User talk:Towsongiveproject
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[edit]Hello, Towsongiveproject, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
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before the question. Again, welcome! AntiDionysius (talk) 21:20, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
September 2024
[edit] As previously advised, your edits, such as the edit you made to Towson University, give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:Towsongiveproject, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Towsongiveproject|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}
. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:45, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
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- @Elli: Would you be able to rename this account? Soft block, so the name is the only barrier to unblocking :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 19:38, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- @HouseBlaster I did look at it, but there's already a Zstuckey registered recently (7 months ago). Though it does seem somewhat likely that they're the same person; if they can confirm this I'll do the rename and unblock (assuming they can't get back into their old account). Elli (talk | contribs) 19:43, 23 October 2024 (UTC)