User talk:Nebakeaddis

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Hello, Nebakeaddis, and welcome to Wikipedia!

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May 2022
Your edit to Tigray Defense Forces has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Copying text from other sources for more information. Dr.Pinsky (talk) 17:40, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Nebakeaddis! While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


 * 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. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * 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 must follow the copyright attribution steps described at Copying within Wikipedia. See also Help:Translation.

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. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 17:48, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Nebakeaddis. Please stop copying text from other websites to Tigray Defense Forces. You also can't just replace a bunch of words with their synonyms while retaining the overall sentence structure and order of ideas. Such superficial modification is called close paraphrasing and is also not allowed. Finally, at this point you should really discuss your desired addition on the talk page instead of repeatedly re-adding it to the article. DanCherek (talk) 19:39, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Edit War
Your recent editing history at Tigray Defense Forces shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing&mdash;especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring&mdash;even if you do not violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Wowzers122 (talk) 18:01, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. Thank you. DanCherek (talk) 20:36, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

May 2022
 You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without evidence of permission, as you did at Tigray Defense Forces. Please take this opportunity to ensure that you understand our copyright policy and our policies regarding how to use non-free content. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. 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:.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:01, 8 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Bear in mind that there is a whole article for war crimes in the Tigray war. The Tigray Defense Forces article should not, therefore, contain details of individual incidents. —C.Fred (talk) 02:37, 12 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Please also note that you've been blocked previously for edit warring, and you're attempting to turn Tigray Defense Forces into a soapbox about the crimes committed by TDF. Please get consensus at the talk page before going any further. —C.Fred (talk) 15:32, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Please stop trying to be the cop. Everybody can contribute to the page. you will be reported for edit warring if you don't stop orangeflow  (talk) 15:36, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * As the editor initiating the change, the burden is on you to get consensus—especially when the change goes against Wikipedia guidelines. If you'd prefer, I can just refer the matter now to the administrators' noticeboard. —C.Fred (talk) 15:40, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * you should apply the same principle to your action before undoing other editors work. Dont you agree? Goto the talk page and get a consensus before undoing other editors work orangeflow (talk) 15:42, 12 May 2022 (UTC)