User talk:Skowhegan Indians

Please do not remove entire sections of content without first engaging on the article talk page. Thanks!Indigenous girl (talk) 16:53, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

April 2018
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Points to note: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing.  G M G  talk  17:31, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

Possible vandalism-only account
I am not an admin, but all edits by this account as of now seem to be bias or vandalism centered around a specific page or pages. Please don’t do that. JohnSmith13345 (talk) 17:46, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you JohnSmith13345. Would the user name involved in this be considered COI? That is my feeling considering that is the former mascot name and could indicate involvement by a Skowhegan Indian Pride member (Skowhegan Indian Pride looks to be the organization striving to reintroduce the name).Indigenous girl (talk) 17:51, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Indigenous girl It probably would. An account named Skowhegan Indians disruptively editing “Skowhegan, Maine” in the “"Skowhegan Indians" controversy” section seems very suspicious. JohnSmith13345 (talk) 19:48, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Edit for grammatical error - JohnSmith13345 (talk) 19:53, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * WP:ORGNAME is clear: "A user who both adopts a promotional username and also engages in inappropriately promotional behaviors in articles about the company, group, or product, can be blocked." As far as I can tell, the username and editing patter are sufficient evidence, so we don't need to establish an actual connection to the organization to label it as promotional editing. –dlthewave ☎ 19:59, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Indigenous girl Stop the disinformation, be honest & accurate, & I will leave it alone. Thank you Indigenous girl Skowhegan Indians (talk) 17:54, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi Skowhegan Indians. I have been sure to source all of the information that I have added from local news outlets, the ACLU site, and other reputable sources. Why did you revert a grammatical error? It leads to one believing that you are simply reverting without due cause. I have no issues if you wish to add to the article to maintain an unbiased view, however, wholesale deletions and adding content without sourcing it don't help, but hinder. Indigenous girl (talk) 17:59, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Indigenous girl the revert with errors was not intentional. The news sources have it wrong Jennifer did not organize the petition drive, Kenny Steward & Michelle Lewis did.  The only "proof" I have of that is being their & there word.  I am very new to this Wiki stuff.  Thank you Indigenous girl — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skowhegan Indians (talk • contribs) 18:02, 16 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Is your username meant to reperesent a group called "Skowhegan Indians"? Please familiarize yourself with our Shared Use and Promotional Names policies to ensure that you are not representing or editing on behalf of a group. –dlthewave ☎ 18:13, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I appreciate you "allowing the few accuracy changes I made. The issue has been extremely biased and one sided.  I have no objection to it being posted, just be sure it's accurate.  News sources frequently misquote people and get facts wrong.  I am not representing anybody but myself, no groups, just an individual.  Information like this available to the entire world can not be a singular one sided view, bias has no place here in my opinion.  Thank you for working together.  ☎   No, it's not, it's just the name I chose.  Thank you   User_talk:DlthewaveSkowhegan Indians (talk) 18:20, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Skowhegan Indians can you please format your responses for readability? When you post in a talk section, please start on a new line and indent your post adding one more : than the individual before you. Thanks.Indigenous girl (talk) 18:22, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Also Skowhegan Indians, you mentioned 'you were there' regarding the petition. This causes me additional concern regarding COI.Indigenous girl (talk) 18:25, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Indigenous girl I'm not sure why you're concerned. If you're worried about me representing a group should I not be worried too? I am not worried about who you represent. I am a single person replying to you ALONE! I was there to sign the petition, I have talked to the people that started it. Jennifer is not responsible for everything that happens in Skowhegan concerning the Indians name Indigenous girl — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skowhegan Indians (talk • contribs) 18:29, 16 April 2019 (UTC)


 * If you mentioned being there to sign the petition, that means that this page representation concerns you personally, and you have a proverbial stake in the issue. This, when taking the other material suggesting a COI, makes it likely that a conflict of interest exists. JohnSmith13345 (talk) 19:59, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Indigenous girl I would appreciate you stop looking for an angle to discredit me. Thank you Skowhegan Indians (talk) 18:30, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Skowhegan Indians I am not the only one with COI concerns. My issue is the integrity of Wikipedia. I did not revert the inclusion of the names you added without sourcing. Edits I have made regarding this issue have been sourced. All of the content that I have added have been cited. If there are no sources for content how can I possibly know it exists?Indigenous girl (talk) 18:40, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

talk Might I assume you go to the school board meetings or at least watch the videos of them? The source for the number of signatures can be found there. As for Kenny and Michelle starting the petition drive I can only offer you my word and/or screen shots of them taking credit for it. I would think you would want this to be true and accurate regardless of how biased it is. I can't offer you a media source other than the YouTube videos. Like I said, they got their facts wrong. Thank you. Do you want a statement from Jennifer, Michelle and Kenny?

Hello, I am an administrator here on Wikipedia. Adding unsourced content to Wikipedia based on your own impressions and ideas is Original Research; drawing conclusions from this unsourced data and writing about it here is Synthesis; both are against Wikipedia policy. You are also changing sourced content to insert details that are not in the sources. To edit war with constructive editors to repeatedly replace this content that violates policy is, as others have now informed you, basically vandalism. Your username indicates a conflict of interest and your editing has become disruptive. Your exchanges here are now violating Wikipedia's policies on Civility. You need to stop all of this or you will be blocked. This is your final warning. - CorbieV  ☊ ☼ 18:52, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Indigenous girl  I guess you can keep the disinformation, inaccuracies & overall bias going. That is after all hows it all been. Enjoy the disinformation because it is riddled with it and very biased.

I'm done, you win again of course!


 * Skowhegan Indians, creating content for wikipedia is not about winning or losing, it is about creating content that is well sourced from reputable sources. You are more than welcome to contribute to the article but you need to stay within wikipedia rules. All content that I have added to the article is cited. You can go to the links provided to see that. It is not my job to police the media and demand more infos :) If you can find additional sources then please add them! Just remember that when adding material it has to be in the sources cited and the sources must meet Wikipedia's reliability standards. Indigenous girl (talk) 19:04, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Skowhegan Indians. 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, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
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In addition, you must 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 WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. - CorbieV</b>  ☊ ☼ 18:34, 16 April 2019 (UTC)