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Florida Weekly, good luck, and have fun. – Aboutmovies (talk) 00:18, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

July 2016

Hello, I'm LuK3. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Jim Greer, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:19, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

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July 2016

Please do not add or change content without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 20:13, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Please stop adding unsourced content. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Sro23 (talk) 22:37, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

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Hello, Florida Weekly. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Jim Greer, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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July 2016

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 31 hours 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 first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 23:13, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

BU Rob13

BU Rob13 User:BU Rob13 I was sent all this information by James Greer's Attorney and asked to update the information I have the links for sources can you please allow me to post the correct information... as for example he has 5 kids and also the court and years information is incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Florida Weekly (talk • contribs) 23:41, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi. First, please read what I posted above about a conflict of interest and Wikipedia's requirements for sourcing. On Wikipedia, we create articles based around the principle of verifiability. Everything written in articles (especially those in biographies of living persons) must match what's set in reliable secondary sources. These sources must be something that editors can see, not information given by the subject. Mr. Greer does not own his article, nor does his attorney, and he is not able to control what's written on it. We do have strong policies to ensure that we cover him fairly based on what reliable secondary sources say, such as our policy on neutrality. If there are factual errors in the article, I invite you to provide a secondary source demonstrating this and I'd be happy to help you get those fixed. But we can't go just off of what the subject says or what the subject does or doesn't want in the article. Because you appear to have a conflict of interest due to your association with Mr. Greer or his attorney, it's highly advised that you discuss the changes you'd like to make on the article's talk page, which I linked above, rather than directly making them yourself. This will help ensure that the edits you'd like done meet our policies and will save you the headache of being reverted or blocked. I'm happy to unblock you if you can tell me clearly what you'd like to change and provide a source supporting the edit. Let me know if you have any questions. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 00:15, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Florida Weekly-" I would appreciate any help in just getting the information correct. Here are the sources and the version we did not remove information just updated and added some current events.

Jul 18 User:BU Rob13 I would really like his information updated here are a few

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/01/26/State/An_unknown_to_lead_Fl.shtml - Self made millionaire american political, and self made millionaire

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2006-11-15/news/LOCGOVWATCH15_6_1_florida-regional-planning-greer-east-central-florida
Council Member-City Of Palm Bay,Fl
In Office
1992-1995
Deputy Mayor-City Of Oviedo Fl
In Office
2004-2006
Re elected 2006
Resigned January 2007
Correct name is James Austin Greer
and 5 children

Hello. Thanks for providing those details. I'm currently in class, but I'll make this my first priority when I get home. If I unblock your account early, can you agree to post on the talk page rather than going back to editing the article without inserting appropriate sourcing? Editors (including myself) are happy to help you update the article with the sources you've provided, but it's best to work together to get it right. We're definitely able to both meet Wikipedia's content policies and make the article accurate. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 18:51, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

I've made some of your requested edits. I wasn't able to find sources on some of the exact dates you provided, but the city council member position is now in there. The number of children and middle name are also fixed, and the article notes that he's a millionaire. "Self-made" is a bit non-neutral, as it carries a positive connotation, but I wrote that he became a millionaire through his work with Regulatory Compliance Services Inc., which conveys the same information in a more neutral manner. You can find a link that shows the exact edits I made here. I'm going to unblock you on the understanding that we'll keep discussing this and working toward improving the article rather than making unsourced edits that must be reverted. I'm happy to go through your proposed edits one paragraph at a time and include them in full if you can provide sourcing that demonstrates the information contained in those paragraphs is correct. Please do understand that our content inclusion policies are as much for Mr. Greer's protection as anything else; to prevent potentially libelous statements from being made about Mr. Greer, our policy on biographies of living persons requires that everything included in the article be appropriately sourced. Thanks for your understanding. Please continue future discussion at Talk:Jim Greer. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 19:50, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Jul 18 19:04-EST User:BU Rob13Yes I see the way this all works I was totally confused at first I apologize for the trouble... Thank you!

No worries at all. I'm glad I could help out with the article. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 23:38, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you kindly again and I was able to add to the talk page thank you.

Jul 19 11:01-EST User:BU Rob13 Rob, Thanks for your help. I have updated the information working with someone very familiar with Wikipedia and all changes have sources listed and citation references. It is my hope that you will note that it meets all the requirements we are satisfied with the current version as we hope you are. There may be some things in the future I may need your assistance on again.

July 2016

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