User talk:Lapsock

July 2017
This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at Robert Easter Jr., you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 20:16, 2 July 2017 (UTC)


 * The message above, accusing you of "vandalism", is ridiculous, and I suggest you forget it. It is also not true that you may be "blocked from editing without further notice". It would have been much more helpful if Mac Dreamstate had instead taken the trouble to write you a friendly message explaining to you that it is not acceptable to post your own opinions or comments into an article. Content should be based on what reliable sources say about the subject of the article. We don't accept editors posting claims into articles on the basis that "you can take it from me, I know", or "it's obvious, everyone who knows anything about the subject knows it", for the simple reason that anyone can make claims like that which are completely false, and unfortunately quite often people do so. I hope that will make it clear to you why your edits have been considered unacceptable. If you can provide references to reliable sources that support what you said, then it may be suitable to put it back in, but as long as we have only your word for it, you shouldn't put it back. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 23:32, 2 July 2017 (UTC)


 * To put it bluntly—"ridiculous", my ass. VOA accounts and edits like this are made daily, and anyone who deals with boxing articles regularly would know to indef-block such tripe on the spot. User:Lapsock repeatedly inserted flagrant factual errors to the record table (a draw when it was a decision); unsourced inflammatory POV opinions; plus reverted at least twice; all of which is vandalism by any definition on WP.
 * I appreciate that User:JamesBWatson is a well-meaning admin and is obligated to give new accounts the benefit of the doubt, but I can spot boxing-related petty vandalism a mile off, having dealt with WikiProject Boxing for several years. If I was hasty on this occasion with the warning, I'll accept that, but what I won't accept is any claims of ignorance by User:Lapsock regarding those edits. He knew full well what he was doing. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 23:43, 2 July 2017 (UTC)