Geofjarvis

Gay Icon page

Hi there,

I think this page has a great start and a lot of potential to really open up some doors of info to the psychology behind gay icons, etc etc. I am currently re-hauling the Jean Harlow and Madonna pages and got re-directed from there. PatrickJ83 03:58, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

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Scenes of a Sexual Nature

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June 2018

Hello, Geofjarvis. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 10:13, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

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Persistent promotion

I've asked that this account be blocked--clear COI issues and promotional intent, without signs of collaborating with other editors here. Hence,

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you use Wikipedia for soapboxing, promotion or advertising. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 11:18, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

3RR warning

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Just stop

You are about to be banned from editing here. You have a clear conflict of interest, have persisted in adding promotional content, and are refusing to listen to what anyone else is saying to you. Please just stop, because your edits will continue to be reverted as vandalism until you are prevented from making them. Melcous (talk) 12:13, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

June 2018

This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at Prisoners' Advice Service, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. I'm not sure why you havn't been prevented from editing here, but you will be. -Roxy, the dog. barcus 12:36, 20 June 2018 (UTC) Roxy, the dog. barcus 12:36, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Your recent editing history at Prisoners' Advice Service shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.
You did it again. STOPPIT. -Roxy, the dog. barcus 12:40, 20 June 2018 (UTC) Roxy, the dog. barcus 12:40, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

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June 2018

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for edit warring and violating the three-revert rule. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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Undisclosed paid editing

Hello Geofjarvis. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, such as the edit you made to Prisoners' Advice Service, and that you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to Black hat SEO.

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I'm sorry this message could not be more favourable. If you have any questions, you can leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:49, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

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Such material is not usually written from the neutral point of view that our articles require. - Arjayay (talk) 16:12, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

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