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November 2013

Please do not add or change content, as you did to John A. Coleman Catholic High School, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. If you want to claim "academic excellence", which by definition implies better academic results than other schools, you must provide a reference for it, pointing to a reliable source that clearly states/shows that students at John A. Coleman Catholic High School have a better grade point average, or similar, than students at other high schools. Thomas.W ^{talk to me} 10:45, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to John A. Coleman Catholic High School. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. See text in caution. Do not add it again unless you provide a proper reference! Thomas.W ^{talk to me} 12:45, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Thomas, first off, who are you to warn me??? Second, PLEASE look back at the history of that page. The words "Academic excellence" have been on that page since it's inception. I was NO adding anything. I was undoing vandalism. Also, this is basic text and not some major claim. It is in the description of the school. I see absolutely no reason for citing a reference. ESPECAILLY for something that has been on the page since day one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PR12477 (talk • contribs)

See Wikipedia's rules about verifiability, reliable sources and burden of proof. "Restoring vandalism" as you claim is no excuse for not providing a reference, because even restoring text that someone else has removed requires proper references. And removing unsourced text claiming "academical excellence" is not vandalism, as you claim (and would have been done much earlier if someone had noticed it). I would also like to point out that Wikipedia is an independent encyclopaedia, not the school web site, so the Wikipedia community sets the rules here, not you. Thomas.W ^{talk to me} 12:59, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at John A. Coleman Catholic High School, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. See text in previous warnings. Thomas.W ^{talk to me} 13:01, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Thomas - Then my main question is WTF are you to question it? This is a small private school, what concern do you have? And DUH! I know this is not the school's web site. It is a Wiki page.

• And Wikipedia works by way of providing text that is neutral (yours is promotional) and verified or at least verifiable. You said, "It's all accurate. No citation is necessary or even available!--well, if no reference is available, it can't be cited. I'm going to leave an edit warring notice: you are well over the line. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 15:16, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Your recent editing history at John A. Coleman Catholic High School shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. 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.

To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. Drmies (talk) 15:17, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

• So Thomas has reverted more than three times. Will he be blocked as well?PR12477 (talk) 16:11, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Thomas has reverted your theater fluff three times. They stopped. You did not: you're on five reverts, and you still don't seem to have a clue (about WP:NPOV, WP:RS, WP:NPA, etc). I've filed a report at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. Drmies (talk) 18:08, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Oh no! Not that! Please don't report me. I'll be a good boy. LOL Theater fluff??? How about you GFY?!! How's that for a reportable offense. Someone spent good time writing a piece about a department in this school, the fact that you call it fluff only shows you are clueless in your own right, and also careless.....well at least outside your own self. What about that section is against the rules?? it is a listing of shows the school has done. Not much more. Either way, I'm done with you Sheldon, and your other friend Sheldon. Enjoy your cubicle, I have work to do.

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