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New articles.
You should look at the changes made to Cristina Pasca Palmer. The same changes were made to all of your recently created articles. Could you please alter any new articles you will write.

I also moved Major General Wang Xiaojun to Wang Xiaojun (born 1959). A person's title doesn't go into the article's title except for some circumstances. King is one. There are also two Major General Wang Xiaojun on Wikipedia but born seven years apart. I'm not exact sure what the title should be in this case. Bgwhite (talk) 08:30, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Cristina Pasca Palmer copyright problem
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 * I've redirected this article as you have not made a claim of notability. Please read Conflict of interest. Deb (talk) 07:09, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

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Final warning. 86.20.193.222 (talk) 21:08, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you.Deb (talk) 17:46, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

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A page you started (Alexander Zuev (born 1958)) has been reviewed!
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 * I fixed a half dozen citation errors in this article and ones like it. Please take a look at the edits I made so that you can create fewer errors in the future. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia! – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:36, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I've made further amendments to the article, which was worded like a press release. It's very clear that you have a conflict of interest, and the repetition of your failure to comply with the neutral point of view policy and other guidelines could result in you being blocked from editing.Deb (talk) 07:20, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

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Ways to improve Carlos Humberto Loitey
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A page you started (Wang Xiaojun (born 1959)) has been reviewed!
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Edits by Catharine Smith
Dear Wikipedia Editors.

My name is Catharine Smith and I am a public information officer with the United Nations. I am responsible for uploading information about high-level appointees on Wikipedia.

Recently I have received messages that my posts could be a conflict of interest.

Please clarify.

Best regards,

Catharine Smith
 * Read WP:Conflict of interest.
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Thank you Ian.


 * Hi there, please also remember to sign your posts (on talk pages) with four tildes ( ~ ). This will produce your signature, meaning people can easily see who said what, when.  Seagull123  Φ  20:33, 14 August 2017 (UTC)


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