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Apoc Oil and Gas International edit

In this edit you wikilinked Austral, but the destination is a disambiguation page. Please replace the link with a link to an article. If no article exists, either remove the link or, if the place is "notable" (most populated places which are the equivalent of an incorporated town or city are considered notable) then create the article and add it to the list in Austral. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 16:53, 25 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

Copyright violation removed edit

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The copyright-related part of the note I just added to Wikipedia talk:Uttsinghuajoint2014#A reminder to all students, professors, mentors, and ambassadors is in reference to your edit. I deliberately left your name and the article name out of that statement, but I wanted you to know that your edit motivated me to remind the class(es) participating in this project to respect copyright law and Wikipedia's copyright policies. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:24, 25 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

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