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Happy editing! RolandR (talk) 09:13, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Roland, thanks for the tips! I've been contributing on and off for quite a while now but more off than on :-), so the tutorials will be helpful. I love Wikipedia. Chalk giant (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Chalk giant! Your additions to World Health Organization 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, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. C F A 21:24, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Non-commercial licenses are not compatible with Wikipedia because Wikipedia can be reused commercially. C F A 21:25, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for this information. I thought the references to the sources were enough but I understand better now what is required. My bad, rookie mistake. Will try and do better next time! Thanks again for explaining. Chalk giant (talk) 08:00, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 2024

Please do not ever change direct quotes, even to "improve" their wording, as you did at Futures studies. Thank you, Jessicapierce (talk) 05:42, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jessica, I absolutely agree with you that direct quotes should never be 'improved'. Can you show me what I did exactly? I can't find what you're referring to. Perhaps it wasn't clear that it was a direct quote? Chalk giant (talk) 07:55, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of No Original Research Noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Rusalkii (talk) 20:55, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Chalk giant. We welcome your contributions. Based on the above discussion, it may seem like you might have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. So just wanted to ask if you have an undisclosed connection? Thank you. Eucalyptusmint (talk) 17:02, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Involve (think tank) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Involve (think tank), to which you have significantly contributed, is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or if it should be deleted.

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To customise your preferences for automated AfD notifications for articles to which you've significantly contributed (or to opt-out entirely), please visit the configuration page. Delivered by SDZeroBot (talk) 01:02, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Although I have been doing my best to learn more, I admit to being quite out of my depth regarding Wikipedia technical conventions, language, etc. so have recused myself from the recent content discussion on the Involve (think-tank) entry. The proposal to delete the Involve entry entirely, however, is a bridge too far, and one I vehemently disagree with. (I strongly suspect that those editors proposing deletion are connected to Involve in some way (or even paid by them?) and simply want to sweep the whole discussion under the carpet.) Think-tanks are a vital part of UK society and this one plays a major role in it. Deleting the entry would be a blatant case of censorship IMHO.

Also, the controversy about the Big Tobacco trustee at Involve has apparently resulted in a petition to the UK government petitions service to amend the UK Charities Act so as to close the revolving door between industry lobbyists and charities by introducing a 5-year ban on them taking up trustee posts after leaving their industry position: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/deborah-wa-foulkes_charitygovernance-corruption-bigtobacco-activity-7306164788068306945-dKWb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAASIBdEB7nQE4xbTkWoM0hmYURwNkITtMeU

This petition has acquired the requisite number of preliminary signatures and is now at the checking stage. Once it goes public on the government website people will quite rightly want to inform themselves about the background to it and Wikipedia will have done them a great disservice by deleting the Involve entry. Chalk giant (talk) 09:06, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Talk:Involve (think tank)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that Talk:Involve (think tank), a page that you created, has been tagged for deletion. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

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You may leave your comment on the WP:TEAHOUSE or the closer's admin talk page. Cheers, Syn73 (talk) 04:42, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your thread has been archived

Hello Chalk giant! The thread you created at the Teahouse, Speedy deletion of my Talk page for deleted Involve (think-tank) page, has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days.

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See also the help page about the archival process. The archival was done by lowercase sigmabot III, and this notification was delivered by KiranBOT, both automated accounts. You can opt out of future notifications by placing {{bots|deny=KiranBOT}} on top of the current page (your user talk page). —KiranBOT (talk) 03:08, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Bon courage (talk) 08:38, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]