User talk:EmmanuelTzannes

February 2017
Hello, I'm Adam9007. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Zakynthos, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Adam9007 (talk) 01:41, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello EmmanuelTzannes, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Zakynthos have been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. 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. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:39, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Zakynthos
Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Congratulations on your excellent work at Zakynthos! However, please take a little more time to properly arrange and cite your references, above all by using page numbers rather than book titles only. There are several helpful suggestions at WP:CITE. I personally recommend using the sfn format for short inline citations, and referencing the books in a "Sources" section, otherwise the citation list becomes unwieldy and unreadable. Cheers, and keep up the good work! Constantine  ✍  09:16, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

October 2017
Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Zakynthos. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 14:18, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * , I could use your help here. It seems to me that we have a very enthusiastic editor here with more zeal than ... knowledge of our guidelines, I suppose. Drmies (talk) 00:41, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
 * EmmanuelTzannes, I have reverted the content you added which was previously removed by . This is written in a promotional style as if to encourage tourists to visit the island (which I am sure is beautiful). But this is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, which is to offer neutrally written encyclopedia articles. Please read What Wikipedia is not, especially the second section about encyclopedic content. Two highly experienced editors who are also administrators have now told you the same thing. Perhaps a small part of this content might belong in the article, if neutrally presented, but you will need to gain consensus for that on the article's talk page. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  02:51, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Stop deleting work that is either referenced to credible sources or is based on actual experience. There is no promotion but statement of facts.
 * EmmanuelTzannes, adding content based on your actual experience is a violation of our core content policy that forbids original research. Please be aware that this is a collaborative project, and content will only stay in the article if it has consensus of all editors interested in the article. Two highly experienced editors ( more than I) have concluded that this material is promotional. Don't you think that it would be a good idea to make your case for adding this material at Talk:Zakynthos? Please read about the bold-revert-discuss cycle. Thank you. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  04:17, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Answered on Talk: Zakynthos.

November 2017
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to blank out or remove content, templates, or other materials to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Zakynthos, you may be blocked from editing. Eurodyne (talk) 21:11, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

It is my work so I am removing it.

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Zakynthos. Drmies (talk) 02:56, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

The vandalism came from editors that deleted text without knowing the sources.


 * You have no right to remove material you added. At the bottom of the edit window I'm now writing in it says "By saving changes, you agree to the Terms of Use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license."
 * You also don't seem to know the relevant sources very well, as is shown by your comments about the text I deleted. Doug Weller  talk 14:36, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you. Doug Weller talk 14:37, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Please do not attack other editors, as you did at Talk:Zakynthos. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 14:38, 3 November 2017 (UTC)


 * You need to read WP:AGF. You're still being uncivil. Doug Weller  talk 14:29, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

This is the only warning you will receive about ownership of articles, which you showed at Zakynthos. The next time you continue to disruptively edit Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Doug Weller talk 13:58, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Blocked
"Dougie [sic], not sure if you have noticed but this is an article on Zakynthos, not the Trojan War"? That's the last straw after repeated warnings about personal attacks, lack of assuming good faith, and ownership of articles. You have been blocked for 48 hours for persisting in all these things. If you try using an "affectionate" nickname as a putdown again, you'll be in more trouble. Please use the block time wisely, for instance by reading our civility policy, to become more aware of Wikipedia culture. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Bishonen &#124; talk 23:39, 7 November 2017 (UTC).
 * ,, I thought this Trojan nightmare was over. Drmies (talk) 02:33, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

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There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Drmies (talk) 15:29, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

May 2018
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Bbb23 (talk) 15:49, 20 May 2018 (UTC)


 * It's been explained multiple times over the past year, and again now at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. I've also added a little extra to my comments in your unblock request above. That you refuse to listen does not mean that it has not been explained. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 05:02, 21 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Presumably, you know little of the history of the place so I am not sure how you can make the judgement you made above. However, if you did not try to read the text carefully it is not only a struggle against foreigners, but also a struggle against the elites, a struggle against own failings, are struggle against nature etc. History is often a struggle of some sort.
 * (You should not put every reply in a new unblock request, just indent as I have done.) You have completely missed my point. The issue is not who or what the struggle is against, but the one-sided style of writing you use to portray that struggle. It's written in a style that makes extensive use of peacock terms, and is full of praise for the heroic people of Zakynthos while consistently damning their opponents. As a tale to rouse the spirits of the people, fine. As an encyclopedia article, not fine. It should be written in a style that makes it impossible for a reader to tell which side the writer supports, and that is very much not the case here. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 05:49, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Friendly advice

 * The guide to appealing blocks says: "Understand in full the reasons of your block before requesting an unblock. Put all the relevant information in the unblock request, and only that. Keep your mind calm and assume good faith on the part of our experienced administrators. If your appeal is rejected, do not make a new one until you thoroughly understand the reasons."


 * Start by reading the relevant talk page discussions with an open mind, and the discussion at ANI, making a sincere attempt to understand what other highly experienced editors have been trying to tell you since last year. Pay special attention to how articles about places like Sicily and Kentucky are structured. Review Wikipedia's Five Pillars, and then read about consensus and ownership. Once you have fully absorbed all of that, make an unblock request that includes a firm pledge to comply with all of our policies, guidelines and behavioral norms going forward. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  03:19, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

With all due respect, how can one assume 'good faith on the part of administrators' when text is deleted and questions are asked later. EmmanuelTzannes
 * It appears, then, that your stubbornness and refusal to collaborate with your fellow editors on an collaborative project will prevent your return to editing. Had you cooperated, all of your properly referenced content would have been organized into a main article and a group of spinoff articles. But you refuse to cooperate with your fellow editors. That is very sad. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  04:59, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

How am I refusing to co-operate? I simply asked a number of questions. I cannot organise my material into an article and spin-off articles because I am blocked. How can one co-operate when there is no agency? EmmanuelTzannes


 * Your "questions" presuppose that those who disagree with you are arbitrary, lazy, don't know history, and are biased. That's not the way to work in a collaborative environment like Wikipedia. I'm revoking talk page access since you aren't addressing the reasons for your block despite repeated warnings in past unblock requests and apparently fail to understand what others have told you. WP:UTRS remains available to you, but if you proceed there as you did here, you will also be blocked from that venue. Huon (talk) 05:53, 21 May 2018 (UTC)