User talk:David Bret

June 2011

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Rudolph Valentino, 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. Thank you.

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Rudolph Valentino. Users are expected to collaborate with others and avoid editing disruptively.

In particular, the three-revert rule states that:

Making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period is almost always grounds for an immediate block.
Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you continue to edit war, you may be blocked from editing without further notice.

You need to explain why you keep reverting long-standing sourced content on this article. Simply not agreeing with it because you want to promote your book and your sole point of view on the matter is not a valid reason for removing sourced content.

Please do not use talk pages such as Category talk:Low-impact Wikipedia essays for general discussion of the topic. They are for discussion related to improving the article. They are not to be used as a forum or chat room. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. See here for more information. Thank you. Singularity42 (talk) 19:08, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You could also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 15:43, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Autobiography and conflict of interest

Please do not write an article about yourself , as you did at David Bret. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged - see our guideline Writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.) Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:29, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello David Bret. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Rudolph Valentino, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:29, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We cannot tolerate legal threats here

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for making legal threats or taking legal action. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

You are not allowed to edit Wikipedia while the threats stand or the legal action is unresolved.

--Orange Mike | Talk 18:22, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Change {{unblock}} to

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

David Bret (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I was threatening the poster, not Wikipedia, which I should not have done. I am not taking legal action against Wikipedia. Please accept my apologies.

Accept reason:

Thank you for being reasonable and in retracting your threat. Remember to stay civil when in heated arguments with other users, don't resort to threats. –MuZemike 18:43, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

David Bret (talk) 18:38, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

July 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia! I am glad to see you are interested in discussing a topic. However, as a general rule, talk pages such as Talk:Mabel Normand are for discussion related to improving the article, not general discussion about the topic. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. Pinkadelica ^♣ 21:18, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]