Betsyrossmadison
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edit Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would ask that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not on Talk:Shooting of Trayvon Martin. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Cameron11598 (Converse) 22:21, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
- Betsy, please take it easy. I think you're taking the discussion on that talk page a bit far: those are very lengthy messages, not always to the point, and the excessive use of bolding is likely to rub a lot of editors the wrong way. You have to realize that Wikipedia works by way of reporting what second- and third-party sources say and that's really all there is to it. We appreciate efforts to improve the article, but please take it down a notch. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 23:29, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
- Betsy, you have to remember that the article is written by a large number of people, some better than others at being neutral. Don't assume that everyone disagrees with you. If you get combative and start monologuing, people just tune you out or ignore you, or worse, will conclude you have some POV you are trying to push on the rest of us. You will find you get a lot more done around here by being patient and building consensus. It only takes a day or two, typically. This isn't our full time job, after all. It sounds like you have some good ideas, now try politely putting them in a more pithy way, and you will find others that agree with you. Most people WANT the article to be 100% accurate, very few have their own agenda. Make it easier for the rest of us to agree with you by being a little nicer and less stressed out. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 23:38, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
I give up.
editHello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 07:43, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Blocked
editI've blocked your account for a period of 31 hours for disruptive editing, particularly the WP:IDHT section. I'm not a big fan of templates, but since this is your first block, then I'll go find something as close to appropriate as possible. — Ched : ? 08:31, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
{{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Please take this time to review the links provided and consider what our project is and how you can best participate here. Hopefully this will be the last time anyone will need to block your account, and I wish you luck when you return. Also, as you are also mentioned in an AN/I thread, you can use the {{helpme}} template to post any comments from your talk page here. Usually someone noticing he "helpme" will be willing to copy over any comments that don't violate policy. — Ched : ? 08:43, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
- Additional see also: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Betsyrossmadison — Ched : ? 16:31, 12 March 2013 (UTC)