User talk:Outaouaisrock

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Outaouaisrock, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as File:Amnesia Rockfest.jpeg, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{help me}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Eeekster (talk) 19:45, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Amnesia Rockfest.jpeg[edit]

A tag has been placed on File:Amnesia Rockfest.jpeg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted images or text borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Eeekster (talk) 19:45, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

October 2014[edit]

Hello, I'm Walter Görlitz. I noticed that you made a change to an article, August Burns Red, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. A source other than the band or the festival would be needed for this. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:33, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add or change content, as you did to MxPx, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. It seems you're just trying to link to your article now. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:34, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding unsourced content. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. All of the additions were unreferenced and trivial. What makes this festival more important that any of the others that they performed at during the calendar year? Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:07, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia. The fact that any of these bands played one show at one festival is not important. Please stop adding links unless they're supported with a length article by a reliable source about the band's performance at the festival. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:14, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Someone else reported you to WP:AIV. You might want to respond there. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:31, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for Repeated addition of unreferenced data. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Ronhjones ^(Talk) 23:20, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Amnesia Rockfest. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. You're also showing page ownership in restore unreferenced material that was deleted. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:53, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

While we welcome most contributions to the encyclopedia, people who are connected to an organisation are discouraged from editing the article about that organisation. Attendance of a musician at a particular festival should only be included in their article if it was a notable event in the career of the artist, in which case there should be reliable sources saying so; please don't add unsourced information. Wikipedia is not intended to serve as a webhost, and is not the place to advertise. There's more information on this topic at Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. -- Diannaa (talk) 14:56, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Outaouaisrock. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Amnesia Rockfest, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:41, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:26, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]