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September 2017

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Please do not "take over" articles by completely substituting preexisting content with new, unrelated content without providing an adequate reason in the edit summary. If you would like to write a new article on Wikipedia, please see the Article Wizard. Sometimes, a single term can be associated with more than one topic; Wikipedia resolves these conflicts using disambiguation. If you think I've made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Meters (talk) 21:16, 12 September 2017 (UTC) Meters (talk) 21:16, 12 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Steve Lyons. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Meters (talk) 21:19, 12 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Steve Lyons, as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. Meters (talk) 22:16, 12 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Steve Lyons, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. It's not appropriate for you to remove that. Thank you. Meters (talk) 22:18, 12 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hello, Losangelesnews. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Steve Lyons, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies.

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Since you claim to have taken the picture of Steve Lyons it's clear you have a conflict of interest in this article. Your comments on my page also suggest a conflict of interest, or even that you are a paid editor. Meters (talk) 22:20, 12 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Steve Lyons. Stop messing around. Adding a reference that does not support any of the material in the section is not helpful. Meters (talk) 22:32, 12 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

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