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Your submission at AfC Pervushovisaurus was accepted

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Your submission at AfC Herpetocetus was accepted

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Your submission at AfC Protororqualus was accepted

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FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 22:03, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: User:Extrapolaris/Cetotheriophanes (January 30)

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Your submission at AfC Basilotritus was accepted

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FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 20:19, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at AfC Cetotheriophanes was accepted

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FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 20:44, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at AfC Archaebalaenoptera was accepted

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FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 22:59, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Your Articles for Deletion nominations

G'day, this is just to let you know that there is a set procedure for creating Article for Deletion discussions, which you can easily find by typing WP:AfD in the search box on the left of the page. Instructions there will tell you how to go about it. The fact that you haven't used the proper Templates means basically that nobody knows the discussions exist, otherwise they would have been closed days ago. More specifically, if you think an article's content needs to be merged, there's no need to even open an AfD discussion; you can either post a comment on the article's Talk page to discuss it, or be bold and just go ahead and do the merging yourself. Typing WP:MERGE in the search box will get you to a page that tells you how to do that. If the two dinosaur names are typos, they should be redirected instead of deleted; type WP:REDIRECT to get you to a page that tells you how to do that. Cheers YSSYguy (talk) 11:54, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: User:Extrapolaris/Cuba and weapons of mass destruction (April 8)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: User:Extrapolaris/Cuba and weapons of mass destruction (April 8)

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Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:46, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

April 2014

Hello, I'm Chris troutman. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Propaganda, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:25, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Cuba and weapons of mass destruction (May 21)

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JustBerry (talk) 21:34, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Hello! Extrapolaris, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! JustBerry (talk) 21:34, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Draft:Cuba and weapons of mass destruction

Draft:Cuba and weapons of mass destruction, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Cuba and weapons of mass destruction and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Draft:Cuba and weapons of mass destruction during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. JustBerry (talk) 21:34, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Hi, this was probably just a slip-up when you changed your mind, but you left an edit summary which did not refer to deletion when tagging Tilgate Formation for proposed deletion. This requirement at WP:PROD#Nominating is only fair to other editors who may have the page on their watchlist.

I hope this is not a habitual oversight, but I just noticed that you left another edit summary "added flags" for an edit in which you not only did that but also deleted several table entries at List of stratigraphic units... Your deletions may well be justified, but please be open about the changes that you are making.

Hope this helps, – Fayenatic London 10:26, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

A page you started (Nannocetus) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Nannocetus, Extrapolaris!

Wikipedia editor Animalparty just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

Please consider expanding this stub (and other recent paleo whale articles) with morphological descriptions to supplement the taxonomy/nomenclature coverage (which is rather esoteric for most readers). don't forget WP:MTAU!

To reply, leave a comment on Animalparty's talk page.

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August 2014

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Speedy deletion nomination of 2015 in paleontology

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Steneosaurus obtusidens has been accepted

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Surviving US Veterans of World War II

I've reverted all your changes. We've been through this with people trying to remove Axis veterans and UK veterans, and the consensus is not to. Czolgolz (talk) 17:07, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of List of surviving U.S. veterans of WW2

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DYK for Phosphorosaurus

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Minor Trifling Quible

Concerning your excellent contributions to Eusmilus and Nimravus, I take it N. gomphodus is a synonym of N. brachyops?--Mr Fink (talk) 16:19, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes, Nimravus gomphodus is the same species as N. brachyops; see the following reference for more info: Barrett PZ. (2016) Taxonomic and systematic revisions to the North American Nimravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) PeerJ 4:e1658 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1658. Extrapolaris (talk) 16:22, 9 February 2016 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

Thanks!--Mr Fink (talk) 22:05, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Dear Extrapolaris, thank you for your contributions on Wikipedia, especially your recent creation of Prototherium. Keep up the good work! You are making a difference here! With regards, AnupamTalk 04:00, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Merging genus articles

Hi, articles should not be merged or deleted unless there is clear confirmation they are the same as something else in the literature. Our own speculation doesn't count. Also, when merging, always transfer unique info from the redirected articles so it isn't just lost. FunkMonk (talk) 18:01, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

March 2016

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March 2016 (2)

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Concerning Your Edit at Ichthyodectidae

Hi, I moved your edit concerning "Unicerosaurus" from Ichthyodectidae to Xiphactinus, as it appeared to concern specifically about Xiphactinus' synonym, Portheus, and didn't appear to be about ichthyodectids in general. I hope you don't mind.--Mr Fink (talk) 15:57, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

March 2016

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Did you really make this edit, where you removed every veteran with the last name "Brown" from the List of surviving veterans of World War II, with the edit summary; "Removed vets with the last name Brown b/c they're nothing but a bunch of brownies", then revert them back in, saying "Sorry, just was making fun of the last name Brown", then remove them all again, with the same edit summary? Wow. - ^theWOLFchild 22:28, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I made this edit because I was simply making fun of the last name Brown, then reverted it just to make other wiki users happy, jokingly referring to John Brown as John Brown the Brownie.Extrapolaris (talk) 01:25, 11 April 2016 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

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Please do not remove dead links as you did here just because their archive URL is at archive.is which is blacklisted, per WP:DEADREF. I'm going to restore them and look for alternative archives and request whitelisting if necessary. nyuszika7h (talk) 16:47, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

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Copy-paste between Wikipedia articles

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Before making such bold moves, I suggest you gain a consensus to do so. I have reversed your changes. I suggest you start/join discussions at Talk:Giraffe. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:07, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

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Reporting false?

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Squalodon barbarus is from Oligocene

You are wrecking the range- those are unrelated, apokryltaros, save me! I'm a damsel in distress! Squalodon fossils are mostly from Oligocene , it's not the right change of yours, You may be blocked!

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Theriosuchus fossils also recorded in Jurassic!

You can't make the false range or fixing them again, you may be blocked or reverted by apokryltaros.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.16.154.230 (talk) 12:51, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

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Teleidosaurus

What exactly were you trying to achieve with your move of Teleorhinus calvadosii to Wikipedia:Teleidosaurus and then moving the redirect left behind to User:Teleidosaurus? I've requested deletion of the user namespace redirect, as that clearly is not supposed to go there. Note: Teleidosaurus exists as an article? Thanks. – Train2104 (t • c) 23:29, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Teleorhinus calvadosii is a spelling error for Teleidosaurus calvadosii, so Teleorhinus calvadosii should be marked for deletion.Extrapolaris (talk) 23:31, 23 July 2017 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

If it's a spelling error, it can be considered a plausible redirect. I've changed the target of Teleorhinus calvadosii to Teleidosaurus, which is what I believe you wanted in the first place. The project space redirect has been tagged for deletion. – Train2104 (t • c) 23:35, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Teleorhinus calvadosii was of course not a spelling error. It is a no longer accepted combination of the specific name calvadosii with the generic name Teleorhinus, the latter now having been replaced by Terminonaris. It means that some author(s) at some time placed the species in the genus Teleorhinus, a scientific view that has now become superseded.  Wikiklaas  14:07, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Template:Plesiosauria

Dear Extrapolaris, after you changed Template:Plesiosauria, it had become a mess; you must have noticed that because you tried to repair it with several "error fixes". I guess you would have done better to undo all your changes and ask someone for help. Leaving the template broken seems unacceptable.

What exactly were you trying to achieve? If you can explain it in a few words (like: adding genus such and such to this and this list, inserting a subfamily between group x and y), I could try to help you achieve this. For now, I undid all your changes, as the template is used on quite a number of highly visible pages.  Wikiklaas  12:29, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

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Pappaceras

Hi, I've created the taxonomy templates (see WP:Autotaxobox system) so that the automatic taxobox at Pappaceras works, but I've no idea whether the taxonomy is correct or not. I see that the family the article says the genus belongs to (Paraceratheriidae) actually redirects to a subfamily. So please check. There are also missing references. Peter coxhead (talk) 15:00, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

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It looks like you'll need to replace to automatic taxobox as the taxon is not recognised. Because I'm not too familiar with cranial morphological terms, could you check whether theres a noun missing from this pariah sentence: "..more anteriorly projected supraoccipital and parietal, and..."? I'd have expected clarification, with a noun such as "bone", "foramen", "process" etc.

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Nick Moyes (talk) 09:25, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

It's not a good idea to leave the automatic taxobox not working. To fix this:

• Look at the dummy taxobox generated – the second box – and find the linked word "fix".
• Click on the link. Fill in the rank (e.g. genus) and the parent (e.g. the family). Put |extinct=yes if appropriate. Save this page.
• Go back to the article where the taxobox isn't working, open it for editing and save with no changes. Now check the taxobox.

I regularly check the error-tracking category that monitors incorrect taxoboxes, and will create the taxonomy template if required, as I did at Tiucetus, but it really should be fixed when an article is created, and certainly when reviewed. Peter coxhead (talk) 07:49, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

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Taxonomy templates

Hi, at Isocetus, you put

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|extinct=yes

inside the automatic taxobox. This doesn't work. Autotaxoboxes pick up their taxonomy from "taxonomy templates". You can read all about the system at WP:Autotaxobox system. The simple approach is:

1. When an incomplete taxobox appears (with a "help" box above it), look for the word "fix" in the incomplete taxobox, and click on it.
2. This will create a partly filled taxonomy template. Add the rank, parent and whether extinct here and save.
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4. Now return to the article which has the incomplete taxobox, open for editing and preview. You should now see a complete taxobox; check it and save.

I'm always happy to help with autotaxobox matters. Peter coxhead (talk) 06:49, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

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--Animalparty! (talk) 05:07, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

@Extrapolaris: please see Template:Taxonomy/Hyainailouridae – this is what you should have created.

@Animalparty: I'm surprised you left a reviewed page with a non-functional taxobox.

Peter coxhead (talk) 10:34, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Equus francisci

If the name was renamed then you should put in a request to rename the article. Otherwise the edits just make the article more confusing. (also you used your IP before and if it wasn't on purpose you might want to ask for an oversight to remove it from the history log. -glove- (talk) 00:04, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

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Nick Moyes (talk) 11:54, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

@Extrapolaris: I've fixed the taxobox by creating Template:Taxonomy/Phoberodon, but as always, I don't know whether the resulting taxonomy is correct. Please follow the notes above, and learn how to fix taxoboxes when the taxonomy template is missing! Peter coxhead (talk) 17:23, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

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Orbital launches

Re: this edit - I've requested an update of the map to show NZ's new "status" over at Wikicommons. Hopefully it won't be long before an updated map is available. Grutness...wha? 05:32, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Linking doi

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Hi. Any chance you could add manual taxoboxes to a few of the recent articles you've edited like Herpetocetus and Aeolodon? They've currently got automatic taxoboxes where the taxa aren't recognised. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:31, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

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Incomplete DYK nomination

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Extrapolaris, you never actually completed the nomination page—there is no "hook" included, that "Did you know" question that would be placed on the main page as part of a set to intrigue the reader and inspire them to click on the bold link to the Lined butterflyfish article—and you also didn't complete step 3 as noted above. If you want to proceed with the nomination, you'll need to do these things. I'll be happy to help you if you'd like.

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The edit you made was not what was asked for (you created a page at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Lined butterflyfish, which is not what step 3 says), and you still haven't modified the actual nomination to include a hook—an interesting statement about the fish based on the sourced information in the article—like those displayed on the main page. As I said, I'd be happy to help, but you need to let me know what you'd like to do. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:44, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Re: Your edits on Hühteeg Svita

First off you reverted my parameter to cretaceous rather than albian, as per wikiproject geology's talk page, the parameter was originally (and is still used) to mean interval, as the time frame of this formation is well characterized (middle to late Albian) Albian should be used in the "period" parameter. Secondly have you read the most up to date paper on the stratigraphy of the Choyr Basin?, there are only two formations, the lower Khalzan Uul Formation and the upper Khuren Dukh Formation. The Öösh formation appears to be in a completely different part of Mongolia, so isn't part of the Choyr basin, and therefore doesn't overlie the Khalzan Uul Formation, and the Öösh formation is 600-800 m thick rather than 100 m. Hemiauchenia (talk) 09:48, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

I understand, I wondered if there might be a temporal disconnect between the Oosh and Choyr Basin localities, because Shanag, Psittacosaurus, Asiatosaurus, and Prodeinodon are older than the dinos found in the Khoyr Basin, which is why I reinstated the Oosh Formation page, because Oosh is in a different locality in Mongolia.68.4.252.105 (talk) 00:19, 5 August 2018 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

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Chiromyiformes

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Template:Did you know nominations/Lined butterflyfish

Extrapolaris, it appears that you created this DYK nomination page back on June 9. However, you didn't propose an actual hook for it, nor complete the nomination process.

More, as best I can tell, this nomination does not qualify for DYK: It was not new nor newly expanded by a factor of 5 within seven days prior to June 9, nor was it a newly made Good Article.

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Friendly reminder about SVP abstracts

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GOLauncher1

Not "Goes Launch 1". No wonder I couldn't find it, so thanks for the link. - BilCat (talk) 00:46, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Ciuciulea davidi

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Hi, I just fixed the template so everything should be good.Extrapolaris (talk) 03:47, 16 October 2018 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

Richard E. Cole

I've recreated the Richard E. Cole article from previous versions. I believe it can survive another AfD, as his is the last surviving Raider. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 21:19, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

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airplanes

Just as a suggestion, it might help to have some text. DGG ( talk ) 05:25, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Ways to improve Fokker XHB-2

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new articles

thanks for having a go, but as you can see above your efforts fall short of the mark. This is not a disaster and can be rectified relatively easily. Firstly you might like to use the templates at Template:WPAVIATION creator for easy article creation that will avoid other editors bringing it up to acceptable standards. Secondly, do not just cut and paste from other articles. Even books are not allowed to be repeated verbatim. If you don't want to follow the guidelines you may find that your efforts will, at best. be re-wriiten or, at worst, deleted. Happy editing - the articles are great to see, but.......--Petebutt (talk) 22:57, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Potez 34 moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Potez 34, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 09:46, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

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Ways to improve Blériot XLIII

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New aircraft articles

Thanks for plethora of articles, however, the vast majotity use an unacceptable single source i.e. Airwar.ru, which is not accepable to Wikipedia due to its widespread copyright abuses. By all means use it as a backup, or a source of references, but try not to cite from it directly. The other issue is the style of your articles, which leave a lot to be desired; to produce good articles, that won't get re-written, try using Template:WPAVIATION creator, and write using your own words and not just cutting and pasting a translation program's output. Just a few thoughts. Nice to see articles coming for these more obscure aircraft, but it becomes tiresome having to re-write the majority of them!! --Petebutt (talk) 16:13, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Sopwith AT

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Speedy deletion nomination of Morane-Saulnier MS.200

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Speedy deletion nomination of Bréguet Br 902 Cinzano

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Ways to improve Nihon L7P

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Nice work on the article but additional references would be needed. Note that the russian wiki article is not suitable as a source and should be removed.

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Ways to improve Grigorovich M-23

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February 2019

Your addition to BFW CL.I has been removed, 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. This is your final warning. Further violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy will result in you being blocked from editing. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:32, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

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Request reason:

Sorry, my bad, didn't realize incorporated content was copyrighted. Next time, when I create a paleontology-related page, I won't use copyrighted info, but instead will make the intro of each article brief so that other people will have the incentive to add non-copyrighted info to the article. Extrapolaris (talk) 14:31, 16 February 2019 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

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The statement below shows that you understand our expectations from a copyright point of view and intend to follow the copyright policy in the future. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 04:28, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

• Extrapolaris is a very valuable editor, who is probably more up to date with new palaeontological developments than anyone else here (losing him would be a big loss). Blocking indefinitely seems very excessive, since he doesn't even appear to have been blocked before. At most, it should be a temporary block. FunkMonk (talk) 17:15, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

  Repeated copyright violation is one of those things where we regularly block indefinitely as a first block, as it can get Wikipedia into legal trouble and so is something we have to take very seriously. But the block is only until Extrapolaris can satisfy a reviewing admin that they do properly understand Wikipedia's copyright policy and that no more violations will occur. Hopefully someone will review the request soon. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:19, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi Extrapolaris. I'm not sure why you didn't realise that the material you were adding was copyright and that it was not okay to add here. Could you please answer a question: When is it okay to copy from your source and when is it not okay? How can you tell the difference? — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 23:16, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

• Hi Diannaa, it's not okay to copy material from my source when not asking permission of the copyright holder from sources that are not public domain or compatibly licensed (unless it's a brief quotation used in accordance with Wikipedia's non-free content policy and guideline). Even inserting text copied with some changes can be a copyright violation if there is substantial linguistic similarity in creative language or sentence structure; this is known as close paraphrasing, which can also raise concerns about plagiarism. Such a situation should be treated seriously, as copyright violations not only harm Wikipedia's redistributability, but also create legal issues. It's okay to copy material from my source if my write in in my words, not the copyright owner.Extrapolaris (talk) 00:12, 18 February 2019 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

Thanks, I have now unblocked, as you do have a clear understanding of our copyright policy and intend to follow it in the future. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 04:28, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

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Chatterjee 1995, Bruhathkayosaurus reference.

Hi Extrapolaris, I noticed that you cited Chatterjee, S. (1995). “The last dinosaurs of India”. The Dinosaur Report, Fall 1995. p. 12-18. in the Bruhathkayosaurus article. Do you happen to know where a copy of this exists? Thanks. Steveoc 86 (talk) 20:54, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Ways to improve Castel C-310P

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Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:00, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Review of your articles

Hi,

I'm leaving you a message to let you know that I've reviewed the following articles you created. Please check them and let me know if you have any questions regarding the feedback!

1. IAR-811
2. IAR-813
3. IAR-817
4. IAR-818
5. IAR-831
6. Horten H.VII
7. Eta (airship)
8. Delta (airship)
9. Epsilon class blimp
10. Kalinin K-12
11. Fauvel AV.46
12. Fauvel AV.42
13. Friedrichshafen FF.67
14. Friedrichshafen FF.63
15. Friedrichshafen FF.21
16. Friedrichshafen FF.19
17. Friedrichshafen FF.17
18. Friedrichshafen FF.11
19. Friedrichshafen FF.8
20. Friedrichshafen FF.4
21. Friedrichshafen FF.2
22. Friedrichshafen FF.1
23. Caspar CLE 12
24. Caspar CLE 16
25. Caspar CLE 11
26. Caspar CS 14
27. Caspar CJ 14
28. G Elias & Brother
29. Akaflieg Berlin B8
30. Akaflieg Berlin B6
31. Akaflieg Berlin B5
32. Akaflieg Berlin B4 F.F.
33. Akaflieg Berlin B3 Charlotte II
34. Akaflieg Berlin B2 Teufelchen
35. Akaflieg Berlin B1

Many thanks!

SITH (talk) 13:43, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Ways to improve Chatelain AC-5

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Non-existent categories

Before adding a category to an article, as you did to Fauvel AV.29, please make sure that the category page actually exists. In some cases, it may be appropriate to create a new category in accordance with Wikipedia's categorization guidelines, but it is usually better to use the most specific available existing category. It is never appropriate to leave a page categorised in a non-existent category, i.e. one whose link displays in red. You may find it helpful to use the gadget HotCat, which tests whether a category exists before saving a change. Thank you. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:53, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Ways to improve Akaflieg Hannover AFH-24

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Ways to improve Akaflieg Karlsruhe AK-1

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Ways to improve Akaflieg Stuttgart FS-32

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March 2019

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without evidence of permission, as you did at Starck AS.20. Please take this opportunity to ensure that you understand our copyright policy and our policies regarding how to use non-free content.

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Request reason:

Sorry, my bad, didn't realize incorporated content was copyrighted. Next time, I won't use copyrighted info, but instead will write articles in my words so that other people will have the incentive to add non-copyrighted info to the article. Extrapolaris (talk) 14:55, 10 March 2019 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

Decline reason:

This is your second block for copyright violations. What has changed? Moreover, I am concerned that you do not understand the collaborative nature of this project and are not responsive to others concerns - you only have 0.2% user talk edits. We shouldn't have to resort to the banhammer in order to communicate with you. MER-C 16:14, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

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I was struck by the nearly identical text used in the "reason" part of this "unblocked" template as on February 16 for the previous copyvio block. Surely something more should have been provided to explain why, in this specific case, it happened again despite reassurances three weeks ago that it wouldn't. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:12, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Based solely on this talk page, I see very little evidence that Extrapolaris didn't cause more problems then they solved. Chris Troutman (talk) 19:20, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

The source webpage does not have a copyright notice, but it doesn't have to. Under current copyright law, literary works are subject to copyright whether they are tagged as such or not. No registration is required, and no copyright notice is required. So we have to assume that all material we find online or in other sources such as books or magazines is copyright. Exceptions include works of the US Government and material specifically released under license. Even then, proper attribution is required. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:37, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

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Request reason:

I am sorry that I used copyrighted material from another source without permission when making the Starck AS.20 article. Next time, I will write an article using my own words. Extrapolaris (talk) 00:49, 11 March 2019 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

Decline reason:

Given your history of copyright violations and not living up to past assurances, I don't believe you. — JJMC89 (T·C) 03:32, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

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Request reason:

I feel very sorry for my history of copyright violations. I've lived up to past assurances. I won't resort copyright violations again for a third time. Extrapolaris (talk) 21:29, 11 March 2019 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

Decline reason:

This does not demonstrate that you understand what copyright is and specifically what WP:COPYVIO states. I suspect your only pathway to being unblocked will be the standard offer, and only then if you can demonstrate that you understand these things. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 22:25, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

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Request reason:

I now understand that copyright is a legal right, existing in many countries, that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights to determine whether, and under what conditions, this original work may be used by others. Copyright violations involve copying material without the permission of the copyright holder from sources that are not public domain or compatibly licensed (unless it's a brief quotation used in accordance with Wikipedia's non-free content policy and guideline) is likely to be a copyright violation. Even inserting text copied with some changes can be a copyright violation if there is substantial linguistic similarity in creative language or sentence structure; this is known as close paraphrasing, which can also raise concerns about plagiarism. Such a situation should be treated seriously, as copyright violations not only harm Wikipedia's redistributability, but also create legal issues. The situation for images and other media is slightly different, as a wider variety of licenses is accepted. But, in short, media which is not available under a suitable free license and which does not meet the non-free content criteria, should be assumed to be unacceptable. Extrapolaris (talk) 00:04, 12 March 2019 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

Decline reason:

This is copy-pasted from Wikipedia:Copyright violations and doesn't address your sock puppetry. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 00:43, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

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Request reason:

I have an understanding of what constitutes copyright violations. In essence, violations of copyright include copying text a public source without the permission of the copyright holder. Even copied text with some changes is a copyright violation, and so is media unavailable under a suitable free license. I also promise not to resort to sock puppetry by creating more than one account. Extrapolaris (talk) 00:53, 12 March 2019 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

Decline reason:

Duplicate request. See below. Huon (talk) 01:21, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

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Request reason:

I want my account to be unblocked because I fully understand what constitutes copyright violations. In general, violations of copyright include copying text a public source without the permission of the copyright holder. Even copied text with some changes is a copyright violation, and so is media unavailable under a suitable free license. I also promise not to resort to sock puppetry by creating more than one account. Extrapolaris (talk) 00:07, 28 March 2019 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

Decline reason:

Given that I just declined an unblock request for an IP address that you used to evade your block after all these nice promises to not engage in sockpuppetry, I'll have to decline this request, too. Huon (talk) 01:21, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

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Ways to clean up List of notable surviving veterans of World War II

Hi, I was thinking that in order to clean-up article about living WW2 veterans, an autopatrol could be set up to track obituaries for any vets on the list, because a number of veterans removed from the list in the past died a few months earlier.

We could also create separate subsections on the page detailing living famous athletes, politicians, scientists, and historians who fought in WW2.Extrapolaris (talk) 21:54, 11 March 2019 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-14 moved to draftspace

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Société d'Etude pour la Locomotion Aérienne moved to draftspace

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UTRS appeal #24487 was submitted on Mar 28, 2019 01:43:19. This review is now closed.

--UTRSBot (talk) 01:43, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

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UTRS appeal #24685 was submitted on Apr 11, 2019 21:39:16. This review is now closed.

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Draft:Société d'Etude pour la Locomotion Aérienne concern

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Proposed deletion of List of surviving German veterans of World War II

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Criteria for list is vague and too general

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Draft:Société d'Etude pour la Locomotion Aérienne concern

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Proposed deletion of Douglas XNO-2

The article Douglas XNO-2 has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:NPRODUCT Airplane was never built, no SIGCOV

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Your draft article, Draft:Société d'Etude pour la Locomotion Aérienne

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UTRS appeal #55050

is closed. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 05:22, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Update

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).

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Request reason:

The block for this account is unnecessary because I gave honored my promises not to engage in anymore copyright violations (the reason this account was blocked in the first place), and I accidentally created the account User:Snubble unaware of rules governing sockpuppetry. I also regret creating the accounts User:Supercalifornication and User:Convariety because those actions were acts of sockpuppetry. I sincerely apologize for the convenience that my short-sighted acts of sockpuppetry caused. 70.181.120.55 (talk) 04:26, 24 March 2022 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

Decline reason:

Procedural decline; unblock request made in bad faith while violating WP:EVADE. Clearly no chance of an unblock at this time. Yamla (talk) 09:48, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

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• Extrapolaris has left out his most recent blocked sock account, User:Nothosaurus, which was blocked only 2 days ago. He has also used numerous IPs, apparently dynamic, including this one in the block request. I don't know exactly what the root cause here is, but he seems unwilling or unable to understand that he is not permitted to edit Wikipedia in any way for any reason whatsoever. Overall, he does good work, and as such I've tried to encourage him to respect his block for at least 6 months, but for some reason he thinks the block shouldn't apply to him any more because he is no longer adding copyvio text. I don't know how else to get this point across to him: His initial block was for copyright violations, but once he started using other accounts, the block is now for sockpuppetry also. In order to be unblocked, he MUST stop using other accounts or IP addresses to edit on Wikipedia. If he does not stop, he will never be unblocked. Further, any work he does on Wikipedia using other accounts, including on IPs, will be reverted and deleted. So continuing to work on Wikipedia is just wasting his time and ours. From what I can tell, perhaps English is not his first language, so he just isn't getting the point, but there could be other reasons a!so. I've spent the last several years trying to get these points across to him, but to no avail. I've offered to support his unblock if he will stop editing on Wikipedia for at least a year, but he won't even do that. Again, I don't know exactly what the issue is here, but whatever it is, he isn't getting the point. Perhaps someone else can get through to him, maybe in his native language, if it's not English. But my patience is almost expired. If he doesn't get the point soon, I will no longer advocate for his return. I know what his editing looks like, and I will continue to revert them or get the pages deleted, whichever is appropriate. I hate doing it, but Wikipedia does have rules, and they apply to everyone. BilCat (talk) 19:31, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
  • @BilCat:, given that he's been socking recently, should a community ban per WP:3X be suggested? Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 00:02, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

    I don't think it really matters either way, but you could check with an admin. BilCat (talk) 00:10, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

    Well, I suggested such given that, I probably wouldn't expect this user to cease socking, or his perennial inability to understand what socking really means, and why he should not do it. If he can't learn the easy way, then he'll have to learn the hard way. Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 00:26, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

UTRS appeal #60703

is closed. Noting block evasion in March, checkuser block. G-locked. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 03:31, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

What exactly did he say? 142.188.125.113 (talk) 02:56, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

UTRS appeal #63868

is closed. Check user block. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:46, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of DFW Dr.I

The article DFW Dr.I has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

A quick Google search shows that the subject is not notable. The only result that was relevant is the only source in the article (Which I consider as dubious for Wikipedia use).

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