User talk:178.167.176.53

July 2023
Hello, I'm Prodraxis. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to DeSmog have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. — Prodraxis {talk • contributions} (she/her) 15:10, 11 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Why were they "inappropriate", I thought an encyclopedia was about fact, you don't believe in fact? you want to leave out the bad bits? 178.167.176.53 (talk) 15:14, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The source that you added was unreliable and questionable in verifiability at best. — Prodraxis {talk • contributions} (she/her) 15:21, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. — Prodraxis {talk • contributions} (she/her) 15:25, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, you may be blocked from editing.

The links added to DeSmog did not address the claims being made in the article. Please ensure your sources specifically substantiate the content you're adding, rather than just being related to the topic in general. --AntiDionysius (talk) 15:50, 11 July 2023 (UTC)


 * The issue is not with the quality of the sources, it is, as I said, that the sources do not contain any material to substantiate the claim that you're making, or indeed mention DeSmog in any way; they just say that Climategate happened. --AntiDionysius (talk) 15:59, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Understood, thank you. 178.167.176.53 (talk) 16:01, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The issue is also, as noted below, that you are adding a passage which has been copied and pasted from another website. Also the new sources added (apart from the Forbes article, which references an entirely unrelated event) are not reliable. Sources need to be reliable and trustworthy, rather than websites dedicated to a particular cause. See WP:RS for more info on what a reliable source looks like. --AntiDionysius (talk) 16:15, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * If you believe there is a potential for well-sourced, non-copied material to be added to the page in question, consider discussing it on the article's talk page first; if you continue to add copied and pasted material with links to plainly partisan websites, people will just keep undoing your edits. --AntiDionysius (talk) 16:18, 11 July 2023 (UTC)\

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at DeSmog. Please stop adding directly copied material in the article, as it may potentially breach Wikipedia's copyright policy. If you do so, you may be blocked from editing. — Prodraxis {talk • contributions} (she/her) 16:22, 11 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I have already cleared the copyright issue. 178.167.176.53 (talk) 16:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Your edits say otherwise, though. You have added more copyrighted material in this edit . — Prodraxis {talk • contributions} (she/her) 16:25, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello 178.167.176.53! Your additions to DeSmog 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 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.


 * You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
 * Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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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, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. — SamX &#91;talk · contribs&#93; 15:59, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

July 2023
 Anonymous users from this IP address have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours for persistently making disruptive edits. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text at the bottom of your talk page:. -- ferret (talk) 16:35, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
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