User talk:Payc-Reed

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Contest[edit]

I recognize you're part of a contest but our standards for citations are the same for everyone, that means you don't add spam as sources and you must add a reliable source. Consider this an only warning as I've had to clean up a number of your edits and outright remove them. PRAXIDICAE💕 17:45, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for persistently making disruptive edits. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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 ~~~~}}. Daniel Case (talk) 19:11, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello.

I understand your action towards my edits. I want to learn as much as possible from this experience. Is there a way you can show me one of the spam sources you're referring to so I know the type of source to leave out next time?

I'd appreciate your response. Payc-Reed (talk) 20:09, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You should consult with the organizer and read WP:RS. PRAXIDICAE💕 20:10, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked temporarily from editing for persistently adding unreliable sources, continuing despite an earlier, shorter, block. Don't keep adding references at a furious rate without first learning what is suitable, which you can do by gradually building up experience of how Wikipedia works by gently getting involved in editing, not by jumping in and trying to get as many references in as you possibly can in a limited time. You are very welcome to start making constructive contributions to the encyclopaedia if you would like to, but if you give priority to mere quantity of references, without regard to quality, then you do far more harm than good. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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 ~~~~}}. JBW (talk) 15:32, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because you have continued to add false references to articles, which is to say "references" which don't actually support the statements to which they are attached. Improving your score in an ill-conceived competition should not take precedence over considerations of what is helpful to the encyclopaedia. Since time-limited blocks have failed to lead you to stop, this time the block is indefinite.

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 ~~~~}}. JBW (talk) 20:05, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, JBW.

I am confused as to which references you are relating to. The recent edits that I made were not part of a competition, it was part of a "mini course" that I am a part of with AfLIA. I did not make additions with the intention of winning a competition. I want to continue making additions on Wikipedia and cannot do that when I am blocked. Please show me the false "references" you're relating to so we can have a way forward.

All I'm trying to do is to add knowledge. I do not have I'll intensions Payc-Reed (talk) 12:34, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thank you for volunteering as a course instructor and facilitator for the "Basics of Wikipedia Editing" short course, organized by AfLIA from 1-13 September 2022. You are appreciated for your willingness to freely share your knowledge and expertise with colleague library and information professionals across Africa SBAbigstan (talk) 23:52, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]