User talk:Mapador

November 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Project management, did not appear to be constructive and has been removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. ~Beano~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:41, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is strongly discouraged. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. MrOllie (talk) 16:58, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

reply to your message

The reason I reverted your edit was because it had an e-mail in it, and that can be considered promotional per Wikpiedia's SPAM policy. The best page I can link you to is Wikipedia's tutorial on editing pages. Please update my talkpage if you have any more questions. ~Beano~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:38, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

reply to your message: The only revert I did was the e-mail change I showed you. Someone else has also reverted your change. You will want to talk to him if you have questions about his revert. Every change, even if removed, is saved in the article's History. What you will want to do to view or restore and past material is to go to the article and click on the history tab. If you restore anything, make sure to also describe your changes in the edit summary. This will allow you to explain what you're doing so an administrator or another edit doesn't get confused. ~Beano~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:52, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 17:59, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

Your company sells a service based on the 'Project Pre-Check' espoused by the book. You've even got a link to order it on your website - you have an obvious conflict of interest on this. Please stop adding references to this book to Wikipedia. - MrOllie (talk) 18:27, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. MrOllie (talk) 19:34, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits, such as those you made to Project management office. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, you will be blocked from editing. Please, if an edit is reverted because it is unsourced, please don't re-add it without a source. We, as Wikipedia editors, understand the frustration of having something, perhaps something important, to say... but not being able to source it. That means we can't SAY it in Wikipedia. We can't even go put it in a blog and reference it. To put something into Wikipedia, one must be able to cite a secondary source, and a reliable one at that. All the best. Please take a step back, study up a bit on how Wikipedia works, and make your edits. sinneed (talk) 22:07, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Mapador! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking

or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! sinneed (talk) 22:08, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Please study the links above about sources, editing, etc. I hope you will find them as useful as I have, and that you will continue to edit Wikipedia. We need more good editors, but the approach you are pursuing just now is not ideal. :) All the best! sinneed (talk) 22:09, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance request

I see Sinneed above has given you some advice, my own advice is to heed it. I had a look at your editing history, and while I can see that your intentions may be good, there is generally a reason when one starts receiving negative feedback from multiple experienced editors. In the case of books (especially with very general subjects, such as the ones you have been editing, where there may be a large number of books that concern the subject), the book needs to be shown to be a reliable source in its area. The simple fact that it has been published is not enough to show this, especially when there are many books on the subject. Does the author of the book you are referencing have significant credentials and experience in the field in question? Is it widely cited and referenced by others in the field, or by scholarly works regarding it? Are there significantly positive reviews from independent sources? If so, these things can help in establishing a source as reliable. If not, the other editors involved are likely correct in that it's not needed. It would also be good to show what that source can bring to the article that other sources already present do not.

I would advise you to engage in discussion with the other editors involved. They are (probably rightfully) concerned that you have a conflict of interest in adding links and the like to a company with which you are presumably affiliated. That guideline advises that someone with a possible conflict of interest discuss and present material they believe may be useful with other editors, and leave the decision up to them. If you follow this, you will likely find your editing experience here much more pleasant. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 06:13, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]