Lance Schachterle

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Cooper

Hi!

I don't have a comment with regard to the content of yourrevision of the article, but the edits messed up the format (section/chapter structure) as a side effect. I'm not 100% how to fix that as i'm not fully clear about your intended chapter structure. So could you check the article again to make sure that the chapters & table of content are as intended?

regars,

--Kmhkmh (talk) 12:21, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

I am totally new at this and perplexed by some of the formatting issues. My plan was to finish my text edits and then restructure the formatting accordingly. But at this point, with my new material being undone, I am at a standstill. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lance Schachterle (talk • contribs) 19:05, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Please a) read the information below, which explains why you should not be editing this article directly at all, and b) always sign your edits on any Talk page, including this one. General Ization ^Talk 19:09, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

I disagree with the assertion that there is a COI that precludes editing, but it would be best to take a more gradual approach, and to avoid cutting large sections of sourced material out in favor of unreferenced material with non-standard header formatting. Please review the manual of style, and please be careful when substituting references in which you are involved for others. Acroterion (talk) 19:57, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Lance Schachterle. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page James Fenimore Cooper, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. General Ization ^Talk 18:54, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Self-identified COI in edit summary here. General Ization ^Talk 18:56, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Please review this information, and stop reverting to restore your edits. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. General Ization ^Talk 19:11, 30 November 2019 (UTC)