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  Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons, as you did to Talk:2017 Berkeley protests‎. Thank you. Funcrunch (talk) 00:24, 30 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

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May 2017

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  Please stop adding unreferenced or poorly referenced biographical content, especially if controversial, to articles or any other Wikipedia page, as you did at Talk:2017 Berkeley protests. Content of this nature could be regarded as defamatory and is in violation of Wikipedia policy. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. All controversial statements about any living person must be accompanied by a reliable source. You made two accusations about a living person on this article talk page without any sources. Additionally, you have cast aspersions against another user, speculating that they're here to intentionally edit with a political bias. This is unacceptable behavior and a violation of the pillars of Wikipedia.

Please review WP:5P, WP:NPOV, and WP:BLP EvergreenFir (talk) 05:42, 1 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

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