Howbloom

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Inappropriate username

Your username is inappropriate or too similar to an existing username (see our blocking policy for more information). You are encouraged to create a new account and contribute to Wikipedia under a more appropriate username, and in a constructive manner. See Wikipedia:Username for guidance on selecting an appropriate username. You may also edit Wikipedia without creating an account. You are not allowed to edit Wikipedia under an inappropriate username.

I have also noticed you have been engaging in vandalism[1], please stop pretending to be the publicist Howard Bloom, or prove you are the person at WP:RFC/NAME.

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--Manboobies 17:04, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Howard_Bloom_E-mail_One.PNG; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Howard_Bloom_E-mail_Two.PNG Sophy's Duckling 17:24, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

vandalism?

There seems to be an issue about whether you wrote a chapter on masturbation for the Boy Scout handbook. I looked through the edit history but cannot quite pin down when it was inserted, and it looks like probable vandalism. Could you comment please? Sophy's Duckling 04:46, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Sophia--I know it sounds like an act of literary vandalism to say that I wrote a chapter on masturbation for the Boy Scout handbook, but that is the very first assignment the Boy Scouts gave me when I worked for them over a summer vacation. Howbloom 20:47, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

It does seem rather odd. o.O Sophy's Duckling 03:48, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Sophia--hopefully our email exchange has taken care of this. Shifting usernames is confusing and I'd prefer not to do it. Is that ok? Howard Howbloom 20:51, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

As you provided proof you are Howard Bloom, you will not have to change your username. Sophy's Duckling 03:48, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

It is my understanding that the above means that you do not need to change usernames. Best of luck and happy editing. --Kukini ^{hablame aqui} 22:11, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Suggestions

hi, i found the article about you using the random article button. i noticed when i was reading it that it seemed too long and so i went to the talk page to see if there was a reason. i noticed that some editors had made really uncivil comments, and i decided to stick around to convince you that the wikipedia system is not against you, nor do all wikipedians do that sort of thing. i request that you ignore what the other editors said about your, um, sanity (not to imply that you'd be interested in pursuing such pettiness of course!).

as for the article itself, i think it is definitely too long. i suggest offhand deleting the entire early life section or summarizing it like "you always were fascinated with physical and social science" and not distracting the focus from what you've done to deserve an encyclopedia article. don't worry, you're a published author, what you did way back when will not be lost just because it's not included on wikipedia. in any event, removing the early life section will give them a lot less pretext to make stupid comments and will probably make the cleanup crew really happy. Penguinwithaspear 05:11, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Bloom by BRAMLEY the good one reduced.jpg

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Your bio

Editing your own bio is a conflict of interest and considered inappropriate, for what should be some fairly obvious reasons. If you wish to see material inserted into or removed from the article it would really be best to let other editors handle it. You could facilitate this process by notifying others about your concerns on the article's talkpage or at the Village Pump (assitance) forum here. If you have any questions you can post them either here or on my talkpage and I'll do my best to answer. Happy editing - Doc Tropics 19:01, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Just so you know, I started a new discussion section here. Please read it. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 03:34, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Lame?

Are you really that desperate for attention that you want to hawk your snake oil on Wikipedia? I mean, how full of yourself can you get? If you are really worthy of an encyclopedia article, let someone else write it. Get an education and stop wasting the time of people who are in touch with reality. 24.199.92.132 (talk) 12:50, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

Mr. Bloom, I'd like to maintain a good working relationship with you while we try to improve the article Howard Bloom, but please understand that it's simply not appropriate for you to edit the article directly yourself. If you feel material should be added or removed, please post to the article's talkpage and bring it to the attention of other editors, or contact another editor directly on their private talkpage. If you edit the article directly again, I will feel compelled to report it at the appropriate Admin Noticeboard. Please, work with other editors on the talkpage. Doc Tropics 21:49, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Nomination of International paleopsychology project for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Mass behavior

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You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you.--Orange Mike | Talk 14:44, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Space Development Steering Committee

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Notability: significant coverage in RS cannot be found. Article tagged "Notability" since 2008.

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Nomination of Space Development Steering Committee for deletion

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