User talk:MisterAnthony

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You have been blocked temporarily from editing for disruptive editing (including edit warring and a swarm of unnecessary test edits at Garry Marshall, attempts to remove noticeboard reports, inappropriate tagging, and an apparent refusal to communicate regarding any of these issues). Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. 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 ~~~~}}.  Ian.thomson (talk) 13:56, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You violated the three revert rule by attempting to:

• link to the United States article three times on the word "American" in the lede ([1], [2] [3])
• tag the article for notability twice ([4] [5])
• change the profile picture from the apparent consensus version four times ([6] [7] [8] [9]).

Except for the notability tagging, these edits aren't necessarily "bad", but neither were the versions that other people changed them back to. Since multiple editors restored the other version, your version did not have consensus. By all means, attempt changes, but if those changes are reverted, discuss the issue on the article's talk page instead of reverting.

Assuming that the first of each attempted change was not a revert, that's still six reverts within 24 hours. Yes, they do add up. Even if they somehow didn't, the attempts to change the profile picture are enough.

Some other tips: Try using the "Show Preview" button to make sure your edits look alright before saving them, instead of repeatedly saving the page for making small and pointless formatting changes. Never edit other people's posts on noticeboards or talk pages (except when removing warnings from your page -- which will be taken as a sign that you have read and understand that warning). Finally, if someone doesn't have "Bot" at the end of their username, they are another human being and you can try to talk with them to figure out what the problem is.

Note that your editing does appear a bit precocious, so a future block may not be temporary. Ian.thomson (talk) 13:56, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Jim1138. I noticed that in this edit to Garry Marshall, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Jim1138 (talk) 10:41, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:MisterAnthony reported by User:Winkelvi (Result: ). Thank you. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 00:46, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Asking you to take part in the discussion started at the Garry Marshall talk page. It's a better choice than continuing to edit war. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 03:41, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have blocked you for edit warring and a general refusal to communicate. You may not have violated WP:3RR today, but you have been edit warring in the broader sense by repeating an edit over and over without discussing it after it was reverted. You have made one talk page post (that had nothing to do with your changes and went against WP:NOTFORUM), and your only user talk page edits have been removing messages from this page (which is taken as a sign that you have read and understand them). You have generally been uncooperative. That needs to change because this is a collaborative project.

If you want to be unblocked, you must meaningfully communicate. Explain why you have been refusing to talk to anyone else about your edits, or admit you made a mistake there and promise to communicate in the future. The bar is very low here, you just need to talk. Don't try to blame other people, though.

You can use this template to request an unblock: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}

After you are unblocked, must discuss your edits to the Garry Marshall article at Talk:Garry Marshall. Likewise, you need to discuss other edits at their relevant talk pages.

If you just wait out the block and go back to the Garry Marshall article without discussing matters, I will indefinitely block you as not being here to collaborate. Ian.thomson (talk) 10:36, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Irwin Zigmond requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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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 ~~~~}}.  Ian.thomson (talk) 12:00, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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