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I won't call this outright a hoax, but I will say that to qualify for an encyclopaedia article, we need considerably better sources than hear-say and supposition.
I resubmitted it, including about a dozen "reliable sources," 5 of which were Washington Post articles, and significantly reworded the plagiarized copyright-violation-paragraph.Octavius1981 (talk) 04:53, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello Octavius1981! 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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Hello Octavius1981! 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: