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June 2015

Hello, I'm 331dot. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Michael Thibodeau, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 20:11, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Michael Thibodeau, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Yamaguchi先生 19:27, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

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Managing a conflict of interest

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 19:31, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

If you have reliable sources to back up what you are attempting to post, please offer them here, or on the article's talk page. I'm sure you can understand why sources are needed, as without them anyone can say anything about anyone else. 331dot (talk) 19:32, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

July 2015

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Michael Thibodeau. Please remember to log in before posting; otherwise you could be seen as sockpuppeting. 331dot (talk) 16:57, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Also note that Thibodeau's position on same-sex marriage is not "dated", unless you can provide a citation that he has changed his position. 331dot (talk) 16:58, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

April 2017

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons, as you did to Kenneth Fredette. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 19:52, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

May 2017

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 Kenneth Fredette, you may be blocked from editing. Are you saying he is no longer married? Please indicate 331dot (talk) 12:52, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

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