SScottDavis

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Again, welcome! – S. Rich (talk) 17:57, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

September 2013

Hello, SScottDavis. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Rawle & Henderson LLP, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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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. WP:COIDEC has suggestions about declaring COI. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 18:02, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Rawle & Henderson LLP. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Also, if you are connected with Rawle & Henderson in any way I urge you to declare your connection. Thank you. – S. Rich (talk) 14:43, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Rawle & Henderson LLP, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. Would you please, please, please read the guidelines regarding the editing of Wikipedia. As you are focusing on these Rawle articles, which include promotional material, I am fairly sure you have a conflict of interest. Thank you. – S. Rich (talk) 20:29, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Rawle & Henderson LLP with this edit. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you. IronGargoyle (talk) 20:40, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

This is your last warning. You will be blocked from editing the next time you violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, as you did with this edit to Rawle & Henderson LLP. ///EuroCarGT 20:50, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Rawle & Henderson LLP

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