User talk:Blaney j

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Blaney j, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Holyoke Dam 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.

• You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
• Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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• Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps in Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate. See also Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

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) 15:43, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

A page you started (Holyoke Dam) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Holyoke Dam, Blaney j!

Wikipedia editor Blythwood just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

I've added a picture and a Wikimedia Commons category.

To reply, leave a comment on Blythwood's talk page.

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Blythwood (talk) 10:41, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank You!

Hi there Blaney j, just wanted to thank you for creating the Holyoke Dam article and correcting some Wikilinks here and there in places like the article on George P.B. Alderman. There's so much history and undocumented agencies, organizations, people, around Holyoke's pages- I really appreciate any and all help in what I consider to be sorely needed heavy lifting for some of these articles. Hope to see more of your work in the future! --Simtropolitan (talk) 21:26, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: South Hadley Fire Department (January 17)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by SuperHamster were: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 05:29, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Draft:South Hadley Fire Department concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:South Hadley Fire Department, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:26, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:South Hadley Fire Department

Hello, Blaney j. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "South Hadley Fire Department".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 20:43, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

File:Msgr. Higgins.png listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Msgr. Higgins.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Wikiacc (¶) 05:16, 26 December 2020 (UTC) Wikiacc (¶) 05:16, 26 December 2020 (UTC)