User talk:Greyplod

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Happy editing! Cheers, Doug Weller talk 17:11, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for your contributions, but would you please read WP:OVERLINK.[edit]

Eg at The Base (hate group) you linked well known country names. Again, thanks and welcome Doug Weller talk 17:13, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Greyplod,

Please remember to provide references to prove verifiability when adding names to articles.

Please do not simply add names to articles without a reference.

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:32, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is there anything unclear about this message? Please stop

adding names without citations. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 13:43, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

February 2024[edit]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for making personal attacks towards other editors.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Izno (talk) 00:15, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Any unblock request should please also address the verifiability concerns about the "notable people" additions to articles, by providing sources for earlier contributions and explaining what would be different in the future. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 08:51, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 06:05, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:4get[edit]

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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:06, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]