User talk:Davebrayfb - Misplaced Pages

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July 2012

Hello, and welcome to Misplaced Pages. Although everyone is invited to contribute, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Nickelodeon, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. The reverted edit can be found here. Mdann52 (talk) 16:26, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

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August 2012

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Please do not replace pages with blank content, as you did with this edit to Otis the Cow, as this is confusing to readers. The page's content has been restored for now. If there is a problem with the page, it should be edited or reverted to a previous version if possible; if you think the page should be removed entirely, see further information. Thank you. Mephistophelian (talk) 18:39, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

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The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Super Mario Bros. 2 was changed by Davebrayfb (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.868368 on 2012-08-07T14:01:17+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 14:01, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

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Nomination of Mario Kart U for deletion

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Nick.com move

I undid your move to Nick.co.uk. Any such move should be discussed first on the article's Talk page. This one was particularly inappropriate given that the article is about "Nick.com" and not "Nick.co.uk". Please don't move or rename articles in the future without first gaining consensus for the move on the article Talk page. Thanks. JohnInDC (talk) 14:06, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Okay Davebrayfb (talk) 14:16, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

A belated welcome!

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Again, welcome! JohnInDC (talk) 14:41, 23 September 2012 (UTC) JohnInDC (talk) 14:41, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

General tips

Here are a few other things you should keep in mind - first, use the Show Preview button on the edit page to make sure your edits have the intended effect. I found two of your edits (one to Dora and one to Madeleine) that introduced, rather than solved, problems. Second, be sure to use an edit summary to say what your edit has just done. Other editors find that very useful. Finally, be sure to supply a source for your edits. Misplaced Pages isn't a collection of what its editors happen to know but rather is a restatement of what reliable sources have had to say about the subject at hand. Review the links above in the welcome message to get a better sense of things. JohnInDC (talk) 14:47, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Mario Kart 7 European box art.png

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Adding unsourced information at Peppa Pig

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October 2012

Hello, I'm O.Koslowski. I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your recent contributions, such as the one you made to Rugrats, because it didn’t appear constructive to me. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks, O.Koslowski (talk) 15:13, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions to Misplaced Pages. Please make sure to include an edit summary. Please provide one before saving your changes to an article, as the summaries are quite helpful to people browsing an article's history. Thanks! JohnInDC (talk) 02:07, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Dave, a very high percentage of your edits are being reverted as unsourced or hard to follow or in some cases flat-out wrong. This whole Super Mario kerfluffle is a good example. You seem to be trying to improve the encyclopedia but you're failing in the task if other editors have to trail behind you cleaning up messes you leave. You need to start paying closer attention to what you're doing, making only sound, sourced edits - and start right now. Thanks. JohnInDC (talk) 15:04, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm just trying to say Mario is not an American Davebrayfb (talk) 19:22, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

You are insisting that an character with an Italian name, whose creator sets him in NY City, is not a "fictional American character of Italian descent". Three times, in the face of reversions by other editors who provide at least a source, and without any of the times taking it up on the Talk page. Maybe he's going back on the next boat and is therefore not, in fact, American but it needs to be discussed. You can't just put things in that you believe to be true. You need sources; and you need to discuss your changes with other editors. JohnInDC (talk) 20:03, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Please stop moving articles without discussion

As the header says. I've noted this problem before. If you have an issue with the title of an established article, please take it up on the Talk page before moving and / or renaming it. Continuing to make such moves may constitute disruptive editing and may get you blocked. Thanks. JohnInDC (talk) 00:18, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Another place to discuss proposed moves is here: WP:Move requests. JohnInDC (talk) 13:19, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Adding the "Good" designation to SpongeBob SquarePants

Dave, there's an elaborate process for designating an article as "Good", set forth at Misplaced Pages:Good_articles. You can't just add the tag to articles you like, as you appear to have done with this edit.

I am growing very concerned about your edits - the addition of unsourced content; idiosyncratic and undiscussed moves; and now this. I think you need to slow down, take it easy, and for now confine yourself to well-sourced, well-explained and completely proper edits. When you venture beyond those, the results are too uncertain. Thanks. JohnInDC (talk) 21:09, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

It's not bad article Davebrayfb (talk) 07:30, 9 October 2012 (UTC)