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Your submission at Articles for creation: MacPaw (September 19)

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KylieTastic (talk) 15:22, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

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December 2022

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Spaghetti. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Alex2006 (talk) 18:26, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

Japanese companies names

Hello,

Please don't change the names of Japanese companies whose legal Japanese name is in rōmaji or katakana: [1][2][3][4][5].

You can easily verify a company's legal name by going to the legal section of the official website or http://www1.touki.or.jp/gateway.html

About Daihatsu, ダイハツ工業株式会社 based in Osaka and 大発工業株式会社 based in Okinawa are two completely different companies.

Thank you. Thibaut (talk) 09:16, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: List of jukujikun readings (February 24)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Blaze Wolf was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Windows 10X has been accepted

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Alpha3031 (t • c) 11:35, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Feature phone

Hi, and a belated Welcome to Wikipedia. Thanks for working to improve the site with your edit to Feature phone, as we really appreciate your participation. However, the edit had to be reverted, because Wikipedia cannot accept uncited material. Wikipedia requires that the material in its articles be accompanied by reliable, verifiable (usually secondary) sources explicitly cited in the article text in the form of an inline citation, which you can learn to make here. If you ever have any other questions about editing, or need help regarding the site's policies, just let me know by leaving a message for me in a new section at the bottom of my talk page. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 15:46, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

PC Optimizer Pro moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, PC Optimizer Pro, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more in-depth coverage about the subject itself, with citations from reliable, independent sources in order to show it meets WP:GNG. It should have at least three, to be safe. And please remember that interviews, as primary sources, do not count towards GNG.(?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 14:15, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:List of jukujikun readings

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Your draft article, Draft:List of jukujikun readings

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:31, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:List of Windows environment variables

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Your draft article, Draft:List of Windows environment variables

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:08, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:HP Omen

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:44, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:09, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Create a article

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March 2024

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Bbb23 (talk) 01:18, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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

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Request reason:

I understand that several edits and drafts I have made have been unconstructive and likely much too experimental for an open encyclopedia like Wikipedia, and being honest I really need to use the Sandbox more often. In future I will try to be more constructive and encyclopedic and less experimental with my edits and try to use the Sandbox more often.WindowsWorld (talk) 12:15, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

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You won't be unblocked to just edit your sandbox. What contributions do you intend to make? 331dot (talk) 12:23, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

That's a fair point; I hold lots of fascinations of which I might make related contributions: technology, linguistics, science, culinary arts - I'm not requesting an unblock purely to use the Sandbox - I'm stating that I feel like I need to use it more often when I'm unblocked. WindowsWorld (talk) 12:30, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Edit to Lemonade stand

A lemonade stand is a small business, commonly owned and operated by one or more children, to sell lemonade or other beverages, such as iced tea. Lemonade stands are typically held in the summer season.

The stand used may be a folding table, while the archetypical version is custom-made out of plywood or cardboard boxes. A paper sign in front may be used to advertise the lemonade stand.

Educational benefits

Lemonade stands are often viewed as a way for children to experience business at a young age. The ideas of profit, economic freedom, and teamwork are often attributed to traits lemonade stands can instill. However, unlike a real business, they often benefit from free labor and rent, and may have a lack of expenses.

Culture

The concept of lemonade stands has become iconic of youthful summertime American culture to the degree that many parodies and variations on the concept exist across books, movies, and other media.

Legality

In some areas, lemonade stands are usually in technical violation of several laws, including operation without a business license and/or permit, lack of adherence to health codes, and sometimes child labor laws. Lemonade stands have been known to spread disease due to poor sanitation, including a 1941 case in Chicago where 12 people were infected with poliovirus virus, five of whom were paralyzed, from a child's lemonade stand.

Enforcement of these laws for lemonade stand operations are extremely rare, but have been known to occur, typically to public outcry. In June 2015, police in Overton, Texas told children running a lemonade stand that they would need to apply for a permit and check with the health department before selling perishable food.

In 2018, Country Time created Legal-Ade, which pays up to $300 of the legal fees for lemonade stands fined in 2017 or 2018, or for 2018 permits.

The New York Legislature took up a bill in 2019 that, if passed, will explicitly make lemonade stands operated by minors legal and exempt from most regulations. As of that summer, fourteen U.S. states explicitly allow operation of a lemonade stand without a permit. WindowsWorld (talk) 17:19, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

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OK, I have made an edit to Lemonade Stand (see above), I picked it because it did not show a worldwide view at all and overall isn't very detailed. Like asked, I am re-requesting an unblock.

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WindowsWorld (talk) 14:37, 3 May 2024 (UTC)