User talk:DavidAshfield1

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Hello DavidAshfield1 and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your contributions do not conform to our policies. For more information on this, see Wikipedia's policies on vandalism and limits on acceptable additions. If you'd like to experiment with the wiki's syntax, please do so in the sandbox (but beware that the contents of the sandbox are deleted frequently) rather than in articles.

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The Sutton-in-Ashfield article isn't blocked. If you look at the page history, you'll see that it's been edited by five different users in the past week. What it is is protected against edits by new and unregistered users, so as a new user with no edits to other articles, you aren't able to edit it.

This was done recently because of one editor who was repeatedly making inappropriate edits to the page and has now had to be permanently blocked from editing. Unfortunately, although we tried hard to help him and improve the article, he simply didn't understand what we were telling him so we reluctantly had to prevent him from doing any further damage. In such cases, it's common for the blocked user to create an alternative account to try to get around the block - which is exactly what he did. That's the reason for the protection. It doesn't mean you'll never be able to edit it, just that you will need to have made a certain number of edits to other articles before your status will reach the level required to pass the protection. Deb (talk) 11:19, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Autoconfirmed_users for further information. Deb (talk) 11:22, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

November 2020

Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Skegby, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 12:35, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sutton-in-Ashfield

Hi. There is no problem with you working on the articles. You are new, and naturally you will do things that aren't 100% in keeping with the guidelines. I still make plenty of mistakes myself. Just keep going and the article will eventually come into shape. Deb (talk) 08:25, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Deb.

December 2020

Hello, I'm Slykos. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Mansfield have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse. Thanks. Slykos (talk • contribs • rights) 21:18, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi There, please note I did not want to make anyone unhappy.

Sockpuppet investigation

An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sutton12, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.

Slykos (talk • contribs • rights) 17:21, 6 December 2020 (UTC) [reply]

This account has been blocked indefinitely as a sockpuppet that was created to violate Wikipedia policy. Note that using multiple accounts is allowed, but using them for illegitimate reasons is not, and that all edits made while evading a block or ban may be reverted or deleted. If this account is not a sockpuppet, and you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here ~~~~}} below.