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July 2021[edit]

Your recent editing history at Paul Draper (musician) shows that you are currently 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. 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 the bold, revert, discuss cycle 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 you being blocked from editing—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—even if you do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.
It looks like you are engaged in a content dispute with another user; neither one of you is vandalizing. You need to discuss the situation at the talk page and reach consensus, even if that means reaching out for a third opinion. —C.Fred (talk) 04:09, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your input . I do not intend to edit war and I will take this advice under consideration. I would like to add that the other User has been cited for vandalism and edit warring by another User / bot . —- Smelly.Spaniel (talk) 04:15, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The user has not been warned for vandalism; a bot picked up the mass deletion and deemed it disruptive. Human eyes perceive the situation differently. The user has been reported to the edit warring noticeboard; you could easily be reported also for your conduct. As I noted there, I'm prepared to levy partial blocks to both of you, but I'd rather you demonstrate good faith and take the matter to the article's talk page. —C.Fred (talk) 04:18, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Smelly.Spaniel. 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, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to 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 Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 04:16, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate advice from both Users . I will use Talk . Many thanks for the levy also. Smelly.Spaniel (talk)

May 2023[edit]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing certain pages (Paul Draper (musician)) for undeclared COI editing.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text at the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Drmies (talk) 16:20, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]