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Independent editors do not care about this article I work hard on this artice and please if you can not ask ;Independent editors; to reviewed this article please leave me to work — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trobinson66 (talk • contribs) 14:10, 23 August 2014‎ (UTC)

Repeat vandal: 78.133.230.129

I just now repaired vandalism on the US MasterChef 1 article by a user with the IP address of 78.133.230.129

This is not the person's first offense. Far from it, in fact. I've reported 78.133.230.129 once before and they were subsequently blocked from editing for a month. The moment that block expired, the person went right back to vandalizing MasterChef articles, obviously unrepentant of their previous violations of Misplaced Pages's TOS.

Considering how many warnings, chances, and blocks 78.133.230.129 has received in the past, if you ask me, this person should be a candidate for a permanent ban from Misplaced Pages.

97.102.59.57 (talk) 14:46, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

It's unlikely that the community would ban an unregistered user just for run-of-the-mill vandalism. What will happen is that the IP will get progressively longer blocks. There are a few other remedial actions that could get taken if there are other problems from the user of the IP. I'll keep an eye on the situation, and I'm sure other admins are as well. —C.Fred (talk) 15:28, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

...And given the user's history, I did just block the IP for three months. —C.Fred (talk) 15:38, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

I understand...while it's probable that the IP belongs entirely to the offending user, as no one on the IP has come forth to address / challenge the warnings, blocks, etc., we don't know for sure. Given the person's history of vandalism, willfully ignoring all the warnings and learning nothing from their blocks, it's unlikely that even their latest block will deter them from future vandalism -- but at the very least the person is out of our hair for the time being, and I can take solace in the fact that this offender will be summarily dealt with again (and with increased severity) when the time comes...I know I won't hesitate to report the IP again. Thank you for handling the situation. 97.102.59.57 (talk) 20:14, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Addition To Samuel Powel, my signature in the wrong place

I am sorry, my research goes slow, i will try harder not to make such erroneous inferences to an obviously easy oversightKevin Lajiness 18:59, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

I explained it on the discussion page and got no response. I showed that the statements contradict various other wikipedia articles, and are made in a biased anti Catholic way. 83.128.72.82 (talk) 08:07, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

I commented on the talk page and here and got no response. 83.128.72.82 (talk) 15:03, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Give it time. It's a weekend, and a lot of editors might not be back until Monday. —C.Fred (talk) 05:30, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Copyright checks when performing AfC reviews

Hello C.Fred. This message is part of a mass mailing to people who appear active in reviewing articles for creation submissions. First of all, thank you for taking part in this important work! I'm sorry this message is a form letter – it really was the only way I could think of to covey the issue economically. Of course, this also means that I have not looked to see whether the matter is applicable to you in particular.

The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered.

If you don't do so already, I'd like to ask for your to help with this problem by taking on the practice of performing a copyvio check as the first step in any AfC review. The most basic method is to simply copy a unique but small portion of text from the draft body and run it through a search engine in quotation marks. Trying this from two different paragraphs is recommended. (If you have any question about whether the text was copied from the draft, rather than the other way around (a "backwards copyvio"), the Wayback Machine is very useful for sussing that out.)

If you do find a copyright violation, please do not decline the draft on that basis. Copyright violations need to be dealt with immediately as they may harm those whose content is being used and expose Misplaced Pages to potential legal liability. If the draft is substantially a copyvio, and there's no non-infringing version to revert to, please mark the page for speedy deletion right away using {{db-g12|url=URL of source}}. If there is an assertion of permission, please replace the draft article's content with {{subst:copyvio|url=URL of source}}.

Some of the more obvious indicia of a copyvio are use of the first person ("we/our/us..."), phrases like "this site", or apparent artifacts of content written for somewhere else ("top", "go to top", "next page", "click here", use of smartquotes, etc.); inappropriate tone of voice, such as an overly informal tone or a very slanted marketing voice with weasel words; including intellectual property symbols (™,®); and blocks of text being added all at once in a finished form with no misspellings or other errors.

I hope this message finds you well and thanks again you for your efforts in this area. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC).

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Surefire Creative Studios

Thanks for the info. Working on making all of the necessary corrections for the Surefire Creative Studios page. Most of the changes are simply updates from the old surefire music group page since a lot of the information doesn't apply anymore. Not sure where the conflict of interest lies, but I am working on rectifying the situation(s) Thesclass01 (talk) 04:09, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

@Thesclass01: The conflict of interest is because you are claiming to be the creator of the logo for the company. That sort of design work constitutes a conflict of interest. —C.Fred (talk) 04:12, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Got it. Didn't realize that was the statement made when uploading it to the server. Just needed a place to get the image out so that the correct/current one could be loaded on to the page. I don't think that should affect the existence of the page overall though. It's just a replacement for the one that isn't applicable anymore Thesclass01 (talk) 04:36, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

@Thesclass01: Do you need to change the license tag, if it's a fair use image taken from their website rather than one you created yourself? —C.Fred (talk) 04:38, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Yes sir. How do I go about doing that? I took it from their facebook page. Appreciate your help as well Thesclass01 (talk) 04:40, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

@Thesclass01: At this point, I'd go back to the site, re-download the image, save it at a lower resolution, and upload it to the English Misplaced Pages as a non-free iamge. —C.Fred (talk) 04:43, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Ok, thank you. I changed everything, re-uploaded it and got the licensing info Thesclass01 (talk) 04:55, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

@Thesclass01: Where do you see that the logo was released under Creative Commons? —C.Fred (talk) 04:55, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Wait.. that wasn't the option I was supposed to choose? I thought it was available to public domain since I got it off their site. Or am I incorrect? Thesclass01 (talk) 04:57, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

As I said, it's a non-free image and you need to upload it as such to the English Misplaced Pages, not to Commons. —C.Fred (talk) 04:58, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Sean Michael Smith

Hi C.Fred! Sorry if this is the wrong place to contact you in regards to the picture on Sean Michael Smith. This is my first time talking via this method. At Hearing Damage Studios, we took the picture of Sean for use online and in press. We simply meant in the description that the picture was formatted and chosen with wikipedia in mind. Sorry for confusion. The picture is free for all usage. Thanks for the patience and help. I'm sure you have to deal with a lot of people like myself getting into the swing of all this lingo. I will also keep in mind the other suggestions you've sent me the next time I make an edit. Thank you! If you have any comments or instructions for me, feel free to let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LifeAquatic42 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 18 November 2014‎ (UTC)

Thank you for clearing that up. And, since you've declared you have a conflict of interest with Sean Michael Smith, I'll be leaving a notification at your talk page so others are aware of it. —C.Fred (talk) 02:43, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for helping me understand about the photo and the page itself. I'll refrain from making any major additions if it is a conflict of interest. I would like to ask your opinion/assistance on a simply cosmetic aspect of the page. The Sean Michael Smith page currently has a "This article has an unclear citation style" stamp attributed to it. I read the citation, footnoting, and eternal linking pages to further understand the process, but I'm struggling to see in the fine print what I can do to clean up the references. Would it be possible to ask for an example page that you find shows a quality representation of a references section? I put a lot of work into the page (my first as well) and I'd like it to fit as well in the guidelines as possible. Until then, I will be looking around unrelated articles and doing some research/cleaning in my area of expertise. Thanks again by the way, you're making my experience a lot easier seeing how daunting all the codes and what have you can be. LifeAquatic42 (talk) 13:00, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

@LifeAquatic42: My bad on the tag. I had put it up there before I realized what was going on with the references. Once I got the list sorted, the footnotes fell into place, so the style is fine.

I had put the tag up there when it looked like there was just a list of references with no footnotes. —C.Fred (talk) 20:47, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Awesome! Thanks! I've been getting the hang of everything. Loving it. LifeAquatic42 (talk) 21:25, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Joshua Bonehill

Please stop correcting the page on Joshua Bonehill with false information. He is not a politician, he is not a member of a political party and has never stood for office anywhere.He is convicted of commiting slander and harrasment on the internet and this is oublic record. He is not an internet personlaity as you claim, he had one account which he previoulsy bought followers for. He went to Merryhay Academy special needs school and is on record as confirming this, you are vandalising the article not I.

You have yet again made the false claim that Joshua Bnehill is apolitician with no sources and no evidence whatsoever. This is not objective and is inaccurate, he has zero political record. He stated himself the school he went to yet you presume to remove it, you are not adding truth to this article but unsourced suppostition and fabricaitions and you are blocking others from writing the truth with sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.40.52 (talk) 22:15, 19 November 2014‎ (UTC)

None of the sources that have been added to the article back up the claim that he is a "special needs schoolboy"; the cited source needs to tie all the loops together, both that he attended the school in question and that he was a special-needs student.

You may have a point about the politician label; however, "troll" is not an acceptable alternate. Really, you need to do things with regard to this article. First, discuss your concerns at the talk page to work toward consensus on how to present the material. Remember that changes have to be in accordance with Misplaced Pages policies, including the strict WP:BLP rules for information about living people. Second, please stay logged in while editing: I see the same edits being alternately made by this IP and by User:Myth~Buster~Yeovil (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). —C.Fred (talk) 22:19, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

I am Joshua Bonehill, I'd like to state that I never attended a 'merryhay academy', I attended taunton school in Somerset which is a public school as stated in the article. Furthermore I'd like to draw to attention that the people attempting to vandalise this article are the very people who have been my 'twitter rivals'. I suggest the article is made protected and watched over by sensible people to ensure that the truth is there for everybody to see. I can be contacted directly at joshuabonehill@live.co.uk