User talk:Zaostao/Archive 1

Archive 1

January 2016

Hello, I'm General Ization. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Martin Shkreli, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! General Ization ^Talk 20:19, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a social network

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate that you enjoy using Wikipedia, please note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a social network. Wikipedia is not a place to socialize or do things that are not directly related to improving the encyclopedia. If you do have specific queries on matters not relating to Wikipedia, consider asking at the Reference desk. If you continue to disrupt the work of other editors with queries not related to Wikipedia, you are liable to be blocked from further editing. ‑ Iridescent 19:13, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

@Iridescent: Hello, I am sorry if I caused any inconvenience, this was not my intention, but aren't there many sections on talk pages saying Happy New Year or other such non-encyclopedia type entries? I realise there may be certain nuances between saying Happy New Year and my entries but I would never start topics on articles that are irrelevant, or inconvenience someone who could be making a contribution to wikipedia, and so don't see why a hardline stance is being taken against me. Zaostao (talk) 19:46, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

This is a warning, Zaostao, and you are far from alone in receiving such notices. Out of 31 edits you've made, only 12 have been to Wikipedia articles and when a new editor spends more time on user pages or user talk pages than on improving content, a notice like this may be posted. Many new editors come to Wikipedia to discuss subjects rather than work on editing and improving articles and a notice like this is a reminder that such use of Wikipedia (or asking for advice about life) are not the purpose of Wikipedia. There are so many places where discussions or questions like this can be asked (I recommend Quora, for one) and are better suited to this use than Wikipedia. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:22, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (January 21)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:Zaostao/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Robert McClenon (talk) 01:36, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello! Zaostao, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Robert McClenon (talk) 01:36, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

AfC notification: User:Zaostao/sandbox has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at User:Zaostao/sandbox. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 01:37, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

AfC notification: User:Zaostao/sandbox has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at User:Zaostao/sandbox. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 01:44, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

January 2016

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Justin Gaethje, from its old location at User:Zaostao/sandbox. This is because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. /wiae /tlk 14:16, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Just a follow-up from your request on IRC—the draft is submitted for review, it's in the draft space now, and an experienced reviewer will be along in the coming days or weeks to give you a more detailed assessment of the article. They may accept the draft, or they may give you some advice as to how to improve it, or whether it meets notability guidelines. Thanks, /wiae /tlk 14:17, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Justin Gaethje (January 24)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 03:50, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Justin Gaethje has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Justin Gaethje. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 04:13, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Moraes

He was and is a top 10 ranked bantamweight fighter in the world JMichael22 (talk) 23:40, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

@JMichael22: Oh okay, so do you think Draft:Justin Gaethje will be accepted when he breaks the top lightweight rankings? Zaostao (talk) 01:25, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Walters1.jpg

File Copyright problem

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@Whpq: I don't know how I would find the copyright owner for that image, it is approximately a quarter of a century old, and was used in an online obituary for John Walters published to the guardian nearly 15 years ago. Zaostao (talk) 15:46, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

@Zaostao: I've removed the deletion template and tagged this image as a fair use image under our non-free content policy. The image is copyrighted, which means normally you wouldn't be able to use it here. However, it qualifies under a very narrow fair use exemption only because the subject is deceased, so a freely-licensed photo of him cannot be taken. It is your responsibility as the uploader to appropriately tag the images you've uploaded; generally, someone else isn't going to come along and do it, and the image would have likely been deleted. See WP:IUP and WP:TAGS. Please note that it is almost always unacceptable to copy images from the internet onto Wikipedia in other cases, such as your image of the wrestler that I've tagged for deletion (see below notice re: that image). Cheers, Nick⁠—⁠^Contact/_Contribs 00:27, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

@NickW557: Thanks, I just assumed the images would be fine to add and, at the time, the tagging of the images seemed a convoluted process. I've now read the copyright articles and will appropriately tag any images I add to articles in the future. Have a good week. Zaostao (talk) 14:33, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Justin Gaethje.jpg

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Justin Gaethje (February 22)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Worldbruce was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Worldbruce (talk) 01:14, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Backflips banned in Colorado?

I won't make a stink about it, but do you have any evidence that flipping is generally and expressly prohibited? There's nothing about it in the Unified Rules, but the state may have it's own extra code. I think this was probably a discretionary call, in which case the warning would be relevant. Otherwise, it'd have been a blindsiding, which would also be relevant (but no reports mention). InedibleHulk (talk) 18:56, March 17, 2016 (UTC)

In case you're not watching my talk page, I responded there. InedibleHulk (talk) 19:48, March 17, 2016 (UTC)

gathje article

Hey friend. Lets have a discussion in the talk page of the Gathje draft. I made some comments that you should look at. Jumbotron5000 (talk) 02:05, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Clarnell Kemper.jpg

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Orphaned non-free image File:Hillside Stranglers.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 22:02, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Zaostao, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Hillside Strangler 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. — Diannaa (talk) 22:47, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Hillside Stranglers.jpg

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Edmund Kemper Edit Question

I do understand that him being diagnosed with such personality disorders are not important enough to be the lead, but it is also stated that he had schizophrenia. He was ruled as being psychotic in his 1st trial (which is important). However, his mentality was debated, later, of which, many essential characteristics of someone with such a diagnosis he was lacking. Although he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, it could be nice to help implicate that some questioned his diagnosis. Rather than giving the impression that his mentality was not deputed, and thus causing confusion of if it was certain that he had paranoid schizophrenia.

I'm quite new to editing articles on Wikipedia, so I though it would be good to check with you if this is a good idea.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waterfiend (talk • contribs) 17:48, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

This is more appropriate for the Edmund Kemper talk page but, a poor (arguably out-right false) diagnosis that Kemper was just passive-aggressive is not notable enough to be in the lead in my opinion. Anyway, it is stated in the next sentence to his schizophrenia diagnosis that Atascadero psychiatrists deemed him rehabilitated before releasing him; implying that those psychiatrists disagreed with, or believed that Kemper had changed since, the original diagnosis. --Zaostao (talk) 18:55, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

May 2016

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 ~~~~}}.  — Diannaa (talk) 20:44, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Zaostao (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I was unaware that what I was doing was still 'plagiarism'. The section of the article removed was written in the same way as the other sections, and i'm not sure how much of the wording I am to change, especially when a large portion of the removed section was direct quotation and unable to be reworded. I can only really say that I will spend longer on writing articles so that they are factual and sourced but do not infringe copyright in the future, and that I did not intend to plagiarise as there is no incentive for me to do so. Zaostao (talk) 21:25, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Although you are still stating that you don't think the edit in question was a copyright violation, I am prepared to give you another chance, since you state that you understand copyright law and how it applies to Wikipedia editing. Any further copyright violations will result in you being re-blocked. — Diannaa (talk) 16:43, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

The removed material did contain a quotation, but the surrounding material was also copied word-for-word from the source web page. If you are unsure as to what constitutes a copyright violation I don't think your account should be unblocked. — Diannaa (talk) 01:16, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

@Diannaa: It contained two quotations and the majority of the remaining text was procedural information and names, I also changed some of the words. Regardless, I can only say that I do understand copyright and will spend longer to ensure I don't commit any copyright violations in the future, Zaostao (talk) 09:07, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

What is the meaning of this edit?

Why did you just make this edit to 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers?- MrX 03:35, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

@MrX: Spur of the moment, I was going to revert it myself but found it already had been done. Zaostao (talk) 03:42, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Please don't use Wikipedia to play around with "spur of the moment" polemics posts. Your edits on Hands up, don't shoot were also grossly inappropriate. If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you will likely be blocked from editing.- MrX 03:47, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

@MrX: I don't agree with the "grossly inappropriate" description of the Caucasian to European-America change, but alright. Thanks. Zaostao (talk) 04:09, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

That edit, borderline BDP violations on Shooting of Alton Sterling, and your forum comments on Talk:White pride are concerning and disruptive. Please stop. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 03:20, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

@EvergreenFir: BDP? If you mean BLP, it wasn't spurious and I didn't make him rape a child or become a sex offender. It was a fact, it had reliable sources and I haven't even contested it. But i'm sorry if I caused concern or disruption, i'd never mean to do that. Thanks. Zaostao (talk) 04:47, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Sorry for the mistaken archiving. The button is next to the edit button and I'm clumsy on my phone. Just wanted to clarify that I'm referring to WP:BDP which is BLP for the recently deceased. I know your edit was sourced which is why I used borderline. I understand your intent there, but given the other edits it was concerning. I appreciate your reply and hope my concern is misplaced. Cheers. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 05:16, 10 July 2016 (UTC)