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WP:COPYRIGHT & WP:MUSIC
You should familiarize yourself with these two pages. I have tagged Brandi Williams & Shamari Fears for copyright violations--please don't just copy & paste others' writing into Wikipedia. It would be best if you could rewrite these articles from scratch (using proper sourcing as per WP:V & WP:RS).

Also, there are notability guidelines for musicians on Wikipedia--claims to meet WP:MUSIC should be covered in every article on musicians & bands, otherwise it's likely they will be deleted. Thanks, Scientizzle 19:54, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Just put Shamari in an infobox
I saw your page and it needed a box. It was really funny, because I picked Jenny Frost as the place to copy it from and guess what... she is also born on February 22 (1978 instead of 1981 so three years earlier). So you now know that two honeys from a girl group have their birthday on that day. KittenKlub 00:23, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Image tagging for Image:Brandi D. Williams.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:504473 356x237.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:545415.jpg
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Unspecified source for Image:On The Line (2001).jpg
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Image tagging for Image:Blaque_Cover.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:0078693617630 500X500.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:Shamari_Fears.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:Orish Grinstead.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:Shamari Fears & Ronnie DeVoe.jpg
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Speedy tags
Hi. Removing speedy deletion tags from "vanity" articles is really frowned on and could lead to a block from further editing. Friendly bit of advice. 74.62.6.84 02:07, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Image tagging for Image:TIP 0024.jpg
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Image copyright problem with Image:Blaque Cover.jpg
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Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, or ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. feydey 08:48, 30 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Please stop. If you continue to blank pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.  -- digital_m e (Talk•Contribs)  04:08, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Image tagging for Image:Blaque on the cover of their 1999 self-titled debut.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:Blaque As If.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:1b 1 b.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:Soul Train tm.jpg
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Source for Image:Orish Grinstead.jpg
You have uploaded Image:Orish Grinstead.jpg again, without specifying where it came from. Do not upload this image again unless you can tell us which website this image came from. If you upload another image without specifying its source information, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 04:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Image tagging for Image:0009362488042 500X500.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:B0007QRC5I 01 AA240 SCLZZZZZZZ .jpg
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your removal of the tone warning tags I have placed on articles
Do not remove them unless you've fixed the articles. They are filled with poorly written phrases and POV language. Desertsky85451 00:51, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

your deletions
Please do not remove content from Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Desertsky85451 01:06, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

your deletions Sept. 16, 2006
Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Desertsky85451 02:39, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Image tagging for Image:Sq-3lw-blackbkgrnd3-epc.jpg
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your deletions Sept. 17, 2006
Do not delete editing tags from articles unless the corrections have been made. This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Desertsky85451 01:16, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

your deletions Sept. 18, 2006
This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism will not be tolerated. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Desertsky85451 02:08, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Blocked
I have blocked you for 24 hours for your continued disregard for our image uploading and copyright policies for wich I see you have been warned time and again. I would recomend you spend this downtime reading up on Image use policy, Copyrights and Fair use. Once the block expires you can ask any questions you might have on Media copyright questions before uploading any more images. Do not upload any more images without proper source and copyright information or the next block with be much longer. --Sherool (talk) 19:57, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

continued deletions Shamari Fears, Brandi Williams, Erica Pullins & Natina Reed
This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism will not be tolerated. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Desertsky85451 02:39, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Enough
My last block and warning obviously fell on deaf ears as you have again uploaded unsourced images with no copyright information, and I see you have been vandalising more articles as well on top of completely ignoring other users. People who contribute constructively are alawys welcome, but you don't seem to be interested in that so I have now blocked your acount indefinitely to save the rest of the cominity any more agrivation.

If you ever get around to reading and understanding our rules and want to contribute constructively to the project you can request to be unblocked by adding  to this talk page (the only page you can edit while blocked). --Sherool (talk) 11:10, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:472967379_l.jpg
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As If (single)
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Fair use rationale for Image:Blaque Cover.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Neva.jpg)
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Torch (album)
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Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Nrick! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created  is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the article:

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 00:12, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Erica Pullins -