User talk:3gals4jen

November 2016
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. freshacconci talk to me  12:55, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello 3gals4jen, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Voodoo Religion has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of 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.


 * 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. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Copyrights. You may also want to review Copy-paste.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
 * Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Copying within Wikipedia.

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 06:01, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

This is a common mistake made by new editors, so you aren't in trouble. Do note however that your article also duplicated existing articles, see Voodoo and our sourcing policy at WP: VERIFY and WP: RS. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 06:05, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Is this a shared account?
Your username suggests that it is. Doug Weller talk 06:02, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Breach of copyright on Timur article
I just reverted your addition to the Timur article. You just did a cut and paste from https://theravenreport.com/2016/11/14/the-curse-of-tamerlane-how-an-ancient-conquerer-may-have-helped-the-nazis-invade-russia/. You have been warned before. Please don't use other web sites' material without suitable acknowledgement. Thanks --Chewings72 (talk) 05:02, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

February 2017
Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, 3gals4jen, does not meet our username policy. '''Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below) and continue editing.''' A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account. You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
 * Adding on your user talk page. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "E-mail this user" on their talk page.
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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Doug Weller talk 08:23, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Your addition to Locusta has been removed for the second time, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. Even if the source is not copyright, it should be acknowledged. In this case, the site cannot be considered a reliable source for article content, so should not be used. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Haploidavey (talk) 11:55, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Unblocked
I've received an email and am now satisfied that there is only one person behind this account, so have unblocked. Doug Weller talk 16:41, 24 February 2017 (UTC)