100.0.76.130

March 2018

Hello, I'm Optakeover. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Stephen Gill (lawyer)— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thanks. Optakeover^(U)(T)(C) 15:59, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Stephen Gill (lawyer), without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. Optakeover^(U)(T)(C) 16:08, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, 100.0.76.130. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article Stephen Gill (lawyer), you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI 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:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
• disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
• avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
• do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Optakeover^(U)(T)(C) 16:08, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

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March 2018

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Stephen Gill (lawyer), without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use the sandbox for that. Please 'do not delete properly-sourced information which is clearly available in the public domain. Optakeover^(U)(T)(C) 16:09, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to blank out or remove portions of page content, templates, or other materials from Wikipedia without adequate explanation, as you did at Stephen Gill (lawyer), you may be blocked from editing. You certainly are a public figure, you ran for office per http://hull.wickedlocal.com/news/20160831/candidate-profile-stephen-gill-state-senate.   — Jeff G. ツ 17:04, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

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Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 14:26, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

April 2018

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia, as you did at Stephen Gill (lawyer).   — Jeff G. ツ 15:07, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

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You have been blocked from editing for a period of 31 hours for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Spencer^T•C 03:25, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

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