User talk:Guruvani

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Guruvani, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Wikipedia and copyright[edit]

Hello Guruvani, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Swaminarayan 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 Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:33, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

May 2020[edit]

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Gunatitanand Swami, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. ThaNDNman224 (talk) 21:00, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Swaminarayan, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. ThaNDNman224 (talk) 21:03, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thtas terrible how you do not let others have input onto the page. Such bias! Guruvani (talk) 22:14, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Swaminarayan Sampradaya, did not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Please engage on the talk page before making such large edits and removing content that has been sourced to secondary reliable sources Apollo1203 (talk) 21:05, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Gunatitanand Swami. Please do not make large edits before engaging users on the talk page. Also use reliable, secondary sources for any new content added. It seems like you have made questionable edits - please be careful. Apollo1203 (talk) 21:16, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

All my references are correct. Please do not cause arguements. Please check for yourselves. Please. Thanks. Guruvani (talk) 13:38, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have used references which are all true. I have not vandalised. Please forgive if you feel this way. Im sorry. But all information is referenced and true. You may check the references. Guruvani (talk) 13:42, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why delete[edit]

Why do you delete my edits. This is really unfair apollo. I am referenci g my edits also. Im so hurt by you doing this. Its factual and referenced. Guruvani (talk) 00:08, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]