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(the head public prosecutor) J.L.van der Merwe (the mining commissioner) and N.P.van den Berg (the head landdrost [magistrate].<ref>Cammack, supra, pp. 61-2</ref>

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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (July 29)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Daniel kenneth was:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

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Daniel kenneth (talk) 11:07, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Vaaljapie, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Daniel kenneth (talk) 11:07, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I was just testing the photograph. I did not intend to submit an article. Regards, Vaaljapie (talk) 05:19, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Vaaljapie, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to History of Johannesburg 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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Thanks for the reminder. Regards, Vaaljapie (talk) 05:17, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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August 2016

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I accept that my changes did not go far enough. Sorry about that. Regards, Vaaljapie (talk) 12:03, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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October 2016

Hello, I'm Zackmann08. Thank you for your recent contributions to 155 mm Creusot Long Tom. I noticed that when you added the image to the infobox, you added it as a thumbnail. In the future, please do not use thumbnails when adding images to an infobox (see WP:INFOBOXIMAGE). What does this mean? Well in the infobox, when you specify the image you wish to use, instead of doing it like this:

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There will then be a separate parameter for the image caption such as |caption=Some image caption. Please note that this is a generic form message I am leaving on your page because you recently added a thumbnail to an infobox. The specific parameters for the image and caption may be different for the infobox you are using! Please consult the Template page for the infobox being used to see better documentation. Thanks! Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 16:46, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the good advice. Regards, Vaaljapie (talk) 05:49, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Your draft article, User:Vaaljapie/sandbox

Hello, Vaaljapie. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "sandbox".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation 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 edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Boomer Vial^{Holla! We gonna ball!} 23:59, 5 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]