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Edit summary

Hi Jacarandacounsel.

I refer to your recent edits of Australian Federal Police. Can you please remember to complete the "edit summary" field on all articles every time you do an edit. This should be a short description of what and-or why you have done the edit.

Regards. Aoziwe (talk) 15:20, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Jacarandacounsel. Please note all edits, even very minor ones, need an edit summary. Aoziwe (talk) 12:47, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Copying licensed material requires proper attribution

Hi. I see in a recent addition to Department of Home Affairs (Australia) you included material from a webpage that is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia license. That's okay, but you have to give attribution so that our readers are made aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself. I've added the attribution for this particular instance. Please make sure that you follow this legal requirement when copying from compatibly-licensed material in the future. — Diannaa (talk) 19:53, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Please explain?

You left no edit summary on this edit. (As I stated, a directive has been issued to say, for example, that the former DSTO is now DST, not DSTG.) Pdfpdf (talk) 10:33, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

My understanding is that Defence Science and Technology is still the DST Group as per their website?[https://www.dst.defence.gov.au/discover-dsto/our-leadership --Jacarandacounsel 10:41, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

I wish they'd make up their mind and stick to it! (e.g. Note that a little lower on the same page, under the heading "DST Group Leadership Team", they say The DST Leadership Team (DLT) is the primary executive management body in DST.) I think I'll give up before it starts bothering me. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:04, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Regarding other matters (unrelated to the above), thank you for your persistence and resilience. (I'm somewhat disappointed and rather embarassed to admit I gave up on most of them ... "a while ago". Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk)

Please use edit summaries

Jacarandacounsel. Again.

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Aoziwe (talk) 11:03, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

August 2017

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Francis Greenslade, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 03:56, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

General "warm and fuzzy" posting

My my! You have been a very busy boy improving numerous assorted ADO articles. (From my POV), well done! I'm impressed. Thank you, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:27, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

August 2017

Your recent editing history at In the loop shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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Greetings Gareth Griffith-Jones. Surely you are also guilty of being involved in an edit war? My understanding is that you have failed to give any rationale for removing the categories of Category:Films about the United Nations and Category:Works about diplomacy for In the Loop compared to my justifications of them being accurate for the film. Would love to hear your thoughts about why they are not worthy categories. Kindest regards - Jacarandacounsel (talk) 06:00, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

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Australian Pygmies

Hello, I've got some questions about the Australian pygmy mystery, it seems you have access to the relevant sources, so maybe you can help clear it up? (Pygmy peoples talk page) Megalophias (talk) 03:08, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

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Edit summaries

Hello Jacarandacounsel, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. I see that there are a few mentions of this on your talk page already, but can I urge you to please write a few words as an edit summary each time you make a change? It is a helpful and time-saving device for other editors, and generally good practice. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 12:25, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

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