ChrisChichester

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Gerhartsreiter etc.

Hi, thanks for your contributions to the Christian Gerhartsreiter article. Unfortunately, I've had to revert the changes for several reasons:

• Each article is about one person, not all people with a certain name. If there is more than one person with a certain name, there should be multiple articles, as there are for example for Peter Jones. See WP:DAB.
• Articles should show that their subject is notable. I have no idea whether Chris Chichester the journalist is notable, but if an article is created for him, it should demonstrate notability following the criteria in the link I shared.
• Given your user name, it looks like you may be Chris Chichester the journalist, in which case you should familiarize yourself with our conflict of interest policy.
• Inline references to external Web resources are rarely a good idea. See WP:EL.

Thanks again for your contribution. We look forward to seeing you here as a contributor. --Macrakis (talk) 17:22, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Off-wiki contact

Please do not contact me off this wiki, as you did with your messages on Facebook.

Re the substance of your comments:

• I don't doubt that you are named Chris Chichester, and I don't doubt that Christian Gerhartsreiter's actions have harmed you.
• However, editing articles in violation of Wikipedia's policies is not the way to address that.
• I received a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1986. Here is Harvard's catalog record for my dissertation, if you want to check.

Best, --Macrakis (talk) 19:47, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Update: for the text of User:ChrisChichester's off-wiki comments to me, see my Talk page. --Macrakis (talk) 22:31, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Continued flouting of WP policies

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. 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. --Macrakis (talk) 22:07, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Hello! There is a DR/N request you may have interest in.

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Christian Gerhartsreiter

Please refrain from adding irrelevant information to the above article. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 02:56, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

March 2017

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for abusing multiple accounts. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Yunshui ^雲_水 08:59, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Off-Wiki contact

I have previously asked you not to contact me off Wikipedia. But you sent me a long screed at my personal email address (see User talk:Macrakis for more detail). Don't do that. The email was in the form of a letter to Wikipedia, as though you sent it to the Wikipedia foundation, but it's not clear where, so I don't know what forum to reply in.

And by the way, neither I nor anyone else has blanked the Christian Gerhartsreiter page recently. --Macrakis (talk) 14:21, 27 March 2017 (UTC)