User talk:Mstoneham

License tagging for Image:Ms gm.jpg
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Self-promotion
Hello Mark,

Wikipedia is not the place for vanity or self-promotion. If you continue to introduce unsourced gushing statements about yourself into articles, I will report you for Conflict of Interest.

Some guy (talk) 18:56, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

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 * Although you have ostensibly provided a source for your latest edit, you are still behaving as a single-purpose self-promotional account which violates several Wikipedia policies at once. Some guy (talk) 21:57, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Notice of administrator noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Some guy (talk) 05:03, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

September 2014
This is your only warning; if you use Wikipedia for soapboxing, promotion or advertising again, as you did at Game Genie, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. ''Since you created this account it has been used for the sole purpose of adding promotional material to the Game Genie article. You have made it clear that you involved in the subject and thus have a conflict of interest.

If you continue to act in this manner you will be blocked as a promotion only account.

I recommend that if you want to work on Wikipedia that you stick to subjects where you are not personally involved.'' Chillum 16:25, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

I added the details about Distribution in the UK, a long time ago, as I was heavily involved with it and knew about it. The article at the time was fairly small and I thought it would be interesting. The intention was never to self promote. Happy for someone else to fill in the details about distribution in the UK if what I added offends so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mstoneham (talk • contribs) 16:35, 26 September 2014‎

Thank you. Chillum 16:38, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Although I am confused as to why I am now being given a warning when I made no attempt to reintroduce the text? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mstoneham (talk • contribs) 16:43, 26 September 2014‎

The warning was based on your entire 8 years of editing. Particularly your edits since August which solely consist of you slow motion edit warring. Chillum 16:56, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Hilarious! I think you'll find the other guy was doing the finger wagging. His initial edit about 3 years ago, which I only spotted recently, didn't even have an explanation. I tried to rectify by including reference material but the jumped-up ego-hunter continued his pathetic war! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mstoneham (talk • contribs) 17:50, 26 September 2014‎


 * There is no need for name-calling or personal attacks - we're all adults here, aren't we?
 * Please try to keep your edit summaries relevant to the edit; your last edit summary on the Game Genie article had nothing to do with your edit and asked me to remove a section I'd already removed.
 * Using terms like "finger-waggling" doesn't make your edits any less of a clear violation of policy. I repeatedly tried to address my concerns on your user talk but you ignored all of them. If you have interest in making this a better encyclopedia and not just seeing your name in the article, I suggest you browse through Wikipedia's policies and regulations to help you understand how to do your best to help. Some guy (talk) 07:53, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

License tagging for File:Russ book signing.jpg
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File permission problem with File:Russ book signing.jpg
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