Larryclarkacker
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editHello, Larryclarkacker, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Southeastern Oklahoma State University, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.
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before the question. Again, welcome! Bahooka (talk) 20:56, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- I am a little surprised that a person in a high-ranking position as Director of University Marketing is now vandalizing Wikipedia instead of following the guidelines at WP:COI. Please read those guidelines instead of just continuing to remove information that you don't like. Bahooka (talk) 15:50, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
August 2015
editPlease do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Southeastern Oklahoma State University, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. You might want to read our WP:NPOV policy and WP:COI guideline before making any further edits. DMacks (talk) 15:36, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to Southeastern Oklahoma State University with this edit, you may be blocked from editing. Serols (talk) 15:45, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Your edits on Southeastern Oklahoma State University
editHello. I noticed this edit summary of yours: "I am the marketing director for SEOSU and do not want the derogatory informationI deleted included in our Wikipedia site"
, and want to point ut that A) it's not your article, Wikipedia is an independent encyclopaedia, not Facebook, and B), individuals representing a school, company, organisation etc should, per Wikipedia's guidelines regarding conflict of interest not edit articles about the school, company, organisation etc they work for. The fact that it is not your article means that neither you nor anyone else representing the school have any control over what is or isn't included in the article about the school. What is included is decided by whether material is seen as relevant or not, and that whatever material is included is properly sourced (see Wikipedia's rules regarding reliable sources and Wikipedia's rules regarding verifiability). Thomas.W talk 16:08, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
August 2015
editYou may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia, as you did at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:59, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.
If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to lose editing privileges. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:59, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
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. DMacks (talk) 19:00, 11 August 2015 (UTC)- I exactly blocked you for "editing a Wiki page about an organization for which I am charged with maintaining a positive public persona." Both your involvement with it and your attempt to spin it are against site policy. You should spend the next day reading the links and comments people keep leaving here. Then, should you decide to edit when you are again allowed to do so, you will know what sort of site we have here. DMacks (talk) 19:02, 11 August 2015 (UTC)