Henry Heimlich

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Hello, Henry Heimlich, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:38, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Your username

Are you Dr. Henry Heimlich, the man best known for developing the Heimlich maneuver? If you are... welcome to Wikipedia! If not, though, our username rules won't allow you to use his name as your username. If you'd like to change, you can officially change your username here, or, since this account is so new, you could just abandon it and start a different one. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:40, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Indeed, welcome here. If you're Henry Heimlich, then just keep your username.

You may not realize it, but we have some guidelines about editing when one has a conflict of interest. It is very important that you familiarize yourself with this material, since violations can get you blocked rather quickly. We'd rather you stay and become an editor.

You will also need to familiarize yourself with our WP:NPOV policy. Because of it, this article contains both positive and negative information, and your COI might incline you to seek removal of the negative material. We can't do that. It can be discussed, but such material is usually required content when it is properly sourced and framed.

While the COI guideline doesn't absolutely forbid you to edit the article, it's really a bad idea to do so, so use this talk page to make suggestions and let other editors discuss them, and then let them carry out whatever the consensus of editors decides to do with your suggestions. If you have specific concerns, let us know them and we'll be glad to work with you. -- Brangifer (talk) 00:09, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, Henry Heimlich, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 21:47, 19 July 2012 (UTC)