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References

Hello Meritkosy. I've noticed that you're adding references, but you're only linking to general site, not the specific page of the reference. This makes it impossible to verify the citation. Please link to the specific article or page. Thanks. Kuru (talk) 11:52, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

As I noted before, you're adding useless general links like here, here, here, here, and a bunch of others. This includes references I removed yesterday for exactly this reason, which you have not yet responded to. Please communicate before making more edits. Kuru (talk) 20:17, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Welcome back! Again at Ifeoma Okoye. Final warning. Kuru (talk) 03:07, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Good morning. Sorry for that please. the last time you mentioned that I inserted a general link and not a specific link.

Am really sorry, it seems there is something I don't understand. Please I need help on how to insert the link correctly, so that I will always do the right thing. I will appreciate if you can be of help. Meritkosy (talk) 03:30, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

You know what? You're absolutely right - the prior warnings were for the general link problem, not mirrors. Sorry for being terse - there's been a flood of contest-driven mirror links added recently and I'm a bit on edge. My bad. Allow me to start over....

One of Wikipedia's core policies is that material must be verifiable and attributed to reliable sources. You have recently used citations which copied, or mirrored, material from Wikipedia - namely the "Kiddle" site which clearly states "Kiddle encyclopedia articles are based on selected content and facts from Wikipedia". This leads to a circular reference and is not acceptable. Please help by adding alternate sources to the article you edited! Thanks. Kuru (talk) 03:47, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Oh! now I understand what you mean by mirrored references. I do not know that kiddie are based on articles from Wikipedia. Thanks for the help. Please how do I remove the citations? Meritkosy (talk) 04:01, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

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Hi Dr. Pinsky

I am really sorry if my recent edits violate conflict of interest, I am not in anyway using wikipedia as an advertisement platform and I would not love to do that. I am really sorry if my edits seem so. Am really receptive and willing to learn new things. Please I have a question. Could it be because I was the one who wrote this article and I cant edit it to improve it? Thank you so much for your feedback. Meritkosy (talk) 16:37, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

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Alright. Thank you Meritkosy (talk) 02:48, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Most of the text you added to Draft:Masquerade Festival in Igboland were copied from the various sources. Please do not do this in the future; you need to summarize information in your own words. Thanks, DanCherek (talk) 23:00, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you DanCherek. I Promise it will not happen again. Meritkosy (talk) 07:57, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

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Thank you so much, I will continue to do my best Meritkosy (talk) 04:46, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

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DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:54, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi!

Good Day,

I have reviewed and removed any plagiarised content in the article "Reference Materials"

Please you can confirm that. Thank you Meritkosy (talk) 14:02, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Traditional marriage in Hausa culture moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Traditional marriage in Hausa culture, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.

At present, the article does not demonstrate any notability, but notability might be probable if more materials are added. Thus, materials and references should be added in the draft space before it is added back into the main space. Thank you! ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 13:15, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

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ok. Thank you Meritkosy (talk) 07:37, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

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