PTiger1985

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Blocked indefinitely

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Following your email, I've unblocked. I accept your explanation that although some of your edits were unintentionally disruptive, you weren't vandalizing. Sorry for the confusion. PhilKnight (talk) 15:05, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Advocacy

Hi PTiger1985. Looking at your edits, it seems like you are very interested in alimony reform. That's fine, but you should be aware that it is beginning to look like you are seeking to use WP as a platform for advocacy of this cause. Please note that all editors are required to edit from a neutral point of view and editors cannot use this encyclopedia as a means of disseminating their views or original research.Can I suggest you read (or reread) some of our policies? Thank you. --Slp1 (talk) 14:10, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

How do I "talk" to you? I am new to wiki

Here is fine. Usually we add comments under old ones, so I have moved your comment under mine. It is also a good idea to sign your posts, here or on article talkpages. You can do this with four tildes or with the little blue "signature" button in the blue bar above the edit window.--Slp1 (talk) 14:35, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Slp1,

I am open to any suggestions you have on maintaining a NPOV. I have provided extensive citations on this Article on Alimony.

Suggestions that I have for now:

• stop trying to add alimony links to articles;
• provide reliable sources for all your edits. This one, [1]for example, needs a citation per undue weight
• carefully consider the language of your edits; This one [2] for example, uses the word "highlight" which is a weasel word which promotes a particular view (also it is unsourced, and placed in the lead, and likely being given undue weight.
• The section that you added to Alimony is a classic example of synthesis. You cannot collect together sources to make a point as you have done there. You need to find sources that make the point itself per verifiability and no original research]. If you want to write about the alimony reform movement you need to find reliably sourced articles about the movement itself.

This is enough for now. Please read the links I have provided and listed above in the welcome message before editing further . This is important if you wish your edits to stick (important!!), and of course, in the longterm, failure to abide by WP's policies may mean that editing privileges are ended. --Slp1 (talk) 14:56, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Copyright infringement

I've just noticed that you copy and pasted two paragraphs of the Wall Street Journal article into the Alimony article. [3]Note that WP takes copyright infringement and plagiarism very seriously. I have removed them. Please go through your contributions and remove any other material that you have taken from other sources. --Slp1 (talk) 18:47, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Edits Made

Slp1 and Sinebot - Thanks for your helpful comments. I have made all of the changes you suggested and deleted some text.

PTiger1985PTiger1985 (talk) 20:21, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Warning

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Do not restore the material without addressing the concerns on the talkpage. This specifically includes the copy and pasted material that is forbidden. I have told you this several times, yet you have just restored them again. If you do this again, I will block you from editing. --Slp1 (talk) 20:28, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

December 2009

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Fathers' rights movement. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Do not add citations that do not explicitly verify the information you add. Equally, do not add unsourced information Slp1 (talk) 04:30, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

This is your last warning. You will be blocked from editing the next time you vandalize a page, as you did with this edit to Talk:Alimony. Coffee // have a cup // ark // 22:25, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Please do not add unsourced or original content. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. You must stop adding information that is not in the article you cite. There is absolutely nothing about no fault divorce (and much of the other material you added) in the Boston Globe article Slp1 (talk) 21:10, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by inserting unpublished information or your personal analysis into an article, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Slp1 (talk) 21:21, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

This is getting past acceptable. I've been very patient, and you have certainly have shown signs of progress. But I've told you that the information is inappropriately sourced and explained why. Reverting with one word deleted is just not acceptable. This really is a final warning. Any further serious breaches of the WP policies that I have pointed out over and over again, and I will report you to an administrator's noticeboard for action. How about you start proposing your edits on the talkpage of the article, and I will check them first. --Slp1 (talk) 21:25, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

I apologize. I obviously did not check the article carefully enough, since the information, more or less, is there, though not all of it is or was. I have removed the portion that you added in--Slp1 (talk) 21:37, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Last piece of advice

I don't know if you have seen the posts at the Administrators Noticeboard are suggesting a topic ban on alimony here on WP? [4] I was going to write and say, "no wait, I think there's hope", but now I am not so sure. So many edits are problems. You are adding plagiarized material.[5][6], unreliable self-published sources [7], and unverifiable information [8][9]. Let's take this last one, which you have just reverted.[[10]] You say that "Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, Oklahoma are in the process of changing the laws". The source, [11] mentions only Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Oklahoma (initially) and Mass (later on) as having "lawmakers are pushing for measures". Ohio and Florida are only mentioned as having "lobbyists and activists [that] are pressing for similar rules". No evidence at all that Florida and Ohio are in the process of changing the laws. It's bad enough that you add this unverifiable information in the first place. But when you revert my correction, it doesn't look good. I think you are on quite thin ice. I suggest you edit accordingly. --Slp1 (talk) 20:13, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

The sentence you wrote is "According to lawyers, men are becoming more aggressive in the pursuit of alimony awards as the stigma associated with asking for alimony fades". What in the paragraph you cite from the AP article "It’s not rare anymore. In fact, in the last 30 years, more and more women who end their marriages are stuck paying support to their ex-spouses - also known as ‘‘manimony’’" supports ? It doesn't. Stop this. --Slp1 (talk) 13:10, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

In this edit [12] you claim that "Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina are in the process of changing the laws.." I pointed out above, that having lobbyists and activists at work is not the same as "changing the laws". I already pointed out above that the article only supports the notion that Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Oklahoma and Mass have lawmakers active in this area. Ohio is mentioned in the sidebar too. Georgia, North Carolina, Florida and Arizona are only mentioned as having lobbyists at work. I've had it. Sorry --Slp1 (talk) 14:44, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Excellent work

Hi PT, good work, and you're getting better. However, I can see you're being harassed/stalked. That is a common thing that happens to people here. If it gets really bad, best bet is to ditch that account, and start fresh at a later time (not for a few months) to lose your tail. Thats the way it works. Don't come straight back on the same topics either, mix up your style so you don't get restalked. Good luck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grillteache (talk • contribs) 07:41, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

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