Image source problem with Image:Von 120807.jpg

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Image Copyright problem

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Jevon Sims

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Jevon Sims

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A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Jevon Sims, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Jevon Sims. DanielRigal (talk) 12:02, 9 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

January 2008

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Destiny's Child, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. This is especially important when dealing with biographies of living people, but applies to all Wikipedia articles. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are already familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add your original reference to the article. Thank you. -- Donald Albury 12:04, 7 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

July 2008

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  If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Michigan State University College of Law, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

  1. editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
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  3. linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam); and,
  4. avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. Kevin Forsyth (talk) 17:26, 9 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

re: Michigan State alum

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Mr. Weems,

Please do not misinterpret my edits to Michigan State University College of Law as a personal attack. You have not offended me nor are you on my "radar", and I am not targeting you personally. That page, like nearly every Wikipedia page that concerns MSU, is on my watchlist so that I may police them for vandalism, spam, and other disruptions. (This is not to imply that the edit in question is any of these; it is merely to explain how I noticed the edit at all.)

When your colleague chose to honor you by adding your name to the list of alumni, I took the time to run a Google search to find out more about you and attempt to establish your notability. From what I learned on your own website, I had no doubt about your prominence, experience, and public recognition; because of this, although your website does not suffice as a third-party reference per Wikipedia's policy on reliable sources, I decided leave the edit alone.

However, an anonymous IP editor (not I) removed your name with the edit summary "non-notable". Your colleague quickly re-inserted your name with effectively the same reference (your website), and at that point I chose to concur with the anonymous IP and remove it as "still nn" (wiki-shorthand for "non-notable").

A few months later, your name was added again, this time without any references at all. I removed it with the somewhat more explicative note, "Reverted good faith edits... Redlinked name and no external source, notability is not established", by which I meant "I know you mean well and are not trying to be disruptive (i.e., you're acting in good faith), but you need to provide some justification, in the form of reliable sources, for this person's inclusion in Wikipedia."

Less than an hour later, having reviewed Wikipedia policy on notability (which mainly addresses new articles, but is vague with regard to article contents), I reconsidered and actually put your name back into the list. I added a "fact" tag — [citation needed] — to say that a reliable source was still needed.

Again, a link to your website was subsequently added, replacing the "fact" tag; and soon another anonymous IP editor (again, not I) removed your name as non-notable.

When you added your own name to the list yesterday, unfortunately you ran afoul of Wikipedia policy on autobiography and conflict of interest. Adding information on oneself is "strongly discouraged", and smacks of self-promotion regardless of your actual intent.

In short, I have a great deal of respect for you and the work you have done, and I appreciate that you took the time to question me on these edits. In my opinion, your name should be on the College of Law alumni list, and with one or two third-party sources that mention you (and a friend to add it), hopefully the anonymous editors out there will leave it well enough alone.

Regards from a fellow MSU alumnus,

Kevin Forsyth (talk) 17:17, 10 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

January 2009

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to List of United States cities by population, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. --Uncia (talk) 19:44, 10 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to List of United States cities by population. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --Uncia (talk) 19:48, 10 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

CfD nomination of Category:Presidents of Georgia Alliance of African American Attorneys

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I have nominated Category:Presidents of Georgia Alliance of African American Attorneys (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 10:46, 30 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Atlanta edits

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Your edits to the Atlanta page are considered vandalism.--74.190.185.197 (talk) 13:51, 31 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

I'm not sure if it's vandalism, Antavius, but you should not remove content from pages on Wikipedia, as you did here, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal has been reverted by another editor. Thank you. — Satori Son 13:54, 31 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Problems with upload of File:Gaaaa.jpg

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File Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading File:Gaaaa.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status and its source. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously.

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Please add this information by editing the image description page. If the necessary information is not added within the next days, the image will be deleted. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem.

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AfD Antavius Weems

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Nomination of Antavius Weems for deletion

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antavius Weems until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.EBY (talk) 20:01, 28 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

September 2014

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  Hello, I'm Nikthestunned. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Karlie Redd, but you didn’t support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Nikthestunned 08:54, 24 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Antavius Weems

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Reference errors on 28 January

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