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Please don't copy-and-paste text from other websites into Wikipedia. Thanks. ⇦REDVƎRS⇨ 12:42, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Auckland Grammar School

Your addition to Auckland Grammar School has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. -gadfium 19:21, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

George Grey

Welcome to Wikipedia from me, too. Thank you for your additions to the article on George Grey. It seems that you are now finding out about the many rules and regulations that arguably make WP as successful as it is, but it's also a bit daunting for new editors. When providing new content, you should also provide a reference to it. Granted, the article on George Grey is poorly referenced as it is, but that's no reason to carry on in the same fashion. If you wish, you could read up on how to cite sources. But at a minimum, you should at least drop a note into the text where you've got the material from (e.g. the name of the book, author, and page number(s) if applicable, or a URL) and somebody else will come after you and make it 'look pretty'.

If you want a hand with that or anything else, just drop me a note on my talk page (new messages go at the bottom of the list). Help is never far away.

I hope this is not offputting to you. Wikipedia should be fun! Schwede66 01:31, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of New Zealand College of Massage

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A tag has been placed on New Zealand College of Massage requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. 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 as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Shirt58 (talk) 01:56, 26 April 2011 (UTC)