User talk:Cyrel6

June 2025

Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that in this edit to University of Toronto Scarborough, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 04:54, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! I removed the content on purpose and apologize for forgetting an explanation. Thank you! Cyrel6 (talk) 05:24, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that one or more recent edit(s) you made did not have an edit summary. Collaboration among editors is fundamental to Wikipedia, and every edit should be explained by a clear edit summary, or by discussion on the Talk page. Please use the edit summary field to explain your reasoning for an edit, or to describe what it changes. Summaries save time for other editors and reduce the chances that your edit will be misunderstood. For some edits, an adequate summary may be quite brief.

The edit summary field looks like this:

Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)

or in the visual editor:

Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)

Describe what you changed

Please provide an edit summary for every edit you make. When logged in to your Wikipedia account, you can give yourself a reminder by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary (or the default undo summary), and then click the "Save" button. Thanks! asilvering (talk) 18:52, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Will do from now on. Thank you! Cyrel6 (talk) 18:57, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cyrel6! I noticed that you recently made an edit and marked it as "minor", but it may not have been. "Minor edit" has a specific definition on Wikipedia: it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Thank you. asilvering (talk) 22:20, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the back-to-back warning messages. But do watch out for this one. Even something that's really quite a small change, like changing the number of students and providing a new source, isn't really a "minor" edit by our usual definition. -- asilvering (talk) 22:21, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Cyrel6! Your additions to University of Toronto Mississauga 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. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

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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. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. The4lines |||| ^{(Talk) (Contributions)} 05:12, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]