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  Hello, I'm Fehufanga. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Lily Collins have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. —*Fehufangą (✉ Talk · ✎ Contribs) 04:40, 26 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

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  Hello 211.23.27.192! Your additions to Mangrove have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

*You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.{{#ifeq: | 1 |}

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Donald Albury 17:03, 1 February 2023 (UTC) Struck erroneous warning. - Donald Albury 19:01, 1 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

You must have misunderstood my edit. There were no additions made to Mangrove. I fixed an error listed in the CS1 errors: DOI category by remove the domain part "https://doi.org/" in the value of doi parameter. If there's anything copyrighted, you should remove the reference rather than blaming me. 211.23.27.192 (talk) 18:20, 1 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
My apologies. I didn't pay enough attention to the edit history. I have struck my warning message. - Donald Albury 19:01, 1 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
I'm afraid that the copyrighted content you referred to still remains after a fix from BattyBot before your removal of violated edits. 211.23.27.192 (talk) 19:22, 1 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
I have since revdeled it. Thanks for letting me know. Donald Albury 20:21, 1 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
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