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November 2013
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 * Fu]], amongst others, has accused Jacobs of making journalistic distortions in his articles http://www.chinaaid.org/2013/07/chinaaid-president-bob-fu-responds-to.html ChinaAid President Bob

Andrew Jacobs
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Andrew Jacobs (journalist). 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. Please be particularly aware, Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; 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. Jim1138 (talk) 22:02, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made; that is to say, editors are not automatically "entitled" to three reverts.
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.


 * Thanks Jim. I've explained my changes in the talk page. As it stood, much of the page was plagiarized. Swyper (talk) 03:07, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

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 * Would you please provide links to diffs of the plagiarism in the article and links to to the original sources? John Reaves 03:33, 7 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure how to do this, so I'll just post the appropriate passages here: "Andrew Jacobs has been a staff writer at the New York Times for the past 10 years, where he has covered a wide variety of beats, from the American South and the aftermath of Sept. 11, to New Jersey politics and the New York City Police Department." taken from http://fourseasonsmovie.com/?page_id=43 versus "Jacobs covered a number of different beats at The Times, including the American South, New York City Police Department, Manhattan Criminal Courts and New Jersey politics" from Nellie2011's latest version. I've tried to change the wording a bit (i.e. remove "beats") to make the sentences sound less similar. Swyper (talk) 03:49, 7 December 2013 (UTC)