User talk:Goolcap

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Please read Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, which all articles must follow. Wikipedia is a neutral, verifiable encyclopedia; it is not a place to argue a particular point of view. Thank you. Demiurge 17:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. Please always observe our core policies. Thank you. Demiurge 19:06, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Demiurge 19:12, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- 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. Demiurge 11:18, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your email

Just got your email. You edited the Ormonde Winter page to refer the IRA as "mass-murdering terrorists intent on ethnically cleansing Irish Unionists from their homeland by terror and murder", which is way beyond the bounds of the WP:NPOV policy. By all means fix any factual errors in the article (which I didn't write myself, I should point out), but if you keep adding in your own opinions like this you'll just get reverted. I've readded back in your factual changes but I've removed the opinions. Demiurge 14:36, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bloody Sunday (1972)

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 20:48, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is your last warning. The next time you violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by inserting commentary or your personal analysis into an article, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 21:04, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked

Dear Goolcap, unfortunately, your contributions are against our policies of Neutral Point of View and No Original Research, and it is with regret that you have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours. Please do not take this badly; this is not a punishment, but rather an opportunity to plan your upcoming useful contributions, which you are most welcome to make after the block expires. We'll be there to thank you in person for understanding and helping our project. Have a nice day! Phaedriel - 21:31, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

December 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article Sterling submachine gun, please cite a reliable source for your addition. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. See Wikipedia:Citing sources for how to cite sources, and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. (Hohum ^@) 16:03, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Per your email (please use talk pages instead): http://uk.ask.com/wiki/Weapons_of_the_Vietnam_War#Submachine_guns is a mirror of wikipedia, and can't be used as a reference per WP:CIRCULAR. (Hohum ^@) 00:11, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

1 RR

The Article Death on the Rock falls under WP:1RR per the notice at the top of the Article Talk page. All editors on Troubles-related articles are directed to get the advice of neutral parties via means such as outside opinions. All articles related to The Troubles, defined as: any article that could be reasonably construed as being related to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland falls under WP:1RR (one revert per editor per article per 24 hour period). When in doubt, assume it is related.--Domer48_'fenian' 23:51, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Troubles restrictions

The article Operation Flavius, along with other articles relating to The Troubles, is currently subject to active arbitration remedies, as laid out during a previous Arbitration Enforcement case that closed in October 2007, and was amended by community consensus in October 2008. The current restrictions are:

All editors on Troubles-related articles are directed to get the advice of neutral parties via means such as outside opinions.
All articles related to The Troubles, defined as: any article that could be reasonably construed as being related to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland falls under WP:1RR (one revert per editor per article per day). When in doubt, assume it is related.
- Clear vandalism, or edits by anonymous IP editors, may be reverted without penalty
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Mo ainm~Talk 09:06, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Original research is not permitted

I see you have already been warned about this - please stop adding your own analysis and commentary to articles - original research is not permitted. --Cameron Scott (talk) 15:18, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, it is all true but by it's very nature I can't reference a source for it so I'll refrain in future

Per these edits, the message is obviously not getting through. Do you thing other editors won't go to the trouble of checking refs., particularly given your record? Please knock off the WP:SYNTH. RashersTierney (talk) 11:45, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh the message is through but can you qualify it for me? If I want to reference a magazine article or quote from a book or magazine is it enough to provide the link to the magazine homepage or Amazon page or does it require more? Also how can I upload pictures to the articles?

Thanks

Halloween III under Featured Article Review

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Image without license

Unspecified source for File:"A picture of Major Hardy in 1918jpg".jpeg

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Recieved and understood, I'm afraid I'm grappling with both the legal and techinical aspects of posting a picture to illustrate the biography of Hardy

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Yes it was unintended, I'll see if I can remove it, thanks