Siyu Lai

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1808/1809 mystery eruption

Hi Siyu - can you cite a reference to back your H2SO4 hypothesis against the sentence you added in 1808/1809 mystery eruption. Regards NealeFamily (talk) 02:35, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

September 2015

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a message letting you know that one or more of your recent edits to Supervolcano has been undone by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.

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Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 00:21, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

In the case of your unexplained removal of Karymshina, I think cluebot got it right. If you wish to removed cited material then you could at least say so in the edit summary and really, you need to say why with a VERY good reason. Op47 (talk) 00:09, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Siyu Lai, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Krakatoa has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

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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. Doug Weller (talk) 21:31, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

October 2015

Hello, I'm Kendall-K1. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Krakatoa because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks.

Similar for 946 eruption of Paektu Mountain and Volcanic Winter. IF YOU REMOVE MATERIAL ON THIS SCALE. YOU MUST EXPLAIN WHY. This is the second time that I have had to write to you on this matter. Op47 (talk) 19:08, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

You also re-instated a faulty edit at La Garita Caldera as being a minor edit. I am not questioning you knowlege of volcanos, but your English meas your edits need a certain amount of copy editing. If you don't mark your edits as minor edits then at least native English speakers have an opportunity to know you have made an edit and can make adjustments as needed.Op47 (talk) 19:35, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

November 2015

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without verifying permission. You have been previously warned that this is against policy, but have persisted.

Please take this opportunity to be sure you understand our copyright policy and our policies regarding how to use non-free content. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Doug Weller (talk) 16:37, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Clarifying your block

You continued to add copyright material after I warned you. In addition, you removed material from other articles without explanation. You did change the copyright material slightly but the difference was tiny and in some cases introduced poor English.

What you need to do now, either here or on your userpage, is find some of your copyvio and show us how you would rewrite it in your own words. Doug Weller (talk) 16:42, 14 November 2015 (UTC)