User talk:CultOfOne

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Trafford09 (talk) 10:00, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

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[Apols to both editors below; I've put David's reply and OrewaTel's into a separate section, as I think the Welcome section stands better alone.]


 * Hello Trafford09
 * Many thanks for your message, the edits in question were the removal of three images that I took personally and uploaded to the Kinder Scout page some years ago, I have recently decided to scale back my presence on the internet and as such am removing content that I have added to a number of site, this being one of them, as the owner and copyright owner of the images and I will be again removing them from the Kinder Scout page.
 * Many thanks
 * David CultOfOne (talk) 14:03, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
 * You can't delete pictures without an explanation and expect people to somehow discover the reason. Add a reason to your edit such as "Copyright holder withdrew permission." Alternatively put a note on the talk page. I naturally reinstated the deleted pictures and came here to warn you about edit warring. After reading your explanation, hidden on your talk page, I have removed the pictures. (Pictures cannot be displayed if there is a copyright problem.) Please delete all pictures from Wikicommons that belong to you that you do not want displayed. If you leave them then any editor is entitled to believe that they are available for use. OrewaTel (talk) 05:14, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, David for your reply.

Firstly, we're sorry to hear you're scaling back, in its effects on the Wikipedia community, but of course we must respect your wishes. It's a shame you're withdrawing your photos, as they surely enhance the articles where you've used them. Maybe you feel a sense of irony in their removal. I suspect you like what Wikipedia stands for, and you have shown yourself to be a good contributor and now collaborator in a good cause.

But anyway, I have one request - that, if you edit an article, do please supply an Edit Summary (ES) - please see Help:Edit_summary and also the paragraph below that, as the 'minor' change flag isn't appropriate to tick, when removing content. When you use an ES, then any editor will then quickly tell that you seem above board, and they are less likely to question the content change, or reverse it.

So, hope you stick around, but you have some great hills to enjoy, in a magnificent area. All the best, Trafford09 (talk) 12:23, 31 December 2022 (UTC)