User78953

May 2018

Hello, I'm Kirbanzo. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to International Relief and Development Inc. have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Reverting anti-vandal edits. Kirbanzo (talk) 15:57, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

International Relief and Development Inc. and Blumont

Hi! I saw that you had made some changes to International Relief and Development Inc. and Blumont. These appear to be the same. You might want to discuss moving International Relief to Blumont on a talk page. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 17:58, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Warning

Do not add totally irrelevant and unnecessary detail to articles as you did here. Bangabandhu (talk) 19:31, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, this addition was for the sake of transparency, as it states in the referenced article that the author was friends with the subject of the story. This is valuable information, as the article is about allegations the subject is making about the organization that are otherwise not reported on by an unbiased source. I am uncomfortable not qualifying this information and stating it as pure fact. There is nothing irrelevant or unnecessary about making information and its source as clear as possible.

It's entirely unnecessary and in no way keeps with precedent. If we had to list the possible biases of every source we would end up with unreadable entries. Should the part of Ervin's bio that links to his alumni page mention that it may be skewed because they may be trying to positively represent their former student? Bangabandhu (talk) 02:34, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello User78953, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to International Relief and Development Inc. 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) 15:13, 21 September 2018 (UTC)