User talk:VTST

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Your edits to Avro Vulcan XH558
Given your handle, and you editing history, I think you should be mindful of WP:COI (I apolgise if my assumption is wrong). IMHO your edits do appear to be good.

Your edit to the operators of the Aircraft includes a list of all the RAF squadrons included in the generic Avro Vulcan article. Has XH558 flown with all of these? I think the list should be limited to only those squadrons that XH558 has flown with. Martin 4 5 1  (talk) 14:53, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Your username
Hi,

Sorry to bring this up, as I can see from your edits that you are a genuine editor. However, from looking at your post on my talk page, it appears your username is breaking the Username policy; specifically about usernames that match that of companies or groups (you can read that here: WP:USERNAME). May I suggest you re-register under a new username, please? Your name will need to be blocked, but I'll hold off doing it for a bit, to give you a chance to ask any questions before I do so. Please don't take it personally.

Also, I would recommend avoiding putting your personal details (email addresses/phone numbers/etc) on Wikipedia. Whilst I won't abuse the information, others may. I have deleted that bit from your post.

Once again, sorry to be a pain about this matter. StephenBuxton (talk) 16:03, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

The account with this username has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia, because of concerns that the chosen username may not meet our username policy.


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