Welcome!

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Image without license

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File permission problem with File:Paul Alivisatos, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Director.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Paul Alivisatos, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Director.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Possibly unfree File:Paul Alivisatos, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Director.jpg

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A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Paul Alivisatos, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Director.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you object to the listing for any reason. Thank you. Ronhjones  (Talk) 21:20, 12 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

February 2016

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  Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Peter Denes, from its old location at User:Mkd4673/sandbox. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. /wiae /tlk 17:23, 22 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Peter Denes (February 24)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by LaMona was:  The comment they left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
LaMona (talk) 01:15, 24 February 2016 (UTC)Reply


 
Hello! Mkd4673, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! LaMona (talk) 01:15, 24 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

Conflict of Interest? Paid Editing?

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  Hello, Mkd4673. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

  • avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you.

  • You appear to be creating articles for scientists at LBL. The articles unfortunately read as fairly promotional, and the sourcing is problematic. You may be doing this as part of your job, or it may just be a particular interest of yours. However, if you have any direct connection to LBL, or if you are being compensated to create the articles, you must declare your conflict of interest and abide by the related guidelines. In particular, you must not create articles that are promotional in nature. LaMona (talk) 01:26, 24 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Hello, Mkd4673. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Peter Denes

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Hello, Mkd4673. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Peter Denes".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. 1989 15:43, 23 May 2017 (UTC)Reply