User talk:Rpc2204

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Hi Rpc2204! I noticed your contributions to Rob Bell&#32;and wanted to welcome you to the Wikipedia community. I hope you like it here and decide to stay.

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Happy editing! Gaismagorm (talk) 14:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

April 2024
Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that your recent edit to Brian McLaren did not have an edit summary. You can use the edit summary field to explain your reasoning for an edit, or to provide a description of what the edit changes. Summaries save time for other editors and reduce the chances that your edit will be misunderstood. For some edits, an adequate summary may be quite brief.

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Please provide an edit summary for every edit you make. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting, and then click the "Save" button. Thanks!  Isaidnoway (talk) 16:17, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your edits to Brian McLaren, please use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history, as well as helping prevent edit conflicts. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the page will look like without actually saving it.

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Check your citations before Publish changes. You created cite errors as seen here.  Isaidnoway (talk) 16:20, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Rpc2204! Your additions to Brian McLaren have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points: It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 22:49, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
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