Wikipedia and copyright edit

  Hello Thatwhoiswise, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Composite bearing 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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Speedy deletion nomination of Engage:BDR edit

Hello Thatwhoiswise,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Engage:BDR for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Trivialist (talk) 22:03, 20 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

September 2016 edit

  Hello, I'm Donner60. An edit you recently made to Brian Anderson (skateboarder) seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, the sandbox is the best place to do so. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 01:28, 29 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Electronic Recycling Association edit

 

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A tag has been placed on Electronic Recycling Association, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion debate, such as at articles for deletion. Under the specified criteria, where a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after debate, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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Nomination of Electronic Recycling Association for deletion edit

 

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Reply edit

Hi, thanks for message. There are still problems you need to address

  • you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the company, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the company claims or interviewing its management. Too many of your references are interviews with the company or press releases, which matters because many are supporting opinions rather than facts
  • it's all about what the company sells, little about the company itself other than its location. To support notability you need hard verifiable facts such as the number of employees, turnover or profits. For all we are told this could be two men in a shed
  • In general, it has a promotional tone. Positive opinions are presented as facts, for example ref 10 is supporting These acquisitions will help engage:BDR gather more data about its user, and provide exclusive ad placement making them one of the biggest players in the advertising industry., but it's again just repeating what the company has said, not independent analysis
  • You have an honours and awards section, which itself looks spammy as a separate section, but no criticism or any indication that the company is less than perfect
  • If you have a conflict of interest when editing this article, you must declare it. In particular, if you have a financial interest, directly or indirectly, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Thatwhoiswise. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Thatwhoiswise|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure

A couple of style things. Heading should follow normal text capitalisation rules; prose is better than lists (and looks less spammy since lists are invariably used for so-called awards an honours); I think you may have meant "uninterested", not "disinterested".

In general, to establish notability and avoid deletion as spam, you need more financial and other facts, and less repeating of the company's self-promotion. Good luck Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:27, 13 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

HFCS edit edit

Hello. You said: I am trying to understand why you deleted by contribution to this article. Is it because it was too detailed and read like a journalism piece. Thatwhoiswise (talk) 03:36, 2 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

That is what I stated in my deletion. Please see WP:NOT#JOURNALISM. Also be careful about WP:COPYVIO. We can discuss further here on your Talk page if you wish. --Zefr (talk) 03:51, 2 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

March 2017 edit

  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at HFCS. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted.

Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Zefr (talk) 03:07, 3 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

  • I do not believe my edits were disruptive and I did the best to address the concerns you mentioned can you please elaborate on what you find to be disruptive and non-constructive edits, thanks
  • You stated "That wasn't 'removal'; you re-added the same edited content." That was not true, I removed some of it and rewrote other parts of it.

Thatwhoiswise (talk) 03:28, 3 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Reviewing the history of the article and your Talk page, one would see that this edit and its explanation challenged the editorializing of the content you provided, a position reinforced on your Talk page. Then you returned today to reinstate the same over-explained information which I edited to be more concise. Again with this edit, you wrote over my input with basically the same information, which I claim is disruptive and the early stage of WP:WAR. The article under Manufacturing contaminants is fine now. Please move on. --Zefr (talk) 04:37, 3 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
The information added today was toned down and more clear it provided LESS data both quantitative and qualitative. The second time I reworded things and eliminated even more. I was trying to address issues and not be disruptive.
When you rewrote this you stated "used in a process that produces traces of mercury" and then omitted the study by the scientist and left the study by the Corn Refiners Association.
The process does not produce mercury but mercury is used in the process. and I would like to mention within the article. The two studies that looked into this. Can we work to come up with something that short and sweet that we can both can agree on.

Thatwhoiswise (talk) 05:00, 3 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

I performed a further edit with new references. In reviewing the literature, I believe the mercury issue is satisfactorily addressed and referenced as now presented. Further, with the White and FDA references added, the section now has better neutrality. --Zefr (talk) 18:00, 3 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

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March 2017 edit

 
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock 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 ~~~~}}.  Bbb23 (talk) 22:36, 20 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
 
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Request reason:

Upon trying to utilize Wikipedia I receive notice that my account was abusive and has been blocked. I believe this block stems from my recent context dispute with Zefr. I had on multiplication occasion I had tried to add context regarding the possible mercury contamination of High-fructose corn syrup. Most of those edit have been reverted by Zefr even though they were backed Scientific journals. I have tried to resolve the issue on Talk:High-fructose_corn_syrup and then on the Wikipedia admin notice board it was there that I was referred to Reliable Sources Noticeboard. On this notice board I asked for advice but have made no changes to High-fructose corn syrup since March 16. : Upon viewing my talk page it stated “You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts” it did not elaborate on this much. I’m guessing that you believe that I have created another account to further state my case Reliable Sources Noticeboard. The reason I posted in that notice board is not to make a case or call out or accuse Zefr of wrong doing but to receive help. I believe my contribution to High-fructose corn syrup was positive, neutral and reliable. But Zefr action told me no, so I went seeking a help from other writers in the Reliable Sources Noticeboard. I would like to respond to my posting in the RS notice board and well continue my contribution to High-fructose corn syrup and try to come to a consensus with Zefr. : In general my contribution to Wikipedia has been positive, I have edited countless articles and even created a few. I have added to the diversity of Wikipedia by contributing to minority areas such as LGBT, African American and women studies. I thank you for taking the time to review this and look forward to being able to contribute to the diversity of Wikipedia. Can you tell me what step I must take in order to do this. Thatwhoiswise (talk) 21:54, 21 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

Thatwhoiswise (talk · contribs), Thelosthistorian (talk · contribs), and Freethemindfull (talk · contribs) have been editing in violation of Policy. —DoRD (talk) 00:05, 22 March 2017 (UTC)Reply


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Request reason:

Ok I see this has nothing to do with the High Fructose Corn Syrup Page. Let me explain my reasoning for what I did. I had a lot of ideas for Wikipedia articles and they fell into different categories: Science and technology, Culture and history. As I started writing these articles (some of them i'm still working on) I felt that the user names should reflect the category. "Thatwhoiswise": key word "wise", "wisdom". This one was for science and technology. And that reflects the edits that I have made. "Thelosthistorian", key word is historian, history. This one was going to cover article that I would write or contribute to articles that have to do with history. and I believe I did. Finally "freethemindfull" mindfull is the key word here, like mindfull around ones culture. This one was going to be about culture and art. My goal was to have different user names for different subject areas that way I was able to be more organized and I did not appear as someone who just contributing at random. That was my intention, but not how it worked out. I ended up using thatwhoiswise for just about everything and when I tried to get organized again, I failed and just ended up using thatwhoiswise. Maybe it was out of convenience.

It has been brought to my attention that people without good reason should reframe having/creating more than one user name. And if they do they must present their reason and cross-link their accounts. I was not aware of this rule until recently. I believe the majority of my work has been constructive adding to the great diversity within Wikipedia. It is for this reason that I ask for the user name "thatwhoiswise" be unblocked and for usernames "Thelosthistorian" and "freethemindfull" be terminated. I look forward to being able to continue to contribute to Wikipedia in the near future. Thanks Thatwhoiswise (talk) 02:35, 22 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

It doesn't look like any CheckUsers are willing to unblock at this time. You can try the standard offer as suggested below, though. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:35, 31 May 2017 (UTC)Reply


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Can you explain the results here there seems to be a worryingly close overlap between the accounts editing the same articles. You claim the three accounts were for editing different subject areas but there doesn't seem to be any link (I can find) that meets the areas you mentioned to be editing in above. Amortias (T)(C) 20:05, 24 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
Originally the plan was to have different accounts for different subject areas, as mentioned above. But that's not the way it ended up and appologise. I got confused, I left the browser open with one account signed in. when I thought another was signed in. I now understand why people are only allowed one account. Can you please restore "thatwhoiswise" and terminate the other two for all my edits in the past were constructiveThatwhoiswise (talk) 05:28, 27 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
As this is a Checkuserblock I'm unable to unblock on my own but im requesting one of the two Checkusers who've responded to comment @DoRD and Bbb23:. Amortias (T)(C) 08:47, 8 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
An unblock request could be considered six months from now (standard offer), but I wouldn't unblock now.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:58, 8 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Nahshon Dion Anderson edit

 

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