User talk:Mikedonald711

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October 2014
Please do not add or change content, as you did to Betty White, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. C759 (talk) 22:59, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Towers
Mike: thanks for your contributions here, but you must use correct capitalization, spacing and punctuation. This is an encyclopedia article, not a blog. You can expect that incorrectly formatted edits will be reverted. Ground Zero | t 11:43, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Your welcome Mikedonald711 (talk) 05:04, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

January 2015
Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to CTV Television Network, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. Creativity-II (talk) 08:26, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Johnny Au. Your recent edit to the page Target Canada appears to have added incorrect information, so I have removed it for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. ''A chain is not defunct until the last store is closed. The same applies to Zellers.''  Johnny Au  (talk/contributions) 15:19, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

New Brunswick Route 16
Hello Mike Thank you for your recent edit to this article, however when you changed the article from miles to kilometres, it destroyed the template as it was written in american english. If your claim is true, please edit the article again but leaving the miles as they are. It should translate to kilometres automatically. Thanks.11:13, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

It is true Mikedonald711 (talk) 23:27, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

April 2015
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in CTV Atlantic, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Creativity-II (talk) 10:27, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Adding unsourced trivia
Hi there, when adding content to the articles of living people, like you did on Steve Murphy (Canadian news anchor) the content must be sourced to reliable sources per WP:BLP. Doesn't matter if it's positive or negative, either way sources are needed. Because we need reliable sources, we can't use ourselves as sources. Leaving an edit summary saying you heard the subject say something isn't an appropriate source. Also, adding random pieces of trivia which is basically what the edit was doing isn't always the best type of content to be adding. What encyclopedic value does mentioning the subject saw Mary Poppins before he was 4 years old, and The Sound of Music at the same age actually add to the article? However, if you still insist on adding this type of content, can you please provide a reliable source when editing. Cmr08 (talk) 23:51, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Recent changes
Hi Mike, I wanted to let you know why I reverted the infobox changes you made to Geoff Regan, and Kelly Regan articles. Only parameters that go with the particular infobox will work and appear in the article. The parameters you added were not appearing in the article, likely meaning that the parameters you added don't exist for that infobox. The birth name parameter you added to Kelly Regan was also not working, but I fixed it so it's now appearing in the article. It just needed an underscore between birth_name. The best thing to do when making changes like these is just preview the edit before you save, that way you will know if it's appearing before trying to add it.

If you need help with something or have any questions while editing, I don't mind helping. Just leave a message on my talk page. Cmr08 (talk) 08:43, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

June 2015
Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to CBHT-DT. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. CBHT never had a CBS affiliation, not even a secondary one Creativity-II (talk) 10:16, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

August 2015
Please stop repeatedly adding unsourced personal information to articles like you did on the Kelly Regan article. If you don't understand Wikipedia policy about this then please re-read WP:BLP. The policy clearly states, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be explicitly attributed to a reliable, published source, which is usually done with an inline citation. Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced – whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable – should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion. Users who persistently or egregiously violate this policy may be blocked from editing." Cmr08 (talk) 17:18, 22 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Mikedonald711, I just found an article that backs up some of the personal info you added. "Equal Voice" website has a copy of an article that HalifaxNewsNet published in November 2009. It mentions being widowed, and when she was remarried, as well as the adoption. However, it doesn't mention first husbands name, so that still can't be added without a published reliable source. Because the subject is a living person, any personal info added must be sourced, otherwise it will end up being removed. So, if you want it to stay, please include the citation. I also tried to see if I could find a copy on Internet Archive to have a copy of the article as it appeared on that website, but no luck there. If you need to help with any of this or have any questions, just leave a message on my talk page. I don't mind helping. Cmr08 (talk) 10:42, 26 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Mike, you're still adding personal information about living people without providing sources, like you did in Kelly Regan's article again. You have been told this already, we have to follow WP:BLP. Just because you know that personal information is correct doesn't matter, it still needs to be sourced, while trivia details should be avoided all-together. I went through the article a few weeks ago, added content, cleaned up a bit and provided sources because only a small amount of text was sourced. I was able to find a link that verified some of the content you added in the past, so is it too much to ask that you make an effort to source content you add? If you don't know how to add sources, then give me the info and I will try to do it for you. I really don't mind helping you. Cmr08 (talk) 04:32, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

November 2015
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Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to List of programs broadcast by CBC Television. Your edits could be interpreted as vandalism and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Creativity-II (talk) 02:21, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

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Disambiguation link notification for November 27
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December 2015
Thank you for your contributions. One of your recent contributions to Boston–Halifax relations has been reverted or removed, because it contains speculative or unconfirmed information about a future event. Please only add material about future events if it is verifiable, based on a reliable source. Cmr08 (talk) 00:48, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of 2017 NHL Winter Classic


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Speedy deletion nomination of Yvonne Colbert


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January 2016
Hello, I'm Wiae. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Tom Brady, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. /wiae  /tlk  01:39, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

More incorrect changes
Can you please stop making incorrect and unsourced changes. This is a number of times now that you have changed facts in articles claiming the content to be wrong when it wasn't. If you think something is wrong, it's ok to fix it, but provide a source to back it up, but your edit to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation claiming CBC has an agreement to keep Hockey Night in Canada until 2026 is not even close to being correct. It's Rogers that has an agreement for NHL rights until 2026. Rogers has an agreement with CBC to keep airing Hockey Night in Canada on CBC for four years. Cmr08 (talk) 06:10, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

February 2016
Please do not use styles that are unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in CBAT-DT. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Your submissions to this article from November are too hard to understand as you wrote them and they need to be redone. Creativity-II (talk) 10:59, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did at CBAT-DT, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. CBAT never had a CTV affiliation, not even when the station was still called CHSJ. Creativity-II (talk) 11:11, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of CJNI-DT for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article CJNI-DT is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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It’s for the city tv station in Halifax Mikedonald711 (talk) 17:57, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

February 2016
Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to CTV Atlantic. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Creativity-II (talk) 03:29, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at CBAT-DT. Creativity-II (talk) 22:15, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Notable lists
Your recent edit to CIVT-DT 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. Thank you. Cmr08 (talk) 03:58, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

ANI notice
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Creativity-II (talk) 01:33, 26 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi. Per the above: multiple editors have repeatedly asked you to stop adding unsourced or simply incorrect material to Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia operates via a collaborative editing environment, but a read through your editing history shows that you a) ignore any requests from others and b) continue to add unsourced, and sometimes hoax, material to Wikipedia pages. The majority of your edits have had to be reverted because they breach the requirements for notability or verifiability.


 * Bluntly, if you continue to add unsourced or hoax material to articles, you may be blocked from editing. Instead, please do consider the above policies, and work with your fellow editors to deliver relevant and sourced material in articles. -- Euryalus (talk) 19:57, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Nancy Regan
You have been told repeatedly that personal information can not be added about living people without providing a reliable source, yet you have refused to do this and continue to refuse as it evident by the last two edits you made to the Nancy Regan article. and. You were given a final blunt warning on your talk page after another editor took you to ANI, but have not even tried to change. I think it's clear that I and others have wasted too much time trying to explain WP:BLP to you over the last year, and a some sort of block is probably well over due. Cmr08 (talk) 03:41, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

April 2016
Please do not add or change content, as you did at List of programs broadcast by CBC Television, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Enough already with the unsourced claims for which you have no proof. Creativity-II (talk) 07:06, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

May 2016
Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to List of programs broadcast by CBC Television. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Creativity-II (talk) 00:42, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia by deliberately introducing incorrect information, as you did at CBAT-DT. Creativity-II (talk) 00:43, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for persistent disruptive editing. 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:. Widr (talk) 13:43, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Gordon Downie
Gordon Downie has been diagnosed with cancer; as of today, he has not died of it, and in fact is still planning to embark on a concert tour with the band this summer. Please stop adding a death date to his article. Bearcat (talk) 15:18, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

I am sorry, I was predicting the future and he did die Mikedonald711 (talk) 01:21, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

May 2016
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at CBAT-DT. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Have you not learned anything from your week-long block for adding unsourced info and hoax edits? Creativity-II (talk) 03:18, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to CTV Two Atlantic. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Creativity-II (talk) 03:23, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at CBAT-DT. Creativity-II (talk) 04:45, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

May 2016
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at List of programs broadcast by CTV and CTV Two. 71.237.141.40 (talk) 23:30, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

June 2016
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 month for abuse of editing privileges. 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:. Ron h jones (Talk) 00:34, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation
Creativity-II (talk) 03:05, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation
Creativity-II (talk) 06:17, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

You have continued with your long-term persistent disruptive editing, have repeatedly evaded blocks, and have continually edit-warred. (On at least one article you have continued the same edit war for over six months: there may be or may not be others where that applies, as I have not checked all of the articles you have edited.) The block on this account has therefore been made indefinite. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of this page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:36, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation
Mvcg66b3r (talk) 13:27, 18 April 2020 (UTC)