User talk:Vestaljohnny

February 2011
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Vestal Watches Content
Hey Johnny - I noticed you're removing some of the content sourced from the New York Times article here. Can you clarify what is wrong with the info sourced from that article? In particular the part about Bonaventura being the found of Vestal, for which that isn't the only source. Did the Times print a retraction for a mistake or is there something we're missing? This isn't a high trafficked page, so we can work with it to make it make sense. Thanks! --Yankees 76 Talk 18:11, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Nevermind - I see what you mean. I doubt anyone will have problems with that edit. I'm glad I could help give Vestal a much needed presence on this website. Let me know if there is any other material I might have missed. Cheers. --Yankees 76 Talk 23:28, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

February 2015
This is the final warning that you will receive regarding your disruptive edits. The next time you vandalize a page, as you did to Vestal Watches, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Yankees 76 Talk 20:12, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Yankees76, you did not have an issue with this deletion in the past see, below. This page is not up to date anymore as Vestal has not done any licensing in years and continues to be updated to promote another company's page.

Nevermind - I see what you mean. I doubt anyone will have problems with that edit. I'm glad I could help give Vestal a much needed presence on this website. Let me know if there is any other material I might have missed. Cheers. --Yankees76 Talk 23:28, 16 February 2011 (UTC)


 * You're taking comments on here out of context. That was for the statement "In 2005, Bonaventura sold Vestal", which I agreed with since you claimed that David Bonaventura did not own Vestal so he couldn't sell it, and I could not find any sources for the claim. Now you're removing the statement that he founded Vestal.


 * I've repeatedly re-added this material including after the post you're referencing above. It doesn't matter weather Bonaventura is no longer affiliated with Vestal at this point or if he runs a competing company (which is not linked from this article or even mentioned, so why would you care considering the huge difference in your target markets, and distribution channels?). There are numerous reliable sources that say he is the founder of Vestal. Continuing to remove this is vandalism, so stop. Per Wikipedia policies you shouldn't even be editing your own page (likely for this exact reason). See our policy on Conflict of Interest WP:COI. Thanks Yankees 76 Talk 20:43, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Your addition has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text, or images borrowed from other websites, or printed material without a verifiable license; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. ''Some was pasted from http://www.vestalwatch.com.au/about and on top of that made the article look like an advert. '' CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 22:11, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

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