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Names of companies

[1] Please, don't make these kind of editions. Since it's the first time the name of the promotion is mentioned, you have to explain that AEW means All Elite Wrestling and WCW, World Championship Wrestling. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 10:54, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

[2] Since it's the first time the name of the promotion is mentioned, you have to write the full name, All Elite Wrestling and Ring of Honor. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 20:23, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

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A note about references

Hi, I'm CodeTalker. I noticed in this edit to George Carlin you added a link to the Wikipedia article George Carlin's American Dream as a reference. It is almost never acceptable to use Wikipedia as a reference; see WP:CIRCULAR. If you are using the "American Dream" documentary as a source, you should cite the documentary itself, not a Wikipedia article about it.

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Finally, please take care to ensure that you are using reliable sources. In the K.Flay article, you used ethnicelebs.com as a reference. The "Terms" page on that site says "Although we may vet information to ensure its accuracy, we make no assurances that all information on our Site is accurate." It also seems that this site publishes content submitted by users, which would make this user-generated content. Both of these issues indicate to me that this site does not meet Wikipedia standards for a reliable source; see WP:RS for more details.

Thank you. CodeTalker (talk) 21:08, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi Winditaround . CodeTalker is correct, ethnicelebs.com is unreliable and should not be used. I've gone ahead and removed it. You may want to check WP:RSP and WP:RSN to help determine if a source is reliable. --Hipal (talk) 21:53, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

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IMDB summaries

I reverted your addition to of plot summaries to Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show; unfortunately the IMDB plot summaries are copyrighted so we can't use them. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 20:06, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

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