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February 2022

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  Please do not use styles that are nonstandard, unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in Odeya Rush. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Thank you. --IJBall (contribstalk) 18:29, 17 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

  Hello, I'm Hipal. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. 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! --Hipal (talk) 18:36, 17 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Please respond

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  Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons. Thank you. --Hipal (talk) 20:34, 17 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy by inserting unsourced or poorly sourced defamatory or otherwise controversial content into an article or any other Wikipedia page. --Hipal (talk) 18:24, 19 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

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  Hello Beehivexo! Your additions to Big Gold Brick 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.

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Cindy Kimberly moved to draftspace

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An article you recently created, Cindy Kimberly, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) 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. Aoyoigian (talk) 07:55, 26 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hila Klein / Teddy Fresh Split

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Hello, because you have done prior edit to Hila Klein's page, I am sending you this message. Please see split discussion on Hila Klein Talk Page. Jupiteralien (talk) 09:40, 27 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

June 2022

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  Hello, I'm Suonii180. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Javon Walton, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. 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! Suonii180 (talk) 07:34, 9 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Cindy Kimberly

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  Hello, Beehivexo. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Cindy Kimberly, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 08:02, 29 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

November 2022

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  Your edit to Lolo Zouaï has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — Diannaa (talk) 23:00, 25 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Contractions

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Hello! In regards to this edit, the thing is that the English Wikipedia is written in formal English. Contractions (like can't or won't) are a part of casual English. Unless a direct quote is being posted, it is best not to use contractions. When I posted direct quotes I did retain the contractions seen in them.

Thank you, WhisperToMe (talk) 17:16, 26 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

March 2023

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  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary, as you did at Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Sundayclose (talk) 18:10, 31 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Also note that you marked this (and some other edits) as minor, but they are not minor. Carefully read WP:MINOR before marking an edit as minor. Sundayclose (talk) 18:11, 31 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add or change content, as you did at Evan Rachel Wood, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Sundayclose (talk) 18:29, 31 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Wikis are not reliable sources. See WP:UGC. Sundayclose (talk) 18:30, 31 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
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CS1 error on Pedro Pascal

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