User talk:Chesterpants1

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 20:54, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Hello, I'm 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63. I noticed that you recently removed some content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. 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. 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 20:54, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

March 2017
Please stop making disruptive edits, as you did at English Democrats. If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. DMacks (talk) 21:06, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
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You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia. DMacks (talk) 21:21, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Chesterpants1! Your additions to Project Cumulus 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.


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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. — Diannaa (talk) 12:41, 7 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Good afternoon Dianna, I have just noticed your message so apologies for the late reply. Ah, so if quoting from a newspaper and referencing those quotes might infringe copyright we're all in trouble it seems. I hardly use Wikipedia but felt compelled to do so as I've been researching 'conspiracy theories' about cloud seeding and geo-engineering in general, so I looked up what there was on Operation Cumulus on your site. I shall check whether or not I put things in quotation marks as I kept copies of what I wrote. I know that I certainly referenced my source/s. But thank you for the guidance. I assume that once I have grasped how to make edits (it's all gobbledyggook to me but I did my best to understand what to do, and for my latest entry I asked my husband who writes software for investment banks to help out. Seems like he got it wrong too!) you will be happy to keep the revised content? Given that you have removed a substantial amount of information that I found on my original visit from your page, I'm not at all confident that you will not find fault with my editing again. (Double negative, sorry!). It rather seems to an outsider like me that you do not want people to know anything about this tragic event which, according to the local journalists writing on the Devonlive.com website on the 65th Anniversary of the tragedy where 34 people lost their lives, there was, in their view, overwhelming evidence that it was due to cloud seeding experiments conducted by the RAF and the meteorological office. They even published shocking photos of how this village was virtually swept away. Bottom line is, why would they say they were stopping the project if they didn't think their experiments were responsible? They wouldn't. But, hey! It's a 'conspiracy theory'. Clearly, I don't want to be 'blocked from editing' should I try again in good faith and you find something to question. Thank you for your time. Have a good day. Thérèse, Chesterpants! Chesterpants1 (talk) 11:33, 4 August 2023 (UTC)