Socsouth

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Hello, Socsouth, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been reverted for this very reason.

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December 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Thomas L. Brown II has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Razor2988 (talk) 15:26, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Thomas L. Brown II, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. The reverted edit can be found here. Thank you. --some jerk on the Internet (talk) 15:57, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

The recent edit you made to Thomas L. Brown II constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to remove content without explanation. Thank you. DARTH SIDIOUS 2 ^(Contact) 15:59, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Blanking

Could you please explain the blanking of Thomas L. Brown II? In general, he is notable as a flag officer, and the article, while not well sourced, is not controversial or inappropriate in nature. If you are editing on behalf of Special Operations Command South as your username implies, that is inappropriate, according to Wikipedia guidelines, although it's hardly a great sin. Once in place on Wikipedia, absent any compelling reason to delete, the article should stay. Acroterion _(talk) 16:06, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

I'd like to point out that this blanking is especially weird, considering he created the article in the first place and has a copy in userspace. 155.33.172.164 (talk) 16:10, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

If you are trying to add the additional content you've developed in your userspace, please do so as necessary. Note that the article is properly named already: titles and honorifics are excluded from article titles under most circumstances. Ernest King is, for example, just that, not Fleet Admiral Ernest King. Acroterion _(talk) 16:12, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Now that you've added the content, please add back the blue links to other Wikipedia articles that were removed by the copy/paste. You can see what was added in the edit history. Also, I have significant concerns about your username: editors cannot represent an organization or group - they must edit as an individual, and it is particularly perilous to edit as an acknowledged member of a given organization, as it gives an appearance of a conflict of interest. I don't see a problem with your actual contributions here, I'm mostly concerned about the username, as you may not want to give the impression of an officially-sanctioned biography. Do you wish to change your username? Acroterion _(talk) 16:17, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, your account has been blocked; you are welcome to create a new account with a username that represents only you. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice. Thank you. Acroterion _(talk) 16:41, 10 December 2010 (UTC)