User talk:John21john

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Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia

Hello John21john,

It seems to me that an article you worked on, Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia, may be copied from http://orthodoxpeople.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-autocephalic-greek-orthodox-church.html. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.

It's important that you edit the article and rewrite it in your own words, unless you're absolutely certain nothing in it is copied. If you're not sure how to fix the problem or have any questions, there are people at the help desk who are happy to assist you.

Thank you for helping build a free encyclopedia! MadmanBot (talk) 11:01, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

November 2013

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia has been reverted.
Your edit here to Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://orthodoxpeople.blogspot.gr/2013/01/the-autocephalic-greek-orthodox-church.html, http://orthodoxpeople.blogspot.gr/2013/01/the-autocephalic-greek-orthodox-church.html) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, fansite, or similar site (see 'Links to avoid', #11), then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 11:35, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit warring

Looking at your editing on Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia it appears that you were engaged in an edit war with another user. 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 disrupting the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please try to reach a consensus by discussing the situation on the article's talk page talk page. If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they can blocked from editing to prevent disruption. If you have any questions or want some help please feel free to let me know. Regards, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:25, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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December 2013

Hello, John21john. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content 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. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 01:43, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have asked editors at the Conflict of Interest Noticeboard to correct the text to accord with our policies, as I'm afraid that it is very inappropriate for Wikipedia as it stands. You can read the request at Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 01:50, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]