User talk:PCC556

Early history of video games

Hi, it may not have been your intent, but edits such as deleting most of the lead of an article or adding content with the incorrect summary "fixed typos" are considered vandalism, and continuing to do so may result in you being blocked from editing.

It appears that you want to expand the presence of the Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device on that article, however, note that your additions appear to be both duplicative of what's already in the article as well as copied directly from the CTRAD article. Please pay attention to what is already there, and also consider that the Early history of video games article is a summary of over 20 years of video game history, so there's a limit to how much space we should give to any one element. --PresN 15:57, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

November 2023

Hello, I'm Subariba. I noticed that you recently removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Subariba (talk) 18:57, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

It was a mistake, i clicked edit accidently before i could add the summary. Now i've removed the content again but i've explained and justified the changes PCC556 (talk) 19:26, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Squinch

Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit(s) you made to Squinch, did not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use your sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Haoreima (talk) 12:46, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Caravel

Hi, I think you need to take a look at your recent edits on Caravel and consider how they fit with the general principles of editing in Wikipedia.

(1) You have removed two authoritative sources from the paragraph. There is no "competition" here between competing sources, so removing two in making your edits is not really acceptable. If there are differing opinions out there, it is often appropriate to explain what they are.

(2) The source you have added is a dissertation. Have you considered how this fits with the guidance on using a dissertation that you can find at WP:SCHOLARSHIP? Is this thesis cited by anyone else? You might find reading all of WP:RS helpful.

(3) The second sentence of your added text really does need a rewrite. I suggest it would be better if it were broken down into, perhaps, three sentences. ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 13:42, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Arabesque

Don't add great slabs of quote without explaining that they are quotes! Johnbod (talk) 14:26, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

March 2024

Thank you for your contributions. It seems that you may have added public domain content to one or more Wikipedia articles, such as Arabesque. 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. —Matrix(!) (a good person!)_{[Citation not needed at all; thank you very much]} 17:45, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Pankou (fastening)

Please see the comments at Talk:Frog (fastening), re your recent major change to that article. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:57, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I eliminated the links to european frog clousures becayse they are not actually Chinese in origin: all historical Chinese pankou used thin cording or wires covered by a smooth fabric, not textured braids and their patterns are densely stitched/knotted together instead of the loose, dramatic shape frog closures have. European frogs are made in Soutache embroidery which already appears in the 1556 German textile pattern book "New Modelbüch allen Nägerin u. Sydenstickern" and were later popularized by hungarians. This article by chinese fashion historian explains this really well:https://audreydoeskaren.tumblr.com/post/650175047438319616/some-thoughts-on-chinese-pankoufrog PCC556 (talk) 22:57, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

You've just repeated the same edit, with the same problem. Please see WP:EDITWAR.

You are probably right about the content (it's not a topic I'm particularly familiar with), but this edit still has the same problem: you've taken all the content about frogs out of the article on frogs. If you want an article at pankou, then great, make one. Maybe even the one you've done. But you can't leave it like that: we need to keep some European content left under frog, not just a redirect to a now-unrelated article which you're saying yourself isn't relevant. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:05, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello PCC556! Your additions to Goldwork (embroidery) 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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