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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome!  Doug Weller talk 11:51, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Lemba people, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 12:51, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Because just as your unsourced additions are against policy and can get you blocked, copying from elsewhere unless the source is expliclty copyright free is illegal, not just against policy. Doug Weller talk 12:52, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doug Weller talk 13:01, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Doug, I have added sources to everything I wrote now, and no I am not copying and pasting - believe it or not, I may actually have a bit of extra knowledge about the Lemba that you may be lacking. Regards :) For the love of academia (talk) 13:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Generally avoiding a question is done because the answer would incriminate the person. Doug Weller talk 15:08, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As you did here.Special:Diff/1217032938. Doug Weller talk 13:36, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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