User talk:WilliamMelvin

Welcome[edit]

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Your 21 April 2007 personal attack on another editor in an edit summary[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. However, we remind you not to attack other editors. Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.

Please refrain from calling other editors names such as "idiot" as you did here. Doing so is a violation of the Wikipedia:No personal attacks policy, and is liable to get you blocked from editing. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 05:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed an attack on another user in this edit summary, referring to the previous edit as "totally retarded." I was surprised to find that, before you made this edit, SMcCandlish had already mentioned another such instance on this talk page. Please extend the same civility to other editors that they extend to you. Thanks. Gerta 02:05, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your 22 April 2007 addition of personal commentary to Mark Williams (Welsh snooker player)[edit]

Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia articles even if your ultimate intention is to fix them. Such edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Please put comments and notes on the article's talk page not in the article. In this case, your comment has been moved to Talk:Mark Williams (Welsh snooker player) for you. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 16:28, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yetunde Price[edit]

I noticed you restored the graphic content to the Yetunde Price article. Please note that I specifically deleted this content since its inclusion did not appear notable, and therefore did not contribute to the encyclopedic content of the wiki. I made a note of this in the discussion page for the article. If you prefer to restore the content, please indicate why on the discussion page so the editors can evaluate the reasons for its inclusion, as I've similarly tried to explain why I don't think that content is appropriate.

Thanks, and happy editing. Gerta 19:14, 23 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Your 23 April 2007 personal humour edit to the Nigel Bond article[edit]

Please stop introducing jokes into articles. Wikipedia is a serious encyclopedia, and contributions of this type are considered vandalism. Continuing to add jokes and other disruptive content into articles may lead to you being blocked from editing. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 05:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding nonencyclopedic material to articles[edit]

Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. At several snooker articles in the last couple of days you have added patently PoV-pushing, nonencyclopedic language describing players or their play, including terms like "heartbreaking", "impressive", "memorable", etc. Wikipedia is not a magazine, it is an encyclopedia.— SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 05:16, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Editwarring[edit]

You have been an editor on wikipedia for only a short time, and may not be fully familiar with the "rules of the game". Persistent addition of edits giving your opinion is specifically prohibited, and will get you blocked from editing the encyclopedia. May I suggest that you study our standard welcome message, and act on it? --Anthony.bradbury 22:24, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Personal attacks again[edit]

This is your last warning. If you continue to make personal attacks on other people as you did at Highest snooker break, you will be blocked for disruption. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 22:27, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

24-hour block[edit]

Having reviewed your editing contributions, particularly the edit summaries you've used recently, I reluctantly come to the conclusion that your incivility is damaging the project and requires more than just a warning. As a result, I have imposed this 24-hr block. During the next 24 hrs, I request that you review the basic Wikipedia policies particularly including WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA. These policies are an important part of working within the project, and those who refuse to abide by them are damaging the encyclopedia. If you are willing to work within them, please do so. If not, please consider simply leaving the project. Thank you.

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for repeated abuse of editing privileges. Please stop. You're welcome to make useful contributions after the block expires. If you believe this block is unjustified you may contest this block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below.

Georgewilliamherbert 02:05, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]