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Thank you for your contributions. Please note that when you add content, the edit is not to be marked as minor (see Help:Minor edit for more details). Within the body of an article, do not enter external links; where an external link is needed, enter it as a reference (more details at Wikipedia:External links). There's heaps to learn; keep up your good work. Schwede 66 19:29, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

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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. — Diannaa (talk) 11:46, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Something else on copyright. For artwork to not be covered by copyright, it must both be a permanent installation and three-dimensional. Paintings (unless very old) or murals are thus something that you cannot upload to Commons. Schwede 66 09:22, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Spelling

Please do not change words to American spelling ("center"). It should be obvious that we use New Zealand English for New Zealand topics. Schwede 66 18:37, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It would also be good if you could use the correct spelling for Christchurch's port town: Lyttelton. Schwede 66 10:01, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Daily Mail reference at Kevin McCloud

Hi. Please do not use the Daily Mail as you did at Kevin McCloud. It is not a reliable source. See WP:DAILYMAIL. I have also removed the Daily Express reference, also considered "generally unreliable" at WP:RSP. Kind regards, Robby.is.on (talk) 09:44, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sentence case for headings

Please have a read of MOS:SECTIONCAPS. Schwede 66 16:02, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello? Schwede 66 00:13, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is this really so hard to understand? "Notable Buildings" is wrong and it has to be "Notable buildings". Schwede 66 10:39, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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"Link added"

You aren't adding links (most Wikipedians would read that as you adding a wikilink); you are adding references. Thought I'd point that out. Schwede 66 01:22, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:42, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

George Bennett (cyclist)

Thank you for your edit at George Bennett (cyclist) regarding the 2022 season. Just a few things to note when you use the Web Citation Toolbar please check the entries before clicking add, in Cycling News articles it puts the First name as the whole name and then published as the last name. Also if possible you should try to find articles over using databases for refs. Keep up the good work! Paulpat99 (talk) 07:26, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Reference for heritage listings

We have a citation template for those items listed by Heritage New Zealand. Very simple to use; just three fields to fill in (i.e. replace "accessdate" with the actual date you fill this out). {{NZHPT|register number|alternative name|accessdate}} Documentation for this is at Template:NZHPT. Schwede 66 03:38, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to an in-person meetup in Mohua / Golden Bay

Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.

Golden Bay is hard to get to and the airline flying into Tākaka uses small planes, so we are holding some seats from and to Wellington and we are offering attendees a $200 travel subsidy to help with costs.

Be in touch with Schwede66 if this event interests you and you'd like to discuss logistics. Schwede 66 09:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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