User talk:Tonylongman

Hello Tonylongman, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Happy editing! Ecoleetage (talk) 17:33, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Ato Boldon Reverts

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Ato Boldon. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. Rasadam (talk) 07:14, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of content on Ato Boldon

Thank you for your contributions to the above article. However, your repeated removal of content is unhelpful - the content is sourced to a respected broadsheet and appears to meet our inclusion criteria (summarised here, here, and here). If you have a problem with the content, rather than reverting it (which can get you blocked), please discuss it on the article talk page with other editors.

It is also unhelpful to mention 'lawsuits' ([1]), as some might consider you to be threatening legal action. From Wikipedia's appropriate policy page:

If you have a dispute with the Community or its members, use dispute resolution. If you do choose to use legal action or threats of legal action to resolve disputes, you will not be allowed to continue editing until it is resolved and your user account or IP address may be blocked.

The same policy goes on to state:

A polite report of a legal problem such as defamation or copyright infringement is not a threat and will be acted on quickly."

I don't believe the content you are objecting to constitutes defamation (there certainly seems to have been no legal action taken against The Guardian or other publishers), but again, you are encouraged to discuss your concerns on the article talk page.

Regards, EyeSerene^talk 19:43, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]