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Wikipedia and copyright
Hello CryOCed, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Harbor–UCLA Medical Center 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.


 * 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 a cited source. You can read about this at 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 Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Copyrights. You may also want to review Copy-paste.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
 * 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 can, but please follow the steps in Copying within Wikipedia.

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. Geraldo Perez (talk) 14:09, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

CryOCed, you are invited on a Wikipedia Adventure!
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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi CryOCed! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

-- 18:01, Monday, May 18, 2015 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, CryOCed, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
 * Introduction and Getting started
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article
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You may also want to take the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia.

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Hi CryOCed, I have unfortunately had to suppress some of your edits because they reveal too much personally identifiable information about you. We have a policy of protecting editors' safety by hiding such information if they share it. I'm really sorry about having to suppress your edits, and I know it's annoying, but it's for the best. Please don't re-add the information. For some useful information on privacy and safety, you can take a look at Guidance for younger editors and On privacy, confidentiality and discretion. Thanks, and sorry for messing about with your pages! Mike V • Talk 19:54, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

TAFI week 22, 2015 update
Please note that Personality is also an article for improvement for week 22, 2015. Thank you. Sent by Northamerica1000 using mass messaging on 01:21, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Today's articles for improvement weekly vote



 * Hello CryOCed:


 * This week's voting for TAFI's upcoming weekly collaboration has begun at Week 25 of 2015. Thanks for participating!

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May 2015
Hello CryOCed, and welcome to Wikipedia. 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. Additions you made to the Car wash have been reverted because it added information in copyright violation.


 * 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 a cited source. You can read about this at 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 Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Copyrights. You may also want to review Copy-paste.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
 * 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 can, but please follow the steps in Copying within Wikipedia.

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. North America1000 05:56, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Talkback
North America1000 07:15, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Adoption
Hello, and thanks for your message on my Talk page. I will try to help you. The best thing is to ask one question at a time. You can post right here, and let me know your first question -- I will watch this page. By the way, I do not think you should be answering questions at the Teahouse yet -- you are still learning. All the best. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:28, 26 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you Ssilvers! I'm glad you accepted, and I am just trying to help at the Teahouse while reading several guidelines, about the question, the first one is, How do Copyright licenses work? Like for example, CC BY-SA 3.0, and the GFDL, can you give me a simplified version of them and how to use them? Like I am not trying to tire you out here, but I just don't understand. CryOceD (talk) 18:33, 26 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Generally copyright applies to words, pictures and images, recordings, and anything else created by a person or company. Wikipedia has THREE sets of rules that apply to materials that we use.  First, we must not violate anyone's copyright; Second, we must satisfy Wikipedia's own internal rules regarding the use of copyrighted materials; and Third, we must not plagiarize, even if there is no copyright.  We must follow *all three* sets of rules.  So, specifically, are you asking me about images or words?  If you are asking me about images, we can only use images that are either (a) "public domain", (b) licensed under certain Creative Commons licenses, or (c) that satisfy the *very* restrictive WP:NFCC criteria. For licensed images, they must be images that the creator (the photographer or artist) has licensed under a Creative Commons license.  Note that the only types of CC licenses that are permitted on Wikipedia are free content ones that permit commercial copying and derivative works.  Let me know if you have more questions. If you are asking about a specific image, post the link, and I'll look at it. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:57, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Apparently, I am just watching the Creative Commons animations on that article link you just posted, thank you very much! Now I won't hesitate on uploading photos, when I was new here, I kept getting warned about the photos I upload, but what CC license does screenshots have? let's say I screenshot something from my device, and I upload that photo, what is the right license with that? Apparently this is my only problem, imaging copyrights. CryOceD (talk) 19:07, 26 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Unless the film source states clearly that the film is licensed under a free content license, then it is NOT licensed, and screenshots are not licensed. Most films are under copyright, and screenshots from them should not be uploaded. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:39, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the screenshot of a film, but how about if I do a screenshot of my own device, like, I screenshot a desktop from a laptop, will I be able to regain full control over the photo and upload it with different licenses? CryOceD (talk) 19:48, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * The question is: Who took the photo? If the original photo was created by someone other than you, and they have not granted it to the public domain or licensed it under a free content license, it does not matter how you prepare the copy or derivative that resides on your computer.  You cannot upload it to Wikipedia unless the original creator has specifically licensed it under a free content license that everyone can verify (for example, on the photographer's website).  The easiest way to get a photo that you can upload to Wikipedia is to take the photo yourself with your own camera.  For example, if I want to upload a photo of a celebrity, I can go to the celebrity's show and take a photo of them there.  Then, I can snap the photo, and upload it to Wikipedia. -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:11, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much! That's all the answers I needed, I am gonna continue on reading all the rules and policies in Wikipedia, for the meantime. Thanks! I couldn't understand more than to you! I finally get the idea, now on to uploading photos! Actually, I am taking random pictures about the elements or something, so that I can help anyone with my work. Anyways, do you have any projects that your currently working on? If you want, you can suggest me projects so that I can help, I'll just need instructions. Thanks again! I appreciate the help. CryOceD (talk) 20:25, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

[left] Glad I could help. Good luck to you! I think that the most important rules to learn about are WP:V and WP:RS. You may wish to join the WP:GAMES wikiproject, where Wikipedia contributors discuss game articles. Let me know on my Talk page if you have any more questions. I'll unwatch your Talk page for now. -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:50, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion! I'll gladly join the group, since I left it before.. I don't know why. Thanks so much again! CryOceD (talk) 20:54, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! I always will always have the will to learn, and to experiment everything that comes into me, so that I did Wikipedia. Thanks again. {{=))) CryOceD (talk) 23:05, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Teahouse
Just an observation, CryOceD: some of the editors coming to the Teahouse have been editing Wikipedia for many months or even years and your account is just a week old. Be very careful in handing out advice and only offer help on subjects you have some experience with. In many cases, these editors asking questions have more experience than you do. Liz Read! Talk! 23:44, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reminder, but I have put that into mind since I have joined the Teahouse. Often I answer questions, but I leave some of those which I cannot understand yet. CryOceD (talk) 23:47, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Teahouse host decline
Hi! CryOCed,




 * Wait, what? I didn't apply! I have put that into mind, and I am asking myself a favor to do so if I am 1 year longer in Wikipedia, I didn't apply! You got the wrong guy. ~CedricK  18:56, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * No this message is for you. I'm sorry but some of your answers have been blatantly incorrect, and I am advising you not to answer anymore at this time. This answer was incorrect, that article would not pass and is in the wrong place. This edit was also against policy, we don't just go bolding every word we feel like and you shouldn't tell Teahouse users that. Listen it is nothing personal, but I would advise against answering any more questions for a little while longer, and I am sure would agree with me. EoRdE6(Come Talk to Me!) 19:02, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I know, some of the questions I don't know about relies on me to choose, often I leave them be, but if I know something about the question, that is the time I try to answer. I know I am new, and I am currently learning bit by bit, I know what I am doing, and I try desperately, it's not gonna happen again, trust me, I must first research until I blabber. Thank you again for the reminder. ~CedricK  19:07, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree that this was not 100% going to pass, I was having a look at it at the time you posted this, and was about 50% sure it would survive. It's been improved, but if it hadn't that might have caused a long, confused debate about it. Joseph2302 (talk) 19:44, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'm not gonna answer questions for the meantime. I am apparently new to everything around here, for the meantime, I'll continue on reading policies and guidelines. Sorry for any trouble I gave you guys. CedricK (talk) 20:28, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Considering you said you weren't going to answer any more questions at the Teahouse, you seem to be answering a lot. Joseph2302 (talk) 01:40, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, I guess this is enough, though this is the ones that are easy to me, I have learned many things earlier, I spent most of the time reading guidelines, and didn't sleep... I left this question unanswered because I don't know what layout should I use for that question. Click here ~CedricK  (Talk to me!)  01:42, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Help on new page
Hey, you tagged North American Gambling Treatment Centers as an advert. I'm guessing this is because there are only 3 of those in North American (US, Canada, Mexico) and their direct existence is non-trivial to find. That's why I made the pages. As suggestions of how to make this not an advert would be appreciated, as I'm at a loss of how to do that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johncab593 (talk • contribs) 21:16, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello, First, bold the first text "North American Gambling Treatment Centers", second , "North American Gambling" the words are factually rare, which is for me, you can try to change the layout of your texts in section "Inpatient Centers offering care", if you have done those of which I have told you, I'll remove the advertisement tag. It really looks like an advertisement. CedricK (talk) 21:24, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Did my best to make the changes. Not sure what to do about the title - the description is accurate, but you're probably right, it is also rare. Feel free to move the page to whatever you think appropriate. Johncab593 (talk) 21:47, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * You can rename it into a list, then you can add any north american gambling treatment centers, by the way, I removed the tag. CedricK (talk) 21:53, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Wow, thanks, I intend to be nice at everyone.  ~CedricK   (Talk to me!)  01:45, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

United Christian Party (United States)
Hi, friend. I appreciate that you're probably working fast in the new pages queue, but please be careful not to template new pages showing the CONSTRUCTION banner. It just slows down the work. Thanks. —Tim /// Carrite (talk) 02:46, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the maintenance tags, please, go on with the development of the page. ~CedricK   (Talk to me!)  02:53, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Tagging of ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A00.0 Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar cholerae
I recently removed a speedy delete tag that you had placed on ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A00.0 Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar cholerae. I do not think that ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A00.0 Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar cholerae fits any of the speedy deletion criteria I request that you consider not re-tagging ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A00.0 Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar cholerae for speedy deletion without discussing the matter on the appropriate talk page.
 * I thought it works for that problem too, sorry for that matter. ~CedricK   (Talk to me!)  09:54, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

May 2015
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions. ''Despite being told above you are not yet experienced enough to be answering questions at Teahouse and your promise to cease, you continue to disrupt the Teahouse by giving incorrect advice. STOP. Any further answering of questions at the Teahouse will force me to request you be immediately indefinitely blocked for disruption and lack of competence. '' John from Idegon (talk) 09:42, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Alright, i'll stop. ~CedricK   (Talk to me!)  09:50, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Copyright violation
Hi CryOCed - I've removed your addition to Mahboob Chowk Clock Tower, as it looks like it was copied straight from the source you provided. Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. 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 violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. If you have any questions or think I got something wrong, feel free to let me know. Thanks. ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 13:24, 28 May 2015 (UTC) Same for CD180. ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 14:13, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * That was before I learnt it wasn't right, so I apologize deeply for the trouble I costed. Feel free to remove you see whats wrong. ~CedricK   (Talk to me!)  23:52, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and no problem - I like your will to learn. I removed a few more copyvios I found, and I think I've found everything - but if you could also go through your contributions and note if there are any I missed, that'd be great. Thanks, ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 13:48, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Talkpage formatting
Please could you remove the  styling from your talkpage, as it renders indentation virtually irrelevant and thus makes discussions much harder to follow. Thanks, Yunshui 雲 水 14:35, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * , Done.  ~CedricK   (Talk to me!)  23:51, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, it's appreciated. Yunshui 雲 水 13:50, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Teahouse
Hello CryOCed,

As you are a very new editor with only 336 edits, I do not believe that you have a good enough understanding of our policies and guidelines to answer questions as a Teahouse host. I suggest that you wait a few months while you develop a better understanding of how things operate here. Please also work on improving the clarity of your writing in English. Thank you. <b style="color:#070">Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328  Let's discuss it  15:31, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * , I understand. I know I am too much of a newbie to just answering random questions that I haven't known of, I accept that I will have much more further training. Thank you. ~CedricK   (Talk to me!)  23:54, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and please feel free to ask questions at the Teahouse. I wish you well. <b style="color:#070">Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328  Let's discuss it  00:03, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Page
Hey CryOCed I understand you are thirsty for editing, but i just put that article up and am continually editting it. Sorry if you don't understand it because you have no background, but i am trying to provide that for people. I have 4 days until i can upload photos and i am referencing everything right now. So please stop interfering and harassing my page — Preceding unsigned comment added by MattBaginski (talk • contribs) 04:09, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I understand, either way, you're slowly improving the page, It is still confusing through the fact that not only me have put up a tag concerning the references. However, it is confusing. I do not harass your page of some sort, neither if I did, I apologize greatly. Until then, I'll be watching that page to see some imrpovements, but overall, after 4 days of no improvement, I will put up the speedy deletion tag again. ~CedricK   (Talk to me!)  04:20, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Just letting you know... Learn to edit what you have experience in. I can't upload pictures and so it might be hard to imagine/understand for now, but thats a restriction wikipedia set-not me. I put up references. I will put up more, but the references I have already put up verify all the statements i have made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MattBaginski (talk • contribs) 08:03, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the reminder and thank you. There are articles that have no pictures yet can be defined softly. Yours actually needs inline citations and as I said, sources. I'll let the others think of your page instead of me, so that way, you can know its not me entirely who is giving your page a thumbs down. I do not criticize, please, feel free to improve the page. ~CedricK   (Talk to me!)  10:05, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry for barging in. I just looked at micromotors. It needs a lot of improvement (too technical, lead may not summarize the article well), but Cedrick, before proposing things for deletion, please do a quick Google search. If you find lots of sources and the subject is clearly notable. It is often much better to improve than to tag, particularly to tag for deletion. Happy editing to you both! Happy Squirrel (talk) 14:35, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello, that was before the page didn't have any references nor categories at all. Thanks for the suggestion though. . ~CedricK   (Talk to me!)  15:42, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I understand that. However, except for BLPs, it's not so much what state it is now, but what it can become. That is why a Google search is so useful. You can find some sources and get a good idea of notability. You can then improve the article. Deleting an article because it is not yet in a good state is not the best use of prod. Article usually start as unreferenced stubs. It's what they become which is important. Happy Squirrel (talk) 16:28, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Today's articles for improvement weekly vote



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 * This week's voting for TAFI's upcoming weekly collaboration has begun at Week 26 of 2015. Thanks for participating!

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Today's articles for improvement weekly vote



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Today's articles for improvement weekly vote



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Today's articles for improvement weekly vote



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Today's articles for improvement weekly vote



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Today's articles for improvement weekly vote



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Today's articles for improvement weekly vote



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Today's articles for improvement – discussion about changing project processes



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TAFI's List of articles



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TAFI List of articles purge, part II



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 * A discussion is occurring at the TAFI talk page regarding the removal of entries from the project's List of articles page. Your input is welcome at the discussion.

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TAFI talk

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 * You are invited to participate in this discussion at the TAFI talk page regarding improving the automation of project processes and management of the project. Your input is appreciated.

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Bot automation at Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement
<div style="position:relative; margin:0; background-color:#E2E7FF; border:1px solid blue; padding: 1em; color:#082840"> Greetings WikiProject TAFI members!

Over the past two weeks, there has been extensive discussion on introducing bot automation to assist with maintenance of the Today's Articles for Improvement project. A bot has now been approved for trial and will carry out the weekly duties. The bots first run will occur around 00:00, 22 November 2015 (UTC) (midnight on Sunday).

If you have been assisting any of the weekly maintenance tasks, please refrain from doing so this week. The bot needs to be tested and proven it can do the job, and it only gets one chance per week. The tasks will include:
 * Adding the new scheduled article to Wikipedia talk:Today's articles for improvement and removing the entry from Articles for improvement
 * Set up the schedule pages for the new TAFI, except the adding of an image and caption
 * Adding TAFI to the new article for improvement, remove TAFI from last week's article and add Former TAFI to the talk page
 * Notify relevant WikiProjects that the new TAFI is within their scope
 * Send a mass message to everyone on the notification list of the new TAFI selection

Updating the accomplishments and archiving selections is still done manually, along with daily tasks such as adding approved entries to the articles for improvement page. These will become automated in the near future.

We hope the bot proves to serve well, and by carrying out the routine housekeeping tasks we can boost the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the project. thanks you for your service in helping with the weekly tasks in the past, and for your cooperation during this trial period :)

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Interested in doing some "light" refereeing of easy articles?
Hi-I am v:User:Guy vandegrift and I just created Second Journal of Science in an effort to get students to submit ideas for articles that can be used directly in the classroom. I am focusing primarily on introductory college courses and need a physics referee, which is ironic because I am a physics prof. But my rule is that each article needs to be looked at by two reviewers, and I am the only physics prof at our small college. If it's a biology article, I can review it for clarity and show it to our resident biology prof for accuracy. But I have nobody else to show it to if it's a physics or astronomy submission.

Let me explain why this is "light" reviewing that won't be hard
 * 1) First, I won't send you a submission unless I like it.  If I vote it down, it's not in the journal.
 * 2) Second, I am looking for clear simple articles on stuff you already probably know. If you don't get it immediately, reject!
 * 3) Third, since I am not paying you, I won't work you harder than you want. Consider doing just enough to put this service on your resume.

yours truly--Guy vandegrift (talk) 00:52, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to the Google Doodle task force
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Invite to the African Destubathon
Hi. You may be interested in participating in the African Destubathon which starts on October 15. Africa currently has over 37,000 stubs and badly needs a quality improvement editathon/contest to flesh out basic stubs. There are proposed substantial prizes to give to editors who do the most geography, wildlife and women articles, and planned smaller prizes for doing to most destubs for each of the 55 African countries, so should be enjoyable! Even if contests aren't your thing we would be grateful if you could consider destubbing a few African wildlife articles during the drive to help the cause and help reduce the massive 37,000 + stub count, of which many are rated high importance. If you're interested in competing or just loosely contributing any article related to a topic you often work on, please add your name to the Contestants/participants section. Might be a good way to work on fleshing out articles you've long been meaning to target and get rewarded for it! Diversity of work from a lot of people will make this that bit more special. Thanks. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:54, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

New deal for page patrollers
Hi ,

In order to better control the quality  of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

navbox
Hi, i work on a navbox for ways of obtaining science in two related field, scientific method from philosophy of science and dikw pyramid from information science. i need help of some people like you to finsh this,

you can see a prototype of navbox in my sand box: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:KPU0/sandbox Plutonium 14:31, 21 February 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by KPU0 (talk • contribs)

Women in Red World Contest
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!