Ian Soutar
Sorry about writing about Dr. Rodney Herring of the University of Victoria.
He is a noteworthy person who literally created the world's most powerful electron microscope. He also has developed unique methods of measuring the Earth's atmosphere content by bouncing radio waves off of it. Also noteworthy is his approach to medical imaging which will be revolutionary.
How can someone get this knowledge into Wikipedia?
I meant no harm by posting it and I was not advertising anything but I see I was accused of this. How do I appeal.
Thanks
Welcome!
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Managing a conflict of interest
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Hello, Ian Soutar. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Lycia Trouton, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:
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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 22:32, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
October 2019
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Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Lycia Trouton. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 22:33, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Rodney Herring
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A tag has been placed on Rodney Herring, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
- It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
- It appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement of https://www.uvic.ca/engineering/mechanical/faculty-and-staff/faculty/rherring.php. (See section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
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October 2019
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One of your recent additions has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. Toddst1 (talk) 22:44, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to remove speedy deletion notices from pages you created yourself, as you did at Rodney Herring, you may be blocked from editing. Toddst1 (talk) 23:04, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
- Ian Soutar, you really need to review the information provided to you in the "Managing a Conflict of Interest" section above.-- Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 23:07, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Rodney Herring
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A tag has been placed on Rodney Herring, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Ad Orientem (talk) 23:16, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
October 2019
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{{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Ad Orientem (talk) 23:16, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Ian Soutar (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
I attend lectures and a graduate study group. Rodney is developing techniques that can be instrumental in addressing global warming issues. Noteable is his upper atmosphere imaging system using radio signals. I am sorry if I inserted his description from the University of Victoria page ... I have done a lot of editing in the past, particularly of the Nickel Iron battery site but I had never created an original page before and did not understand the technicalities.
I really want to build a page to describe the fields of knowledge that Rodney Herring has created. This will allow other researchers.
Since it is the first page I have created ... as opposed to editing, I was unaware of these issues.
Decline reason:
This does not address the promotional nature of your edits nor your conflict of interest which appears to extend into the financial. (I won't link to the evidence in public but I will present it to interested admins via email on request.) Huon (talk) 23:59, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
- Ian Soutar there are a lot of problems here. First you are editing in a promotional manner. This is an encyclopedia, not a fan site. See WP:NOPROMO. Secondly there have been naked copyright violations. Third it is apparent that you have a conflict of interest. See WP:COI. Fourthly, you have not in any way established the encyclopedic notability of the subject you wish to write about. See WP:BASIC and WP:NPROF. I am prepared to unblock you on condition that you do not edit anywhere in the mainspace on this topic. You may however submit a request for an article at WP:RA. If you have an interest in creating articles on other subjects where you do not have a COI, you would be free to do so. But please read WP:YFA first. Let me know if you are prepared to agree to these terms. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:01, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
- Before an unblock I'd like to know whether WP:PAID is relevant here. Huon (talk) 00:08, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
- Agreed. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:10, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
- Before an unblock I'd like to know whether WP:PAID is relevant here. Huon (talk) 00:08, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
Ian Soutar (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
Sorry about writing about Rodney Herring. He is a noteworthy person Sorry about writing about Rodney Herring. He is a noteworthy person who created the world's most powerful electron microscope just 5 years ago. But there is nothing written about him on Wikipedia. I was trying to do my best but was not expecting to get banned for it! How do I get back on there to continue editing? Thanks Ian Soutar Ian Soutar (talk) 02:07, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
Decline reason:
This does not address the reasons for the block, nor does it answer the questions posed above. Yunshui 雲水 07:13, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
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Ian, there is an offer presented above, but you seem to have ignored it. You also seem to have ignored the conditions of the offer as well as the WP:GAB that was pointed out for you. I suggest that until/unless you demonstrate you understand all of these and agree to the terms, that you are highly unlikely to be allowed to edit this site. Toddst1 (talk) 02:29, 17 October 2019 (UTC)