User talk:Brian Smithfield

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November 2018
Hello, I'm Smartyllama. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to List of fake news websites have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thanks. Smartyllama (talk) 19:22, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia. ''I have reviewed your contribution history and your main activity recently has been to remove large chunks of content without a valid reason. You can't remove valid, referenced content just because you don't like it. I also notice that one of your edits had to be expunged from the public article history. I don't know what that edit was but I do know that this is not something that the administrators do lightly so it must have been bad! I am surprised that you have not already received several escalating warnings about this. Instead you get this final warning. That still gives you one last chance to avoid being blocked. All you have to do is stop your disruptive behaviour right now. '' DanielRigal (talk) 19:58, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Please read this information about discretionary sanctions carefully
I'm sure  Doug Weller  talk 20:55, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism at Laura Ingraham
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Laura Ingraham. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. -- BullRangifer (talk) PingMe 05:15, 22 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi BullRangifer. I am disappointed to see that Brian Smithfield is back to just blanking out content he disagrees with without any valid reasons, and still using dishonest edit summaries too. He is already on final warning for blanking so, if he does it again, I'd recommend going straight to AIV. His seems to be pretty close to being a vandalism only account. --DanielRigal (talk) 21:35, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

January 2019
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours has an edit summary that appears to be inaccurate or inappropriate. The summaries are helpful to people browsing an article's history, so it is important that you use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did. Feel free to use the sandbox to make test edits. ''Using edit summaries designed to deflect attention away from the vandalism that you are doing is proof of intentional and calculated bad faith editing. You are already on final warning for the blanking/vandalism but this is unacceptable in its own right.'' DanielRigal (talk) 21:39, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

To enforce an arbitration decision you have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours. You are welcome to edit once the block expires; however, please note that the repetition of similar behavior may result in a longer block or other sanctions. If you believe this block is unjustified, please read the guide to appealing blocks (specifically this section) before appealing. Place the following on your talk page:. If you intend to appeal on the arbitration enforcement noticeboard I suggest you use the arbitration enforcement appeals template on your talk page so it can be copied over easily. You may also appeal directly to me (by email), before or instead of appealing on your talk page. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:14, 22 January 2019 (UTC)  Reminder to administrators: In May 2014, ArbCom adopted the following procedure instructing administrators regarding Arbitration Enforcement blocks: "No administrator may modify a sanction placed by another administrator without: (1) the explicit prior affirmative consent of the enforcing administrator; or (2) prior affirmative agreement for the modification at (a) AE or (b) AN or (c) ARCA (see "Important notes" [in the procedure]). Administrators modifying sanctions out of process may at the discretion of the committee be desysopped."
 * This is in relation to your disruptive editing and blanking on Laura Ingraham. Take disputes to the talk page, do not mass blank articles. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:15, 22 January 2019 (UTC)