Hello, Sedvabs, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Brianda and I work with Wiki Education; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

I hope you enjoy editing here. If you haven't already done so, please check out the student training library, which introduces you to editing and Wikipedia's core principles. You may also want to check out the Teahouse, a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to helping new users. Below are some resources to help you get started editing.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Brianda (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:45, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please complete the assigned training modules. --ProfTern (talk) 19:51, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Sedvabs! It's your professor, Dr. Terndrup. I noticed that you are still working on getting your first improvements ready for the article Iznik pottery. Remember that you can use the bibliography page and sandbox to work on small sections at a time. As soon as you start adding to your sandbox, other students can comment on your work through peer review. Please let me know if you have any questions! ProfTern (talk) 21:02, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Sedvabs! Your additions to Iznik pottery 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.
• 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.
• We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
• If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. Please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
• Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps described at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. See also Help:Translation#License requirements.

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 or reach out to your Wiki Ed content expert. Thank you. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 04:52, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Sedvabs. You have new messages at ProfTern's talk page.
Message added 05:51, 6 December 2023 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the ((Talkback)) or ((Tb)) template.[reply]

— Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 05:51, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Plagiarism and copyright violations by User:Sedvabs. Thank you. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 21:37, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Sedvabs This is a serious discussion taking place right now at the Administrator's noticeboard. Your account may now be blocked because you repeatedly added plagiarized content after Red-tailed hawk warned you. I think you've already done this, but please stop editing Wikipedia. We'll be getting in touch with you and your instructor to discuss this. Brianda (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:40, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing certain namespaces ((Article), User, and Draft) for adding copyrighted material to WIkipedia without permission.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: ((unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~)).  Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 21:26, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]