Aarr8december

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Sellappan Nirmala

Hi. I've reviewed this article and removed the deletion tags as I believe they are not correct. I have tidied up the article to make it a little easier to read. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 10:51, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

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. 220 of ^Borg 11:57, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Sellappan Nirmala

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Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:20, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Articles

Hi Aarr8december, thank you for participating in the BBC 100 women editathon and giving us articles on Kunwar Bai Yadav and Sellappan Nirmala! Please don't copy text from anywhere into Wikipedia; it is a serious legal concern because Wikipedia is publication, and because in addition we license our content to be reused by anyone in any way; however, unintentional copyright violation is a common newbie mistake here, and it's now been fixed by a couple of administrators. I've also done some rewriting on Mrs Yadav's article and added more sources; she got a lot of press coverage. Please stick around and continue writing for us! Yngvadottir (talk) 17:59, 11 December 2016 (UTC)