User talk:Sarahcannell

Opps sorry if I have done something I shouldn't - I'm new here and just finding my feet. Thanks for feedback. (Sarahcannell (talk) 15:20, 10 April 2021 (UTC))

April 2021
Hi Sarahcannell! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor&#32;at Akong Rinpoche that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. Ghmyrtle (talk) 18:54, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page ROKPA International has been reverted. Your edit here to ROKPA International was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQfIY7wwKtIfiR3HlT9Mb6w) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a media file (e.g. music or video) on an external server, then note that linking to such files may be subject to Wikipedia's copyright policy, as well as other parts of our external links guideline. If the information you linked to is indeed in violation of copyright, then such information should not be linked to. Please consider using our upload facility to upload a suitable media file, or consider linking to the original. If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 08:38, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello Sarahcannell! Your additions to ROKPA International have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) 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.


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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.  Asartea  Talk  undefined  Contribs  09:03, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Please do not remove the copyvio/core template from articles, as you did with ROKPA International. Your action has been reverted. For legal reasons, we cannot accept non-free text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted, and removing copyright notices will not help your case. You can properly contest the deletion at Copyright problems. If you are the owner of the material, you may release the material under the Creative Commons and GFDL licenses, as detailed at WP:IOWN. Alternatively, you are welcome to create a draft in your own words at Talk:ROKPA International/Temp. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators and/or removers of the copyright notice templates will be blocked from editing. Kleinpecan (talk) 10:35, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Four Noble Truths, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article.  A wiki like this does not qualify as a Reliable Source MichaelMaggs (talk) 07:13, 14 April 2021 (UTC)


 * HI MichaelMaggs sorry I have no idea why the link you have deleted has been flagged as not being a reliable source, as it is maintained by khenpos (professors) of the shedra in Pharping who have specialist knowledge in the field of buddhist philosposhy. I felt compelled to add it as having read the page on wikipedia and others similar I was horrified at the amount of misinformation there on there . For example, I am seeing people quoting Hollywood films as evidence of Buddha's teachings, and people just sharing their own personal opinions which do not stand up to reason or logic. I personally am no expert unlike some of these buddhist scholars who have studied this field of knowledge for on average 12-20 years, 14hrs a day 7 days a week. It is so disheartening to see people who have clearly no understanding of the topic present themselves as experts and indoing so really mislead others. I do not consider myself qualified to make a contribution, however, having seen what other people are putting on some of these pages has compelled me at times to do so in the knowledge that at least what I am doing is based upon credible sources. I please ask you to reconsider your decision to ban links to this page. Sarahcannell (talk) 18:26, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , I've looked at this in a bit more detail, and the usual objection to wikis under WP:UGC - that they contain user-generated content - doesn't apply here. So you may be OK with the addition. I don't know anything about the wiki's maintainers, and I can't comment on that, but I've no power to ban you from adding the link. You may well find editors on the talk page who can provide more specialist guidance. All the best, MichaelMaggs (talk) 21:08, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Akong Rinpoche
Nice to see you actively editing Akong Rinpoche. Please try to find sources not associated with Samye Ling or Akong himself to verify claims in references. Reliable independent sources are good, some times new media if not so reliable can at least be independent. Academic sources are usually great. You seem to be learning very fast but you will see some of the references use citation templates in curly brackets. These are best as far as linking updating and formatting but they are a bit tricky. There are some browser plug ins to help if you are interested and want to know more, as they are a bit tedious to do by hand. As mentioned you need to be very careful on articles where you may have a conflict of interest. It is best at least to practice editing articles where you are genuinely neutral, eg geographic articles or history where you do know a bit and want to find out more but you would not be seen to have a vested interest. That way you can learn the culture and practices of Wikipedia more gently. The Akong RInpoche article is one of those places where people who are interested enough to edit the article at least tend to have been involved with the subject. Please ask on your talk page by tagging me or on my talk page if you need help. Best wishes Billlion (talk) 10:07, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Category:Male murder victims
I just wanted to ask why when there are on average 350,000 male murders worldwide committed every year, why out of the millions of murders only a few select individuals are singled out of this on this page? If they were all notable people I could understand it but it seems very random and arbitrary. Sarahcannell (talk) 16:27, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Maybe ask on the talk page for the category (even though it is blank you can add something to it). A category is used to organize Wikipedia articles by themes, so if there is a biography of a person that was murdered or an article about the murder it should be in this category, and you add an article to the category by listing the category at the bottom of the article (open any article to edit at the bottom and you will see it.) So it will never be very comprehensive, as you say given the huge number of people murdered throughout history. Only where the person or murder is notable, there is sufficient information to write an article and someone gets around to doing it. Note also a lttle bit of care is needed to get people listed alphabetically by given name, a bit difficult where they are not named with that convention. Billlion (talk) 20:32, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

User:Sarahcannell/sandbox
Hi Billlion I thought I would follow your advice and have a go working on a new page. I am having trouble though reducing the size of a photo and was wondering if you could help show me how to reduce it? Thank you for you help.Sarahcannell (talk) 12:12, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * So here is the picture from the Akong article In between square brackets I had Image:Akong Tulku Rinpoche throne.jpg|thumb|Akong Rinpoche in the Temple at Samye Ling|347x347px. The last bit is the size of teh image in pixels. Lets see now if I can make him really small here is 50 by 50 pixels. [[Image:Akong Tulku Rinpoche throne.jpg|thumb|Akong Rinpoche in the Temple at Samye Ling|50x50px]] . You can set the height or width separately too. More details WP:PICSIZE Billlion (talk) 19:30, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Final copyright warning
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 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without evidence of permission, as you did at Religion and environmentalism. Please take this opportunity to ensure that you understand our copyright policy and our policies regarding how to use non-free content. 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:. — Diannaa (talk) 11:34, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

I have blocked your account, because in spite of repeated warnings, you continued to add copyright material to Wikipedia in violation of our copyright policy. You cannot resume editing until you provide a statement describing how copyright applies to Wikipedia, show that you understand our copyright policy, and make a commitment to follow it in the future.— Diannaa (talk) 11:35, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

HI Diannaa Bit confused as to how I have been blocked as I have been ultra careful. I did add a direct quote by His Holiness which I made very clear was a quote using quote marks itallics and named the source. Is this the reason? If not please can you let me know which part is copyrighted so I can make an appeal Thank you Sarahcannell (talk) 14:58, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
 * While it's true you did add some quotations to Religion and environmentalism, the problem lies with the other text you added, which was copied from here and here. You can view the problem by looking at the bot reports: here and here. Click on the iThenticate links to view the overlapping content.— Diannaa (talk) 15:37, 18 April 2021 (UTC)