Loxdale

Managing a conflict of interest

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 10:39, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

July 2020

Hello, I'm HSaurab. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Hugh Loxdale have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse. Thanks. HSaurab (talk • work) 08:34, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Multiple accounts

You were told previously that in general it is not permitted to use multiple accounts for editing, and you said that you would not do so, but you appear still to be using both this account and User:Hugh David Loxdale. This must stop, or else both accounts are liable to be blocked. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:33, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Dear David,

           Thank you for your message. I originally opened the second account believing (wrongly as it turned out) that I needed to do this to work on a second Wiki entry completely unrelated to the first. Anyhow, I have received mixed messages since another Wiki editor implied that this was okay (as he said that he had also two accounts). I am most happy to cancel one of the accounts, but need your advice please as to how I go about this: How do I close an account?  Should I stop using the first account, or the second one? And then what happens to the one I close down? 

Best wishes,

Hugh Loxdale Loxdale (talk) 14:25, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Just stop using one of the accounts. Nothing will happen to it or its contributions, it will just stay here.

You do not need two accounts to edit separate Wikipedia pages. Here is a list of valid reasons to have multiple accounts; I do not think any applies in your case, or that your use case warrants a new one. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 04:59, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

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Hello, Loxdale. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by David Biddulph (talk) 12:37, 14 July 2020 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).

August 2020

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you recently removed maintenance templates from Hugh Loxdale. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Please see Help:Maintenance template removal for further information on when maintenance templates should or should not be removed. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Thank you. Devokewater (talk) 18:31, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

It appears that you also removed maintenance templates from this article on 7 July 2020 --Devokewater (talk) 18:46, 24 August 2020 (UTC)