User talk:31.221.4.2

December 2016[edit]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Worthing Thunder, you may be blocked from editing. Phil roc^{My contribs} 16:43, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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August 2019[edit]

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Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 14:42, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest? Paid editing?[edit]

Resolved in Special:PermanentLink/916779128#I_don't_work_for_Boomtown, thank you very much.

~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:04, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello 31.221.4.2. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, such as the edit you made to Boomtown Fair, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat SEO.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at Talk:Boomtown Fair. The template {{Connected contributor (paid)}} can be used for this purpose. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:50, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Please respond[edit]

As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, such as the edit you made to Boomtown Fair, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at Talk:Boomtown Fair. The template {{Connected contributor (paid)}} can be used for this purpose.. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:54, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, 31.221.4.2. You have new messages at ToBeFree's talk page.
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~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:05, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia and copyright[edit]

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. 💵Money💵emoji💵^💸 12:41, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Your edit warring announcement[edit]

You seem to have announced interest in an edit war in Special:Diff/917784061, likely regarding Boomtown Fair; that means that you are considering to repeatedly change content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen or know that other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

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Discussion at Talk:Boomtown Fair#45,000 bytes of band names[edit]

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Boomtown Fair#45,000 bytes of band names. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:52, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

June 2022[edit]

Hello, I'm Serols. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Momo Challenge hoax—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. Serols (talk) 15:39, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

November 2022[edit]

Hello, I'm Fragrant Peony. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, West Pier, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Fragrant Peony (talk) 11:22, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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May 2023[edit]

Hello, I'm Tropicalkitty. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Aldo Gucci—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Tropicalkitty (talk) 01:15, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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