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Sincerely,  Paine  u/c 04:12, 20 September 2016 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)Reply

  Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! Materialscientist (talk) 21:46, 20 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

September 2016 edit

  Please do not add or significantly change content without citing verifiable and reliable sources, as you did with this edit to Rockstar Games. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ (talk) 22:18, 23 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

October 2016 edit

  Hello, I'm Eteethan. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Guitar Center— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Eteethan(talk) 21:54, 3 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add or change content, as you did at Synchrony Financial, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. James (talk/contribs) 06:36, 4 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

First lady edit

Good point. Gender-neutral i.e. First spouse? But then if we elect a same-sex couple? First partner or First home-maker? ;oP Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 01:46, 6 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Whatever the term becomes, it will be interesting. BTW: This is Bill Clinton. How about "First ladies' man" /snark. BTW: try wp:notifications i.e. {{ping|Jim1138}} Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 02:08, 6 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

October 2016 edit

  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Lakelands Park Middle School, you may be blocked from editing. Just Chilling (talk) 23:06, 19 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

  Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. You can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing →   Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary. Thanks! 80.221.159.67 (talk) 02:48, 23 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

If this is a shared IP address, and you did not make the edits, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

Michael (gorilla) edit

I removed "silverback" from your infobox addition. A silverback is a dominate male, not a breed. I am not sure what species of gorilla Michael was. You might want to change the species to something else. See gorilla#Evolution and classification. If my poor memory serves me, was probably a western lowland gorilla or mountain gorilla Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 01:32, 23 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

MS-13 edit

Please see the note I left for you on the MS-13 article talk page. Thanks much.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:MS-13 HistoryBuff14 (talk) 15:17, 30 April 2017 (UTC)Reply