User talk:Tomb28

Disruptive copy/pasting large blocks of unsourced material[edit]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 00:22, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ohnoitsjamie I live here and know the history. Please change your approach. I will evidence given time. Tomb28 (talk) 06:56, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ohnoitsjamie I am new and finding my feet on Wikipedia. However I spent alot of time on my changes. Please redo them. Otherwise I will abandon Wikipedia and publish on other sites. My information is obtained from the sites themselves in person or reliable sources like Edward Hasted. I live here. Tomb28 (talk) 07:24, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I will not be redoing your changes, because they mostly sloppy copy/pastes without proper attribution. Please read about our reliable sources and copyright policies. You can't just paste in large blocks of text you find elsewhere, and any additions need to be properly cited. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:27, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ohnoitsjamie Jamie, Your approach and communication skills need training. This is my local church and community, my updates are correct. I don't care how long you have been a Wikipedia admin your communication style is not appropriate. I will be be complaining to Wikipedia about you. Tomb28 (talk) 22:30, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright[edit]

Hello Tomb28! Your additions to Thomas Watson (died before 1621) 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.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. Please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps described at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. See also Help:Translation#License requirements.

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, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 21:56, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]