User talk:Macmillanm31

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Speedy deletion nomination of Paisley Shawls

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A tag has been placed on Paisley Shawls requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from www.paisley.org.uk › Paisley History. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Welcome!

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Hello, Macmillanm31! Thank you so much for taking part in the UWS & Paisley Museum #LearnInnov8 editathon! The event page showing all the articles we created and improved can be found here.

Now that we've created your userpage and learned the basics, I hope that you'll stay logged in and have a go at editing some (more) articles. If you're not feeling bold enough to write an(other) article straight away, why not try a small edit first, or adding a link? Don't worry about being perfect, Wiki is a constantly evolving entity. Fortunately there's a whole team of editors just like you who can help.

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Lirazelf (talk) 13:03, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Paisley Shawls

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Hi there! I've re-created your article on the Paisley Shawls, which can now be found here. I'd love it if you'd like to come and add to it! Just remember to be really careful not to copy & paste text from a source, as it will flag up for plagiarism. Happy editing! Lirazelf (talk) 11:58, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]