MajoranaF

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Thank you for the warm welcome @Dreamy Jazz:!MajoranaF (talk) 11:13, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

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Request reason:

Hi everyone, I put in an account creation request a few days ago, and have managed to create this account. Now it seems that I can't edit any page at all, either at home, at work, at a library, using a vpn...anything!... Is this just bad luck? Would love to have a go at editing wikipedia but seems to be impossible for a new user! How do I resolve this? Thanks!

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Block message:

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Accept reason: I've cleared your autoblock. PhilKnight (talk) 21:23, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Hi everyone, I put in an account creation request a few days ago, and have managed to create this account. Now it seems that I can't edit any page at all, either at home, at work, at a library, using a vpn...anything!... Is this just bad luck? Would love to have a go at editing wikipedia but seems to be impossible for a new user! How do I resolve this? Thanks!MajoranaF (talk) 15:57, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

The autoblock message should say what account has been blocked leading to the autoblock, and it should also give an autoblock number. We cannot lift the autoblock unless you give us that information. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:38, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you @JamesBWatson and PhilKnight:!MajoranaF (talk) 10:28, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

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A page you started (Jean-Bernard Zuber) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Jean-Bernard Zuber.

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This is an unreferenced biography of a living person. Please work on it in draftspace and move back when it has multiple, independent, reliable, WP:INLINECITED references.

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Boleyn (talk) 06:26, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

revert

can you please explain this revert[1]--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 13:35, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

@Ozzie10aaaa: It stopped references like [8] from working properly.MajoranaF (talk) 13:37, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

ok, but the text, that is not referenced needs to be before being put back, I had approved its review--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 13:39, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

@Ozzie10aaaa: Other biographies in Wikipedia often give a list of selected "Publications" without them acting as a reference e.g. on Albert Einstein's page. Is there a policy related to this, or a format that this should be presented in?MajoranaF (talk) 13:43, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

frankly, it seems not necessary to list the individuals entire publication work, particularly w/ a just review article, please use prudence should you insist on maintaining it(BTW Einstein is GA Albert_Einstein)--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 13:49, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

@Ozzie10aaaa: Exactly! I thought that is what good articles do. :-) Fear not, this is a tiny fraction of the total work he published.MajoranaF (talk) 13:53, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

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