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Welcome to Wikipedia! edit

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Editor Retention of New editors...I have a question and a proposal. edit

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Please let us know of your opinion on whether more information would be helpful or how such information could be formatted to be presented to new editors that find Wikipedia to be confusing, in a way that would be helpful to users such as yourself! You need not participate, but involvement could help improve Wikipedia for new editors!

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Draft:Kilkenny Primary School edit

 

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Subtle Touch Photography and Images (August 22) edit

 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved. Reventtalk 19:03, 22 August 2014 (UTC)Reply


 
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August 2014 edit

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October 2014 edit

  Hello, I'm Donner60. I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Henley High School (Adelaide, South Australia)— because it didn’t appear constructive to me. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 03:27, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

  • I've also removed the content you added to this article. The content is copyrighted; please read WP:COPYVIO. Additionally, when reverted, as you were by Donner60, your next step is discussion. To simply reinstate your edit is edit warring. Please read WP:Edit warring and WP:BRD. Tiderolls 12:30, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply
  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Henley High School (Adelaide, South Australia), you may be blocked from editing. --Orange Mike | Talk 00:46, 24 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Enzo Ferrari edit

Hi Matthew AdamFrancis. I have reverted your edits to Enzo Ferrari because the text appears to have been directly copied from this webpage. Directly copying large slabs of text from other websites is not permitted on Wikipedia - see WP:COPYVIO for further information. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 03:01, 28 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Please stop edit

We now have two copyright violations noted on this page; one of them added after you had been advised of Wikipedia's policy in this regard. I have looked over your past contributions and see problems there as well. I will address those as I have time; feel free to fix them yourself. I need to advise you that if you persist in ignoring the policy found at WP:COPYVIO, you risk your editing privilege. I am watchlisting this page so if you have questions or require clarification, please leave a message here. Tiderolls 12:55, 28 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Draft:Subtle Touch Photography and Images concern edit

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Your draft article, Draft:Subtle Touch Photography and Images edit

 

Hello Matthew AdamFrancis. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "Subtle Touch Photography and Images".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 18:20, 1 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

April 2015 edit

  Hello, I'm Dewritech. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Snapchat because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Dewritech (talk) 18:01, 2 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

Henley High School (Adelaide, South Australia) edit

I have previously warned you regarding violating Wikipedia's policy covering copyrights (see WP:COPYVIO). I have had to remove yet another violation of copyright that you have inserted. Please do not do this again. I do not want to block you because Wikipedia needs your help, however this cannot continue. Please stop. Tiderolls 15:43, 2 July 2015 (UTC)Reply