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Orphaned non-free image (File:CIHELogo.png)

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Content you added to the above article appears to have been copied from the university's website, which is not released under a compatible license. Copying text directly from a source is a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the content had to be removed. Content you add to Wikipedia should be written in your own words. Please leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:48, 29 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Ian Dalziel (Geologist)

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  Hello, Friskydiscus. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Ian Dalziel (Geologist), 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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Your submission at Articles for creation: Ian Dalziel (geologist) has been accepted

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Demian Saffer (February 23)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work. Twinkle1990 (talk) 08:18, 23 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
 
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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Demian Saffer

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Demian Saffer requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cJmlheQAAAAJ&hl=en(51.6%), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7898124/(40.8%), and https://progearthplanetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40645-022-00488-1 (37.5%). For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Note - this was a false positive with only the list of publications getting a match. S0091 (talk) 18:54, 26 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Demian Saffer has been accepted

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Demian Saffer, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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S0091 (talk) 18:40, 26 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Suggestion

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Given your expertise, I suggest checking out WikiProject Geology as there are active editors there and you are welcome to post on the talk page with any questions you may have. An editor may also be willing to review Demian Saffer to determine if the COI notice is warranted and/or conduct any necessary cleanup to rectify any issues. S0091 (talk) 18:50, 26 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Demian Saffer

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The article Demian Saffer has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Claims are based on primary sources.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Twinkle1990 (talk) 12:52, 7 March 2023 (UTC)Reply