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Proposed deletion of Francesco Pompei

The article Francesco Pompei has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

non-notable person

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Nomination of Francesco Pompei for deletion

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Your submission at Articles for creation

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Drmies (talk) 16:16, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/IdeaVillage Products Corporation concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/IdeaVillage Products Corporation, a page you created has not been edited in at least 180 days. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace. If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements. If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13. Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 20:18, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Your article submission IdeaVillage Products Corporation

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. HasteurBot (talk) 21:01, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello VaughnSmyth, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Dog training has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. The source also fails WP:RS Thank you. Doug Weller (talk) 19:17, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

August 2015

This is your only warning; if you use Wikipedia for soapboxing, promotion or advertising again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Various articles about dog training where you add a commercial website, other articles where your edits look promotional/advertising. Doug Weller (talk) 16:35, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

A page you started (SemaConnect) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating SemaConnect, VaughnSmyth!

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Great article. Great information.

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A kitten for you!

For creating a great article SemaConnect.

Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ (talk) 15:08, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

References

Remember that when adding medical content please only use high-quality reliable sources as references. We typically use review articles, major textbooks and position statements of national or international organizations. WP:MEDHOW walks you through editing step by step. A list of resources to help edit health content can be found here. The edit box has a build in citation tool to easily format references based on the PMID or ISBN. We also provide style advice about the structure and content of medicine-related encyclopedia articles. The welcome page is another good place to learn about editing the encyclopedia. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a note. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:28, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

December 2015

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:35, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Additionally you do not state who is paying for your work. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:40, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

VaughnSmyth (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Although I know that I should have been aware that only high quality sources should be used for medical pages, but I was not. I apologize for this and understand why it is wrong. However, it was an honest mistake and I don't plan on editing any medical pages in the future. I have just started getting into editing pages again and felt that over the past week I have been a very positive contributor to the Wikipedia community. Thanks for you consideration.

Decline reason:

Clearly here to spam, probably paid editing, and not here to build an encyclopedia.

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Am happy for any admin to unblock if they feel confident with this explanation after reviewing the edits in question. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:46, 21 December 2015 (UTC)