User talk:DanFord2

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DanFord2, good luck, and have fun. --Vatsan34 (talk) 05:35, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Please desist from adding opinionated commentary to Witchfinder General (Band). Any factual information must be sourced and cited. Sources must be from established websites rather than discussion forums or Youtube comments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Murrarie (talk • contribs) 05:46, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

I for one do not find your commentary opinionated, it is factual and true. You could not find a more established site than www.youtube.com. There are no trustworthy 'established sites' from which one can get this type of information. The type of editing Murrarie is involved in appears very specific and calculated. I know Phil Cope and Zeeb Parkes very well and while they no long seem to get on I do not think they would disagree with your content. But please, please, please note his name is Phil Cope not ‘Phillip’ Cope, I don't think he likes the name Phillip. dancewithme. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.45.13 (talk) 11:32, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles must contain verifiable information only. Opinionated matter, whether positive or negative, does not belong. If you know the band members, that also involves a conflict of interest issue and you should not be editing the article. My edits are specific and calculated only to the extent that I would like the article to conform to Wikipedia standards. I have no hidden agenda. And I am not responsible for "Phillip", must have been another editor. Murrarie (talk) 22:19, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Editing advice

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. 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 several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. PhilKnight (talk) 00:07, 6 November 2009 (UTC) There is no way to reference any facts as all information on the band is quite subjective but there is the truth which some, it appears, do not want known. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.45.13 (talk) 08:52, 6 November 2009 (UTC) I have read your edits and see that you are in an edit war with other users that are not giving good reason why they are undoing you contributions. I will be watch these pages and be only too happy to assist you if needs be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dancewithme2 (talk • contribs) 09:56, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

7 day block

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 7 days for disruptive editing. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. PhilKnight (talk) 12:25, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Evidence for block

In addition to edit warring to restore original research, there has been sock puppetry:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Witchfinder_General_(band)&diff=prev&oldid=324098540
• http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Witchfinder_General_(band)&diff=prev&oldid=324245810

PhilKnight (talk) 12:28, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

This user is asking that his block be reviewed:

DanFord2 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

If I am guilty of disruptive editing then I am sorry. However, so too are others within the same page Witchfinder General (band) Please see contributions by, Murrarie, 124.171.166.99, 124.171.173.133, these editors have only set themselves up to edit this page and have mounted a complain to stop myself from putting forward information I know is factual. For instance the fact that Zeeb Parkes and Phil Cope were the writes of all the music pre the new band calling itself Witchfinder General is factual; it appears on the cover of all their recordings. Further, the fact there is speculation over the new Witchfinder General band actually being Witchfinder General is again fact. This new line-up formed after 25 years without 50% of its writing team. Whether we like it or not, the fact that this is debated on www.youtube.com, in many places, on many levels and at great length makes it relevant to any authoritative information about the band. Those listed above are removing specific information that relates to a founding member of the band a member that was the face of the band, its lyrist and from what is said in many of the press releases of the time, its driving force – they are trying to suppress information. Now I understand this information is not being referenced but then nothing on the page is referenced. If we are to live by a rule that only referenced information should stay then the whole page should be deleted. I also notice that no matter what page I read relating to bands on Wikipedia they all contain lots of unconfirmed information. They are not edited so viciously, absolutely and quickly as the campaigns against my edits have been doing (I say campaigners but fear they are all one and the same person). There is no accurate reference material on the internet about this band. There is only one web site that purports to be the official Witchfinder General web site but this is effectively run by those that now speculatively claim to be Witchfinder General and no doubt those editing my contribution off the page. As I said at the start if I am guilty as charged then so are they. I would like this appeal again this ban to also act as my complaint about those mentioned above so you might now also investigate their edits and activity on this page pre and post my ban. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Oh, as a side note, I do not know dancewithme2 though we may use one of the same computers as me. I attend a community based recording studio training project where 100s of people a day pass though. I do not own any puppets. Thank you for taking the time to read this, I hope I have posted this correctly? Dan --dantheman 11:32, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

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