User talk:Tapaterra001

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Hello, Tapaterra001, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:


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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! GermanJoe (talk) 10:28, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Virtual learning environment - reliable sources
Hello Tapaterra01, thank you for your interest in improving this article. However, publications from providers like Apex Learning (such as whitepapers or "articles" on their own websites) are usually not considered reliable sources for Wikipedia - due to the inherent conflict of interest and promotional nature of such publications.

Similarly, sources like blogs, forums and other non-expert websites should not be used as references. Please use independent non-promotional sources to verify such content instead (such as academics, acknowledged topic experts or reputed news media). You'll find more detailed information about this aspect at Identifying reliable sources. I have removed some of the content that was based on such sources, and fixed a few formatting issues with the new citations for you. Please feel free to ask, if you have any further questions - I'd be glad to help. Best regards. GermanJoe (talk) 10:36, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Recent edit to Virtual learning environment
Your addition to Virtual learning environment has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without 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 text, or images borrowed from other websites, or printed material without a verifiable license. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you! Materialscientist (talk) 04:45, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

September 2018
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Virtual learning environment. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it.  GermanJoe (talk) 09:47, 29 September 2018 (UTC)


 * See also "Virtual learning environment - reliable sources" above - unfortunately you haven't reacted to this advice. If you'd like to discuss these links, please start a thread at the article's talkpage Talk:Virtual learning environment, but do not re-insert disputed promotional content. Thank you. GermanJoe (talk) 09:49, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

copyright problems
Please stop adding copyrighted material to articles. You can't directly copy something from any website and add it to a page, for legal reasons. You have continued doing this to Virtual learning environment after being warned, and your behavior is disruptive. If you continue to do this, you may be blocked from editing.-- SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 14:30, 29 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello Tapaterra001, I am not sure if you have noticed the messages above or not. Please stop adding copyrighted content (and promotional sources) to Wikipedia. You have received several warnings but have ignored them so far. Please start discussing these issues with other editors instead of re-inserting the same or similar problematic content again. If something is unclear about these warnings or Wikipedia's policies, please feel free to ask. To discuss disputed edits, do not re-insert them but ask for advice and additional feedback at the article's talkpage Talk:Virtual learning environment or WP:Teahouse, a forum for new editors. I'll not report these edits just yet, but any further similar edits will get reported and will likely get you blocked. Please start using talkpages instead to avoid this. GermanJoe (talk) 16:07, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Reliable sources (II)
Please read WP:RS and stop adding low-quality sources from random non-expert websites and company pages. Wikipedia is not a blog or forum. GermanJoe (talk) 15:31, 30 September 2018 (UTC)


 * For technical reasons, actual references should not be added after the final "reflist" tag (this tag can only list references that have occured before the tag's position). You can add a concise selection of relevant unused sources with possibly useful information for the reader to the "Further reading" section though (see my latest fix) - these "Further reading" entries don't need ref tags, a citation template is sufficient. Hope this helps a bit. GermanJoe (talk) 17:36, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi Tapaterra001! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

-- 16:37, Sunday, September 30, 2018 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Virtual learning environment, you may be blocked from editing. Your edits have been automatically marked as vandalism and have been automatically reverted. The following is the log entry regarding this vandalism: Virtual learning environment was changed by Tapaterra001 (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.873993 on 2018-09-30T17:00:33+00:00 Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 17:00, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Copyright
Hello Tapaterra001! Please reply here that you've read and understood the notices above about adding copyrighted material. You may be blocked from editing if you do it again after all these warnings. So please let us know that you've heard these warnings. Thanks, CrowCaw 20:27, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. GermanJoe (talk) 23:06, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

September 2018
Hello, I'm Tornado chaser. I noticed that you made one or more changes to an article, Virtual learning environment, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Tornado chaser (talk) 23:55, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

October 2018
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 31 hours for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without evidence of permission. You have been previously warned that this is against policy, but have persisted, as you did at Virtual learning environment. 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:. S Philbrick (Talk)  00:33, 1 October 2018 (UTC)


 * I appreciate that you're trying to contribute here, but you are still inserting copyright violations despite 5 warnings, a thread on the admin noticeboard, and a temporary block. I've left another comment at WP:ANI, explaining the situation to admins. I hate that it had to come down to this, but it seems clear that you're not willing to communicate and solve the problems you're creating; an indefinite block may sadly be the only option left.-- SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 01:45, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without evidence of permission. You have been previously warned that this is against policy, but have persisted. 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:. S Philbrick (Talk)  12:02, 4 October 2018 (UTC)