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```Buster Seven Talk 18:33, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

An invitation to the Teahouse!

Hello! RB231, you are invited to join other new editors and friendly hosts in the Teahouse, an awesome place to meet people, ask questions, and learn more about Wikipedia. Please join us! Rosiestep (talk) 00:29, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Links

Hi... first off, thanks for your contributions. I've had to remove some of them because we generally avoid adding external links simply because they exist. A more appropriate use is in the manner that you have used them to reference material and add new information. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions regarding this. --Ckatz<sup>chat</sup><sub>spy</sub> 21:57, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Single purpose account/Link canvassing

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. OhNoitsJamie <sup>Talk</sup>

This is your last warning. The next time you insert a spam link, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. OhNoitsJamie <sup>Talk</sup> 16:02, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for December 21

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Sharon Hayes (artist), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page East Village (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

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File:TedHamm.jpg

Hello, please don't overwrite images with unrelated new ones under the same name. The existing file File:TedHamm.jpg has a license statement and source information on its information page that applies only to that original image but presumably not to your new one. You are welcome to upload a new image and exchange it in the article, but please upload it under a new filename. Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:54, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for January 9

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Theodore Hamm, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page St. Joseph’s College (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

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Possibly unfree File:TedHamm.jpg

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:TedHamm.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 10:19, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Ralph Bakshi

Please stop adding that text to Ralph Bakshi. I don't know what you're trying to accomplish, but when you use those symbols, the software thinks you are trying to add a template. There is no such template, so you are just adding broken text that doesn't do anything. --Laser brain (talk) 20:00, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Blocked 3 days for repeat link canvassing

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You have been temporarily blocked from editing Wikipedia for continuing to add spam links. If you wish to make useful contributions, you are welcome to come back after the block expires. Persistent spammers will have their websites blacklisted from Wikipedia.

OhNoitsJamie <sup>Talk</sup> 22:50, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

October 2013

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Bruce High Quality Foundation. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:25, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing Wikipedia for continuing to add spam links. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may place {{unblock}} on your user talk page to have the block reviewed. Persistent spammers will have their websites blacklisted from Wikipedia. OhNoitsJamie <sup>Talk</sup> 00:16, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

November 2013

Dear <sup>Talk</sup>,

I am unclear as to why I have been blocked and why I have been spamming. I have read the policies on spamming and external links and it still remains unclear as to why my edits are considered spamming. Could you please specify what I've been doing wrong?

Thanks RB231 (talk) 19:52, 11 November 2013 (UTC)Sara