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Please thoroughly read WP:RS and WP:EL before inserting links into articles. The links you have been adding to FetLife have either been blogs or do not constitute encyclopedic discussions of FetLife. – RobinHood70 talk 16:02, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

March 2015
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March 2016
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Just to explain my re-reversion of the external links you re-inserted on the FetLife article, the Salon reference is already in the article, therefore it should not be added as an external link. The maybemaimed site is in no way considered to be encyclopedic content, and is, in fact, a site belonging to one of the editors of the article. That violates several points of both the ELNO and PROMO guidelines. – Robin Hood  (talk)  20:29, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

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October 2017
Hello. Your recent edit to Atherton High School appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person or organization added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. ''Being the first from group X to do Y is not in any way indicative of notability as it will always fail WP:BLP1E. However, the person you added may meet the SNG for academics, WP:NPROF, but you have not shown that and will not be able to in the context of a "Notable" list. I'd suggest you look at the guideline and the available sources and see if you can write a bio on him per WP:WTAF'' John from Idegon (talk) 19:28, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

December 2017
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Atherton High School. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement. Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. John from Idegon (talk) 23:55, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

John -

It is you who is engaging in an editing war. I posted about Edwin "Rip" Smith and you, without contacting me or anyone else at Atherton High School, (I do not believe you attended there) deleted my first post, falsely writing that Edwin "Rip" Smith was not notable, simply because he did not have a Wikipedia article. I then sent you Mr. Smith's obituary and you got all snarky and are now threatening to ban me, even thou I have been editing in Wikipedia for over a decade.

I wish to take your actions to a neutral party in Wikipedia to rule on what has occurred. Your threats are inappropriate and unnecessary. How do we find a mediator or arbitrator?

Dann DobsonCybermann (talk) 03:11, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I reverted your addition to the article, you replaced it without WP:CONSENSUS, in violation of the very useful essay WP:BRD. You came to my talk page and posted a message which was also quite snarky and contained an UNAMBIGUOUS copyright violation. I'll have the administrator who will need to oversight it explain that to you, Mr. Lawyer. I told you I'd reply later. Yet you still reinserted the disputed content back in the article still without the required consensus. My job which pays me and my family who loves me comes before the needs of some arrogant lawyer who thinks his time is more valuable than mine. Newsflash....no one cares here what you do for a living. If your not aware that copying something off a website that is clearly marked copyrighted and pasting it on to another website is a clear violation of copyright laws, you're a pretty piss poor lawyer. Hint: my talk page, and yours, and every other page on Wikipedia are headed with a URL. In case you weren't aware, that stands for Universal Resource Locater. Anyone, anywhere, can see it. There are no private communications on Wikipedia. Mr. Lawyer, consensus requires agreement. Being a pompous dick is not a good way to achieve an agreement. I learnt that without even going to law school.
 * Go to the article talk page, make reasoned arguments based in sources and informed by Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Do not make appeals to emotion or make a feeble attempt at argument from authority like you did on my talk. Keep in mind that the subject of the article you are attempting to insert a large amount of copy about a single individual is a school, not a person. Keep in mind that there is a policy dictating who can be in a notable list (WP:NLIST) and that requirement is that the person must either have, or unambiguously qualify for, a Wikipedia biography.
 * Far and away your best choice would be to simply write his bio. The Times obit is a very good source. You've got almost all the info to complete a bio right there. However, the requirements for an article (see WP:GNG) is multiple reliable sources, totally independent of the subject, that discuss the subject in detail. The only other source you've provided is his employer, not independent. If you write his bio, and I'm reasonably sure you can, I have absolutely no opposition to including the following:


 * Edwin "Rip" Smith - first tenured black professor at a major law school, Wikilink to the school


 * referenced to the Times obit, in the article on Atherton.


 * BTW, your rambling above on where I went to school and contacting the school are totally ludicrous and exhibit absolutely no understanding of what Wikipedia is. Make it easy. Just write the damn bio. But I promise you this, if you reinsert content back in the school article without gaining consensus (which I've already told you you will have if you just write the bio), I will drag you to a noticeboard. That's not a threat. It is what will happen. You're the super important lawyer; you figure out how to obtain dispute resolution or make a complaint about my behavior. Not my problem. John from Idegon (talk) 04:26, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

John -

You write that the way to reach consensus re: Edwin "Rip" Smith is to "simply write his bio". First, like you, I have a busy life and writing a full bio is not on my agenda right now. I just wanted to add Rip Smith to a simple list of our high school. Secondly, you say that I should use the L.A. Times obituary. But isn't that a violation of the Copyright guidelines you just jumped all over me about? Please explain how I can use the LA Times obit, as you say I should do and not violate Copyright Guidelines.

Dann

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 * Thank you for your prompt response. This is very strange. When I have tried to edit articles the last few times I was prohibited or blocked from doing so. The only dispute I have ever had on Wikipedia was when I attempted to add Edwin "Rip" Smith, as a notable graduate to Atherton High School, in Louisville where we both graduated from. I got in a brief editting war with John from Idegon (talk) 23:55, 6 December 2017 (UTC), and he threathened to block me, but that has been it.
 * I attempted to edit another article this morning, (sorry but I am having a senior moment and do not recall what that was) and the block appeared, and I posted this. Sorry, but I was unable to find the block, you desire to see. As I test I just went back to the Atherton HS page, and lo and behold, I was not blocked when I clicked on editting Notable Graduates.
 * It appears whatever the problem was has been resolved. Thank you for your efforts.
 * Cybermann Cybermann (talk) 16:20, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Help request
Hi -

I need some help from an administrator. I just attempted to create a new Wikipedia article, "Lawyers who have worked for Donald Trump", but when I attempted to create this new artcile I received the message "This IP address has been blocked from editing Wikipedia."

Several months ago, when I first received this message, I attempted to find what blocks were placed on my account, by whom and for what violations of Wikipedia rules I committed or allegedly committed. The administrator I worked with at that time, sorry I do not know who that was, said they could not find a reason for the block(s) and said I was free to continue editing. Over the last few months I have continued to edit in Wikipedia, without problems, most recently about lawyer, L. Lynn Woods surrender of his law license, with no blocks or problems.

So I need assistance finding out why I am now again blocked, and unable to create this new article. As I explained months ago,to the previous administrator I worked with, I have only been in one Wikipedia dispute and that was when an old high school classmate, law professor Edwin "Rip" Smith,the first black law professor at USC, died and I attempted to add him as a Notable Person in our high school, Atherton High School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherton_High_School,_Louisville, (as the first black professor at his law school), and another editor objected that Edwin "Rip" Smith was not notable, because there was no Wikipedia article about him, even thou I provided links to his obituary in the Los Angles Times. https://news.usc.edu/105013/in-memoriam-edwin-rip-smith-66/ https://news.usc.edu/105013/in-memoriam-edwin-rip-smith-66/

I would like to know the source of the block, my alleged (mis)behavior that led to the block, and removal of the block, so I may start this new important Wikipedia article. Thank you in advance for your time and assistance in this matter.

Cybermann

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