FreeSpeachRight

You have been blocked temporarily from editing for evading a block from this address. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Ian.thomson (talk) 23:55, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

A summary of some important site policies and guidelines

• Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. All we do here is cite, summarize, and paraphrase professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources, without addition, nor commentary.
• It is best to stick to one account. There are very few legitimate reasons for creating multiple accounts, and outside of those reasons, we can and do block people (not just their accounts, but the people behind them) for trying to evade scrutiny. -- This is why you were blocked.
• Assume other editors are here to help as much as is possible. -- If a brand new user who wants to post their opinions as "truth" comes into conflict with an administrator who has been heavily active on the site for over a decade, it's a safer bet that the admin knows how things work here.
• Users should never make personal attacks on others. It's a good idea to avoid commenting on people, but on content, and then if necessary, actions.

• "Truth" is not the only criteria for inclusion, verifiability is also required.
• We do not publish original thought nor original research. We're not a blog, we're not here to promote any ideology.
• Always cite a source for any new information. When adding this information to articles, use <ref>reference tags like this</ref>, containing the name of the source, the author, page number, publisher or web address (if applicable).
• Reliable sources typically include: articles from mainstream magazines or newspapers (particularly scholarly journals), or books by recognized authors (basically, books by respected publishers). Online versions of these are usually accepted, provided they're held to the same standards. User generated sources (like Wikipedia) are to be avoided. Self-published sources should be avoided except for information by and about the subject that is not self-serving (for example, citing a company's website to establish something like year of establishment).
• Articles are to be written from a neutral point of view. Wikipedia is not concerned with facts or opinions, it just summarizes reliable sources. Real scholarship actually does not say what understanding of the world is "true," but only with what there is evidence for.

Ian.thomson (talk) 23:55, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Also, as your username suggests that you might try to make the argument that you must be allowed to say what you want because of "free speach" [sic]: Wikipedia is a private entity, not a government one. As such, the First Amendment of the United States Constitution (and similar laws in other nations), which states that the government shall not limit freedom of expression does not require Wikipedia to do anything for its users. In fact, Wikipedia has its own right to free speech and you no more have a right to free speech here than we have a right to invade your home. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:58, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Indefinitely blocked

The proper response to being blocked for block evasion was not to grab another IP address.

You are now indefinitely blocked. Ian.thomson (talk) 07:22, 29 September 2019 (UTC)