User talk:Downwind141

June 2023[edit]

Hello, I'm Tanbiruzzaman. An edit you recently made to Portlaoise seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, the sandbox is the best place to do so. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. → Tanbiruzzaman 💬 09:30, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In this edit at User talk:Tanbiruzzaman, you mention that The Search for the Portlaoise Plane is your book, which you have self-published. This is not a reliable source by Wikipedia standards, and your addition of a reference to this book within this Wikipedia article can be seen as self-promotion. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 11:45, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sir/Madam. Self promotion? No. Not in this case. THe book's author is the same person who found the lost plane and is therefore very, very relevant in what is a fascinating story of a recording-holding machine that became lost for over 50 years.

The person who searched for and found the plane is the same person who tells the story.

Thank you. Joe Rogers. 82.10.115.142 (talk) 14:13, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The way in which the text has been added to the article is blatantly promotional. Read about it in ... -- that's an ad, man, and everybody who sees it knows it. The fact that you found the plane and wrote about the experience yourself makes this a primary source, and therefore not even valid as a reliable source to cite. It doesn't help that you do not appear to have any bona fides as a legitimate historian. If your story has been told by a local newspaper (where, one presumes, your facts might have been checked by an editorial staff), we could cite that newspaper story, but not the book directly. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 19:26, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Portlaoise. Your edits continue to appear to constitute vandalism and have been automatically reverted.

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The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Portlaoise was changed by Downwind141 (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.939554 on 2023-06-06T17:40:35+00:00

Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 17:40, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]