User talk:Ljt629

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:13, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

We trying to write a new article on iron reducing bacteria. How do we go about adding people to a sandbox so we can collectively edit before publishing? Ljt629 (talk) 18:06, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Further, I am confused as to how changes are saved. We are still in the drafting process for our article. If click "Publish Page" to save the new text does this mean the page is now published for the public to see? Is there some way to save changes to the sandbox without making the changes fully public? Ljt629 (talk) 18:10, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Ljt629! Your additions to Microbiostudent/Dissimilatory iron reducing bacteria 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, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 04:36, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello rsjaffe. Thank you for the information. I had copy pasted my groups draft (from google docs) into the wikipedia draft page so I am not sure what parts exactly you are referring. Several group contributed to the draft with sections divided between us. Do you know what sections were deleted due to paraphrasing and so we know which group member(s) should be assigned to edit their parts? Ljt629 (talk) 00:53, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See my note at User talk:Curt99#Repeated copyright vios by some of your students. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 01:43, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Microbiostudent/Dissimilatory iron reducing bacteria

It is not ready to be in article-space. I moved it to Draft:Microbiostudent/Dissimilatory iron reducing bacteria. Cheers Adakiko (talk) 04:37, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Ljt629 (talk) 00:58, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dissimilatory iron reducing bacteria

@Ljt629 this is a good piece of writing and it's well-cited, but it's not written like a Wikipedia article -- it should start with a description of the subject in the first sentence, and then get into more details. Introduction and background are good, but should go below the lead (which summarizes everything) in a "Background" section. Mrfoogles (talk) 17:57, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]