User talk:Matthew.j.obrien

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August 2011

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. A contribution you made to Humane Society of the United States appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe this important core policy. Thank you. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 06:55, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Humane Society of the United States. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Please discuss the proposed addition on the talk page for the article, rather than just repeatedly re-adding the same material - large quotes from a blog site set up to criticize the organisation, are not appropriate. It would be better to use some of the sources the blog itself references. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:11, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

September 2011

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Humane Society of the United States. 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.

In particular, Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made; that is to say, editors are not automatically "entitled" to three reverts.
Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you continue edit warring, you may be blocked from editing. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:29, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Photo spamming

Please stop spamming the same photo all over Wikipedia. In most cases, it adds nothing to the topic. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 21:17, 28 April 2016 (UTC)`[reply]

Photo spamming, take 2

Hello. I have reverted your re-addition of the image on 300 AAC Blackout (7.62×35mm) since it adds absolutely nothing to the article. Images should show the subject of the article, ie the "300 AAC Blackout", not just a rifle claimed to be in that caliber, so please stop adding it. Thomas.W ^talk 18:04, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

April 2016

Your addition to 300 AAC Blackout (7.62×35mm) has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thomas.W ^talk 20:42, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit on "300 AAC Blackout" added among other things "More and more states are legalizing suppressors for hunting. This is a wise since it reduces the potential for hearing damage. It also makes sense from the aspect of limiting noise pollution in urban areas were deer hunting is permitted. Currently, the most popular subsonic hunting cartridge is the .300 AAC Blackout.", a block of text that is copied verbatim from http://www.gameandfishmag.com/deer-zone/se/best-bullets-for-deer-hunting/ and is a clear copyright violation. I haven't checked the rest of your edit yet, but I will, so I might return with more. Thomas.W ^talk 20:45, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And this "Subsonic .300 Blackout may be used for hunting at close to medium distances, but humane/ethical game kills become more difficult to make as distances stretch due to lower velocity and kinesthetic shock, as compared to supersonic ammunition" was copied from http://www.shootingtimes.com/ammo/ultimate-300-aac-blackout-ammo-test/ . Two checks and two perfect matches, so I don't think I need to check the rest... Thomas.W ^talk 20:51, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Matthew.j.obrien. I am Dianna and I am an administrator on this wiki. Placing content in quotation marks to circumvent our copyright policy is not an appropriate way to add content to the encyclopedia. Everything you add here needs to be written in your own words please. The portions that were not copied from your sources didn't have any sources, so I have removed the remainder of your addition on that basis. Please take the time to read and understand the following policies before you do any more editing here: copyrights, non-free content criteria, and Identifying reliable sources. — Diannaa (talk) 21:39, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

May 2016

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Deer, Venison, and Deer hunting among other articles. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Could you please stop adding self-promoting images to this and other articles; this is not acceptable here on Wikipedia and will only get you blocked if you continue. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:50, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Images

Hello. According to Wikipedia:Image use policy "Images with you, friends or family prominently featured in a way that distracts from the image topic are ... considered self-promotion and the Wikipedia community has repeatedly reached consensus to delete such images.". So don't add the image again. Thomas.W ^talk 13:51, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If I may add to this, it is clear from the edit histories of the various deer articles that you have been edit-warring articles repeatedly to try to get your images included, and that at least three editors have been reverting your additions for similar reasons. The consensus is thus clearly against the inclusion of these images. I understand you would much like to include them, and that you may feel strongly about it, but the community thinks otherwise. Thank you for your understanding. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:58, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

October 2017

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Venison, you may be blocked from editing. .SovalValtos (talk) 20:43, 5 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]