User talk:John Sharpe James

Re. Sharpe James
Hi. Thanks for your comment on my talk.

I see you're trying to make an update on Sharpe James. In short, your edits were reverted because you're removing information which has a source attached. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia - statements must be cited.

What exactly are you trying to change, and what are your sources for the change?

I'd also let you know that another editor has made a change, likely in response to your attempt to make changes, which clarifies that person's appeal status. Please read the new section on his fraud conviction and see if you're satisfied. If not, please be clear on what you want to change, and what your source for it is. You can make the change yourself if you have a citation to back up what you're adding - but you cannot remove accurate cited information, even if you dislike it. If you need help, feel free to leave another message on my talk.

ProcrasinatingReader (talk) 22:08, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, John Sharpe James. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Sharpe James, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 17jiangz1 (talk) 20:00, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

June 2020
Hello, I'm ProcrasinatingReader. I noticed that in this edit to Sharpe James, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. ProcrasinatingReader (talk) 20:27, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Your recent edits to Wikipedia talk:Signatures could give Wikipedia contributors the impression that you may consider legal or other "off-wiki" action against them, or against Wikipedia itself. Please note that making such threats on Wikipedia is strictly prohibited under Wikipedia's policies on legal threats and civility. Users who make such threats may be blocked. If you have a dispute with the content of any page on Wikipedia, please follow the proper channels for dispute resolution. Please be sure to comment on content, not contributors, and where possible make specific suggestions for changes supported by reliable independent sources and focusing especially on verifiable errors of fact. Thank you. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 21:04, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Sharpe James; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. 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.

Points to note: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and 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. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 21:13, 11 June 2020 (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.

I understand your interest in the Sharpe James article, but removing existing content which is supported by one or more reliable sources goes against our policies, similarly adding new content without a suitable reliable source goes against our policies. If you do make further changes, you must provide a reliable source (independent of both yourself and of Sharpe James) that supports your changes. Nick (talk) 22:57, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 00:36, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia talk:Administrators' newsletter/2020/7


Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that Wikipedia talk:Administrators' newsletter/2020/7, a page that you created, has been tagged for deletion. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It is unambiguous vandalism or an obvious hoax. (See section G3 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please do not introduce inappropriate pages to Wikipedia. Doing so is considered to be vandalism and is prohibited. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges.
 * It is an "attack page". (See section G10 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Do not create pages that attack, threaten, or disparage their subject or any other entity. Attack pages and files are not tolerated by Wikipedia, and users who create or add such material may be blocked from editing

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 00:37, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

June 2020
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Wikipedia talk:Administrators' newsletter/2020/7, you may be blocked from editing. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 00:38, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 01:45, 12 June 2020 (UTC)