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December 2020

Hello, I'm FunnyMath. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to 2020 Nashville bombing have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse. Thanks. FunnyMath (talk) 07:04, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Love of Corey. I noticed that you recently removed content from 2020 Nashville bombing without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Love of Corey (talk) 07:07, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

January 2021

Hello, this is Leopard of the Snows. I've reverted your changes to Destiny (streamer) multiple times and want to explain why. I pinged you on talk:Destiny (streamer) the last time you made revisions, but I will assume you didn't see that. Your most recent revisions include removing all citations under the "Political views" section, removing relevant and necessary information there, and adding new information without citations while using some incorrect punctuation. I am assuming good faith, but given that you have continued reverting the changes made by others on that page, I ask that you please, please, please discuss further changes on talk:Destiny (streamer). If you are a new user simply testing Wikipedia's tools, then please use sandbox instead of removing the relevant work of others on a published page. Always remember that new changes must be properly cited and correctly formatted. If you have questions about Wikipedia's tools or content guidelines, then don't hesitate to ask at Teahouse. Thank you. Leopard of the Snows (talk) 19:54, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

July 2021

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Surfside condominium building collapse, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. General Ization ^Talk 21:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Deaths redlinks

Just FYI since I've seen you do it a few times: the deaths pages lists redlinks for 1 month, at which point they are removed. This is so articles can be easily detected while pruning the list (and external sources that rely on the deaths list look for the first link in a listing to determine the person's name). Nohomersryan (talk) 23:50, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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your personal bias on TP's

Please leave your personal opinions on legal matters out of your comments on TP's which are also governed by our BLP restrictions, as you did on the article about the accidental shooting by Kim Potter. Wiki could be liable for your slander of her.

Could you please explain to me how what I said could be considered slander. Thecornerwiki (talk) 17:16, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Updating casualty counts

Thanks for updating casualty counts. Can you update the source also when you change the number? Otherwise we have a current number sourced to an old source with an old number. And it would be good to know what source(s) the new number came from. Thanks again. Levivich (talk) 18:54, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. I am getting the causality count data of the page for the Israel-Hamas War. Which is sourced from the Israeli Government, and Gaza Health Ministry. Thank you for reading. NesserWiki (talk) 19:29, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Even if you find Mr. Fuentes distasteful, BLP applies to everyone

You cannot post a twitter link to an obvious fake/hack job trying to "out" someone's sexuality. Be better. Zaathras (talk) 12:09, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I do not think it was either or a hack job. Everything I have seen points to this being legitimate. NesserWiki (talk) 07:15, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your Masters degree in Internet Sleuthing isn't the point. Posting disparaging gossip sources to social media is the point. Zaathras (talk) 13:11, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes Improvement Time!

Hello there! I am sending this alert to all members of the WikiProject Weather and editors who have recently edited in the realm of tornadoes.

There is a large and important discussion ongoing, with the goal to completely overhaul and improve the List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes. The previous improvement attempt back in 2022/2023 gained almost no participation. This alert is being sent out so these discussions hopefully gain a reasonably-sized participation, so the F5/EF5 tornado article, one of the most viewed weather-related articles on Wikipedia, can be improved for all readers!

If you wish to participate, please visit: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Weather/Possible F5/EF5/IF5 tornadoes. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 17:40, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alert: PD-NWS Violations

This is an alert being sent to all active editors on the WikiProject of Weather and any editor who has recently editors weather-related articles.

Editors on the Commons have received communication from the National Weather Service that the Template:PD-NWS, which is often used to upload weather-related images, is incorrect. There will be a discussion starting on the Commons Copyright Noticeboard within the next few days to determine how to manage this issue. Under the current PD-NWS copyright template, images on any NWS webpage was considered to be in the public domain unless it had a direct copyright symbol and/or copyright watermark.

One National Weather Service office has confirmed this is not the case. For the next few days, it may be best to not upload any image from an NWS webpage that was not made or taken directly by the National Weather Service themselves. Once the Commons determine how to move forward, editors will recent a new alert. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 23:54, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PD-NWS Violations Update #1

I am providing members of the WikiProject of Weather along with users who frequently edit weather-related articles an update to the discussions regarding the PD-NWS image copyright template.

For starters, no "formal" administrative-style rules have occurred. All that means is the template is not formally deprecated and is still in use. However, Rlandmann, an administrator on English Wikipedia, has begun an undertaking of reviewing and assessing all images (~1,400) that use the PD-NWS copyright template.

What we know:

Following email communications, the National Weather Service of Sioux Falls has removed their disclaimer, which has been used for the PD-NWS template for decades. This means, as far as the National Weather Service is concerned, the following statement is no longer valid: By submitting images, you understand that your image is being released into the public domain. This means that your photo or video may be downloaded, copied, and used by others. Currently, the PD-NWS template links to an archived version of the disclaimer. However, the live version of the disclaimer no longer contains that phrase.
See this deletion discussion for this point's information. NWS Paducah (1) failed to give attribution to a photographer of a tornado photograph, (2) placed the photo into the public domain without the photographer explicitly giving them permission to do so (i.e. the photo is not actually in the public domain), (3) and told users to acknowledge NWS as the source for information on the webpage. Oh, to note, this photographer is a magistrate (i.e. a judge). So, the idea of automatically trusting images without clear attribution on weather.gov are free-to-use is in question.
The Wikimedia Commons has a process known as precautionary principle, where if their is significant doubt that an image is free-to-use, it will be deleted. Note, one PD-NWS file has been deleted under the precautionary principle. The closing administrator remarks for the deletion discussion were: "Per the precautionary principle, there is "significant doubt" about the public domain status of this file (4x keep + nominator, 5x delete), so I will delete it."
Several photographs/images using the PD-NWS are currently mid-deletion discussion, all for various reasonings.
As of this message, 250 PD-NWS images have been checked out of the ~1,400.
The photograph of the 1974 Xenia tornado (File:Xenia tornado.jpg) was found to not be in the public domain. It is still free-to-use, but under a CC 2.0 license, which requires attribution. From April 2009 to August 2024, Wikipedia/Wikimedia was incorrectly (and by definition, illegally) using the photograph, as it was marked incorrectly as a public domain photograph.

Solutions:
As stated earlier, there is no "formal" rulings, so no "formal" changes have been made. However, there is a general consensus between editors on things which are safe to do:

Images made directly by NWS employees can be uploaded and used under the new PD-USGov-NWS-employee template (Usage: {{PD-USGov-NWS-employee}} ). This is what a large number of PD-NWS templated images are being switched to.
Images from the NOAA Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT) can be uploaded and used under the PD-DAT template (Usage: {{PD-DAT}} ). A large number of images are also being switched to this template.

For now, you are still welcome to upload images under the PD-NWS template. However, if possible it is recommended using the two templates above. I will send out another update when new information is found or new "rulings" have been made. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:28, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]