User talk:MalcolmKincaid
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Happy editing! MifterBot (Talk • Contribs • Owner) 07:45, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi MalcolmKincaid,
I'm not sure how you can claim that relevant, factual information is somehow vandalism. You're the person who continues to remove my edits for no apparent reason. Please explain how the facts listed are biased or attempt to harm the public image of the person. The information has citations to newspapers articles. No inflammatory language is used. I'm confident my edits meet Wikipedia's standards and further it's purpose. I would encourage you to "report" me and allow others to weigh in. Cheers! Zoof91 (talk) 02:54, 7 November 2020 (UTC) Zoof91
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November 2020
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Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.
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Stop stop stop reverting and deleting content. Already mentioned at WP: AIV for this behaviour. You must stop. HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 20:15, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
Please be careful about what you say to people. Some remarks, such as your addition to User talk: Zoof91 can easily be misinterpreted, or viewed as harassment. Wikipedia is a supportive environment, where contributors should feel comfortable and safe while editing. Ok, you are in a content dispute. Please, stop reverting and start discussing. And don't post those messages. HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 20:18, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
Managing a conflict of interest
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Hello, MalcolmKincaid. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:
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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:33, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Robert Garcia (California politician) § Prior history as a Republican. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:40, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
Notice of Dispute resolution noticeboard discussion
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This message is being sent to let you know of a discussion at the [[WP:DRN]] regarding Robert_Garcia_(California_politician). Content disputes can hold up article development and make editing difficult for editors. You are not required to participate, but you are both invited and encouraged to help this dispute come to a resolution. The thread is "[[WP:DRN#https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Robert_Garcia_(California_politician)%7Chttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Robert_Garcia_(California_politician)]]".The discussion is about the topic Topic.
Please join us to help form a consensus. Thank you!
Zoof91 (talk) 13:14, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
@MalcolmKincaid:You're up to submit comments on the dispute resolution page. Zoof91 (talk) 03:58, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
November 2020
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Thank you. HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 22:41, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I'm HurricaneTracker495. I noticed that you made a comment that didn't seem very civil, so it has been removed. Wikipedia is built on collaboration, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Please be a bit more careful. HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 19:46, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Discussion participation
[edit]Hi MalcolmKincaid,
to prevent further edit-warring by both sides, please do not edit the article Robert Garcia (California politician) directly. Discussion at the article's talk page, or now Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Robert_Garcia_(California_politician)_discussion, seems to be a good idea.
Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:04, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
November 2020
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