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I have reverted all the places where you put inline links to pages outside of wikipedia. The Manual of Style discourages using external hyperlinks in the prose of the article. External links either belong in references or in the external link section. ~~ GB  fan ~~ 19:15, 27 January 2011 (UTC) reply

Thank you so much! I appreciate your help and keeping me within the style guidelines. Much appreciated.

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• There is already an article at Pamela White. I have not made a redirect from "Pamela Ann White" because that existing article, and the document it cites giving her testimony to the Senate committee, call her "Pamela L. White". JohnCD ( talk) 21:58, 25 February 2011 (UTC) reply

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistently creating copyright violations despite warnings. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{ unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. JohnCD ( talk) 22:13, 25 February 2011 (UTC) reply

This block need not be permanent, but in order to be unblocked you must convince us that you have read and understood:

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and that, if unblocked,

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You should also read WP:Your first article and WP:Writing better articles: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a notice-board onto which to pin material written for other purposes. JohnCD ( talk) 22:21, 25 February 2011 (UTC) reply