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January 2013

Hello, I'm C.Fred. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page OpenBVE, because it seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Links to discussion forums are specifically to be avoided. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 02:10, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi, C.Fred. User "Pacific Coast Highway" (from Brooklyn) is obviously deleting all links but to his own "OpenBVE.org" (which by the way does include a "forum" in violation of your stated policy). The several links which I attempted to reinstate, are long standing in the BVE/OpenBVE community (unlike the recent upstart OpenBVE.org) and does include critical documents and addons for user and developers, which PCH keeps deleting. Please, understand this and give user PCH appropriate warning for promoting personal websites and inappropriately deleting competing links. And allow me to reinstate the links, excepting those which include forums, per your stated policy. User OBVE.

You'll need to discuss the links at the article's talk page, Talk:OpenBVE, to see whether there's consensus for including them or not. Also, given your username, it seems you may have a conflict of interest with the subject. —C.Fred (talk) 02:45, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

My user name "OBVE" was chosen, perhaps nievely, to simply indicate that I am a BVE/OpenBVE user. I do not have a conflict with or vested interest in the BVE/OpenBVE program or any of the linked websites. The subject links have resided for several months on the OpenBVE page until PCH recently & singly decided to delete them. OpenBVE and it's addons have been developed by an international community, and PCH deletions only serves to alienate much of that commmunity. User OBVE.

Bear in mind that which links should or should not be included in the article do not reflect the goals of the BVE community but the Wikipedia community. Wikipedia is not a directory; the External links should not be a comprehensive list of every national file repository. —C.Fred (talk) 03:41, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

There are many many more openBVE sites; this list of links is NOT "comprehensive", it simply provides the interested reader just enough information to pursue installing and using the program if desired. User "OBVE".

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Notice of External links noticeboard discussion

Hello, OBVE. This message is being sent to inform you that a discussion at Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard is taking place regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Pacific Coast Highway ^{{talk • contribs}} 02:21, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created OpenBVE, and I noticed that the username you have chosen, "OBVE", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, product, or website, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or have the appearance of shared use. If you are willing to use a personal account, please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you}} WaggersTALK 15:05, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, OBVE, does not meet our username policy.

Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).

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Daniel Case (talk) 17:06, 29 January 2013 (UTC)