December 2018

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  Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. Linguistical (talk) 00:28, 17 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Welcome!

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Self-citation

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This is just a heads up that I have reverted many of your contributions to Jefferson–Hemings controversy and Thomas Jefferson and slavery, per WP:SELFCITE. While you may cite your own published work, one must be very careful when doing so, so as to not introduce an undue focus on your own opinions. I think it's generally better to err on the side of caution with this, as Wikipedia takes potential self-promotion or conflict of interest very seriously. If you're unsure whether or not it's ok to cite yourself in a particular situation, it's a good habit to take it up on the article's talk page. Remember that you can also always bring questions to the Teahouse as well. Thanks! Darthkayak (talk) 21:06, 4 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Draft:M. Andrew Holowchak concern

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Managing a conflict of interest

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  Hello, Mholowchak. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 14:20, 22 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your thread has been archived

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Hi Mholowchak! The thread you created at the Wikipedia:Teahouse, Thomas Jefferson page, has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days. You can still find the archived discussion here. If you have any additional questions that weren't answered then, please feel free to create a new thread.


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Concern regarding Draft:M. Andrew Holowchak

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Notice

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  There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Guy (help! - typo?) 19:13, 8 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:M. Andrew Holowchak

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A tag has been placed on Draft:M. Andrew Holowchak, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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May 2021

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistent promotional editing with a strong conflict of interest that ignores community concerns voiced here on this page.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:36, 8 May 2021 (UTC)Reply