User talk:Queen of spades

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American Black Bear
Hello, and in case you are new, welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for adding text to the above article, but it all simply was added to the end, without mentioning the sources you used for it, and without any wiki formatting.

It would be nice if you could mention where the information is from, probably best on the discussion page of the article. Maybe also read Five_pillars if you have not done so already.

Also, if you could add some formatting (see Help:Editing), it would improve readability - but don't worry, someone else will do it otherwise.

In any case, I hope you like it here and decide to stay. --Allefant 08:28, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Grizzly Bear
Quite the expert on bears! Thanks for the text dump, could you provide a reference? Wikipedia is afraid of copyright breach, you see... - Jack (talk) 00:11, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Speaking of which: Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate your contributions to the Grizzly Bear article, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information, take a look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Happy editing! Melchoir 01:12, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and same thing for American Black Bear. Melchoir 01:15, 30 July 2006 (UTC)