User talk:Keithcaley

July 2011
Your addition to Evangelos Florakis Navy Base explosion has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. ''Please don't simply copy-and-paste news articles into our encyclopaedia articles. Merely changing a few words or minor paraphrasing after the fact does not change the text's copyright status. We cannot accept copyrighted works.'' Strange Passerby (talk • cont) 12:38, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Strange Passerby - thank you for pointing that out. I am now uncertain about how I can report the communications between the parties meaningfully, but without infringing copyright. 'In your opinion' would it be permissible to say 'Following the massive explosion, Bayrak Radio & Television reported that the de facto Northern Cyprus Authorities have offered their condolences & aid, including the supply of electricity to the Republic of Cyprus.' - and then use a link to the article as a reference?

Keithcaley (talk) 13:31, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello, I've reverted your edits to Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion for a couple of reasons. The first is that it's important to bear in mind this is an encyclopaedia. The article is about a current event, but it's not a news article and the tone of your addition sounds very much like a news report. It's also worth noting that Wikipedia doesn't seek to provide every last drop of information on a subject and only includes the most important things that will be remembered for years to come. An offer of condolences and logistical assistance from a neighbouring state is not unusual after a disaster. Finally, please don't sign your edits to articles. You should only sign comments on talk pages. Thank you, HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   19:35, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi, given that the two states have been at loggerheads for the last 35 years, I thought that this was 'something that would stick in peoples' minds for years to come...' This all seems too complicated to bother with ;)Keithcaley (talk) 19:51, 13 July 2011 (UTC)