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July 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Patrick Reynolds (actor) has been reverted.
Your edit here to Patrick Reynolds (actor) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psB8LA-dgkg) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a media file (e.g. a sound or video file) on an external server, then note that linking to such files may be subject to Wikipedia's copyright policy, as well as other parts of our external links guideline. If the information you linked to is indeed in violation of copyright, then such information should not be linked to. Please consider using our upload facility to upload a suitable media file, or consider linking to the original.
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COI editing, lack of reliable sources

While your contributions to Wikipedia are clearly made in good faith and intended as constructive, they're simply not compliant with Wikipedia's policies regarding biographies of living persons, reliable sourcing, and article neutrality. You should also review Wikipedia practices regarding conflicts of interest. The many external links you're adding to the body of the article are also not in accordance with Wikipedia practice, and are likely to be seen as inappropriate promotional/advocacy editing. I really think you should back off from the article and instead discuss your proposals on the article talk page, because the changes you've been making so far from Wikipedia practices and standards that they're likely to be subject to wholesale removal rather than corrective modifications. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 19:48, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Spam

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you.Canterbury Tail talk 23:44, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Canterbury Tail talk 17:23, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Admin noticeboard

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August 2011

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48hrs for advertising or self-promoting in violation of the conflict of interest policy and notability guidelines. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Elen of the Roads (talk) 02:31, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

You have been repeatedly advised not to add either links to your non smoking organisation or polemics about the evils of smoking, which you seem to have ignored. As a consequence, you will not be able to edit for 48hrs. If you are the person referred to in Patrick Reynolds (actor) and there are factual errors in your article, you are welcome to take steps to correct them. Please either discuss changes on the talkpage with published sources, or contact WP:OTRS to discuss changes. Either way, please do not add content which can be construed as advertising yourself, your organisation or the evils of smoking.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 02:37, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

September 2011

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 month for adding spam links. Persistent spammers will have their websites blacklisted from Wikipedia and potentially penalized by search engines. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:44, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Response to your recent communication

Thank you for your recent communication. I would prefer to reply on-wiki, and would not in this case consider it proper to use other means of communication. I appreciate that you are passionate about your work in the anti-smoking lobby, but as you yourself say, you are not an expert at Wikipedia. My advice to you is that you read these pages - WP:COI, WP:V, WP:RS and WP:NPOV. Wikipedia cannot be used for campaigning or lobbying, and it is very important that an editor who does have an external interest is aware of this, and is cautious in editing in the area of their interest.

You say that you want to tell your story in a more personal way, however Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, and unsuited to such use. Articles, particularly articles on living persons, must contain factual sourced content, not personal views or opinions, - the purpose of the article about you is to document your existence, not set forth your viewpoint.

This does not mean that the subject's opinions need be entirely excluded - every article on a politician includes their political views. Nor does it mean that the subject's autobiography is not appropriate as a source. However, it should not be the only source for the article. Secondary sources (newspaper and magazine articles for instance) must also be used - the kind of sources you indicate were used to create the book you refer to.

Wikipedia does take errors in its information seriously. If you care to indicate below what the errors are, and provide me with sourced alternative, I shall be happy to correct the article. Alternately, if you will agree not to edit the article yourself again, but instead discuss any edits you want to make on the article talk page, or at WP:BLP/N if there is no response at the talkpage, I will unblock you.

This advice is provided free. Since you asked, it is frowned on to pay or receive money to edit a Wikipedia article. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 19:52, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Article Feedback deployment

Hey 2Patrick2; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 22:27, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, 2Patrick2. You have new messages at Magog the Ogre's talk page.
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Magog the Ogre (t • c) 18:14, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Copyright violations

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions to the Draft:Marianne O'Brien Reynolds article, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.

You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text—which means allowing other people to modify it—then you must include on the external site the statement: "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later, and under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribute Share-Alike".

You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question at the Help Desk. You can also leave a message on my talk page. Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:02, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

June 2015

Hello, I'm Winner 42. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to R. J. Reynolds, Jr. seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:19, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, 2Patrick2. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article R. J. Reynolds, Jr., you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

• Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:20, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to The Very Thought of You (film) with this edit. Wikipedia is not a collection of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links may include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:21, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Eugene Odum with this edit. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you. Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:27, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:50, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Materialscientist was too quick to block me today. Please read this entire post, and help make the worthy edits I failed to do in the proper Wilipedia manner (my apologies, to be sure!) Unblock me too, please.

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

2Patrick2 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Admittedly I made some edits on the pages of [Eugene_Odum] and my father, [R._J._Reynolds,_Jr.] without being a skilled Wikipedia editor (to say the least). This is [Patrick Reynolds (Activist)]. My intention is not to promote the book I co-authored together with writer Tom Shachtman, The Gilded Leaf, a 150 year biography telling the story of my colorful RJ Reynolds family. I mention it only because I am an author with credibility, though without Wiki editing skills. Our book did get a good deal of critical acclaim when it was first published by Little Brown in 1989. My bio (and contact info) are at www.Anti-smoking.org/bio/ if you or anyone at Wiki wishes to contact me. Again, I know little about being a Wiki editor myself.

My addition of links to my book The Gilded Leaf was not intended to be promotional in any way, nor was my book ever a platform for any anti-smoking message. The facts I added in my Wiki edits of today are backed up in my book, that is the only reason I linked to the book. It's mostly about the life of my father, RJ Reynolds, Jr, though it does span three generations of my family. So it seemed appropriate as an external link to add to [R._J._Reynolds,_Jr.]'s Wiki page.

But more than one Wiki editor quickly concluded it was promoting my book. The book was first published in 1989, and for the record, no one is actively trying to promote it over 20 years later!

Our goal as biographers was to simply report the life stories of six key RJ Reynolds family members over 150 years. Tom Shachtman has become one of the most critically acclaimed biographers of our time; Tom and I were packaged together by the William Morris Agency in the mid 1980's when I first brought them the proposal for a book.

I think my edits on Wikipedia do have some credibility and are unbiased, but again I do lack Wiki editing skills. You can leave me blocked, if you must, but please make the edits I am requesting yourself, if you know how to do it properly. My edits today were made in good faith, and are impartial and completely factual, and I did not mean to be overly promotional. Why would I bother?

I admit again that I am not an expert Wiki editor, and above all I am asking for your support and help to get my edits, pasted in below, into better form. It would be nice to be unblocked, too, but that is less important to me.

It IS important that it be publicly known that [R._J._Reynolds,_Jr.] and The Sapelo Foundation, which he founded, funded the work on Sapelo Island of [Eugene_Odum]. The source of Odum's funding is a significant omission from [Eugene_Odum]'s Wikipedia page, as well as from [R._J._Reynolds,_Jr.]'s page.

It was because of [R._J._Reynolds,_Jr.]'s Sapelo Foundation's support that [Eugene_Odum] was able to do his research on Sapelo Island, and publish his seminal paper, "The Ecology of a Salt Marsh" around 1958.

That paper was acclaimed in scientific circles because for the first time, Odum showed the fragility of the ecological cycle in the wetlands. The paper truly helped launch the modern ecology movement, and I am sure that can be easily enough researched by someone. Just contact the Sapelo Foundation on Sapelo Island GA and they will tell you who to contact at the University of GA if confirmation is needed. During the writing of The Gilded Leaf, we hired researchers, but I have no funds for that now, sadly.

I do think [R._J._Reynolds,_Jr.] should get credit on his page for his vision and for supporting Odum's work on Sapelo Island, and for helping to fund the fledgling ecology movement. Again, it should also be noted on the page of [Eugene_Odum].

My edits were intended to do that, but I blundered as I am not Wiki editor, and they appeared promotional of my book, which I currently have no reason to promote.

If you agree, and if you are willing, dear reader, please feel free to put my edits, pasted in below, into good Wiki form.

I am 66 years old now, and I do not have the Wiki editing skills do the job, nor the will to learn how to be a proper Wiki editor. I hope you will take up this small task.

If you think RJ Reynolds, Jr's role in the early ecology movement should be forgotten, that's okay with me, too. In that case, I beg you to please share this message with other Wiki editors who may in turn take up making these corrections / additions to the pages of [R._J._Reynolds,_Jr.] and [Eugene_Odum]. Thank you. Be nice if you unblocked me, too; I have no plans to edit again any time soon. But being able to edit does get the ball rolling when I have a fact to add.

My amateurish edits are below. I think they may be more easily discernible on the Edit history page of both men's pages. I'm pasting them in below so my edits do not get lost.

Thank you,

Patrick Reynolds

patrick2@anti-smoking.org (fine to email me here directly, or via Wikipedia Talk page, which I do not check as often or regularly -- and anyway it says I am blocked now, and cannot post.)

Or call my cell 310-880-1111 (I'm in Los Angeles and it's fine for any Wiki editor who wants to take these edits on to call me here, too, if you wish to talk to me.

Thank you for helping.

Patrick Reynolds

Decline reason:

This is clearly a conflict of interest, and you were clearly warned that if you continue you will be blocked. You persisted, hence the block. Max Semenik (talk) 04:15, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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2Patrick2 (talk) 01:49, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

My blocked edits:
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Richard Joshua Reynolds Jr, better known as 'Dick' Reynolds, (April 4, 1906 - Dec 14, 1964) was an American entrepreneur and the son of R.J. Reynolds, founder of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Historical Contributions Dick Reynolds was an American businessman, politician, activist and philanthropist. In 1953 he founded the Sapelo Island Marine Institute, which later became The Sapelo Foundation. Sapelo Island is one of the many barrier islands along the Georgia coast, a region rich in culture and natural resources. Sapelo has 17 miles of largely empty beaches and a network of winding dirt roads lined with ancient oaks hung with Spanish moss. It captivated the young heir to a tobacco fortune when he acquired Sapelo Island around 1934. During his life, R.J. Reynolds, Jr. would develop a deep appreciation of the natural beauty of the island. Reynolds was fascinated by the saltmarsh ecosystem separating Sapelo from the mainland, and in 1953, he created the Sapelo Island Marine Institute, as a research affiliate of the University of Georgia. The Sapelo Foundation operated the institute until 1976, when the University of Georgia took charge, and the foundation turned towards funding charitable activities, some of them on Sapelo Island for the benefit the island's Gullah community. HELPED LAUNCH THE ECOLOGY MOVEMENT Around 1958, RJ Reynolds, Jr.'s Sapelo Foundation funded the early work of [Eugene_Odum] of the University of Georgia. Professor Odum's seminal paper "The Eclology of a Salt Marsh" was widely acclaimed in the scientific community, and his paper helped launch the modern ecology movement. It's little known that Odum's work was supported by RJ Reynolds, Jr. HIS POLITICAL CONVICTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS HELPED ELECT TWO DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND HARRY TRUMAN RJ Reynolds, Jr. was a major political contributor to the Democratic Party, and he was made Treasurer of the National Democratic Party under President Roosevelt and was elected Mayor of Winston-Salem, NC. As a businessman he served briefly on the Board of the R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Co. and was an integral part in creating Delta Airlines where he was considered one of the fathers of the American Aviation industry. In personal endeavors he was an internationally acclaimed yachtsman, pilot, aviator, and philanthropist. His philanthropic contributions were the backbone of the southern economy during the Great Depression. Family Life Dick Reynolds had four sons with his first wife, socialite Elizabeth McCaw Dillard: Richard Joshua Reynolds III, John Dillard Reynolds, Zachary Taylor Reynolds, and William Neil Reynolds. From his second marriage to the Hollywood movie star, Marianne O'Brian, his sons were: the activist Patrick Cleveland Reynolds, and Michael Randolph Reynolds. His third marriage was to Mrs. Muriel Greenough. His first three marriages ended in divorce. His fourth marriage, in 1961, was to Dr. Annemarie Schmitt. Death Dick Reynolds was diagnosed with emphysema in 1960 and died four years later in Switzerland. References External links The Gilded Leaf: Three Generations of the RJ Reynolds Fortune and Family Reynolds Mansion on Sapelo Island [2] [3] [4] Z. Smith Reynolds Airport Winston-Salem Journal Series Death at Reynolda - Z. Smith Reynolds The Z Smith Reynolds Foundation [5] Richard J. Reynolds High School R. J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium {{Persondata | NAME = Reynolds, R. J., Jr. | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Dick Reynolds | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American businessman and tobacco heir | DATE OF BIRTH = 1906-04-04 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Winston Salem NC | DATE OF DEATH = 1964 | PLACE OF DEATH = Emmetten by Lucerne, Switzerland }} Category:1906 births Category:1964 deaths Category:American businesspeople 2Patrick2 (talk) 01:49, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello, I've taken the liberty of enclosing your text in collapsed window outside of the unblock request template for ease of reading. The unblock request template is only to be used for requesting an unblock, preferably succinctly. I would advise that you shorten your unblock request as excessive requests are not often catered to. I highly recommend that you read this link, WP:GAB, to aid you in drafting your unblock request. As for the article on your relative, pertinent links are

• WP:GNG
• [{WP:BIO]]
• WP:RS

Also, you might consider a mentor to aid you in article creation. Blackmane (talk) 03:01, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Help

Appreciate your response so very much.

What I need is a Mentor, or to hire / enlist support from someone who knows how to edit make the few edits I have suggested, as the deem appropriate. I can pay $50, but that is probably not permitted on Wikipedia, so please ignore that! 

Because I am totally blocked from posting edits, I can't contact anybody. So at this point I only want to be unblocked in order to find a Mentor, not to make edits myself.

Please Help!! This is an important bit of history which should be remembered.

Patrick Reynolds 2Patrick2 (talk) 07:05, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

You win

Thanks but I was not given time to respond to the warnings you spoke of, and did not see them in time. I was blocked indefinitely, ie permanently, within an hour after my post.

I'm no Wikipedia expert, but I would have liked time to try to fix it.

It's sad, because posterity should have as full a picture as possible of how the ecology movement started, but it looks like the facts I was trying to contribute will never come to light now.

I give up, you win. 2Patrick2 (talk) 07:22, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Unable to make edits anywhere for years, bec MaterialScientist blocked me from editing my page

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

2Patrick2 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Decline reason:

This is not an unblock request. ST47 (talk) 01:32, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

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