User talk:Joseph101895

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Welcome![edit]

Hello, Joseph101895, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 01:58, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions 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—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 01:58, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion[edit]

School guidelines, including what not to include, are worth reading: WP:WPSCH/AG#WNTI. Perhaps WP:COI will be helpful, too. Thank you, 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 02:24, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

November 2015[edit]

Consider the following a formality; I am asking that your account be blocked for promotional intent, and adding copyright violations and unsourced content. Thank you.

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you use Wikipedia for soapboxing, promotion or advertising. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 02:52, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent editing history at California Lutheran High School shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you get reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the article's 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 BRD 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 your 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 don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Jab843 (talk) 03:04, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Editing[edit]

You really do need to stop for the night and familiarize yourself with wikipedia policies. Anymore editing will simply get you banned. We have an awesome user experience Wikipedia Adventure that will familiarize you with the basics of our policy. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Jab843 (talk) 03:20, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, so I did one last edit, to see if that's ok?

Just take a break, and get familiar with the policies. You have been reported and might have a temporary ban imposed, that is up to the admins, but I would revisit this tomorrow. Jab843 (talk) 03:25, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I can't seem to find this one, but you're the copyright expert. I know the man who wrote those words verbatum. How can I get his permission to use them?

you don't really. In any case, you need to rephrase it for wikipedia. The only things that you gain "permission" is meta sources like videos and pictures. Please follow the links in the above welcome post. Jab843 (talk) 03:41, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, text can in principle be licensed, but yes, why would we want that kind of text here? Drmies (talk) 04:22, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits[edit]

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Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 03:31, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

November 2015[edit]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Drmies (talk) 04:25, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph, a few things. First of all, it seems admin Prodego looks more favorably on your edits than I do; perhaps they can champion you a bit. Second, this edit warring, whereby you kept restoring what was copied material, some of which not neutral at all, is the main reason for the block: it suggested to me that you are not here to improve the encyclopedia, but rather to paint the school in as positive a light as possible. We cannot have that, and one easy way to begin removing that impression is by giving edit summaries. Now, the IP editor left a link ("Suggestion") to our guidelines; I strongly suggest you read those rules and if you want to place an unblock request, to consider addressing that.
If you genuinely want to improve our article, and not just make this school look good, please look in the blocking template above on how to request an unblock; I have no doubt that Prodego will be willing to have a look, and I have faith in and will abide by their decision. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 04:47, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]