User talk:Sam.LaurenHarris

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October 2022

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistently making disruptive edits.

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: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Bbb23 (talk) 19:56, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If editing barbies page is considered "disruptive" I'm happy not to do it I dont think it is fair to acuse me of "disruptive" activity and necessary to block me Sam.LaurenHarris (talk) 20:00, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Sam.LaurenHarris (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I tried to edit "Barbie's" page. I added a photograph of a Barbie (the silhouette) with credits and the source. If I have omitted or made mistakes, I apologize. Also, I have no intention of further editing the Barbie page. All my previous contributions were well-documented (I am a scholar, and I take it very seriously). I believe I have considerably contributed in a short amount of time, and I would like to be unblocked so I can continue further contributing to Wikipedia. Thank you for your considerationSam.LaurenHarris (talk) 10:12, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Leaving aside the spamming, a substantial number of your edits were copyright violations. As such violations potentially put Wikipedia in legal jeopardy, we must be convinced that you understand how what you did was improper; see WP:COPYVIO. Please tell us in your own words what copyright is, what license Wikipedia uses for its content, and when/how copyrighted content may be used on Wikipedia. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 11:50, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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