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August 2017

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  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Richard Arvin Overton. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. DerbyCountyinNZ (Talk Contribs) 08:17, 6 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

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  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Richard Arvin Overton. DerbyCountyinNZ (Talk Contribs) 08:24, 6 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

I've instated a compromise version at Richard Arvin Overton. If you wish to make any further comment, please do so at Talk:Richard Arvin Overton. Thank you. Samsara 10:39, 6 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

  Hello, I'm Hayman30. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Caren Marsh Doll— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Hayman30 (talk) 10:25, 27 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

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  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at George Wallace (Australian comedian). Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted.

Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. SirGents(talk) 17:11, 30 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

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  Please stop making disruptive edits.

If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. SirGents(talk) 19:34, 30 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

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September 2017

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  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Ernie Sigley. — nihlus kryik  (talk) 06:31, 2 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

Slim Whitman

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Re this edit. Despite my best attempts to invite you to discuss this, you have now made this edit three times in rapid succession and so are in breach of WP:3RR. Can you not see that an opening sentence of "Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013), born as Otis Dewey Whitman, was .." has unnecessary repetition, made worse by the emboldening? The original version "Slim Whitman (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013), born as Otis Dewey Whitman Jr, was .." was a stable version agreed by consensus. Would you kindly discuss your proposed version at the Talk:Slim Whitman? Martinevans123 (talk) 15:47, 6 October 2017 (UTC)Reply

October 2017

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  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Jeffrey Dahmer.   — Jeff G. ツ 14:11, 7 October 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Recent edit to Oliver! (film)

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  Hello. I noticed that you made an edit that introduces praise or promotional language to the Oliver! (film) article. On Wikipedia, we adhere to a neutral point of view (NPOV) and avoid promotional language or puffery. Please read the NPOV policy page, as well as this page of language to avoid to better understand how to expand this article in a style suitable to an encyclopedia. If you have questions, please see the Help Desk page. Thank you! Bataaf van Oranje (Prinsgezinde) (talk) 18:35, 3 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

November 2017

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  Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, such as those you made to Sheila Kennelly, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Dl2000 (talk) 21:11, 3 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Recent edit to Featherdale Wildlife Park

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  Hello, and thank you for your recent contribution. I appreciate the effort you made for our project, but unfortunately I had to undo your edit because I believe the article was better before you made that change. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions. Thank you! apap04¿ (talk) 03:21, 17 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Recent edit to Waiter.com

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 Please refrain from making edits involving personal observations, and making edits to paragraphs using faulty grammar. I had to undo several edits to the page because of poor formatting and bad grammar, as well as disrupting the information already present. Refrain from making any further edits until you can brush up on English grammar. Kaylahawk (talk) 23:17, 7 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

December 2017

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  Hello, I'm Jim1138. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Wilf Carter (musician), but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Jim1138 (talk) 09:08, 15 December 2017 (UTC)Reply