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January 2023

Hello, I'm Fragrant Peony. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, California Institute of Technology, 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. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Fragrant Peony (talk) 22:12, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Oh, I see, I thought the comment was too obvious to provide a reference since the University of California system is public and the article already stated that Caltech is a private university. A cursory check yielded no reliable sources for it, but it seems to me that it falls under WP:SYNTHNOT, SYNTH is not unpublishably unoriginal. ETDS554 (talk) 22:21, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

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Blocked as a sockpuppet

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts as a sockpuppet of User:Fq90 per the evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fq90. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted.

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 ~~~~}}.  Girth Summit _(blether) 19:05, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

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Request reason:

I do not know who FQ90 is and I do not care, my concern is that the article on race and intelligence is outdated. My colleague told me she wanted to edit it but was blocked from doing so as well ETDS554 (talk) 20:28, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Decline reason:

A simple denial is insufficient grounds for an unblock. PhilKnight (talk) 21:47, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

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Request reason:

I am not a white supremacist long-term abuser, I am a scientist, I can show you my biochem diploma as proof, if you tell me where to upload it ETDS554 (talk) 06:45, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Decline reason:

As a scientist, if you are, you should know that that would not prove anything. Anybody can upload anything and share it with us; it cannot prove or disprove who was on the other end of the connection. It isn't falsifiable. — Daniel Case (talk) 07:55, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

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