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Louise Mensh

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Apologies I think I deleted something via an edit conflict.JRPG (talk) 20:05, 21 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Brisbane meetup with Sue Gardner invitation

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  Brisbane Meetup
Next: 11 February 2013 5-8PM - Drinks and light dinner at SLQ with Sue Gardner
Last: 3 August 2012

Hi there! You are cordially invited to a meetup on 11 February 2013 with Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation.

More details can be found at Wikipedia:Meetup/Brisbane/7. If you are near Brisbane, I hope to see you there! John Vandenberg (chat) 11:00, 5 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

October 2013

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Your recent editing history at Assassination of John F. Kennedy shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Tracey-Price-Greenery-Medium.png

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A tag has been placed on File:Tracey-Price-Greenery-Medium.png requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a copyright violation of https://queenslandlabor.org/tracey-price/ and has no credible claim of fair use or permission. 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. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Tracey Price image

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Hi Mkidson,

Please stop uploading the same image of Tracey Price. It's a copyright violation and so isn't allowed on Wikipedia or Commons. Information about Wikipedia's image use policy is here. The vast majority of images available on the internet aren't allowed to be uploaded to Wikipedia. The rules are very strict in this area because of potential legal repercussions. Thanks, Jjamesryan (talk | contribs) 06:17, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply