User talk:Pricelessjosy

Mirrors

Thanks for contributing to the article PLS (file format). However, one of Wikipedia's core policies is that material must be verifiable and attributed to reliable sources. You have recently used citations which copied, or mirrored, material from Wikipedia. This leads to a circular reference and is not acceptable. Most mirrors are clearly labeled as such, but some are in violation of our license and do not provide the correct attribution. Please help by adding alternate sources to the article you edited! If you need any help or clarification, you can look at Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia or ask at Wikipedia:New contributors' help page, or just ask me. Thank you. Kuru (talk) 13:10, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

Ok Pricelessjosy (talk) 15:51, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

August 2022

Hello, I'm Champion. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Portable media player have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 02:16, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Ok, thanks Pricelessjosy (talk) 06:59, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Pricelessjosy! Your additions to Software deployment 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.
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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. Aoidh (talk) 14:35, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Ok, I understand but what about materials in the open source, do words have to be changed before it can be used and referenced. Pricelessjosy (talk) 16:22, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

That's an excellent question, and unfortunately it seems to be a nuanced answer that I do not have. I would suggest asking this question at Wikipedia:Teahouse, because if by open source you mean it's content licensed under CC-BY-SA (like for example Wikipeida content is) then it still requires attribution, but if it's content whose copyright has expired or content that copyright does not apply to (see for example Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States) then it is best to make it clear when adding the content that you believe the content is not subject to copyright for whatever applicable reason. In either case though, unless you are directly quoting content and making it clear that you are quoting the content, it's probably best to reword it into your own words just to avoid any issues with WP:MOS like WP:WTA. But again, I think asking at the Teahouse would be best, since you'd be getting the answer from someone who knows the answer, rather than me who does not know all of the nuances of text that is not under copyright (and it would be good to give an example of text you have in mind, since saying text is open source is vague so its hard to give a direct answer). - Aoidh (talk) 22:27, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your well elaborated response. I think i will go with your summation, to be on a safe side, it's best to reword materials wether it's gotten from open source or not. Pricelessjosy (talk) 13:08, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (August 6)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by VersaceSpace was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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—VersaceSpace 🌃 17:14, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

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Your thread has been archived

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Aithough I have gotten a response, I just needed more views on the question Pricelessjosy (talk) 19:14, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (September 17)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Timtrent were: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:Pricelessjosy/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 19:56, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

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Removed your added citations on List_of_Internet_organizations

@Pricelessjosy: Thank you very much for wanting to help add citations to ensure verifiability. However, the page List of Internet organizations did not need additional citations, because each of the listed organization names were links over to the individual Wikipedia articles for those organizations. On those separate articles, there were then many citations. So I did remove the citations that you added. Again, thank you for your interest in improving Wikipedia. - Dyork (talk) 02:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

@Dyork okay 102.89.22.32 (talk) 11:51, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Blocked as a sockpuppet

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts as a sockpuppet of User:Semmy1960 per the evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Semmy1960. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted.

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Pricelessjosy (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I created my account in July 2022, and since then, I have made edits primarily in ICT and computer-related topics while making every effort to adhere to Wikipedia's guidelines. I and semmy1960 have worked together on and successfully completed a number of wiki projects, such as the recently completed Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program for teachers in Lagos State, of which I was one of the Facilitators and also a member of the Implementation Team, as well as wiki awareness for NIJ students project, which we have worked on and also other projects like wikifactchecker for journalists in Lagos that we are still working on.All of these completed projects are included on the wiki's Meta page. I am a lecturer with the Nigerian Institute of Journalism who recognizes the value of adding to the body of knowledge. Since I first learned about Wikipedia, I have volunteered to support a number of Wikipedia projects because I love academics and recognize the value of Open Educational Resources (OER). So I will never want to endanger Wikipedia in any manner. Pricelessjosy (talk) 14:48, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Decline reason:

You seem to be acknowledging that you are indeed a sockpuppet (see WP:MEAT). Yamla (talk) 18:41, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 08:02, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Internet in Nigeria has been accepted

Internet in Nigeria, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Thanks again, and happy editing!

Vanderwaalforces (talk) 22:59, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks Pricelessjosy (talk) 16:19, 15 December 2023 (UTC)