User talk:Grinning Gary

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Hello, Grinning Gary, and welcome to Wikipedia!

An edit that you recently made to John Thomas sign seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, please use the sandbox.

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October 2020
You seem to be reverting a lot of edits without any context. Please ensure you write an edit summary detailing why you are undoing others' edits. If you don't do this it is really hard to understand what you are doing. Thanks. Glen (talk) 13:27, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

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Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting. Thanks! Glen (talk) 13:28, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of File:John Thomas sign2.jpg


Please do not introduce inappropriate pages, such as File:John Thomas sign2.jpg, to Wikipedia. Doing so is considered to be vandalism and is prohibited. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Under section G3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, the page has been deleted. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges.

Please do not recreate the material without addressing these concerns, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If you think this page should not have been deleted for this reason, you may contact the, or if you have already done so, you may open a discussion at Deletion Review  Spencer T• C 20:45, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

October 2020
Please stop making test edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Data publishing. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to being blocked from editing. If you would like to experiment again, please use your sandbox.  Spencer T• C 20:46, 1 October 2020 (UTC)