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Learning disability

Hi Digitalreporter. I've removed the links you put into the learning disabilities article because of the need to make sure that the article does not become heavy with links to commercial products and advertising. Please see WP:spam for more information. Thanks--Vannin (talk) 04:19, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Digitalreporter. In response to your e-mail, when I looked at the radio site, it was featuring discussion of Balametric workshops. This could just be a chance discussion, but given the other link that I removed, that was to a Balametric site, it is beginning to look like this is pushing a particular commercial product. Either that, or it is quite a coincidence. As WP:spam points out, links to outside commercial sites are not appreciated. Thanks for the invitation to your radio show, but I prefer to keep a low profile --Vannin (talk) 23:51, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

By the by, discussion to others should go on their talk page rather than their user page. Cheers.--Vannin (talk) 15:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Digital Reporter. My answer to your e-mail is the same as above. When I go to the site it has repeated references to a particular commercial product - Balametrics - and thus I think it should be treated as a commercial site. The other links are mainly to national associations, and even at that the link section is already getting a little long.--Vannin (talk) 21:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

March 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Artis the Spoonman has been reverted.

Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove unwanted links and spam from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. The external links I reverted were matching the following regex rule(s): \byoutube\.com (links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-omkrr3_evs, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3brqe4pbgca). If the external link you inserted or changed was to a media file (e.g. a sound or video file) on an external server, then note that linking to such files may be subject to Wikipedia's copyright policy and therefore probably should not be linked to. Please consider using our upload facility to upload a suitable media file. Video links are also strongly deprecated by our guidelines for external links, partly because they're useless to people with slow internet connections.

If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 02:08, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:BreannaLabrieclorisleachman.JPG

File Copyright problem

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File permission problem with File:DSCF0045 2.jpg

File Copyright problem

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Brennan LaBrie

Hello Paul Erik,

> are you copy-pasting text from other websites?

Yes. I am copying and pasting from another website - mine. If you follow the link at the top of the page, it will take you to the YouTube page that I created. BTW: I'm still trying to get use to how Wikipedia works.

-Jack (digitalreporter)

Hello Digitalreporter. I need to ask you, are you copy-pasting text from other websites? [1] I need to ask because Wikipedia must be very careful about copyright violations. Thanks in advance for your reply, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 04:31, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

I've now removed it as a likely copyright violation. (Please let me know if you have any questions about this.) Besides, encyclopedia articles about journalists typically do not have an extensive list of all the reports they have filed. Thanks, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 04:39, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

February 2010

Your addition to Copied from [2] has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Whpq (talk) 22:02, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Brennan LaBrie

You reverted changes from multiple editors on the Brennan LaBrie article without discussion on the article talk page, Talk:Brennan LaBrie. I've undone these changes for a couple of reasons. the first and foremost is that the material you have added back is a copyright violation as noted in a previous warning. This is a serious violation of Wikipedia policy. Additionally, the other material is a long list of external links. Wikipedia is not a directory service and a large set of links is not appropriate for an encyclopedia article. I invite you discuss these changes at the article's talk page. You are welcome to expand and improve the article, but your recent edits are not an acceptable way to do this. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 22:38, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Brennan LaBrie. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. Whpq (talk) 02:44, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. -- Flyguy649 ^talk 18:30, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

This is a reply to your email. The text you added to the article is from here, which at the bottom of the page clearly states "© Copyright 2010 Tacoma News, Inc". Thus you posting that content into the Brennan LaBrie article as is violates copyright. If the copyright holders grant permission for the content to be added, they must contact Wikipedia: see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. I notice from previous warnings above that you have previously added copyright content. I suggest you read the copyright policy and links therein to gain further understanding of this. I realize you've been here for a while, but you may want to look at the guide to writing your first article for suggestions on how to use sources to write an article for Wikipedia.

Note also that you were reverting other editors without leaving an edit summary, which is something you should generally do. (Take a look at my contributions to see how I use the edit summary.)It explains why you made the edits you did. Wikipedia policy does not permit edit warring and there is a prohibition on more than three reversions in a 24h period.

As for why the external links are gone, Wikipedia articles should not be a collection of links. Look at Wikipedia:External links for an explanation of appropriate external links. Drop me a note either here or on my talk page if you need further explanations or help. If you do choose email, I will likely reply here and send you an email notification. Regards, -- Flyguy649 ^talk 15:16, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

December 2022

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, discussion pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Wikipedia:Help desk, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:20, 13 December 2022 (UTC)