User talk:Dm3487

November 2014
Hello, I'm Lugia2453. I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Davy lamp— because it didn’t appear constructive to me. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Lugia2453 (talk) 16:47, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Davy lamp. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism. Thank you. Lugia2453 (talk) 16:51, 28 November 2014 (UTC) Iwas trying to provide a link which gives detailed information on the lamp referred to in the article. I have set up a Protector Lamp page showing the history from 1873, would it be better to put the information their and link to it.Dm3487 (talk) 17:08, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Protector Lamp


A tag has been placed on Protector Lamp requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.protectorlamp.com/images/Protector%20Lamp%20History.pdf. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Hi I'm Martin of Sheffield (talk). Your page as it stands doesn't meet Wiki's standards, and as far as I can see is a straight copy of the PDF on Protector Lamp's website. That means its a copyright violation and will have to go, sorry. The material is interesting, I followed the links to the original and will review it. If you go to Safety lamp you'll see main page for mining lamps, I'll try and incorporate this PDF where appropriate over the weeked. Please don't be downhearted; the copyright issue is a legal matter and not negotiable, editing and creating pages will come with practice. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on relevant editors' talk pages - after all that's what they are there for. Regards, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 17:55, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

January 2020
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