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Your submission at AfC The Ribbon International was accepted

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Image

I moved the image and reduced it in size because it was blocking the text at the top of the article. No article should begin with a picture taking up the whole top of the article. It should also not be centre-aligned (see MOS:IMAGELOCATION). Cheers, Number 5 7 23:18, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I noticed when you uploaded the image that you claimed it was your own work. Did you design the logo, and has the organisation granted permission for its use here? Number 5 7 23:20, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I designed the logo, and yes permission has been submitted to "permissions" at Wiki by the Executive Director of the organization. Could I place the image under the first paragraph centered in a panorama?Susan Macafee (talk) 01:03, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OK. No, the image cannot be centred - it needs to be left- or right-aligned, and should not be the entire width of the article. Number 5 7 07:52, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How do I delete a file photo in pdf three photos in one file: Ribbon International RibPopeUNESCOMayors — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.33.51 (talk) 00:52, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This pdf file has been deleted Wiki CommonsSusan Macafee (talk) 03:19, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Susan Macafee, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was The Ribbon International, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Talk:The Ribbon International#Article tone

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:The Ribbon International#Article tone. NeilN ^{talk to me} 02:44, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Page Not Finished

When I submitted the page I was informed it was going to take 3-4 weeks for approval. However, it was approved within a hour. I am the only computer literate person that is why I have been working on the page. I have volunteered my time to create this page. I was involved in "The Ribbon" event over 30 years ago. I had contacted "The Ribbon" people a couple of years ago concerning photos I had of the event. At that time, I was asked if I would create the logo, which I did on a volunteer basis. The only contact I have had with the organization is by sending a Christmas card. This last Christmas the Executive Director asked if I would do a Wiki page, which I have volunteered to do so. Everyone is in their 60s or 70s and not computer savvy. I am planning on putting links on various Wiki pages, once this Wiki page is finished. I am waiting for more copy and photos. There are numerous Wiki pages that have an image taking up half of the page. I have increased the size so the copy below the image is readable. Susan Macafee (talk) 21:49, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And I've reverted back to the accepted size. Please point out these articles which have the lead image "taking up half of the page". --NeilN ^{talk to me} 02:00, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

March 2014

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to The Ribbon International, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. NeilN ^{talk to me} 01:57, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Howicus (Did I mess up?) 16:28, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Personal attacks

@Susan Macafee:, this is a formal warning. Please remain civil. Do not attack other editors as you did on my talk page. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:55, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have created and worked on other Wikipedia page over the years and HAVE NEVER encounter and editor with this attitude. It could be easily fixed, by not having him work on the page, since there is an apparent conflict.Susan Macafee (talk) 18:23, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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May 2014

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at The Ribbon International. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to be blocked from editing. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. While edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, breaking the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a block. Thank you. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 04:11, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Talkback

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Benboy00 (talk) 02:35, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 2014

Please stop your disruptive editing, as you did at The Ribbon International. Your edits have been reverted or removed.

If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
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Do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive until the dispute is resolved through consensus. Continuing to edit disruptively may result in your being blocked from editing. You have been repeatedly told not to link to disambiguation pages, but you keep doing it. Please stop. Benboy00 (talk) 10:35, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Link

This article doesn't even mention Ribbon International. Why do you keep adding a link to it? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 10:41, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

we have guidance about what external links should be included and the rare times when they are appropriate . Merely being written by someone famous is NOT one of the few reasons valid reasons to include a link, and as NeilN points out above one of the prime criteria that must be met is that the subject of the article is the prime topic of the linked page. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 10:53, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Susan Macafee. You have new messages at Benboy00's talk page.
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Benboy00 (talk) 11:22, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please be advised

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

June 2014

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to Wikipedia. However, please remember that editors do not own articles and should respect the work of their fellow contributors on The Ribbon International. If you create or edit an article, remember that others are free to change its content. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Telling other editors that they aren't allowed to edit pages as you did here ([1]) isn't conducive to the collaborative environment that Wikipedia intends to foster. Skamecrazy123 (talk) 23:52, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright concerns

Hello Susan. I am cross-posting this message her to be 100 per cent sure you have seen it. Please do not restore the paragraph I removed in this edit. If you do so, you could be blocked from editing, because you would be knowingly adding copyright material to Wikipedia after having been warned not to do so. I am an administrator on this wiki, and I have been recently specialising in copyright cleanup, so I know what I am talking about. Too-close paraphrasing is a copyright violation. The paragraph is almost identical to a paragraph in the book; the wording is almost identical (it was even more alike before I did my first round of copy edits), and both convey exactly the same information in exactly the same order. That particular page is visible via Google. Samples:

Source: Countless other panels went abroad and were given to peace, ecology, and religious groups as a demonstration of friendship and good will.
Article: Numerous panels were sent abroad to peace, ecology, and religious groups as a demonstration of friendship and good will.

Source: Some of the five hundred participants in the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament in 1986 carried Ribbons as they walked thirty seven hundred miles across the continental United States in a call for global disarmament.
Article: Some of the 500 participants in the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament in 1986 carried Ribbons as they walked 3,700 miles across the continental United States.

Source: On August 31, 1986, a group of four hundred people gathered to encircle the Horse Creek Missile Silo near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Some of them held ribbon panels as a part of their protest against MX missile deployment.
Article: On August 31, 1986, a group of 400 people—some with Ribbon panels—gathered to surround the Horse Creek Missile Silo near Cheyenne, Wyoming as a protest against MX missile deployment. -- Diannaa (talk) 03:06, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I wish Wiki help IRC had told me at the beginning when they looked at the page numerous times that I needed to separate Pershing's references and post page numbers, so you didn't have to do it. You could have asked me to get the page numbers. At least you sort of got a chance to see Linda's book. In Wikipedia:Citing for books "sources the chapter number or page numbers for the chapter are optional".

Pertainig to the removed paragraph, this is what I have.

Source: Countless other panels went abroad and were given to peace, ecology, and religious groups as gestures of friendship and goodwill.

Article: Numerous panels were sent abroad for peace, ecology, and religious groups as a demonstration of friendship and good will.

Source: Some of the five hundred participants in the 1986 Great Peace March carried ribbons with them as they walked thirty-seven hundred miles across the continental United Stares in a call for global nuclear disarmament

Article: In 1986, a number of the five hundred participants in the Great Peace March carried Ribbons, as they walked thirty-seven hundred miles across the continental United States, for action on global nuclear disarmament.

Source:On August 31 of the same year, four hundred people gathered to encircle the Horse Creek Missile Silo near Cheyenne, WY. Some of them held Ribbon panels as a part of their protest of MX missile deployment

Article:Later that month, on August 31, a group of four hundred people gathered to surround the Horse Creek Missile Silo near Cheyenne, WY, with some participants showing Ribbon panels as a part of their protest of MX missile deployment.[12]

I was going to rewrite the article, but now it would only be these three sentences, and giving credit in the paragraph besides the reference (if needed). Or can I put the paragraph in quotation marks and give credit to Linda in the paragraph, besides referencing? Susan Macafee (talk) 06:01, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Susan. I replied on my talk page. Please let's hold further discussions about the article development at the article's talk page. -- Diannaa (talk) 13:49, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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