User talk:Dock Mock

A lengthy welcome
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I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. --Hipal (talk) 23:00, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Seema Verma
Thanks for your cleaning up on Seema Verma. I had another look and found was right. There was a clear BLP problem, so I removed all of the new paras. Thanks. --Jack Developer (talk) 19:18, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

December 2023
Hello, I'm Waxworker. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Football Manager (1982 video game), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Waxworker (talk) 17:23, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Shame really, because only people who have played it know it. I know it's OR. I knew that when typing it in. You won't find anything that admits this, because coverage is so small on early 1980s PC games. My edit was to do with the programming, and finding information there is even more obscure. --Dock Mock (talk) 19:43, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. AntiDionysius (talk) 22:56, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for making personal attacks towards other editors. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 23:02, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

 Your ability to edit this talk page has been revoked as an administrator has identified your talk page edits as inappropriate and/or disruptive. ([ block log] • [ active blocks] • [ global blocks] • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • [ abuse filter log] • [ creation log] • change block settings • [ unblock] • [ checkuser] ([ log]) )

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