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April 2011

Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Adidas. 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. Thank you. Fæ (talk) 07:00, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Please do not add unsourced content, as you did to Polo Ralph Lauren. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Fæ (talk) 07:02, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

This is your last warning; the next time you violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by inserting unpublished information or your personal analysis into an article, as you did at Gap (clothing retailer), you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Fæ (talk) 07:03, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Due to your unacceptable contributions, you have been blocked from editing for a period of 3 hours for persistent addition of critical unsourced original research. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Any more unacceptable contributions and another block will be issued. Thank you. Fæ (talk) 07:07, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Polo Ralph Lauren

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Polo Ralph Lauren. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you.Tiggerjay (talk) 05:52, 27 May 2011 (UTC)