User talk:Maple345

Welcome!
Hello, Maple345, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and has been or will be removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or in other media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles. Additionally, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or. Again, welcome. Doug Weller talk 08:41, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Maple345, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Holy Cross of San Antonio 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.


 * You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
 * Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Copyrights. You may also want to review Copy-paste.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
 * Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Copying within Wikipedia.

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. Doug Weller talk 14:07, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Holy Cross of San Antonio
Hi - a lot of people don't understand that we actually are an encyclopedia and that there are policies and guidelines governing our articles. One area where we have problems is schools, as not surprisingly students, alumni, etc want to use the article to boost their school. We have guidelines on school articles at WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines which you need to follow. In addition please read WP:VERIFY and WP:RS. School results and sports in particular are often things I find unsourced. And of course without sources, anyone can add anything they want whether or not its correct. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 11:29, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Please read the notices on this page
I see you are repeating the same edits and evidently continuing to add copyright material. This is not a good idea. You should at least respond as this is a collaborative project and discussion between editors is required. Doug Weller talk 18:09, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

April 2017
Please stop making disruptive edits, as you did at Holy Cross of San Antonio. If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 20:22, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
 * If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
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Once again, you are ignoring our guidelines and policies
You are ignoring the school guidelines that I linked in a post above. We don't say '"Dr. Smith", see WP:CREDENTIALS. Notable people lists should include those with articles meeting our criteria at WP:NOTABILITY and associated pages. And there of course needs to be evidence they attended the school. Sports wins need sources, see WP:VERIFY and we virtually never add rival schools. Doug Weller talk 10:46, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

May 2017
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Holy Cross of San Antonio. ''Please STOP making additions to the article Holy Cross of San Antonio that violate Wikipedia guidelines. These have been explained to you multiple times on this talk page, with links (blue type) to the various policies and guidelines that rule us here. Click on them to learn more about any particular guideline. Specifically:
 * You absolutely must not add material which is subject to copyright, such as the lyrics to a school song. Wikipedia is very strict about copyrighted material.
 * You must not add people to the "Notable alumni" section unless the person has a Wikipedia article to show that they are notable, as well as some kind of confirmation that they actually attended the school.
 * You must stop adding information, such as sports records, without any confirming reference from a newspaper or other reliable source. Material needs to be verified.
 * You must respect our style guidelines, such as not adding "Dr." before a person's name, and not adding the names of "rival schools" to the article.
 * Above all, you must listen to advice and warnings you are given. You are new here, as we all were once. You need to LEARN how Wikipedia works, and not keep making the same mistakes over and over.

Wikipedia is a collaborative process. Communication is very important. We build this encyclopedia by discussing with each other and learning from each other. If you have questions or comments, or any reaction at all to what we are saying, you can put them on this talk page. But if you keep ignoring other people's comments and doing the same things you have been told not to do, we will have to conclude that you are WP:NOTHERE to help us write an encyclopedia, and you could be blocked from editing here at all. MelanieN (talk) 20:44, 29 May 2017 (UTC)''

And now what? After I warned you not to add people to the "Notable alumni" section unless they had Wikipiedia articles, you added them again, but you put brackets around their names? Brackets do not magically give them Wikipedia articles. If I put brackets around my own name, MelanieN, that doesn't mean I have a Wikipedia article. You REALLY need to stop this. If there is an edit you want to make, I suggest you talk to us, here on your talk page, and ask how to do it. If you make another inappropriate edit to the article I will be forced to block you from editing - at least until you start TALKING to us. --MelanieN (talk) 08:54, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Blocked
You have been blocked temporarily from editing for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page:.

To explain: I have blocked you from editing for 24 hours. You are right in the middle of making all the edits you have been told not to make: adding lyrics to the school song which you were told is not allowed; adding non-notable alumni; removing the references from the notable alumni; adding unsourced material about traditions, rivals, etc. which you were specifically told is not suitable for a Wikipedia article.

The block is not to punish you; it is to STOP you from doing these things, or to talk to us and explain why you think the are OK. This block is only for 24 hours; if you do this again the block will be much longer. --MelanieN (talk) 22:35, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Blocked again
You have been blocked temporarily from editing for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page:.

In spite of warnings, including explicit examples of what you should NOT add to this article, you went ahead and re-added them anyhow. This time I have blocked you for a month. If you do this again, the block will probably be permanent. We just cannot have this kind of disruptive editing.

Note that you can TALK to us, either here on the talk page or using the block appeal process, and maybe we can work these problems out. But if you keep ignoring everything that is said to you, and continuing to engage in disruptive editing, your right to edit here could be permanently revoked. --MelanieN (talk) 23:14, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

April 2018
Hello, I'm HickoryOughtShirt?4. I noticed that you recently removed content from Central Catholic Marianist High School without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 03:32, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

I'm not at all sure you are capable of following our polices and guidelines
I see no change in this editor's behavior, they are continuing to cause the same problems if not more. Doug Weller talk 07:17, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Blocked
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges. 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:. Maple345, I have blocked you from editing Wikipedia, on the grounds that you are not here to build or improve the encyclopedia. You have paid no attention to the advice and warnings you have been given here. You have continued to add people to the "Notable alumni" section who do not belong there, and to add promotional and unsourced information to your school's page. It is clear that you are only here to promote your school and are unwilling to follow Wikipedia guidelines. The block I have placed on you will not expire, but it could be reconsidered or removed, if you reply to us here on your talk page, in a way that shows you now understand what is and is not permitted at Wikipedia. --MelanieN (talk) 20:23, 23 September 2018 (UTC)