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David. moreno 72   03:05, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Sgvb0625, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Draft:South Haven Downtown Development Authority 1983 have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues here.


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Your draft article, Draft:South Haven Downtown Development Authority 1983


Hello, Sgvb0625. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "South Haven Downtown Development Authority 1983".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. &raquo; Shadowowl  &#124;  talk  08:49, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Your recent edits
I have no idea what your obsession with the DDA in South Haven is, but it is highly doubtful there will ever be any content concerning it in Wikipedia. DDAs are not an unusul organization, so the existence of the organization is not differentiating. You've provided no secondary sources to show that anyone cares about it or that they've accomplished anything noteworthy. This isn't a directory. It isn't a place to drop your name. Please limit your contributions to information that is informative to the world and sourced to reliable secondary sources. See WP:NOT. John from Idegon (talk) 16:09, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

I'm not sure why you are obsessed with taking down this post. I posted the source and the image of the plaque commemorating their work. It is a historical reference worthy of people interested in the history of South Haven, just as someone might be in the temperature and population.

October 2018
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at South Haven, Michigan. John from Idegon (talk) 16:16, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Your recent editing history at South Haven, Michigan shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing&mdash;especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring&mdash;even if you don't violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. John from Idegon (talk) 17:35, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello Sgvb0625. You are risking a block if you restore your material again. If agreement can't be found on this talk page, the steps of WP:Dispute resolution are open to you. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 18:24, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

The user John from Idegon continues to disrupt my post. Is John someone special on Wiki, or, someone with nothing else to do? I am from South Haven, he is not. I'd like to know why John from Idegon has the right to take down my historical post. It is accurate, contains a source, and, historical image posted in the city of South Haven.
 * It is not enough for material to be sourced. It will be kept in articles only if it enjoys WP:CONSENSUS. If you want the material to be kept, you are expected to join in discussions and try to persuade the others that it's sufficiently important. EdJohnston (talk) 19:39, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

This is my first post to Wiki. I thought the full timers on this are to treat new users with respect? John from Idegon says I have an "obsession" or "secondary sources to show anyone cares anything noteworthy." Oh really? The plaque itself posted in the downtown is not a secondary source? If no one considered it noteworthy, why was the plaque made and posted to the downtown entry? It's what lead to making South Haven one of top destinations in Michigan. I'm not sure how someone not from the area has a problem with this posting but I give up. You people have too much time on your hands.

South Haven, Michigan

 * Put in an in line reference from a third party WP:RS to support your edit. That should take care of it.  Also, read WP:BRD.  Cheers.  7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 19:23, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

October 2018
Hello Sgvb0625. 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 South Haven, Michigan, and that 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:Sgvb0625. 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, please do not edit further until you answer this message. John from Idegon (talk) 21:36, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello John from Idegon. I am not receiving or expect to receive any compensation from my edits. I think you are a very sad person with nothing to do other than bother people on Wiki.  No one cares about you.
 * Please sign your posts on talk pages using four tildes ~ . 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 14:06, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

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Sgvb0625, good luck, and have fun. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 14:09, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. It was my understanding the Mantra of Wiki was that of cooperation and help. Indigo John has slandared the committee from with the City of South Haven created a plaque as "mundane" and is now accusing me of getting paid for my one and only post on Wiki? Where are all the good wikipedians?
 * Please sign your posts on talk pages using four tildes ~  . There are many good wikipedians.  I hope you encounter them.  Disengaging from some editors and contentious editing situations might be wise counsel.  When you find yourself in a hole, it might be wise to stop digging. I am not trying to assign blame, but am trying to put oil on troubled waters. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 14:33, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
 * It's a very big encyclopaedia. 5.7 million articles.  Surely there are other interests where your contribution will be better appreciated.  The Gambler (song) comes to mind. I always liked Kenny Rogers's version via YouTube. Just sayin...  Cheers.  20:56, 14 October 2018 (UTC)  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 22:43, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

October 2018 2
This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at User:John from Idegon, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. ''Don't vandalize somebody's userpage ever again. It's a really feeble way of showing resentment.'' And his name isn't "Indigo John". Bishonen &#124; talk 17:52, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

It's clear to me this group is a well-organized bunch of folks with not much else to do. I added a very brief historical even to a city with a documented picture and link to the actual committee work on the city website. Indigo John popped out of nowhere, and vandalized my post with his personal views, saying it needs secondary source. Oh really? Is there a secondary source on the other postings? They all look like links to me. The plaque itself serves as a memorial and source. I am going to leave all of you to do your little thing and commend your on making this a hobby better than playing video games or flying gas powered airplanes.