User talk:Joshua the Independent

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Joshua the Independent, 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:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Gurt Posh (talk) 18:30, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protection request

A few things I wanted to let you know regarding your request for Semi-protection on Mandarin High School. Both there and in your reverts on the article, you seemed to imply that there is something wrong with users editing as an IP address. Actually, Wikipedia has always allowed users to edit articles without registering an account; IP addresses are only restricted from making new articles, moving article titles, and a few small other things. Now, there was nothing wrong with you reverting the change to the population since it was unsourced, but the fact that it was made by an IP isn't wrong. Additionally, you'll see that I made some changes to the article; a lot of what you had added was itself unsourced, or was not neutral (WP:NPOV says that all info in WP articles must be neutral), or was trivial (like info about the busing system). If you have any concerns about those edits, feel free to talk about them at Talk:Mandarin High School.

One small note about page-protection in general. We only semi-protect pages when they have been the victim of sustained, significant vandalism. That one particular edit doesn't count as vandalism, which has a very specific meaning you can find at WP:VANDAL. However, even if it did, it wouldn't be enough to get semi-protection--that usually requires either a long term (many weeks) pattern of regular vandalism, or a lot of vandlism in a short time (2-3 edits per day). There are exceptions, but not in this case. If you have any questions about protection or anything else regarding wikipedia, feel free to come to my talk page and ask. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:54, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

September 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to American Jobs Act appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe this important core policy. Thank you. Scjessey (talk) 20:03, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Please do not attack other editors, as you did at American Jobs Act. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. The edit summary in this act of edit warring is totally unacceptable. Scjessey (talk) 18:44, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

American Jobs Act

Please seek consensus on the article talk page if you want to make changes to the article. I have noted issues with your edits on that page, so I request that you address them rather than edit warring. -- Scjessey (talk) 19:09, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Your recent edits seem to have the appearance of edit warring after a review of the reverts you have made on American Jobs Act. Users are expected to collaborate and discuss with others and avoid editing disruptively.

Please be particularly aware, the three-revert rule states that:

1. Making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period is almost always grounds for an immediate block.
2. 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 the 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 engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Scjessey (talk) 19:41, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

American Jobs Act accusations

In an edit summary you said "Undid revision 450123228 by Diiscool (talk) No, It's a Worthy Source to Add to the Talking Points Section for Those to See the Facts from the Whitehouse. You're Attempting to Hide Info,)". Be careful before making accusations. I did not remove the Talking Points section. Someone else did. I moved the external link to the appropriate section. You will be blocked from editing if you don't start heeding warnings. Familiarize yourself with Wikipedia policies before launching attacks. We want your help here, but you need to be civil and work in a spirit of collaboration. —Diiscool (talk) 19:43, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Please do not attack other editors, as you did on American Jobs Act. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Once again, this sort of comment is wholly inappropriate. Please stop. Scjessey (talk) 19:47, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Please take this section seriously. Calling other editors a "twit" and saying they're not even adults is strictly forbidden under WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL. One thing new users don't often realize is that, unlike many other open websites, civil conversation isn't optional here--it's required, and not being civil will result in you being blocked. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:19, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia is a daunting place

I assume you're new, but I wanted to give you friendly advice because I've been through the ringer when I first started out. Basically if you're new, you're not allowed to edit "above the radar" articles, because despite Wikipedia's own rules (namely, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_articles) it is not really the case. I just don't want you getting depressed--I'm merely telling it like it is. To get good at Wikipedia, start out at editing articles nobody "owns" or has any vested interested in. Every "admin" goes through hazing, known as WP:RFA and they feel "vetted" and superior to new users, such as yourself, even though "new users" are supposedly the lifeblood of Wikipedia. It's truly like the wild, wild west; and, when you're in the minority on any issue on Wikipedia, then you're against the "majority" which has taken the euphemism otherwise known as "the consensus". So, if you want to edit Wikipedia to help out your fellow man, start small and work up, such as the article on mudflap but don't jump right into giving a non-liberal POV to any politically-leaning articles or else you're going to get hatebombed and driven off the site, and give cooler-tempered republicans or tea-party guys an unfair shake as we try to play within their rules and take our best shot. You can view my edits by clicking my numbers, so I can maybe serve as an example for tone of what liberal Wikipedia expects from you if you are an enemy. If nothing else, I feel bad you jumped straight into editing political articles if you're a newbie (and republican) because it's like being a pro-semite at a Hitler rally. With that said, shake off your boots and keep your chin up, because anything's possible 'round here. That's the good thing about Wikipedia, too. There's honestly no rules, when you follow Wikipedia's own genius advice to ignore them all... 67.77.174.6 (talk) 04:50, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I tried giving you advice but I support the block definitely. You can't treat people like crap, and when you do, you give other Republicans like me an unfair shake. At least this way, only well behaved Republicans will hopefully stay unblocked on Wikipedia--I wish you better luck in other endeavors but it takes a born-in talent to survive at this place if you jump in too deep. 67.77.174.6 (talk) 07:18, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

This is your last warning. You will be blocked from editing the next time you vandalize a page, as you did with this edit to American Jobs Act. Marek.69 ^talk 21:00, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

C'mon, you sound reasonable Joshua. Just discuss your edits rather than keep putting them back? This is the BRD cycle. Thanks, - Jarry1250 ^{[Weasel? Discuss.]} 21:03, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is intentionally disrupting Wikipedia. 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. m.o.p 21:34, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I tried giving you advice but I support the block definitely.

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Mandarin High School Logo.gif

A tag has been placed on File:Mandarin High School Logo.gif requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused duplicate or lower-quality copy of another file on Wikipedia having the same file format, and all inward links have been updated.

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