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Proposed deletion of Buti Joseph Tlhagale

The article Buti Joseph Tlhagale has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

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Proposed deletion of Buti Joseph Tlhagale

The article Buti Joseph Tlhagale has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Copied from announcement at http://www.catholicjhb.org.za/about/archbishop-buti-tlhagale/

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Please consider improving the article 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. Flat Out (talk) 00:10, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Copyright problems

the first versions of the article were very close in wording to other texts about Lindiwe Mabuza that I can find on the web. This is a serious problem from a copyright point of view.

Both articles you have posted so far appear to have been copied from other sources. This is a serious problem for Wikipedia from a copyright point of view and will probably lead to the Lindiwe Mabuza article getting deleted, just like the article mentioned in sections above.

You will now probably need to restart the articles from scratch, based on reliable sources but written them in your own words. You may still use material from elsewhere, but only as references, excepting the odd, short quotation when really needed. --Hegvald (talk) 03:30, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Lindiwe Mabuza

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A tag has been placed on Lindiwe Mabuza 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 http://www.unhcr.org/about-us/promref/3e23e5d94/mabuza-lindiwe.html. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed 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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Please don't copy material from elsewhere online

Hello. I am Diannaa and I am an administrator on this wiki. Prose you find online is almost always copyright, and cannot be copied here; it's against the law to do so. All prose must be written in your own words. There's more information about copyrights and how it applies to Wikipedia at Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright. Copyright law and its application are complex matters, and you should not edit any more until you have taken the time to read and understand our copyright policies. Further copyright violations will result in you being blocked from editing. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:06, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Recent edit to List of South African poets

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your recent edit to List of South African poets added the name of an apparently non-notable entity. In general, a person or organization added to a list should have a pre-existing article to establish notability. If you wish to create such an article, please confirm that your subject is notable according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you! Materialscientist (talk) 11:48, 22 February 2017 (UTC)