User talk:Chima4mani

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Chima4mani, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Cde. Mayor Urimbo, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Cde. Mayor Urimbo[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Cde. Mayor Urimbo requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.zbc.co.zw/news-categories/blogs-a-features/1905-remembering-mayor-urimbo.html -- Remembering Mayor Urimbo Thursday, 22 July 2010 12:42. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Challenged material must have inline citations[edit]

Please do not remove a {{citation needed}} or {{cn}} template from an article unless you replace it with an inline citation, as you did with Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo. I have restored these templates. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 21:26, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

First names[edit]

In general, biographical articles refer to the person by his family name. You recently changed "Mkondo" to "Paul Mkondo" in multiple places in Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo. I have restored the previous text. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 21:26, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Luthuli Detachment[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Luthuli Detachment requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?id=89. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website or image but have permission from that owner, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Kolbasz (talk) 17:51, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

December 2013[edit]

Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself, as you did with Luthuli Detachment. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Click here to contest this speedy deletion, which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the article's talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the article. Thank you. Kolbasz (talk) 18:24, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reference Errors on 17 December[edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Luthuli Detachment[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Luthuli Detachment requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=7639&t=79. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:34, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This topic may be notable, but Wikipedia does not allow copyright violations. Either rewrite this in your own words or prove that the text you copied it from is not protected by copyright. Note: The text may be an official government work, but unlike the United States, most countries do not automatically put works of the national government in the public domain. If this is a work of the government of South Africa and if South Africa has an "if the government created it, it is not copyright-protected" policy, please provide a link to that policy on the article's talk page if you do not rewrite the article. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:39, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

January 2014[edit]

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in African Xhosa culture & tradition, this is the name one is called by within the Xhosa community). Mandela is often described as "the father of the nation".

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Copyrights[edit]

Please read the message I left at the bottom of Talk:Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo. It is the reason I removed a section you recently added to that article. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 22:33, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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