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12welveon13rteen

Maybe you didn't type 12welveon13rteen correctly. I found the page, based on your contributions, and copied the spelling.--Quisqualis (talk) 19:04, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

August 2021

Hello. Some of your recent genre changes, such as the one you made to Just Give Me a Reason, have conflicted with our neutral point of view and/or verifiability policies. While we invite all users to contribute constructively to Wikipedia, we urge all editors to provide reliable sources for edits made. When others disagree, we recommend you seek consensus for certain edits by discussing the matter on the article's talk page. Thank you. Muhandes (talk) 07:19, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of The Original Hamburger Stand

Hello Fryboy Editor,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged The Original Hamburger Stand for deletion in response to your request.

If you didn't intend to make such a request and don't want the article to be deleted, you can edit the page and remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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John B123 (talk) 17:16, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Tuesday Morning logo.svg

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Non-free rationale for File:Logo of Baja Fresh (Current).png

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September 2021

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Chick-fil-A, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Aoidh (talk) 18:48, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Magic Springs and Crystal Falls

Hi Fryboy. I came across this article while correcting cite errors. You've added the refname GuestGuide but never defined it. I thought I would let you know so you can correct it, rather than me replacing each instance with {{citation needed}}. ActivelyDisinterested (talk) 00:11, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

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Culver’s Employee Count

Your source that supposedly leads to number of employees is nowhere to be found. How is someone able to verify this number? I’ve gone ahead and deleted it. Please find a better source for employee count if you want. Karaokelegend (talk) 22:23, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

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December 2021

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Copying within Wikipedia requires attribution

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Rocket Lagoon.jpg

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Fryboy Editor! 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.

• 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. 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.
• We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
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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 described at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. See also Help:Translation#License requirements.

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. Whpq (talk) 00:12, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

January 2022

Your edit to Hannaford (supermarket) has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. Please do not continue adding copyrighted material to articles. Next time you risk being blocked. Signed,The4lines |||| ^{(Talk) (Contributions)} 04:47, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles, or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion debates. Otherwise, it may be difficult to create consensus. If you oppose the deletion of an article, please comment at the respective page instead. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 01:47, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Save Mart Supermarkets, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Thank you. Ifnord (talk) 17:54, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello, I'm IAmChaos. I noticed that you recently removed content from FFL Partners without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Signed, IAmChaos 04:00, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Renfroe's Markets

Hello, Fryboy Editor, and welcome to Wikipedia. I edit here too, under the username Meatsgains, and I thank you for your contributions.

I wanted to let you know, however, that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, Renfroe's Markets, should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia in its current form. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Renfroe's Markets.

You might like to note that such discussions usually run for seven days and are not ballot-polls. And, our guide about effectively contributing to such discussions is worth a read. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.

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Do not revert users without explanation

Hello. Why, as you are an editor who primarily edits articles about amusement parks, food and supermarkets, are you editing an article like Oh My God (Adele song) and reverting me without explanation? Don't do this. It would make me think that you are the editor Spiceislandseabird editing under another account. The editor who introduced the edit was reverted per WP:BRD, so the next step is to go to the article talk page and discuss the edit. If you do not understand that genres need to be described as more of an "influence" or "inspiration" to a song to be included in the infobox, you should not be reverting people over it. Thank you. Ss112 01:49, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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Save Mart

There is no reason for a separate article, most of the information in the article you created is about the supermarket chain, which already has an article.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 21:08, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

In addition to Onel5969's point above, please do not copy text from one article to another without providing proper attribution in the edit summary, per my previous message to you in December. It is a violation of the terms of Wikipedia's license. DanCherek (talk) 00:00, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Moser's Foods moved to draftspace

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Speedy deletion of Copps Food Centers

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Orphaned non-free image File:Copps logo.jpg

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Final warning

Your edit to Fareway has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — This is your final warning. Further violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy will result in you being blocked from editing.— Diannaa (talk) 13:30, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Moser's Foods (January 15)

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File copyright problem with File:Save Mart logo.svg

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Wayfield Foods moved to draftspace

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Orphaned non-free image File:Kohl's Food Stores logo.png

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Orphaned non-free image File:Wayfeild logo.jpg

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Notification of ANI discussion

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Fryboy Editor! Your additions to Big 5 Sporting Goods have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) 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.

• 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. 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.
• We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
• If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
• 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 described at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. See also Help:Translation#License requirements.

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. rsjaffe 🗩 🖉 03:58, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

January 2022

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing certain namespaces ((Article) and Draft) for copyright violations.

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This user is asking that their block be reviewed:

Fryboy Editor (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I am just trying to give articles a good history and everybody attacks me and it really just ticks me off. Do I write it in my own words? You never told me how I should update the history. This block is quite unfair. Wikipedia is my life and you guys trying to take it away breaks my heart. And IM NOT AUTOBLOCKED!

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You have received 1 2 3 4 5 6 warnings for copyright violations, with the sixth one being labeled a final warning. The above section regarding this edit to Big 5 Sporting Goods, where you added four paragraphs copied from https://www.big5sportinggoods.com/store/company/History, shows to me that you still do not have adequate understanding of copyright. Because of this, I am blocking you- I have no personal issue with you, it's just that my duty as an admin is to protect the encyclopedia from harmful edits. Yes, you need to write all content in your own words- you cannot copy from other websites, and if you copy between Wikipedia pages, you must make of note of it in the edit summary. If you want to be unblocked, you must commit to not copying from sources and commit to attributing when copying content between articles. Moneytrees🏝️^{Talk/CCI guide} 04:22, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

I promise I won't copyright anymore but how can I commit to attribute when I'm blocked? If you want you can unblock me right now and I'll just stick to updated or fixing infoboxes if that makes you happy.