User talk:Martin Clintergate

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Proposed deletion of G-ARRP

The article G-ARRP has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unnotable spamcan

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Mean as custard (talk) 22:48, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of G-ARRP for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article G-ARRP is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/G-ARRP until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. clpo13_(talk) 17:11, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

March 2020

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Media of Wales, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Please see WP:NNEWSPAPER for notability requirements for news media Llemiles (talk) 00:07, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing.

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If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Nation.Cymru, you may be blocked from editing. Thepenguin9 (talk) 17:28, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Llemiles (talk) 23:57, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of The Eye Wales

The article The Eye Wales has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The article is a strange mix of info about a website and a BLP. The website does not meet WP:NNEWSPAPER in any way. A number of the details contained in this article are either non notable or even libellous, making specific claims about individuals with no source other than the website itself.

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Llemiles (talk) 23:54, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppet investigation

An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Martin Clintergate, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.

JaneciaTaylor (talk) 00:18, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Martin Clintergate, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Phil Parry 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. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) 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. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 17:26, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for your contribution Diannaa,

I was a bit dismayed to be accused of sock puppetry as I know none of the people involved in my contributions. Although I have been here for five years I have only recently got interested in contributing. My main interest is in foreign news and to me Wales comes under that tag as I spend most of my retirement here in Thailand.Martin Clintergate (talk) 00:39, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edit reversion

In this edit here, I reverted some information that appears to be a violation of our copyright policy.

I provided a brief summary of the problem in the edit summary, which should be visible just below my name. You can also click on the "view history" tab in the article to see the recent history of the article. This should be an edit with my name, and a parenthetical comment explaining why your edit was reverted. If that information is not sufficient to explain the situation, please ask.S Philbrick (Talk) 20:44, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please explain further.

Martin Clintergate (talk) 22:14, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Without having seen the content but noticing the edit, I would recommend you have a read of WP:COPYQUOTE as tends to be the issue with these kinds of copyright claims. Llemiles (talk) 22:16, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My journalist background suggests you and Sionk have an agenda with Phil Parry and his Wales Eye website which has published a number of articles against resurgent Welsh nationalism. Both of you clearly live in the eastern South Wales valleys and in all probability within 20 miles of each othef and Parry. You also both have an interest in editing Nation Cymru which is a pro independence Welsh website that carries very little news but a lot of opinion.

Martin Clintergate (talk) 20:53, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Quite simply Martin, you're a kook. I've made nearly 3,000 edits and created over 250 articles here. Nation.Cymru is just but one. If you have an issue with Nation.Cymru, go and use the Wikipedia guidelines to explain what is wrong about it. But if not, stop whining. Llemiles (talk) 23:23, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (June 18)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was:

We're sorry, but we cannot accept blank submissions. If in fact you did include text within the article, but it isn't showing, please make sure that any extra text above your entry is removed, as it may be causing it to hide and not be shown to the reviewer.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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Theroadislong (talk) 09:03, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Martin Clintergate! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering 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! Theroadislong (talk) 09:03, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding User:Martin Clintergate/sandbox

Hello, Martin Clintergate. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that User:Martin Clintergate/sandbox, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 10:01, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, User:Martin Clintergate/sandbox

Hello, Martin Clintergate. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "sandbox".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:11, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]