User talk:MMMcMaster
Wikipedia and copyright[edit]
Hello MMMcMaster, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Gerry Reid have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues here.
- You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
- Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
- Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
- If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
- In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are PD or compatibly licensed) it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, the help desk or the Teahouse before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
- Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps in Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate. See also Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.
It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:22, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
Sophia Hutchins listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Sophia Hutchins. Since you had some involvement with the Sophia Hutchins redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Count Count (talk) 14:10, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
Appeal[edit]
MMMcMaster (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
I have no relation to KBQ430 other than IP address, I am under total edit block
Accept reason:
No longer blocked. PhilKnight (talk) 20:15, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
Try editing again - as far as I can tell, you're not blocked. PhilKnight (talk) 21:27, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
- IP block is still in effect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MMMcMaster (talk • contribs) 23:55, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
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Hello, I've replied to your protection request here. Airplaneman ✈ 04:33, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for October 16[edit]
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ArbCom 2018 election voter message[edit]
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References[edit]
Just a reminder that when you're adding content to an article, as you did at Sherry Gambin-Walsh, it is not sufficient to reference it to just the URL of a web page — the complete citation details, including the title of the news article, the name of the media outlet and the date on which they published it, all have to be present inside the reference tags. The reason for this is that if the web link ever dies, we need all of that information in order to be able to recover the reference — so we need all of the citation details, not just a naked weblink. (See the references in Belinda Cornish for an example of what I'm talking about if you're unclear.) Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 07:01, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
- "But look, this other article is doing it wrong too" is not an excuse. References have to be to the full citation details, not just to a bare URL — and if you can find other articles that are doing it wrong, that just means those articles need to be fixed too. Bearcat (talk) 04:00, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
March 2019[edit]
Your addition to Alison Coffin has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 15:47, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for June 18[edit]
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The article Renata Ford has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Not independently notable as an unelected candidate, per WP:NPOL.
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July 2019[edit]
Hello, I'm No1lakersfan. I wanted to let you know that some of your recent contributions to Alex Morgan have been reverted or removed because they seem to be defamatory or libellous. Take a look at our welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Edits) 00:33, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for July 21[edit]
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July 2019[edit]
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Ashlyn Harris. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Mattythewhite (talk) 23:53, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
{{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Mattythewhite (talk) 23:54, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
MMMcMaster (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
I apologize for my actions, I have a long history of constructive editing to Wikipedia (see my edit history) and am therefore requesting a temporary suspension instead of indefinite
Decline reason:
Your unblock request doesn't even come remotely close to addressing your offensive actions. I mean, I don't see how it could, but you didn't even try. We can do without your hatred, homophobia, and vandalism. Go troll someplace else, your actions clearly demonstrate we can't unblock you. Yamla (talk) 01:32, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Note that this user previously was hit by an autoblock on Kbq430. Although they claimed at the time they had no relationship with that blocked editor, the overlap in editing is almost complete. They are clearly the same person and were trying to mislead us. They were blocked for a string of highly inappropriate edits there, including outright racism. Given the continued hatred spouted here, I can only conclude the original account was not compromised and this person was simply evading their block. I therefore upgrade this block to a sockblock. --Yamla (talk) 01:40, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
- I deny the sockpuppet accusation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MMMcMaster (talk • contribs)