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November 2007

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December 2007

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Leona Lewis. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. ^anemone│_projectors 19:29, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

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Blocked

Your continuing violations of our policy on image use has earned you a block. Please use this time to read and understand WP:IUP. Your contributions to Sugababes have been reverted as they blatantly violated this policy. --Yamla (talk) 16:30, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Bolding #1's

Please don't bold #1's in discographies, as it violates WP:CHARTS. Thanks. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 17:35, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Rihanna discography

Again, please do not boldface chart positions (number-ones) per WP:CHARTS and WP:NPOV. - eo (talk) 22:38, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Guy Sebastian, Kate DeAraugo, Damien Leith

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Album certifications

Hi. Before you add any album certifications to an article, you should look it up first on the BPI's website and then add the bpi page it's listed on as a reference. Shayne Ward's debut album only went single-platinum. ^anemone│_projectors 18:26, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

January 2008

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This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to Template:Shayne Ward, you will be blocked from editing. ^anemone│_projectors 19:31, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

February 2008

Please make note of our guidelines about non-free content. We are not permitted to use album covers on articles about the artist when those images are being used on the album articles. If you continue to add them to other articles, you could be blocked from editing. --Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 02:44, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

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Image use policy

Ryan, I know that this has been brought up with you before, but have you familiarized yourself with our image use policies? Your recent edits [1] [2] and uploads raise concern. Please undo the image use violations; I would rather not see you blocked for this again. Also, while I'm here, could I ask you please to use the "show preview" button? Your multiple changes to articles such as Eva Avila are unnecessary and it is often unclear what changes you are attempting, especially since you do not use edit summaries. Thanks, and do feel free to ask questions. --Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 22:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Flagicons

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May 2008

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June 2008

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Fake1

DONT ADD FAKE STUFF TO THE PAULINI ARTICLE IT DOES NOTHING, HOW THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SUPERWOWAN SOLD.? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.230.198.15 (talk) 11:10, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

The X Factor (UK)

Hi

With this edit you removed {{fact}} tags, but made no effort to provide any references to replace them - please don't do this. Wikipedia relies on verifiability; {{fact}} tags are how we communicate to readers and other editors that references are missing and should be found. As such you should only remove {{fact}} tags when adding references, not merely changing the text.

Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 14:51, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

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