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Zanimum (talk) 15:34, 27 May 2020 (UTC)Women in Red edit
Hi there, AfricanLibrarian, and welcome to Women in Red. I'm glad to see you are planning to improve coverage of women in Africa. On the basis of the start you've made with Kate Azuka Omenugha, you should be a useful contributor. You'll find a few useful tips in the essays listed in the Template:Women in Red, including our Ten Simple Rules and Primer for creating women's biographies. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 13:55, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Chinyere Ukaga, from its old location at User:AfricanLibrarian/Chinyere Ukaga. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. Nathan2055talk - contribs 21:21, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Chinyere Ukaga has been accepted edit
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Thanks for contributing to the article Jeillo Edwards. However, one of Wikipedia's core policies is that material must be verifiable and attributed to reliable sources. You have recently used citations which copied, or mirrored, material from Wikipedia. This leads to a circular reference and is not acceptable. Most mirrors are clearly labeled as such, but some are in violation of our license and do not provide the correct attribution. Please help by adding alternate sources to the article you edited! If you need any help or clarification, you can look at Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia or ask at Wikipedia:New contributors' help page, or just ask me. Thank you. Kuru (talk) 19:37, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing this out. It is an honest mistake. Will backtrack and correct. [[User:AfricanLibrarian|AfricanLibrarian]] ([[User talk:AfricanLibrarian|talk]] (talk) 19:53, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for undoing the wrong citation [[User:AfricanLibrarian|AfricanLibrarian]] ([[User talk:AfricanLibrarian|talk]] (talk) 19:56, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
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You added a {{citation needed}}. It was at the beginning of the paragraph. Usually, it is added at the end of the content that needs citing. There are three citations on the page. It does seem rather gossipy. If it doesn't meet BLP or MOS, please just remove it? Cheers Adakiko (talk) 13:46, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for drawing my attention to it.
- Will correct.
- ~~~ [[User:AfricanLibrarian|AfricanLibrarian]] ([[User talk:AfricanLibrarian|talk]] (talk) 14:03, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
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