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Your submission at Articles for creation: W2S (September 8)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by RoySmith were:

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-- RoySmith (talk) 02:36, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Scribatorian! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! -- RoySmith (talk) 02:36, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

November 2019

Hello, I'm FlightTime. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Joe Biden, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! - FlightTime (open channel) 22:16, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit summary

No one is stalking your edits, that I am aware of. I played a part in shaping those presidential articles and unsurprisingly have them on my watchlist. Be aware blind reversions are unwise. Take care,--Wehwalt (talk) 07:46, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bar associations

Your edits to various presidential article reveal a misunderstanding about the difference between mandatory bar association, that a state's lawyers must belong to in order to practice, such as the Virginia State Bar and voluntary bar associations, effectively trade groups, such as the Virginia Bar Association. Most of these did not exist in the 19th century, when bar admission was generally handled by county courts who would give a certificate that could be presented to allow practice even beyond a state's borders. Please be surer of your ground when editing high profile presidential articles.--Wehwalt (talk) 05:28, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for December 23

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Draft:W2S concern

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:32, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for February 9

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Carlton Fisk, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Gary Nolan and Tiger Stadium (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver).

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Disambiguation link notification for February 28

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ACDS notice

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

OhKayeSierra (talk) 23:36, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for March 7

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1954 World Series (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver)

added a link pointing to Hank Thompson

1955 World Series (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver)

added a link pointing to Tommy Byrne

1986 World Series (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver)

added a link pointing to Marty Barrett

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 12:52, 7 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:W2S

Hello, Scribatorian. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "W2S".

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! Lapablo (talk) 23:45, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Edit warring at Donald Trump

Your recent editing history at Donald Trump shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

This is not how it works. Once a new edit has been challenged, it requires consensus before it can be reinstated. Please self-revert your addition of that image. Thank you. ―Mandruss ☎ 20:50, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

March 2020

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at Tom Brady, you may be blocked from editing. Eagles 24/7 (C) 22:43, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

1RR violation (again)

The one-revert rule is applied to Bill Clinton. You have made two reverts there (14:06, 26 March 2020 and 01:25, 27 March 2020) in less than 24 hours. If you do not want to risk a block, please self-revert. It appears that this is not the first time you've breached this restriction as you've done it at Donald Trump recently, (22:40, 15 March 2020 and 20:39, 16 March 2020) though someone else had already reverted your second revert. --Wow (talk) 04:19, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. Wow (talk) 09:44, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You made six edits after being notified of the 1RR violation and you haven't self-reverted at Bill Clinton yet. Unfortunately, I'll have to bring this up at the noticeboard. --Wow (talk) 09:44, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User:Scribatorian, you appear to have broken the WP:1RR restriction at Bill Clinton and are likely to be blocked if you make no response to the complaint. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 16:02, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Scribatorian, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to John F. Kennedy 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.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
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Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps in Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate. See also Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

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. — Diannaa (talk) 13:58, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]