User talk:Chris19231

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. Thanks! Frze > talk  11:11, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

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January 2014
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Open Europe has been reverted. Your edit here to Open Europe was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://openeuropeblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Open%20Europe%20war%20game) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, fansite, or similar site (see 'Links to avoid', #11), then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest). If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 14:00, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Welcome
Hi Chris,

Thanks for your edits on Open Europe. Your work is very valuable to wikipedia, and I hope you will spend some time here improving the project.

I noticed that you are having some problems with images though. The origin of images has to be very clear and free of copyright. That is why your pix are being automatically deleted, and "bots" are reverting your edits. If you want to make sure that they stay, you will have to indicate where the permission to use images comes from. If they are pics owned by Open Europe you will have to get permission from them to use the images. Please see: Requesting copyright permission

Also, I very much appreciate your help in sourcing your edits. However, I would ask you to have a look here : WP:Footnote in order to include the correct information about the sources. A bare link doesn't give that much information about the source, and is susceptible to being changed in future. Also, it is best not to use an organisation's own links to reference information about it. Ideally, as much information as possible should be reported through reputable secondary sources for reasons of verifiability and to keep the page "neutral" (see:WP:NPOV). The page is already overly reliant on information coming straight from the organisation's website for wikipedia's ideal standard.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I look forward to collaborating with you. Peregrine981 (talk) 14:25, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * @Peregrine981: Chris19231 > File:Open Europe's London Office.jpg is not his own as he wrote but File:FaithHouseTuftonStreet.jpeg. File:William Hague Open Europe.jpg and File:George Osborne Open Europe speech.jpg are not his own but copyright violation. I added the source of this images in commons and requested speedy deletion. This images were always deleted see  . It seems to me me that Chris19231 should be warned and / or blocked. -- Frze  > talk  14:58, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

They are not copyrighted - they are freely given - check with Open Europe if you disagree,


 * Well, you have to provide proof of that. Please have a look at the pictures' links File:William Hague Open Europe.jpg, and follow the instructions there. Peregrine981 (talk) 10:34, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Edit Warring
Another issue you may not be aware of is the so-called "3 revert rule" which states "An editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page—whether involving the same or different material—within a 24-hour period. An edit or a series of consecutive edits that undoes other editors' actions—whether in whole or in part—counts as a revert. Violations of the rule normally attract blocks of at least 24 hours. Any appearance of gaming the system by reverting a fourth time just outside the 24-hour slot is likely to be treated as an edit-warring violation." See: WP:3RR

By my count you have more than 3 reverts on Open Europe in the last 24 hours, but I'm going to give you the benefit of this warning. Please let's discuss the proposed changes on the talk page rather than reverting each others' edits. I need to know what your rationale is for reverting my edits or we will never move forward. Note that I will report further reverts as unconstructive behaviour, but I am more than happy to discuss. Peregrine981 (talk) 16:32, 22 January 2014 (UTC)