User talk:35winds

Welcome to the Trailblazers event at UCL. Here's some tips. Andrew D. (talk) 11:39, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello 35winds, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Bruce Trigger have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) 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.

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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) 19:21, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the message on my talk page. Please refer to Help:Talk pages for information as to how to use talk pages and user talk pages. I've checked the new version and it's still almost identical to the source webpage, so I've again removed it. Sorry, — 🎆 Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:07, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Fumiko Ikawa-Smith (January 11)

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Robert McClenon (talk) 19:35, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, 35winds! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Robert McClenon (talk) 19:35, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

March 2020

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Mark Wood (explorer), without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. Dl2000 (talk) 21:16, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Fumiko Ikawa-Smith (April 1)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sulfurboy was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Sulfurboy (talk) 21:00, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Fumiko Ikawa-Smith (April 5)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Theroadislong (talk) 20:35, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Fumiko Ikawa-Smith has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Fumiko Ikawa-Smith. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 16:04, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Incorrect wiki linking

Please learn how to format wiki links correctly, Massachusetts, not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts, for example, and we don't link common words like USA. See MOS:LINKSTYLE for help. Theroadislong (talk) 16:51, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Fumiko Ikawa-Smith has been accepted

Fumiko Ikawa-Smith, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. This is a great rating for a new article, and places it among the top 20% of accepted submissions — kudos to you! You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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Thanks again, and happy editing!

DGG ( talk ) 11:03, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Elsie Jury for deletion

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Mark Wood (explorer)

Hello, 35winds. I see from your edit summaries that you are talking to Mark Wood about the content of Wikipedia's article about him. Please be aware that if you are talking to the subject of an article you are editing, Wikipedia regards you as having a conflict of interest, and you should not be editing the article directly, but placing Edit requests on the article's talk page. What Mr Wood does or doesn't want in the article is not of great concern to Wikipedia, and should be reviewed by an unconnected editor before changes are made to the article. --ColinFine (talk) 18:33, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

35winds (talk) 15:49, 6 May 2020 (UTC) Hello ColinFine, Yes, of course the page must be reviewed by an unconnected editor. He'd asked me if I'd sort out the page as he was aware that there had been problems with articles that had been posted on the page which were deemed 'tabloid press' and Wikipedia had put banners on the page inidicating that they were problematic. So he wanted them removed. He's not tech savy so he'd asked me to remove them for him. Best wishes, 35winds — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35winds (talk • contribs) 15:49, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

I've reverted your recent edits. We use wikilinks rather than external links to Wikipedia pages. I see that you were told about this in #Incorrect wiki linking above. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:00, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

35winds (talk) 17:45, 6 May 2020 (UTC) Thank you David Biddulph for reminding me about ColinFine's comments. Apologies. I'll use wikilinks rather than external links to Wikipedia pages next time. I'd also like to remind everyone that I'm not a friend of Mark Wood's and I don't know him. I'm just trying to help someone out who's not tech savy and wants the problems that he's seen on the page resolved. Please let have the chance to provide information with citations, as required by Wikipedia. Best wishes, --35winds (talk) 17:45, 6 May 2020 (UTC)35winds--35winds (talk) 17:45, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

As you too are obviously not tech savvy, and as you've been talking to the subject, what you need to do is to suggest changes using the article's talk page, and supporting the suggestions with reference to published reliable sources independent of the subject. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:35, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

35winds (talk) 18:56, 6 May 2020 (UTC) Dear talk With all due respect, Wikipedia requires as a skillset that is gained with time and practice. I've been using this on and off since November 2019. I don't think that it's appropriate to insinuate that I'm not tech savy.....I was a research visitor for several years and I worked with Wendy Hall or if I don't use this code.. Dame Professor Wendy Hall (Professor of Computer Science, Faculty of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Head of the School of Electronics and Computer Science). I'll let her know that I've been labelled as "not tech savy". --35winds

I'm glad to hear that you are going to use "time and practice" to learn. We realise that it isn't easy for newcomers such as yourself. In doing so you can read the talk page guidelines, including about indentation and signatures. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:07, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

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