User talk:Meladjawdat

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Happy editing! Cheers, Mako001 (C) (T) 🇺🇦 04:15, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

July 2022[edit]

Thank you for your contributions. It seems that you may have added public domain content to one or more Wikipedia articles, such as Battle of Suldouze. You are welcome to import appropriate public domain content to articles, but in order to meet the Wikipedia guideline on plagiarism, such content must be fully attributed. This requires not only acknowledging the source, but acknowledging that the source is copied. There are several methods to do this described at Wikipedia:Plagiarism#Public-domain sources, including the usage of an attribution template. Please make sure that any public domain content you have already imported is fully attributed. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 15:12, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit to Battle of Charah 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. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:11, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from one or more pages into Battle of Charah. 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. Please provide attribution for this duplication if it has not already been supplied by another editor, and if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, you should provide attribution for that also. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:11, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Battle of Charah[edit]

Hello Meladjawdat,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Battle of Charah for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source, probably infringing copyright.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:29, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Firefangledfeathers,

May i ask which source did i copyright from exactly?

Sincerely Meladjawdat! Meladjawdat (talk) 10:01, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Meladjawat. Some content was copied from https://seaministries.org/ronsreflections/366-THE-FAITH-OF-AN-ASSYRIAN-PATRIARCH and more was copied from the book Assyrians and Two World Wars: Assyrians from 1914 to 1945. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 12:42, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Firefangledfeathers,

my sincerest apologies as i thought when using a article you have to copy most of it word by word, i hope you understand and i will definitely re-add the information but change the words up.

sincerely meladjawdat Meladjawdat (talk) 06:08, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced Syriac-script names[edit]

Hi, can you please avoid adding Syrian-script names to modern-day subjects when we have no sources proving that the name is correct? Also, no official documents (IDs, passports, etc.) use Syriac in any country in the world, so this is a violation of WP:OR. Thanks, Nehme₁₄₉₉ 11:44, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Nehme1499, if Meladjawdat speaks and writes Syriac, then they are an authoritative source for names and words in those language and script. No sources are necessary. Elizium23 (talk) 08:09, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Elizium23, i am grateful for your words of support as i am someone who is a native Syriac speaker but is still new to wikipedia and don't know my way around some the rules. I just wanted many of our athletes and popular Assyrian figures to have their names in their native language shown. Meladjawdat (talk) 08:18, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds wonderful! Feel free to use WP:BABEL userboxes to indicate where your expertise lies. Elizium23 (talk) 08:26, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started[edit]

Hello, Meladjawdat. Thank you for your work on Hakkari Expedition 1916. User:SunDawn, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 03:16, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks SunDawn Meladjawdat (talk) 07:53, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright[edit]

Hello Meladjawdat! Your additions to Francis Shabo 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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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, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. /wiae /tlk 11:18, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

my apologies i will edit and make sure the article is free of any copyright material, is it fine if i use the sources you deleted but change the word's up. Meladjawdat (talk) 11:30, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, in general if you rephrase content from reliable sources in your own words, then that is a good solution. Thanks, /wiae /tlk 12:58, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Francis Shabo[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Francis Shabo requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.assyrianpolicy.org/justiceforfrancisshabo. 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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Proposed deletion of Youkhana Jajo[edit]

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August 2023[edit]

Please do not add or change content, as you did at List of Yazidi settlements, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. // Timothy :: talk 07:16, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

CS1 error on Makhmour clashes 2023[edit]

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Concern regarding Draft:Makhmour clashes 2023[edit]

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