User talk:30Four

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Happy editing! Cheers, Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 00:31, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright[edit]

Hello 30Four! Your additions to The Washington Post 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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Sorry about that. I hastily added the content (and messed up the source in the coding too). A full copy/paste was not intentional, I believe my addition in question had a larger quote attached to it as well. I'll rewrite the info in a more appropriate manner. Quick question - I attached two sources to the info, why did you remove the second source (not the Washingtonian)?30Four (talk) 07:30, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Washingtonian cite is also used elsewhere in the article (it's the named citation <ref name=Guild2022>). — Diannaa (talk) 10:39, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I added that named citation in the same edit. I believe I used it to cite multiple pieces (Sonmez seeking arbitration with the Guild Post and Farhi's suspension). Was the other source removed because it was attached to the copyrighted content? It doesn't truly matter at the end of the day, I'm just curious. 30Four (talk) 10:46, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It was The Hill. — Diannaa (talk) 11:01, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sheri Yan (November 1)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by MicrobiologyMarcus was:

The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes. For instructions on how to do this, please see Referencing for beginners. Thank you.

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biographical information, including private info like birthdate, must be sourced to reliable and secondary already published sources.

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microbiologyMarcus ^{(petri dish•growths)} 18:47, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sheri Yan has been accepted[edit]

Sheri Yan, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

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microbiologyMarcus ^{(petri dish•growths)} 20:12, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for approving the page! 30Four (talk) 16:46, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

November 2023[edit]

Your edit to Sheri Yan 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. At no point in the Wikipedia editing process should you be copying prose text from a copyright-protected source, as you appear to have done from [1], even if you intend to reword it later _signed,Rosguill ^talk 01:03, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Roguill, I apologize. I need to change how I go about researching and my (lazy) writing process for Wikipedia. I did intend to change the wording a bit more, it must have just slipped my mind in that moment. Thank you for taking the time to leave the message. 30Four (talk) 16:40, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Concern regarding Draft:Mitch Chilson[edit]

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 01:07, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CS1 error on Temu (marketplace)[edit]

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Orphaned non-free image File:Seal of University of Phoenix 2024.jpeg[edit]

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Your draft article, Draft:Mitch Chilson[edit]

Hello, 30Four. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Mitch Chilson".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, 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.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:21, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]