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Speedy deletion nomination of VCU School of Social Work

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A tag has been placed on VCU School of Social Work 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 https://socialwork.vcu.edu/about/history/ and https://socialwork.vcu.edu/research/. 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. 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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Speedy deletion nomination of Robertson School of Media and Culture

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A tag has been placed on Robertson School of Media and Culture, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

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Managing a conflict of interest

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  Hello, Johnadamsz. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Storchy (talk) 17:16, 18 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

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  Hello Johnadamsz! Your additions to L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs 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, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

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L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs moved to draftspace

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An article you recently created, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Storchy (talk) 17:16, 18 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs (November 18)

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The article Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The school does not pass WP:GNG.

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Please consider improving the page 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. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 03:24, 21 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs (November 21)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Dan arndt was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.
Dan arndt (talk) 09:08, 21 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

School of World Studies moved to draftspace

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An article you recently created, School of World Studies, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. AngusW🐶🐶F (barksniff) 02:50, 23 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

December 2022

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  Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Monroe Park—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 22:01, 25 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

January 2023

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Concern regarding Draft:L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs

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Concern regarding Draft:School of World Studies

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Your draft article, Draft:School of World Studies

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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

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Managing a conflict of interest

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  Hello, Johnadamsz. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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June 2023

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  Please stop your disruptive editing.

If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. You have been asked already if you have a COI, and I am asking you again whether you do, either with VCU or with GWU, because some of your edits are clearly promotional. In addition, you have been asked repeatedly to explain your edits in edit summaries, and you have not followed up on that--in fact, you also seem to refuse to respond to comments by other editors on your talk page. Possible COI, promotional edits, no communication with other editors: this is not good. Drmies (talk) 20:03, 25 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

CS1 error on George Washington University

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recent edit

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having a full picture gallery in the info box goes against common editing.


could you explain your reasoning in the reversal.

also, remember to leave edit summaries when reverting uncontroversial edits.

thanks in advance, Augmented Seventh (talk) 16:12, 11 March 2024 (UTC)Reply