User talk:Autoenthusiast123

March 2016

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Mean as custard (talk) 18:43, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

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Your addition to Carl Breer should have used the Automotie Hall of Fame as a reference, not as a link. I fixed it. Don't mind the template above. Some of our editors want to use a sledge hammer to pound a tack. One size doesn't fit all. No worries. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:48, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

March 2016

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Robert Bosch. 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. Elizium23 (talk) 19:22, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

See WP:3RR, WP:Edit warring and WP:BRD. The latter offers a strategy to get the matter resolved amicably. And it will help protect you from adverse administrative actions. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:26, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

WP:BRD and WP:3RR

Your name came up at Robert Bosch. Please see the talk page. Please see WP:Citations. Your additions about the Automotive Hall of Fame would be better with citations, as I did at the Bosch article. Just don't put them in as "External links". Good luck. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:39, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

The main reason I have removed most of your edits is because notability is not transferrable; i.e. the fact that a notable dead person has recently received an award does not make that award notable. . . Mean as custard (talk) 19:49, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Being inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame is a big deal, like a lifetime achievement award in the Academy Awards. It is a fact that these awards have been conferred. It should be referenced appropriately, not linked. But following around User:Autoenthusiast123 and reverting all his edits is not the way to handle this. WP:Wikihounding. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:14, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

What is it makes this AHofF a big deal? Is it for US residents? Can anyone belong? Eddaido (talk) 20:25, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

How to add citations to our edits about recipient of the Automotive Hall of Fame

Like this. Examine and emulate the edit, please. Best regards. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 23:59, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

I note that you are just adding a phrase like 'Dale Earnhardt was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1996.' Without any references at all. It would be far better if you put in two citations, one from a media outlet and one from the Automotive Hall of Fame. Please see J. Frank Duryea for an example. Unreferenced material brings out some unfriendly recipients, and is subject to deletion. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:36, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Automotive Hall of Fame

WP:3RR and WP:Edit warring. Please take the format question to the talk page. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:31, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

March 2016

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Charles Duryea, 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. Charles (talk) 09:25, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Told you so; you were warned. I added the references myself. In my experience, it is better to do it right in the first place.
7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:18, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

More specific references and links are better. See for example Clarence W. Avery for the changes I made. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:31, 9 March 2016 (UTC)