User talk:Crowfurt

September 2016
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a message letting you know that one or more of your recent edits to American City University has been undone by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.

Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 09:44, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
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 * The following is the log entry regarding this message: American City University was changed by Crowfurt (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.948494 on 2016-09-30T09:44:06+00:00.

October 2016
Hello, I'm Jfeise. I noticed that you recently removed some content from List of unaccredited institutions of higher education without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. jfeise (talk) 05:38, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Crowfurt, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to User:Crowfurt has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


 * You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 08:36, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Are you paid to edit any articles?
I'm not, please unblock me! Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crowfurt (talk • contribs) 06:08, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I need to ask you because you may be unwittingly violating Paid-contribution disclosure, a basic policy with legal considerations. If you are not, and have no conflict of interest either, ignore this. If you are you need to disclose it. Thanks. Doug Weller  talk 11:26, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Requirements that must be met for articles
Besides following our other policies, articles must show notability by our criteria. For organisations, that is at Notability (organizations and companies). Doug Weller talk 11:32, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at American City University. Your edits continue to appear to constitute vandalism and have been automatically reverted. Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 01:02, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Note that human editors do monitor recent changes to Wikipedia articles, and administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism.
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 * The following is the log entry regarding this warning: American City University was changed by Crowfurt (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.938112 on 2016-10-04T01:02:19+00:00.

October 2016
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 31 hours for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without verifying permission. You have been previously warned that this is against policy, but have persisted. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. Doug Weller talk 07:35, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Specifically, this edit. It was also clearly promotional. Are you affiliated with or paid by any of the institutions whose articles you are editing? Doug Weller talk 07:37, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Edit war warning
Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing&mdash;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&mdash;even if you don't violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Doug Weller talk 05:22, 10 October 2016 (UTC)


 * You haven't read my warning carefully. I won't block you but if you continue after 3 editors have reversed you someone probably will. Doug Weller  talk 05:04, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. Jytdog (talk) 00:42, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours for edit warring, as you did at International American University. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Someguy1221 (talk) 00:59, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Just wondering why not blocked other users to keep undid the page, just because they thought what they indicated are true enough? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crowfurt (talk • contribs)


 * As you were warned, "an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period". You were the only editor on that page who broke this rule. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:25, 12 October 2016 (UTC)