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You have uploaded some non-free images of a living person. Almost all such images are not compliant with Wikipedia's guidelines for non-free content. In particular, it contravenes policy point 1 which covers replaceability. From the guidelines, "Non-free content should not be used when a freely licensed file that serves the same purpose can reasonably be expected to be uploaded, as is the case for almost all portraits of living people." Please don't upload any more non-free images of living people. They will just be deleted. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 04:00, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello, my bad. Just for clarity what happens if a non-free image is not available for aged person? Eraswhe (talk) 15:36, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I assume you mean a free image is not available. Then you do not use an image. There is no requirement that every article must have an image. -- Whpq (talk) 18:11, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I see. Okay, appreciate it. Thank you. Eraswhe (talk) 12:18, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Thank you for the information. I will improve it further. Eraswhe (talk) 19:54, 22 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Hello Eraswhe. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to K. Shanmugam, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

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