User talk:Laddypat

January 2008

I'm writing our response to Hoary's message on this page so I hope that is correct. We give you permission to show John's bio on the page or, if you want, you can edit it since it contains all factual information. We also provided a link to an article about John in the Washington Post, but, for some reason you deleted that also. You have other links to articles and you've referenced them, so I'm at a loss as to why you cut the Washington Post reference. The article is at http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2007/10/tuesday_basedow_baring_it_all.php. In addition to that, we provided a paragrah that we originally wrote for your site, meaning it wasn't copied from any other website and is thus not in violation of any copyright regulations. That paragraph is below. You can feel free to verify any info provided in it. It's completely accurate and not biased in any way. You can delete the links if you want but I don't see any reason for not including this information in John's Wikipedia entry.

CORRECTED INFO: << John Basedow can be seen and heard throughout the media. He is a spokesperson for the American Heart Association and has led their annual Heart Walk for the past 2 years. You can see photos from this event on http://www.fitnessmadesimple.com/heartwalk.php. He also does charity work for the American Diabetes Association (see http://www.fitnessmadesimple.com/diabetes.php) and St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital (see http://www.fitnessmadesimple.com/st-jude.php). He spoke about the current childhood obesity epidemic and how to combat this problem at various events, including the Girl Scouts Health & Family Fun Expo (see http://www.fitnessmadesimple.com/gs.php). John's a successful author and his new book, Fitness Made Simple: The Power To Change Your Body & Life, which is published by literary powerhouse McGraw-Hill, is available in book stores everywhere. John is a regular guest on over 30 TV and radio shows nationwide every month. He was just contracted to be a national spokesmodel for Chamonix Nutraceuticals, a high end skincare company, and WeightView, a cutting edge computer technology company that helps to motivate people by giving them a visual image of what they'll look like when they achieve their fitness goals (see www.WeightView.com). In addition to all of this, an outside production company offered John his own reality series, John Basedow TV, which now appears on the internet (www.JohnBasedow.tv and www.MySpace.com/JohnBasedowTV) and he's doing Success Made Simple seminars with his good friend, Fran Capo, who's the Guiness Book of World Records' Fastest Talking Woman as well as a 9-time author and comedienne. See www.SuccessMadeSimpleSeminar.com. >>

We also fixed the MySpace site link, which you had incorrectly going to www.xxxxxx.com/OfficialFitnessMadeSimple. It should go to the MySpace site www.MySpace.com/OfficialFitnessMadeSimple.

Thanks for your help.

Kind Regards, Pat Riches FMS Operations

Managing a conflict of interest

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April 2015

Hi there! Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. Thanks! Widefox; talk 06:50, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to John Basedow, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. Widefox; talk 06:52, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Please do not delete or edit legitimate talk page comments, as you did at John Basedow. Such edits are disruptive and appear to be vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Widefox; talk 07:05, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Laddypat", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a username change that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Here [1] you use the word "we" multiple times. Is this account used by one person or several? Do you have any connection with the subject? You have not declared an WP:COI, but it is clear (WP:PROMO / WP:SPA) that this account is for promotion only and you have incorrectly and aggressively challenged and removed other editor's maintenance and talk page comments - see WP:OWN. Widefox; talk 07:18, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

April 2015

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove the maintenance templates from Wikipedia articles without resolving the problem that the template refers to, as you did at John Basedow. "Received email from Chris Wilson at Wikipedia saying page protection should be indefinite. Please add this back on as indicated in his email. Added Basedow's Vine channel as reference at bottom of page as well" your edit summary is misleading - you removed the maintenance tags again without giving a reason. Stop now or you will be blocked. Widefox; talk 08:54, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. Thank you. Widefox; talk 09:24, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

April 2015

Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion pages, as you did with John Basedow. Doing so won't stop the discussion from taking place. You are, however, welcome to comment about the proposed deletion on the appropriate page. The article is not owned by you, see WP:OWN. Also, do not remove the Article for deletion tags. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:53, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove an Articles for deletion notice or a comment from an AfD discussion, as you did at John Basedow. (already given L4 final warning for this - now reporting user for edit warring) Widefox; talk 13:05, 21 April 2015 (UTC)