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Thank you I will DeltaSquad833 (talk) 08:21, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted

Hi DeltaSquad833, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. However, you should consider adding relevant wikiproject talk-page templates, stub-tags and categories to new articles that you create if you aren't already in the habit of doing so, since your articles will no longer be systematically checked by other editors (User:Evad37/rater and User:SD0001/StubSorter.js are useful scripts which can help). Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! – Joe (talk) 08:56, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Well done Yasser Youssef (talk) 00:25, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Scarra article

Hi DeltaSquad. I just wanted to stop by and let you know that I cleaned up and slightly expanded your draft article of Scarra. I also went ahead and published it into mainspace. Troutfarm27 ^(Talk) 20:56, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the update and I really appreciate the help! DeltaSquad833 (talk, 9:52, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history about HMS Crane (U23)

I have started a discussion about the article for HMS Crane which you created, concerning whether it too closely paraphrases its source. Your opinions are welcome.Nigel Ish (talk) 12:52, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello DeltaSquad833. I have done some copyright cleanup of the article. — Diannaa (talk) 22:49, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for sorting the copyright out and I really appreciate it! DeltaSquad833 (talk, 13:31, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Problem with lost article history on Sōya (PL107)

Dear DeltaSquad833, I think there may also be an issue with the history of the page on the icebreaker Sōya (PL107) that should be addressed. Best wishes (Msrasnw (talk) 09:31, 5 June 2021 (UTC))

Dear DeltaSquad833, I think - but am not sure it suggests putting this here:

 Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Sōya (PL107 a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into Sōya (PL107). This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution.  Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases for registered users, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. Thank you. Msrasnw (talk) 14:21, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

• Dear DeltaSquad833, I hope all is well. Thanks to the kind work of @Anthony Appleyard:, who I think I thanked - but might not have, all seems OK now with the history of the Sōya (Icebreaker) - Sōya (PL107). Best wishes (Msrasnw (talk) 13:53, 7 June 2021 (UTC))

Thank you for the update! DeltaSquad833 (talk) 11:11, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

SS Ben H. Miller

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DGG ( talk ) 09:52, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

There's a cracking DYK available if you want to try. Marucla was the only Cuba-bound merchant ship intercepted by the Americans during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Don't worry about the AfD nomination, it'll be an easy keep. Thank for creating the article. Mjroots (talk) 05:39, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the information and help. I really appreciate it! DeltaSquad833, 16:20, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

Copying within Wikipedia requires attribution (4th request)

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July 2021

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from KRI Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin (376) into another page. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content, disclosing the copying and linking to the copied page, e.g., copied content from [[page name]]; see that page's history for attribution. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted {{copied}} template on the talk pages of the source and destination. Please provide attribution for this duplication if it has not already been supplied by another editor, and if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, you should provide attribution for that also. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. You have been warned numerous times for this. As DanCherek, Diannaa, and Msrasnw have previously stated, you must attribute these moves. It is not optional. Sennecaster (What now?) 16:02, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Correction: you moved text into KRI Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin (376) from Parchim-class corvette. Sennecaster (What now?) 16:08, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Question

Hi, I wanted to ask why you changed all the infobox images of Nimitz-class carriers to head-on views of the bow? (for every ship) They all look the same and show very little of the actual ship. (I had it on my to-do list to change them all back, but another editor beat me to it.) Anyway, just curious... - wolf 13:44, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Hey, I planned to change few other infobox images of many other ships as it may not look as good compared the others available in Wikicommons. Yes the pictures may not give a fulll view of the ship but it gives the article a nicer look to it. This is my opinion anyway, we can talk more about it if you want to. DeltaSquad833, 13:50, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

No doubt the picture of a US supercarrier at steam, viewed from the hull as if she were bearing down on you, is a powerful image, but for the purposes of an encyclopaedia, it gives the reader very little information about the ship visually. And to use the same type of image for every ship article in the class is not only limited, but redundant, and so I'm not surprised the changes were all reverted. I'm sure you mean well and your intent is to improve the project, but on well-established articles, I would suggest perhaps posting suggested changes on the talk page first, to gain some feedback, you may find the responses instructive. And if you're planning to make wholesale changes to entire categories of ship articles, then perhaps start a discussion first at WT:SHIPS, to solicit feedback on your ideas. - wolf 14:45, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the information and help. DeltaSquad833, 06:50, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar

Hey DeltaSquard833, I note that you had created many pages of the ships of the Republic of Singapore Navy. I would like to thank your hard work and effort put into the endeavour. Here's a barnstar for your efforts! I have recently created a new template Template:Republic of Singapore Navy ships, with the redlinks for missing ships if you ever wish to create the pages in future. I hope this will help you. For ships with names taken from their predecessors, I have labelled them accordingly with their pennant number, with exception of the Sentinel-class as I am still not sure what ships from the Fearless class they succeeded. Seloloving (talk) 11:14, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the barnstar and the template! I may need it in the future once I return back to Singaporean Navy ships. DeltaSquad833 11:30, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

August 2021

Your edit to USS LST-283 has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — Diannaa (talk) 12:32, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello. I have noticed that you often edit without using an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This helps your fellow editors use their time more productively, rather than spending it unnecessarily scrutinizing and verifying your work. Even a short summary is better than no summary, and summaries are particularly important for large, complex, or potentially controversial edits. To help yourself remember, you may wish to check the "prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" box in your preferences. Thanks!  — sbb (talk) 17:53, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Noted, thank you! DeltaSquad833 04:40, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Again, please provide edit summaries. You are making a high number of edits to articles, many of which were erroneous (such as when you changed "Hull number" to "Pennant number" on many US ships. I see you've reverted those changes, but seeing the high rate of errors or questionable changes you've made, it's impossible to tell which of your edits I can safely ignore, and which need to be reviewed. Thank you.  — sbb (talk) 07:35, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I kept forgetting to put edit summary everytime I published. I’ll try to remember it… DeltaSquad833 12:18, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Pennant numbers

Regarding your recent edits to USN ship articles, USN ships do not use pennant numbers, but Hull numbers, specifically Hull classification symbols. Please correct your errors by replacing "Pennant number" with "Hull number". Thanks. BilCat (talk) 20:04, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Noted, I'll change it asap. Thanks. DeltaSquad833 11:24, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

U.S. Navy destroyer insignia

Hi, I saw that you uploaded many U.S. Navy destroyer insignias. I am very happy that you used the png format! (unlike many others...) However, I would like to make some suggestions. For files from the Naval History aand Heritage Command, a special template was created (for example File:USS Cassin Young (DD-793) Insignia.png). You might want to use that. As with the files from Navsource.org or other, it is common to give the direct link to the file and to the page where it is from, see File:USS Goldsborough (DDG-20) insignia, in 1987.png. Concerning the naming, it became common to include a year or decade, as the insignias sometimes changed, like File:USS Goldsborough (DDG-20) insignia, in 1969 (NH 67968-KN).png and to include the file number, at least if the file is from an official institution, just for easier identification. Although, some just load up U.S. Navy photo 80-G-12345 which then lacks any description. Cheers Cobatfor (talk) 06:40, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Noted, I’ll try to make them easier to identify. Thanks! DeltaSquad833, 06:50, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

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US Navy barracks ship articles up for deletion

Nomination of USS APL-42 for deletion

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Fram (talk) 08:50, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of USS APL-32

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Proposed deletion of USS APL-29

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Nomination of USS APL-32 for deletion

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Fram (talk) 09:39, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of USS APL-29 for deletion

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Fram (talk) 09:42, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of USS APL-3

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Suggestion

There is an existing article about Barracks ships. Perhaps consider adding a "list of barracks craft by country" to that article. You can start with the US and add all these APL-classes & craft that are having their individual pages deleted, along with any others (still need sourcing, but this might give you more time and leeway). And, of course, if you can add classes from other countries, that would be good also. (jmho) - wolf 06:16, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Arleigh Burke Flt III

On all the Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyer articles, it appears you changed the length from 510 ft (160 m) to 513 ft (156 m) using the same source, but I don't see where that is stated in the source. Of course, I might be missing it, so if you could provide a quote for the ref, that would be appreciated. Thanks - wolf 15:04, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Hello again, I see you have resumed editing since I posted this question, so... can I expect a response soon? Otherwise your edits may need to be reverted. - wolf 14:24, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

Hello! I must’ve forgotten to put a reply… I think it should be a typo that I made while editing. Feel free to revert it, my apologies. Delta (talk) 14:34, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

Hello and thanks for the reply. Just to confirm, you don't have a source that states the Flt IIIs are longer than the rest of the class and your changes were an error? If that's the case, then please correct those changes. Thanks - wolf 17:11, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

I have reverted all Flight III's length to 510 ft Delta (talk) 06:28, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Ah good, I'm glad that's now done. I believe that an IP user has made the same changes to length where it's noted in some other articles, but I will try and track them down and fix them. Now I can use the parent article update as support. Thanks - wolf 08:25, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

The WikiEagle - January 2022

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US Navy landing ship (medium) articles up for deletion

Proposed deletion of USS LSM-479

The article USS LSM-479 has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No evidence of any notability for this ship (and many other similar ones). The awards are generic ones, nothing remarkable or special about this one.

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Proposed deletion of USS LSM-478

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Proposed deletion of USS LSM-422

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Nomination of USS LSM-422 for deletion

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Fram (talk) 08:25, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of USS LSM-316

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Proposed deletion of USS LSM-110

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Proposed deletion of USS LSM-355

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Nomination of USS LSM-479 for deletion

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Fram (talk) 14:29, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Suggestion

DeltaSquad833, perhaps going forward, at least for the next short while, you should consider submitting new articles to WP:AFC first, if only to spare you this mass-deletion response. (jmho) - wolf 15:22, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

I will take note of that. Thank you! Delta (talk) 09:17, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of USS LSM-316 for deletion

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Fram (talk) 15:26, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of USS LSM-110 for deletion

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Fram (talk) 15:32, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of USS LSM-355 for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article USS LSM-355 is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Fram (talk) 15:33, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Question

DeltaSquad833, between the barracks ships and the landing ships, so far 18 ship articles, all created by you, have been nominated for deletion. Some have been deleted, some have been saved, most are still in active discussion as I write this. It appears that you haven't taken part in any of those deletion discussions, or even added a single !vote to try and save any of your articles. Why is that?

Also, do you plan on taking part in any of the still-active discussions, or perhaps appealing any of the deletions, or at least asking an admin to allow you to copy the deleted content to one your user pages? If you look, you will see some articles were deleted by only a single !vote, while in some of the others, there are multiple editors making an effort to try and 'keep' these articles. Are you going to join in at all and try to help keep any of these pages? (Just curious) - wolf 06:03, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

I understand where this question comes about. Well I have only been an editor for a year, I prefer people with more experience discuss about the situation. I will speak up if I felt that I can provide solid evidence to why I want the articles to stay. Delta (talk) 07:24, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Fair enough. I understand that a sense of inexperience can lead to hesitation to chime in on these discussions, but if you can create the page, you can speak up for it. Besides, contributing to these discussions is a good way to gain experience. Even if it's just a simple; "Keep- DeltaSquad833 (date)"... it may not get very much weight, but any !vote is better than no !vote in this situation. On another note, not showing up to defend your own articles, especially in the face of this sudden mass-deletion nomination spree, is not really good form. Anyway, give it some thought, it's up to you. - wolf 07:49, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

I will try my best to speak up. Thanks Delta (talk) 07:52, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: SS Samara has been accepted

SS Samara, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

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RPSkokie (talk) 17:05, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Marcílio Dias-class destroyer (1973)

Hi, in the article Marcílio Dias-class destroyer (1973) the references "Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1995" and "DANFS" haven't been defined. This means that nobody can see what the references actually are, and adds the article to Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors. If you could fix these that would be great. DuncanHill (talk) 13:19, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello! Yes I’ll get it sorted out once I'm free. Delta (talk) 07:29, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

I have fixed the cite problems - however note that Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, which you appeared to be citing DID NOT include the information you were citing to it, while naval-encyclopedia.com is not a reliable source. In addition, much of the little you did add to the article is wrong - for example there were two Gearings transferred, not seven, and neither ship was mothballed post World War Two, which you should have been able to see if you had looked at the articles for the ships' US Navy careers or the DANFS pages. This isn't good enough, and as the article was created after the mass deletions/redirects of your barrack ship and LSM articles, as seen above on this page, indicates that you need to take much more care when creating articles.Nigel Ish (talk) 11:42, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

You added a couple of short citations to that article, but didn't provide the full citations. Could you add them please?

PS, you can also install User:Svick/HarvErrors.js as explained here to be made aware of these issues in the future. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 02:17, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Yes, I will get it done once I'm free. Delta (talk) 07:41, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

USS Antelope (IX-109)

Hi DeltaSquad833. In the future, please add attribution when copying from public domain sources: simply add the template {{PD-notice}} after your citation. I have done so for the above article. Please do this in the future so that our readers will be aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself, and that it's okay to copy verbatim. Thanks, — Diannaa (talk) 13:13, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

I will take note of that, thank you. Delta (talk) 13:16, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: SS Charles F. Amidon has been accepted

SS Charles F. Amidon, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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Bkissin (talk) 23:48, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of USS Littlehales (AGSC-15)

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A tag has been placed on USS Littlehales (AGSC-15) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/yard/yf854.htm. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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WP:AFC Helper News

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
• The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:59, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

February 2022

Thank you for your contributions. It seems that you may have added public domain content to one or more Wikipedia articles, such as SC radar. 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. — Diannaa (talk) 15:20, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Hey! Thanks for reviewing the article :) Delta (talk) 07:33, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Simon Peter Hughes. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, HMS Petunia (K79), and have marked it as unreviewed. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

(Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Simon Peter Hughes (talk) 07:16, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of USS PCE-882

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A tag has been placed on USS PCE-882 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://blog.naver.com/dsi90/220902015755. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Speedy deletion nomination of USS PCE-867

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A tag has been placed on USS PCE-867 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~yingshao/pce41yungtai.htm. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Copyright issues: final warning

You have in the past been warned again and again about different copyright issues: unattributed copying within Wikipedia (multiple times), unatteibuted copying from public domain sources, "real" copyright violations (taking text from copyrighted sources), and now it turns out that you are adding poor machine translations of copyrighted texts to articles, making up the bulk of the article (e.g. at USS PCE-867, where we end up with gems like "[...]the rest of the enemy ships escaped, the battle report was fork.".

Adding further copyright violations to Wikipedia may well lead to a block of your account. Fram (talk) 14:09, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Do not add translations from languages you have no familiarity with. Not just "the battle report was fork", but you also copied Google's error of translating "year 54 in the Minguo calendar" as 1954 instead of 1965. —Kusma (talk) 20:06, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of HMS Petunia (K79)

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A tag has been placed on HMS Petunia (K79) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www-shtong-gov-cn.translate.goog/dfz_web/DFZ/Info?idnode=67473&tableName=userobject1a&id=64382&_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Contributor copyright investigation opened

As a result of concerns regarding copyright violations in your edits, I have opened Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/DeltaSquad833, which has been filled out with your edits in order to review them for copyright issues. Contributor copyright investigations can stay open for long periods of time due to a large current backlog and low number of volunteers. Participation in the investigation, such as providing guidance for which edits you copied from your sources, can help expedite the process. Moneytrees🏝️^{Talk🌵CCI guide} 18:44, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Block proposal made at the Admin noticeboard

A discussion about your continuing copyright problems, with a suggestion to block you, has been started at WP:ANI#DeltaSquad833 and copyright issues. You are welcome to comment there. Fram (talk) 09:22, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Indefinite block

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistent WP:COPYVIO. To see this block lifted, you'll need to convince the reviewing admin that you understand the problem and that you will take steps to prevent it from reoccurring. Thanks and good luck.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

El_C 10:56, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

DeltaSquad833 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Hey, I wanted to apologies for the multiple copyright breaches alongside machine translated texts that I've used on multiple articles and probably due to the fact I don't communicate much might have resulted in my block too. I have read the Wikipedia rules on Copyright violations, with taking multiple days of break to think back of my actions. I totally held accountable for my actions and would greatly apologized for any inconvenience I've caused. I hoped that the block on me can be lifted and I promised that I would take good care of my edits and contributions in the future. It is still my intention to bring assistance to the Wikipedia team and website.

Decline reason:

In order to lift the block, we need to be certain that you understand how copyright works on Wikipedia. To allow the reviewing administrator to assess your understanding, please respond to the following questions in your next unblock appeal, explaining in your own words:

• What is copyright?
• How is Wikipedia licenced?
• Why is copyrighted content not allowed on Wikipedia?
• Under what circumstances can we use copyrighted content?
• How do you intend to avoid violating the copyright policy in the future?

Your answers will enable us to establish whether or not you should be unblocked. Yamla (talk) 11:08, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

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Blocked for sockpuppetry

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts per the evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DeltaSquad833. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  ~TNT (talk • she/her) 02:59, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Well, damn... Delta, this is a crappy turn of events. Even though you had several issues that needed to be sorted out, learned, promised-to-never-be-repeated-again'd, etc., etc., it seem like you wanted to create articles for navy ships that needed them. I thought maybe if you spent some time on sister ptojects, like Simple WP, Commons, etc, then came back in 6 months, via standard offer, and agreed to mentorship, you could help the project out. I dunno... maybe you still can, but it seems like you have a lot to answer for and a lot to make up for. I'm not sure if you plan to try and make a comeback (it's possible, others in your shoes have done it) or if you plan on just walking away and finding a new hobby, but, whatever you do, good luck to you either way. - wolf 04:06, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Sorry to let you and the people that supported me down. I would say that I can guarantee myself that I deserved this punishment/block for the things I've done. it's hard to take in but I've reached further expectations than I initially had coming here, but It's still my intention as a maritime historian to help the community out. It had been a fun and long learning experience, which I've put many hours into. I can say I'm satisfied with the amount of contributions made and would like to thank you especially for it. Might not be the outcome both of us were expecting but it is what it is and I must be held responsible and accountable for my actions. Once again thank you. Delta (talk) 05:07, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Copyright issues

Hi there. I understand that you have been recently blocked for copyright violations and then for sockpuppetry. I read your unblock appeal and it seems like you have understand the issue and is willing to deal with it. The decline response is like an interview to ensure you really understand and read through it. Do appeal again with your answers if you wish to be unblocked.

For the sockepuppet block, I can only imagine that you do not understand the above and decided to start all over again. This is considered WP:BLOCKEVASION and regardless IP editing or via a new account, it would be considered as sockpuppetry. You can appeal against this also if you understand what went wrong.

Do take some time to read and understand this and if you wish to appeal against the block, I would suggest you to appeal for both incidents together as both are related and appealing for either one individually would likely to be denied due to the other one. --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 03:38, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply and suggestion, it has come to my attention that I might've unfortunately done more harm than good on this website but I think it's the right thing to leave it as it is. Thanks. Delta (talk) 05:09, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

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Algerine-class minesweeper

I notice you have created a large number of ship pages, including many on the Algerine-class minesweepers of the Royal Navy, which appear to comprise text copied and pasted from elsewhere. These ships were built with different power plants, ie. with either Turbine or VTE (reciprocating) engines, which You seem aware of this, but have copied information from the VTE ships into articles on turbine-powered ships regardless. I’ve just fixed your article on HMS Brave, but there are at least a dozen others. I would suggest you review the pages you have created for similar mistakes, and rectify them; If you aim for quantity, then quality will suffer, and it is not up to other people to clear up after you. Regards, Xyl 54 (talk) 23:47, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Well, this has obviously fallen on deaf ears...Xyl 54 (talk) 17:37, 27 July 2023 (UTC)