SteveBannos

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March 2017

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a message letting you know that one or more of your recent edits to Steve Bannos has been undone by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.

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Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Steve Bannos. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Serols (talk) 18:55, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, SteveBannos. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Steve_Bannos, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. L3X1 (distant write) 23:06, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. L3X1 (distant write) 23:11, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

March 2017

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, SteveBannos, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 23:24, 29 March 2017 (UTC)