June 2010 edit

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  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to the page Desalination. Such edits constitute vandalism and are reverted. Please do not continue to make unconstructive edits to pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thank you. Tiderolls 00:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not vandalize pages, as you did with this edit to Desalination. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. Tiderolls 01:01, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

  This is the final warning that you will receive regarding your disruptive edits, such as this edit you made to Desalination. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, you will be blocked from editing without further notice. Tiderolls 01:04, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

Your recent edits edit

Do not attack editors who revert your inappropriate edits. Further actions of this kind will result in a block. Acroterion (talk) 01:06, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

Are you claiming that you wrote the majority of the article and that it was copied from somewhere else? The sources for the sections you've blanked and the article history do not indicate this. Acroterion (talk) 01:19, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
You've removed content sourced to the American Heritage Dictionary, the Peoples' Daily, the Pacific Institute, sunbeltwater, The Hindu and Headlines India. When did you write this essay? Acroterion (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
The lead, which you removed, has remained substantially the same since at least 2008. Likewise, the Methods section. The Desalination section took approximately its present shape in May 2009, but not all at one time. The Low Temperature Themal Desalination took shape somewhat later. I do not reject your claim, particularly on the last-cited section, but it is not possible for the first two to be as you claim. Acroterion (talk) 01:40, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
Well, I'll rewrite it according to the sources (as could you), which is the appropriate solution in such situations, not removal, and your removal of two or three year old material doesn't help your case. Wikipedia tends to be incorporated into research papers far more often than the reverse. There have been hundreds of edits to the article over the past year. Acroterion (talk) 01:48, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
If you're knowlegeable on the subject, some rewriting and updating would be a good thing, now that I've reviewed the article in some detail - it's got lots of dead links, some promotional links and is a bit hard to follow. Just remember that ideas are not copyrightable, only their literal or nearly literal expression. I'm trying to fix a few things I see. Acroterion (talk) 01:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
I've substantially edited several portions of the article, including the last paragraph mentioned above, and brought in new sources. I invite you to contribute where you can, remembering that sourcing is essential. Acroterion (talk) 02:48, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

Your recent edits edit

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