User talk:Williamliamjones

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Happy editing! --Vsmith (talk) 11:43, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please always support your addition of content to Wikipedia articles with WP:Reliable sources. Vsmith (talk) 11:49, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

January 2022

Hello, I'm Mako001. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Weather forecasting, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Mako001 (C) (T) 12:01, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Copying licensed material requires attribution

Hi. I see in a recent addition to Effects of climate change you included material from a webpage that is available under a compatible Creative Commons Licence. That's okay, but you have to give attribution so that our readers are made aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself. It's also required under the terms of the license. I've added the attribution for this particular instance. Please make sure that you follow this licensing requirement when copying from compatibly-licensed material in the future. — Diannaa (talk) 23:50, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please could you comment why you make changes

Thanks for editing Effects of climate change but please could you use the "comments" box for most of your changes in future. Because it is hard for us to see at a glance why you made the changes, but instead have to spend time trying to figure it out from "diff". We don't usually need long comments - a couple of words is often enough. However when you are undoing vandalism or your own previous change then you don't need to comment. Or if you are doing some tiny change like fixing spelling you don't need to comment but can instead just tick the "minor change" box.

Thanks in advance

Chidgk1 (talk) 07:20, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to say the same thing. I wonder if this user hasn't discovered his talk page yet? It sometimes happens with new users if they haven't adjusted their settings. Hello Williamliamjones please comment here so that we know that you see the talk page comments? EMsmile (talk) 17:06, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Williamliamjones! Your additions to Wildfire have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 15:11, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You're going to get blocked indefinitely if you continue putting copyrighted content in Wikipedia. Drmies (talk) 15:41, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

January 2023

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. 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. [1] MrOllie (talk) 13:57, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. CV9933 (talk) 11:41, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]