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July 2017

Hello, I'm Binksternet. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Scientology seemed less than neutral and has been removed. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 18:26, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

September 2017

Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Scientology: A History of Man. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 16:15, 27 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Nonchalant77, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health 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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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. Binksternet (talk) 16:18, 27 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Reusing citations

Please review Help:Footnotes#Footnotes: using a source more than once. The details you've added to Scientology articles are usually supported by a handful of sources. Redundant refs should be consolidated under the same citations. The timeline article, for example, uses six identical copies of the Lewis reference. This makes reference lists harder to read, as they become bloated with redundant information. When done repeatedly, redundant refs also artificially inflate the significance of the attached details, as they subtly misrepresent the true number of sources. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 21:46, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't helpful, because now there are two different version of the exact same source, and the most recently added is malformed. Is "Brill" one of the authors, or the publisher? Do you understand the problem? Grayfell (talk) 22:57, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I followed the instructions in the footnote section as I understood it. Brill is the publisher.Nonchalant77 (talk) 16:26, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 00:25, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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August 2018

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Scientology. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 21:44, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

September 2018

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Scientology beliefs and practices, you may be blocked from editing. Grayfell (talk) 22:11, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits

I'm concerned that you don't understand our policies well enough to avoid sanctions. I've raised the issue of your understanding at WP:FTN. Doug Weller talk 10:39, 27 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Stop editing Scientology pages

Yeah — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2D80:6A83:C200:D4CA:6629:2AAD:1F50 (talk) 10:44, 27 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]