User talk:Sonoraca

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May 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages, as you did to Sonora, California. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.  Neil N   talk to me  17:38, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
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Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you.  Neil N   talk to me  17:38, 14 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Um, it wasn't spam, but it was a copyvio of the town's (government) site. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 17:48, 14 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Perhaps an inaccurate edit summary but "With its rich heritage, historic charm and small town hospitality, visitors and locals alike enjoy a relaxing stroll along the City's historic main street while shopping in the many specialty and antique shops, taking time out to have a delectable meal in one of its many fine restaurants, bakeries and coffee houses. On behalf of the City of Sonora we would like to thank you for your interest in our community and invite you to spend the day in Sonora, a place that satisfied visitors say is one of California's greatest destinations. Please feel free to www.sonoraca.com" is advertising even if license was granted to use the text. -- Neil N   talk to me  18:00, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Sonora, California. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been automatically reverted.
 * If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Note that human editors do monitor recent changes to Wikipedia articles, and administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism.
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 * The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Sonora, California was changed by Sonoraca (u) (t) making a minor change with obscenities on 2010-05-14T18:35:19+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 18:35, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Please do not remove content from pages without explanation, as you did with this edit to Sonora, California. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. Favonian (talk) 18:41, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

This is the final warning that you will receive regarding your disruptive edits, such as this edit you made to Sonora, California. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, you will be blocked from editing without  further notice. Vipinhari ||  talk  18:42, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit warring and copyvio
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Sonora, California. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 23:11, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Your addition to Sonora, California has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 23:11, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Probably not. See FAQ/Organization for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company or organization. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
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If you believe this block was made in error, please see how to appeal a block. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  23:58, 14 May 2010 (UTC)