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May 2010

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Misplaced Pages pages, as you did to Ephesus. Advertising and using Misplaced Pages as a "soapbox" is against Misplaced Pages policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Misplaced Pages. Thank you.Template:Do not delete Please see also the WP:COI policy Old Moonraker (talk) 21:05, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Please do not violate Misplaced Pages's neutral point of view policy, as you did with this edit to Leyla Gencer. Thank you. Katieh5584 (talk) 21:07, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Adding this material across so many articles can only be regarded as spamming and has been reverted. --Old Moonraker (talk) 21:09, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello Dr. Reisman

If you have the marked the pages you just edited on your watch list (that way you get to see what changes get made) you will notice that I made changes in what you had posted in three articles. What I did was called “wikification” and it was putting your book reference in the proscribed Misplaced Pages format. Which puts reference in footnotes at the end of the article. I was surprised to see you show up on three articles that I had bookmarked and was delighted to find your edits. A note of wikicaution. There are editors who object to having identical text show up in different articles, so they may appear, hopefully not. Also it is a good idea to include page numbers, even p. 1 – 275 if need be, because another editor might appear and request them.
On a personal note I am intrigued by your book and as an amateur but very dedicated sculpture historian (with a daughter living in Turkey) I am about to try and interlibrary loan the work since, unfortunately it is out of my current price range. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 17:43, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello Arnold. I don't know how you did it but you posted a message in my archived discussion page. I did not know it could be done, but it showed up on my watchlist anyway. For the record, I am Einar Einarsson Kvaran and I live in Dixon NM, USA. A lot of what I've done over the last few decades is hinted at here. I am currently trying to post my library at a website called Library Thing - now that I think of it, not a bad place for authors, who are all the place there. life is supposed to be interesting and it is. Carptrash (talk) 03:40, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

FDR, etc.

Come to WP:ANI, where I'm logging a complaint about your editing. You can't use wikipedia to promote your book. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 03:51, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Your edits were deleted for a number of reasons: the sources are from self-published books, which are not considered to be a reliable source and they appear to be original research. In addition, they are self-promotional. Also note that simultaneously editing under an account name such as User:Arnold Reisman and IP addresses (69.212.158.14 and 69.212.157.183) is also against the rules (see WP:sockpuppetry), and that editors should be very careful about editing articles on subjects on which they have a conflict of interest, which is certaily the case in regard to the article Arnold Reisman. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:52, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Also, to clear up some confusion - when editing Misplaced Pages articles, do not use the four tildes that "sign" your username and a date-timestamp. Only use this for signing your comments on talk pages. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:35, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

More comments have been entered at Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Arnold_Reisman_book_self-promotion. You are welcome to make your case there. Binksternet (talk) 16:43, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Arnold Reisman for deletion

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Arnold Reisman until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:04, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry

Please review the Misplaced Pages policy on WP:sockpuppetry. As the holder of an account you need to edit under that account name, and not use IP addresses such as User:69.212.159.248 to make your edits. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:58, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation

I have filed a sockpuppet report here. If you wish to comment, please use the link to get there. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:14, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

User:151.202.91.110

A reminder that it is against Misplaced Pages's policies for a blocked editor to edit using an IP address. Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:41, 1 June 2010 (UTC)C

User:BandGwolf

It is equally impermissible for a blocked editor to create a new account in order to edit. A blocked editor is not allowed to edit. If you wish to be unblocked, please follow the instructions on the block statement, do not try to edit using either IP addresses or accounts. Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:27, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

What does "blocked" mean?

I see that even after my warning above, you tried to edit the Arnold Reisman article using the account User:BandGwolf, which leads me to believe that you do not understand what "blocked" means on Wikiupedia. Your account has been blocked indefinitely by a Misplaced Pages administrator. This means that you may not edit Misplaced Pages for the duration of your block. You may not edit it using an IP address, and you may not edit it by creating a new account. Until you are unblocked, the only place on Misplaced Pages you can edit is this page. If you would like to be unblocked, then you should follow the instructions above on the block notice and file an unblock request, and an administrator will respond. Until such time as you are unblocked, please do not try to edit the article about you, or any other place on Misplaced Pages, as your edits will be reverted as soon as they are discovered.

I hope that is clear, and that you will follow Misplaced Pages's procedures from here on out. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:50, 2 June 2010 (UTC)