User talk:POWERFUL 245
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Sincerely, Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:36, 25 September 2020 (UTC) (Leave me a message)
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September 2020[edit]
Hello, I'm Walter Görlitz. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Stand (Michael W. Smith album), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. I'm sorry. I could not find any of the tracks you suggest were on a live recording. I have commented them out. Please do not add them back. Instead, please explain where these songs were released on the article's talk page. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:06, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
Please do not add or change content, as you did at Stand (Michael W. Smith album), without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:12, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
When adding links to material on external sites, as you did to Stand (Michael W. Smith album), please ensure that the external site is not violating the creator's copyright. Linking to websites that display copyrighted works is acceptable as long as the website's operator has created or licensed the work. Knowingly directing others to a site that violates copyright may be considered contributory infringement. This is particularly relevant when linking to sites such as YouTube or Sci-Hub, where due care should be taken to avoid linking to material that violates its creator's copyright. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
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If the material is available on a different site that satisfies one of the above conditions, link to that site instead. When you link to a video of a performance that was not supplied by the copyright holder, that is considered a copyright violation. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:17, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
Wikipedia and copyright[edit]
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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. (CC) Tbhotch™ 00:04, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
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October 2020[edit]
Hello, I'm Liz. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Maggie Simpson have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 01:58, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Maggie Simpson. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. KylieTastic (talk) 18:43, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Maggie Simpson, you may be blocked from editing. KylieTastic (talk) 19:02, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Wishing You Were Here. KylieTastic (talk) 19:43, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
You keep removing tracks from the deluxe edition, disc 2 of Breakfast in America but you are not explaining why. That in itself is a problem, however, the removal leaves gaps in the track listing and so that makes it suspicious. Please explain why the tracks should be removed in a new discussion on the article's talk page. Recognize that the tracks are listed on https://www.discogs.com/Supertramp-Breakfast-In-America/release/2630941 so you need a good reason to remove the songs from this album. Walter Görlitz (talk) 02:06, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
Riot of Color moved to draftspace[edit]
An article you recently created, Riot of Color, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. KylieTastic (talk) 20:06, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for October 7[edit]
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Al Corley, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Face to Face.
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Disambiguation link notification for October 14[edit]
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- Live in Paris (Diana Krall album)
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The article Venus Album has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Various artists compilation album with no indication that it meets the notability requirements of WP:NALBUMS
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October 2020[edit]
Hello, I'm Tbhotch. An edit that you recently made to Hawái (song) seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! (CC) Tbhotch™ 14:50, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for October 28[edit]
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October 2020[edit]
Hello, I'm Tbhotch. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Invincible (Michael Jackson album), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. (CC) Tbhotch™ 14:32, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at Thriller (album) shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.
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November 2020[edit]
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Thriller (album); that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
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- Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
- Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.
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Please do not add or change content, as you did at Dangerous (Michael Jackson album), without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. (CC) Tbhotch™ 16:22, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Dangerous (Michael Jackson album). (CC) Tbhotch™ 20:52, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
Copying within Wikipedia requires attribution[edit]
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied text from Dangerous World Tour to Dangerous (Michael Jackson album) (your addition has since been removed). While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted {{copied}} template on the talk pages of the source and destination. If you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, please provide attribution for that duplication. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 13:17, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
November 2020[edit]
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Pipes of Peace; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
Points to note:
- Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
- Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.
If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. JG66 (talk) 05:05, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at Pipes of Peace shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.
Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. JG66 (talk) 01:45, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
- I was just filling out a report at WP:AN/EW about your edit warring on Pipes of Peace when I read that first some attempt should be made to discuss the problem on the article's talk page. I've therefore opened a thread: Talk:Pipes of Peace#Edit warring. JG66 (talk) 02:17, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. (CC) Tbhotch™ 18:59, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion[edit]
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November 2020[edit]
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Sockpuppet investigation[edit]
An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/POWERFUL 245, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.
(CC) Tbhotch™ 20:00, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Blocked for sockpuppetry[edit]
Concern regarding Draft:Riot of Color[edit]
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Sockpuppet investigation[edit]
An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/POWERFUL 245, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.
(CC) Tbhotch™ 02:52, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
Sockpuppet investigation[edit]
An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/POWERFUL 245, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.
(CC) Tbhotch™ 03:39, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:Riot of Color[edit]
Hello, POWERFUL 245. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Riot of Color".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.
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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! CommanderWaterford (talk) 20:21, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Sockpuppet investigation[edit]
An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/POWERFUL 245, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.