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[edit] Dowsing

You need to discuss such changes on the talk page, particularly with a disputed article such as this. Almost all of your latest edits fail Wikipedia's policies on original research, verifiability and Neutral point of view. To deal with a few of the claims in your latest edits:

  • "Some oil companies won't admit they hire dowsers". If they don't admit it, and you have no independent reliable sources, then this statement fails verifiability.
  • "in some of the world's finest libraries ... you can find 3500 books". The British Library lists only 147, of which over half have no link to the subject (e.g. they are books written by someone named Dowsing).
  • Links to Google searches are not in themselves references. In any case, one of your searches had as its second result a site that mocked dowsing.
  • And finally, I have just seen that your text is copied from http://neholistic.com/articles/0008.htm, which violates Wikipedia's policy on copyright. All text published on Wikipedia, must be released under the GFDL, and cannot be copied from copyrighted websites. — BillC talk 09:31, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Your second edit to Dowsing

Welcome, and thank you for experimenting with the page dowsing on Wikipedia. Your post has been reverted. While I believe the letter from Einstein holds some merit, it is not appropriate to "cut and paste" like you did. You should first use the "Talk page". There are several reasons the letter probably cannot be used. But please discuss it on the talk page first. Thank you. --Otheus 08:30, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk page mess

Please learn how to make edits and to sign your posts first before making any additional comments on talk pages. Please. See WP:TALK --Otheus 15:37, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Re [1]... excellent! Take your time. The evolution of humanity will not happen over a few days or a week. It's really important not to piss off other editors. So take your time, and use the sandbox. Make your edits first to User:68.184.6.80/sandbox/Dowsing; I will watch that article for changes and advise you as I have time. --Otheus 15:53, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello again. You removed a great deal of material from Dowsing. This material that had been sourced and referenced to the German Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Federal Ministry for Research and Technology), and to the journal Naturwissenschaften (Natural Sciences). These are a governmental department and a respected publication. Why did you do so? Your reasons for doing so should be encompassed within Wikipedia's policies on reliable sources. That this text didn't accord with your point of view is not enough. Everyone has a point of view, you and me included. Please provide a detailed rationale on the talk page as to why you did this, or I will return the material to the article, if someone else doesn't do so first. Also, I noted that you had been pasting material (this time from http://pendulums.com) into your sandbox. That material is copyrighted. Please don't do this, it runs counter to Wikipedia's policy on copyrights. — BillC talk 06:13, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

See BillC's message above. He and I have both been leaving feedback on your sandbox's talk page User_talk:68.184.6.80/sandbox/Dowsing. I think I can speak for BillC when I say we will work with you constructively, but before you may significant changes to the real Dowsing page, you must continue to work to meet us half way. --Otheus 07:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi thank you for your feedback . I will meet you more than halfway as you are self designated overseers of that which is important to you. Please revert the article back to recent edit and ad the references above that you mention. Edit as you see fit within the construct that is presented. I dont have an issue with a healthy skeptical debate in the article .... it adds interest . i will be looking fwd to the reversion with your cooperation. Create a good article. Keep is simple and leave the "experts" out of it.

as far as the notes i am making/collecting on the sandbox are to research and reference. they are from many sources. thank you for caring so :)68.184.6.80 09:08, 15 April 2007 (UTC) a wiki friend

Some of the content you're posting seems to constitute a copyright violation -- please stop copying text from other websites. Thanks. – Luna Santin (talk) 09:46, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Ignoring this message is not a good idea. – Luna Santin (talk) 09:48, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Warning Please see and heed Wikipedia:Copyrights. Failure to do so may result in your being blocked from editing without further notice. I'm not the first editor to bring this to your attention. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:17, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You have been blocked

You have been blocked for persistent copyright violations and ignoring any attempts at communication to resolve those same issues for a period of 24 hours. To contest this block, please reply here on your talk page by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} along with the reason you believe the block is unjustified, or email the blocking administrator or any administrator from this list. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:22, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR

I see you're already blocked for posting copyright violations, but please be aware of wikipedia's 3RR rule. Revert warring is frowned upon, and if any editor reverts an article more than three times in a 24 hour period they may be blocked. If you haven't read the policy already, I'd encourage you to do so - you seem to have made many reverts on Dowsing. Thanks. --Minderbinder 18:22, 15 April 2007 (UTC)