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July 2018
Hello, I'm Snowycats. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Raymond Fraser have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thanks. Snowycats (talk) 04:59, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
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Hello, I'm IntoThinAir. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Becky Pettit have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. I get your point and you had some valid arguments but the fact is, she was editor-in-chief of a major journal (Social Problems) so she passes criterion 8 of WP:NACADEMIC. IntoThinAir (formerly Everymorning) talk  04:56, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
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 * Actually, its impact factor is now higher than it says in the article for the journal now (which I will update shortly). Now it's 2.071 and it's ranked 30th out of 146. Whether that constitutes a "major" journal is somewhat subjective, but it is certainly "well-established" as it has been published since 1953. IntoThinAir (formerly Everymorning)  talk  05:11, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Louis E. LaPierre has been accepted
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AfC notification: Draft:Zena Sheardown has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Zena Sheardown. Thanks! KJP1 (talk) 06:16, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Danielle Lee (July 17)
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July 2018
Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Jeffrey Epstein, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use the sandbox for that. Prior to removing referenced material, discuss those changes on the article's talk page. Ifnord (talk) 03:20, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Zena Sheardown (July 23)
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CNMall41 (talk) 20:42, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

July 2018
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy by inserting unsourced or poorly sourced defamatory or otherwise controversial content into an article or any other Wikipedia page, as you did at Talk:Trinity Western University. ''You claim I am a connected editor. That means something on Wikipedia. Show your work, Fredericton.'' Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:18, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
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 * You announced it yourself, dipshit. Your connection is that you attended; you're alumni.  142.167.242.182 (talk) 04:26, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm an alumnus. Alumni is plural. As I wrote, if you would like to out me, take it to Wikipedia:COIN. I have not edited there with conflict of interest. I have neither hidden that fact, but I also have no CoI. As I wrote, I edit that article as I do all articles on my watchlist. Walter Görlitz (talk) 07:03, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Great. You're not hiding that fact.  So you are admitting that you are connected, and the template should stand on the talk page. 142.167.242.182 (talk) 12:03, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 142.167.242.182, you misunderstand "conflict of interest". It specifically applies when the author has something to gain from promoting a particular point of view. Writing about something which you merely find "interesting" is not the same thing. It is natural that an alumnus of a college has an interest in the subject, but it is an example of the the latter (unless, perhaps, the author is now the chancellor of that institution - of which there is zero indication here). Your argument that someone who once attended a college cannot write about it makes as much sense as saying that someone who one visited China cannot write about things Chinese, or someone who breathes cannot write about oxygen. Dorsetonian (talk) 07:43, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Actually, I do not misunderstand conflict of interest. Alumni have a vested interest in improving the reputation of their own school because any prestige reflects on themselves, increases their ability to find employment, etc. See the conflict of interest section at WP:WPSCH/AG.  Thanks for your input though, random stranger who can't be bothered to check Wikipedia guidelines. 142.167.242.182 (talk) 11:57, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

There is no guideline for COI at universities, the schools guideline doesn't apply
Doug Weller talk 12:21, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * It specifically says that university alumni often have a conflict of interest at WP:BOOSTER. In any case, what we are talking about is not whether he has a "conflict of interest" it is whether he is a "connected contributor" (for use of the connected contributor template on the talk page).  He has openly announced his connection with the university (as alum); therefore, there should be no problem in using the connected contributor template on the page.  Since WP:BOOSTER specifically says that alumni are often motivated by COI, there should be no hesitation in applying the connected contributor template to those who admit that they attended. Warning about possible COI is exactly the purpose of the template.  142.167.242.182 (talk) 12:33, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * There's a conditional in there. I am not motivated in any way of the term. I have asked you to take it to CoIN. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:49, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Zena Sheardown has been accepted
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