PhiMedia

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Hello. The page you wrote on Lewis Harrison has been tagged as "self-promotion" and has been nominated for deletion. If you wish the page to continue at Wikipedia, i suggest you contact a good editor like User:RHaworth and work to trim down this bloated and unsourced paean of praise and make it conform to Wikipedia guidelines. I am going to go through it and throw out the most egregious examples of laudatory prose, but it will be up to YOU to provide reliable thrid party sources that indicate the notability of the subject. For a sample of such inline sources, and how to reference them in a reflist, see the page about me -- catherine yronwode. I am a "notable" Wikipedian who helps out all over the place and has also helped other editors to improve the page that someone started about me. Good luck! cat yronwode Catherineyronwode (talk) 03:44, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

December 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to John Lennon, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Ward3001 (talk) 17:26, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to John Lennon. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Note that YouTube is not considered a reliable source on Wikipedia. Ward3001 (talk) 18:26, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Edit warring and POV-pushing

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on John Lennon. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. Ward3001 (talk) 18:27, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Final warning -- edit warring & adding inappropriate sources

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you disrupt Wikipedia, as you did to John Lennon, you will be blocked from editing. Ward3001 (talk) 18:30, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

RE: John Lennon's Wiki Page

Hi, I am trying to edit David Peel into John Lennon's page. He played the John Sinclair show 10 for 2 and the David Frost show. Both mentioned in the wiki page, both leave out Peel. This is FACT! 100% sourcable.. we should i nmot be able to edit it? Is this not what wiki is for?

User:PhiMedia —Preceding undated comment was added at 18:38, 18 December 2008 (UTC).

You're going about this in a terribly inappropriate way. Wikipedia has policies and rules, not the least of which are WP:V, WP:NOR, WP:RS, and WP:CITE. It is very important that you read and follow those policies rather than trying to bulldoze your way into an article by edit warring. First, Peel is not mentioned in any of the articles cited in John Lennon. The source you added (YouTube) is an inappropriate source because YouTube is unreliable and violates copyright. It also is original research, which is not allowed by Wikipedia. Find a reliable, third-party source and cite it. And above all, discuss your changes on Talk:John Lennon when others disagree with your edits. If you need help or need to ask a question, ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. But please take the time to read the links that have already been placed on this page. Ward3001 (talk) 18:48, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for you help... I think I am getting it more and more now. This wiki world is not a simple one :)