User talk:Maximus2929

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====Rochester RazorSharks====

Our Wiki page was wrongfully redirected. We do not have enough experience to have it "unredirected" and need help and/or direction to undo the redirect. Please help! Maximus2929 (talk) 13:57, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Co-op mentor.

Hi Maximus, I'm Jethro, a coordinator at The Co-op. Welcome to Wikipedia! I want to introduce you to your mentor, Missionedit, who should be able to help you with your question in reference to how articles are "locked" or "unlocked". Thanks, I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 04:05, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@maximus2929 - Thank you!

Hello, Maximus! I'm Missionedit, and I want to help you learn more about editing Wikipedia :) When you say "locked", do you mean the little lock symbol in the corner of an article that makes sure certain people can't edit it? When you write things on a talk page, make sure you always sign them with 4 tides (~~~~). This will leave your username and the date. ~ Anastasia [Missionedit] (talk) 16:56, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

yes! The person doing the current edits and that has locked the page is with a rival league and is publishing "rumors" as opposed to facts. I am not very qualified nor do I fully understand how to properly protect our own page and make the edits necessary to have the facts published. Maximus2929 (talk) 18:17, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I see that you are talking about the Premier Basketball League article. What is the username of the person who is putting these "rumors" into it? (I'm asking so I can more properly understand the circumstances and thus better explain) ~ Anastasia [Missionedit] (talk) 19:06, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

the user name is- Things Said Over Coffee - He is the one doing the edits. We made the connection long ago when we would undo his edits and he would put them back. We received the warning about edit wars and unfortunately we did not know what to do other than change the edits back to what they should be. Maximus2929 (talk) 20:24, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Who are you referring to when you say "we"? I see you picked up on how to indent :) ~ Anastasia [Missionedit] (talk) 03:09, 19 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

When I say we I mean the PBL front office.Maximus2929 (talk) 19:19, 19 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for helping get this corrected. It is appreciatedMaximus2929 (talk) 19:20, 19 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Which part specifically contains the false information? ~ Anastasia [Missionedit] (talk) 21:03, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's been fixed. All is ok now.Maximus2929 (talk) 20:33, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I didn't help very much :) What happened? ~ Anastasia [Missionedit] (talk) 21:53, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Removal of sourced content

Please do not remove relevant well-sourced content from articles as you did with this edit. Particularly given your conflict of interest that may well be construed to be vandalism. Huon (talk) 17:49, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The person making the initial update you speak of that I removed, is the PR person of a competing league. I am part of the PBL front office and regularly update actual results and events. The comment I removed was reported by a newspaper and is a questionable fact as the league office has yet to officially be informed by the Danville Riverhawks or any other teams that they are not returning. The league office has contracts with each of teams and once the league office receives notice that a team is not returning I will be glad to update the page accordingly. Using a newspaper article to update a Wikipedia page can be a slippery slope especially if the party updating the page is a competing league continuously trying to smear the PBL (see the history). I appreciate you reaching out to me and keeping an open mind as there are always two sides to every story. Maximus2929 (talk) 18:36, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your repeated accusations of a conflict of interest against another editor without a shred of evidence will sooner or later get you into trouble on Wikipedia. Also, Wikipedia considers newspapers reliable sources and doesn't need to wait for the league office to formally confirm that a team has left the league. See WP:Identifying reliable sources. In fact, independent secondary sources such as newspapers are preferred to primary sources such as the league office. Another page you may be interested in is WP:OWN: It's not your page, and other editors need not wait for your permission to update it. In fact, your conflict of interest means that you should be careful about editing the page directly but rather make proposals for changes at the talk page. As an aside, you may want to look up the Terms of Use governing paid editing on Wikipedia. Huon (talk) 00:03, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cross-namespace moves of Fast Break Fury

Hello, Maximus2929. Please do not move a page to a title that is harder to follow, or move it unilaterally against naming conventions or consensus, as you did to Fast Break Fury. This includes making page moves while a discussion remains underway. We have some guidelines to help with deciding what title is best for a subject. If you would like to experiment with page titles and moving, please use the test Wikipedia.

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Hello, Maximus2929,

Please don't randomly move pages around to different name spaces on the project. It breaks links which means other editors must clean up after these page moves. Discuss an page move on the article talk page first if the article has been at one page title for a substantial period of time. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:26, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning!

====Rochester RazorSharks====

Our Wiki page was wrongfully redirected. We do not have enough experience to have it "unredirected" and need help and/or direction to undo the redirect. The Fast Break never were part of the RazorSharks. Please help! Maximus2929 (talk) 13:59, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]