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Conflict of Interest

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  Hello, 143.85.29.18. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. Editing for the purpose of advertising or promotion is not permitted. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

  • avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
  • propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
  • disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
  • avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
  • do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted.
Note: Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's Conflict of Interest guidelines, especially before editing any articles related to the United States military or government. Thank you - theWOLFchild 22:26, 22 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

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  This shared IP address has received multiple warnings for inappropriate edits. Since different users may be using this IP address, many of these warnings may be stale. Click [show] at far right to see all previous warnings and/or blocks.
The following is a record of previous warnings and/or blocks left for this IP. Please do not modify it.

October 2014

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a message letting you know that one or more of your recent edits to CamelCase has been undone by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.
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Hi 143.85.29.18!! You're invited: learn how to edit Wikipedia in under an hour. Hope to see you there!


This message was delivered by Quinto Simmaco (talk) 14:30, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Daniel Jay Grindle (May 16)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Wikiisawesome was: You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
/wia /talk 19:22, 16 May 2015 (UTC)Reply


 
Hello! 143.85.29.18, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! /wia /talk 19:22, 16 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Daniel Jay Grindle

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, introducing inappropriate pages, such as Draft:Daniel Jay Grindle, is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Under section G3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, the page has been nominated for deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. /wia /talk 19:22, 16 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

Your comments at Geography of Afghanistan

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Hi. I've reverted the changes you made to Geography of Afghanistan. Your comments and questions were just fine, but the place to for commenting on or asking about an article is on its talk page, in this case the page at Talk:Geography of Afghanistan. For information about contributing to an article's talk page, please see Wikipedia:Talk pages. —Largo Plazo (talk) 20:34, 11 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

December 2015

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  Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Super Bowl 50, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. NFLisAwesome (ZappaOMati) 19:04, 4 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

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August 2016

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  Hello, I'm ThePlatypusofDoom. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Michigan Warriors have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 13:43, 29 August 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Welcome!

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!

Someone using this IP address, 143.85.29.18, has made unconstructive edits to M829, which have been reverted. If you did this, in the future please try to contribute in a more constructive manner. If you'd like to experiment with the syntax, please do so in the sandbox rather than in articles. If you did not do this, you may wish to consider getting a username to avoid confusion with other editors.

You don't have to log in to read or edit pages on Wikipedia, but creating an account is quick, free, requires no personal information, and has many benefits. Without a username, your IP address is used to identify you.

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Again, welcome! Dan Koehl (talk) 19:34, 26 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

September 2017

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  Hello, I'm CLCStudent. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Plainwell, Michigan have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. CLCStudent (talk) 17:02, 21 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Edit Summary

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  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:

Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)

Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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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! - theWOLFchild 22:26, 22 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

January 2018

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  Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. - theWOLFchild 22:16, 22 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

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August 2019

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  Hello. Your recent edit to Proctor, West Virginia appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person, organization or product added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you. – Gilliam (talk) 04:06, 8 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

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November 2019

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  Hello, I'm LynxTufts. An edit that you recently made to Blade (TV series) seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want to practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! LynxTufts (talk) 20:18, 27 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

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