User talk:BethNASEM

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Welcome to Wikipedia, BethNASEM! Thank you for your contributions. I am HopsonRoad and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{help me}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Recent edit reversion

Your additions in this edit here, 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.)

To see the possible source of the copyrighted text, look 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. There 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.

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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.

I do occasionally make mistakes. We get hundreds of reports of potential copyright violations every week, and sometimes there are false positives, for a variety of reasons. (Perhaps the material was moved from another Wikipedia article, or the material was properly licensed but the license information was not obvious, or the material is in the public domain but I didn't realize it was public domain, and there can be other situations generating a report to our Copy Patrol tool that turn out not to be actual copyright violations.) If you think my edit was mistaken, please politely let me know and I will investigate. ~~~~ S Philbrick (Talk) 21:02, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just reverted your edits to rail transport for the same reason, copyright violations. You cannot simply copy and paste things you find online and add them to Wikipedia. Contributions must be in your own words. Persistent copyright violations will result in a block. Please don't make that necessary. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 23:14, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I took a look at your previous contributions, and sure enough one paragraph in Gail Mandel was copied and pasted from online. This needs to stop, immediately. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 23:19, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Trainsandotherthings Thank you. My apologies for not rewriting appropriately. I appreciate your feedback and helping me understand how to be a better contributor. BethNASEM (talk) 04:08, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ANI notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:56, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Trainsandotherthings Thank you. Apologies for not paying attention sooner. BethNASEM (talk) 04:43, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Trainsandotherthings Hi, my apologies for not being better versed in responding via my talk page. I see that you are concerned about my COI. I would like to correct my mistakes. Can you help me understand what I should be doing to not be in violation? BethNASEM (talk) 04:59, 17 February 2025 (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. The thread is National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Thank you. 🌙Eclipse (she/they/it/other neos • talk • edits) 16:52, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LunaEclipse Thank you. Apologies for not paying attention sooner. BethNASEM (talk) 04:42, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]