User talk:Programmatically
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August 2021
Hello, I'm Rosbif73. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Small modular reactor, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Rosbif73 (talk) 17:14, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia and copyright
Hello ScientistBuilder! Your additions to Ray tracing (graphics) 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.
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- 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. See Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing for why your edit to Ray tracing (graphics) was still a copyright infringement. Thank you. DanCherek (talk) 03:26, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Nomination of Big o list for deletion
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Added Euler recording to Current Recordings page
Hi! I saw you were doing a spoken version of the Euler article, so I stuck it in the table on the current recordings page. I hope that's alright – that way, we can make sure different people don't end up making different versions of the same article at the same time (which does happen sometimes, even with the large number of articles to choose from), and also have a sense of what's going on besides our own work. Once you're finished, you can take it off again, and add any other articles you start. Good luck with the recording! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thrownfootfalls (talk • contribs) 15:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
February 2022
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. MrOllie (talk) 17:40, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- Which article are you referring to? ScientistBuilder (talk) 17:41, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- I am not affiliated with the links I posted. ScientistBuilder (talk) 17:42, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- It is related to the subject. The examples in the math articles are good. Sometimes it helps to see more examples. This is why I added this link. ScientistBuilder (talk) 17:43, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- What specific guidelines in the External Link article does it not follow?
- I'm not disputing your point I just would like to know what is the specific issue. ScientistBuilder (talk) 17:43, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- You are repetitively adding links in violation of WP:ELNO points 4 and 11. You should not be systematically adding links in this fashion. - MrOllie (talk) 17:47, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- I am not trying to crowdfund or raise awareness of a website. ScientistBuilder (talk) 17:49, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- As regards WP:ELNO point 4. ScientistBuilder (talk) 17:49, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- Should I revert the math edits? ScientistBuilder (talk) 17:50, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- I have already reverted them. Just don't add more of these links and everything will be fine. MrOllie (talk) 17:52, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- Why are the links irrevelant? I do not maintain the site I linked to. ScientistBuilder (talk) 17:53, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- I think I figured out the issue.
- I don't meet this criteria:
- Review your intentions. Wikipedia is not a space for personal promotion or the promotion of products, services, web sites, fandoms, ideologies, or other memes. If you are here to tell readers how great something is, or to get exposure for an idea or product that nobody has heard of yet, you are in the wrong place. Likewise, if you are here to make sure that the famous Wikipedia cites you as the authority on something (and possibly to pull up your sagging PageRank) you will probably be disappointed, because Wikipedia uses nofollow on all external links, thereby causing search engines to effectively ignore them.
- ScientistBuilder (talk) 17:57, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- Why are the links irrevelant? I do not maintain the site I linked to. ScientistBuilder (talk) 17:53, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- I have already reverted them. Just don't add more of these links and everything will be fine. MrOllie (talk) 17:52, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- Should I revert the math edits? ScientistBuilder (talk) 17:50, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- You are repetitively adding links in violation of WP:ELNO points 4 and 11. You should not be systematically adding links in this fashion. - MrOllie (talk) 17:47, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.
When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:
Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)
I noticed your recent edit to Talk:ITER does not have an edit summary. You can use the edit summary field to explain your reasoning for an edit, or provide a description of what the edit changes. Summaries save time for other editors and reduce the chances your edit will be misunderstood. For some edits a summary may be quite brief.
Please provide an edit summary for every edit you make. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing →
Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary.
Thanks! Constant314 (talk) 02:23, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- Can I make an edit summary after the fact? ScientistBuilder (talk) 02:26, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- How can I find the reasoning for the demotion of an article from B to C status?
- I didn't even have time to respond to suggestions. ScientistBuilder (talk) 02:27, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- The reference tooltip is not working for me. ScientistBuilder (talk) 02:29, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- The ITER reference tooltip with efn only displays a little JavaScript link in the lower left hand corner of Chrome but nothing pops up. ScientistBuilder (talk) 02:30, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- I also sometimes have trouble figuring out exactly how to use some of the templates. What I do is find a use in another article that does what I want and I copy it. I don't know what you are doing wrong. You might want to experiment in your sandbox.
- There is no way to add edit summaries after the fact, but there is an option to remind you to do it automatically. That is what I use. It is on the editing menu on the preferences link on the top right-hand side of the page.
- The best way to find out why an article is demoted to ask the editor that demoted it or ask on the talk page. In the case that I think you are asking about, it was probably to cut off premature GA nominations. The GA review of a class B article would probably be rejected based on WP:SNOW. Making GA nominations for articles that are not ready slows down the already backlogged GA review process. Constant314 (talk) 03:53, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- I also sometimes have trouble figuring out exactly how to use some of the templates. What I do is find a use in another article that does what I want and I copy it. I don't know what you are doing wrong. You might want to experiment in your sandbox.
- The ITER reference tooltip with efn only displays a little JavaScript link in the lower left hand corner of Chrome but nothing pops up. ScientistBuilder (talk) 02:30, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.
When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:
Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)
I noticed your recent edit to Atomic clock does not have an edit summary. You can use the edit summary field to explain your reasoning for an edit, or provide a description of what the edit changes. Summaries save time for other editors and reduce the chances your edit will be misunderstood. For some edits a summary may be quite brief.
Please provide an edit summary for every edit you make. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing →
Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary.
Thanks! Constant314 (talk) 23:53, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
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Refs to books
Hi, I noticed your edits to Electromagnetism. Just a reminder: when you cite a book, you need to include the page number(s) in the book that support the specific information. Happy editing! Schazjmd (talk) 19:45, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- Which book are you referring to?
- The volta book? ScientistBuilder (talk) 19:47, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- You added refs to two books without providing the page numbers in either. Schazjmd (talk) 19:51, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- I do not have access to the books. Should I remove the books? ScientistBuilder (talk) 19:52, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- If you don't have access to the books, how do you know each supports the specific information that you cited them for? Schazjmd (talk) 20:06, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- The book for Oersted was in the article on Oersted.
- The other book was written by oersted. ScientistBuilder (talk) 20:09, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- If you don't have access to the books, how do you know each supports the specific information that you cited them for? Schazjmd (talk) 20:06, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- I do not have access to the books. Should I remove the books? ScientistBuilder (talk) 19:52, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
- You added refs to two books without providing the page numbers in either. Schazjmd (talk) 19:51, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
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Verifying references
You seem to be adding references without verifying that the references actually establish the facts for which they are cited. For example, this edit you cited a source to for the statement "The long-term stability of hydrogen maser standards decreases because of changes in the cavity's properties over time", yet the source does not even include the words stability or cavity. Adding references without verifying their content degrades the quality of Wikipedia. Please do not guess. I cannot tell, but you may be depending on synthesis (WP:SYN), which also something that is not allowed. Continuing this behavior could be considered disruptive. Constant314 (talk) 03:09, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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Hi @ScientistBuilder: I saw your comment at teahouse and thought this might help. Its a translator utility. It is quite widely used on WP. . scope_creepTalk 01:30, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
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