Autarch (talk) 17:12, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Just to follow up Mr. Autarch's concerns, I am more alarmed by some of the sources that appear to be complete fabrications. The last three published sources at First National Innovation Brokers appear to significantly predate the formation of that entity. Indeed, the full text of "Coalition Government Formation and Foreign Exchange Markets: Theory and Evidence from Europe" is available online, and I cannot find any mention of that firm there. This same problem existed at the now deleted Can I Retire? and Now What? A Guide to Retirement During Volatile Times. I would appreciate clarification before you make any other edits to mainspace. Thanks. Kuru (talk) 17:42, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, this was a non-optional question. As you have been adding fraudulent material to Wikipedia, I have blocked this account until you respond - this is a serious problem. Kuru (talk) 22:49, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Protica for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Satiagram

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Neologism - Google searches for this term turn up nothing reliable. The original contributor has since been blocked for making up references, so I don't think we can assume the offline ones are accurate.

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Proposed deletion of Intuitive nutrition

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Proposed deletion of J.D. Masterson

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Fails WP:AUTHOR. I can't find any coverage about this author in reliable sources. The original contributor is blocked for faking references and had a history of spamming.

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Nomination of J.D. Masterson for deletion

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