User talk:Harvard Art Museums

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Hello, Harvard Art Museums, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited was Fogg Museum, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that the username you have chosen, "Harvard Art Museums", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website. Please note that Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or shared by multiple people. Please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:55, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

July 2012

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to blank out or remove portions of page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did at Arthur M. Sackler Museum, you may be blocked from editing. Thank you. Meph^talk 17:43, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Warning

Please read Wikipedia:External links which is the Wikipedia policy on external links before making any further edits. You are in serious danger of having your account blocked. . . Mean as custard (talk) 17:53, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at Harvard Art Museums. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to be blocked from editing. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. While edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, breaking the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a block. Thank you. Meph^talk 17:53, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This page was wrongfully edited to be a history of the BUILDING architect James Sterling. I am merely restoring it to a page about the museum COLLECTION. --HAM

This is your last warning. The next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Whether you have relations with the museum (WP:COI) or not, you may not just blank out sections like that. Jasper Deng (talk) 17:56, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Harvard Art Museums, does not meet our username policy.

Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).

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Daniel Case (talk) 18:36, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]