Ntsukunyane Mphanya

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Re: D'mt

Hi, I noticed your edit to the body of D'mt, & since I felt this was more appropriately placed on the Talk page -- because it is a comment on the article. (I make no judgment on your contribution itself.) It's accepted Wikipedia practice to place comments on Talk pages, rather than in the article, & I hope you remember this in the future. -- llywrch (talk) 16:13, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

October 2009

Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Torah (link), as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' Thank you. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 23:13, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

You need to cite your sources properly

I've looked at a few of your edits and they are interested, but I'd really appreciate it if you'd follow our policy at WP:Verify which says "The burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds or restores material. All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation. The source should be cited clearly and precisely, with page numbers where appropriate, and must clearly support the material as presented in the article." I can't find any page numbers, and these are vital. Also, any citations should be in the same form as the rest of the article, please see WP:Cite for more information on this. If you need any help, just ask me.Dougweller (talk) 16:46, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Note

Please read Wikipedia:Fringe theories and revise your continued additions of material relating to Bernard Leeman in the light of it. Thank you. Moreschi (talk) 21:41, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Re:Dʿmt

I saw your comment to Talk:Dʿmt, & am puzzled. You say that Dr Nadia Durrani is quoted as stating one thing in her publication, yet in email to you she claims she believes the opposite. You statement simply does not make any sense: why would she write one thing in a published work, yet another in email to you? Can you show that her book is being misquoted, or that she changed her conclusions in a later publication? That would be more persuasive than claiming what she wrote in emails -- which are not considered reliable sources. -- llywrch (talk) 06:46, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Wikipedia is not a blog

I notice that you have referred to Wikipedia as a blog. It is not a blog, it is an online encyclopedia reflecting what reliable and verifiable sources have to say about a subject. To understand what we mean by reliable and verifiable, please click on WP:RS and WP:VERIFY. I also noticed that you said you were adding information that apparently comes from your own experiences and observations. I'm afraid that I have to ask you not to do this -- again, click on WP:OR to see our policy on this. And finally, you've made some attacks on other editors - you must stop this, see WP:NPA. Dougweller (talk) 07:00, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

January 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add content (particularly if you change facts and figures), as you have to the article Waltzing Matilda, please cite a reliable source for the content you're adding or changing. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. Take a look at Wikipedia:Citing sources for information about how to cite sources and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Falcon8765 (talk) 08:21, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

I've just run through your contributions since I first came upon work you've been doing here in mid-December. Please stop:

• invoking Bernard Leeman's expounding on topics on which he isn't a recognized authority;
• citing Bernard Leeman's self-published ("University of Azania", "Queensland Academic Press") works as though they were reliable sources;
• adding bibliographic entries when you haven't even added any text for them to support, when they clearly weren't sources to which previous writers had been referring;
• adding to articles subjective characterizations of people and events discussed;
• treating articles as a soapbox, even to the extent that you use the barest connection to an article's topic to make comments about a different topic.

Thank you. —Largo Plazo (talk) 22:17, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

February 2010

Please assume good faith in your dealings with other editors, which you did not on Talk:Old Testament. Assume that they are here to improve rather than harm Wikipedia. I am asking you to retract your comments likening editors to Nazis. This is clearly a personal attack. If you haven't read WP:NPA yet I suggest you do so. Dougweller (talk) 14:04, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Given the comment in question, I would also recommend reviewing Wikipedia:Free speech. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:15, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

WP:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard

I have brought up problems with your edits here [1]. I suggest you read WP:BLP. Dougweller (talk) 22:13, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to Motsoko Pheko appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe this important core policy. Thank you. —Largo Plazo (talk) 22:51, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Blocked

Your last edit contravened a fair few polices, all of which you should know by now. I've blocked you for 31 hours for it. Your next block will be indefinite unless you show some comprehension that this is an encyclopaedia - not a forum, nor a blog. Thank you. Moreschi (talk) 12:04, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

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