User talk:Johann909

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Hello, Johann909, and welcome to Wikipedia!

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Drmies (talk) 22:44, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

I am a biographer and was asked by the subject to correct her wikipedia's as the information currently is not accurate or true. Johann909 (talk) 22:52, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, 1981 is verified by Poetry International. If you were asked to do something, you have a conflict of interest, and you need to declare that explicitly: see WP:COIDECLARE. Also, you didn't just change the birth date, you also broke a couple of templates; I suggest you hone your editing skills in a sandbox: WP:SANDBOX. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 22:58, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Still incorrect though. How did poetry international verify? I apologise for the inconvenience and will continue correcting your inaccuracies. Johann909 (talk) 23:06, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * OK. Since you have not declared your conflict of interest in the manner laid out in the policy I linked above, I will block you. And maybe this time you will read the document I linked. Drmies (talk) 01:09, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Ok. Johann909 (talk) 11:38, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

August 2021
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Ronelda Kamfer, you may be blocked from editing. ''If you challenge any of the information in the article, you need to provide WP:Reliable Sources. What you "say" cannot be verfied.'' MB 23:16, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
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I understand and apologize. I felt offended and defensive, because I see so many of our African writers and artists with inaccurate information on the pages with only Western sources or links. I will read through all the regulations and adhere to all rules. Johann909 (talk) 23:32, 31 August 2021 (UTC)