User talk:Snet50

June 2017

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Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 22:50, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Southern New England Telephone History Please help me with... I had posted some of the history on the Southern New England Telephone company. the information was attained from various articles and documents I have read and have access to. I also posted the same information on the SNET Retirees news letter and was given credit there. I checked back in a few days only to discover the edits were removed by Diannaa has being copied from that new letter or other information. Having retired from SNET after 50 years service I think the information I have is very public and should have been offered to anyone who reads this page. Also I was blocked and unable to respond any other way to Diannaa. Hopefully this will be used to clarify the problem. Snet50 (talk) 18:22, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You were blocked because of your username (see the blue block notice near the top of this page), and the information you added was removed because it was copied directly from another source. Everything on Wikipedia must be written in a user's own words. Just because you think the information should be public does not mean that it is public. Unless text online is specifically released as "public domain" or "free to copy", then it is under copyright rules and cannot be used directly on Wikipedia. Primefac (talk) 19:19, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I understand the user name issue but the listing of history dates such as these do not seem to be copied from any direct source. When I did the research years ago and recently for a news letter all I listed is dates and significant items. If This represents a copy then I'm lost. Examples of my submission.

1878 January 15, The District Telephone Company of New Haven was incorporated. January 28, World's first commercial exchange opened in New Haven, Connecticut. February 21, World's first directory issued in New Haven. April 15, World's first private Toll line put into service, Blackrock to Bridgeport. April 15, World's first telephone booth. May 28, Reorganization as The Connecticut District Telephone Company.

I will try to change my user name also.