User talk:Gorp8888

Your submission at Articles for creation: Malcom Hale (November 21)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Dan arndt were:

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Dan arndt (talk) 05:03, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Gorp8888! Your additions to Ray Stinnett 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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Unreliable sources
Please do not use sources that the Wikipedia community has determined to be non-reliable. You should review the entries at WP:RSPS. Also, after the first sentence, articles should use the person's surname, not first name. Schazjmd  (talk)  21:04, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Changing articles to redirects
I just undid a bunch of edits of yours where you unilaterally replaced articles about musicians with redirects to bands that they were in. In some of these cases, the individual would clearly pass WP:MUSIC having released solo recordings on major labels. You really shouldn't unilaterally eliminate the articles without discussions. WP:AFD is the place for that. Toddst1 (talk) 22:23, 15 December 2022 (UTC)