User talk:Academicrat

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Oshawa
I've undone or modified your edits to Oshawa. Please add information to the most specific article of relevance (for example, the UOIT trademark or wordmark issue with the councillor belongs on University of Ontario Institute of Technology - it is an irrelevant piece of trivia in the Oshawa article). Also, please don't add random bits of information that have little value, or for which you don't provide citations. For example, "Oshawa council cost taxpayers $613,921 last year, with most of that coming from politicians' salaries" is irrelevant, and "Oshawa leads all communities in the 'Golden Horseshoe' with the highest property taxes" is not supported with a citation (and frankly, has little value in the article anyway). Mind matrix  15:11, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Neutral point of view
Please respect Wikipedia's Neutral point of view policy. Using terms like "gambled" and dysfunctional in an article is inappropriate, since this represents your opinion. I've reverted your changes to Oshawa. Mind matrix  15:08, 9 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I've reverted your changes again. The next time you introduce POV and opinion language into an article, you will be blocked from editing. Mind  matrix  23:35, 16 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I've undone your most recent change, and suspended your editing privileges for two days. You may still edit your talk page if you wish to contest the block, and may continue to edit once your block expires. If you continue to add POV or opinion language though, you may receive longer or permanent blocks. Mind  matrix  17:29, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Last chance
The next time you make a disruptive or POV edit, as you did in this edit to the Oshawa article, you will be permanently blocked from editing Wikipedia. To date, you have not made any constructive edits, and we've been patient enough with you over the past three months despite your complete refusal to engage in discussion. Mind matrix  14:37, 8 August 2009 (UTC)