User talk:Deg777

A note on sources
Please see WP:VERIFY and WP:RS - I've deleted uses of Graves as those works are self-published through his own company. Doug Weller talk 10:32, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
 * This is still true today, I had to revert a recent addition. — Paleo  Neonate  – 00:20, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Minor edits
Don't add or delete or change text in any significant way, see Help:Minor edit:"A check to the minor edit box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous versions. Examples include typographical corrections, corrections of minor formatting errors, and reversion of obvious vandalism." A lot of new users misunderstand this. Doug Weller talk 13:18, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Era styles
While I prefer BCE, the established style there was BC (well, I think B.C. which should be written BC, and you and I need to follow WP:ERA.

Something else while I'm here - please link Wikipedia articles only once, when they are first used (except if that's in a section heading, no links in section headings. Thanks. Doug Weller  talk 13:04, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Deg777, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Livias 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 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.


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 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are PD or compatibly licensed) it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at Media copyright questions, the help desk or the Teahouse 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.
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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. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:16, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

November 2021
The entire site has been controversial (minimalist vs maximalist). I have tried to keep the content honest and factual. The anti-Bible propaganda on the criticism are not balance by the other side of the debate. This is misleading information that is allowed to remain. I have excavated at this site for 10 seasons and have an earned PhD from the University of Aberdeen so do have a professional/scientific voice in the debate.

It may not have been your intention, but one of your edits, specifically one that you made on Tall el-Hammam, may have been a change that some consider controversial. Due to this, your edits may have been reverted. When making possibly controversial changes, it is good practice to first discuss your edit on the article's talk page before making it, to gain consensus over whether or not to include the text, phrasing, etc. If you believe that the information you added was correct, please initiate that discussion. Thank you. rsjaffe 🗩 🖉 15:42, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Rsjaffe. I noticed that you recently made an edit to Tall el-Hammam in which your edit summary did not appear to describe the change you made. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. rsjaffe 🗩 🖉 15:43, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Deg777. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Tell el-Hammam, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. rsjaffe 🗩 <b style="color:white">🖉</b> 20:54, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, User:2607:FEA8:F1A0:143B:C82D:1F1C:8534:9FD1


Hello, Deg777. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "2607:FEA8:F1A0:143B:C82D:1F1C:8534:9FD1".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia 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 and remove the, , or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! <b style="color:white">rsjaffe</b> <b style="color:white">🗩</b> <b style="color:white">🖉</b> 06:05, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Dr. David E. Graves


A tag has been placed on Dr. David E. Graves, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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