User talk:GeeJay24

GeeJay24 is currently feeling discouraged about Wikipedia and is taking an off-and-on wikibreak due to loss of motivation.

Your help in cheering this user up would be appreciated.

They will return when their wikistress has dissipated and their confidence in the wikicommunity has been restored.

September 2021

Hello, I'm GorillaWarfare. I noticed that in this edit to Detention of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. 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. GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 01:32, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tag bombing

Hello,

You seem to be a returning user so this shouldn't be news to you, but don't casually drop a rewrite or cleanup tag on an article just because you think it could be better. The "rewrite" tag is intended for content that is basically true but not remotely in an encyclopedic style for Wikipedia - when people drop bloggy / travelogue / paste their Master's Thesis / etc. on in to an article but don't make it look like an encyclopedia article at all. None of the articles you tagged were remotely that bad - you can argue that their WikiProject quality ratings should be lower of course, but that's separate. Wikipedia is a work in progress, always under construction. Most articles are not Good Articles or Featured Articles. If you really have a problem with an article and think it needs massive revision despite appearing normal, you need to explain exactly what's going on on the talk page, and that will be more helpful than adding a "rewrite" tag. (Same to "update" sections - how much recent material to include is editor judgment, you should only add that when blatantly out of date, like a sports player having nothing talking about the last half of their career.) SnowFire (talk) 19:18, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Serge, and Admin here on Wikipedia. I'd like to second what SnowFire is saying here. You're going a bit overboard with the tags. It's generally understood that short sections should be longer, and that anything that isn't a WP:GA/WP:FA could be written better. They don't need (vague) tags telling us so. Either fix it yourself, or leave it be, unless it's particularly bad. Thanks. Sergecross73 msg me 03:58, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy there. I'm ferret, and yet another admin here on Wikipedia. I see you're not really responding to any of the comments left to you. Let me add one more warning to the pile though: Special:Diff/1049648069. While I actually agree with your edit here, this edit summary is completely inappropriate. Take care not to continue in this manner of interaction. -- ferret (talk) 01:11, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I am now. Maybe if I interacted with all the people around here, some people thought that I would waste their time and my talk page had already slowly turned into a bloody war. But you're already aware that if someone hounds your edits, they can be pretty annoying. GeeJay24 (talk) 01:18, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's unlikely to be hounding in the sense that that page discusses. What you're stumbling into is that a lot of these articles, all within the same topic space (Fictional video game characters, and of particularly prominent franchises) are on the watchlists of experienced long established editors. So large scale edits across them is going to be noticed and draw attention from those individuals. I myself have over 2000 pages watched, and I've seen your editing in dozens of places from that alone. -- ferret (talk) 01:34, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I guess. Don't tell me these are coincidences [1] [2] lol. It's still kinda funny that these articles are so bad. That's why I desperately wanted to improve after stumbling across them when I was still into Volcano articles. But of course, after restoring the edits slowly on Bowser's article, I want to politely ask for an indefinite block later, or maybe tomorrow. GeeJay24 (talk) 01:40, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I'm not suggesting it's all watchlist. Just that watchlists start the scrutiny. After that people check your contributions, and they will review further if they feel there's problems. This isn't really hounding. If it was purely one individual, perhaps, but the talk page indicates a lot of people are taking notice. I'd recommend slowly it down just a tad, and perhaps using article talk pages a bit to discuss anything that's giving rise to particular conflicts. There's a ton of learn about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. It's less about whether you trip, and more about whether you heed experienced editors who attempt to explain. -- ferret (talk) 01:46, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would second this, especially the slowing down part. It can take some time to understand the rules and style of writing that is appropriate here on Wikipedia, because it's very different from fan wikis, blogging, social media, or any other sort of online writing. No doubt, a number of the articles you've edited are in bad shape. But you're making many edits that, though you don't understand yet, are only making things worse. Please, pace yourself and spend some time learning how the website works. There's tons of resources if you slow down and look into it. Going on full speed ahead like you are isn't going to work though - you're either going to find yourself blocked for repeatedly not following rules/guidelines, or disillusioned after repeatedly seeing your work undone, because your edits aren't appropriate and you keep on editing popular articles so your mistakes don't go unnoticed. Sergecross73 msg me 02:28, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I actually followed the formats in Lara Croft's article (Also, add that article to your watchlist. There are so many IPs that keep adding unsourced additions.). Since I'm done, the articles are now in the hands of both of you. Ferret Sergecross73, I will politely ask you both to block me indefinitely as I have no intention of coming back due to upcoming homework issues right now, and also, this place isn't right for me to edit. GeeJay24 (talk) 02:54, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you were "following the format", you wouldn't have dumped over 20k in text outlining a character's fictional backstory and cameos, which is a big no-no. This is exactly what I was trying to say - you're just poorly emulating other articles rather than really understanding how you're supposed to be writing. And it gets noticed because you're creating large issues on popular articles. Sergecross73 msg me 04:06, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am aware of that. My bad, but can you please block me now indefinitely or there might be more disruption to other articles. GeeJay24 (talk) 04:10, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to be blocked to stop editing. Just...stop editing. Sergecross73 msg me 14:05, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

October 2021

Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Far Cry 6. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. -- ferret (talk) 22:38, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I have noticed that you often edit without using an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This helps your fellow editors use their time more productively, rather than spending it unnecessarily scrutinizing and verifying your work. Even a short summary is better than no summary, and summaries are particularly important for large, complex, or potentially controversial edits. To help yourself remember, you may wish to check the "prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" box in your preferences. Thanks! Yeeno (talk) 🍁 06:44, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia. You've been warned countless times in edit summaries and on this talk page to stop your disruptive, summary-less, and pointless edits. Copyright violations, edit warring WP:3RR, and on. Stop saying you'll rewrite anything, stop making any promises, and stop telling anybody else what to do. I haven't seen you write one coherent English sentence, and some of it is totally illegible. Nobody discriminates against imperfect English but this is beyond the pale. Users can be blocked for any of these things. — Smuckola (talk) 02:33, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Copying licensed material requires attribution

Hi. I see in a recent addition to Yoshi you included material from a webpage that is available under a compatible Creative Commons Licence. That's okay, but you have to give attribution so that our readers are made aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself. It's also required under the terms of the license. I've added the attribution for this particular instance. Please make sure that you follow this licensing requirement when copying from compatibly-licensed material in the future. — Diannaa (talk) 20:39, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Invalid non-free use rationales

Hi, looking at some of the non-free files you uploaded to use on Bowser (character), some of them seem to have rationales that don't properly describe how they're being used. e.g. File:Bowser Emblem.png says that its purpose is "to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question." The rationales for File:Bowser in Bowser's Inside Story.png and File:Bowser early concept.jpg say the exact same thing. But none of these images is actually used at the top of the article, and the article is not dedicated to "the work in question" in any of these cases. Colin M (talk) 04:06, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Orphaned non-free image File:Bowser Emblem.png

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I can see that you are trying to improve Bowser (character) and Yoshi, and I think you can become a great editor. Do not lose hope just because of past errors. You can do this. You can bring these articles to WP:GA or even WP:FA criteria.

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Oinkers42) thanks, I appreciated that but Both articles are now in your hands right now. Hoping you can add both of the articles to your watchlist. 21:51, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This may not have occurred to you, but you could have simply stopped editing instead of childishly vandalizing articles to force a block. That's what an adult would do. -- Fyrael (talk) 22:02, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

October 2021

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia.

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistently making disruptive edits.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. -- ferret (talk) 22:11, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - could you do me a favour? What other accounts do you have? ~TNT (she/her • talk) 22:24, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Noting discussion with user on proxy IP on 10/20: User_talk:121.170.17.151#October_2021. User is advised to wait for WP:SO and return to the earliest account they can remember for appeal. -- ferret (talk) 13:21, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Mario with Yoshi.gif

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GA reassessemtn of Volcanic ash

Volcanic ash has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Kent G. Budge (talk) 16:24, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]