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Can you show me where my source is listed copyrighted? I thought it came from another user Wiki (open source) submission. Regards, 76.193.179.162 ( talk) 15:15, 4 August 2009 (UTC). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.193.179.162 ( talk) 15:13, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
OK, i was just wondering what was linked where. I found the source elsewhere, from a user submission. . . no matter the page is no longer. 76.193.179.162 ( talk) 11:37, 5 August 2009 (UTC).
Hi, I noticed the copyvio tag on Shattari (not my work). Have created a possible alternative at Talk:Shattari/Temp and made a note of that on the Shattari talk page. It's only a stub but it is referenced. Is this of any help to you? Thanks, Esowteric+ Talk 15:26, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
I am an employee with Exinda's marketing department and actually wrote the Exinda webcopy from which the Exinda Wikipedia listing was taken. How can we resolve this copyright issue and get our listing reposted?
Thanks for your help.
Steve —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hass2009 ( talk • contribs) 16:51, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
...could I trouble you to look at Louis H. Carpenter? I see a lot of sections that apparently quote other text right off the bat; I am concerned this could be a copyright violation. TomStar81 ( Talk) 22:22, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Life at Leavenworth was not pleasant for the 10th. The Fort's commander, who was admittedly opposed to African- Americans serving in the regular army, made life as difficult as he could on the new troopers. Grierson sought to have his regiment transferred, and subsequently received orders moving the regiment to Fort Riley, Kansas later that summer.
Life at Leavenworth was not pleasant for the 10th Calvary. The fort's commander, who was openly opposed to African-Americans serving in the Regular Army, made life for the new troops difficult. Benjamin Grierson sought to have his regiment transferred, and subsequently received orders moving the regiment to Fort Riley, Kansas, later that summer.
Captain Carpenter's troop was the first of these commands to arrive upon the scene. It found Forsyth's command out of rations, living on horse-flesh without salt or pepper. All its officers had been killed or wounded.
Carpenter’s troop was the first of these three commands to arrive upon the scene. They found Forsyth’s command out of rations and forced to survive on horse and mule flesh. Not one animal survived. All of Forsyth's officers had been killed or wounded.
I'm trying to find the reference to the page Icewine martini. You deleted it and I left a message in the talk page but now I can't find it. Can you point me the way to find the original deleted article? I left proof that the contentious parts of the article was used by permission. Thanks, Phil. Philcheevers ( talk) 21:44, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
The article at articlealley is a reprint from a book I wrote. I have explicitely made the content in question at the bottom of my page at www.vinocanada.com available for wikipedia, proving that I am the author and that it is releaseable to wikipedia. Philcheevers ( talk) 12:39, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
I think this one can move into template space now, no? :) MLauba ( talk) 14:52, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Greetings, Moonriddengirl:
Thanks for the review of
Cecil Recreation Complex.
I've got another article for you to eyeball:
User:Mgreason/Sandbox
Again, no big hurry; I see you've been staying busy. Thanks!
Mgreason (
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15:57, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Bueno job on the Out of Hand article.
TuckerResearch ( talk) 05:46, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl :). This article has had some sterling work done recently, mainly by one editor, expanding and referencing the history section. Another editor has asked me to have a look at it with regard to copyright/paraphrase issues. There is really only one readily available source of early historical information about the town, R.L. Greenall's "A History of Kettering" and this has been used as the major source in this expansion. I think that the majority of what has been added is fine, but wanted someone more experienced in copyright issues to look at what I consider to be two of the most "borderline" examples. I hope this doesn't seem trivial or nit-picking:).
First example:
From the article:
The ‘Wic-’ prefix of the nearby village of Weekley is viewed by some place-name scholars as indicating the presence of foederati, Anglo-Saxon mercenaries brought in to bolster Britain’s defences against barbarian attack.
From the source:
"[...] in the place-name Weekly, the 'Wic-' prefix being seen by place-name scholars an an indication of feodorati, Anglo-Saxon mercenaries brought in to boost the defences of the Empire, [...]"
Second example:
From the article:
The town traces its origins to an early Romano British settlement which lies under the northern part of the modern town. Occupied until the 4th century AD there is evidence of considerable iron-smelting taking place at this site; indeed it is believed that iron-smelting continued in the adjacent Rockingham Forest area until at least the time of Domesday Book and beyond. Along with the Forest of Dean and the Weald of Kent/Sussex this area of Northamptonshire was one of the three great areas of iron-working in Roman Britain. The settlement was unwalled and extends into the Weekley and Geddington parishes.
From the source:
"The major ancient monument in the parish in the large unwalled Roman settlement which lies under the northern part of the town and extends into Weekly and Geddington parishes. Evidence of considerable iron-smelting has been found and the settlement was occupied until the fourth century AD. [...] This part of Northamptonshire was one of the three great centres of iron-working in Roman Britain, the others being the Weald of Kent and Sussex and the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. The making of iron seems to have been carried on in Rockingham Forest down to the time of the Domesday Book and beyond, and was probably discontinued [...]"
(Both extracts from R.L.Greenall, A History of Kettering, Phillimore, 2003)
As I said, these are examples of what seems to me closest to a paraphrase of the original source. Many thanks in advance for having a look :.) -- TheSmuel ( talk) 09:36, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Why do you delete personal pages without discussing. I warn you not to do that Hemant Vohra 11:05, 6 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hemant 17 ( talk • contribs)
Ummm... it would be unwise to threaten an admin. -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 16:25, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
The page is on my userspace only for now. I'm rewrting it and once it is done, it'll be gone. Regards,-- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 16:01, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
The article Moses has text copied from the Jewish Encyclopedia. It's been removed twice as copyvio, the last time by me, just restored here: [5]? I'm confused, at Talk:Moses this is described as copyfraud by the JE, the linked webpage for the JE says "Copyright 2002 JewishEncyclopedia.com." - is it possible the 1906 text is still in copyright, or the JE is making false claims, or? Yours in confusion, Dougweller ( talk) 16:41, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Mrg. A question about the wayback machine: This page shows the earliest version for this website as November 4 2006. But as I understand it, that only is a point in time that the wayback machine saved that site -- however, the website could certainly have existed in that form earlier(In fact, I notice a 2005-2006 copyright symbol on the page bottom). Or does it mean that that particular website didn't exist previous to the November 6 date? — CactusWriter | needles 13:09, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Lately, I've been having some dealings with an (apparently young) user who seems unable or unwilling to understand WP policies. Could you take a look at Talk:History of Pittsboro, Indiana and let me know whether my comments there are on the right track, and if so, what the next step in dealing with the copyvio should be? Deor ( talk) 16:09, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
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For being a substantial contributor of music album pages and starting up new album articles. Furthermore, not only have you created many album articles, you created them with exceptional quality. Wikipedia should consider itself lucky for having an editor such as yourself. Keep up the great work. Calaka ( talk) 05:29, 9 August 2009 (UTC) |
Mind having a look at the recent edits of Jones County, Mississippi by an IP? Seems like way too much quoting from the sources to be acceptable per copyright issues. - ALLST✰R▼ echo wuz here 06:59, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello. Can you point me to the proper place in the manual of style where alphabetization is discussed? I am looking specifically for the policy relating to band names. My basic question is, are The Decembrists listed under "t" for The or "d" for Decembrists? I have noticed inconsistencies where this is concerned. My personal feeling is that if a band puts "the" at the beginning of their name, it is part of the name. Thanks for your time. --- RepublicanJacobite The'FortyFive' 15:17, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Sita manu ( talk · contribs) is uploading a number of images and I'm not clear about their copyright, particularly after seeing this edit [6] - is there a board where questions like the editor's or mine can be asked about images? Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 18:41, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
I have attributed to Wikipedia in the past regarding articles on the hospitals in North and South Carolina, but the article on Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital seems like that it was copied and pasted from the hospital's actual website [7] which I have added to this section. I have compared the two pages and have been undetermined to reach a consensus on whether or not this is indeed a copyright violation. If you can determine whether it is in fact a violation and allow for a rewrite of the article, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks! Geomapboy2 ( talk) 18:57, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
I just noticed by chance (I didn't create the page and had no idea that it existed) that there is/was a page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsc2, which seem to have contained a description of a program for controlling spectrometers I wrote - there's a link in the delete message that points to my web page for the program. It seems to have been deleted by you for some kind of copyright infringement. Could you be so kind to tell me why this has been done? The program in under a free license (GPL) as is its documentation. So I am now worried if there's something where I may have inadvertently violated someone else's copyright (even though I wrote everything from scratch).
If you want to contact me directly my email address is jt@toerring.de.
Best regards, Jens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.191.157.33 ( talk) 12:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, thank you very much for your kind (and clear;-) explanation! I did add a line at the bottom of the page, putting it "officially" under the GNU Free Documentation License. Does that satisfy the requirements?
Best regards, Jens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.191.157.33 ( talk) 13:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Sorry for unnecessarily adding to your workload, but I'm rather bad at that kind of stuff:-( I now also added the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 to the copyright notice. I hope that covers all the bases.
Thank you for your kind help! Jens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.191.157.33 ( talk) 13:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! Best regards, Jens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.191.157.33 ( talk) 13:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl,
Thank you for taking the time to fix Richard Perry's page. it looks very good. Sorry I haven't been in touch until now to thank you but I've been under the weather lately. I sent Richard the message you sent to me and told him to contact you directly should he wish to make any changes or additions in the future. Take care.
Best,
Ernie Clark —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingweenie ( talk • contribs) 13:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Mmm, tough one. Here's what I found: both users edit from the Netherlands. Neftchi edits from a big city and a small town (he spends a week here, a week there, the pattern doesn't seem much predictable), and Retlaw only edits from the big city. I find it peculiar that they never edit at the same time, so my guts that might be someone living at 3 different places (2 in the city), and using the Internet connection there. However, I can't rule out they being 2 different people. I can't find any evidence disproving one of these 2 scenarios. -- Luk talk 09:15, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Inconclusive based solely on technical evidence, it can not be ruled out nor proven solely on technical evidence.
Likely based on behavior and edit patterns that they are the same. I'd support indef blocks of the socks and a short block of the master. —
Rlevse •
Talk •
01:44, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Which foreign language Wikipedia is it from? I can't find it. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:54, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Yikes, thanks for adding the template there. I completely forgot to follow up on that until it just popped up on my watchlist. The originator User:Hemant 17 has been rather persistent in adding questionable articles. His user page has a list of articles, most of which have been deleted a number of times by various admins. A more forceful hand might be necessary here. — CactusWriter | needles 11:26, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for noticing me Hemant Vohra 11:31, 6 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hemant 17 ( talk • contribs)
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Thanks for your tips on copywrite - Hemant Vohra 10:25, 12 August 2009 (UTC) |
Hi, Mrg. I'm going to leave the report on this article from today's list for you to handle. The copyright violation report was filed because of this article. According to the wayback machine, it goes back to at least July 2001 -- predating the WP one by 5 years -- and was written by a retired LA radio engineer. Now see the talk page discussion. The creator of the article, a good long-time WP contributor, says this is a reverse copyvio of his own lectures as a local historian. He is being vouched for by an administrator. I'd assume he is correct, but I would also assume WP might still require some form of verification. So I think this needs your experienced touch. — CactusWriter | needles 15:34, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Moonriddengirl, I've just added new evidence, at ANI regarding, impersonation of RetlawSnellac, Neftchi, sockpuppetry and IP thief. I have reasons to suspect him in having another puppet, in the past, who behaved the same way. Please, check it as well.
I also wanted to check, if you've contacted real RetlawSnellac, through email in his Flickr profile. He didn't reply to my last FlickrMail. I think he travels a lot, and on the other hand, when I wrote to him first time, inquiring if it was him, or an impersonator, the reply I posted in report, was his only reaction, so it didn't look as he cared too much, about that. So if needed, I'm ready to provide you with my Flickr login/pass, so you can see the correspondence we had, with him. If yes, contact me through email, it's activated in my settings here. Regards -- Aleksey Chalabyan a.k.a. Xelgen ( talk) 01:08, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I just discovered that there is a copywrite concern over the GM Motorsports article I wrote a long time ago. Did some one complain about something specific? The photos used were used with the permission of my friend in California, Phil Crosno, who was the manager of the Delco Electronics program there. I cited my sources for other information used in the text. Similar articles (after the Wikipedia Article was published) were used at the GMNext web site, and in a book published by the GM retirees in Santa Barbara. Please let me knw what the concern is and I will attempt to resolve it.-- W9kfb ( talk) 10:13, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
I am concerned that the restore has not happened. Is there anything that I need to do in order for it to be restored?-- W9kfb ( talk) 01:36, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for the notice, I'll provide links when I split articles again. (Actually I completely rewrote the princess's article so not much of the original remained... :) – Alensha talk 18:58, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, this article was deleted/redirected by you, any particlular reason? thanks Khokhar ( talk) 23:27, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, a split would probably be a good move, the aricle Khokhar seems to be getting quite large anyway. Thanks. Khokhar ( talk) 21:08, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Ok, I saw the article, but isn't an exactly copyvio. Only I see exactly the order of countries, and some information about the plant, but are rewritten. So maybe used the text as base, but isn't a copy. -- Taichi ( talk) 18:34, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, sorry to bother you again, but I want to make sure that I'm doing the right thing. The {{ copyvio}} template should be used for the above article (even though the user says he has permission), right? The leftorium 17:35, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Wow, I wasn't expecting that! Thank you for the compliments! I'm glad I'm able to help out. I recently had a RfA that failed in part because of copyright concerns, so this page is a good learning experience for me. :) The leftorium 19:05, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, it's me again. The copyright concerns at Mustafa Ziyalan have been addressed ( [11], [12], did I do it right?) Do I remove the article from Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 August 12 now? The leftorium 17:24, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I hope this finds you well and hope you remember me. I am trying to make additions to the page of Devendra Banhart. I learned my lesson of things being cited since last we spoke. i am haveing a serious problem with a person who has the username Hekuri. He single handedly and without consensus is taking down sited and sourced material that I and others are putting up. I realize that there is a conflict of interest with myself and Devendra's record label putting facts up but I assure you all we are trying to do is get more fun and interesting facts about him up that his fans and people new to him would find interesting and are factually relevant to his page. I believe we are acting in the spirit of Wikipedia and someone single handedly and arbitrarily taking them off runs counter to this. You can refer to the discussion page on Devendra's page if you have time to further look into this. I am at the point where I believe this user Hekuri is exercising a harmful amount of control over the page and would like to file a complaint against him if he does not show a willingness to work with others and stop acting like he runs the page. Best and thanks for your time. Lktmgmt ( talk) 22:34, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia is "the encyclopedia that anyone can edit," but if you have a conflict of interest avoid, or exercise great caution when:
- Editing articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with,
- Participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors,
- Linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam);
- and you must always:
- Avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially neutral point of view, verifiability, and autobiography.
I understand. Thank you for your comments and Tagishsimon has definitely made some good points that have helped me understand things better. We are going to deal with things on a case by case basis on the discussion page. Again, thank you for your guidance here. Lktmgmt ( talk) 15:59, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Yesterday you have blocked the User:Princeofdark07 for his copyrights violations. not only he uploads copyrighted images, also sometimes he add copyrighted texts into articles. see this section in Tuluva article, the entire text is copied from here (from second paragraph). another section is copied from here . he copied and pasted the whole content from that website, see his edit [13] and made very very minor changes. what to do now? it should be removed or not?? C21K talk 13:23, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
A question about revising this article. The entire article has been blanked, but there were contributions on the page from other users. What happens to those? In other words, if I start revising all of the other info (which will include citing additional sources NOT related to KCBS), what to do with, for instance, the Judging Controversy section submitted by EndUser1234?
EmmaMae ( talk) 15:43, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl I have noticed you have commented on this page. If you have time, could you look at this issue. I think we need someone neutral to comment on it. I think User KKhokhar is using WP:SYNTH when he is saying Churahs should not be included in the list, even though HA Rose clearly states that Khokhars consist of Rajputs, Jats, Arains and Churahs. Ibeston also states that Khokhars are Tarkhan. Please caste your neutral eye. Thanks -- Sikh-History 16:46, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I was thinking of uploading some screenshots for an article on a documentary film I have been working on. User:Girolamo Savonarola from the film project pointed me to WP:FILMNFI, and said he thought that any image "must directly enhance critical commentary by showing something above and beyond what text is capable of doing". That is obviously a flexible concept; arguably, any image of a film scene mentioned in a secondary source says more than a verbal description can. Could you give me some hints on how to get this right? Or do you know a specific NFI expert I should ask? Best wishes, JN 466 19:17, 14 August 2009 (UTC) Just read your post above; keeping fingers crossed for you and hope you'll soon be well again. If you haven't got time right now, don't worry, it can wait. Best, -- JN 466 19:21, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Mrg. The first item on the today's Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 August 7 list is a familiar face, The Roth Law Firm. Although we received OTRS permission here, MLauba correctly points out their website still says "all right reserved" which is a conflict. I am not certain of the policy here. The relevant line from Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials states If you would like to allow Wikipedia to use your content, but don't want to put a license statement on the site (note that you still must release it under those free licenses), you can contact permissions-en@wikimedia.org... However, the policy doesn't clearly state whether the old copyright notices must be removed. What is the answer? — CactusWriter | needles 10:59, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, MRG. Could you check to see if permission was received at OTRS for the Dave Fry and Vidal Cantu Garza articles. Both were supposedly e-mailed August 1 and August 8, respectively. Thanks. — CactusWriter | needles 11:52, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. The above article is a copyvio of [16], but the text has been slightly paraphrased. What should I do with it (G12 or Wikipedia:Copyright problems)? Or should I just turn it into a stub? The leftorium 14:11, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
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Thank you! That is incredibly kind and very generous, particularly given that you yourself have helped to make me not indispensable. :D Seriously, I am very grateful for your work in the copyright problems queue, and I will be able to focus much better on my recovery knowing that it is in good hands. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:23, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, how are you? Hope you are doing well. I am still (and always will be) extremely grateful for all the help you and your team gave us at Project Gastropods in rescuing all those 1,000 gastropod articles from possible deletion because of copyright issues, that was almost a quarter of all of our articles! In fact at the first WIki-Conference New York this July 25th, I mentioned you and your team in my talk, and our founder Jimmy Wales was there listening, so now he's heard about this massive clean-up too! Anyway, I wanted to say that now we have quite a few articles that contain chunks of prose (sometimes a bit modified) from sources that are definitely public domain, and I see that the users have included this fact in the references section at the bottom of the article. But is this sufficient? For an example, see Gadinalea conica. Thanks for your input on this question. Best wishes, Invertzoo ( talk) 16:39, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl (or whomever is checking this),
I'm new to Wikipedia, and noticed that the first two articles I posted, for Prof. Chih-Ming Ho and Prof. John Kim, were both deleted by you. I received permission from both of them to post titles of scholarly papers they've published etc. I don't understand why the articles were deleted. Please let me know what I can do to restore them. I don't understand how to put their information into a 'Creative Commons' format. Academic hall ( talk) 21:57, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
Thank you,
academic_hall
Hi, Just wanna consult you about the file if it has the correct license, and copyright information. thank you MaenK.A. Talk 16:28, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Several people have asked me to let them know when I pull through, and I've asked my husband to leave a note. He's never edited Wikipedia before (aside from just now), but I've shown him how, and hopefully this will go okay. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:03, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
This is Moonriddengirl's husband. Several people asked for word how she was doing. She made it through the surgery just fine. Expect her to be online in a few days. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:55, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Lumos3 ( talk · contribs) has this notice on his/her user page "I agree to multi-license. all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below.". Is that legitimate? Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 09:40, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
You irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 and the GFDL.
i just had a query but since you can't reply doesn't matter.hope for your speedy recovery Muskeeter8 ( talk) 11:30, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Good luck with it. :) — neuro (talk) 11:09, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
The editor that expressed concerns before now completely ignores the sources and wants to say which sources are valid and which isn't. This in no way helps with the wiki article. Please have a say here: Talk:Strikeforce Sea888 ( talk) 23:58, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
It appears that you made the decision to delete the page on the XFlaim database engine:
22:37, 30 November 2008 Moonriddengirl (talk | contribs) deleted "XFLAIM Database Engine" (Copyright. Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2008 November 21)
However, you didn't take into account that the author of the Wikipedia piece, ahodgkinson, also is the author of the document that was copied.
You should revert the deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.97.109.23 ( talk) 21:40, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for everything; hope you have a speedy recovery! Mgreason ( talk) 15:32, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
I have a question about the use of screenshots from old World War Two videos. On the Dogfight article you recently helped out with a copyright question, so I thought maybe you could provide a little advice.
The video in question came from this website, http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/rechfurlan/510/ , which provides this on its copyright page:
All videos and photos supplied by visitors and made available on the Website are believed to either be: 1) protected by copyright and made available by their respective owner/creator, 2) protected by copyright and shown here with the express consent of their respective owner/creator or 3) part of the public domain. Per the Terms of Service, all content made available on the Website by users of the Website is their sole responsibility; Aresta is not the primary producer or primary source of such content.
My knowledge of computers is somewhat limited, and I often learn by experimenting. In such an experiment, I accidentally uploaded a screenshot from this video here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dogfight_-_plane_falling_while_taking_fire.JPG . It should probably be deleted until I can figure out the copyright policy, but I have no idea how to do that either. Can you provide some advice in this situation? Zaereth ( talk) 21:14, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
←Good luck with it, Zaereth, and thanks, Tagishsimon, for the assist. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:16, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, welcome back! :) Information from this website can be used on Wikipedia, right? (see Dagoth Ur). Or can only the CC-BY-SA-3.0 license be used? Thank you, The leftorium 09:59, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
←If Creative Commons say it works, then I'm for it. :) I think their idea is that you can import By to By-SA because By is less restrictive, but it doesn't work the other way around. Should we consider adding the table to the FAQ, do you think? Or would it simply be easier to list some examples of licenses that are and are not compatible? -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:09, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Hey Moonridden, Could you take a look at No. 1 School of Technical Training. There is a definite copy vio problem going on here, but I am not sure if it is Wikipedia's violating the other cite or the other cite violating Wikipedia's copy rights. (The other site would be violating the copyright as their intellectual policy appears would be incompatable with WP's.) I outlined my rationing on the pages talk page, but would like an expert opinion.--- Balloonman NO! I'm Spartacus! 21:42, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
User:Tokistar created an article today ( Eric Olson (artist) which was a cut and paste of a long bio from the artist's webpage. It has been speedied, but looking at the creator's previous articles, I have my doubts about them. There seems to be a common thread to pieces in a magazine called "Clientele" but I can't locate archives which would contain the referenced articles. If you get a chance can you take a look? Thanks. Delicious carbuncle ( talk) 20:01, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi MRG. When you get a chance would you or one of your talk page stalkers have a look at Alejandro G. Abadilla and make a determination on whether the poem is okay to include? I have no idea what copyright rules apply and would appreciate a more expert opinion. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 18:58, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I hope your recovery is going well. I was wondering if you could answer a simple question for me. I noticed that another user, in an attempt to lessen the size of List of legendary creatures, created 'subpages' for each letter of the alphabet (e.g. List of legendary creatures/A, etc.) and transcluded each subpage into the main list. I've never seen anything like this before, and was curious whether there was something wrong with this editor's approach - what is poilicy for this situation? I know that these pages aren't technically subpages because they are in the article namespace, so do the violate disallowed subpage uses #3? Also, it doesn't seem like the actually size of the list is decreased by transcluding the sections (right?). If there is something that should be done about this, I'd be happy to talk to the editor about it. Thanks for your time Moonriddengirl - I hope my question makes sense. Arbitrarily0 ( talk) 13:26, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing that. Weird that HotCat created the article, I think that's got to be considerd a bug. LeadSongDog come howl 15:53, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
I just noticed your notice. Glad you're OK! In any event, the individual in question kept triggering one of the abuse filters. He originally titled the article "Alex ko" with no caps in the last name; the rest of the article was laid out as if he'd been on a wiki for years. The username certainly suggests we're dealing with the subject of the article. I'll unblock him, but with the caveat that he not promote himself. Thanks for letting me know. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 19:02, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Now the guy went and blanked the article, for crying out loud. I reverted it, but I don't think this qualifies as a speedy as a good-faith blank by the original author. Gawd, how I love this site. :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 22:24, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
A real slice, girl. A real slice. :)) Doggone it, the kid really is notable, I tagged it as COI and he blanks the thing. Someone else put a notable Wikipedian template on the talk page, so I guess I'm not the only one who feels there should be an article. Sigh. PMDrive1061 ( talk) 00:33, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl,
I have now contacted the others who formed the `Symicat` group and explained that to work as such a group is against the rules. Any of them wishing to contribute to Wikipedia will now send seperate registrations. I shall, if acceptable, continue to write using the original name - if I can be unblocked... apologies again for the error. [[Special:Contributions/] ([[User talk:|talk]]) 14:28, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I have now changed my password as requested. Thanks for you your help, patience and understanding. Symicat ( talk) 14:45, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
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The link to SymiGreece that appears on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Symi is to a website that <unsubstantiated allegations removed>. Further, the site is connected to a number of commercial concerns and derives an income from some of these. <unsubstantiated allegations removed> I suggest you visit the site and judge for yourself. Apart from the blatant link, the link that appears as Reference 11, Symi Festival Reports, is also a link to the SymiGreece site. Attempts to offer a link to the Symi Visitor site, which has been active for far longer, are constantly deleted. It seems quite clear that a commercial war is being waged here, and links to neither or both sites should be allowed to appear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Symicat ( talk • contribs) 22:47, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
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While I appreciate you removing the "unsubstantiated allegations" (aka serious defamatory lies) of Symicat in his posting above, you have left his accusation that the website regularly libels people. This too is a serious and defamatory lie. He accuses SymiGreece of being conneted to commercial concerns. This too is a lie. He accuses SymiGreece of deriving an income. This too is a lie. Symicat is allowed to have his opinion and believe what he likes, but he is not allowed to defame people by stating his incorrect opinions and assumptions as facts as he has done here. I request again that the post above be removed or at the least that the first two lines be removed.-- Symiakos ( talk) 18:49, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you. It was the allegation of libel that I considered defamation. The other accusations were just plain wrong. Thank you for your help on this matter. As the reference to the Talk page has been removed, I will now give my agreement to the archiving of the Talk-page mentioned.-- Symiakos ( talk) 19:05, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Glad to see you back. I still have problems with my hand but can type so long as I don't overdue it. Could you take a look at the discussion at User talk:CactusWriter at the bottom, I've already deleted 2 images and am concerned about File:Warwakstoned.JPG. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 17:35, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I don't know to which comments Symiakos is referring, so I'm afraid that I can do no more. Thanks again for your help. (And I don't envy you your task!). My consent to achive the page remains. Symicat ( talk) 19:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I have extensively edited and reduced these articles to let them conform to copyright requirements. Do you know how long it will take for an administrator to reinstate or delete these articles? Bleaney ( talk) 19:19, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
As regards to my other article edits, I am at a bit of a loss... shall I not edit anymore articles as you will be looking at some of your other articles just to be sure that this problem does not exist in others. I see that you have received notices from Corensearchbot in the past...?? In the distant past maybe, and in the many thousands of edits to wikipedia I have done, this has happened to me very rarely???? Bleaney ( talk) 20:20, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Mrg. This concerns this article from today's CV due list. The article was created back in 2004 by User:Genie whose user page indicates that they are the same person who wrote the original 1994 article (see copyright notice at bottom of page). Info on that person's personal website pages confirms their WP activity. However, I think WP still needs an OTRS ticket to verify identity for the copyrighted text. Would you mind handling that? — CactusWriter | needles 09:38, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I've got a new article at User:Mgreason/Sandbox when you have time to review. Thanks! Mgreason ( talk) 14:14, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello. Thanks for your message. I'm afraid you've lost me a little bit as I don't know what OTRS means. This is a strange case as I found it in an inappropriate category, noticed the AfD notice and then discovered that it has been speedy deleted but is still here! I'm confused.
I'm sorry to read that you have been unwell and I hope you are recovering after the surgery you had. Very best wishes. -- Jack | talk page 20:20, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for all the help you've given me with my articles. I think I get now how to reword sources so not to infringe on copyright. You've been a tremendous help. Mind you, youve done it now. Seeing as youve been so helpful, I will probably drop you a line everytime I have a problem! Thanks again, can I assume that your review of my edits is complete? Bleaney ( talk) 16:24, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I have rejigged the British School of Barcelona and Bedford Museum. They await your attention. Thanks, Bleaney ( talk) 22:07, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
I hope your recovery goes well. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 18:45, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
I wouldn't presume to edit your user page, but you might consider linking wheel-warring at User:Moonriddengirl#Adminship. Since I'm not an Admin, rational thinking says I should just ignore it, but part of the delight of Wikipedia is learning odd useless facts. Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward ( talk • contribs) 15:40, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
Go onto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file there is a code on the bottom of the article. It is used to test the antiviris on the computer. Im not an expert but if that article is unblocked and somone tries to test it out, is there any possibility that someone would change it to a real viris? 74.109.233.125 ( talk) 07:05, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Mrg. If you have a chance, the Cultural hemisphere listing on today's CV due list requires an admin other than me. It's an article with which I have a history.
Here's some background from my obviously biased perspective. I ran across the article on New Page patrol last April and tagged it for issues and asked a couple of editors for expert opinion because it was apparently based on a single unpublished internet source. After a month, it became apparent that the article was being written by the author of the internet source, who had also created a page about himself and added references to himself in dozens of other WP articles (including even adding a photo of himself in the article). Eventually I brought an Afd case and a sockpuppet case, which led to the contributor's indefinite block. In the meantime, the article was rewritten by Dbachmann and myself. In June, an IP complained on the talk page that the history showed copy-pasting from the original internet source. So I cleaned the early history of copyright violation text. Another IP has now filed the CV report. (See talk page for the IP's reasons).
I have no doubt the IPs are the blocked author. Oddly enough, he has now released his unpublished work into the public domain and uploaded it to Wikisource:East-West dichotomy. (Which will need to be tagged A2 speedy for unpublished material, but I'll wait until this is concluded). So, I suppose the deleted history can be restored. Other than that, I still can't find any text which can be attributed to the internet source -- perhaps an unbiased eye will fair better. Good luck. — CactusWriter | needles 11:12, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi I am new at all of this but I understand an article was written about me around the time there was an especially intense mainstream media interest in my finance commentary. I am told it was deleted, which I think is fine with me. But, nonetheless, I would like to see what people had written about me and it is my understanding that you may be able to send me a copy. The name of the article is Seth Asher from 2006 and 2007. Any help would be appreciated.javascript:insertTags(' 64.195.119.97 ( talk) 16:27, 7 September 2009 (UTC)',,)
I just went to a responsible user, you helped me out a few times when i was a wikipedian. Thankyou for your help to solve the problem. 74.109.233.125 ( talk) 20:32, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
I will think about it, once you leave sometimes you want to come back. 74.109.233.125 ( talk) 21:26, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Why did the Frank and Mary's logo and Pittsboro Pizzeria logos and all the other logos get deleted on Pittsboro, Indiana Businesses and Buildings? Is there a way to fix them? Thanks Sedna10387 ( talk) Also thanks for the support! ;)
Hi, I know you're interested in and experienced in these issues, so I thought I'd let you know that I created Wikipedia:Copy-paste. It's designed basically as a short, sharp ( WP:TROUTish, even) "don't do that", as something to link to from the Article Wizard ( Wikipedia:Article wizard2.0/Wizard-Content) for a bit more detail. I see so many copy-vios in new articles, I think something like that is necessary, because so much of the existing copyright documentation is quite overwhelming and doesn't apply to the average "hey I want to copy this. duh what's copyright?" user that ends up getting their article speedied. Anyway, what do you think? Rd232 talk 09:42, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Have reworked Colesden, Chawston and Cognita. Thanks for pointing out that someone has incorporated my language about Dragonwyck (novel) into their blog, i'm kind of flattered as well as a little peeved, but considering the process my articles are going through, maybe its my just deserts! I wont be complaining about it anyway. Also, thanks for the sources for HMP Drake Hall, that was a particularly tricky one to source. I shall attack the D's and E's tomorrow! Bleaney ( talk) 23:12, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
I have reworded Dorchester (HM Prison), Edmunds Hill (HM Prison), El Limonar International School, Murcia and El Limonar International School, Villamartin. I seem to be a day behind you! Many thanks, Bleaney ( talk) 22:16, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Gloucester (HM Prison), Great Denham, Grendon (HM Prison), and Holme House (HM Prison) have been reworked. Those were my words on the John Bunyan Upper School article, and looking at that particular website, it looks like they might have copied other stuff about other schools in Bedford from wikipedia! Bleaney ( talk) 22:50, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I'm talking with a photographer about possibly licensing some images for use here and he's wondering whether if he licensed low-resolution versions of some of his photos it would also apply to the larger-resolution copies (i.e., does he license the image itself or the image at that resolution?). I would almost assume the latter though it seems kinda hard to enforce (what if someone got a hold of a larger-resolution version, for instance by purchasing it from him, and uploaded it here?). He's a full-time photographer so he's naturally worried about his work being devalued. Do you have any other suggestions which might might make him more willing to license some? I've told him any photos he considers "bad" is probably excellent here, but I guess that might not be completely optimal for him in a PR-sense. Cheers, -- aktsu ( t / c) 06:04, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl! I hope you could please go back the Page on it's last revision made by Unending247 the multiply site is not the basis for that article. That site also got the information on the same source as cited in that article. If ever that there are similarities with the said website, it wasn't intentional. I look forward to your immediate action regarding this matter. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unending247 ( talk • contribs) 19:12, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl, would you mind to accept my e-mail (MS word Format) so that I can send you my article and help me improve that to avoid errors about this article? Send me your e-mail address and I'll send my article. and help me to improve that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tamtam1008 ( talk • contribs) 06:18, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
I have a question. Why do so many people say that Wikipedia is not a reliable resource? Sedna10387 20:10, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
A pretty obvious sock Djjesse24 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has shown up of an editor you blocked earlier this week Djjesse123 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and continued his problematic editing. -- NeilN talk ♦ contribs 00:23, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
You are an angel!! I really, really was not looking forward to rewriting (or even revisiting) Far Eastern University. Brownie point, gold star. Piano non troppo ( talk) 14:14, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
Can I now put my sandbox on the article? or It's much better if you will be the one to include the sandbox because you're one of the established users here. Thanks —Preceding
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In response to your claim I would like to make the following statement: As you will see from the facts below, the paragraph in question is a short and precise summary of the conditions on the ground Lydia Canaan had to face early on in her career.
Facts
- The people of Lebanon had to endure between 1975 and 1990 a savage and devastating war. As a teenager Lydia began her career, making concerts under very dangerous conditions, often with militias fighting in the neighborhood, defying death threats, like annonymous phone calls to her parents, that she will return in a bodybag, if she goes ahead with her gig in Tripoli...yet she just beefed up security, posting snipers on rooftops, with additional security around her and went on to perform. Or her participating in a Peace Concert on the Demarcation Line between East and West Beirut, unifying Muslim and Christian artists and fans, interrupting the bloody fighting for one night...
- As Lydia stated in an interview to a Dubai newspaper, indeed, her father threatened her to kick her out of the family, if she continues with her music, which she ignored...
- In this Middle Eastern country, with its conservative traditions and perceptions, especially about women, Lydia went on stage as a female pioneer pushing the boundries of music (performing Rock) and the dresscode with Rocker outfits...
Her attitude, success and personality gained her indeed much respect and admiration from her fans and the Lebanese population at large.
I believe, that theses facts speak for themselves, justifying my neutral and factual description of her in the disputed paragraph. Thomasvitins ( talk) 16:12, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
I have done further work on Great Denham and Holme House (HM Prison). Must have been a bit sleepy when I re-edited those!
Have also reworked Independent Association of Preparatory Schools and Independent Schools Association (UK). At least we are over half way now! Bleaney ( talk) 00:45, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for improving the article. This is my proposed article after the HISTORY. Could you please help me improve this one because I really want to add these updated pictures and other vital information like the international linkages, institutes/schools, student organizations and athletics. Can you tell me where did I go wrong in this article or help me to improve it and put this on the article.
The alumni were also based from the reliable editors who made the table for the list alumni etc., If you could help me out to use this information, the article will be more relevant and informative to the students. Thank you.
Do we really allow this? It's been suggested we do in this discussion] about IP 71.241.218.107. Our guidelines on user pages make it clear we don't allow latitude on user pages, but this is their talk page - personally, I don't see any difference. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 17:35, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. Long time no speak. When I try to think of who to ask a copyright related question you're the first person that springs to mind, though I don't know how much you deal with fair use issues. Anyway, I thought maybe you'd take a look at my question here and that you might be able to give a definitive answer or point to past discussion that would define the consensus. Please feel free, of course, to ignore this unsolicited request. Thanks.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 19:17, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi- We have created the Creative Commons copyright for our Jefferson Friedman Bio. Could you please let me know if there is anything else I need to do before re-posting his information. (you can see our CC use at christinajensenpr.com) Jessicacjpr ( talk) 21:18, 14 September 2009 (UTC) Jessicacjpr
I've noticed the super bowl logo wikipedia has is the wrong logo. On the super bowl 44 website the logo is different. The football between the field goal thing on wikipedia has the middle line of the football going all the way down while on the website the line doesn't go all the way down. also the logo should be darker.
Sedna10387 00:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Would you like one of these, to keep a tally of where we're up to with the Bleaney article check process? If so I'll fill in the blanks thus far. In reply to your question from a couple of days ago, I'm not sure there's much more that can be said to help, and so thought tabulating the articles to be checked might be the next best step. The table lists articles created by. I've not thought about whether we need to check additions to existing articles. -- Tagishsimon (talk) 01:00, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
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For rescuing and cleaning up an article, for resolving a major dispute, for making things right, and for being objective, helpful and constructive all the time! 117.79.64.87 ( talk) 04:50, 15 September 2009 (UTC) |
I have modified a page on Flexicurity and need some help. I am very new to Wiki so I am learning as I go. I have a question: I would like to centre justify the title in the framed text 'The Common Principles of Flexicurity'. Can you help? Thanks in advance, Antoine Mallia ( talk) 07:12, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi again. I'm glad to read that you are feeling well. I have yet another attribution question.
Do any of these relatively small edits copy copyrightable expression and require attribution?
On a different note, do you think that a page named something like WP:Copying within Wikipedia would be useful? It would isolate the editing action from the motivation (e.g. merging or splitting) and move discussion away from Help talk:Merging, which is only relevant sometimes. If such a page existed, I would have posted my question there, then asked for your input. Thanks. Flatscan ( talk) 04:11, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
I have re-edited the Meoncross School article. Seems ive got 2 editors helping me with this now! Bleaney ( talk) 23:04, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Mrg, did we ever received word on this ticket for the CM-Online article? — CactusWriter | needles 07:18, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Could you please take a look at the above list, it's currently a Featured List Candidate and I'm concerned about a possible copyright infringement. Many of the descriptions in the table are based on a single English Heritage source, and some may be too close to their respective descriptions on that site. St Michael's Church and the sewer vent probably have the closest similarities. Thanks in advance. -- Jpeeling ( talk) 10:58, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for taking a look at this. Most of the descriptions have now been rewritten by Peter I. Vardy, they look OK to me but your view would be appreciated. -- Jpeeling ( talk) 17:39, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi
Soory for the slow response. I can confirm that the Vouvray article was all my own work - I don't do copy and paste as you can see from my other stuff. So you're definitely looking at a Wikimirror on that other site. Cheers. FlagSteward ( talk) 12:35, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Do you know how to get rid of the white background on logos? Sedna10387 11:10, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Ack, I screwed this up. I was trying to merge the revised temp page history with the old history and somehow I seem to have lost the old history. Sorry. Could you show me how to fix this? — CactusWriter | needles 12:06, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for that information. I will certainly take that into account when editing future articles. Yes, i coopyed that information from another Wikipedia article - New Moon (1930 and 1940 films) - which has since been renamed New Moon (1940 film), while unbeknownst to be, that information had itself been ciopyed from that site. Thankyou for fixing up the copyright issue :)-- Coin945 ( talk) 12:10, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
P.S. sorry if i'm bugging you by talkingto you every 2 seconds...!! :)-- Coin945 ( talk) 12:22, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. There is a plan to nominate the Shale oil extraction article for FAC, but before doing this I would like to be sure that there is no any kind of copyright infringement. I believe there is no problem; however, as the article has a long history of extensive editing, splittings and mergers, I would feel better if you or some other expert will take a look at this article. Maybe you could take a look or would recommend some other editor who could do this? Thank you in advance. Beagel ( talk) 16:02, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
←Okay. First thing I found is some duplication of [22]. The article says:
In Independent Energy Partners' Geothermic Fuels Cells Process (IEP GFC), a high-temperature stack of fuel cells is placed in the oil shale formation. During an initial warm-up period, the cells are fueled by an external source of natural gas. Afterward the process fuels itself using oil shale gas generated by its own waste heat.... Alternatively, the formation can be pre-fractured to enhance the flow of shale oil between heating and producing wells.
The source says:
...a high-temperature fuel cell stack is placed within the formation to heat the ground.... Thus, after an initial warm up period (during which the cells are fueled with an external source of natural gas), the GFC process becomes self-fueling from gases liberated by its own waste heat.... Alternatively, the formation can be pre-fractured to enhance the flow of hydrocarbons and accelerate communication between the heating wells and the production wells.
There's a little bit of literal duplication here such as only can be used in quotation marks (that last sentence in particular). Other sections could stand further revision to avoid close paraphrasing.
I'm going to check http: //www.associatedcontent.com/article/1256818/ oil_shale_development.html?singlepage=true&cat=15 more thoroughly (have to break up the link because it's blocked). The program I use hit on some striking phrases in it. I'll check it manually now and let you know what I find. I haven't date compared yet, so I don't know if the text in our article predates their use or how extensive it might be.
Only other thing I found is duplication between Shale oil extraction and a couple of Wikipedia articles: Unconventional oil, Independent Energy Partners and Environmental impact of the oil shale industry. You've edited all of those heavily, so it's possible that the text in all three articles was written by you. I haven't checked. If not, you should attribute the source articles. You probably know how already, but if not there's an under-development page at User:Flatscan/Copying within Wikipedia which explains.
Off to do the manual check! Update when I'm finished. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:19, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl. Would you be so kind as to review my actions regarding this user? You had previously warned them about posting copyrighted material. Thanks in advance for any feedback. Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 17:10, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
It's been a while. A looooong while. But i'm finally active again, though I think i'm going to stay in my little cave of a sandbox and work on articles from there, not bothering people. XD I don't want to have to get into all the issues that I used to. They gave me headaches and college gives me enough of those. @_@
You've come a long way, haven't you? I was surprised when I checked out your page and saw what you've done. It's kinda embarrassing that, technically, i've been around the Wiki for longer than you and yet you're light years ahead of me in...everything. An inspiration, you are. ^_^
Anyways, I came over to ask a question. I have a really tiny, insignificant issue with my userpage that i'm trying to rectify and I was wondering if you could help me out?
I just added the WikiDragon template, but it didn't center itself as the coding says it should, as far as I can tell. I'm bad with codes, I am not one of the other WikiFey that know how to do this. How do I fix it? Silver seren C 17:14, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
I have reworded National Association of British Schools in Spain, National Association of Local Councils and North and Middle Littleton. Another editor has done a reworked version of New Hall (HM Prison) which I am not responsible for. Hope you are well! Bleaney ( talk) 21:53, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Just a short note to wish you all the best and hope you're recovering well. Bye for now. ☺ Coppertwig ( talk) 22:13, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
I typed in the title above on 'Wikipedia; search', and I saw the page had been deleted. Is it possible to bring back that particular article? 196.3.183.92 ( talk) 03:22, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi.
So, a couple of hours ago about 50 movies articles appeared on the list of unassessed album articles, and that got me thinking, i usually just remove the project template because is not an album article, but am i right on that?, should i just consider the section as an article, keep the template and assess, move the section creating a new article or keep on doing the same? What do you think?.
Thanks as always. Zidane tribal ( talk) 05:37, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, could you take a look at this (see my talkpage and the uploader RubyBeIvrit's)? I'm very surprised by the tone of his reply and as I'm somewhat unfamiliar with what is required in terms of verification of permission it's probably best someone else handles it... -- aktsu ( t / c) 14:43, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
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Hello Moonriddengirl,
This is concerning the addition--and subsequent deletion by you--of Phil Abraham, an actual alumnus of York Prep, Class of 1977. The school is rightfully proud of the successes of its alumni community. You are to be commended for your work in keeping Wikipedia accurate, but have alumni listed by other schools (e.g. Dwight School) also been scrutinized in this way?
Thank you. 208.105.76.90 ( talk) 14:33, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
What are your thoughts on linking (on a Wikiproject talk page) to a site carrying scans of magazines? This is contributory infringement right? – xeno talk 14:51, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I like your edit banner "Welcome, Sinneed. If you are here with ..." that pops up after the usual "This is a talk page. Please respect..." when someone edits the page. My poor search skills have not turned up how to create one (or even if mere mortals can have one). Is there an wikilink you might easily add (I am watching the page) that might guide me to information? If not, no problem, I just want a new toy, it isn't important at all. :) - Sinneed 15:54, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Dispute resolution - moderation request
I have placed a request for neutral moderation on this unedifying and purile spat here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_noticeboard#Symi.2C_the_Greek_Island_of Symicat (talk) 09:47, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
I have been doing what I can to resolve what appears to be a personal fight going on on the `Symi` page. My suggestion that an independent moderator try to settle the differences has elicited the response copied below from Symiakos. I object VERY strongly to being called dishonest, and a `filthy libeler.` Could you ask Symiakos to withdraw those remarks, please?
The following lines were by Symiakos:
Unedifying? Peurile? Spat? What silly words you use in yet another of your myriad attempts to make things appear differently from how they are. Any reasonable and honest person would read what has been written above and see two people engaged in an honest debate which doesn't resort to name calling. You always have to do this with every discussion you disagree with. You can't even place an honest description of what has been discussed here on your dispute resolution post. How you behave (including your filthy libels that were deleted on other pages here) makes a total mockery of your professed love of Symi.--Symiakos (talk) 21:18, 15 September 2009 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Lmoench Symicat ( talk) 16:17, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Your comments on this page (now deleted) and also on the archived Symi-Talk site (still visible in the 'history') where you said that SymiGreece's photos were "mostly of boys in swimming trunks" was an extremely filthy libel with the very clear aim of implying that those who took the photos and/or put them up have paedophilic tastes. That was a lie as there is not a single photo out of about 20,000 of a boy in swimming trunks on that website. All in all, I think my comment was rather restrained.-- Symiakos ( talk) 19:35, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you, Moonriddengirl. I understand that this is a difficult position for you and for Wikipedia in general. I hope you can appreciate that it is not an easy matter to keep a level head when someone makes the "young boys in swimming trunks" accusation, so full of implications of paeodphilia, that "Symicat" did. I believe that Wikipedia's line against that user for making those comments should have been stricter than it was, as his accusations were about the most disgusting that anyone could make. I shall withdraw, but I shall not edit my previous comment; it is a fundamental human right to defend oneself against untruth.--
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I posted no such comments. They may well have been made using the `symicat` tag - I have not seen them - but if so it was without my knowledge or permission.If these comments are still visible, then I agree that they should be removed if that can be done. I will try to find out who did post them, I will assure them that "there is not a single photo out of about 20,000 of a boy in swimming trunks", and on their behalf I apologise unreservedly. I am sure, symiachos, that all the picture on your website ( http://www.symigreece.com/symipeople08.htm) comply with the convention of not being posted without the permission of the subject, a responsible adult, or with a model release. Otherwise it would be like pointing an illegal web cam at people - police state stuff. Thank you for withdrawing your remarks. Let's see if we casn keep this civil from now on. I hope the matter of the Symi article can soon be settled. Symicat ( talk) 22:51, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
For the moment, while the comments that SymiCat denies making are part of a criminal investigation, I would like them to remain. Even though they are distressing, they are valuable evidence.-- Symiakos ( talk) 23:45, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Is Wikipedia carrying out an investigation? Please let me know if I can assist. Symicat ( talk) 23:49, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
As Symiachos IS, he says, pursuing legal action against me (For the moment, while the comments that SymiCat denies making are part of a criminal investigation, I would like them to remain. Even though they are distressing, they are valuable evidence.--Symiakos (talk) 23:45, 23 September 2009 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Moonriddengirl#Personal_attack ), does this now mean that neither of us will be able to edit for the time being?Symicat (talk) 08:45, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Paging Mrs. Moonriddengirl... Your help is requested here. Viriditas ( talk) 09:07, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you for your request! Now it's late for me, but rest sure, tomorrow of course I will do whatever I can do for this problem. ;-) Bye! -- Roberto Segnali all'Indiano 19:21, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm not going to ask you do dig through the drama, but rather focus you on one particular point. Can you comment on the apparent copyvio that I have outlined here (among other places)? I sort of volunteered you to walk a user through WP:OTRS; we'll see if he takes me up on it. Frank | talk 20:38, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
I followed up here. Frank | talk 20:45, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, time was given for a complete change to the section, to remove any similarities from another website. Swift removal was a little unfair, and not permitted any change to take place. Pr3st0n ( talk) 21:19, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, firstly I want to say a big thank you for all (and I mean ALL) of your help; I appreciated it immensely. Secondly, I have joined this Adoption scheme, and was wondering, if you would like to be my adopter, and teach me all there is to know, so that I can prepare myself for a future RfA nomination, which I'm aiming to do sometime in 2010. I appreciate if you're busy and don't wish to take on this task. I look forward to your reply. (P.S. you can call me Gareth) Pr3st0n ( talk) 00:42, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
I am Mark and could pls remove the lock in the article section of Cagayan de Oro City, because some of the information are wrong and behind the new. I am concern about the place and the problem you ask from could be remove immediately. Pls response to my request tnx. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.137.125.58 ( talk • contribs) 26 September 2009
Hi, sorry to bother you with this. I've put a prod on his article, but then noticed it was apparently a translation of the Italian wikipedia article (look at the version prior to my editing) - which has been deleted. Doesn't this leave us with some GDFL concerns or something similar? Your opinion/advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Verbal chat 19:25, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl The donators are having a lot of trouble getting Darryl Read page into Wikipedia --- I have come into to help them with corrections, as its about facts of my biographical information.
At this stage, I would like to ask your help on how we can use biographical info, that the donators Julie Rex and and automatic shoes have been trying to place on Wikipedia. The biographical info on me has been around for a quite a few years and of public domain. What would be great, is if you could possibly look into the material and edit it the way its supposed to be or deem necessary. As I noticed you did put some input into the works already. Failing that the donators will have o rewrite all and tell the same story in a different way and place public domain facts in a different manner.
I appreciate your stringent measures to insure all is kept with in wikipedias' guidelines, I will as a matter of due course make sure that any articles on Wikipedia: in factual evidence on myself or associated acts are baring the correct output. Please advise accordingly on all current state of play.
You may also correspond on this matter direct to me at: info@darrylread.com or as you wish; here
Sincerely Darryl Read CatWizard777 ( talk) 22:02, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. I have done a reworded version of Ridgeway School, and I have reformated someone else's edits to New Hall (HM Prison). Hopefully these both come up to scratch now. I have also reworked Rochester (HM Prison)... is it up to me to remove the close paragraph template, or should that be up to you? I have also fixed the reference links for Pentillie and Queens Park, Bedford, so these should be able to be checked now. Many thanks, Bleaney ( talk) 17:21, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl
I've tried to bring the University of Pretoria page in line with Wikipedia policies (I hope). Is the page up to scratch enough to warrant removal of the unrefrenced and clean up tags? Purple Duke ( talk) 19:17, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl, I just noticed that this user Tazaliischool have created the following page, Ali's Telefilms, which is just a hoax. I have searched the whole internet, and haven't found a single website that mentions about the production house. Besides, the page contains content straight copied out of the page, Balaji Telefilms. All of these shows are solely produced by Balaji Telefilms, because none of them mentions the name Ali's Telefilms, neither in the beginning or the end of the series'... Also, the page has no reference or source... Can you please check? I'll be very thankful to you! Your wiki friend, Survir ( talk) 00:19, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your clear and helpful explanation here. You cut to the heart of the matter, and the context and example you provided were both thorough and accessible. - 2/0 ( cont.) 05:14, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Hey there! Good to see you around again, is everything going well after the surgery? :)
Thought I should notify you that I have manually removed the (pretty blatant) copyvios at Lostock Hall -- seems strange to just add that to the top of the page for anything other than a very short period of time, since the copyvio will still be downloaded for everyone who views the page, since the copyvio tag only blanks the visuals, not the page source. Not sure of the usual procedure with these tags, but legally I cannot imagine that simply blanking the visual side of the copyvio is enough, since the copyvio text is still downloaded to every individual viewing the page. Thanks. :) — neuro (talk) 17:39, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl,
Thanks a lot for adding information about EAPS (which is the shortcut, often used for search!) on Wiki. For updating the article you may want to consider to delete the last sentence as the group mentioned does not exist anymore as such and the link of the referenced article does not work. As the official site from EAPS was updated recently you could find more accurate information there.
Cheers 203.215.137.252 ( talk) 08:32, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the clarfication!
Cheers
79.233.72.48 (
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10:57, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, Would it be possible to simply delete the synopses in these articles, note it on the talk pages and remove the humongous {{ Copyviocore}} plate from the articles? I've found 4 copy/paste synopses today and simply deleted them rather than using {{ Copyviocore}}. Best Voceditenore ( talk) 13:10, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Since the copyvio purge started, I've been tagging so many images in the last month or so and all I am only dealing with new and recent uploads. I keep being asked essentially the same sort of questions, so I wrote an IfD faqs type page to reduce the issue (I hope) based on User:Jonny-mt/CSD which I actually have usurped for myself too but refined for images. Besides needing a new image, would you kindly review it for me to see if if fits the bill? BTW, I stole a few lines of text from you too; hope that's ok! TIA ww2censor ( talk) 16:45, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi, hope you're good. I'm curious as to your take on the copyright status of a few lists I've come across over the last couple of days -- I seem to remember seeing you discuss the subject of lists before, so hopefully you can enlighten me. :) As far as I know, there needs to be an element of creativity rather than simply factual definition. I'm curious what the deal would be with lists such as Time's All-Time 100 novels as well as AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) and the rest of the AFI 100 Years… series. The first was decided by two of Time magazine's critics and the American Film Institute lists were decided by "a ballot with 400 nominated movies [presented] to a jury of over 1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and historians." What is your take on the copyright side of things? – Toon 23:46, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. Do you think the Maria L. de Hernández article is too closely paraphrased (see [26])? The leftorium 14:54, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi again Moonriddengirl, sorry to bug you. Do you have any idea what is to be done about this (a removal of authors and history from meta-wiki)? I thought you might be a good person to ask - feel free to comment here. Thanks a lot! Cheers, Arbitrarily0 ( talk) 17:39, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I just wanted to let you know that after several mugs of coffee, numerous cigarettes smoked, not to mention every song stored on my laptop being played more than once; I have now got 2/3's of the way through a complete brand-spanking-new Lostock Hall article. I went back through the articles history, to obtain what was written previous, and with some skill, I have managed to rewrite everything avoiding that copyright situation, and well see for yourself, I think I have done a pretty good job using my own words. And to be honest, it looks and reads much better than what it did LOL. Good old Nescafe comes in handy doesn't it?! Anyways, I'm now working on the Library and MPD sections, and they will be up soon too - although the old MPD section was too long for my likening, so I'm looking at shortening it. Let me know what you think - and thanks for all the help and advice too along the way - much appreciated. Gareth aka Pr3st0n ( talk) 06:13, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
All work complete - and it looks so much better and tidier than the previous. All I've done is read the original copyright stuff, and then written it down as if I was summarising the content without using the same wording as originally shown. Hopefully it now complies to the policies. Thanks again! I need sleep now, but all that coffee has got me wide awake. Pr3st0n ( talk) 08:27, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Can you please email me a copy of the article Nathan Greene (artist)? Please send to charles@raggedyland.com I spent a few hours creating it. I now know I need to make the text original and I am willing to make the changes, but I do not have a copy. I am new at this and hope you can help me. You did not delete this article, but I randomly selected your name on the list of administrators who can send me a copy. Thanks. Raggedyland ( talk) 01:33, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
You have moved List of electoral districts of Northern Province, Sri Lanka to List of electoral districts of Sri Lanka after removing copyrighted information in the former article but there is already an article which deals with this subject: Electoral districts in Sri Lanka. Could I suggest that List of electoral districts of Sri Lanka be deleted to avoid confusion?-- obi2canibe talk contr 17:07, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
I believe that many articles in this area have copyrighted text from the London borough of Barnet's "Pocket Histories" going back years. Do you have any tips on identifying which articles have been effected and repairing them? The task seems so big. Do you think that it might be best to start the articles again? Thx Grim23 ★ 14:22, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi there MRG, hope you are well. Just thought i'd tell you that I have started 3 new articles since we were last in contact - Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, Kensworth, Potsgrove and Stondon. I dont know if these need checking and/or adding to the list. Otherwise, i'm very keen to break the back of the outstanding list if you have the time... :-) Thanks again, Bleaney ( talk) 14:49, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
The Daniel Goldhagen BLP keeps getting vandalized. In my opinion the only way to get it into some kind of reasonable shape is to protect it or semi-protect it, which is why I'm writing to you. At present [User:Mamalujo]] is at war not only with Goldhagen, but, in my opinion, with the Wikipedia itself. As I've noted in other places a few minutes ago, he's even deleted the name of Goldhagen's spouse. He deleted information that's 100% verifiable and 100% NPOV, such as the title of his his new book. I'm looking forward to your wisdom. crm411 00:39, 6 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crm411 ( talk • contribs)
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Can you show me where my source is listed copyrighted? I thought it came from another user Wiki (open source) submission. Regards, 76.193.179.162 ( talk) 15:15, 4 August 2009 (UTC). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.193.179.162 ( talk) 15:13, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
OK, i was just wondering what was linked where. I found the source elsewhere, from a user submission. . . no matter the page is no longer. 76.193.179.162 ( talk) 11:37, 5 August 2009 (UTC).
Hi, I noticed the copyvio tag on Shattari (not my work). Have created a possible alternative at Talk:Shattari/Temp and made a note of that on the Shattari talk page. It's only a stub but it is referenced. Is this of any help to you? Thanks, Esowteric+ Talk 15:26, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
I am an employee with Exinda's marketing department and actually wrote the Exinda webcopy from which the Exinda Wikipedia listing was taken. How can we resolve this copyright issue and get our listing reposted?
Thanks for your help.
Steve —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hass2009 ( talk • contribs) 16:51, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
...could I trouble you to look at Louis H. Carpenter? I see a lot of sections that apparently quote other text right off the bat; I am concerned this could be a copyright violation. TomStar81 ( Talk) 22:22, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Life at Leavenworth was not pleasant for the 10th. The Fort's commander, who was admittedly opposed to African- Americans serving in the regular army, made life as difficult as he could on the new troopers. Grierson sought to have his regiment transferred, and subsequently received orders moving the regiment to Fort Riley, Kansas later that summer.
Life at Leavenworth was not pleasant for the 10th Calvary. The fort's commander, who was openly opposed to African-Americans serving in the Regular Army, made life for the new troops difficult. Benjamin Grierson sought to have his regiment transferred, and subsequently received orders moving the regiment to Fort Riley, Kansas, later that summer.
Captain Carpenter's troop was the first of these commands to arrive upon the scene. It found Forsyth's command out of rations, living on horse-flesh without salt or pepper. All its officers had been killed or wounded.
Carpenter’s troop was the first of these three commands to arrive upon the scene. They found Forsyth’s command out of rations and forced to survive on horse and mule flesh. Not one animal survived. All of Forsyth's officers had been killed or wounded.
I'm trying to find the reference to the page Icewine martini. You deleted it and I left a message in the talk page but now I can't find it. Can you point me the way to find the original deleted article? I left proof that the contentious parts of the article was used by permission. Thanks, Phil. Philcheevers ( talk) 21:44, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
The article at articlealley is a reprint from a book I wrote. I have explicitely made the content in question at the bottom of my page at www.vinocanada.com available for wikipedia, proving that I am the author and that it is releaseable to wikipedia. Philcheevers ( talk) 12:39, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
I think this one can move into template space now, no? :) MLauba ( talk) 14:52, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Greetings, Moonriddengirl:
Thanks for the review of
Cecil Recreation Complex.
I've got another article for you to eyeball:
User:Mgreason/Sandbox
Again, no big hurry; I see you've been staying busy. Thanks!
Mgreason (
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15:57, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Bueno job on the Out of Hand article.
TuckerResearch ( talk) 05:46, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl :). This article has had some sterling work done recently, mainly by one editor, expanding and referencing the history section. Another editor has asked me to have a look at it with regard to copyright/paraphrase issues. There is really only one readily available source of early historical information about the town, R.L. Greenall's "A History of Kettering" and this has been used as the major source in this expansion. I think that the majority of what has been added is fine, but wanted someone more experienced in copyright issues to look at what I consider to be two of the most "borderline" examples. I hope this doesn't seem trivial or nit-picking:).
First example:
From the article:
The ‘Wic-’ prefix of the nearby village of Weekley is viewed by some place-name scholars as indicating the presence of foederati, Anglo-Saxon mercenaries brought in to bolster Britain’s defences against barbarian attack.
From the source:
"[...] in the place-name Weekly, the 'Wic-' prefix being seen by place-name scholars an an indication of feodorati, Anglo-Saxon mercenaries brought in to boost the defences of the Empire, [...]"
Second example:
From the article:
The town traces its origins to an early Romano British settlement which lies under the northern part of the modern town. Occupied until the 4th century AD there is evidence of considerable iron-smelting taking place at this site; indeed it is believed that iron-smelting continued in the adjacent Rockingham Forest area until at least the time of Domesday Book and beyond. Along with the Forest of Dean and the Weald of Kent/Sussex this area of Northamptonshire was one of the three great areas of iron-working in Roman Britain. The settlement was unwalled and extends into the Weekley and Geddington parishes.
From the source:
"The major ancient monument in the parish in the large unwalled Roman settlement which lies under the northern part of the town and extends into Weekly and Geddington parishes. Evidence of considerable iron-smelting has been found and the settlement was occupied until the fourth century AD. [...] This part of Northamptonshire was one of the three great centres of iron-working in Roman Britain, the others being the Weald of Kent and Sussex and the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. The making of iron seems to have been carried on in Rockingham Forest down to the time of the Domesday Book and beyond, and was probably discontinued [...]"
(Both extracts from R.L.Greenall, A History of Kettering, Phillimore, 2003)
As I said, these are examples of what seems to me closest to a paraphrase of the original source. Many thanks in advance for having a look :.) -- TheSmuel ( talk) 09:36, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Why do you delete personal pages without discussing. I warn you not to do that Hemant Vohra 11:05, 6 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hemant 17 ( talk • contribs)
Ummm... it would be unwise to threaten an admin. -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 16:25, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
The page is on my userspace only for now. I'm rewrting it and once it is done, it'll be gone. Regards,-- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 16:01, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
The article Moses has text copied from the Jewish Encyclopedia. It's been removed twice as copyvio, the last time by me, just restored here: [5]? I'm confused, at Talk:Moses this is described as copyfraud by the JE, the linked webpage for the JE says "Copyright 2002 JewishEncyclopedia.com." - is it possible the 1906 text is still in copyright, or the JE is making false claims, or? Yours in confusion, Dougweller ( talk) 16:41, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Mrg. A question about the wayback machine: This page shows the earliest version for this website as November 4 2006. But as I understand it, that only is a point in time that the wayback machine saved that site -- however, the website could certainly have existed in that form earlier(In fact, I notice a 2005-2006 copyright symbol on the page bottom). Or does it mean that that particular website didn't exist previous to the November 6 date? — CactusWriter | needles 13:09, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Lately, I've been having some dealings with an (apparently young) user who seems unable or unwilling to understand WP policies. Could you take a look at Talk:History of Pittsboro, Indiana and let me know whether my comments there are on the right track, and if so, what the next step in dealing with the copyvio should be? Deor ( talk) 16:09, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
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For being a substantial contributor of music album pages and starting up new album articles. Furthermore, not only have you created many album articles, you created them with exceptional quality. Wikipedia should consider itself lucky for having an editor such as yourself. Keep up the great work. Calaka ( talk) 05:29, 9 August 2009 (UTC) |
Mind having a look at the recent edits of Jones County, Mississippi by an IP? Seems like way too much quoting from the sources to be acceptable per copyright issues. - ALLST✰R▼ echo wuz here 06:59, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello. Can you point me to the proper place in the manual of style where alphabetization is discussed? I am looking specifically for the policy relating to band names. My basic question is, are The Decembrists listed under "t" for The or "d" for Decembrists? I have noticed inconsistencies where this is concerned. My personal feeling is that if a band puts "the" at the beginning of their name, it is part of the name. Thanks for your time. --- RepublicanJacobite The'FortyFive' 15:17, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Sita manu ( talk · contribs) is uploading a number of images and I'm not clear about their copyright, particularly after seeing this edit [6] - is there a board where questions like the editor's or mine can be asked about images? Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 18:41, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
I have attributed to Wikipedia in the past regarding articles on the hospitals in North and South Carolina, but the article on Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital seems like that it was copied and pasted from the hospital's actual website [7] which I have added to this section. I have compared the two pages and have been undetermined to reach a consensus on whether or not this is indeed a copyright violation. If you can determine whether it is in fact a violation and allow for a rewrite of the article, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks! Geomapboy2 ( talk) 18:57, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
I just noticed by chance (I didn't create the page and had no idea that it existed) that there is/was a page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsc2, which seem to have contained a description of a program for controlling spectrometers I wrote - there's a link in the delete message that points to my web page for the program. It seems to have been deleted by you for some kind of copyright infringement. Could you be so kind to tell me why this has been done? The program in under a free license (GPL) as is its documentation. So I am now worried if there's something where I may have inadvertently violated someone else's copyright (even though I wrote everything from scratch).
If you want to contact me directly my email address is jt@toerring.de.
Best regards, Jens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.191.157.33 ( talk) 12:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, thank you very much for your kind (and clear;-) explanation! I did add a line at the bottom of the page, putting it "officially" under the GNU Free Documentation License. Does that satisfy the requirements?
Best regards, Jens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.191.157.33 ( talk) 13:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Sorry for unnecessarily adding to your workload, but I'm rather bad at that kind of stuff:-( I now also added the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 to the copyright notice. I hope that covers all the bases.
Thank you for your kind help! Jens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.191.157.33 ( talk) 13:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! Best regards, Jens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.191.157.33 ( talk) 13:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl,
Thank you for taking the time to fix Richard Perry's page. it looks very good. Sorry I haven't been in touch until now to thank you but I've been under the weather lately. I sent Richard the message you sent to me and told him to contact you directly should he wish to make any changes or additions in the future. Take care.
Best,
Ernie Clark —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingweenie ( talk • contribs) 13:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Mmm, tough one. Here's what I found: both users edit from the Netherlands. Neftchi edits from a big city and a small town (he spends a week here, a week there, the pattern doesn't seem much predictable), and Retlaw only edits from the big city. I find it peculiar that they never edit at the same time, so my guts that might be someone living at 3 different places (2 in the city), and using the Internet connection there. However, I can't rule out they being 2 different people. I can't find any evidence disproving one of these 2 scenarios. -- Luk talk 09:15, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Inconclusive based solely on technical evidence, it can not be ruled out nor proven solely on technical evidence.
Likely based on behavior and edit patterns that they are the same. I'd support indef blocks of the socks and a short block of the master. —
Rlevse •
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Hi. Which foreign language Wikipedia is it from? I can't find it. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:54, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Yikes, thanks for adding the template there. I completely forgot to follow up on that until it just popped up on my watchlist. The originator User:Hemant 17 has been rather persistent in adding questionable articles. His user page has a list of articles, most of which have been deleted a number of times by various admins. A more forceful hand might be necessary here. — CactusWriter | needles 11:26, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for noticing me Hemant Vohra 11:31, 6 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hemant 17 ( talk • contribs)
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Thanks for your tips on copywrite - Hemant Vohra 10:25, 12 August 2009 (UTC) |
Hi, Mrg. I'm going to leave the report on this article from today's list for you to handle. The copyright violation report was filed because of this article. According to the wayback machine, it goes back to at least July 2001 -- predating the WP one by 5 years -- and was written by a retired LA radio engineer. Now see the talk page discussion. The creator of the article, a good long-time WP contributor, says this is a reverse copyvio of his own lectures as a local historian. He is being vouched for by an administrator. I'd assume he is correct, but I would also assume WP might still require some form of verification. So I think this needs your experienced touch. — CactusWriter | needles 15:34, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Moonriddengirl, I've just added new evidence, at ANI regarding, impersonation of RetlawSnellac, Neftchi, sockpuppetry and IP thief. I have reasons to suspect him in having another puppet, in the past, who behaved the same way. Please, check it as well.
I also wanted to check, if you've contacted real RetlawSnellac, through email in his Flickr profile. He didn't reply to my last FlickrMail. I think he travels a lot, and on the other hand, when I wrote to him first time, inquiring if it was him, or an impersonator, the reply I posted in report, was his only reaction, so it didn't look as he cared too much, about that. So if needed, I'm ready to provide you with my Flickr login/pass, so you can see the correspondence we had, with him. If yes, contact me through email, it's activated in my settings here. Regards -- Aleksey Chalabyan a.k.a. Xelgen ( talk) 01:08, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I just discovered that there is a copywrite concern over the GM Motorsports article I wrote a long time ago. Did some one complain about something specific? The photos used were used with the permission of my friend in California, Phil Crosno, who was the manager of the Delco Electronics program there. I cited my sources for other information used in the text. Similar articles (after the Wikipedia Article was published) were used at the GMNext web site, and in a book published by the GM retirees in Santa Barbara. Please let me knw what the concern is and I will attempt to resolve it.-- W9kfb ( talk) 10:13, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
I am concerned that the restore has not happened. Is there anything that I need to do in order for it to be restored?-- W9kfb ( talk) 01:36, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for the notice, I'll provide links when I split articles again. (Actually I completely rewrote the princess's article so not much of the original remained... :) – Alensha talk 18:58, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, this article was deleted/redirected by you, any particlular reason? thanks Khokhar ( talk) 23:27, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, a split would probably be a good move, the aricle Khokhar seems to be getting quite large anyway. Thanks. Khokhar ( talk) 21:08, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Ok, I saw the article, but isn't an exactly copyvio. Only I see exactly the order of countries, and some information about the plant, but are rewritten. So maybe used the text as base, but isn't a copy. -- Taichi ( talk) 18:34, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, sorry to bother you again, but I want to make sure that I'm doing the right thing. The {{ copyvio}} template should be used for the above article (even though the user says he has permission), right? The leftorium 17:35, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Wow, I wasn't expecting that! Thank you for the compliments! I'm glad I'm able to help out. I recently had a RfA that failed in part because of copyright concerns, so this page is a good learning experience for me. :) The leftorium 19:05, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, it's me again. The copyright concerns at Mustafa Ziyalan have been addressed ( [11], [12], did I do it right?) Do I remove the article from Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 August 12 now? The leftorium 17:24, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I hope this finds you well and hope you remember me. I am trying to make additions to the page of Devendra Banhart. I learned my lesson of things being cited since last we spoke. i am haveing a serious problem with a person who has the username Hekuri. He single handedly and without consensus is taking down sited and sourced material that I and others are putting up. I realize that there is a conflict of interest with myself and Devendra's record label putting facts up but I assure you all we are trying to do is get more fun and interesting facts about him up that his fans and people new to him would find interesting and are factually relevant to his page. I believe we are acting in the spirit of Wikipedia and someone single handedly and arbitrarily taking them off runs counter to this. You can refer to the discussion page on Devendra's page if you have time to further look into this. I am at the point where I believe this user Hekuri is exercising a harmful amount of control over the page and would like to file a complaint against him if he does not show a willingness to work with others and stop acting like he runs the page. Best and thanks for your time. Lktmgmt ( talk) 22:34, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia is "the encyclopedia that anyone can edit," but if you have a conflict of interest avoid, or exercise great caution when:
- Editing articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with,
- Participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors,
- Linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam);
- and you must always:
- Avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially neutral point of view, verifiability, and autobiography.
I understand. Thank you for your comments and Tagishsimon has definitely made some good points that have helped me understand things better. We are going to deal with things on a case by case basis on the discussion page. Again, thank you for your guidance here. Lktmgmt ( talk) 15:59, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Yesterday you have blocked the User:Princeofdark07 for his copyrights violations. not only he uploads copyrighted images, also sometimes he add copyrighted texts into articles. see this section in Tuluva article, the entire text is copied from here (from second paragraph). another section is copied from here . he copied and pasted the whole content from that website, see his edit [13] and made very very minor changes. what to do now? it should be removed or not?? C21K talk 13:23, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
A question about revising this article. The entire article has been blanked, but there were contributions on the page from other users. What happens to those? In other words, if I start revising all of the other info (which will include citing additional sources NOT related to KCBS), what to do with, for instance, the Judging Controversy section submitted by EndUser1234?
EmmaMae ( talk) 15:43, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl I have noticed you have commented on this page. If you have time, could you look at this issue. I think we need someone neutral to comment on it. I think User KKhokhar is using WP:SYNTH when he is saying Churahs should not be included in the list, even though HA Rose clearly states that Khokhars consist of Rajputs, Jats, Arains and Churahs. Ibeston also states that Khokhars are Tarkhan. Please caste your neutral eye. Thanks -- Sikh-History 16:46, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I was thinking of uploading some screenshots for an article on a documentary film I have been working on. User:Girolamo Savonarola from the film project pointed me to WP:FILMNFI, and said he thought that any image "must directly enhance critical commentary by showing something above and beyond what text is capable of doing". That is obviously a flexible concept; arguably, any image of a film scene mentioned in a secondary source says more than a verbal description can. Could you give me some hints on how to get this right? Or do you know a specific NFI expert I should ask? Best wishes, JN 466 19:17, 14 August 2009 (UTC) Just read your post above; keeping fingers crossed for you and hope you'll soon be well again. If you haven't got time right now, don't worry, it can wait. Best, -- JN 466 19:21, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Mrg. The first item on the today's Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 August 7 list is a familiar face, The Roth Law Firm. Although we received OTRS permission here, MLauba correctly points out their website still says "all right reserved" which is a conflict. I am not certain of the policy here. The relevant line from Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials states If you would like to allow Wikipedia to use your content, but don't want to put a license statement on the site (note that you still must release it under those free licenses), you can contact permissions-en@wikimedia.org... However, the policy doesn't clearly state whether the old copyright notices must be removed. What is the answer? — CactusWriter | needles 10:59, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, MRG. Could you check to see if permission was received at OTRS for the Dave Fry and Vidal Cantu Garza articles. Both were supposedly e-mailed August 1 and August 8, respectively. Thanks. — CactusWriter | needles 11:52, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. The above article is a copyvio of [16], but the text has been slightly paraphrased. What should I do with it (G12 or Wikipedia:Copyright problems)? Or should I just turn it into a stub? The leftorium 14:11, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
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Thank you! That is incredibly kind and very generous, particularly given that you yourself have helped to make me not indispensable. :D Seriously, I am very grateful for your work in the copyright problems queue, and I will be able to focus much better on my recovery knowing that it is in good hands. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:23, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, how are you? Hope you are doing well. I am still (and always will be) extremely grateful for all the help you and your team gave us at Project Gastropods in rescuing all those 1,000 gastropod articles from possible deletion because of copyright issues, that was almost a quarter of all of our articles! In fact at the first WIki-Conference New York this July 25th, I mentioned you and your team in my talk, and our founder Jimmy Wales was there listening, so now he's heard about this massive clean-up too! Anyway, I wanted to say that now we have quite a few articles that contain chunks of prose (sometimes a bit modified) from sources that are definitely public domain, and I see that the users have included this fact in the references section at the bottom of the article. But is this sufficient? For an example, see Gadinalea conica. Thanks for your input on this question. Best wishes, Invertzoo ( talk) 16:39, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl (or whomever is checking this),
I'm new to Wikipedia, and noticed that the first two articles I posted, for Prof. Chih-Ming Ho and Prof. John Kim, were both deleted by you. I received permission from both of them to post titles of scholarly papers they've published etc. I don't understand why the articles were deleted. Please let me know what I can do to restore them. I don't understand how to put their information into a 'Creative Commons' format. Academic hall ( talk) 21:57, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
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Hi, Just wanna consult you about the file if it has the correct license, and copyright information. thank you MaenK.A. Talk 16:28, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Several people have asked me to let them know when I pull through, and I've asked my husband to leave a note. He's never edited Wikipedia before (aside from just now), but I've shown him how, and hopefully this will go okay. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:03, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
This is Moonriddengirl's husband. Several people asked for word how she was doing. She made it through the surgery just fine. Expect her to be online in a few days. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:55, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Lumos3 ( talk · contribs) has this notice on his/her user page "I agree to multi-license. all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below.". Is that legitimate? Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 09:40, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
You irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 and the GFDL.
i just had a query but since you can't reply doesn't matter.hope for your speedy recovery Muskeeter8 ( talk) 11:30, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Good luck with it. :) — neuro (talk) 11:09, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
The editor that expressed concerns before now completely ignores the sources and wants to say which sources are valid and which isn't. This in no way helps with the wiki article. Please have a say here: Talk:Strikeforce Sea888 ( talk) 23:58, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
It appears that you made the decision to delete the page on the XFlaim database engine:
22:37, 30 November 2008 Moonriddengirl (talk | contribs) deleted "XFLAIM Database Engine" (Copyright. Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2008 November 21)
However, you didn't take into account that the author of the Wikipedia piece, ahodgkinson, also is the author of the document that was copied.
You should revert the deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.97.109.23 ( talk) 21:40, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for everything; hope you have a speedy recovery! Mgreason ( talk) 15:32, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
I have a question about the use of screenshots from old World War Two videos. On the Dogfight article you recently helped out with a copyright question, so I thought maybe you could provide a little advice.
The video in question came from this website, http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/rechfurlan/510/ , which provides this on its copyright page:
All videos and photos supplied by visitors and made available on the Website are believed to either be: 1) protected by copyright and made available by their respective owner/creator, 2) protected by copyright and shown here with the express consent of their respective owner/creator or 3) part of the public domain. Per the Terms of Service, all content made available on the Website by users of the Website is their sole responsibility; Aresta is not the primary producer or primary source of such content.
My knowledge of computers is somewhat limited, and I often learn by experimenting. In such an experiment, I accidentally uploaded a screenshot from this video here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dogfight_-_plane_falling_while_taking_fire.JPG . It should probably be deleted until I can figure out the copyright policy, but I have no idea how to do that either. Can you provide some advice in this situation? Zaereth ( talk) 21:14, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
←Good luck with it, Zaereth, and thanks, Tagishsimon, for the assist. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:16, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, welcome back! :) Information from this website can be used on Wikipedia, right? (see Dagoth Ur). Or can only the CC-BY-SA-3.0 license be used? Thank you, The leftorium 09:59, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
←If Creative Commons say it works, then I'm for it. :) I think their idea is that you can import By to By-SA because By is less restrictive, but it doesn't work the other way around. Should we consider adding the table to the FAQ, do you think? Or would it simply be easier to list some examples of licenses that are and are not compatible? -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:09, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Hey Moonridden, Could you take a look at No. 1 School of Technical Training. There is a definite copy vio problem going on here, but I am not sure if it is Wikipedia's violating the other cite or the other cite violating Wikipedia's copy rights. (The other site would be violating the copyright as their intellectual policy appears would be incompatable with WP's.) I outlined my rationing on the pages talk page, but would like an expert opinion.--- Balloonman NO! I'm Spartacus! 21:42, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
User:Tokistar created an article today ( Eric Olson (artist) which was a cut and paste of a long bio from the artist's webpage. It has been speedied, but looking at the creator's previous articles, I have my doubts about them. There seems to be a common thread to pieces in a magazine called "Clientele" but I can't locate archives which would contain the referenced articles. If you get a chance can you take a look? Thanks. Delicious carbuncle ( talk) 20:01, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi MRG. When you get a chance would you or one of your talk page stalkers have a look at Alejandro G. Abadilla and make a determination on whether the poem is okay to include? I have no idea what copyright rules apply and would appreciate a more expert opinion. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 18:58, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I hope your recovery is going well. I was wondering if you could answer a simple question for me. I noticed that another user, in an attempt to lessen the size of List of legendary creatures, created 'subpages' for each letter of the alphabet (e.g. List of legendary creatures/A, etc.) and transcluded each subpage into the main list. I've never seen anything like this before, and was curious whether there was something wrong with this editor's approach - what is poilicy for this situation? I know that these pages aren't technically subpages because they are in the article namespace, so do the violate disallowed subpage uses #3? Also, it doesn't seem like the actually size of the list is decreased by transcluding the sections (right?). If there is something that should be done about this, I'd be happy to talk to the editor about it. Thanks for your time Moonriddengirl - I hope my question makes sense. Arbitrarily0 ( talk) 13:26, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing that. Weird that HotCat created the article, I think that's got to be considerd a bug. LeadSongDog come howl 15:53, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
I just noticed your notice. Glad you're OK! In any event, the individual in question kept triggering one of the abuse filters. He originally titled the article "Alex ko" with no caps in the last name; the rest of the article was laid out as if he'd been on a wiki for years. The username certainly suggests we're dealing with the subject of the article. I'll unblock him, but with the caveat that he not promote himself. Thanks for letting me know. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 19:02, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Now the guy went and blanked the article, for crying out loud. I reverted it, but I don't think this qualifies as a speedy as a good-faith blank by the original author. Gawd, how I love this site. :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 22:24, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
A real slice, girl. A real slice. :)) Doggone it, the kid really is notable, I tagged it as COI and he blanks the thing. Someone else put a notable Wikipedian template on the talk page, so I guess I'm not the only one who feels there should be an article. Sigh. PMDrive1061 ( talk) 00:33, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl,
I have now contacted the others who formed the `Symicat` group and explained that to work as such a group is against the rules. Any of them wishing to contribute to Wikipedia will now send seperate registrations. I shall, if acceptable, continue to write using the original name - if I can be unblocked... apologies again for the error. [[Special:Contributions/] ([[User talk:|talk]]) 14:28, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I have now changed my password as requested. Thanks for you your help, patience and understanding. Symicat ( talk) 14:45, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
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The link to SymiGreece that appears on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Symi is to a website that <unsubstantiated allegations removed>. Further, the site is connected to a number of commercial concerns and derives an income from some of these. <unsubstantiated allegations removed> I suggest you visit the site and judge for yourself. Apart from the blatant link, the link that appears as Reference 11, Symi Festival Reports, is also a link to the SymiGreece site. Attempts to offer a link to the Symi Visitor site, which has been active for far longer, are constantly deleted. It seems quite clear that a commercial war is being waged here, and links to neither or both sites should be allowed to appear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Symicat ( talk • contribs) 22:47, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
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While I appreciate you removing the "unsubstantiated allegations" (aka serious defamatory lies) of Symicat in his posting above, you have left his accusation that the website regularly libels people. This too is a serious and defamatory lie. He accuses SymiGreece of being conneted to commercial concerns. This too is a lie. He accuses SymiGreece of deriving an income. This too is a lie. Symicat is allowed to have his opinion and believe what he likes, but he is not allowed to defame people by stating his incorrect opinions and assumptions as facts as he has done here. I request again that the post above be removed or at the least that the first two lines be removed.-- Symiakos ( talk) 18:49, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you. It was the allegation of libel that I considered defamation. The other accusations were just plain wrong. Thank you for your help on this matter. As the reference to the Talk page has been removed, I will now give my agreement to the archiving of the Talk-page mentioned.-- Symiakos ( talk) 19:05, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Glad to see you back. I still have problems with my hand but can type so long as I don't overdue it. Could you take a look at the discussion at User talk:CactusWriter at the bottom, I've already deleted 2 images and am concerned about File:Warwakstoned.JPG. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 17:35, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I don't know to which comments Symiakos is referring, so I'm afraid that I can do no more. Thanks again for your help. (And I don't envy you your task!). My consent to achive the page remains. Symicat ( talk) 19:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I have extensively edited and reduced these articles to let them conform to copyright requirements. Do you know how long it will take for an administrator to reinstate or delete these articles? Bleaney ( talk) 19:19, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
As regards to my other article edits, I am at a bit of a loss... shall I not edit anymore articles as you will be looking at some of your other articles just to be sure that this problem does not exist in others. I see that you have received notices from Corensearchbot in the past...?? In the distant past maybe, and in the many thousands of edits to wikipedia I have done, this has happened to me very rarely???? Bleaney ( talk) 20:20, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Mrg. This concerns this article from today's CV due list. The article was created back in 2004 by User:Genie whose user page indicates that they are the same person who wrote the original 1994 article (see copyright notice at bottom of page). Info on that person's personal website pages confirms their WP activity. However, I think WP still needs an OTRS ticket to verify identity for the copyrighted text. Would you mind handling that? — CactusWriter | needles 09:38, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I've got a new article at User:Mgreason/Sandbox when you have time to review. Thanks! Mgreason ( talk) 14:14, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello. Thanks for your message. I'm afraid you've lost me a little bit as I don't know what OTRS means. This is a strange case as I found it in an inappropriate category, noticed the AfD notice and then discovered that it has been speedy deleted but is still here! I'm confused.
I'm sorry to read that you have been unwell and I hope you are recovering after the surgery you had. Very best wishes. -- Jack | talk page 20:20, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for all the help you've given me with my articles. I think I get now how to reword sources so not to infringe on copyright. You've been a tremendous help. Mind you, youve done it now. Seeing as youve been so helpful, I will probably drop you a line everytime I have a problem! Thanks again, can I assume that your review of my edits is complete? Bleaney ( talk) 16:24, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I have rejigged the British School of Barcelona and Bedford Museum. They await your attention. Thanks, Bleaney ( talk) 22:07, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
I hope your recovery goes well. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 18:45, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
I wouldn't presume to edit your user page, but you might consider linking wheel-warring at User:Moonriddengirl#Adminship. Since I'm not an Admin, rational thinking says I should just ignore it, but part of the delight of Wikipedia is learning odd useless facts. Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward ( talk • contribs) 15:40, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
Go onto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file there is a code on the bottom of the article. It is used to test the antiviris on the computer. Im not an expert but if that article is unblocked and somone tries to test it out, is there any possibility that someone would change it to a real viris? 74.109.233.125 ( talk) 07:05, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Mrg. If you have a chance, the Cultural hemisphere listing on today's CV due list requires an admin other than me. It's an article with which I have a history.
Here's some background from my obviously biased perspective. I ran across the article on New Page patrol last April and tagged it for issues and asked a couple of editors for expert opinion because it was apparently based on a single unpublished internet source. After a month, it became apparent that the article was being written by the author of the internet source, who had also created a page about himself and added references to himself in dozens of other WP articles (including even adding a photo of himself in the article). Eventually I brought an Afd case and a sockpuppet case, which led to the contributor's indefinite block. In the meantime, the article was rewritten by Dbachmann and myself. In June, an IP complained on the talk page that the history showed copy-pasting from the original internet source. So I cleaned the early history of copyright violation text. Another IP has now filed the CV report. (See talk page for the IP's reasons).
I have no doubt the IPs are the blocked author. Oddly enough, he has now released his unpublished work into the public domain and uploaded it to Wikisource:East-West dichotomy. (Which will need to be tagged A2 speedy for unpublished material, but I'll wait until this is concluded). So, I suppose the deleted history can be restored. Other than that, I still can't find any text which can be attributed to the internet source -- perhaps an unbiased eye will fair better. Good luck. — CactusWriter | needles 11:12, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi I am new at all of this but I understand an article was written about me around the time there was an especially intense mainstream media interest in my finance commentary. I am told it was deleted, which I think is fine with me. But, nonetheless, I would like to see what people had written about me and it is my understanding that you may be able to send me a copy. The name of the article is Seth Asher from 2006 and 2007. Any help would be appreciated.javascript:insertTags(' 64.195.119.97 ( talk) 16:27, 7 September 2009 (UTC)',,)
I just went to a responsible user, you helped me out a few times when i was a wikipedian. Thankyou for your help to solve the problem. 74.109.233.125 ( talk) 20:32, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
I will think about it, once you leave sometimes you want to come back. 74.109.233.125 ( talk) 21:26, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Why did the Frank and Mary's logo and Pittsboro Pizzeria logos and all the other logos get deleted on Pittsboro, Indiana Businesses and Buildings? Is there a way to fix them? Thanks Sedna10387 ( talk) Also thanks for the support! ;)
Hi, I know you're interested in and experienced in these issues, so I thought I'd let you know that I created Wikipedia:Copy-paste. It's designed basically as a short, sharp ( WP:TROUTish, even) "don't do that", as something to link to from the Article Wizard ( Wikipedia:Article wizard2.0/Wizard-Content) for a bit more detail. I see so many copy-vios in new articles, I think something like that is necessary, because so much of the existing copyright documentation is quite overwhelming and doesn't apply to the average "hey I want to copy this. duh what's copyright?" user that ends up getting their article speedied. Anyway, what do you think? Rd232 talk 09:42, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Have reworked Colesden, Chawston and Cognita. Thanks for pointing out that someone has incorporated my language about Dragonwyck (novel) into their blog, i'm kind of flattered as well as a little peeved, but considering the process my articles are going through, maybe its my just deserts! I wont be complaining about it anyway. Also, thanks for the sources for HMP Drake Hall, that was a particularly tricky one to source. I shall attack the D's and E's tomorrow! Bleaney ( talk) 23:12, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
I have reworded Dorchester (HM Prison), Edmunds Hill (HM Prison), El Limonar International School, Murcia and El Limonar International School, Villamartin. I seem to be a day behind you! Many thanks, Bleaney ( talk) 22:16, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Gloucester (HM Prison), Great Denham, Grendon (HM Prison), and Holme House (HM Prison) have been reworked. Those were my words on the John Bunyan Upper School article, and looking at that particular website, it looks like they might have copied other stuff about other schools in Bedford from wikipedia! Bleaney ( talk) 22:50, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I'm talking with a photographer about possibly licensing some images for use here and he's wondering whether if he licensed low-resolution versions of some of his photos it would also apply to the larger-resolution copies (i.e., does he license the image itself or the image at that resolution?). I would almost assume the latter though it seems kinda hard to enforce (what if someone got a hold of a larger-resolution version, for instance by purchasing it from him, and uploaded it here?). He's a full-time photographer so he's naturally worried about his work being devalued. Do you have any other suggestions which might might make him more willing to license some? I've told him any photos he considers "bad" is probably excellent here, but I guess that might not be completely optimal for him in a PR-sense. Cheers, -- aktsu ( t / c) 06:04, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl! I hope you could please go back the Page on it's last revision made by Unending247 the multiply site is not the basis for that article. That site also got the information on the same source as cited in that article. If ever that there are similarities with the said website, it wasn't intentional. I look forward to your immediate action regarding this matter. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unending247 ( talk • contribs) 19:12, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl, would you mind to accept my e-mail (MS word Format) so that I can send you my article and help me improve that to avoid errors about this article? Send me your e-mail address and I'll send my article. and help me to improve that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tamtam1008 ( talk • contribs) 06:18, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
I have a question. Why do so many people say that Wikipedia is not a reliable resource? Sedna10387 20:10, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
A pretty obvious sock Djjesse24 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has shown up of an editor you blocked earlier this week Djjesse123 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and continued his problematic editing. -- NeilN talk ♦ contribs 00:23, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
You are an angel!! I really, really was not looking forward to rewriting (or even revisiting) Far Eastern University. Brownie point, gold star. Piano non troppo ( talk) 14:14, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
Can I now put my sandbox on the article? or It's much better if you will be the one to include the sandbox because you're one of the established users here. Thanks —Preceding
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In response to your claim I would like to make the following statement: As you will see from the facts below, the paragraph in question is a short and precise summary of the conditions on the ground Lydia Canaan had to face early on in her career.
Facts
- The people of Lebanon had to endure between 1975 and 1990 a savage and devastating war. As a teenager Lydia began her career, making concerts under very dangerous conditions, often with militias fighting in the neighborhood, defying death threats, like annonymous phone calls to her parents, that she will return in a bodybag, if she goes ahead with her gig in Tripoli...yet she just beefed up security, posting snipers on rooftops, with additional security around her and went on to perform. Or her participating in a Peace Concert on the Demarcation Line between East and West Beirut, unifying Muslim and Christian artists and fans, interrupting the bloody fighting for one night...
- As Lydia stated in an interview to a Dubai newspaper, indeed, her father threatened her to kick her out of the family, if she continues with her music, which she ignored...
- In this Middle Eastern country, with its conservative traditions and perceptions, especially about women, Lydia went on stage as a female pioneer pushing the boundries of music (performing Rock) and the dresscode with Rocker outfits...
Her attitude, success and personality gained her indeed much respect and admiration from her fans and the Lebanese population at large.
I believe, that theses facts speak for themselves, justifying my neutral and factual description of her in the disputed paragraph. Thomasvitins ( talk) 16:12, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
I have done further work on Great Denham and Holme House (HM Prison). Must have been a bit sleepy when I re-edited those!
Have also reworked Independent Association of Preparatory Schools and Independent Schools Association (UK). At least we are over half way now! Bleaney ( talk) 00:45, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for improving the article. This is my proposed article after the HISTORY. Could you please help me improve this one because I really want to add these updated pictures and other vital information like the international linkages, institutes/schools, student organizations and athletics. Can you tell me where did I go wrong in this article or help me to improve it and put this on the article.
The alumni were also based from the reliable editors who made the table for the list alumni etc., If you could help me out to use this information, the article will be more relevant and informative to the students. Thank you.
Do we really allow this? It's been suggested we do in this discussion] about IP 71.241.218.107. Our guidelines on user pages make it clear we don't allow latitude on user pages, but this is their talk page - personally, I don't see any difference. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 17:35, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. Long time no speak. When I try to think of who to ask a copyright related question you're the first person that springs to mind, though I don't know how much you deal with fair use issues. Anyway, I thought maybe you'd take a look at my question here and that you might be able to give a definitive answer or point to past discussion that would define the consensus. Please feel free, of course, to ignore this unsolicited request. Thanks.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 19:17, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi- We have created the Creative Commons copyright for our Jefferson Friedman Bio. Could you please let me know if there is anything else I need to do before re-posting his information. (you can see our CC use at christinajensenpr.com) Jessicacjpr ( talk) 21:18, 14 September 2009 (UTC) Jessicacjpr
I've noticed the super bowl logo wikipedia has is the wrong logo. On the super bowl 44 website the logo is different. The football between the field goal thing on wikipedia has the middle line of the football going all the way down while on the website the line doesn't go all the way down. also the logo should be darker.
Sedna10387 00:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Would you like one of these, to keep a tally of where we're up to with the Bleaney article check process? If so I'll fill in the blanks thus far. In reply to your question from a couple of days ago, I'm not sure there's much more that can be said to help, and so thought tabulating the articles to be checked might be the next best step. The table lists articles created by. I've not thought about whether we need to check additions to existing articles. -- Tagishsimon (talk) 01:00, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
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For rescuing and cleaning up an article, for resolving a major dispute, for making things right, and for being objective, helpful and constructive all the time! 117.79.64.87 ( talk) 04:50, 15 September 2009 (UTC) |
I have modified a page on Flexicurity and need some help. I am very new to Wiki so I am learning as I go. I have a question: I would like to centre justify the title in the framed text 'The Common Principles of Flexicurity'. Can you help? Thanks in advance, Antoine Mallia ( talk) 07:12, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi again. I'm glad to read that you are feeling well. I have yet another attribution question.
Do any of these relatively small edits copy copyrightable expression and require attribution?
On a different note, do you think that a page named something like WP:Copying within Wikipedia would be useful? It would isolate the editing action from the motivation (e.g. merging or splitting) and move discussion away from Help talk:Merging, which is only relevant sometimes. If such a page existed, I would have posted my question there, then asked for your input. Thanks. Flatscan ( talk) 04:11, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
I have re-edited the Meoncross School article. Seems ive got 2 editors helping me with this now! Bleaney ( talk) 23:04, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Mrg, did we ever received word on this ticket for the CM-Online article? — CactusWriter | needles 07:18, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Could you please take a look at the above list, it's currently a Featured List Candidate and I'm concerned about a possible copyright infringement. Many of the descriptions in the table are based on a single English Heritage source, and some may be too close to their respective descriptions on that site. St Michael's Church and the sewer vent probably have the closest similarities. Thanks in advance. -- Jpeeling ( talk) 10:58, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for taking a look at this. Most of the descriptions have now been rewritten by Peter I. Vardy, they look OK to me but your view would be appreciated. -- Jpeeling ( talk) 17:39, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi
Soory for the slow response. I can confirm that the Vouvray article was all my own work - I don't do copy and paste as you can see from my other stuff. So you're definitely looking at a Wikimirror on that other site. Cheers. FlagSteward ( talk) 12:35, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Do you know how to get rid of the white background on logos? Sedna10387 11:10, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Ack, I screwed this up. I was trying to merge the revised temp page history with the old history and somehow I seem to have lost the old history. Sorry. Could you show me how to fix this? — CactusWriter | needles 12:06, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for that information. I will certainly take that into account when editing future articles. Yes, i coopyed that information from another Wikipedia article - New Moon (1930 and 1940 films) - which has since been renamed New Moon (1940 film), while unbeknownst to be, that information had itself been ciopyed from that site. Thankyou for fixing up the copyright issue :)-- Coin945 ( talk) 12:10, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
P.S. sorry if i'm bugging you by talkingto you every 2 seconds...!! :)-- Coin945 ( talk) 12:22, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. There is a plan to nominate the Shale oil extraction article for FAC, but before doing this I would like to be sure that there is no any kind of copyright infringement. I believe there is no problem; however, as the article has a long history of extensive editing, splittings and mergers, I would feel better if you or some other expert will take a look at this article. Maybe you could take a look or would recommend some other editor who could do this? Thank you in advance. Beagel ( talk) 16:02, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
←Okay. First thing I found is some duplication of [22]. The article says:
In Independent Energy Partners' Geothermic Fuels Cells Process (IEP GFC), a high-temperature stack of fuel cells is placed in the oil shale formation. During an initial warm-up period, the cells are fueled by an external source of natural gas. Afterward the process fuels itself using oil shale gas generated by its own waste heat.... Alternatively, the formation can be pre-fractured to enhance the flow of shale oil between heating and producing wells.
The source says:
...a high-temperature fuel cell stack is placed within the formation to heat the ground.... Thus, after an initial warm up period (during which the cells are fueled with an external source of natural gas), the GFC process becomes self-fueling from gases liberated by its own waste heat.... Alternatively, the formation can be pre-fractured to enhance the flow of hydrocarbons and accelerate communication between the heating wells and the production wells.
There's a little bit of literal duplication here such as only can be used in quotation marks (that last sentence in particular). Other sections could stand further revision to avoid close paraphrasing.
I'm going to check http: //www.associatedcontent.com/article/1256818/ oil_shale_development.html?singlepage=true&cat=15 more thoroughly (have to break up the link because it's blocked). The program I use hit on some striking phrases in it. I'll check it manually now and let you know what I find. I haven't date compared yet, so I don't know if the text in our article predates their use or how extensive it might be.
Only other thing I found is duplication between Shale oil extraction and a couple of Wikipedia articles: Unconventional oil, Independent Energy Partners and Environmental impact of the oil shale industry. You've edited all of those heavily, so it's possible that the text in all three articles was written by you. I haven't checked. If not, you should attribute the source articles. You probably know how already, but if not there's an under-development page at User:Flatscan/Copying within Wikipedia which explains.
Off to do the manual check! Update when I'm finished. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:19, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl. Would you be so kind as to review my actions regarding this user? You had previously warned them about posting copyrighted material. Thanks in advance for any feedback. Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 17:10, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
It's been a while. A looooong while. But i'm finally active again, though I think i'm going to stay in my little cave of a sandbox and work on articles from there, not bothering people. XD I don't want to have to get into all the issues that I used to. They gave me headaches and college gives me enough of those. @_@
You've come a long way, haven't you? I was surprised when I checked out your page and saw what you've done. It's kinda embarrassing that, technically, i've been around the Wiki for longer than you and yet you're light years ahead of me in...everything. An inspiration, you are. ^_^
Anyways, I came over to ask a question. I have a really tiny, insignificant issue with my userpage that i'm trying to rectify and I was wondering if you could help me out?
I just added the WikiDragon template, but it didn't center itself as the coding says it should, as far as I can tell. I'm bad with codes, I am not one of the other WikiFey that know how to do this. How do I fix it? Silver seren C 17:14, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
I have reworded National Association of British Schools in Spain, National Association of Local Councils and North and Middle Littleton. Another editor has done a reworked version of New Hall (HM Prison) which I am not responsible for. Hope you are well! Bleaney ( talk) 21:53, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Just a short note to wish you all the best and hope you're recovering well. Bye for now. ☺ Coppertwig ( talk) 22:13, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
I typed in the title above on 'Wikipedia; search', and I saw the page had been deleted. Is it possible to bring back that particular article? 196.3.183.92 ( talk) 03:22, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi.
So, a couple of hours ago about 50 movies articles appeared on the list of unassessed album articles, and that got me thinking, i usually just remove the project template because is not an album article, but am i right on that?, should i just consider the section as an article, keep the template and assess, move the section creating a new article or keep on doing the same? What do you think?.
Thanks as always. Zidane tribal ( talk) 05:37, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, could you take a look at this (see my talkpage and the uploader RubyBeIvrit's)? I'm very surprised by the tone of his reply and as I'm somewhat unfamiliar with what is required in terms of verification of permission it's probably best someone else handles it... -- aktsu ( t / c) 14:43, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
yo no entiendo lo que está diciendo perra
Hello Moonriddengirl,
This is concerning the addition--and subsequent deletion by you--of Phil Abraham, an actual alumnus of York Prep, Class of 1977. The school is rightfully proud of the successes of its alumni community. You are to be commended for your work in keeping Wikipedia accurate, but have alumni listed by other schools (e.g. Dwight School) also been scrutinized in this way?
Thank you. 208.105.76.90 ( talk) 14:33, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
What are your thoughts on linking (on a Wikiproject talk page) to a site carrying scans of magazines? This is contributory infringement right? – xeno talk 14:51, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I like your edit banner "Welcome, Sinneed. If you are here with ..." that pops up after the usual "This is a talk page. Please respect..." when someone edits the page. My poor search skills have not turned up how to create one (or even if mere mortals can have one). Is there an wikilink you might easily add (I am watching the page) that might guide me to information? If not, no problem, I just want a new toy, it isn't important at all. :) - Sinneed 15:54, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Dispute resolution - moderation request
I have placed a request for neutral moderation on this unedifying and purile spat here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_noticeboard#Symi.2C_the_Greek_Island_of Symicat (talk) 09:47, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
I have been doing what I can to resolve what appears to be a personal fight going on on the `Symi` page. My suggestion that an independent moderator try to settle the differences has elicited the response copied below from Symiakos. I object VERY strongly to being called dishonest, and a `filthy libeler.` Could you ask Symiakos to withdraw those remarks, please?
The following lines were by Symiakos:
Unedifying? Peurile? Spat? What silly words you use in yet another of your myriad attempts to make things appear differently from how they are. Any reasonable and honest person would read what has been written above and see two people engaged in an honest debate which doesn't resort to name calling. You always have to do this with every discussion you disagree with. You can't even place an honest description of what has been discussed here on your dispute resolution post. How you behave (including your filthy libels that were deleted on other pages here) makes a total mockery of your professed love of Symi.--Symiakos (talk) 21:18, 15 September 2009 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Lmoench Symicat ( talk) 16:17, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Your comments on this page (now deleted) and also on the archived Symi-Talk site (still visible in the 'history') where you said that SymiGreece's photos were "mostly of boys in swimming trunks" was an extremely filthy libel with the very clear aim of implying that those who took the photos and/or put them up have paedophilic tastes. That was a lie as there is not a single photo out of about 20,000 of a boy in swimming trunks on that website. All in all, I think my comment was rather restrained.-- Symiakos ( talk) 19:35, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you, Moonriddengirl. I understand that this is a difficult position for you and for Wikipedia in general. I hope you can appreciate that it is not an easy matter to keep a level head when someone makes the "young boys in swimming trunks" accusation, so full of implications of paeodphilia, that "Symicat" did. I believe that Wikipedia's line against that user for making those comments should have been stricter than it was, as his accusations were about the most disgusting that anyone could make. I shall withdraw, but I shall not edit my previous comment; it is a fundamental human right to defend oneself against untruth.--
Symiakos (
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22:23, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I posted no such comments. They may well have been made using the `symicat` tag - I have not seen them - but if so it was without my knowledge or permission.If these comments are still visible, then I agree that they should be removed if that can be done. I will try to find out who did post them, I will assure them that "there is not a single photo out of about 20,000 of a boy in swimming trunks", and on their behalf I apologise unreservedly. I am sure, symiachos, that all the picture on your website ( http://www.symigreece.com/symipeople08.htm) comply with the convention of not being posted without the permission of the subject, a responsible adult, or with a model release. Otherwise it would be like pointing an illegal web cam at people - police state stuff. Thank you for withdrawing your remarks. Let's see if we casn keep this civil from now on. I hope the matter of the Symi article can soon be settled. Symicat ( talk) 22:51, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
For the moment, while the comments that SymiCat denies making are part of a criminal investigation, I would like them to remain. Even though they are distressing, they are valuable evidence.-- Symiakos ( talk) 23:45, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Is Wikipedia carrying out an investigation? Please let me know if I can assist. Symicat ( talk) 23:49, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
As Symiachos IS, he says, pursuing legal action against me (For the moment, while the comments that SymiCat denies making are part of a criminal investigation, I would like them to remain. Even though they are distressing, they are valuable evidence.--Symiakos (talk) 23:45, 23 September 2009 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Moonriddengirl#Personal_attack ), does this now mean that neither of us will be able to edit for the time being?Symicat (talk) 08:45, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Paging Mrs. Moonriddengirl... Your help is requested here. Viriditas ( talk) 09:07, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you for your request! Now it's late for me, but rest sure, tomorrow of course I will do whatever I can do for this problem. ;-) Bye! -- Roberto Segnali all'Indiano 19:21, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm not going to ask you do dig through the drama, but rather focus you on one particular point. Can you comment on the apparent copyvio that I have outlined here (among other places)? I sort of volunteered you to walk a user through WP:OTRS; we'll see if he takes me up on it. Frank | talk 20:38, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
I followed up here. Frank | talk 20:45, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, time was given for a complete change to the section, to remove any similarities from another website. Swift removal was a little unfair, and not permitted any change to take place. Pr3st0n ( talk) 21:19, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, firstly I want to say a big thank you for all (and I mean ALL) of your help; I appreciated it immensely. Secondly, I have joined this Adoption scheme, and was wondering, if you would like to be my adopter, and teach me all there is to know, so that I can prepare myself for a future RfA nomination, which I'm aiming to do sometime in 2010. I appreciate if you're busy and don't wish to take on this task. I look forward to your reply. (P.S. you can call me Gareth) Pr3st0n ( talk) 00:42, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
I am Mark and could pls remove the lock in the article section of Cagayan de Oro City, because some of the information are wrong and behind the new. I am concern about the place and the problem you ask from could be remove immediately. Pls response to my request tnx. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.137.125.58 ( talk • contribs) 26 September 2009
Hi, sorry to bother you with this. I've put a prod on his article, but then noticed it was apparently a translation of the Italian wikipedia article (look at the version prior to my editing) - which has been deleted. Doesn't this leave us with some GDFL concerns or something similar? Your opinion/advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Verbal chat 19:25, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl The donators are having a lot of trouble getting Darryl Read page into Wikipedia --- I have come into to help them with corrections, as its about facts of my biographical information.
At this stage, I would like to ask your help on how we can use biographical info, that the donators Julie Rex and and automatic shoes have been trying to place on Wikipedia. The biographical info on me has been around for a quite a few years and of public domain. What would be great, is if you could possibly look into the material and edit it the way its supposed to be or deem necessary. As I noticed you did put some input into the works already. Failing that the donators will have o rewrite all and tell the same story in a different way and place public domain facts in a different manner.
I appreciate your stringent measures to insure all is kept with in wikipedias' guidelines, I will as a matter of due course make sure that any articles on Wikipedia: in factual evidence on myself or associated acts are baring the correct output. Please advise accordingly on all current state of play.
You may also correspond on this matter direct to me at: info@darrylread.com or as you wish; here
Sincerely Darryl Read CatWizard777 ( talk) 22:02, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. I have done a reworded version of Ridgeway School, and I have reformated someone else's edits to New Hall (HM Prison). Hopefully these both come up to scratch now. I have also reworked Rochester (HM Prison)... is it up to me to remove the close paragraph template, or should that be up to you? I have also fixed the reference links for Pentillie and Queens Park, Bedford, so these should be able to be checked now. Many thanks, Bleaney ( talk) 17:21, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl
I've tried to bring the University of Pretoria page in line with Wikipedia policies (I hope). Is the page up to scratch enough to warrant removal of the unrefrenced and clean up tags? Purple Duke ( talk) 19:17, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl, I just noticed that this user Tazaliischool have created the following page, Ali's Telefilms, which is just a hoax. I have searched the whole internet, and haven't found a single website that mentions about the production house. Besides, the page contains content straight copied out of the page, Balaji Telefilms. All of these shows are solely produced by Balaji Telefilms, because none of them mentions the name Ali's Telefilms, neither in the beginning or the end of the series'... Also, the page has no reference or source... Can you please check? I'll be very thankful to you! Your wiki friend, Survir ( talk) 00:19, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your clear and helpful explanation here. You cut to the heart of the matter, and the context and example you provided were both thorough and accessible. - 2/0 ( cont.) 05:14, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Hey there! Good to see you around again, is everything going well after the surgery? :)
Thought I should notify you that I have manually removed the (pretty blatant) copyvios at Lostock Hall -- seems strange to just add that to the top of the page for anything other than a very short period of time, since the copyvio will still be downloaded for everyone who views the page, since the copyvio tag only blanks the visuals, not the page source. Not sure of the usual procedure with these tags, but legally I cannot imagine that simply blanking the visual side of the copyvio is enough, since the copyvio text is still downloaded to every individual viewing the page. Thanks. :) — neuro (talk) 17:39, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl,
Thanks a lot for adding information about EAPS (which is the shortcut, often used for search!) on Wiki. For updating the article you may want to consider to delete the last sentence as the group mentioned does not exist anymore as such and the link of the referenced article does not work. As the official site from EAPS was updated recently you could find more accurate information there.
Cheers 203.215.137.252 ( talk) 08:32, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the clarfication!
Cheers
79.233.72.48 (
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10:57, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, Would it be possible to simply delete the synopses in these articles, note it on the talk pages and remove the humongous {{ Copyviocore}} plate from the articles? I've found 4 copy/paste synopses today and simply deleted them rather than using {{ Copyviocore}}. Best Voceditenore ( talk) 13:10, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Since the copyvio purge started, I've been tagging so many images in the last month or so and all I am only dealing with new and recent uploads. I keep being asked essentially the same sort of questions, so I wrote an IfD faqs type page to reduce the issue (I hope) based on User:Jonny-mt/CSD which I actually have usurped for myself too but refined for images. Besides needing a new image, would you kindly review it for me to see if if fits the bill? BTW, I stole a few lines of text from you too; hope that's ok! TIA ww2censor ( talk) 16:45, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi, hope you're good. I'm curious as to your take on the copyright status of a few lists I've come across over the last couple of days -- I seem to remember seeing you discuss the subject of lists before, so hopefully you can enlighten me. :) As far as I know, there needs to be an element of creativity rather than simply factual definition. I'm curious what the deal would be with lists such as Time's All-Time 100 novels as well as AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) and the rest of the AFI 100 Years… series. The first was decided by two of Time magazine's critics and the American Film Institute lists were decided by "a ballot with 400 nominated movies [presented] to a jury of over 1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and historians." What is your take on the copyright side of things? – Toon 23:46, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. Do you think the Maria L. de Hernández article is too closely paraphrased (see [26])? The leftorium 14:54, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi again Moonriddengirl, sorry to bug you. Do you have any idea what is to be done about this (a removal of authors and history from meta-wiki)? I thought you might be a good person to ask - feel free to comment here. Thanks a lot! Cheers, Arbitrarily0 ( talk) 17:39, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I just wanted to let you know that after several mugs of coffee, numerous cigarettes smoked, not to mention every song stored on my laptop being played more than once; I have now got 2/3's of the way through a complete brand-spanking-new Lostock Hall article. I went back through the articles history, to obtain what was written previous, and with some skill, I have managed to rewrite everything avoiding that copyright situation, and well see for yourself, I think I have done a pretty good job using my own words. And to be honest, it looks and reads much better than what it did LOL. Good old Nescafe comes in handy doesn't it?! Anyways, I'm now working on the Library and MPD sections, and they will be up soon too - although the old MPD section was too long for my likening, so I'm looking at shortening it. Let me know what you think - and thanks for all the help and advice too along the way - much appreciated. Gareth aka Pr3st0n ( talk) 06:13, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
All work complete - and it looks so much better and tidier than the previous. All I've done is read the original copyright stuff, and then written it down as if I was summarising the content without using the same wording as originally shown. Hopefully it now complies to the policies. Thanks again! I need sleep now, but all that coffee has got me wide awake. Pr3st0n ( talk) 08:27, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Can you please email me a copy of the article Nathan Greene (artist)? Please send to charles@raggedyland.com I spent a few hours creating it. I now know I need to make the text original and I am willing to make the changes, but I do not have a copy. I am new at this and hope you can help me. You did not delete this article, but I randomly selected your name on the list of administrators who can send me a copy. Thanks. Raggedyland ( talk) 01:33, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
You have moved List of electoral districts of Northern Province, Sri Lanka to List of electoral districts of Sri Lanka after removing copyrighted information in the former article but there is already an article which deals with this subject: Electoral districts in Sri Lanka. Could I suggest that List of electoral districts of Sri Lanka be deleted to avoid confusion?-- obi2canibe talk contr 17:07, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
I believe that many articles in this area have copyrighted text from the London borough of Barnet's "Pocket Histories" going back years. Do you have any tips on identifying which articles have been effected and repairing them? The task seems so big. Do you think that it might be best to start the articles again? Thx Grim23 ★ 14:22, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi there MRG, hope you are well. Just thought i'd tell you that I have started 3 new articles since we were last in contact - Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, Kensworth, Potsgrove and Stondon. I dont know if these need checking and/or adding to the list. Otherwise, i'm very keen to break the back of the outstanding list if you have the time... :-) Thanks again, Bleaney ( talk) 14:49, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
The Daniel Goldhagen BLP keeps getting vandalized. In my opinion the only way to get it into some kind of reasonable shape is to protect it or semi-protect it, which is why I'm writing to you. At present [User:Mamalujo]] is at war not only with Goldhagen, but, in my opinion, with the Wikipedia itself. As I've noted in other places a few minutes ago, he's even deleted the name of Goldhagen's spouse. He deleted information that's 100% verifiable and 100% NPOV, such as the title of his his new book. I'm looking forward to your wisdom. crm411 00:39, 6 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crm411 ( talk • contribs)