Lswuser

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Possible conflict of interest

Hello, Lswuser. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Lab School of Washington, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

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April 2014

Hello, I'm Excirial. I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your recent contributions, such as the one you made with this edit to Lab School of Washington, because it didn’t appear constructive to me. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 19:19, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Please refrain from making nonconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Lab School of Washington with this edit. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism. Thank you. Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 19:27, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to Lab School of Washington with this edit, you may be blocked from editing. — MusikAnimal ^talk 19:29, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

I am very thank for your corrections. I'm Matt Frattali, I teach technology at the Lab School. Every year for one day we study Wikipedia. We talk about the accuracy of importance of Wikipedia. We start out in the sandbox to learn the basics of editing. I like students to edit the official Lab School page since authenticity is important. This year, to prevent vandalism, students were instructed to make a single edit: to change the word "learning difficulty" to"learning difference". There were thirty students in the room, the vast majority followed directions, and clearly one or two did not, and I'm very sorry for that. We all used the same login "Lswuser" since it's impossible to create 30 accounts from one IP simultaneously. Thanks again for making the corrections.