User talk:Bigsplash1

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Yashovardhan (talk) 18:27, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:

Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)

I noticed your recent edit to [[:Michel Okai (footballer, born 1989) ]] does not have an edit summary. Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. You can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary. Thanks!Yashovardhan (talk) 18:27, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not use styles that are unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in Michel Okai. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. additional this refers specifically to adding excess external links without proper formatting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yashovardhan Dhanania (talk • contribs) 20:08, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Read Our Policies

@Bigsplash1: Welcome to the family, please make yourself at home by reading a few of our basic polices, you don't need to understand all, but just enough to enable you edit articles before creating any. Ask any editor to assist you at any point and they would. Visit my Userpage and click on the links you see addressing new editors it should guide you. Celestina007 (talk) 00:05, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Michel Okai for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Michel Okai is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michel Okai until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. S.A. Julio (talk) 02:25, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]