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September 2014 edit

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Florida Atlantic University Library has been reverted.
Your edit here to Florida Atlantic University Library was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://faumacarthurlibraryexhibit.blogspot.com/, http://faumacarthurlibraryscience.blogspot.com/) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, fansite, or similar site (see 'Links to avoid', #11), then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 14:11, 2 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages! edit

 
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Be careful editing when you have a connection to the subject edit

  Hello, Wthowerto. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Florida Atlantic University Library, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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September 2014 edit

  Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Florida Atlantic University Library. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 07:57, 21 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages! edit

 
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The Wikipedia Library needs you! edit

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Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!