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Patrick W. Galbraith

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This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Patrick W. Galbraith, and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://www.otaku2.com/articleView.php?item=213. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. See our copyright policy for further details.

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September 2010

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article Leigh Clark, please cite a reliable source for the content of your edit. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. Take a look at Wikipedia:Citing sources for information about how to cite sources and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. January (Cassandra 73) talk 20:55, 28 September 2010 (UTC)Reply

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  Hello Fdsman! Your additions to Draft:Taku Sakashta 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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Concern regarding Draft:Taku Sakashta

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  Hello, Fdsman. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Taku Sakashta, 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) 00:02, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Taku Sakashta

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Hello, Fdsman. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Taku Sakashta".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 00:06, 17 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Taku Sakashta

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Hello, Fdsman. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Taku Sakashta".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 19:37, 24 July 2023 (UTC)Reply