User talk:DDAYNormandy1944

July 2020
There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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Dear Wikipedia,

I am in no way what so ever a commercial entity nor is my website. My website has always been a private project: my project. It is made out of respect for the veterans of ww2. My site is purely educational and is used by many schools. The public can freely access my website always have. Please review the website which I have had since 2000. It is a website with stories of veterans of ww2. Nowhere on the website is there financial benefits to be found. It is only a website about educating the public about ww2. I have only posted my website on pages which have similar items.

Please review my website at:

www.normandy1944.info.

Please get back to me as I am in no way in violation of the rules I think.

I have the highest regards for wikipedia and it’s content specially the pages concerning ww2!

With the highest regards

Frank C. Everards www.normandy1944.info 89.205.133.215 (talk) 17:30, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Your Wikipedia username is very similar to the website name, and your sole activity here has been to add links to that website. Those things are both problematic: please see Wikipedia:Username policy and Wikipedia:Spam. — Diannaa (talk) 18:30, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

I am sorry I only wanted to provide a service for the readers of wikipedia not favor myself in any way. I have used the name DDayNormandy1944 in all my online activities on fora, instagram, facebook for 20 years now and it has never been a problem. But please remove the links that I only put up so that people could read more about the subject that I have been dealing with for over 20 years. No harm intended what so ever. I will see what I can contribute in the texts of the website. Again it was only done out willingness to help and educate. As I thought that was the goal of Wikipedia as well. As my website holds vital information on WW2 related items. That was the only reason i added my website to specific pages. I thought three and not more than that.

Mr William Guarnere, Mr Albert Blithe and the D-Day landings. Because I knew these veterans personally and D-Day speaks for itself as 85% of my website is about D-Day.

Please reconsider in name of providing good and non commercial i formation on WW2 related stories.

Sincerely,

Frank 77.167.3.147 (talk) 18:42, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello! Please advise me what to do I only want to comply to the rules that is all. Let me know please? Tell me what to remove. I AGREE not to link my website anymore to whatever article on Wikipedia. But I have to keep on saying that it was made out of the best knowledge to help the readers find more about the topic. Frank
 * I have already removed the links to your website. It should not be used as a citation or as an external link. Are you planning on editing articles about World War II? What sort of material have you got available to use as sources?— Diannaa (talk) 14:16, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello Diannaa, all the 150+ stories on my website. Plus the information that was sent to me by 300 + veterans and my general knowledge of WW2 that I have been collecting for 20 years. Plus I gathered a group of WW2 collectors as a lot of images of patches and insignia’s on Wikipedia are NOT ww2 era!! So you see I only want to help not shine a light upon myself. The veterans and families on my website will testify to that. Besides 1 link on Wikipedia to my website was never added by myself!

Have a great day!

Sincerely,

Frank 77.167.3.147 (talk) 14:26, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry but we can't use the material from your website, as it's your own research. Wikipedia is also well past the point where we can use "general knowledge", particularly on military history topics. What we're looking for is material sourced to reliable secondary sources, such as history books, journal articles, reliable websites - not your own research.— Diannaa (talk) 18:57, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Please understand It is not my own research, I have books, letters, eyewitness accounts etc etc I collect them and keel them. I do not fantasize or make up stories. As I have been collecting them for 20 years now.

Frank 77.167.3.147 (talk) 19:03, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

And what about every eyewitness story given to me bu the veterans themselves? Isn’t that material books are made off? There are even in Wikipedia about veterans that are not accurate even books have big errors in them.

Frank 77.167.3.147 (talk) 19:06, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Interviews you conducted with veterans or research you conducted for your own website is defined by Wikipedia as original research, which is not something we publish on Wikipedia.— Diannaa (talk) 22:05, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello Dianaa, I did not conduct interviews with them they sent me their letters and their own published books. But let’s not go into it anymore. I know what you mean and I will I never repeat the actions I thought were to be correct and just. As I did not see any harm in doing them. Forgive me for taking up your valuable time in correcting it. I hope to use Wikipedia for years to come with great pleasure.

Sincerely,

Frank 89.205.133.230 (talk) 05:31, 7 July 2020 (UTC)