June 2015

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  Hello, I'm Andrewying. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Harvey, Illinois— 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. — Andrew Y talk contrib 14:42, 10 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

November 2015

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  Hello, I'm Rubbish computer. I noticed that you made a change to an article, David Price (U.S. politician), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 18:54, 24 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

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  Hello 143.228.129.9, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

  • You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Winged Blades Godric 05:28, 26 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

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May 25 2017

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Someone at this IP repeatedly tried to add paragraphs of information to the Matt Gaetz that read like propaganda and showed a clear conflict of interest — Preceding unsigned comment added by Interested Party Watches (talkcontribs) 07:25, 20 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

June 2017

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  Hello, I'm Mizike. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Landry Fields, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! Mizike (talk) 18:36, 26 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

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