Welcome!

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Hello, Schoolsearcher06, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits to the page Renaissance High School have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and has been or will be removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or in other media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles. Additionally, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.

If you are stuck and looking for help, please see the guide for citing sources or come to the new contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask a question on your talk page. Again, welcome.  John from Idegon (talk) 23:12, 14 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Your edits have been reverted

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Your recent edits have been reverted by a coordinator of WP:WPSCH. Please refrain from making unsubstantiated claims and or adding other unsourced content to school articles. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 14:56, 17 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

May 2017

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  Hello, I'm John from Idegon. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Detroit School of Arts, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 01:15, 3 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add or change content, as you did at Communication & Media Arts High School, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 01:16, 3 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

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  Hello Schoolsearcher06, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Martin Luther King High School (Detroit) have been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

  • You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
  • Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
  • Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
  • If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
  • In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
  • Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

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. John from Idegon (talk) 03:04, 2 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

Ok, I've removed another one from Pershing High School. Copyright is a very serious issue and what you have done on these two pages is not only a policy violation, but is illegal. If there are any more photos that are not your property that you have uploaded claiming they were, I'd suggest you get over to Commons and nominate them for deletion yourself as copyright violations. Also remove them from any articles you've added them to. I'll give you the chance to make this right yourself. Tomorrow if you haven't I'll do it myself and the outcome for you will probably not be good. John from Idegon (talk) 03:31, 2 July 2017 (UTC)Reply
And I've deleted one from Mumford High School that is clearly copyrighted on https://www.glengery.com/photo-gallery/brick-gallery/item/164982662-mumford-high-school. If you actually own the copyright on these pictured you will have to prove to Wikipedia that you own the copyright, and formally grant us permission to use them. Otherwise Wikipedia cannot host them. Meters (talk) 19:24, 2 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

July 2017

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  Please do not add or change content, as you did at Osborn High School, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 23:33, 2 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Frank Cody High School. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. John from Idegon (talk) 10:27, 4 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Pershing High School. John from Idegon (talk) 04:41, 30 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

A page you started (Dixon Elementary Middle School) has been reviewed!

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Thanks for creating Dixon Elementary Middle School, Schoolsearcher06!

Wikipedia editor TonyBallioni just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

We typically don't keep articles on pre-secondary schools. I have redirect the article to Detroit Public Schools, the district to which it belongs.

To reply, leave a comment on TonyBallioni's talk page.

Learn more about page curation.

TonyBallioni (talk) 00:18, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

September 2017

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  Hello, I'm John from Idegon. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Henry Ford High School (Detroit, Michigan), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. don't like warning messages? Start sourcing your edits! John from Idegon (talk) 00:22, 1 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

November 2017

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  Please do not add or change content, as you did at Pershing High School, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 15:51, 21 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Denby High School. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. John from Idegon (talk) 15:53, 21 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Cass Technical High School. John from Idegon (talk) 15:57, 21 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

May 2018

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  Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Communication & Media Arts High School. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. It isn't going to change. If you change statistics, cite a source. Also, native name is for when the title of the article is an English phrase, and the school's real name is in another language John from Idegon (talk) 16:47, 15 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Mackenzie High School (Michigan). John from Idegon (talk) 16:49, 15 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

  Administrator note You have now had three recent final warnings. This is just to let you know that the next infraction will result in a block without warning. Thank you for your comprehension. (FYI: John from Idegon).Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:54, 16 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

July 2018

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  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Denby High School. John from Idegon (talk) 22:41, 4 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

July 2018

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You have been blocked temporarily from editing for persistently adding unsourced or poorly sourced content. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

You have been warned repeatedly. Once your block ends, you must comply with our core content policy Verifiability by providing references for all new content that you add. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 22:53, 4 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for reaching out, SS06. I'll leave you instructions on how to add references below. Keep in mind statistics should have independent sources, that's to say not the school or the district. Generally, we try to source enrollment data to NCES, although Michigan DOE would also be acceptable. Currency is less important than independence. If you need help, ASK!!!!!!! I'm an old grump, but I'm happy to help you with sourcing issues or technical issues anytime. Might take me a bit to answer, cause I've got two businesses I run and am a single parent, but I will answer. Please, though, leave messages on my talk page. I'm a very active editor on schools, and some kids take great offense at being told they cannot do something. I've been the subject of harrasment more than once, sometimes really nasty stuff. From time to time, administrators have protected my talk page to prevent unregistered and non autoconfirmed editors from posting there. You are autoconfirmed, so that doesn't affect you. You have a welcome template and an invite to the Teahouse at the top of this page. You're blocked from editing for a week. Please take some time to read the links in the welcome template. After your block, you can ask questions at Teahouse. Most folks on Wikipedia are willing to help you learn. I am, Jim is, Kudpung (who is even an older grump, but very wise) is. Just please, ask! John from Idegon (talk) 01:09, 5 July 2018 (UTC)Reply


Adding references can be easy

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Just follow the steps 1, 2 and 3 as shown and fill in the details

Hello! Here's how to add references from reliable sources for the content you add to Wikipedia. This helps maintain the Wikipedia policy of verifiability.

Adding well formatted references is actually quite easy:

  1. While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "Cite". Click on it.
  2. Then click on "Templates".
  3. Choose the most appropriate template and fill in as many details as you can. This will add a well formatted reference that is helpful in case the web URL (or "website link") becomes inactive in the future.
  4. Click on Preview when you're done filling out the 'Cite (web/news/book/journal)' to make sure that the reference is correct.
  5. Click on Insert to insert the reference into your editing window content.
  6. Click on Show preview to Preview all your editing changes.
  • Before clicking on Publish changes, check that a References header   ==References==   is near the end of the article.
  • And check that   {{Reflist}}    is directly underneath that header.
7.  Click on Publish changes. ...and you've just added a complete reference to a Wikipedia article.

You can read more about this on Help:Edit toolbar or see this video File:RefTools.ogv.
Hope this helps, --John from Idegon (talk) 01:13, 5 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

This is required for editing school websites? Schoolsearcher06 (talk) 13:31, 28 February 2020 (UTC)Reply