User talk:BigGabriel555

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Leonel Fernández
I am noticing you are a bit confused; we have a freely licensed photo of the President already, we cannot accept the one you are wishing to use. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 21:26, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Leonel Fernández article
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What is your reason for removing the photo i placed in?
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dominican_Republic&diff=159834685&oldid=159708964 UnclePaco 06:56, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Warning
This is the first warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did to Dominican Republic here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dominican_Republic&diff=prev&oldid=160314999, you will be blocked from editing. UnclePaco 17:00, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

This is the second warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did to Dominican Republic here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dominican_Republic&diff=160525921&oldid=160502343, you will be blocked from editing. UnclePaco 23:59, 26 September 2007

This is the third warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did to Dominican Republic here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dominican_Republic&diff=160806698&oldid=160740291, you will be blocked from editing. UnclePaco 07:05, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

This is the final warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did to Dominican Republic here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dominican_Republic&diff=prev&oldid=160866369, you will be blocked from editing. UnclePaco 05:04, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Warning
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Stop your silly edits in the Dominican Republic article
Please stop. If you continue to blank out or delete portions of page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. Dukered 05:27, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Last Warning
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Please revert wat you have done. I was only trying to improve the article, and I think it was better. You deleted supported edits I made. Dukered 02:03, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Three revert rule warning
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Hello
You're making serious mistakes in your persistent chain of edits in the Dominican Republic article:

1. When you put back your own version without checking my edits thoroughly, you're keeping the grammar errors I've corrected. Grammar is a pivotal aspect here on WP. 2. There's a photograph of Juan Pablo Duarte which happens to be redundant here. There's an article about him with that photo, an the DR entry already has a photo with the three Founding Fathers.

3. In the Economy section, there's no need for two photos of Santo Domingo. In the first photo you keep writing "Economic and vertical growth of Santo Domingo" as a footnote. Does that image really illustrate that?

4. The image of the statue of Duarte can go perfectly to his article. It does nothing in the Music section.

5. I put a photograph of Juan Marichal in the sports section, and more information, which improved the section. You deleted it. Why?

And so on. I'm open to consensus, but please, behave according to Wikipedia's policy on civility, or I'll have you reported for disrupting conduct. Dukered 02:31, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

im very sorry from BigGabreil555
please who ever blocked me i am very sorry for what i have done i deserved to get blocked i just didnt want the article of the dominican republic to be changed because i dint believe it was better but know i know i should compromise with the other users becuase im not the only one on wikipedia i have found some mistakes on the dominican republic and i would like to fix them so please give me one more chance so if i screw up you could do anything you want you could stop me from editing ever again i just want to see the dominican republics page be the best it can be so please i ask to unblock me thank you

Compromise?
Calling me retarded wasn't very nice when you were using another username. Also why do you keep deleting photos without any reason? such as  ?? UnclePaco 14:17, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

WP:3RR Warning
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute 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. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 03:51, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Please stop
Your edits in the Dominican Republic article do not add anything valuable to it. You only keep the typographical errors and you lack editing style. You can improve by having a good, extensive look around, seeing other pages about countries, for example. Flor Silvestre 14:10, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Image removal
May I ask why you removed Image:Jfpg1.jpg from the article on the Dominican Republic? Tabercil 22:27, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing Wikipedia  as a result of your . You are free to make constructive edits after the block has expired, but please note that vandalism (including page blanking or addition of random text), spam, deliberate misinformation, privacy violations, personal attacks; and repeated, blatant violations of our policies concerning neutral point of view and biographies of living persons will not be tolerated. TigerShark 23:52, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

DR page
Why would you remove the palace of DR? that's pretty important. 02:01, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

i understand what i did wrong please unblock me
Please stop removing denied unblock requests and creating a new one. You are abusing the unblock template. You have been denied twice. Please just wait out your block. IrishGuy talk 18:58, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Photo removal
Please stop removing the photograph of the ceiling of Catedral Santa María La Menor. You seem to have done that at least twice, without any specified justification. If you have a reason, please let us know. TBird68 22:33, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[Note that "User:TBird68", above, is my alternate account, used here by accident.] In your latest removal of the photo in question, BigGabriel555, you give a reason for the removal: "i took it off becuase people are sending me messages saying that it does not look good on the page thats the reason so please stop putting it back". I hope you understand that this is not a very satisfying response. It would be a lot better to get this information directly from the "people" than through your interpretation. The needed information, actually, is what is it that needs to be done to improve the photo or its placement? Is it too big, too small? Is it in the wrong location in the article? Too dark or light? I hope you don't disapprove of the subject matter, an interior view of the vaulted ceiling of the cathedral, as this is of some historical, architectural, and artistic importance. Tim Ross (talk) 17:03, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

BigGabriel555, as I have not had a response from you regarding the ceiling photo of the Catedral Santa María La Menor since I wrote the above request for discussion, I am assuming you are no longer concerned, and I will replace it in the article. If you continue to object to it, I would be grateful if you would respond to me on this talk page, explaining how to change it to make it less objectionable in your view. Tim Ross ·talk 10:45, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I regret that I have found that you have, once more, removed this photo, BigGabriel555, without any explanation or attempt to develop a photo more to your liking. Please contact me at my talk page, or here, before you delete it again, and perhaps we can work together to make this a better article. Tim Ross ·talk 17:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Warnings, Santo Domingo editing
Please remember to mark your edits as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one (and vice versa) is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.'   Tim Ross ·talk  22:12, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute 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. Tim Ross ·talk 22:12, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

BigGabriel555, if you have a reason for continuing to remove the photograph of the ceiling of Catedral Santa María La Menor that we can work on together so that it becomes more to your liking, I will be happy to work with you. If your only reason to remove it, though, continues to be "does not look right on the page" or "does not look good on the page", and if you offer no advice on ways to improve it, I will ask for higher level dispute resolution. I am replacing the photo, and request that you leave it in place unless you wish to provide helpful advice. Tim Ross ·talk 22:12, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Dominican Republic, Caste System
Why did you remove the tag that the section needs to improve its references? The section only cites one source, and not a very detailed source. It needs more references to cite and better references at that. Please do not simply remove a tag like that without saying why. As well, you marked it as a minor edit and that does not qualify as one. Please explain.--RosicrucianTalk 02:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The two references this section has now are the same two references it had when you asked the other editors to "fix" the section because it wasn't very good. This makes no sense. Why have you changed your mind? Both those sources state the exact same things and neither of them particularly relate to the Dominican Republic or talk about how the Caste System affected the Dominican Republic in its early years. The section still looks very shabby in my opinion.--RosicrucianTalk 00:07, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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Dominican Republic, Health Statisitics
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Speedy deletion of LeonelFernandezReyna
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"Minor" Edits
When you're adding entire new sections and paragraphs of text, it shouldn't be marked as a "minor" edit. Please familiarize yourself with Help:Minor edit to aid in knowing when to mark edits as minor. Hope this helps in your future editing.--RosicrucianTalk 16:52, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

US-Dominican Occupation/Intervention
Please read this discussion before changing the name of this section.--RosicrucianTalk 19:42, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Concerning your recent edits to Dominican Republic
You should seriously be careful when removing sourced material as you did here, I will only leave a notice and encourage you to replace the content if you can find a reference to support it, however other admins may not take it this slightly, especially with your past edit patterns, and they would most likely issue only one warning before blocking, remember that even 'assume good faith' has its limits. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  23:50, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

The D.R. is upper middle income not lower
alright stop taking it out your reference is from 2006 i have one thats from 2007 alright so stop changing it — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigGabriel555 (talk • contribs)
 * You were changing it without adding the source you're referring to. If you have a source, cite it. Otherwise it just looks like you're changing fully sourced material and replacing it with unsourced. As well, stop marking all your edits as "minor." Many of them are clearly not minor changes.--RosicrucianTalk 23:58, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

No citation in Geography?
You said that you were reverting my changes because there were not cites. Just ask for them but do not say that you are going to revert because of that; I could put all the cites that you might need because I am a Dominican geographer and not a high school student, and I have travelled for all the country. But I saw that you didn't put any cite, so we are even. And I signed all my comments. --Pepemar2 (talk) 21:42, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

January 2008
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Dominican Economy
Why are you undoing recent good-faith edits by SamEV? He hasn't removed any content, merely shuffled it around and copy-edited it. What do you feel was wrong with his edits?--RosicrucianTalk 02:22, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

RfC
I have started an RfC regarding your recent edits, and would appreciate a response. Thank you.--RosicrucianTalk 22:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * This RfC is now approved as it has two users supporting it. Please post your response to it. Thank you.--RosicrucianTalk 03:18, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Domincan Republic
Your placement of that paragraph makes no sense. You seem to continue doing just to prove a point. Would you like to say what it is? SamEV (talk) 23:01, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Dominican Republic 3RR
I'm going to restore Pepemar's edit. Please be aware of the three revert rule. You already know about it, of course, but I just want to remind you that you've reverted 4 times already in the last 24 hours. You've refused to edit that section, opting for completely reverting Pepemar's work and mine, and in the past you've reverted Rosicrucian, who also endorsed Pepemar's edit. SamEV (talk) 22:44, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, you're batch-reverting good faith, and even constructive, positive edits. You're refusing to discuss this on the talkpage, and just reverting. This is hard to work with.--RosicrucianTalk 01:57, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

3RR report
I'm informing you that I made a [3RR report about your violations at Dominican Republic. You're free to comment about it. [[User:SamEV|SamEV]] (talk) 16:41, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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Image source problem with Image:Padres de la patria dom.JPG
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 * The following images you uploaded are also missing source information: Image:National palace.jpg, Image:National palace2.jpg, Image:Juan Pablo Duarte.jpg, Image:Leonel fernandez.JPG. Please can you also update the licensing tags for these images? The PD-old tag should only be used when the author of the photo died 100 or more years ago. --Muchness (talk) 09:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Copyright problem with Image:Padres de la patria dom.JPG
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 * Hello. I noticed you uploaded this image again without accurate source and licensing info. Can you please ensure that your image uploads note the image source and are tagged with an accurate license tag, as outlined at WP:IUP? Thank you. --Muchness (talk) 15:53, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Work on D.R.
I intend to. SamEV (talk) 21:38, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:National Palace of the D.R..jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:Tigres Del Licey Logo.png
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Image:Leonel Fernandez Reyna.jpg
Hello, I noticed you uploaded the image Image:Leonel Fernandez Reyna.jpg again despite it being deleted twice previously. Unfortunately this is a copyright image that illustrates a subject for which a free image might reasonably be found or created that adequately provides the same information. As such, the image fails Wikipedia's first non-free content criteria, and is not appropriate for use on Wikipedia. --Muchness (talk) 22:39, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Palacio photo
That's not a free image; it belongs to someone else, who has a copyright on it. Wikipedia prefers that free images be used so that there won't be any problems when other sites copy Wikipedia's articles. Sorry. SamEV (talk) 23:57, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

April 2008
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Dominican Republic. Your edits appeared to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. --Freshbakedpie (talk) 20:31, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Improving D.R. article
No problem. Just give me a couple of days, though. SamEV (talk) 17:12, 15 June 2008 (UTC) - Let me know your suggestions on the article's talk page. I'll be editing this evening. SamEV (talk) 16:55, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Gabriel. I think you should tell me what specifically "sucks" about the page. Which section needs the most attention, in your opinion? SamEV (talk) 18:13, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Image permission problem with Image:Santo Domingo Panorama1.jpg
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File permission problem with File:Santo Domingo1.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Santo Domingo1.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either
 * make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
 * Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to , stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add OTRS pending to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to .

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Non-free content, use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at File copyright tags, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in [ your upload log]. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. –Drilnoth (T/C) 12:23, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Santo Domingo image3.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Santo Domingo image3.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either
 * make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
 * Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to , stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add OTRS pending to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to .

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Non-free content, use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at File copyright tags, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in [ your upload log]. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. –Drilnoth (T/C) 12:23, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Parque Colon1.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Parque Colon1.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either
 * make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
 * Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to , stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add OTRS pending to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to .

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Non-free content, use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at File copyright tags, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in [ your upload log]. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. –Drilnoth (T/C) 00:34, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

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