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Colin at cycling, good luck, and have fun. --Richard Keatinge (talk) 18:12, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

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Bicycle helmets in Australia

Hi! Welcome to Misplaced Pages! Have you read the neutral point of view policy? Misplaced Pages articles are required to be as neutral as possible, not taking sides on any question or issue. Your recent addition to Bicycle helmets in Australia seems to be making an argument about why bicycle helmets are bad, and that doesn't work with this policy. I'm going to remove it for now; if you disagree with me, feel free to discuss it at Talk:Bicycle helmets in Australia or ask for a third opinion on whether your proposed edit follows the neutral point of view policy. Thanks! -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:43, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit warring

Hello, and welcome to Misplaced Pages. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Bicycle helmets in Australia. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Misplaced Pages this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to be blocked from editing. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. While edit warring on Misplaced Pages is not acceptable in any amount, breaking the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a block. Thank you. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:55, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

The edit I made was to a statement included in "Hillman, M.. 1993. Cycle Helmets: the case for and against, Policy Studies Institute." it was a reasonable inclusion to include. Other citations listed stem from the 1980's, so age was not an issue. No proof as been provided to say the statements are in any way incorrect.

Your name

Hi, does the "at cycling" bit of your username refer to a cyclists' lobbying organisation in Australia? - Sitush (talk) 20:25, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

No ~~Colin at cycling~~

OK, thanks. Please could you sign your messages using ~~~~ in future? That is the easiest way to get a "proper" signature appended toa message and it automatically adds a link to here & also a timestamp. The output look similar to this --> Sitush (talk) 09:48, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Saw that you have signed using the four-cedilla method. Much easier for everyone, so thanks for that. - Sitush (talk) 23:34, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

I have been advised off-wiki of who you are, and I think that your response to my initial query was accurate but obtuse. It would seem from the off-wiki note that you do indeed have a conflict of interest and as such you really should declare it. You should also refrain from adding any works in which you had an involvement to the article: raise them on the article talk page and let others decide whether inclusion is justified. We are not going to make much progress if people continue to act in bad faith and it is my opinion that failure to declare an interest in an article that is as contentious and technically demanding to the reader as Bicycle helmets in Australia amounts to bad faith. - Sitush (talk) 09:33, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

BRD

Please can you read WP:BRD because it affects this revert. - Sitush (talk) 11:15, 5 June 2013 (UTC)