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  Hello, I'm Tow. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added to List of cinematic firsts because they seemed inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Tow (talk) 16:35, 23 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hey, please create a talk page and add wikiprojects when you create a new article, starting with Hollywood Congregational Church and Security Trust.   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 06:20, 11 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Grorp will do! thanks Gb321 (talk) 05:08, 12 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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The article Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District you nominated as a good article has failed  ; see Talk:Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of ForksForks -- ForksForks (talk) 15:25, 13 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of NoobThreePointOh -- NoobThreePointOh (talk) 20:42, 13 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District you nominated as a good article has failed  ; see Talk:Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of NoobThreePointOh -- NoobThreePointOh (talk) 22:02, 13 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Hello Gb321! Your additions to Hollywood Sikh Temple 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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The document in question was made by the City of Los Angeles. In California, all government documents are presumed in the public domain unless specifically stated otherwise. See:

• https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/2012/06/aa-can-city-copyright-a-public-document/
• https://copyright.lib.harvard.edu/states/california/

I cannot find any Los Angeles specific rulings that say otherwise, but I understand if you want the text removed just to be extra safe.

Gb321 (talk) 21:27, 17 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

I don't see evidence that local governments are prohibited from exerting copyright, only the state. Without that, I would treat this document as though it is. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 21:35, 17 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

I re-added text in my own words so that while I don't think the original text was copyrighted, now we don't have to worry about it either way. Just wanted to let you know so you can review it. Gb321 (talk) 17:53, 18 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of SirBrahms -- SirBrahms (talk) 19:21, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there. I have reverted your proposed deletions of these two articles. You are however still free to nominate them on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (you cannot use {{proposed deletion}} on these pages again since I have objected). But because of the existence to the navigation boxes Template:Streets in Los Angeles and Template:Streets in the San Gabriel Valley, and the categories Category:Streets in Los Angeles and Category:Streets in the San Gabriel Valley, I would then argue on any AFD discussion that these list pages should be cleaned up and expanded, rather than deleted outright. I would cite many of the guidelines on Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates. Particularly, the line on the second paragraph which says, Many users prefer to browse Wikipedia through its lists, while others prefer to navigate by category; and lists are more obvious to beginners, who may not discover the category system right away. I would also cite WP:NOTDUPE, and that we would be deleting lists that essentially duplicates those existing navboxes and categories. Even though theses lists just have links now, they do not have the disadvantages of categories and the disadvantages of navboxes, especially those disadvantages that are very noticeable on mobile versions of Wikipedia (such as the fact that navboxes are currently disabled on the mobile versions, and browsing a list of links on a single list page may be far easier for users on the mobile version than trying to load categories). And of course, lists have advantages as well. So again, these lists pages should be cleaned up and expanded, not deleted outright, because of the advantages and disadvantages between categories, lists, and navigation boxes. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (talk) 12:57, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold  . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District and Talk:Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District/GA3 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of SirBrahms -- SirBrahms (talk) 08:41, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply