User talk:MrJones194

November 2019
Hello, I'm TheEpTic. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Gable Hall School—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. TheEpTic (talk) 12:12, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Gable Hall School. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. TheEpTic (talk) 12:17, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello MrJones194. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, such as the edit you made to Gable_Hall_School, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat SEO.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:MrJones194. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. TheEpTic (talk) 12:19, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Gable Hall School
Hi My name is Alfie. Are you related to Gable Hall School in any way? I've reverted, since unexplained deletion of sourced content is contrary to the Wikipedia policies - I have however made efforts to improve the neutrality of that section. Additionally, is a straight copy-and-paste from the school's website, which is in violation of our policies on copyright. Finally, I would reccomend you read our guidelines for editors with conflicts of interest and our guidelines on maintaining a neutral point of view in articles. Let me know if you'd like any advice or guidance, here or on my. Cheers! -- a they/them &#124; argue &#124; contribs 12:25, 16 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Continuing to restore the disputed edits without responding to talk page messages about your edits will lead to a block. I do not want to see that happen. Please try to work with us, instead of barreling ahead with your own changes which do not conform to policy! -- a they/them &#124; argue &#124; contribs 12:33, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Conflict of interest
Hello, MrJones194. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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.  Velella  Velella Talk 12:30, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Edit warring
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions. Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to lose their editing privileges. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to result in loss of your editing privileges. Thank you.  Velella  Velella Talk 12:31, 16 November 2019 (UTC)