User talk:SarahNicoleTaylor

October 2012[edit]

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Amp71 (talk) 01:19, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for abusing multiple accounts, as you did at Ditylenchus dipsaci. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Bbb23 (talk) 01:55, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

SarahNicoleTaylor (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I am part of a group project for UW-Madison for the class Path Pathology 300. We were assigned the task of updating this page to improve the quality and quantity of information within it. We have made our changes and yes there were a lot them them. We all edited at the same time from different accounts. Point is: we are being helpful contributors here. We are more than happy to "sandbox" this entire project, however I would appreciate being unblocked as I was really just trying to make this page a better resource. The version from May is poor quality and missing important information. In no way were we "vandalizing" or "sock puppetting." We are capable of improving this article and we are credible in our sources. Again, all of our edits were helpful and we definitely were being honest with the information we added.SarahNicoleTaylor (talk) 05:13, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

Per unblock request and ANI discussion. – Steel 12:20, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Are you, SarahNC, and SarahNicoleTaylor-3 the same person? T. Canens (talk) 06:18, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please clarify the following? Are you saying that the three accounts actually belong to different people? If so, all using usernames based on "Sarah Nicole Taylor" is highly misleading, as it gives the impression that you are all the same person. If Sarah Nicole Taylor is a real person and you are someone else, then you must not continue to edit using that name, as it infringes Wikipedia's WP:User name policy, which says "Do not edit under a name that is likely to imply that you are ... a specific, identifiable person, unless it is your real name." Even if the name "Sarah Nicole Taylor" is fictitious, the usernames fall foul of that policy, because usernames that are very similar to existing ones are unacceptable because of the risk of being misleading. If you are three different people, then make that fact clear, and suggest a new username that you are willing to use. You may then be unblocked to allow you to submit a request to have your username changed. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:57, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We are three individual college students who are working together to improve this page. We all contributed edits to the page and therefore had three different accounts (SarahNicoleTaylor, SarahNC, SarahNicoleTaylor-3) that we could access simultaneously. The user names are similar to make things easier for us. I repeat, every edit we made was with good intentions and we are only on this website to improve the information on this plant pathogen. Can we change our username please? We would like to change the name to SNTUW-Mad.

Hi. The easiest way to request a username change is through WP:CHU. Hope this helps, Mdann52 (talk) 14:57, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To be really clear -- each of you must use a different account name; two people can't use the same account. Nobody Ent 16:01, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings[edit]

You and your classmates seem to have fallen into the labyrinth that is Wikipedia bureaucracy. Unfortunately, for the most part, this bureaucracy is a necessary evil; very often, situations such as yours actually do arise because of sockpuppetry and vandalism, so Wikipedia tries to act quickly to put a stop to it. Sometimes, though, mistakes are made. It is far from a perfect system, but perhaps you can understand the reason things played out the way they did. Like you and your classmates, the admins here have the best of intentions, and I hope this incident does not discourage your professor from pursuing this worthwhile assignment in the future. Good luck with your work. Chickenmonkey 23:10, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File copyright problem with File:Symptoms of D. Dipsaci.jpeg[edit]

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File permission problem with File:The morphology of D. Dipsaci.jpeg[edit]

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Replaceable fair use File:This picture shows the symptoms of D. Dipsaci.jpg[edit]

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Replaceable fair use File:Stem and Bulb nematode showing stylet.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Stem and Bulb nematode showing stylet.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that this media item is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails the first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media item could be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media item is not replaceable, please:

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Replaceable fair use File:Cluster of Stem and Bulb nematode.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Cluster of Stem and Bulb nematode.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that this media item is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails the first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media item could be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media item is not replaceable, please:

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