Zzinzel
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Hello Zzinzel, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to T-ara has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without 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.
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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. Random86 (talk) 21:12, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I am reverting your change to the caption of the Cixi photo on Zhongnanhai, and wanted to drop you a line to explain the change. The provenance of this photo is quite clear, Cixi's order is recorded in the Imperial Household Department's files, with two copies that differ only in the last sentence. One version is: "七月十六日海里照相。乘平底船，不要莲。四格格(指庆亲王奕之女)扮善财，穿莲花衣，着下屋绷。莲英扮韦陀，想着带韦陀盔、行头。三姑娘、五姑娘(均指奕之女)扮撑船仙女，带渔家罩，穿素白蛇衣服，想着带行头，红绿亦可。船上桨要两个，着花园预备。带竹叶之竹竿十数根，着三顺(内务府人员)预备". It's quite clear that it took place in Zhonangnanhai, rather than the Summer Palace. You have cited a source but it contradicts all other descriptions of the photo that I can find. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 11:19, 24 March 2017 (UTC)