Simon Wirral
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Sixth National Government
editHi Simon Wirral, I appreciate your contributions to the Sixth National Government of New Zealand. Thanks for keeping the page updated. It is good to see other Wikipedians working on New Zealand-related topics. Just some advice. Keep content on policy announcements and other developments such as Winston Peters' state of the union address brief and descriptive, like a maximum of three sentences. If a topic requires more detailed elaboration, it can go in the minister or politician's Wikipedia article. While it is natural for the Sixth National Govt article to expand over the years, lets keep it to within a manageable size somthat it doesnt become too long to navigate. Wikipedia:Article size#Size guideline recommends a maximum of 15,000 words. Trimming can include giving a brief headline summary of events instead of lengthy paragraphs or reducing the number of references covering an event or development. Besides trimming content, it is also possible to split big articles into smaller ones. I am also working to reduce the size of the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand article by creating two offshoot articles. Hope this helps and feel free to get back in touch. Andykatib 12:36, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
- Please ote that if you add or remove any content, even just a single word, it’s not a minor edit. If you want to know what exactly that is, please read Help:Minor edit. Schwede66 09:49, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- Just in case you didn't see the message above, this really isn't a minor edit. Please read Help:Minor edit. Schwede66 05:48, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Wikipedia and copyright
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Hello Simon Wirral! Your additions to The Pioneer Pog 'n' Scroggin Bush Band have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:
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