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November 2015

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  Hello, I'm Doug Weller. I wanted to let you know that some of your recent contributions to Christmas controversy have been reverted or removed because they could be seen to be defamatory or libellous. Take a look at our welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Doug Weller (talk) 15:58, 30 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

  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 Abdelhamid Abaaoud. You also made it appear as though your text was sourced. Doug Weller (talk) 16:01, 30 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 23:52, 17 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to George Zimmerman. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Drewmutt (talk) 04:03, 18 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Hello, I have noticed that a large number of your edits and comments clearly violate the BLP policy. Note that continuing to do so could result in sanction, including being permanently banned from editing biographies or all of wikipedia. Please review the policy before continuing to edit. WP:BLP. You may ping me if you have any questions. ResultingConstant (talk) 15:24, 18 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

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