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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 12:10, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I am not affiliated with Rankin in any way, nor am I paid by him. I went to the same college as him, so have retained an interest in his work. His page has been almost completely deleted recently and I have been trying to restore it - I have left a message on the Talk page describing both this and my lack of affiliation with him. My apologies for any clunky editing, as I am new to Wikipedia. Any help you can offer will be gratefully received::CujoJnr (talk) 12:18, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

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Hi there! It's lovely to "hear" a friendly voice. My experiences on the page for Rankin (Photographer) have been terribly depressing, and I must admit have really upset me. I have asked for help to make appropriate edits, and been ignored, then when I try to make edits, they are immediately deleted along with chunks of other sections of the page. I feel really guilty because the page was previously quite professional-looking, with lists of the artists work, and now it has barely any information, with the biography slashed to pieces, and I feel responsible. Perhaps if I had been better at making my early additions/edits, this would not have been deemed necessary by the editors who control this page? My only intention was to make some useful additions, which were all cited - these have been questioned as not "notable" enough to be included, and the citations have been questioned - but when I ask for guidance to solve these problems, I am ignored, and another section of the page is deleted. The editors of the page seem to hold it to a different standard than the rest of Wikipedia, and the page looks very different from the pages of other artists of a similar stature. I just want to restore the damage that has been done to the page, and if you can advise me, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you for your message::CujoJnr (talk) 16:01, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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