Grim Gary
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Spirit Searchers
editDear Grim Gary, I have noticed that you are the main contributor to article: Spirit Searchers, in this article it is claimed they/you are the best known group in the UK amongst other claims. Could you supply me with citations to support these claims and the level to which the organisation is notable. If there is no real evidence to back these claims up I will consider this page to be against Wikipedia:Spam policy and nominate the page for deletion. If this does happen please do not take it personally, it is simply part of work I am doing to clean-up the paranormal category and remove spam. Thanks. - Solar 19:31, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Copyright problems
editHello. Concerning your contribution, Image:Spirit Searchers Logo.jpg, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material without the permission of the author. As a copyright violation, Image:Spirit Searchers Logo.jpg appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Image:Spirit Searchers Logo.jpg has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. For text material, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source, provided that it is credible.
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However, for text content, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Jusjih 18:00, 28 October 2007 (UTC)