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Another sock of Basha jamel

Hello, as I said I have been keeping my eyes on this user Basha jamel who has created another sock Bdssit and created the same page Bin Dawood Group of Companies again after deletion, now I think both socks should be blocked. My pleasure to inform you A.Minkowiski 08:22, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Sir, I have reported user for SPI here. A.Minkowiski 08:38, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

User is removing speedy tags again and again, I have requested Bin Dawood Group of Companies for semi protection here till SP case is solved. A.Minkowiski 08:52, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Looks like another admin has taken care of it, but did not block the user so I will leave it at that. With the page salted, I doubt there will be any further issues anyway. The user may try to recreate the page with lowercase letters or the like, and if so feel free to write back here or report to AIV. Thanks for being so on top of this! — MusikAnimal 14:21, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Both user accounts gone blocked for 2 weeks by another admin Jimfbleak when I reported user to him, because I was also wondering that the user will keep on spamming from these accounts. I don't let any vandal go away from my eyes. Thank you A.Minkowiski 16:03, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Mail

You have been mailed, please reply (if you wish to do so of course) in the same fashion. --AL (talk) 01:08, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

• "Tired" is a good bet, the fact that i, more than i would like to admit, assume WP:OWN manners (i am that passionate about my work) is another. Eight years was a good run, methinks.

But vandalism tops it all if you ask me, i'll never understand why these types do what they do, and i read once or twice one of them accusing (a) well-intended user(s) of having no life because they spent their time editing in WP. You have to have some nerve!

Hang in there, happy weekend --AL (talk) 04:07, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

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Hello from Cpalmertree

Hello,

How would a company updates their own information? What sort of verification do you need? My update was denied due to copy right issues but the update is coming from Zoës Kitchen. Please advise — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cpalmertree (talk • contribs) 16:21, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

@Cpalmertree: Hi, thanks for your interest in improving Misplaced Pages. Please understand that in almost every situation content cannot be simply copied and pasted from the web to Misplaced Pages. Misplaced Pages aims to be freely distributable, so all content must be free of copyright restrictions. You should put this content in your own words. See WP:COPYPASTE for more info. Aside from that, your changes appeared to contain promotional content. Since opening the first restaurant, they have not wavered from the commitment to make food fresh daily and to serve customers in a warm and welcoming environment has a very strong promotional tone, as if you were convincing the reader to go to the restaurant. Misplaced Pages is not a platform to advertise businesses. Try to stick to the facts and disregard any opinions. You can learn more at WP:NOT. Finally, you removed sourced content and replaced it with unsourced content. Everything on Misplaced Pages needs to be verifiable, so make sure any changes you make are accompanied with reliable sources. Looks like you make have tried to add sources but did so incorrectly. Learn how to add references at WP:REFBEGIN. Thanks and let me know if you need help! — MusikAnimal 16:35, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Sorry

My brother did that deleting hes 4 years younger than me, i left while viewing he website, when i came back i saw the message. SO SORRY! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tlsslurp (talk • contribs) 17:45, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

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Grave dancing?

Is this necessary? --Kansas Bear (talk) 01:38, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Not really. I've closed the discussion. — MusikAnimal 02:12, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

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Renewed edit-warring

Could you please take a look at Ragdeenorc and his recent edits at Kurgan? Bloch has aspired, and straight back to edit-warring. Thanks, Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:04, 26 June 2014 (UTC)