Devorahanna

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Gary A. Rendsburg

Hi. Where did all the facts in this article come from (especially all the prose in the Career section)? On Wikipedia, all facts contained in an article must be verifiable back to a reliable source. This is especially true when the article is a biography about a living person. Your article only cites one source, which is affiliated with the subject. What other sources did this information come from? If the content is your personal knowledge about Rendsburg, that is not published in third-party sources, it is not appropriate for Wikipedia. --Nick⁠—⁠^Contact/_Contribs 07:44, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

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April 2018

Hello, I'm 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 21:10, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Devorahanna. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 21:10, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Juliet Sorensen, you may be blocked from editing. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 21:17, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you use Wikipedia for soapboxing, promotion or advertising. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 00:05, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• And read the COI message above. For real. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 00:05, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

ANI notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 01:14, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Final warning

Hello, Devorahanna. You need to respond to the COI message abobve before you edit either Gillian Sorensen or Juliet Sorensen again, or you will be blocked. Also, please stop inserting promotional content in one article and removing well-sourced criticism from the other. I'm assuming this misleading edit summary was a simple mistake. Bishonen | talk 08:56, 27 April 2018 (UTC).

Minor edits

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now I see

"has had a long career working"? Sheesh. Far too promotional, even if supported by RS. You need to not use such promotional, gushy, promo-puff-up language. Please do not turn it into a puff piece.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 15:20, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

May 2018

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for ignoring all questions and warnings above. I told you on 27 April, under the header "Final warning", that you need to respond to the COI message higher up before you edit either Gillian Sorensen or Juliet Sorensen again, or you will be blocked. Per the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use, you must disclose if somebody is paying you to edit; see, again, WP:PAID. You have ignored this, and therefore you have been blocked. Letting some time pass before you start on the articles again is no substitute for engaging with questions mandated by the terms of use. Nor is editing logged out.[1].

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 ~~~~}}.  Bishonen | talk 22:24, 4 May 2018 (UTC)