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License tagging for Image:Gen Sir R L McCreery.jpg
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- The 3 external links you added to the celiagreen.com website are a slight improvement but I'm curious. Why are you adding so many celiagreen.com external links? Is this your website? (Requestion 21:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC))
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November 2007
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Thank you for this message. Please note, there is currently no image of Celia Green in the public domain, and she has given her permission for the use of the photograph in question on Wikipedia. Ranger2006 (talk) 12:53, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Image copyright problem with Image:Celia Green.jpg
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May 2008
[edit]Hi, the recent edit you made to Hallucinations in those who are not mentally ill has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. CanadianLinuxUser (talk) 13:46, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
The recent edit you made to Hallucinations in the sane constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to vandalize pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 14:24, 21 May 2008 (UTC))
You'll need to discuss this on the article talk page to establish a consensus on what the article should be called. Perhaps leave a message at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Psychology to ask for more opinions. Epbr123 (talk) 15:53, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
double article
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[edit]Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did at Celia Green, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Thank you. Beccaynr (talk) 15:32, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
- My revision and updates were intended to be constructive. The recent additions and deletions made to the article have changed its tenor from Green being a psychologist and philosopher, for which she is best known, to being a parapsychologist. Lucid dreaming and out-of-body experiences, the phenomena with which Green is most associated, are psychological not parapsychological topics. Ranger2006 (talk) 14:23, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
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It therefore does not appear constructive to remove reliable sources from the article that broadly support recognizing Green's work as focusing on parapsychology. Beccaynr (talk) 14:53, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
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