User talk:FrenchScholar

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Hi First I did want to say thanks again for your numerous contributions to the Wiki - I didn't want to forget to WELCOME you to Wiki after all your hard work! I know it can be disheartening to work hard and see your edits go through many revisions (by many other editors), but it is always for the greater good of the overall mission, and you have been a very good team player! As for the tags, I would leave them for now. Tags are not meant as a "scarlet letter" if you will, they are not meant to stigmatize an article - rather they are put there to help improve the article and to draw attention of other editors who are willing to help. If I were you I would leave the tags for now (since they haven't been there for long) and wait for an uninvolved editor to remove them - once another editor feels enough progress has been made I'm sure they will remove them! Cheers, Garchy (talk) 19:30, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

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FrenchScholar (talk) 04:33, 5 October 2016 (UTC) I will do.

Non-free content
Please read the policy. You cannot use that cover in that article. If you do it again I will have to block you for violating our policy on non-free content. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 00:36, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

FrenchScholar (talk) 04:32, 5 October 2016 (UTC) That cover was already there, I simply moved it!

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Keele University Library (October 22)
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Minor edits
Please stop marking edits such as as minor in flagrant breach of WP:MINOR: "A check to the minor edit box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous versions. Examples include typographical corrections, formatting and presentational changes, and rearrangements of text without modification of its content. A minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute." Jonathan A Jones (talk) 10:54, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

FrenchScholar (talk) Yes, apologies, will do.

Thanks. Feel free to redo any edits I have undone: they weren't necessarily wrong, they just weren't minor. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 13:50, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. ''Hello, and thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to let you know there are some concerns that based on your editing history you may have a COI with Keele University. You are encouraged to read more here, as remaining neutrality is paramount.'' Garchy (talk) 21:52, 23 January 2017 (UTC) FrenchScholar (talk) Thanks, I try to be as neutral and balanced as possible. I have no interests linked to Keele University, just a former student. The previous page contents were terrible with no photos and did not depict an accurate picture of the university.
 * Thanks for replying and letting us know! I'm sure there will be other editors on the page helping out (adapting wording, moving things around, etc.) so feel free to reach out to them or myself if you need any help or have any questions. Thanks! Garchy (talk) 22:01, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

FrenchScholar (talk) Also, everything is in my own words, there is no paraphrasing with documentation and material sourced.
 * This source shows that there is close paraphrasing within the article. The discussion about a potential COI (being a former student means you have an external relationship with the school) has been discussed here. Please do not remove the tags right now. Thank you, Garchy (talk) 22:15, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

FrenchScholar (talk) There is NO paraphrasing, I have made sure all is in my own words and documented accordingly. Also, I was a student 20 years ago! This is completely ridiculous.

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Yes, conflict of interest is an issue here, as is WP:OWNERSHIP, which is why I've requested assistance from other editors. I've also removed several passages that were copyright violations--I've no idea whether they were added by you or another account, but they couldn't stay. Thanks for all the constructive additions you've made here, 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 22:44, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * , Please don't remove the COI tag from the page unless another editor does so. As the tag was in relation to your edits (whether you agree or not) it would be best to allow someone else to remove it. Garchy (talk) 20:19, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Keele University Library


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. 1989 18:59, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

July 2017
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I have removed some more copyright violations today. This is your final warning. Further copyright violations will result in you being blocked from editing. — Diannaa (talk) 13:16, 27 July 2017 (UTC) FrenchScholar (talk) -This was not a copyright violation, data was retrieved from the statement of accounts 2015/16. This is nothing less than scandalous. I will never post anything on this page. You should be ashamed of yourself.. Do you understand the difference between annotating and referencing a source AND copying directly? And deleting whole passages as considered promotional? What qualifications do you have? What gives you that right????? FrenchScholar (talk) This is nothing less than fascism.

Why did noy completely delete changes I made to KUBE RADIO and Concourse?

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Millennials RFC
Hi FrenchScholar. I've started an RFC on Talk:Millennials about modifying that article's lead. Please vote on it, if you've got the time.--CherokeeJack1 (talk) 06:41, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

FrenchScholar (talk) Thank you but I have zero interest in Millenials.

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