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Sincerely, Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:46, 4 April 2019 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)Reply

Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:46, 4 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

April 2019

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  Hello, I'm Walter Görlitz. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. The nationality of a football player is determined by 1) their nation of birth, 2) if they represent a nation other than their nation of birth that becomes the nation. Their ethnicity is never brought into the roster. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:50, 4 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

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  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at FC Schalke 04. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:51, 4 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

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  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at FC Schalke 04, you may be blocked from editing. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:52, 4 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

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  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at FC Schalke 04‎‎. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:56, 4 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

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You have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:01, 4 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

Sockpuppet investigation

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An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wiki Facts fixer, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.

Frood 05:20, 18 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

June 2020

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It is come to my attention that your account has been blocked before for violating Wikipedia policy. Clearly you have not learned your lesson. - Jasonbres (talk) 16:32, 11 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

June 2020

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a message letting you know that one or more of your recent edits to Monsters at Work has been undone by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.

Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 16:47, 11 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

 
Anonymous users from this IP address have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 month to prevent further vandalism.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:48, 11 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
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September 2021

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  Hello, I'm RG067. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added to Stellar designations and names because they seemed inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. RG067 (talk) 09:08, 5 September 2021 (UTC)Reply