User talk:Johnmcmains

Your submission at Articles for creation: Federal Point, NC (August 9)
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SportingFlyer  talk  01:38, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Johnmcmains, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Pleasure Island (North Carolina) have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. 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 here.


 * You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
 * Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:32, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Federal Point, NC


Hello, Johnmcmains. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Federal Point".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the, , or  code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Legacypac (talk) 21:09, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

July 2021
Please do not add or change content without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you.  Acroterion   (talk)   19:43, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Will do. I will add them. Johnmcmains (talk) 19:44, 4 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks - I figured you had sources at hand, please reference them.  Acroterion   (talk)   19:45, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Absolutely. Thanks for staying alert out there! Johnmcmains (talk) 19:46, 4 July 2021 (UTC)