User talk:Longbranch
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[edit] Inclusion of Canada at The Game (game)
I noticed that you have made several attempts to add Canada to the list of places this game is played. Unfortunately your addition is not appropriate for several interrelated reasons. The first is that Wikipedia policy prohibits original research and instead requires all information to be verifiable via reliable sources. As there is currently only one source for the article and the source does not mention Canada, the addition violates the policies requiring verification and prohibiting original research. These issues are in turn compounded by the sentence your addition was made to stating the list is from an article in De Morgen.
Due to the history of The Game (game) article, enforcement of the verifiability policy is very strict (see the article talk page for background information). If you still wish to add Canada to the list you will need to find and cite a reliable source that supports the addition. Until then you may expect to see the addition reverted. --Allen3 talk 22:21, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
- If you take the time to read Wikipedia:Verifiability you will see that threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. This is an important distinction because as an encyclopedia it is Wikipedia's job to document the state of human knowledge and not to create new knowledge. So while I have no personal doubts that people in Canada engage in the game, the requirement for verifiability does not go away on either your say-so or mine. --Allen3 talk 23:30, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Canada Page
You said: "I am new to this, so hold on. I am just trying to understand why blocked from the Canada page by you for "long term vandalism". I was not vandalising is was trying to update. Sorry if I messed that up. My intentions are not bad. Changes to US border policies mean that the Canada-US border is no longer undefended. I put links, but I obviously did something wrong. Sorry again."
- Hello. As near as I can tell, and I did check, I have never blocked you. Probably you are hitting an autoblock. Someone who shares (or shared) your IP address was blocked for vandalism and you were accidentally blocked as collateral damage (that is, you were not blocked deliberately). If you are still unable to edit, please let me know. The fact that you are able to edit my talk page indicates that you are no longer blocked, however. --Yamla 17:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Blocking
You said: "I was wondering, as you seem to be experienced at Wiking. How is someone blocked. There is a specific page that is close to me that is being constanly vandalised, and I feel certain people should not be able to access th page. Can you help."
- Only administrators can block people from editing. Please see WP:VAND which contains links to places you can report ongoing vandalism. Thanks! --Yamla 01:53, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
- As an example, I just blocked you for this vandalism. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 20:36, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
I would like to appeal thee block.Longbranch 20:40, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
- It will be over soon enough. Don't mess around like that, please. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 04:29, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
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- Have fun with the appeal; vandalism doesn't get much more blatant than your ludicrous move of the Israel page, complete with spelling error. I would advise you to stick to the facts and edit articles constructively and without POV bias. Given the soapbox you've turned your user page into, however, I somehow doubt the message is going to get through. Schrodingers Mongoose 04:30, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
- Well I've learned my lesson.Longbranch 23:04, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Your move of Israel to The Ileagal State of Isreal
Please do not continue to vandalize Wikipedia.
[edit] Categorisation, {{uncat}} and Alaibot
Alaibot is a "robot" (i.e., a software-driven editor), and thus I'm afraid, not quite smart enough to do actual categorisation. Its current edits are just tagging articles as "uncategorised", in order to facilitate categorisation by other (and probably human) editors. Alai 15:13, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Time test.
Time testing. Longbranch 17:49, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Bots
In principle. See WP:BOTS for the restrictions. Why would you want to run one? Rich Farmbrough, 21:50 9 February 2007 (GMT).
