User talk:Petergriffin42069420

June 2023
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Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Newington College. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted. Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. And ALLAH said, “Together we unite!” And there’s power. 13:23, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
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Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to William Clarke College. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. JBW (talk) 13:33, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Please do not attack other editors. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. JBW (talk) 13:43, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Newington College, you may be blocked from editing. Nmacpherson (talk) 13:52, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

I think  made the wrong choice of word in saying "vandalize", but they were quite right to indicate to you that the editing you did wasn't acceptable, for several reasons, including the non-neutral and in some cases downright promotional nature of some of the material, the fact that one sports match in the history of a school doesn't warrant coverage, and, most importantly, the fact that a substantial part of the material which you restored was copied from another website. It is almost never suitable to copy content from another web site to Wikipedia, for more than one reason, the most important being copyright. When you post anything to Wikipedia you release it for anyone in the world to reuse it, either unchanged or modified in any way whatever, subject to attribution to Wikipedia. It is very rare that the owner of a web site licenses content for such very free reuse, and in those few occasions when they do so, we require proof of the fact. We don't assume that content is freely licensed on the unsubstantiated say so of just anyone who comes along and creates a Wikipedia account. Finally, since it seems that you are connected to the school, please read Wikipedia's guideline on conflict of interest before doing any more editing relating to the school. JBW (talk) 14:16, 14 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I didn't notice that 's warning related to editing on a different article than the one I had seen. The editing Nmacpherson referred to obviously was vandalism, and yes, you will be blocked from editing by an administrator if you do more of that. JBW (talk) 14:24, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * No worries and thanks for your input and work. :-) Nmacpherson (talk) 15:17, 14 June 2023 (UTC)


 * This is one of a group of accounts which have recently edited the article William Clarke College, clearly in collaboration. The accounts may have been used by the same person, or by several people acting together; it makes no difference which of those is the case, and in what follows please take the word "you" as either singular or plural, as appropriate.
 * If, as seems probable, you have a personal connection to the college, then read Wikipedia's guideline on conflict of interest before you do any more editing relating to the college, and make sure that you comply with that guideline.
 * It is almost never suitable to copy content from another web site to Wikipedia, for more than one reason, the most important being copyright. When you post anything to Wikipedia you release it for anyone in the world to reuse it, either unchanged or modified in any way whatever, subject to attribution to Wikipedia. It is very rare that the owner of a web site licenses content for such very free reuse, and in those few occasions when they do so, we require proof of the fact. We don't assume that content is freely licensed on the unsubstantiated say so of just anyone who comes along and creates a Wikipedia account. I can find nothing on the school's website indicating that the school licenses the site's content under such free terms, which is unsurprising, because I have never known any school to do so.
 * Wikipedia policy requires all articles to be written from a neutral point of view, and promotional material is not permissible. Thus, telling us that your school aims to give "a high quality education that was academically strong and well rounded, delivered in a clear Christian context" and references to "some excelling WCC born and bred ballers" may be suitable for the school's web site, but not for Wikipedia.
 * Content of Wikipedia articles should be supported by citations to reliable sources. Wikipedia policy is that article content which is removed because of lack of such a citation must not be restored without providing one.
 * Complying with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines is a requirement for editing, not an option, and editors who persist in infringing them after being informed of the relevant issues may be blocked from editing by administrators. In that situation, editors who have evidently been collaborating may be treated collectively, in the same manner as though it were one person only who had been doing all the editing. You have already received more than adequate warnings on the talk page of one of your accounts, and I am posting yet further warnings to the talk pages of all the accounts inolved as a courtesy. Do not assume that you will be warned again.
 * Another point, which is not at the same level as those I have mentioned above, but which is also significant, is that coverage of topics in articles should be proportionate. In an article about a school which has existed for 35 years, devoting 50% of the text of the article to an account of one sports match is not reasonable. JBW (talk) 19:04, 18 June 2023 (UTC)