User talk:Spinifex&Sand

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My bad. Was not my intention. Must have pushed the wrong buttons. I realy liked your additions. I only wanted to remove an extra Bert and an redundant birthday. Sorry for the inconviniance.

Dragon Genoa (talk) 09:14, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

• Thanks for clarifying Dragon Genoa, no worries. Spinifex&Sand (talk) 05:29, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

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:Thanks Caleb. Spinifex&Sand (talk) 03:54, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

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• Important note: I see you have been previously warned about respecting copyrights, but again have copied text. You must write using your own words. -- Whpq (talk) 01:58, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
• :I am still relatively new to this, and do appreciate your help and guidance. I have redrafted the page on Agnes Smith and resubmitted for review. ~~ Spinifex&Sand (talk) 04:16, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

:Thank you asilvering. I am still a relatively new editor, but do want to create good content and so your feedback is appreciated. Thank you for your feedback. I have resubmitted the Agnes Smith page for review. ~~ Spinifex&Sand (talk) 04:18, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

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:Thanks AviationFreak, that is constructive feedback. I will see what else I can find. Spinifex&Sand (talk) 06:21, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

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Hello, Spinifex&Sand. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Agnes Clifford Smith".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion/G13?withJS=MediaWiki:G13-restore-wizard.js&page=Draft%3AAgnes+Clifford+Smith request its undeletion]. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗plicit 03:11, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

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Hello, Spinifex&Sand. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Agnes Smith".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion/G13?withJS=MediaWiki:G13-restore-wizard.js&page=Draft%3AAgnes+Smith+%28author%29 request its undeletion]. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗plicit 23:52, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

I see you recently edited [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Griffith#World_Transformation_Movement| this section] on the Jeremy Griffith page, about the court case. In case you are not aware, that section was the subject of several lengthy discussions on the Talk pages. Your edits look OK to me (they have certainly made the content easier to understand) but I wanted to let you know it’s probably best to exercise caution when editing any discussion of legal proceedings, especially on a page where a lot of editors have had discussions about how best to present the content. And of course to be mindful of WP:BLP. Cabrils (talk) 00:23, 14 March 2025 (UTC)