User talk:Edmoloney

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username (Edmoloney) may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it, unless you can prove you are Ed Moloney, your username is inappropriate. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. O Fenian (talk) 01:00, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

December 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Please be aware of Wikipedia's policy that biographical information about living persons must not include unsupported or inaccurate statements. Whenever you add possibly controversial statements about a living person to an article or any other Wikipedia page, as you did to Martin McGuinness, you must include proper sources. If you don't know how to cite a source, you may want to read Referencing for beginners for guidelines. Thank you. O Fenian (talk) 01:00, 14 December 2010 (UTC) my name is ed moloney and i can prove it and who the fuck are you to challenge who i am? email me at emol@optonline.net - i have made changes before on wikipedia and this is the first time anyone has challenged my identity - incidentally don't you thnk you shoud use a more neutral tag than 'o fenian' when challenging a addition made to someone who was an ira leader?
 * Anyone may warn users regarding potential violations of the username policy. I'd also like to point out that we have civility guidelines which editors are expected to follow. To confirm that you are Ed Moloney, you'll need to contact OTRS (info-en-o@wikimedia.org) to prove your identity. There may be a more specific e-mail address I'm not aware of, but they'll be able to provide instructions. Please note that to avoid impersonation of notable individuals, you may be blocked until you confirm your identity or make it clear that you are not Ed Moloney.  Giftiger Wunsch   [TALK]  13:01, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living persons, as you did to Martin McGuinness. Thank you. The addition of "stretches credibility" or any other similar words is an unsourced claim, and since the whole point of the edit is to make that particular point there is little point leaving the rest of your edit in place. O Fenian (talk) 17:02, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

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I will emphasise your need to pay attention to the penultimate sentence particularly. O Fenian (talk) 17:02, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Edmoloney, matches the name of a well-known living individual. Note that the practice of blocking such usernames is to protect you from being impersonated; not to discourage you from editing Wikipedia. You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
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If you feel that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   21:57, 31 December 2010 (UTC)