User talk:Yimchang

Welcome!
Welcome to Wikipedia, Yimchang! I am Cirt and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. Thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! -- Cirt (talk) 01:13, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
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Your sandbox article
Thank you for experimenting with your sandbox article! You may, however, notice that it is gone now. I know your class went over the five pillars of Wikipedia. You may recall that one of them is "Wikipedia is free content". It specifically says to respect copyright laws. Your sandbox article was a direct copy-paste of an NBC news article. That's not acceptable for Wikipedia, as it is in violation of copyright laws. For this reason, I deleted your sandbox article (see criterion G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion). If you read WP:Copyright, you will see a thorough explanation of why Wikipedia cannot use copyrighted information verbatim. You are welcome to cite it as a source, but directly copying it as you did is not acceptable. Please do not do so again. I suggest creating a sandbox article, as many of your classmates did, containing simple placeholder text (lorem ipsum). This will teach you basic formatting without any copyright issues. Thanks, good luck, and feel free to write on my talk page with any questions you may have! — GorillaWarfare talk 02:17, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia on Campus Facebook page
Hi ,

Thanks for being part of the Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative! I'm LiAnna Davis, the communications associate for the Initiative, and I wanted to let you know that we have a Facebook page, facebook.com/WikipediaOnCampus designed to keep students like you up to date on the latest news, events, photos, videos, and hints to help you edit. If you're on Facebook, please check it out!

Happy editing! -- Ldavis (Public Policy) (talk) 21:51, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Hello
Hi Yimchang, I am one of the online ambassadors for the USPP project and am the class coordinator for IU's class. I was going through your edits and noticed that you have edited the article Workforce development. I am glad to see you editing. However, addition of content to any article should also be backed up by reliable sources. Any content with no reliable sources can be removed. So can you please add sources to back up the content you added? If you wish, you can remove the content you added and temporarily move it to your sandbox. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me or one of the ambassadors listed here. Cheers, Bejinhan   talks   13:43, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi! Bejinhan, who's making sure all the students in your class get whatever help they need from online ambassadors, asked me to serve as mentor for you and Tianmaxingkong.  So please ask if you need anything, and I'll leave some comments and suggestions on the talk page of the article you're working on soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 16:00, 2 December 2010 (UTC)