User talk:Mattyr99

March 2011[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Harbor Freight Tools, 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. Thank you. --some jerk on the Internet (talk) 01:56, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Central Pneumatic[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Central Pneumatic, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

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September 2011[edit]

Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages to Wikipedia, as doing so is not in accordance with our policies. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Wikipedia:Your first article; you might also consider using the Article Wizard. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. —slakr^\ talk / 01:13, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Mattyr99. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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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. —slakr^\ talk / 01:13, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Harbor Freight Tools with this edit. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you. Mt king ^(edits) 02:53, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree File:Photo of Eric L. Smidt.jpg[edit]

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Photo of Eric L. Smidt.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. (ESkog)^(Talk) 17:43, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree File:Eric Smidt Headshot.jpg[edit]

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Eric Smidt Headshot.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. (ESkog)^(Talk) 17:44, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Photo of Eric Smidt, CEO of Harbor Freight Tools.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Photo of Eric Smidt, CEO of Harbor Freight Tools.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Harbor Freight[edit]

Discuss your edits at the talk page as they violate Wikipedia's policies. Do not blindly revert. -- John Reaves 23:24, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Violate what policy? There was a valid reference. What axe do you have to grind against HFT?

December 2013[edit]

Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Harbor Freight Tools may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "()"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page:

hand tools), and Chicago Electric (power tools). <ref>www.harborfreight.com Harbor Freight Tools]
programs to thrive if budgetary allocations allowed. This list amounted to more than 55,000 items (which would fill 15 40' semi-trailer trucks.

Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 23:56, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Mattyr99 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I was blocked without any kind of warning by John Reaves who only offered brief and unclear explanations as to why he was reverting my edits. All he did was reference wiki policy but nothing specific. Much of his edits are subjective and based on impressions e.g. saying I'm doing PR for Harbor Freight or that HFT donations, as backed up by 3rd party news sources, are "trivia". My edits to the Harbor Freight page were backed up by citations, and Reaves kept erasing them. My impression is that he has an axe to grind against Harbor Freight.

Decline reason:

Focus on what you did. It sounds like you are denying that you are promoting Harbor Freight which would certainly be deceptive on your part.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 22:05, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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