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See, we're in a lose-lose situation here. If you are the subject of the article you can't edit it. And if you aren't, but are claiming to be... The best thing to do would be to post at Talk:Michelle Shocked and explain your concerns there. The language you inserted in the article was not appropriate for an encyclopedia anyway. Let's discuss the best way forward on article talk. --John (talk) 08:16, 7 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by adding your personal analysis or synthesis into articles, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --John (talk) 17:27, 7 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

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