BlueDuffy

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Hello! Thanks for coming to Wikipedia. Would you please look at what you did with me? Here is your change. Here is how it was before:

In 2006, the AABB, American Red Cross, and America's Blood Centers all supported a change from the current US policy of a lifetime deferral of MSM to one year since most recent contact.

You changed this to

In 2006, the AABB, American Red Cross, New York Blood Center, and America's Blood Centers all supported a change from the current US policy of a lifetime deferral of MSM to one year since most recent contact.

You kept the same reference. Wikipedia has a system of quality control in which people check the references. You changed a sentence which had a reference, and you presented what you were adding as if it came from the source cited. It does not. For this reason, I removed it.

I live in NYC and have long wished for the NY Blood Center to engage online communities more deeply. If you ever want to have a chat about best practices on Wikipedia then contact me. I and many other volunteers would support you. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:55, 24 November 2014 (UTC) Thank you for all of your help and guidance! I have submitted the edit request as recommended. BlueDuffy (talk) 14:10, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

{unblock-un|lduffy|reason=I chose the offending name acting in the interest of transparency and not to represent any commercial interest. It was an innocent error. I hope that the account will be unblocked. Sorry Orange Mike! Will the edits be utterly lost? Nybloodcenter (talk) 22:16, 12 August 2016 (UTC)}

August 2016

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This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

BlueDuffy (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

The choice of a non compliant user name was accidental and not intended to represent any group or organization. Orangemike...will the edits be restored or do they need to be made again? Nybloodcenter (talk) 22:37, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Accept reason:

New name is fine, account renamed and unblocked. Welcome back. Please read WP:COI and make sure your future edits adhere to it, which means you need to declare your interest. And instead of directly editing any subjects you are connected to, you should request changes on the article's user page. (You could, for example, request that your reverted changes be restored, and as long as whoever reviews the request sees no problems that should be fine - although having a quick glance, some of it seems too much like PR-speak to me.) Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 23:24, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the unblock! Is there a way to retrieve the edits I made?BlueDuffy (talk) 23:40, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

• If you click on the history tab of the article and then click on the date of the last revision that you edited, you'll see the article as it was before your changes were reverted - in this case, that's here. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 23:46, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

I repeat what Boing! already told you, " instead of directly editing any subjects you are connected to, you should request changes on the article's user page". --Orange Mike | Talk 02:19, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Edit request

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BlueDuffy (talk) 13:19, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for posting this. I moved your content to a "sandbox", which is Wikipedia's term for a personal draft space. More information is at Wikipedia:About the Sandbox. Having the draft separate from the conversation can make it easier to have conversations, especially as you make revisions. If you find that you do not like the sandbox, then I apologize, and can put your page back to the way it was before.

This is a great start. For a first revision, here is the most common guidance which is given on Wikipedia:

1. First, remove all citations to sources which are published or written by the subject of the article or financial partners of the subject of the article
2. Next, remove all sentences which are not backed by citations

Content in Wikipedia should be backed by sources. After you do this, the next round of review will be to check that content added matches the sources cited. How would you feel about starting with just removing content from the organization itself? You could make changes directly in the sandbox linked above. Thanks, and message if you have any difficulty. If you want an additional online channel for support, try the WP:TEAHOUSE. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:31, 13 August 2016 (UTC) THANK YOU! I just entered the document in my own sandbox (this may have been almost simultaneous because I got an error message). Which sandbox should I work in (the one I made under my name or the one you made)? Once the new iteration is prepared, how would I submit? (same method/redundant submission of new, plain language? Sorry to pepper you with questions.BlueDuffy (talk) 15:37, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

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