User talk:John Rushton83

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Chilean girls picture

The Chilean girls if are representative of the chilean people, too the huasos are white and are poor people of the ranch.

Non-native pronunciations of English

I fear you're inviting an edit war by reinstating all that material. Several editors have been adamant, for a long time, that nothing should go in this particular article without a solid reference to a reliable, published source. I know that such sources are often difficult or impossible to find when discussing foreign accents, and I personally think this requirement may be excessive for the subject in question, but I decided some time ago that there were more important battles to fight. If you feel strongly that this material belongs in the article, despite all the opposition you are going to encounter, you'll probably want to get ready for protracted discussions. Richwales (talk) 17:58, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted this edit not only because it reinstated material that shouldn't be there uncited but because you removed referenced material.

With all due respect to the above editor, there are lots of academic sources discussing foreign accents; were there not, Wikipedia policy states that topics with no available sources are de facto unencyclopedic. — Æµ§œš¹ _{[aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi]} 22:33, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Signing comments

Hi there, just a quick note to say don't forget to sign your comments when you post on talk pages etc. You sign by adding 4 of the ~ symbols in a row at the end of your comment. Thanks! Bretonbanquet (talk) 23:13, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AND DONT FORGET SIGNING COMMENT KNUCKLEHEAD

YOU GOTTA SIGN YOUR COMMENT IF YOU WANNA TO BE APPROUVEN BY ME OR ANYONE ELSE. IslandShader (talk) 23:15, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please ignore the above, and remember that you have the right to remove inappropriate comments from your own talk page. I just came here to thank you for your contribution to Facial hair. Lithoderm 23:49, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, IslandShader is blocked indefinitely as a sockpuppet. You can delete this whole section. dougweller (talk) 14:24, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mediterranean race

Just to say I reverted your edit adding South America. The sentence was sourced and the source doesn't mention South America. The concept is obsolete now in any case. I take your point of course, but given that it put info in that wasn't in the source and is basically irrelevant to the article, I removed it. dougweller (talk) 14:21, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

White British

Please note that (1) the article is about the 2001 ONS census classification, not about your personal interpretation of the term; and (2) any additional text which you insert should be properly referenced. Additions which do not meet these criteria will be reverted. Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:16, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I am an administrator who has twice been made aware of your edits on several pages, and have twice been asked to take action. I am here to address the concerns both that other editors have as well as my own (having reviewed your contributions).

The first point to be made is about editting in general: If you continue to enforce your preferences on White British, British people, English people and/or any other related page without discussion and without edit summaries I will either lock the page or block you. Wikipedia is not a battleground and is not a place to publish personal opinion. Wikipedia is read by millions of people and if you add contentious material that puts the project at risk of ridicule you are likely to upset a great many other editors. Blocking policy is found at WP:BLOCK.

Wikipedia is built using consenus based decisions and scholarly verification; making changes that are unattributed to a source or an agreed action on the talk page is not conductive to the aims of the project. You must cite your sources and (in cases about ethnic groups) must achieve support on the talk page first before making future changes.

Continually adding and removing images and adding unsubstantiated statistics about ethnicity affects real people, with real lives. In this capacity our policy at WP:BLP also applies, in which case I may block you without warning (this however is your warning). BLP powers allow administrators to take strong, instant and unpopular actions to ensure that Wikipedia does not infringe upon the rights or dignity of living people with original research. An example of why I am raising this is your use of pictures in White British; neither Adam Smith or Kelly Holmes would be described in this way, and adding that picture makes a mockery of Wikipedia as a serious educational tool.

Going forwards, if there is any kind of opposition on the talk page, or on your talk page to a change you have made or seek then WP:BRD applies, meaning your edit will be reverted and only implimented if it is discussed and agreed upon as appropriate. If you wish to respond to this message, please bare in mind that this message is aimed at bringing you into the editing community, not to isolate you. Otherwise, good luck, --Jza84 | Talk 16:00, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]