User talk:Paul Smith111977

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Paul Smith111977, good luck, and have fun. Pam  D  21:38, 10 April 2018 (UTC)  Pam  D  21:38, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

SMILE! 6 May 2018
 Hello Paul Smith111977, Me-123567-Me has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Me-123567-Me (talk) 14:10, 6 May 2018 (UTC) Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Your GA nomination of Western Governors University
The article Western Governors University you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Western Governors University for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Barkeep49 -- Barkeep49 (talk) 19:01, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Copying within Wikipedia requires attribution
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from University of Florida into Western Governors University. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content, disclosing the copying and linking to the copied page, e.g.,. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted copied template on the talk pages of the source and destination. The attribution has been provided for this situation, but if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, please provide attribution for that duplication. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. If you are the sole author of the prose that was copied, attribution is not required. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:39, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of WGU Washington


A tag has been placed on WGU Washington requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://collegeinforme.blogspot.com/2015/10/wgu-indiana-accredited-online-colleges.html. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Disambiguation link notification for January 6
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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Governors University
Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Governors University, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Governors University and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Governors University during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. UnitedStatesian (talk) 12:47, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:WikiProject Western Governors University
Template:WikiProject Western Governors University has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. UnitedStatesian (talk) 12:19, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

May 2020
Hello, Paul Smith111977. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. ElKevbo (talk) 12:41, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Connection to Western Governors University?
Do you have a connection to Western Governors University? ElKevbo (talk) 21:10, 5 June 2020 (UTC)