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Michael Semebello 'Maniac'

Hello, I reverted your statement that Michael Sembello's 'Maniac' is "one of the highest-grossing songs written for a film" on the Michael Sembello page twice because it is both dubious and unverified by a reference. While the song was a big hit in the US, Australia, and some European countries, it was not a worldwide #1 single, like many movie-related songs have been. Therefore, the claim that it is one of the highest-grossing is extremely doubtful. Please do not add this information to the article again, unless you can provide a reliable source to support your claim.Nqr9 (talk) 03:50, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:M Sembello.jpg

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:M.sembello1.jpg

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Replaceable fair use File:Michael Sembello.jpg

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File:Michael Sembello.jpg

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September 2018

Hello, Domainvia. 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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Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 21:13, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

• And this [1] was not a minor edit. Thanks, 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 21:13, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

• Rather than respond to the COI notice above, you restored promotional wording to an article. Ergo,

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 02:11, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia. 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 04:47, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours for advertising or self-promoting in violation of the conflict of interest and notability guidelines. 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 ~~~~}}.  Ad Orientem (talk) 05:30, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Michael Sembello.jpg

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Formal mediation has been requested

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-Ad Orientem (talk) 00:44, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

October 2018

 Warning You have an established track record of making unsourced and nakedly promotional edits on the article Michael Sembello, for which you have been previously blocked. I strongly advise you to be extremely careful editing this article and any other articles governed by Biographies of Living Persons policy. It has also been asserted that you may have a conflict of interest with respect to the subject of the article. If problematic editing continues, sanctions may be applied to prevent further disruption, not excluding a topic ban or loss of editing privileges. It may be best if you considered looking for other articles and subjects where there is no connection for you to edit. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:58, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Request for mediation rejected

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