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Ways to improve Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach, California

Hi, I'm Cornellier. Mary Urashima, thanks for creating Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach, California!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Hi nice work so far. Let me know if you need a hand writing for WP!

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Cornellier (talk) 04:53, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

External links

Just a hint: External links (those going to internet sites) should not be in the body of the article. They would best be used as references or in the "External links" section at the bottom. Per WP:EL, "Wikipedia articles may include links to web pages outside Wikipedia (external links), but they should not normally be placed in the body of an article. All external links must conform to certain formatting restrictions." Best, Bahooka (talk) 17:46, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

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A page you started (Newland House) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Newland House, Mary Urashima!

Wikipedia editor Aguyintobooks just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

Including some references for 'William T. Newland' would improve the article, half the article is currently a unsourced biography.

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Ways to improve Newland House

Hi, I'm Aguyintobooks. Mary Urashima, thanks for creating Newland House!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Include references for the William T. and Mary Juanita DeLapp Newland section

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Α Guy into Books™ § (Message) -  10:45, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Mary Urashima, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Newland House have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues here.

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COI

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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID). Thank you. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 22:38, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

I am the historian and author of the history; the subject matter expert for this nationally recognized historic site. I do this as a volunteer. I am providing citations from outside media, official city documents, or recognized institutions (e.g. museums). I'll check and remove citations to the website (non profit historical website on the history and preservation). ~MFU

February 2018

Rather than acknowledge COI, you're editing full-steam ahead. I'm issuing another warning below. Thank you.

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 23:36, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I am trying to fix the concerns.

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you blank out or remove content from Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach, California. -NottNott|talk 23:59, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

I am the historian and author of the history; the subject matter expert for this topic. I do this as a volunteer. I am providing citations from outside media, official city documents, or recognized institutions (e.g. museums). I'm truly trying to do my best to ensure there are credible, citations from recognized sources. I removed the content you specified because I understood the citation might not meet Wikipedia standards, in response to the earlier message. Thank you. ~MFU

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Your addition to Orange County Historical Society (Orange County, California) has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — Diannaa (talk) 15:14, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

The Orange County Historical Society article is created on behalf of the non-profit organization by non-compensated volunteers. There is text consistent with the text used on their website because it has been vetted and approved by their board of directors. The removal of the public mission statement for the non-profit historical society does not make sense.

The content that appears to have been removed provided information about their historical archives, publications and programs. As there was a request to add more outside sources, those were added with citations dating back almost a century. I appreciate that Wikipedia needs to protect the integrity of content and avoid copyright issues. However, removing sub headings does not make sense.

We will attempt to add content and citations that meets Wikipedia criteria. It is also hoped that you recognize this is for a legitimate non-profit historical society with no malintent. The proof of license and permission for the use of their own material, which the historical society wishes to be used, will be addressed per donating copyrighted materials guidelines. Mary Urashima (talk) 16:34, 13 June 2020 (UTC)M. Urashima

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Mary Urashima

Thank you for creating Lydia D. Killefer School.

User:Usernamekiran, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Hi. Thanks for creating the article. Kindly take a look at similar articles from same fields for comparison. I have already made some changes to the article. If possible, kindly create talkpage with relevant wikiproject banners. In this case, you should be looking for articles for schools from California. eg: John F. Kennedy High School (La Palma, California). Thanks again. See you around :)

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—usernamekiran (talk) 12:04, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello usernamekiran, Thank you for your comments on the Lydia D. Killefer School article. I'll read up on creating a talk page and and review similar pages, and then work on that. I added another relevant category for the National Register of Historic Places (thank you for adding the categories!). Again, thank you for your time reviewing this article. I'll be working on adding more content and sources. Mary Urashima (talk) 18:52, 6 September 2020 (UTC)Mary Urashima

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Rest in peace!

Hey Urashima. You are the WINNER. Rest in peace! Regards, Hamid Hassani (talk) 12:59, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

Condolences

I may never have known you, but I always get a tingle and a deep pull to the strings of my heart and a deep sadness within me when I see that someone is no longer. 多多123 (✉ • ✎) 21:30, 1 April 2023 (UTC)