User talk:Justfollowingtherules

How to cite

Please take a look at Help:Referencing for beginners for insight on how to include citations properly in a Wikipedia article. only (talk) 20:51, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

much of the prose you're introducing into the Forest Theater article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. These sentences are a good example of the issue: "The shadows cast from the towering trees speckled the wooden seats where Weston met with newly elected board members, Pat Doolittle, Nancy Ness Bowman, Myles Williams, Carvel Baldwin, Margot Hyatt, Babara Norberg, Maggie Weston, Mrs. B. B. Kercheval, Berry Kercheval, Barbara West, and Adele Bramlet. Though he casually perched atop a rail, his intentions were far from casual. Their ambitions were to create a working theater unlike any on the Peninsula."

You need to just report the facts...not embellish with figurative language. I've also removed the list of the members because they're not notable. "The Forest Theater Guild was established, with former guild president Cole Weston again elected as President." is all that is needed. only (talk) 20:57, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

February 2016

Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Forest Theater, as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. Meters (talk) 01:38, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent editing history at Forest Theater shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. 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 article's 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 BRD 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.

Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. only (talk) 02:07, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Justfollowingtherules, from this edit summary it appears that you are sharing this account. Could you please confirm this, and whether or not this account is representing the Forest Theater or any or the associated groups. Meters (talk) 02:24, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. only (talk) 12:46, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Edit warring at Forest Theater

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The full report is at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Justfollowingtherules reported by User:Only (Result: Blocked). If you want to contribute to Wikipedia you are expected to follow our policies. Reverting to add promotional text is not 'just following the rules.' See WP:EW and WP:SPAM. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 15:14, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I missed this excitement. Can I just add that this edit summary will not win you any goodwill among your fellow editors? Drmies (talk) 16:10, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- to be fair, he/she is just repeating a summary used by the IP earlier in the day. only (talk) 16:13, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  - I see--thanks Only. That was quite a bit of excitement there. Drmies (talk) 16:36, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]