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I noticed that you removed, without explanation, a sourced paragraph in the

04:49, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

I noted your request at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. In it, you incidentally identify a user ID other than your own with a real person. That's a no-no here, and I therefore rendered your request invisible to the huge majority of people using Wikipedia. You may wish to rephrase it slightly so that it doesn't identify any other user ID, and post the result: nobody would have any objection to that. Meanwhile, I've noted what you wrote and I think that at least one other editor has too.

Apologies for the apparent (or actual?) bureaucratism. Wikipedia does take seriously the kind of matter that occupied 90%+ of your message, and your message will be acted on. -- Hoary (talk) 05:29, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

→ No apologies needed; it was my mistake. I hadn't been aware of the policy, though it makes perfect sense. I've commented on the suggested changes on the talk page for the bio in question. Thanks for the fast response! kk1892 15:39 28 September 2014 (UTC)

or close connection to the subject.

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I am not sure if the issue is exactly a COI. Yes, I have a relationship with the subject of this page: I am that person. Thus, I believe this falls under the policies regarding Biographies of Living Persons, when I am myself the subject of the page. Please review the Talk history for details of the issues involved. My contention is that the material that has been restored is improper, defamatory, poorly sourced, and inappropriate. I raised these issues last year and after considerable discussion, the editors involved at the time agreed and removed the material. That material has subsequently (as of 5 July) been restored, contra the earlier decision. I ask that it be removed. Kk1892 - Jeffrey Elman

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