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February 2008

Welcome to Misplaced Pages, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Misplaced Pages is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to Rough Collie 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 our core policies. Thank you. Collectonian (talk) 15:04, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your message. I have reinserted the image as it illustrates a point in the text.

I am surprised that you feel that Rough Collies are good working dogs, because they have a reputation for being lazy, and in fact as far as I am aware are never used as working dogs in the UK! They were superceded long ago by Border Collies for sheep herding. Maybe things are different in the USA, in which case perhaps this distinction could be made. Mike0001 (talk) 12:01, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Then provide a source for it. You can't just claim "they are lazy" based on your personal assertion. I've also removed the image, again. The text barely discusses rough collie appearance at all, much less giving detailed discussion of the head shape, so no, it doesn't illustrate a point in the text. Collectonian (talk) 15:05, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. This is especially important when dealing with biographies of living people, but applies to all Misplaced Pages articles. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are already familiar with Misplaced Pages:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add your reference to the article. Thank you.Hardyplants (talk) 12:58, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

The recent edit you made to List of nontheists constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to vandalize pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thanks. · AndonicO 12:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC))

See here: "The names of gods are capitalized, including Allah, Vishnu, and God. The word god is generally not capitalized if it is used to refer to the generic idea of a deity, nor is it capitalized when it refers to multiple gods, e.g., Roman gods. There may be some confusion because the Judeo-Christian god is rarely referred to by a specific name, but simply as God (see G-d#Laws of writing divine names). Other names for the Judeo-Christian god, such as Elohim, Yahweh and Lord, are also capitalized." And the original quotations do capitalize "God". · AndonicO 13:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I have re-capitalized the quotations, but the article is not referring to any specific god is it? Mike0001 (talk) 13:36, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

A few places do, others don't; quite complex. · AndonicO 13:51, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to Misplaced Pages, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Misplaced Pages is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to Rough Collie 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 our core policies. Thank you. This is not a showcase for your dog, so stop trying to shove your pet's picture into the page. Also, stop reverting edits and calling it vandalism. Your made inappropriate edits. People fixing it is NOT vandalism. Collectonian (talk) 16:14, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I can believe you think you own this page but you do not. The pictures already there are quite poor so I have added a new one. Please desist from your vandalism, which you regard as fixing! Mike0001 (talk) 16:24, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Stop calling it vandalism. It was explained to you MULTIPLE times why the picture is not warranted nor helpful. It does not comply with the WP:IMAGE guidelines for use, as nothing in the article discusses the shape of the head, and you are only adding it because you uploaded it. That is ownership and you showing you can not maintain a neutral point of view. I also already explained to you that if you want to change something that is in the article to something completely opposite to it, you need to provide verifiable reliable sources to back up your claim. If you continue this inappropriate behavior, you will be blocked. Collectonian (talk) 16:36, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I am trying to improve this pathetic article and make it more scholarly. All you are doing is saying I am the only person who can contribute to this page, which is not what WP is all about. Please desist from undoing every edit I make! You are not playing a good WP community role. Also, the noble head is in the text! Mike0001 (talk) 16:50, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Having the words "noble head" is NOT a discussion of it. You were told not to do it, but you keep trying. I am undoing most of your edits because you have no clue what you are doing. You don't tag text as needing a reference by putting "Needs citation" as its reference. If you'd bothered to read the edit summary, I even showed you how to proper tag something as needing a reference, but you just kept putting in bad code, messing up the article. You keep insisting on shoving a picture of your dog's head into the article without wanting to take the time to REALLY improve the article by expanding the discussion of its appearance and head, and the article a as a whole, so it could actually support more images. You aren't doing anything to improve the article or make it more scholarly by trying to add in your personal images, but not add in real sourced content. I don't say I'm the only one who can contribute, I just monitor the page and keep people from making it worse. Collectonian (talk) 16:55, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Rough Collie. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. Your continued attempts to add the image after it was explained to you repeatedly why it was not appropriate, is not acceptable. Your are blatantly violating Misplaced Pages policy and refusing to accept that the image of your dog does not belong in the article at this time. I explained why multiple times, but you just keep stubbornly trying to shove it in. If you readd it again after this warning, you will be reported for violating the 3RR rule. Collectonian (talk) 16:51, 8 February 2008 (UTC)