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Copyright violation in The Al Qaeda Reader

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Putting a disputed article on your User page

Please read this. --Orange Mike 16:58, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Copy and paste of news articles.

I have noticed that you have pasted text of copyrighted news articles into wikipedia articles. While you may use outside articles as sources of facts, you may not use them as sources of sentences. Thanks -- Diletante 17:08, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

I noticed that you re-added all the text I removed. You may want to read WP:C#Contributors' rights and obligations to familiarize yourself with the issues involved. Thanks. -- Diletante 16:29, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks for using the image Eurabia flag

HI!
i want to thank u for using the flag i made for Eurabia, and tell u that if u want i have lot's of other flags in commons:User:Oren neu dag/my uploaded files.
BTW i an curious as for what made u choose this image? so plz don't leave me hanging...
Oren neu dag (talk) 11:04, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

1st user Warning

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February 2008

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Misplaced Pages, as you did to Criticism of the Qur'an. It is considered spamming and Misplaced Pages is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Since Misplaced Pages uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Misplaced Pages will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. --Cúchullain /c 22:54, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Border

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AfD nomination of Religion of Peace?: Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn't

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Nephi Project

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Proposed deletion of Technology and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Technology and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Misplaced Pages is not" and Misplaced Pages's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

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Re: Temple (Latter Day Saints)

This is a copy of what I've posted at Talk:Temple (Latter Day Saints). Please examine policy links carefully that I've provided:

The video called "Between Heaven and Earth", which is being linked to from YouTube, is almost surely running afoul of copyright violation. The copyright for the video is owned by Bonneville Communications. There is nothing on the YouTube link that suggests that it has been placed there with permission or authorisation from the copyright owner. Thus, we should not be providing a link to the video. Please note that according to WP:COPYVIO, "ontributors who repeatedly post copyrighted material despite appropriate warnings may be blocked from editing by any administrator to prevent further problems." Thanks.

Good Ol’factory 21:53, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Technology and the LDS Church

I have gone over the article you created: Technology and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and I still feel it is a very poor article that is hopelessly non-notable. What are your thoughts? --Descartes1979 (talk) 05:45, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Technology and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

An article that you have been involved in editing, Technology and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Technology and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 09:31, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

JWs and Racism

You have repeatedly contended that racism promoted by JWs is of enough significance to have it in the main JW article. The basis of the claim relates to long abandoned teachings from around a hundred years ago. It is not a current issue relating to JWs, and should not be on the main article. If you believe this to be untrue, state your case on the Talk page of the JW article to seek concensus from other editors. Do not restore the material to the article until you have done this.--Jeffro77 (talk) 15:53, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

If you believe that the edits you want in place under racism are a) necessary, and b) confirmed by the reference, you need to state your reasons on the Talk page. You need to explain

a) how a reference from 1914 proves segregation in the 1950s. b) why racism among members of JWs at the same rate as in the rest of the society is a notable element of a controversy. --Jeffro77 (talk) 19:06, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Continually reverting with material containing references that are being disputed is not the correct process, especially if you failed to respond regarding why you believe the disputed material should be there. Please also review the Misplaced Pages guidelines regarding edit disputes.--Jeffro77 (talk) 19:25, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

You once again reverted the text with inappropriate references. You have made no attempt to explain why you believe the references to be appropriate. If you continue to refuse to follow the proper dispute resolution process, your actions will be reported to an Administrator for arbitration.--Jeffro77 (talk) 23:55, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

I am progressing this issue immediately to Arbitration as you have made no attempt to justify the references you seek to include, that have been objected to for the stated reasons on the article's Talk page.--Jeffro77 (talk) 17:01, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Arbitration request has been made at Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration--Jeffro77 (talk) 17:31, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

I have just noticed on your user page in large letters, "The Jehovas Witnesses want to kill me, again". Irrespective of whether that allegation is true, though I doubt it is, it indicates that you have a bias against JWs. Please leave your biases aside when editing Misplaced Pages articles.--Jeffro77 (talk) 17:43, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

If you "do not accept the edit of Vassilis78", then you need to go to the Talk page and discuss, with reasons. Otherwise you are just repeating the same behaviour as before. You already demonstrated that you edit in bad faith, and continuing to do so will ultimately get you banned.--Jeffro77 (talk) 18:31, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry case

You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets/Cmmmm for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page. Jeffro77 (talk) 23:31, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Why?

Excuse me please, please tell me why you say on your user page the Jehovahs Witnesses want to kill you. That is a very interesting statement. Just curious. thanks Jesse James Shoot —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesse Jaimes (talk • contribs) 18:33, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Apparently it has something to do with "intimitation", whatever that means. Maybe Tre2 knows.--Jeffro77 (talk) 19:13, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Racism soapbox

Racism among JWs is obviously a very significant issue to you, as demonstrated on your User page. However, as far as it relates to JW controversies in general, it is not a current issue of extraordinary issues. While it may merit some mention, it doesn't need pride of place just because you feel strongly about it.

Please read Misplaced Pages's policies regarding trying to use Misplaced Pages to voice personal issues (in particular, points 1 and 2 apply most to your actions): Misplaced Pages:Soapbox#Misplaced Pages is not a soapbox.

Continued disruption to JW articles without proper discussion will be brought to the attention of administrators.

Perhaps you should follow the advice of the link above, and start your own blog away from Wikipeida for your pet concerns about JWs.--Jeffro77 (talk) 14:59, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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JW 'race controversy'

Please stop making unproductive edits to the JW controversies article.

• No one is disputing that older Watchtower publications presented racist views, and these are already presented in the article.
• I agreed that the Watchtower criticising Catholic views of racism during a period when they also made racist comments should be mentioned in the article. Feel free to add this, but make sure the wording is appropriate for an encyclopedia.
• No verifiable racism has been established with regard to selecting members of the GB. Speculative opinions of 3rd parties is not evidence.
• Arbitrarily wanting the race section higher in the article has no basis, and the other issues are more significant controversies relating to JWs. If you disagree, you need to discuss.

Administrators will be asked to assist again if you do not follow the proper procedures.--Jeffro77 (talk) 22:05, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Theatre

Regarding - do you have a nomination suggestion for Portal:Theatre/Selected article? Cirt (talk) 15:31, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

- I'd prefer if we keep it to Featured Articles for this subsection of the portal. If all the articles within a particular "Selected content" section of a portal are of a Featured Article quality, we can call that subsection "Featured article". But if not, then we have to call it "Selected article". Since we have 19 FAs to randomize through, I'd like to keep it to just FAs. Cirt (talk) 15:38, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry that I forgot to say - thank you for your interest in Portal:Theatre in the first place :) -- If you have any other suggestions of other Featured Articles that you think should be included in the portal, please don't hesitate to suggest them at Portal talk:Theatre. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 15:53, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Your User page

Much of the content of your user page violates the Misplaced Pages guidelines for User page content. Please see Misplaced Pages:User_page#What may I have on my user page?, mainly point 8, but also point 9.--Jeffro77 (talk) 22:29, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Blocked

As a result of Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets/Cmmmm you are blocked 48 hours and the sock indef. Don't sock again. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:39, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Latter-day Saints

Please stop blanking the Portal:Latter-day Saints page. Alanraywiki (talk) 15:09, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

User page blanked

I have blanked the content of your user page. It has nothing to do with Misplaced Pages or the work you do here. If you want to host that kind of content, do it on your own webpage, not on Misplaced Pages. Friday (talk) 16:59, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

The problem is this - wikipedia is not a soapbox for people's offsite disputes - be they with the watchtower, the IRS or batman, so that sort of content is prohibited. --Cameron Scott (talk) 13:34, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Mormons

Mormons themselves are an example of multiculturalism. Baseball Bugs 16:49, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Revert

You reverted the JW controversies article. Not only was the revert inappropriate in principle because the freeminds website is not a reliable encyclopedic source, but you are also repeating your previous behaviour of restoring your own version of the article without any regard for intermediate edits in other parts of the article. This behaviour is considered disruptive, and will be reported again if it continues. If you believe your points to be valid, you need to discuss (not 'copy-and-paste chunks from freeminds') on the Talk page.--Jeffro77 (talk) 13:43, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Portal:Islam/Selected article

Regarding Portal:Islam/Selected article/35, please only add articles to Portal:Islam/Selected article that have already received a quality rating of WP:FA or WP:GA. This article is neither, and in addition it is tagged with multiple problem issues. Cirt (talk) 17:47, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

JW controversies

I have removed the execessive links to the 'freeminds' website that you added to Controversies regarding Jehovah's Witnesses (as 79.209.72.119). The main freeminds site has been left in the list of critical sites. There is no need to reference several pages from the same site where the entire site reports alleged controversies about the religion.--Jeffro77 (talk) 14:42, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Revert

Thanks for trying to be helpful, even if you aren't. Please comment on the talk page first before wielding the mighty, wonderful, revert button. -Stevertigo 11:33, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Portals

Please stop POV-pushing in the Portal namespace. Pseudomonas_(talk) 13:15, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Taheri-azar letter.jpg

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Stifle (talk) 11:48, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Politically Incorrect (blog)

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. -- btphelps 06:52, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Cordoba House

Speedy deletion nomination of Stop Islamisation of America

A tag has been placed on Stop Islamisation of America, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done for the following reason:

You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles. See the Article Wizard.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Misplaced Pages criteria may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as an appropriate article, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is appropriate, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Vinie007 17:27, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Your cartoon of Mohammed

This image of yours violated WP:NPOV and had no place being placed here in Everybody Draw Mohammed Day nor in its gallery, (as you did here). The guidelines governing what pictures are suitable for inclusion in the gallery couldn’t be clearer. Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia and is not a free-for-all community graffiti wall for you to use as a vehicle to express your free-speech rights.

Given the above threads on this talk page and repeated warnings, you appear to be using this account for a single-purpose dedicated to pushing a particular point of view on religion-based articles. This is a clear and persistent violation of Misplaced Pages’s rules and guidelines. Please stop or you will be banned. Greg L (talk) 20:29, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Comment from the peanut gallery: I liked your cartoon; it's well-drawn and made me smile because I happened to see it shortly after reading the article on Geert Wilders, who I generally disagree with but he advocates what you drew. That said, I do agree with Greg L above that a political cartoon like that likely will not find an article on Misplaced Pages to call home. ~Amatulić (talk) 06:37, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Indef block

I told you before not to sock again. In addition to that, you have disruptive POV issues that are blockable. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:55, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

File:Mohammed21.jpg listed for deletion

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