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Paul Ainslie

Note to editors: I have copied the discussion above to Talk:Paul Ainslie as it is relevant to that article. Please reply there. Ivanvector (talk) 19:23, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Toronto mayoral election, 2014

Hello Ivanvector - Thanks for the connection. Not even sure if this is the right way to respond since I'm not very tech savvy. Not sure how all of this is connected and as you noticed, protocols followed. I will try to follow your suggestions to learn more. Verifiability for Mayor Candidate from Toronto City election office is <http://app.toronto.ca/vote/candidateListAll.do>; my software patented invention number is <http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week50/OG/html/1397-2/US08602793-20131210.html> my published books have the ISBN numbers; there are a lot of newspaper articles from my Mt Everest expedition but I do not know how to access the newspaper archives from 25 to 23 years ago. I do have the hard copies from those years. I do have some current press releases but I am not sure if this is OK under verification rules. My campaign platform that I am running on and that I stand for and what I had included in wiki is on my website www.erwinsniedzinsfortorontomayor.ca; I agree it is hard for me to be as objective as independent editors and sure could use some help to make it objective.

Can you help with this objectivity?

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(ErwinSniedzins (talk) 22:21, 17 May 2014 (UTC))

Have you looked at the information about the other candidates? Based on the Toronto Sun, the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, ... - in short, on reliable sources that are independent of the subject and relevant to the mayoral election. I fail to see how either your software invention or your Mt Everest expedition are relevant here - coverage of neither is likely to discuss your candidacy for mayor. Without sources like those that discuss the other candidates, we can't write much about your candidacy - in particular discussing your platform would require third-party coverage. Huon (talk) 01:24, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

AFD

Can you clarify your reason for hiding my argument at WP:AFD.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:44, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Replied at the AfD. Ivanvector (talk) 21:04, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Help with incorrect comments

Hi

I wonder if you can help. You have left a warning on my talk page regarding being involved in an editing war.

Unfortunately there is an anonymous user who is posting false and slanderous comments about my company.

I would like to know how I go about having this info blocked or removed?

The page is Wikiwigmore edit: the page is Wigmore, Herefordshire Ivanvector (talk) 20:26, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seades (talk • contribs) 20:04, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

I've posted the warning on the IP user's talk page as well. The three-revert rule says that you cannot perform more than three reverts on a single page within 24 hours, except in very specific circumstances such as blatant vandalism. I reviewed the edits and in my mind they don't constitute blatant vandalism - they may be problematic but what it comes down to is you disagree with the information presented and you reverted it, many times, which violates 3RR. You should stop, even if the other editor does not. There are better ways that won't get you blocked.

As for the problem on the page, I agree that the information is negative but it appears to be properly sourced, and we don't selectively exclude reliable information because it is negative. We're not a publicity site. If you think that the information is inaccurate or unreliable (I would support that argument) you should try to start a discussion with the IP editor on the article's talk page, or if the problem is very serious you can ask for help at the administrators' noticeboard. Ivanvector (talk) 20:26, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Seades, while I was editing the above block in response to your question, I noticed that you're continuing to fight this edit war even after being warned. Seriously, stop. Ivanvector (talk) 20:28, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

I also noticed you referred to this as "your company". Do you work for the school? If so, you have a conflict of interest and based on what's happening over there you should definitely back away from editing that page, at least for now. Please read the plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Ivanvector (talk) 20:29, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Don't really understand what your saying.

The links are not well researched.

This site is a publicity site, if it wasn't then the poster would not be using it!

If I have a conflict of interest so does the poster, so can you explain to me why he is able to continue to post?

Thanks again for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seades (talk • contribs) 20:36, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict with SineBot) I'm working on it, but I agree that the information doesn't seem very reliable. Opening a thread on the talk page. Ivanvector (talk) 20:42, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seades (talk • contribs) 20:51, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

At this point just be patient. I've requested that administrators look into this, it just might take a while for someone to see it. You should leave the page alone until the issue with the IP user is resolved. Ivanvector (talk) 21:42, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Help request, 10 June 2014

This help request has been answered. If you need more help, you can ask another question on your talk page, contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page, or consider visiting the Teahouse.

I have tried to add information to a wikipedia page and it was all deleted. The information that was on the page before I edited it was either inaccurate, or needed to be updated considerably.

I don't believe there was a conflict of interest as I attributed all of the information.

Your conflict of interest stems from your username, Comms bvc, which I've interpreted to mean that you represent the communications department of Bow Valley College, the article in question. The information that you added was unduly promotional for an encyclopedic article. I undid your edits, and then reworked the article with the useful information you provided which did not read like an advertisement.

Before continuing to edit, please have a look at our plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Please note that paid advocacy is quite seriously frowned upon by the Misplaced Pages community.

If you have more questions, feel free to post here or at the Teahouse. Ivanvector (talk) 21:42, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Oh, and please remember to sign your posts on talk pages (but not in articles) so that other editors know who they're talking to. After your comment, type ~~~~ which changes to your signature when you save, like this: Ivanvector (talk) 21:43, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Edit war, help?! and apologies

Content redacted per action at administrators' noticeboard. Ivanvector (talk) 06:03, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Attack site

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(website blacklisted - Ivanvector (talk) 06:03, 11 June 2014 (UTC)) in no way meets this criteria. I am providing only factual information about the school. I am not, nor is the link site doing any of the above...PLEASE let me know your motivation as you are protecting the wrong party by your censorship. — Preceding unsigned comment added by StopTheRot-Wigmore (talk • contribs) 01:47, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Accounting task force cleanup listing

A trial run is available at Business/Accounting task force. --Bamyers99 (talk) 14:19, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Hey, that looks really good. Thanks! Ivanvector (talk) 14:35, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

PC2

Thanks for all the productive discussion on PC2, and best of luck for the next round. - Dank (push to talk) 22:05, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: You asked for it :P

Ha! I still don't know much of anything about deleting images though. :( Ivanvector (talk) 17:09, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

June 2014

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Rob Ford mayoral campaign, 2014

I have a feeling you're really starting to POV pushing. Kingjeff (talk) 19:30, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

I don't think that's fair, only one of us has their trigger finger on the revert button. Would you like to ask for a third opinion instead? Ivanvector (talk) 19:44, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

A "trigger finger on the revert button" doesn't point to POV pushing. Based on my observation, you look to be the one pushing your POV. Kingjeff (talk) 19:46, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

I have used words like "feeling" and "look to be" and you taking it as an outright accusation? Kingjeff (talk) 02:15, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

You said that I'm pushing my POV, and then later you said it again. You might think that adding fluffy qualifiers like "feeling" and "look to be" makes your accusatory statement mean something else, but I don't. Yes, I am taking your twice accusing me of POV pushing as an outright accusation of POV pushing. Ivanvector (talk) 02:33, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

But it can't be an outright accusation with the way I phrased it. Kingjeff (talk) 03:00, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

It doesn't matter how you "phrase it". If you didn't mean to call my edits POV pushing, then you shouldn't have called my edits POV pushing. Ivanvector (talk) 03:54, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

But it does matter how I phrased it. If I had worded it differently, then it could have been an outright accusation. Kingjeff (talk) 17:56, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Did you not twice (, ) call my edits POV pushing? Ivanvector (talk) 18:13, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

July 2014

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Disruptive edits

The material I added to Cyrillic was directly taken from a standard philological source. I added back the mention about Denisona after she decided&#151;as a "lone wolf" authority&#151;to undo my proper edit.

Do y'all have nothing better to do than concoct problems that don't exist and then threaten contributors about them? I see that, in many other cases, nothing but a generic "This article has issues with unsourced material" warning is slapped up, but&#151;when I cite chapter and verse&#151;some wacko complains about it.

Please respond in ADULT. THOUGHTFULLY ARGUED fashion.

50.128.184.140 (talk) 16:22, 5 July 2014 (UTC)