Jhv.wilder

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Thank you Diannaa, I apologise if some of my initial edits have not met with Wikipedias standards, I hope to improve and be able to add in a small way to the quality of content on the community going forward. Regards Harry

Jhv.wilder (talk) 22:20, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Wallingford Rowing Club (July 31)

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Theroadislong (talk) 19:43, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Jhv.wilder, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Wallingford, Oxfordshire have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. 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 here.

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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) 22:55, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

August 2018

Please do not insert duplicate pictures on the Waitrose article, one pic is quite enough. Thank you, David J Johnson (talk) 12:49, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Copying within Wikipedia requires attribution

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from Agatha Christie into Wallingford, Oxfordshire. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content, disclosing the copying and linking to the copied page, e.g., copied content from [[page name]]; see that page's history for attribution. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted {{copied}} template on the talk pages of the source and destination. The attribution has been provided for this situation, but if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, please provide attribution for that duplication. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. If you are the sole author of the prose that was copied, attribution is not required. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:12, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Copyright problem on Wallingford, Oxfordshire

Hello. I am Diannaa and I am a Wikipedia administrator. Today I found some additional copyright violations in your additions to Wallingford, Oxfordshire. I already warned you about this on August 2. Prose you find online is almost always copyright, and cannot be copied here; it's against the law and the copyright policy of this website to do so. All prose must be written in your own words. There's more information about copyrights and how it applies to Wikipedia at Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright. Copyright law and its application are complex matters, and you should not edit any more until you have taken the time to read and understand our copyright policy. Further copyright violations will result in you being blocked from editing. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:39, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Diannaa,

I apologise it is not my intention to violate the policies of Wikipedia, I believed that I had adequately referenced the sources which were open sources without copyright, some of the texts are over a hundred years old.

I am new to this and have only just worked out how to reply to you hence another apology for the lateness of my reply. My intentions are however good and if you find more infractions in my existing work I would appreciate the chance to re-write them. Regards Harry

August 2018

I realise that you are new to Wikipedia, but please stop your current promotion of all things relating to Wallingford - they are unnecessary. Also please stop the excess linking of Wallingford and read WP:OVERLINK, which explains overlinking. Thank you and regards, David J Johnson (talk) 10:10, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi David you are correct I am a recent user of Wikipedia and as such would welcome advice from a user with your extensive experience. especially with items such as linking.

However, I must point out that there is a difference between what you call "promotion" and simply taking on an underdeveloped page and including it where relevant on other pages. The historical/location/other pages that I am including Wallingford in are pages that it should have been included in at an earlier junction. Just because up to now it has been overlooked does not mean that to should continue. I am sure you would agree with that sentiment. With regards to your deletion of anything that I am putting up it is appearing prejudicial I am researching and improving the Wallingford page therefore it makes sense to add this information into other pages where it is omitted, as an example Agatha Christie did die in the town of Wallingford at her home of Hithercroft house therefor that is a factually accurate addition.

I hope you can see that this is being done with the best of intentions of improving the resource and falling out with other members of the community is not something I came here to do. I look forward to working with you in the future. Regards HarryJhv.wilder (talk) 10:59, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

You will note that I have corrected a large number of typos in the text of Wallingford. Please check your contributions by using the "Show preview" button at the foot of the page before publishing any alterations/new content. Also much of the recent additions read like a travel guide - something that Wikipedia definately is not. David J Johnson (talk) 19:31, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Another point: each addition needs to have a citation. Please see Help:Referencing for beginners for information on this topic. I've placed some more handy links at the top of this page. Another great resource is the Teahouse, where you'll find editors experienced in helping new users. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 22:12, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Please see further comments on your contributions to Wallingford, Oxfordshire on the article Talk page. Thank you, David J Johnson (talk) 22:24, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

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Draft:Wallingford Rowing Club

Hello, Jhv.wilder. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, Draft:Wallingford Rowing Club.

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it. — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:00, 1 February 2019 (UTC)