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Welcome to Wikipedia

Hi ZonMusicStar, and welcome to Wikipedia.

Thank you for your addition to As You Like It. You're probably not aware of it, but Wikipedia has a policy on Verifiability. The short version of that is “Say where you read it”, and the slightly longer version is that all article text should be supported by a citation to a reliable source (scholarly journal, book published on a university press, etc.). This is, of course, both to ensure all information is factual and unbiased, but also to help future readers and editors that want to either read more on the topic, or to expand on the relevant subject. Not every little thing has to be cited of course, but it's generally helpful if every paragraph or so—or individual facts or direct quotes—is supported by a cite. So if you have the opportunity it would be helpful if you could add a citation to the section you just added.

Wikipedia, like most places, has a Manual of Style, but you don't need to worry overly much about that. Just give the citation in any common format, and if needed someone else can reformat or make use of one of the referencing templates later. If you're interested, you can read far more than you ever wanted to know about citing sources on Wikipedia in the guideline on Citing sources (I can also help with getting the technical stuff right if you need it).

Please let me know if I can help you get oriented in what must seem a labyrinthine mess of traditions, policies, and technical quirks. A good starting point may be The Five Pillars of Wikipedia.

And again, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your addition to the article. --Xover (talk) 11:37, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

September 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. A page you recently created, An Astrologer's Day, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new pages, so it will be removed shortly (if it hasn't been already). Please use the sandbox for any tests, and consider using the Article Wizard. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article. You may also want to read our introduction page to learn more about contributing. Thank you. causa sui (talk) 17:45, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

19:09:07, 25 April 2015 review of submission by UDutta91

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  • Draft:Jael Silliman (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hello, thank you for reviewing this page. I am a little confused about 'secondary reliable sources', could you please tell me which of the references I included were problematic in this regard? Dr. Silliman has been cited on several Wikipedia pages herself when her books have been cited, but I found no way of linking my submission with those pages. I used the sources that Wikipedia's own 'Find sources' search engine suggested as valid, was that an erroneous method? If you could give me specific feedback about exactly which portions in my submission are the problem I would be extremely grateful.

UDutta91 (talk) 19:09, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Massive and continued copyright violations - a final warning

Hi ZonMusicStar. You have been warned multiple times about copyright violations and have persisted in posting them. I have now deleted numerous pages you created that were blatant copyright infringements and so far I have yet to see any substantive edit made by you that was not a copyright violation. (I see I will have a lot more work to do to remove more.) I am thus giving you a final warning: any further copyright violations will subject you to an immediate and indefinite block from further editing. You should also be aware that at times, after posting yet another copyright violation and having someone notice, you have made surface modifications to the infringing text, shifting the syntax around so that it's not a word-for-word copy. That does not abate the infringement – see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing – and any such edits are subject to this same notice. I want you to stay on as an editor. It's clear you are willing to use your time to edit and have passion for certain subjects. That is a formula for success and I want you to succeed. But we simply cannot have such violations continue and I take no pleasure in this. Just avoid copying and pasting any material from now on. Don't start articles with preexisting text – even if you intend to rewrite it immediately; the infringement has already occurred. Instead, see what reliable sources say, digest them, then write up your understanding entirely in your own words (and then cite the source). Thank you--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:16, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Ok. Thank you. I will keep that in mind. As you see my only intention is to improve Wikipedia. I will start my deleted articles from scratch respecting Wikipedia's policies Zon (talk) 19:59, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

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Reply to your AfC comment re: Draft:Ambarish Mitra

Thanks for your comments. I've made changes to the article in accordance with your suggestions. Chcameron (talk) 12:47, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

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