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Although some prefer welcoming newcomers with cookies, I find fruit to be a healthier alternative.  

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Warnings

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April 2011

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article Chicago, please cite a reliable source for the content of your edit. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. See Wikipedia:Citing sources for how to cite sources, and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. The edit in question is: [1] JoeSperrazza (talk) 15:08, 16 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

February 2013

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  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Eucalyptus gunnii subsp. divaricata, you may be blocked from editing. Repeated addition of unsourced, poorly written material to this article. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 19:28, 25 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Ditto the above. Why blank a redirect? JoeSperrazza (talk) 19:15, 26 February 2013 (UTC)Reply
And again. Why are you blanking a redirect? 19:15, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

  This is your last warning. You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize a page, as you did with this edit to Eucalyptus divaricata. Widr (talk) 19:10, 26 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

 

Your recent editing history at Eucalyptus divaricata shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. JoeSperrazza (talk) 19:15, 26 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

 

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Eucalyptus divaricata. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware, Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

  1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made; that is to say, editors are not automatically "entitled" to three reverts.
  2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Melburnian (talk) 00:02, 27 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Eucalyptus gunnii subsp. divaricata

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Please do not move articles by copy/pasting their content - this breaks the article history, which we must preserve. Read WP:MOVE. Materialscientist (talk) 11:51, 27 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

As to [2], please see WP:OWN and stay civil. Materialscientist (talk) 12:00, 27 February 2013 (UTC)Reply
Please do read the above. You will be blocked for disruption if you continued ignoring our policies. Materialscientist (talk) 12:06, 27 February 2013 (UTC)Reply
 
You have been blocked temporarily from editing for persistent disruptive editing. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.  Alexf(talk) 12:34, 27 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

It seems you have not read the information posted above. We gave you a short break of a few hours. Please take the opportunity to read and see how you should remain civil in your communications with other editors and learn why you do not own articles in Wikipedia. Please note that edit warring will only lead to a block of your account. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here. -- Alexf(talk) 12:37, 27 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

When you return from your break, I recommend you explain and try to gain WP:CONSENSUS for whatever it is you're trying to accomplish, rather than edit warring. I've opened a talk page section for you to use at Talk:Eucalyptus gunnii subsp. divaricata#Edit warring over redirect by User:Imcuban2. Please go there, rather than using my talk page, so that editors interested in that topic (I'm not one of them) can offer their comments. Thank you, JoeSperrazza (talk) 14:20, 27 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Macario Jaramillo III

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Macario Jaramillo was born in Chicago

Macario jaramillo

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This is an automated message from MadmanBot. I have performed a search with the contents of Macario jaramillo, and it appears to be very similar to another Wikipedia page: Macario Jaramillo III. It is possible that you have accidentally duplicated contents, or made an error while creating the page— you might want to look at the pages and see if that is the case. If you are intentionally trying to rename an article, please see Help:Moving a page for instructions on how to do this without copying and pasting. If you are trying to move or copy content from one article to a different one, please see Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia and be sure you have acknowledged the duplication of material in an edit summary to preserve attribution history.

It is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article. MadmanBot (talk) 03:57, 19 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Macario Jaramillo

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A tag has been placed on Macario Jaramillo requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. GSK 04:14, 19 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Macario jaramillo

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that Macario jaramillo, a page that you created, has been tagged for deletion. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

  • It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.
  • It covers a topic on which we already have an article - [[:{{{article}}}]]. (See section A10 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at [[:{{{article}}}]], or to discuss new information at [[Talk:{{{article}}}|the article's talk page]].

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. GSK 04:15, 19 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

Your contributed article, Macario Jaramillo III

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Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Macario Jaramillo III. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Macario Jaramillo. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Macario Jaramillo – you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. GSK 04:18, 19 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Macario Jaramillo

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A tag has been placed on Macario Jaramillo requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content or organised event, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:39, 19 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Donald Gerrron

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A tag has been placed on Donald Gerrron, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. PKT(alk) 03:24, 20 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

April 2014

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  Your addition to Columbian catfish shark has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text, or images borrowed from other websites, or printed material without a verifiable license; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. The page was a direct copy of content from http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/Ariopsis-seemanni/.  —SMALLJIM  11:51, 17 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Liza Milian

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A tag has been placed on Liza Milian requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. reddogsix (talk) 20:27, 10 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

August 2015

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  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Eucalyptus gunnii subsp. divaricata, you may be blocked from editing. Hamamelis (talk) 05:59, 21 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

 
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) 06:09, 21 August 2015 (UTC)Reply