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Case studies at International child abduction in Brazil

Greetings, I've removed the case studies at International child abduction in Brazil after raising the issue on the page's Discussion and getting no clear rebuttal to the concerns that the caste-studies are given disproportionate weight, are written in a subjective manner, and contribute to an overall WP:SOAPBOX trend in the article. ICA in Brazil is certainly a legitimate topic, but it must be addressed in a neutral manner. The material I left, taken largely from official government statements (though slanted towards the US government side) are very constructive contributions, but the case-studies are syntheses of news stories (many of which are themselves non-notable), and completely overwhelm the article with repetitive stories which do not necessarily contribute to a reader's overall understanding of the topic, and certainly not in a concise, encyclopedic manner.

I'd appreciate it if you could state your argument for retaining all or some of the case studies on the Discussion page so we can sort out this issue, rather than revert back and forth. MatthewVanitas (talk) 11:56, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

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Request reason:

All that I was doing was trying to upload 3 images which I believe are appropriate for 2 articles that I did NOT write and I did NOT edit. I have no idea why was I blocked. If you do not want these images please let me know. I was NOT editing any articles. I would like to see an explanation as to why the blocker believed that these images had anything to do with publicity and/or promotional purposes. If you explain to me what was I doing wrong then I will obviously not do it again. I just cannot understand what triggered this block. Thanks.

Decline reason:

Per comment below. — Daniel Case (talk) 03:33, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

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You have not been blocked due to your behavior, but only because of your username. — Train2104 (talk • contribs • count) 01:15, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

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You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. Daniel Case (talk) 16:43, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I understand the 3 points above. This is the reason I proposed the new username. Is the new username acceptable? Thanks. --Hatufim-org (talk) 17:46, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm concerned that your name may be related to a company - can you just confirm that you have nothing to do with http://www.thelocalweb.net/index/DAG/tlw_834234.htm ?  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 20:49, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

I have nothing to do with that webpage, which appears to be part of an outdated directory, or with the company mentioned there. They don't even have a website, so it seems that company doesn't exist anymore. Thanks. --Hatufim-org (talk) 16:06, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

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