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Joeykai ( talk) 03:39, 28 December 2023 (UTC) reply

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WWGB ( talk) 06:57, 10 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by adding your personal analysis or synthesis into articles, you may be blocked from editing. Thebiguglyalien ( talk) 18:12, 10 March 2024 (UTC) reply

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by inserting unpublished information or your personal analysis into an article, as you did at Daly City, California. Magnolia677 ( talk) 23:02, 27 April 2024 (UTC) reply