Rwright1878
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editHello, Rwright1878, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Southwest Baptist University, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.
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before the question. Again, welcome! Whpq (talk) 16:31, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
File permission problem with File:Dr-taylor-sbu-president.png
editThanks for uploading File:Dr-taylor-sbu-president.png. 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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Deletion pending for File:Dr-taylor-sbu-president.png
editHello, Rwright1878. Some time ago, a file you uploaded — File:Dr-taylor-sbu-president.png — was tagged with {{OTRS pending}}, indicating that you (or perhaps the copyright holder if you did not create this image) submitted a statement of permission to [email protected]. Though there is often a backlog processing messages received at this address, we should have received your message by now.
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