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November 2012

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The following is the log entry regarding this message: Reynolds number was changed by 128.244.42.5 (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.957482 on 2012-11-08T15:52:04+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 15:52, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

March 2013

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. 99.137.210.226 (talk) 21:13, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't continue to delete others' dialogue at an article talk page; it's considered vandalism. Even removing your own remarks destroys the conversational thread for others to follow in the future. Thank you, 99.137.210.226 (talk) 21:12, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Third Opinion request

Your Third Opinion request was removed because it did not follow the listing instructions for that project and gave no indication of where the dispute might be occurring. It was also signed with your IP address when it should have been signed with five tilde's to just insert just a date stamp. Please feel free to relist it if you feel that you still need dispute resolution, but please read and closely follow all Third Opinion project instructions if you do so. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 21:34, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello 128.244.42.5! Your additions to Ferdinand Stoss 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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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, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 20:45, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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