User talk:JohnSMalik47

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello JohnSMalik47, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Banda Singh Bahadur 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.

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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. Moneytrees🌴^{Talk🌲Help out at CCI!} 19:59, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Moneytrees! The changes and additions I made were to remove the false narrative that is put on the site by Usaamo. The narrative incites violence as it is racist. The racism stems from politics of Pakistanis against Indians and Sikhs. I did violate any copyright as the corrections I made were directly from Sikhnet (where some scholarly articles are written and have copyrights released - I cited to this website but someone said “Sikhnet maybe biased” without even understanding what the organization does). Please understand that racists will hurt minorities and Usaamo posted a very wrong narrative (false completely). The citations I put on what I had written are researched articles from scholars. I don’t understand why it is so difficult to correct a false narrative while you have allowed the racist false narrative to be added to the site that directly hurt the minority Sikhs. Recently there have been attacks on Sikhs in Afghanistan and Pakistan (in the news). And false narratives can cause more violence. I am genuinely trying my best to put the correct narrative and if you had read what was written it shows facts of harmony in a pluralistic society. I was respectful. I feel that no kindness has been shown and facts have been attacked. There is absolutely no copyright infringement of the citation I made. To the contrary the citation directly resolve the very issue I’m trying to put up on the cite. However, I understand that being a Sikh minority we will always be under attack and always have to explain. I also understand that you may not understand Sikh history and how narratives put up by outside religious groups (not that neither Usaamo nor User:RedBulbBlueBlood9911 are experts in Sikh history and most probably have ulterior motives to ruin Sikhism). If you still feel compelled to remove the truth (even for logistical reasons) then at the very least please remove the false violent (and violence causing) narrative put up by Usaamo. Even the citation he cites do not say what he claims (in his own words). Keep the cite locked if you wish after the removal. Please understand this is a Very Very sensitive issue. I have informed a few established organizations today with direct links to the US gov (Saldef, Sikh Coalition, and Sikh Research Institute) and if need be we will be forming the FBI and Interpol regarding this issue so that Wikipedia can be contacted directly. I suggest if you want the truth feel free to contact Saldef, Sikh Coalition, and Sikh Research Institute. You will realize I am correct as to the narrative. I really do not want anyone to get in trouble but I can assure you the people putting up false narratives and deleting the truth will be held accountable (not you as you are an administrator and I have informed you of the issue at hand). Both Usaamo and RedBulbBlueBlood9911 will be reported to authorities but I hope you can prevent anything worse from happening. RedBulbBlueBlood9911 seems to be only 16 yrs old and with too much authoritative power on Wikipedia. If he ends up legally being held responsible for inciting violence the Indian gov will not be nice. I want to avoid all this. So at this time I humbly request that you at least all posts made by Usaamo (it’s just a small false paragraph). If you feel the page needs to be locked/protected after that then I leave that to your professional judgement. But as long as the false narrative on Sikhs from the the Muslim Pakistani Usaamo (note there is a conflict of interest by Usaamo), this issue will remain a Very big issue and all actions will be taken to stop false news and false narrative that incite violence. I thank you for your understanding and hope you take appropriate action. And again feel free to contact Sikhnet, Sikh Coalition, Saldef, and/or Sikh Research Institute if you want to at least know that what Usaamo put is a false narrative. JohnSMalik47 (talk) 02:46, 30 April 2020 (UTC)