User talk:Steve E Gregg
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The article Hope FM has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article, which appeared to be about a real person, individual animal, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the notability of the subject may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.
Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for musicians, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. NawlinWiki (talk) 12:36, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia and copyright
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Hello Steve E Gregg, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Sorted magazine has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.
- 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 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 designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
- In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
- 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 can, but please follow the steps in 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) 23:21, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
March 2018
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Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you recently removed maintenance templates from Philippa Hanna. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Please see Help:Maintenance template removal for further information on when maintenance templates should or should not be removed. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. You removed the {{dead link}} template. Are you saying the link is not dead or that you didn't bother to check and just reverted because I reverted your addition of an unsourced change? If you have a source to prove the change, please provide it. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:23, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Please do not add or change content, as you did at Philippa Hanna, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. 1) there is a source there and the date does not agree with your change 2) your "personal source" fails WP:RS. Either provide one that can be verified or walk away. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:32, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- I'm adding this welcome because it doesn't seem as though you have been extended a welcome and also because it offers a series of good links that explain how to edit well on Wikipedia. Please spend some time looking at them and ping me if you have any questions. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:41, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Welcome Steve E Gregg!
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{{My sandbox}} on your user page. By the way, seeing as you haven't created a user page yet, simply click here to start it.Sincerely, Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:39, 29 March 2018 (UTC) (Leave me a message)
Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:39, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Philippa Hanna. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Your personal information does not meet WP:RS Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:59, 30 March 2018 (UTC)