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December 2010 edit

  Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Statue of Liberty, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. The reverted edit can be found here. Thank you. --Addihockey10e-mail 16:37, 21 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

January 2011 edit

  Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to History of New Orleans, 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. RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 20:29, 14 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

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  The recent edit you made to Education in Argentina constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to vandalize pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thank you. DVdm (talk) 18:36, 31 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

February 2011 edit

 

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March 2012 edit

 

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March 2012 edit

 

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  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to MC Solaar with this edit, you may be blocked from editing. Joydeep (talk) 17:09, 20 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

March 2012 edit

 

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May 2012 edit

 

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  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at John B. Snook. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Closedmouth (talk) 14:21, 11 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

September 2012 edit

 

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  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at History of Boston, you may be blocked from editing. Hertz1888 (talk) 14:31, 14 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

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September 2012 edit

 

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  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at James Oglethorpe, you may be blocked from editing. SassyLilNugget (talk) 11:56, 28 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

October 2012 edit

 

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November 2012 edit

 

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May 2015 edit

  Hello, I'm JaconaFrere. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Andreas Vesalius 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. Jacona (talk) 12:04, 14 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

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June 2015 edit

 

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  Please refrain from making nonconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Examples of feudalism with this edit. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism. Thank you. —MelbourneStartalk 12:47, 2 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

January 2020 edit

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