John Standing

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July 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to English people 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. Gwernol 13:47, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to English people. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Gwernol 14:04, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did to English people, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Gwernol 14:57, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits, such as the one you made to British National Party. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, you will be blocked from editing. Gwernol 15:35, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

English people

Hello John, please note that the BNP is a British nationalist party; hence it should not be used as an example of what English nationalists think. Cheers, Cop 663 (talk) 15:40, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

What is your problem. That paragraph discusses kinship, which is the definition of Englishness used by the majority group of nationalists. How can you protest that? It is the plain truth. Is this your liberalism showing?

You cannot simply dismiss the majority view and quote the English Dems and a black Guardian writer. That is indefensible.

Change your attitude. —Preceding unsigned comment added by John Standing (talk • contribs)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for vandalism through pushing your own point of view and analysis. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below.

Gwernol 21:26, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:3RR

Wikipedia has a policy to stop edit warring please read Wikipedia:Three-revert rule. If you violate that policy, you will be blocked, and it is customary to extend the period of the block each time you are in violation of the three-revert rule.

If you are welcome to be bold and make substantial changes to a page, but if you do so and the edit is reversed then discuss you reasons for the changes on the talk page of the article and build a consensus for the change instead of edit warring, which just wastes your time and others and will probably lead to blocks under the three-revert rule. If you find that the comments of other editors are uncivil rather than engaging in such behaviour, you will find it more constructive to remain WP:CIVIL and to report uncivil comments by others at WP:ANI. --Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 10:14, 13 July 2008 (UTC)