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Welcome Infoupdates36!

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Sincerely, Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:41, 13 November 2018 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)[reply]

Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:41, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for helping with combating the vandalism on Signature Bank! PorkchopGMX (talk with me - what i've done) 13:48, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

January 2019

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Your recent editing history at Signature Bank shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Bellezzasolo Discuss 15:54, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Bellezzasolo: Thanks for the heads up. It seems a handful of users were simply reverting any change that was made by me, regardless of the page it was it was on. Now that the page has been locked, what's the process for getting an Extended-confirmed-protected edit reviewed? Do we just place it on the article's talk page, or do we need to flag an admin somehow? Infoupdates36 (talk) 18:19, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

By making the edit request, you flag the attention of reviewers - if you want to look behind the curtain, it's here - User:AnomieBOT/EPERTable. Somebody watching this page will review the edit. Bellezzasolo Discuss 21:10, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Bellezzasolo: Thank you! Infoupdates36 (talk) 21:34, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

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Information icon Hello, Infoupdates36. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Signature Bank, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. — Newslinger talk 12:46, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]