User talk:Devonlars

Welcome
 Hello, Devonlars, and Welcome to Wikipedia!  Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.

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Devonlars, good luck, and have fun. Laser brain   (talk)  20:03, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

February 2017
Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Californication (album), did not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Laser brain  (talk)  21:10, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if you realize it but you are inserting oddly written material into the article that's not correctly cited and isn't even a complete sentence. Please use the sandbox to experiment and familiarize yourself with how to write and cite sources here before attempting to insert information into articles. -- Laser brain  (talk)  21:11, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Can you please acknowledge that you can read these messages? I've had to revert you again because you are inserting material out of place into the Californication article and not citing sources correctly. The sentence you just added doesn't even belong in the section you edited. If you continue to make these edits without responding, I may have to block you from editing until you indicate some communication or understanding. -- Laser brain  (talk)  21:22, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I am sorry, I will do a better job.
 * Thanks for the reply. Californication is a Featured article and you will need to follow the citation style in use in the article. Please review WP:Citing sources and familiarize yourself. For example, you do not cite the ProQuest search query, you cite the actual article. -- Laser brain  (talk)  21:27, 5 February 2017 (UTC)