Shallowwwaters

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Happy editing! Kj cheetham (talk) 18:28, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Adding photos with incomplete copyright information, adding material which violates WP:UNDUE

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Please stop your disruptive editing.

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If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 19:34, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi! I'm not sure I understand how this was disruptive. I work for Chris Distefano and I'm updating his page based on factual information. Please clarify. Shallowwwaters (talk) 16:14, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Adding photos with insufficient licensing info

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You have been blocked from editing Chris DiStefano for a period of 12 hours for adding copyrighted photos and not responding to warnings. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 22:22, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

First of all, please see the COI information below; you'll need to make the appropriate declarations. Secondly, you've been warned numerous times that (1) Wikipedia does not accept copyrighted photos. The photo you are trying to add was taken from a college website; there's no evidence that it is permission from the copyright holder of that photo for it to be used here. (2) Distefano is notable for his comedy career, not his collegiate basketball career. Devoting a detailed section to his college basketball career violates our WP:WEIGHT guideline. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:30, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification. I did not fully understand what the warnings pertained to as I don't have a sufficient grasp of how photo licenses work so I apologize for continuing to contribute an unlicensed image and I now understand why the basketball section was deleted. I put in a request to change the "S" in his last name to a lowercase "s", which is the correct case. Do you happen to know if that can still be corrected? Thank you. Shallowwwaters (talk) 17:22, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Per WP:COMMONNAME, we tend to defer to usage in reliable sources. Per the current discussions it sounds like it's borderline, but I don't think it would be too controversial to change it. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 18:19, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Okay. It's listed with a lowercase "s" on all of his social media accounts and website, but I can provide an official document if necessary. Shallowwwaters (talk) 18:26, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Ohnoitsjamie, how can I request the change in case? Thank you. Shallowwwaters (talk) 14:43, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

You already did here. There are no objections so far so it will likely be accepted. Please be patient. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:09, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Oh, sorry. Wasn't sure if I did everything necessary. Thank you. Shallowwwaters (talk) 15:13, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:30, 15 June 2022 (UTC)