User talk:JOCoulson

Welcome!
Hello, JOCoulson, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:


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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! –Gladamas (talk &middot; contribs) 21:08, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

February 2020
Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Baird's tapir, as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ᐐT₳LKᐬ  03:50, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Your Contributions to Wikipedia
Hello! Thank you for your contributions. However, there is a potential issue with your edits. It appears that potentially all of your edits have included citations to papers which you yourself have written. Please see WP:SELFCITE, which says that citing to your own papers is alright, BUT that "adding numerous references to work published by yourself and none by other researchers is considered to be a form of spamming." Ultimately, it appears you created your account for the sole purpose of adding citations to your own paper. It appears to me that your edits have been in good faith, but they do violate this guideline. As such, I will not revert your edits (though I cannot control if someone else does). However, if you continue to add only citations to your own papers, this may result in your account being suspended. As such, consider this your final warning in regard to this issue. If you do not understand or have questions, feel free to ask me, or to ask other editors. I hope that you stay here and join the community. Thanks ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia  ᐐT₳LKᐬ  13:46, 28 February 2020 (UTC)