User talk:ScottyMacTexas

October 2017

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Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 04:10, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Mohamed Bamba, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. Jim1138 (talk) 04:21, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Mohamed Bamba

I undid your edit to Mohamed Bamba as it was unreferenced. Adding references is how we ensure that content is valid. Without references, a reader can not easily validate information and there is no presumption of accuracy. To add a reference, please read Help:Referencing for beginners and Help:footnotes. There is a tool that can help: See wp:RefToolbar/2.0. This is covered by the Wikipedia policy of wp:verifiability (WP:V). Please wp:cite your edits with wp:reliable sources (RS). Per WP:V unsourced content can be removed. Your edits are saved in the wp:page history. Please add references when you restore the content. Thank you Jim1138 (talk) 04:26, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of citations

Needs to be explained clearly in the wp:edit summary. Reasoning needs to meet wp:policy Citations are needed, especially in wp:biographies of living persons to support facts. If the link is 404, use a {{deadlink}} See wp:KDL as to why they should not be deleted. Thank you Jim1138 (talk) 04:28, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

October 2017

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia, as you did at Mohamed Bamba. Operator873^CONNECT 04:29, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not very familiar with editing/updating info on Wiki. I'm in the communications office at The University of Texas Athletics department, where Mo Bamba is currently a freshman student-athlete. Since we are responsible for his promotion/publicity, he asked me to update his Wiki page, because there are numerous errors in his bio. In addition, he had an unfortunate family situation develop over this past summer, and to protect Mo's privacy and family relationships, we need permission to edit this page.

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