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July 2022
Hello, I'm Elizium23. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, List of people from Englewood, New Jersey, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Elizium23 (talk) 02:02, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
BLP alert
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Abhishek0831996 (talk) 09:18, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
Continued BLP problems
You were already guided pretty well by Hipal above about BLP and you still went ahead to make this edit which violates WP:BLPGOSSIP. Don't insert anything about peoples' relationships unless they have been admitted by the subject per WP:BLP. Reliable sources do engage in speculation but accuracy is still necessary. Abhishek0831996 (talk) 09:18, 31 July 2022 (UTC)