User talk:GeekFreak98

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Sincerely, S0091 (talk) 19:53, 29 November 2020 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)

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Greg Martin (artist) moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Greg Martin (artist), does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. — Amkgp 💬 18:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Making references properly

Hi there. Please read WP:REFSTART and WP:CITE on how to use ref tags when making citations. Directly putting links into articles is generally frowned upon and it would be highly appreciated if you clean up the citations you have already made, so that other editors do not have to clean up after you. Thank you.

Sdrqaz (talk) 22:33, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Apologies for my mistakes, I'll use them properly for now on. Thank you for telling about this. I don't mean for this to happen. GeekFreak98 (talk) 22:39, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Not a problem. Sorry for being rude about it; I hope you aren't discouraged from editing because of my message. Sdrqaz (talk) 22:43, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

It's fine, I am still learning you know. I will use these citations properly and use them if nessecary. Have a good day, be safe. GeekFreak98 (talk) 22:46, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

January 2021

Hello, I’m Serge, an Admin here on Wikipedia. I’m trying to be nice and work with you, but you don’t seem to be following, so here are some formal warnings:

1. Every time you add content to Wikipedia, you need to add a source. As the editor above mentioned mentioned, there’s resources like WP:REFB that can help you learn how.
2. Its important you use reliable sources. Things like wikias are not usable because they violate WP:USERG. Until you can identify reliable sources yourself, WP:VG/S has lists of sources generally considered usable or unusable.
3. You may not say things like “there’s tons of sources look it up yourself” in edit summaries. That does not replace the need for adding an actual source, and per WP:BURDEN, if you want to make a change, you are the one who are required to find the sources for it.

If you change your approach now, you’re good to go. But if I keep seeing you violating these basics I’ve outlined above, then your account may be temporarily blocked. Thank you. Sergecross73 msg me 00:35, 2 January 2021 (UTC)