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February 2014

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  Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. I am glad to see that you are discussing a topic. However, as a general rule, talk pages such as Talk:Eric Clapton are for discussion related to improving the article, not general discussion about the topic or unrelated topics. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. - DVdm (talk) 09:43, 15 February 2014 (UTC

Got message

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Thanks for the advice. I'll check out the rules and guidelines. Could you send that page to me? I'm new at this and considering signing in and learning to edit.

It's all explained in our wp:Talk page guidelines. The link to that page was already present in my message above. Every link is marked blue. Happy reading. - DVdm (talk) 17:50, 15 February 2014 (UTC)Reply
 

Do not create, add, maintain, insert, or restore hoaxes on Wikipedia, such as you did with the article Talk:Robert Palmer (singer). Hoaxes will be caught and marked for deletion shortly after they are created. If you are interested in how accurate Wikipedia is, a more constructive test method would be to try to find inaccurate statements that are already in Wikipedia – and then to correct them if possible. Please do not disrupt Wikipedia. Feel free to take a look at the five pillars of Wikipedia to learn more about this project and how you can contribute constructively. Thank you. Do not continue to promulgate your Geraldine Edwards hoax on Wikipedia. Binksternet (talk) 18:43, 15 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

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May 2014

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  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Tarantula. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism. Thank you. Pinethicket (talk) 17:53, 12 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

July 2014

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  Hello, I'm Electric Wombat. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living person on Prince Harry, but that you didn’t support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Electric Wombat (talk) 00:39, 10 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

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January 2015

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  Hello, I'm Kkmurray. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Spectrum because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Kkmurray (talk) 20:03, 7 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Edit wars and questions

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Hi - you posted on my talk page re: the Robert Palmer BS. I can't see any proof that the users you mentioned were banned/blocked. Can you point me in that direction? From what I can read, they seem to be able to get away with everything. Thanks for the info. Zabadu (talk) 22:06, 14 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

January 2015

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  This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism, as you did to Robert Palmer (singer), will not be tolerated. Although vandalizing articles on occasions that are days or weeks apart from each other sometimes prevents editors from being blocked, your continued vandalism constitutes a long term pattern of abuse. The next time you vandalize a page, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia without further notice. Long-term abuse case page at Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Geraldine Edwards hoax from San Diego. Persistent hoaxing using various San Diego IPs starting from January 2011. Binksternet (talk) 05:25, 25 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Help me!

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I need to know were downtown ther are please that will take tellacare and let my family stay to Please help me with...

174.77.220.178 (talk) 21:46, 5 August 2015 (UTC)Kenneth MartinReply

As we told you on IRC, this is not an issue Wikipedia can help with, sorry. 22:08, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Louisiana Creole people

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The article "Louisiana Creole people" should include the Creoles people of Louisiana (both people of French and Spanish origin), not only the Creoles of French origin. the article name is not "Louisiana Creole people of French origin", but is "Louisiana Creole people". The article about the Creole people of French origin is the Cajun people article. So please, stop to delete information of article about Spanish Creoles of Louisiana.--Isinbill (talk) 14:46, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

April 2016

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  Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to E3 Civic High School did not appear constructive, and will be undone if not undone already. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. CAPTAIN RAJU () 20:30, 27 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

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January 2018

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Al Smith has been reverted.
Your edit here to Al Smith was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXM-g-UAJiA) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a media file (e.g. a sound or video file) on an external server, then note that linking to such files may be subject to Wikipedia's copyright policy, as well as other parts of our external links guideline. If the information you linked to is indeed in violation of copyright, then such information should not be linked to. Please consider using our upload facility to upload a suitable media file, or consider linking to the original.
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August 2018

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December 2023

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  Hello, I'm Yoshi24517. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Silver Star Mountain (Skamania County, Washington)—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Yoshi24517 (Chat) (Online) 20:26, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Holy Roman Empire. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Yoshi24517 (Chat) (Online) 20:40, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Kenisha Pratt, you may be blocked from editing. Yoshi24517 (Chat) (Online) 20:40, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

May 2024

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  Hello, I'm ObserveOwl. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Presidency of George W. Bush have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. ObserveOwl (chit-chatmy doings) 22:29, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Anonymous users from this IP address have been blocked from editing for a period of 31 hours for persistently making disruptive edits.
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September 2024

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Anonymous users from this IP address have been blocked from editing for a period of 3 months to prevent further vandalism.
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