User talk:Citizenperth

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April 2013
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Timeline of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has been reverted. Your edit here to Timeline of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster 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://fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.com.au/) 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) 04:51, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello, I'm XLinkBot. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Timeline of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, because it 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. Your edit here to Timeline of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster 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://fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/flow-of-tainted-water-is-latest-crisis.html?spref=bl) 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) 04:53, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

May 2013
Hello Citizenperth, and welcome to Wikipedia. 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. Dawnseeker2000  01:34, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

A few things
Hi, I think a good first place to start would be by spending some time following the links in the welcome message at the top of this page. Just skim and start noticing some of the jargon. The key principles by which this encyclopedia are built have pages that state their background and meaning. A few important ideas are WP:V and WP:RS and I think you've already got a good start on both, but just need some refining is all. WP:V is just about verifiability and WP:RS refers to using reliable sources in your verification (inclusion of) with sources. There's no reason not to use the highest quality sources possible and again, you did great there, with the New York Times article. Just need to paraphrase (summarize the key points of that article with your own words) then format the reference (WP:V) following the examples at WP:REFB.

That's probably enough for now, but maybe for something extra you could peruse the history of a few articles and see how the development goes. Oh, and that reminds me, take a look out how the experienced editors leave a note in the edit summary each time they make a change to an article. It's polite, and is helpful for the rest of the editors when following the changes. It'll all make sense over time. Don't worry about all the tools and formatting styles. You'll get used to it, and there's a help desk here too. Don't hesitate to ask. There's always someone willing to answer questions. Dawnseeker2000  04:49, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

March 2021
Hello, I'm XLinkBot. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Timeline of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster 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. Your edit here to Timeline of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster 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 (https://citizenperth.wordpress.com/) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. 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) 17:05, 6 March 2021 (UTC)