User talk:Skysurfer Mike

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Skysurfer
Hello, I am new to Wikipedia and a sky surfer from the beginning of the sport. I am making changes to reflect inaccuracies in the content of 'Skysurfing' page. I have also removed names that were not sky surfers and added notable people to the list who also appeared in World events.

The image i included is one of mine with full copyright release

Would appreciate if you would re-instate my changes over the past 24 hours.

Many thanks in advance Skysurfer Mike (talk) 16:33, 24 April 2019 (UTC)Skysurfer mike

Your E-mail.
I have received your e-mail. The short aswer is "no". Wikipedia, being an encyclopedia requires claims being sourced. It cannot rely on personal experiences or your sayso. From my perspective i'm not even sure you are a skysurfer. This is not only about the people you mentioned, but also the claims you made in the article. Find some sources if you want to edit the article (books, articles, etc). Kleuske (talk) 16:53, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Further info
Hello, I’m back

Just a thought, I can get a member of the board of the parachute association to verity me. Alternately, I can post a global message to the sport for them to email you but fear this may result in you receiving dozens of messages.

I can assure you of my intentions as most of what is posted is inaccurate and would be hardly newspaper worthy reporting. Virtually none of what was there was accurate and badly copied and pasted from who knows where and definitely not referenced as it would clearly be incorrect.

Additionally and to manage your expectations you will not find reference and written source to things such as the bindings as these were custom just like the boards.

Best regards Mike Skysurfer Mike (talk) 17:47, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Your say-so, twitter messages, images, etc. do not suffice, because they are not reliable sources (in an encyclopedic sense). It's nice you want to remember your friends, but Wikipedia is not a memorial. Also, please discuss things on Wikipedia. My e-mail account is not for your convenience. Kleuske (talk) 18:03, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Advice needed
I really don’t know where to go with this. I have sent you references to my experience and offered more. Would you please be specific on what you need to reinstate this? As I’ve already stated there are limited references on the internet on the sport. The list of those who have passed is already on the public space on Wikipedia, I am simply referencing and linking to their profiles to ensure they are noted Skysurfer Mike (talk) 18:15, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Acceptable sources
I have included Twitter and newspaper links Skysurfer Mike (talk) 18:16, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

April 2019
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Skysurfing has been reverted. Your edit here to Skysurfing 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://vimeo.com/320004904?outro=1&fbclid=IwAR2D5sq4ZGDnKVWkJPnbV5Mj6nUBvp_jo_IYbxljFRstfyF6uQVvDgiubCU) 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) 10:24, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Mike Frost (skysurfer) for deletion
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