Kmy28
Welcome!
editHello, Kmy28, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Adam and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 09:09, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
October 2017
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Hello, I'm Acroterion. I noticed that you made a change to an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Acroterion (talk) 10:55, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
National varieties of English
edit In a recent edit, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.
For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to India, use Indian English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Ireland, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author of the article used.
In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. Acroterion (talk) 10:56, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
Tone
editPlease be careful about expressing opinion in Wikipedia's voice. Your writing style is more that of a college essay or critical analysis than an encyclopedia article. Please use encyclopedia mode, and keep it neutral. Acroterion (talk) 01:00, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
Plagiarism/copyright violation
editHi, I received a notification that you had posted content that was taken partially or completely from another source, in this case several journal articles. In some instances you slightly re-wrote the content, making it a very close paraphrasing of the material. While you did cite the material, this is still seen as a form of plagiarism and a copyright violation and as such, all of the work had to be deleted. I also noted that there had been a message posted about the tone of the content. This is one of the other reasons why it's really inadvisable to copy other people's content, as in most cases the material is not written in a neutral, encyclopedic manner and would need to be re-written even if the content was open source.
I would like for you to review the plagiarism module before proceeding further, thanks. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:16, 19 October 2017 (UTC)