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MinotaurX, good luck, and have fun. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:12, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello MinotaurX, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Pan-European Pension have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues here.

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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. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:28, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Estcoin

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Estcoin, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images from either web sites or printed works. This article appears to contain work copied from https://futurism.com/estonia-revealed-three-uses-proposed-national-cryptocurrency/, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

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Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Collect (talk) 19:12, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Holvi

Hello, MinotaurX,

I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Holvi should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holvi .

If you're new to the process, articles for deletion is a group discussion (not a vote!) that usually lasts seven days. If you need it, there is a guide on how to contribute. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.

Thanks,

SamHolt6 (talk) 13:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

you did nothing wrong

Tryptofish and his friends have recently gone around arguing all over the place accusing the Article Rescue Squadron of canvassing, without any proof at all to back up their nonsense claim. They'll find fault in everything, so best to just ignore them as much as possible. Dream Focus 20:59, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

The comment above is nonsense. I don't find any fault with anything that you did. It is perfectly understandable for a newish editor. Please do not feel bad about it. My concern is that it is important that any editors who comment in the AfD should be transparent about how they got there: if there is a post saying to go to the AfD to take a particular position, then it is dishonest to try to conceal why those editors came there and make it look like they just randomly showed up. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:24, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. You both obviously care deeply about the project, though your approaches different. Criticism of my choice of wording taken on board. MinotaurX (talk) 11:17, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Good, thanks! Happy editing! --Tryptofish (talk) 16:51, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of CryptoKitties for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article CryptoKitties is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CryptoKitties until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 21:30, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Blockchain game

The article Blockchain game has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

vague topic, never been a coherent article, name is neologism rather than a common term found in RSes, spam magnet

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. David Gerard (talk) 09:18, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Blockchain game for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Blockchain game is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blockchain game until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. David Gerard (talk) 23:34, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Nikolay Storonsky for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Nikolay Storonsky is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. — kashmīrī ^TALK 19:37, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Estcoin for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Estcoin is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Estcoin until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Џ 12:40, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Yoni Assia for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Yoni Assia is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yoni Assia (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Џ 13:20, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

SPI notification

Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/1-555-confide. --K.e.coffman (talk) 00:41, 29 January 2019 (UTC)