User talk:Gw2005

Welcome!

Hello, Gw2005, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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PS: Please don't delete material without any explanation. Such deletions may be reverted as vandalism. -Will Beback · † · 01:12, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add unhelpful and unconstructive content to Wikipedia, as you did to Persecution of Falun Gong. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --MZMcBride 01:48, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: IP address of Waterloo Collegiate Institute

Ni hao! Thank you for the message you left on my talk page [1]. Do you know which specific IP address it might be? While this list is far from exhaustive, I show nine IP talk pages that link back to the Waterloo Collegiate Institute article. Thanks, — Kralizec! (talk) 14:54, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In order to protect the privacy of Wikipedia editors, only CheckUsers have the ability to see what IP addresses are being used by registered editors. Sorry I could not assist you! — Kralizec! (talk) 15:07, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. Feel free to contact me again if you have any other questions or issues. Zai jian! — Kralizec! (talk) 15:14, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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Merging Penjing and Bonsai articles

I have added my comments to yours in the Bonsai article's talk page. Sahara110 (talk) 20:49, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Monsanto

Hi GW2005. I have just reverted your recent changes to the Monsanto page as it added weasel words (e.g predatory) and changed the meanings of some sentences without any explanation or reference (e.g some to most). As I am sure you know it is a controversial article and as such extra care needs to be taken when adding or changing information. Also references should be added to any information you add and the edit summary should accurately reflect your changes. Cheers AIRcorn (talk) 20:05, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, I will now add references for my editsGw2005 (talk) 20:58, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits to Shen Yun and Epoch Times

You recently edited the article on Shen Yun Performing Arts. Very similar edits were made to The Epoch Times from an anonymous IP 99.246.165.59, which I presume is you before you signed in (The IP and your user page both identify as being based in Ottawa). Your edit summaries were very terse—I believe you described your changes to Shen Yun as "typesetting"—but seemed to reflect pervasive if subtle attempts at POV-pushing. You introduced a few grammatical errors, though I can't entirely fault you for that as a non-native speaker. You also added numerous weasel words and introduced some factual errors and unsupported claims for which you either failed to provide references, or you provided references that did not support the information you added (ie. you wrote that Shen Yun is "Falun Gong-funded," and pointed to a Guardian article that did not make that assertion). I could not identify a single edit that improved the quality of the article, clarified the information therein, or even improved the syntax or spelling. I hope you can understand why I reverted your edits. Please try to exercise more caution in the future. Homunculus (duihua) 15:45, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, they were both me, I forgot to sign in at first. I admit some discussion work at the article page would have been useful, I will do this now. Please go to the relevant discussion page for more details on the edits I will be making now.Gw2005 (talk) 22:30, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Canada Education Program

Hi there. Would you be interested in applying to be a campus ambassador to Carleton University? If so, please drop me an email. Thanks! Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 03:51, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Asian 10,000 Challenge invite

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January 2018

This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at Ron Joyce, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Magnolia677 (talk) 03:28, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Magnolia677: You ought to stop leave false warnings on user talk pages else you'll be the one who's reported under the guidelines of Wikipedia:Harrassment. I looked over the edits from this user and there is no vandalism rather a source that may not be noteworthy (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ron_Joyce&type=revision&diff=818540915&oldid=818535512) but no vandalism. If you do this again I'll report you to an administrator. --Have a great day , Sanjev Rajaram (talk) 22:30, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Ill considered edits to Falun Gong

There's nothing good to say about these edits- the "something of a cause célèbre among human-rights groups and the anti-China crowd" comment is editorializing and synthesis, at best. The lack of judgment demonstrated in promoting the "evil cult" characterization to the lead is incredible- there's no "good faith" interpretation of that act - it's just vandalism. Desist or I will pursue censure.Mavigogun (talk) 02:59, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I see invitation to engage in conversation have failed. I have moved this to the talk page of the relevant article.Gw2005 (talk) 03:03, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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