User talk:Devo.d.northcott
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Block
Hate to do this on your very first edit with us, but I have to block you for a week. You've violated one of our very most important local policies. Only admin can upload videos to this wiki, as you undoubtedly read when you uploaded your video. Indeed, that phrase is on virtually every page of the wiki, so if you didn't see it, you just weren't looking. Moreover, we do not accept video from just any source. It must, per T:VID, come from an official channel of a copyright holder. In the case of the Billis Manger video you uploaded, it would have to come from the BBC's official channel. It didn't, so it's not allowed here.
While you may very well think that a week's block is a bit of a harsh punishment, this particular policy carries with it an extremely harsh penalty. Often, the punishment for this offence is permanent blocking. So you have, in fact, gotten off lightly. I hope you will return to edit with us again after this week—but, please, leave video uploads to admin. Thanks.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 15:02: Wed 10 Apr 2013
