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I'm not familiar with the Wikipedia format for communicating with other users but I assume I just write to you directly on your page. You have suggested that the Trudy Harris page be deleted, and have asked for sources. I thought I had provided sources in the initial article so I could us a little more info on why you think it should be deleted and how I can best work with you on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DirectorJones (talk • contribs) 19:54, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello Salimfadhley/Archives/2015. This message is part of a mass mailing to people who appear active in reviewing articles for creation submissions. First of all, thank you for taking part in this important work! I'm sorry this message is a form letter – it really was the only way I could think of to covey the issue economically. Of course, this also means that I have not looked to see whether the matter is applicable to you in particular.

The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered.

If you don't do so already, I'd like to ask for your to help with this problem by taking on the practice of performing a copyvio check as the first step in any AfC review. The most basic method is to simply copy a unique but small portion of text from the draft body and run it through a search engine in quotation marks. Trying this from two different paragraphs is recommended. (If you have any question about whether the text was copied from the draft, rather than the other way around (a "backwards copyvio"), the Wayback Machine is very useful for sussing that out.)

If you do find a copyright violation, please do not decline the draft on that basis. Copyright violations need to be dealt with immediately as they may harm those whose content is being used and expose Wikipedia to potential legal liability. If the draft is substantially a copyvio, and there's no non-infringing version to revert to, please mark the page for speedy deletion right away using ((db-g12|url=URL of source)). If there is an assertion of permission, please replace the draft article's content with ((subst:copyvio|url=URL of source)).

Some of the more obvious indicia of a copyvio are use of the first person ("we/our/us..."), phrases like "this site", or apparent artifacts of content written for somewhere else ("top", "go to top", "next page", "click here", use of smartquotes, etc.); inappropriate tone of voice, such as an overly informal tone or a very slanted marketing voice with weasel words; including intellectual property symbols (™,®); and blocks of text being added all at once in a finished form with no misspellings or other errors.

I hope this message finds you well and thanks again you for your efforts in this area. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC).

       Sent via--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

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Meetup Invitation  Hi Salimfadhley/Archives/2015, You are cordially invited to an opportunity   to meet active Wikimedians in and around London face-to-face.    Description: Informal afternoon in a pub, children welcome.    When? Sunday, 8th March from 1 pm.    Where? Penderel's Oak, 283-288 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7HP.     Further details and check in: London 91 Hope to see you there, Fabian Tompsett (WMUK) Fabian Tompsett (WMUK) (talk) 11:53, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi,

We want to add contact details for the corresponding author in "Wikiversity Journal of Medicine/Caesarean section photography". Would you like to have your email added on that page? Alternatively, we can use the "Email this user" function for your username if you have this enabled at the bottom of your preferences, so that you don't need to have the actual email stated online.

Best regards,

Mikael Häggström (talk) 14:46, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Both are fine, however my preference is to contact via Wikipedia. Thanks for asking. --Salimfadhley (talk) 23:44, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Thank you The one via Wikipedia is now added to the article. Mikael Häggström (talk) 19:25, 1 June 2015 (UTC)