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-- New user message (talk) 00:31, 14 October 2021 (EDT)
Reversions[edit]
Good morning, Xaphan. I wanted to let you know why I reverted your edits to 12th Division (Word of Blake) & 49th Shadow Division.
In order to not violate the BattleTech copyright owned by Topps (and licensed by InmediaRes/Catalyst), Sarna's BattleTechWiki has a copyrights policy which prevents anyone from introducing material lifted from most sources. In the two articles, the material you provided was word-for-word from Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents. No serious harm was made (nor intended, I'm sure), and the two affected sections have been reverted to their previous state.
If you feel either of those sections can be more clear than the present state, please feel free to take another shot at editing them, as long as the direct language from the books is not used. Thank you. --Revanche (talk|contribs) 12:11, 14 October 2021 (EDT)
