User talk:Tfossen

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Thor I. Fossen
Hello ,

It seems to me that an article you worked on, Thor I. Fossen, may be copied from http://www.itk.ntnu.no/ansatte/Fossen_Thor/. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.

It's important that you edit the article and rewrite it in your own words, unless you're absolutely certain nothing in it is copied. If you're not sure how to fix the problem or have any questions, there are people at the help desk who are happy to assist you.

Thank you for helping build a free encyclopedia! MadmanBot (talk) 10:29, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest and user name problems
There are policies here which attempt to protect Wikipedia from misuse. Among these is WP:COI, when the editor has an undocumented conflict of interest with the article subject. For instance, if you were Thor I. Fossen and were writing about yourself. Or you were someone "who knew him" or "worked with him" or the like situation. Another situation is where someone impersonates the subject of the article, and introduces subtle or blatant misinformation. These and many more bad situations have been seen here.

Another policy here to know about is WP:USERNAME. I don't remember how to reassure Wikipedia that your user name User:Tfossen is or is not the real "Tfossen".

It's a big world, with bad actors, and all the bad misuses have already been seen here at Wikipedia. So people here are very likely to react severely to perceived misuse. Severely includes deleting the article Thor I. Fossen completely (make a copy now) and blocking your edits.

As a first step, read policies WP:COI and WP:USERNAME. Oh, and WP:BIO because of the article's subject. Then read the article very carefully, considering how every single statement can be documented with a citation. (upset people get very judgemental)

I'm just an editor that fixes misspellings (see the history). But I try to notice when a friendly warning might help. So far you've only had friendly Wikipedians drop by. Good luck. Shenme (talk) 03:39, 28 March 2018 (UTC)