User talk:Llakew18

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Llakew18, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Archbishop Carroll High School (Washington, D.C.) 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, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 21:56, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

July 2019

Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion pages, as you did with List of parochial and private schools in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. Doing so won't stop the discussion from taking place. You are, however, welcome to comment about the proposed deletion on the appropriate page. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 19:10, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of George Mason University Police Department

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on George Mason University Police Department requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, images, a rephrasing of the title, a question that should have been asked at the help or reference desks, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Creating articles

It's really best to create new articles in draftspace or userspace so you can work on them, adding references and content, before publishing them to mainspace. Thanks! Schazjmd (talk) 17:54, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tulsa race riot

Please launch a proper move request. Thanks. El_C 21:08, 9 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The disimbaguation page is fine (this happens when information about small ethnic groups are split amongst multiple articles. Llakew18 (talk) 16:31, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

January 2020

List of Ethiopian and Eritrean names moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, List of Ethiopian and Eritrean names, does not have enough sources and citations 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. b uidhe 04:42, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:George Mason University Police Department

Hello, Llakew18. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "George Mason University Police Department".

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 nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 21:05, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

April 2020

Hello, I'm Gyrofrog. Your recent edit(s) to the page Habesha people appear to have added incorrect information, so they have been removed for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. You added the text "most especially during the Zemene Mesafint era of Horn African history" alongside a citation of the Fouad Makki source. That source only mentions "Zemene Mesafint" once, in a footnote and not in that context. Gyrofrog (talk) 23:13, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I think you made a mistake because the sources uses an alternate spelling. The Makki source uses the spelling "Abesha" rather than "Habesha". Llakew18 (talk) 23:53, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Zemene Mesafint article says that era was from the 1700s-1800s, which is well after the Middle Ages. Not sure what you mean by an analogy between two different time periods -- but I don't see where Makki makes an analogy, in any case. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 00:09, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of neutral point of view noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Long-term issues at Habesha peoples. Thank you. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 01:28, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You are suspected of sock puppetry, which means that someone suspects you of using multiple Wikipedia accounts for prohibited purposes. Please make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, then, if you wish to do so, respond to the evidence at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hoaeter. Thank you. Gyrofrog (talk) 02:39, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How Am I A SocPuppet ?

I literally see multiple re-occurring editors that state similar points with each other all over pages that I have edited. I even sometimes click on the contributions link and put in the editors' user names or IP addresses to look for other similar pages that the editors have edited that I am interested in to edit. I do this all the time looking for things I want to edit. Along the way, I see multiple re-occurring editors that each time, I notice the same admins, the same admins I even recognize you User talk:Gyrofrog a lot over here to as well. I like to edit certain topics that I know about and I click on the previous contributions of other editors to find other pages that are interesting to edit, so can you just remove this SocPuppet accusation, and can I just get back to editing without this looming over my head? Llakew18 (talk) 03:11, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Left response at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hoaeter. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 16:37, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Edit warring to add the Korean name of a US university?

Perhaps it was an accident but this edit appears as if you are beginning an edit war to add the Korean name of a US university to its lede. If it was an accident, no worries. If it was intentional, please don't do that. ElKevbo (talk) 05:07, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I originally put the Korean name there because it has a campus in South Korea very well known to the main Fairfax campus. Llakew18 (talk) 05:42, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

April 2020

Wikipedia's technical logs indicate that this user account has been or may be used abusively. It has been blocked indefinitely from editing to prevent abuse.

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Doug Weller talk 18:17, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Don't waste the community's time by adding empty unblock requests. If you don't understand your block, ping the blocking administrator here for an explanation. Pro tip: an unblock request will not likely be granted any time soon. At this point in time, the only way you get unblocked is by proving the checkuser was incorrect, which you cannot do here. Even if you admit you were socking and promise on your mother's grave never to do it again, the absolute soonest they'd consider that is 6 months from now. Socking is a sure way to gain and keep the community's distrust. John from Idegon (talk) 06:15, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Christian Fellowships

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