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Hi. This article was automatically listed for review at the copyright problems noticeboard when Corensearchbot tagged it. Review discloses that several paragraphs are almost verbatim to material previously published at [1]. The material is hosted there under claim of crown copyright, which is incompatible with Wikipedia's licensing requirements, which require that material be released for modification as well as reuse. I've blanked the article for now to permit time to clarify the matter. If this material can't be verified to have been taken from a source that is public domain or otherwise licensed compatibly, it will need to be rewritten in original language, I'm afraid. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 01:40, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
In March 1941, the squadron was loaned to Coastal Command for anti-submarine patrols and when it returned to Bomber Command, it continued its low-level daylight raids until August, when the air echelon was sent to Malta. From here it carried out anti-shipping missions around the Italian coast, Sicily and along the North African coastline. However, as the air defence of the island began to take priority, the detachment was withdrawn and disbanded on 12 January 1942.
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From March till May 1941, the squadron on loan to RAF Coastal Command for anti-submarine patrols and when it returned to RAF Bomber Command, it took up its low-level daylight raids again until August, when the air echelon was sent to Malta. From there it carried out anti-shipping missions around the Italian coast, Sicily and along the North African coastline. However, as the air defence of Sicily began to take priority, the detachment was withdrawn and disbanded on 12 January 1942. [1]
With the establishment of Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile sites, the designated operating squadron originally controlled three sites. However, it was soon decided to allocate a separate squadron identity to each individual site and on 22 July 1959, 'C' Flight of No 77 Squadron at Tuddenham was redesignated as No 107 Squadron. It finally disbanded on 10 July 1963.
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With the establishment of Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile sites, the designated operating squadrons each originally controlled three sites. It was soon decided however to allocate a separate squadron identity to each individual site and to be effective from on 22 July 1959, 'C' Flight of No. 77 Squadron RAF at Tuddenham was redesignated as No. 107 Squadron RAF. [2] The upcoming ICBM missiles soon made the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile obsolete, and in 1962 the Minister of Defence announced the phase-out of the Thor missiles. [3] The squadron therefore disbanded once again, at Tuddenham on 10 July 1963. [1]
If this is not enough, just drop me a line Dirk P Broer ( talk) 22:36, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl, A very distressful situation has developed. I don't know where to begin explaining it, but a user named Daedalus969 came to my talk page last night, and what followed has been a disaster. Please see my talk page. I am not very good at making diffs, but I have been making them if you need them, but I think just looking at the talk page should do it. And then let me know what you think. Thanks so much. Malke 2010 13:20, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
If your next move is carefully considered and rational, rather than ill-considered, you'll give the impression of being a more reasonable person, and you'll be much more likely to prevail. Also, giving the other person time to cool down means they will be more willing to listen to reason. They may even start to regret acting rashly, or forget why they very much wanted things a certain way.
← It's he, and chances are that, yes, once all this has settled down and gotten a bit dusty, I will re-offer adoption. However, right now, I really don't want to deal with conflict in any way due to personal reasons and want to deal with improving a long neglected article, so it seemed to be the best course of action to temporarily withdraw. Thank you for helping Malke with this where I couldn't, Moonriddengirl. -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 20:18, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
I notice you've been adding to the talk pages of the relevant articles that they will be reviewed after "about a week". Given the number of articles you are tagging, and also the time of year, I very much doubt if most of the articles will even begin to be tackled in that timeframe. As someone who is happy to help in rescuing many of the articles, I'd be grateful for some advice on how best to proceed. Would it be appropriate to make a call on Derek's talk page (which I expect many interested editors will have on their watchlist) to encourage a group approach towards rescuing these articles? I haven't been involved in an issue of this scale before and would be grateful for any guidance you can offer or point to - not on the issue of copyright violation itself, but more on the best process for getting sound articles back onto mainspace. For instance, would it be appropriate to return relevant articles to the version immediately prior to Derek's edits, and work from there? Ghmyrtle ( talk) 13:20, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
←There can be a fine line, but I think perhaps that this situation goes well beyond it. Perhaps I'm misreading your tone, Ghmyrtle, which can be easy to do with text, but such statements as well as "whatever he may have done was down to a misunderstanding (or, a different interpretation to yours) of the copyright rules" leads me to wonder if you are under the impression that there is something borderline about this matter.
Consider the article now at User:Derek R Bullamore/Pete Mayes, which he created only days ago. In addition to copying verbatim several passages from [5] (the sentence "Despite years of ill health that included heart problems, diabetes and the loss of both legs and the use of his hands, Mayes continued to surface around Houston at occasional shows to sing in a spirited shout that suggested none of his ailments had him down" is copied verbatim, as is "Mayes' few recordings are best represented by For Pete’s Sake released in 1998, nearly fifty years after Mayes first stepped onstage."), the bulk of the article is blatantly derivative of [6].
Compare the following three examples, article followed by that source:
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I believe that the problem may be more obvious in comparing such text. There certainly can be a fine line between usable paraphrase and unusable, but I really hope that most people would not view this as treading close that line. I do not debate that he may have been operating in good faith, but he was cautioned about precisely this kind of thing almost four years ago, and it's a real shame that he either did not understand or did not comply with that advice.
I'm off to look at your rewrite. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:11, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
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Can you tak a look at the e-mail section. Thanks.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:13, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Didn't I warn you there would be questions? I'm pretty sure I said "many questions" actually. :) Also, happy New Year! Franamax ( talk) 02:10, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
14:47, 3 January 2010 Moonriddengirl (talk | contribs) deleted "Karsten Gerloff" (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.fsfe.org/about/gerloff/gerloff.ro.html)
Hello. The content of the article was taken from a site that allows copying it. Take a look at the source site footer: "Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vektorman ( talk • contribs) 00:13, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
It would be possible to restore the content? Thanks!
-- Vektorman ( talk) 00:14, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
In creating a new article, if you want to add some photos how do you show to Wikipedia that they are either public domain or you have permission to use them. i.e., is there a process the photos have to go through to be cleared for use? Thanks. :D Malke 2010 00:47, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
The "copyright infringement" is a misunderstanding. The disputed text was provided to http://www.nobletruth.org by Wangchen Rinpoche's secretary Eydie Dolma, who prepared it from material contained in the cited Kalu Rinpoche talk. The text is certainly not copyrighted by http://www.nobletruth.org, it is public domain. Eydie Dolma also gave me a version of the same text for use in a Wikipedia article. Sstovall19 ( talk) 17:26, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl. I am forming this question to you because I have noticed your active involvement with copyright problems. I see what I think is a problem on the Diane Lane page. I noticed after a few google searches that one sentence kept popping up at numerous sites. Some of those sites clearly state copyright. I am unsure of the original source of the sentence in question (possibly the whole paragraph) but it is troubling. The sentence I am referring to begins with "One of few child actors to make a successful transition into adult roles, Lane..." and goes on to a specific list of credits. This sentence can be found at numerous places on the internet in almost the same form see here. What do you think? And, what to do? Thanks. WTucker ( talk) 21:30, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
I've placed a couple on Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2009_December_29, but I think we have a pretty consistent pattern permalinked at User:Derek R Bullamore. My first note to him wasn't exactly cheered but not especially confrontational either...the issue is that the majority of the created articles I have checked (only a few so far) look to be blatant copyvios. I've started some work so I guess I'm looking for a reality check from you, and if more extensive action is warranted...let me know. Frank | talk 18:01, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
←Thanks for the message below. :) I ran the CCI program, but it messed up. We've been having some problems with it. :/ I'm running the older version, and this takes many hours. It's been running in the background of my computer for a few hours now. Pity, as it's nowhere near as user friendly as the new one. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:19, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Technical note: The allmusic URLs contain a | character, which can be problematic. See this version of U.P. Wilson, where the url was not encoded. If you click the link at the bottom of the article, it doesn't get you to the reference; if you edit and then copy/paste the URL, you get there. Derek has actually been pretty good about doing this encoding in other articles, but this one was missed. I'm not done with this article; I'm just using it as an example. Since so many of them are from allmusic and for some reason they don't show up readily in Google, I thought I'd alert you to this little twist. Frank | talk 22:13, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
At what point - if any - do we block? I really prefer to WP:AGF, but this isn't getting any prettier. Frank | talk 22:55, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Just a nudge - could you take a look at Talk:Gary Puckett & The Union Gap/Temp and Talk:Sandie Shaw/Temp, and move them back to the article space if you're happy. Thanks. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 18:02, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. Can you protect the Pinchot Institute for Conservation article? A user keeps adding copyrighted material despite warnings. The leftorium 16:03, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Shall we set another date for the RfA? It seems Ceranthor is busy today, and I will only be online for ca. two more hours. The leftorium 21:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
See File:Ballandean pyramid.jpg which the editor claims is their own work 30 December 2009, and the same picture posted on the web over 2 years ago here: [9]. I've completely rewritten the article in question which probably doesn't meet our notability criteria anyway. Dougweller ( talk) 16:44, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Moon,
I hope the new year finds you well! Once again I've a copyright question where I just don't know how it is handled in US law, or at least in practice here on Wikipedia. Not particularly pressing, but it's actually been nagging me for a while.
What's the status of an image if I ask a stranger to take a picture on my behalf (typically on my camera, possibly with me in it)? Common sense would suggest that I've made some kind of oral contract, similar to a commissioned work (if that's the English legal term for it), that lets me use the image as I see fit (or even has me own the copyright?). Of course, copyright law has little to do with common sense, so I don't know what's actually the case (and German law is quite different in that respect anyway).
In practice, I'm fairly certain we always at least accept it as an implicit permission by the person who actually took the picture, but is that legally sound? Current case where this came up is at User talk:Drsjpdc#Image deletions, feel free to reply there if you want.
Cheers, Amalthea 17:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
The owner of the “work” is generally the photographer or, in certain situations, the employer of the photographer. Even if a person hires a photographer to take pictures of a wedding, for example, the photographer will own the copyright in the photographs unless the copyright in the photographs is transferred, in writing and signed by the copyright owner, to another person. The subject of the photograph generally has nothing to do with the ownership of the copyright in the photograph.
Since you have been kind enough to comment at the unresolved WP:COI case at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/User:Yehoishophot Oliver, you may wish to know that it has now been nominated for arbitration. Feel free to review at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Chabad movement editors and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—
Thank you for your input and patience, IZAK ( talk) 09:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Happy new year! Thanks for the fix on the Tony Hatch article, he was rather the "guy in the background" who deserved at least a little of the credit.
We've talked before about whether a site's copyright justification was sufficiently airtight for use in Wiki external links. In the case of metrolyrics you pointed to a sentence that suggested copyright infringement. [11] I have another such situation, could you see what you think?
The Gracenote company publishes lyrics from many groups. Their FAQ reads suggestively "Much of the information in the Gracenote Music Recognition Service (originally known as CDDB) was initially submitted by users." [12] The word "copyright" doesn't appear on the page. So, are they Wiki-safe, or no?
That's actually the main issue. MTV is involved in a secondary way: They had several links that were provided by Gracenote that were recently removed from the MTV site. [13]. Currently, the pages are replaced by a message that MTV is "looking for another source". Why *this* is a minor issue, is that the external links to what seem to have been ex-copyright violation Web sites are still in Wikipedia. [14] Given that there are no lyrics, and that it is entirely possible there may not be copyright-correct lyrics ever added by MTV, it seems that we're leaving an open invitation for MTV to add lyrics from another lyric copyright violation source. Regards, Piano non troppo ( talk) 12:11, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Heya Moonriddengirl! I'm back in the library, but this one's a bit beyond me (geographically speaking!). Most of the holdings for these titles are in England, so you'll have better luck finding a UK librarian to check the works. Try asking in WikiProject England, since they seem pretty active. If no one's able to help, let me know and I'll request the items through interlibrary loan--but you'll probably have faster luck finding someone physically closer to the items. Good luck hunting! Clifflandis ( talk) 17:34, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
I have a question about image licensing and you are the one I thought to ask. I am reuploading images from www.averycoonley.org for The Avery Coonley School now that the website content has been freely licensed and verified. I already did File:The Cottage School.jpg. My question is, will this automatically be tagged by OTRS or do I need to do something special? I noted the OTRS ticket number in the Comments box. Is that necessary and/or sufficient? I have a few more to upload but don't want to get caught in a licensing loop again. Thanks. -- Vaughanchris ( talk) 17:49, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. I'm having a bit of a problem with an editor, Onegoodmonkey, regarding copy & pasted text on the Ryan Alosio and I'm hoping you can help. I recently stubbed the article because the text is copied directly from the subject's IMDb bio page. After reinserting the text a few times, the editor finally responded to my warnings yesterday. Onegoodmonkey claims to be the subject (and his manager) attempting to add what they feel needs to be added to "his" article. They also claim to own the rights to the biography posted on IMDb. I'm a bit out of my depth regarding copyright laws and the like, so I suppose that's possible but, well...I'm unsure. I figured IMDb was similar to Wikipedia - as soon as you post it on their site, it's their property. I went ahead and advised them of WP:COI and also offered to help them rewrite or add whatever text they felt was omitted to which they haven't responded. Instead, they have reinserted the same text yet again. Could you have a word with them or give me some advise on how to proceed? I believe the user(s) is working in good faith, but I can't really help someone who doesn't want to listen. Thanks! Pinkadelica ♣ 00:17, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment. Without sounding too pious about it, my interest is in making sure that readers have the service they expect here. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 08:17, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, can you delete User:Dougpew/Joel Hoffman (composer)? It's a copyright violation and the user later created the "real" article at Joel Hoffman (composer), which has been cleaned. Thanks, The leftorium 19:40, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
I had seen a page that is now deleted; it was of Liepman Philip Prins. I see on the page that it is thought that he did not publish, well he did. He is therefore a legitimate entry (if I understand why he was deleted). Is it possible to restore the page so that I can update the source for his publications? Thank you Drkup ( talk) 01:20, 7 January 2010 (UTC)Drkup 20:51, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
I know my reputation is totally shot here, but noticed your recent actions on this article. I do not know if you looked at its recent editing history, but I was involved towards the back end of 2009 trying to desist various editors from having a minor editing war over the question of legitimate band membership. I do not have the answer, or access to any reliable third party sources to help, but checking recent history might give you some more background - if that is useful.
Actually, I find there are more editing disagreements regarding specifically 1960s pop group's membership; record releases; ongoing band line-ups etc., than almost anything else across Wiki's pop music articles. Oh, except perhaps for music genres - an ongoing backwards and forwards on many items info boxes.
I hope this helps in some small way.
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 17:58, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Hey, MRG, how are you? Under other circumstances, I would just add this content back in to the article, but since a highly respected editor removed it, I came over to discuss here :) This content actually reflects and confirms the consensus of multiple other neurological experts and commentators, such as Kushner, Freeman, Shapiro and several others mentioned in the article. I think it should stay, because it certainly is a reliable reflection of how Sacks' work on Tourette syndrome, at least, is viewed, as documented in the article. Could I talk you into re-instating that content? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:46, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, it's been a while, I had a question more of a personal/professinal nature from your previous interest in hospice---wasn't sure the protocol, how/if you would want me to proceed. Hope you are well and thanks so much for your previous help with the article Tbolden ( talk) 20:51, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you, I did send you an email wasnt sure if you received----I am used to your lightning quick edits on WP----just wanted to make sure you received. Thanks. Tbolden ( talk) 15:41, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
[22] is clearly a hoax by a vandalism only editor. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 16:47, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I know this isn't your speciality, but I'm sure you'll be able to help in some way. My question is this: if I were to take a photo of my mobile phone and upload it for use in the article, could I license this as CC-BY or would I still have to justify fair-use, due to the copyrighted design etc.? – Toon 23:14, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
I know your forte is copyright issues, but as an admin, I was hoping you would be able to give me a quick piece of advice: If an article was nominated and failed for GA in September 2009, then was renominated again in one month later, and I am reviewing that now, but I notice there haven;t been many major changes, is this eligible for a quick fail? Bramble claw x 23:25, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll ckeck over why it failed before, then make my decision. The person who it was the same person, by they haven't been back since they renominated it. Bramble claw x 19:48, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
As you have commented on a report on AN/I in which I have been involved, I'd like to inform you that I have filed a sockpuppet investigation against UrukHaiLoR ( talk · contribs). This account very likely is a sockpuppet of Top Gun ( talk · contribs), who has been blocked indefinitely for "lying about sources, in addition to a whole host of other sins".
Thank you for your contribution to the discussion on the noticeboard! It would be really odd for an editor with 6000 edits (like me) to vandalize the administrators' noticeboard intentionally. Cs32en 03:06, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl: Since you have been involved in the topic of Chabad, this is to let you know that an official arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Chabad movement. You may wish to add your comments for the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Chabad movement/Evidence. The ArbCom asks that evidence be submitted within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Chabad movement/Workshop. Thanks, IZAK ( talk) 05:55, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
I am not playing games anymore at this site. I will file a grievance against you if you make any more false accusations against me. I am requesting you remove that FAKE accusation you made that I "evaded a ban" - because I was NOT banned. Do NOT force me, because I WILL file a complaint against you. I am not going to tolerate harassment from you or anyone else. Wiki Greek Basketball ( talk) 13:38, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Naval Battle of Kaliakra single sourced article, a direct translation from a Bulgarian internet page, which in it self does not include any sources of the event was taged copyright concern. The page has now been recreated, was this agreed? regards Hittit ( talk) 21:45, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for your efforts. regards Hittit ( talk) 17:34, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering what was the outcome regarding the Wikiproject illustration, I noticed there is no activity, I have been thinking on starting a similar wikiproject but first I need to check that there is no similar wikiprojects like the one I have in mind. Let me know please ASAP. Thanks -- Camilo Sanchez ( talk) 20:09, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Well, it seems you have the issue under control here, and someone has taken over at Commons. I'll not step in on this one at this time. As ever, you know where I am if I can be of any help. J Milburn ( talk) 21:29, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Well, I don't think that you can call that a copy. The introduction and the conclusion are mine and the section of the battle there are a few sentences that explain what happened again in my words. After all, for every article in Wikipedia there are existing books and articles used as a source generally the events that already happened can only be told with different words but generally describing the same thing. Instead of deleting the article you could have removed what you think is copied. -- Gligan ( talk) 21:35, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. Thanks for directing us to WP:COPYVIO in this discussion over at WP:ANI. I have added it to my reading list. Thanks again! — Spike Toronto 01:52, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi there,
Last week, I simply reposted most of the blanked items on the 6th (which is coming up fast). Any suggestions on how to handle what's not yet been cleared - leave it here and repost for a couple more weeks until they are cleared? Cheers, MLauba ( talk) 11:18, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
On today's listing: Henry Curtis-Bennett. How do we handle ODNB issues? And if the reporting user is to be believed, a CCI might be required there. Enjoy :) MLauba ( talk) 11:13, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
I think this might need an admin's attention: [25]. Please see other contribs by this user. Thanks. Malke 2010 18:11, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I'm part of the OTRS team, and we've received an email from a District of Columbia governmental agency saying that the text in this article was taken from a government website. It is my understanding that this would mean that the text was in the public domain, and wouldn't constitute a copyright infringement. Could you please let me know if this is true? That way I'll be able to let the person know how they should proceed. If it wasn't taken from a government website I will ask them to provide us with the relevant releases. Thank you. Panyd The muffin is not subtle 20:20, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. I was wondering if you knew of a correct way on Wikipedia to cite the liner notes from a music album? As I think you know, I'm working on cleaning up the article on Phil Collen, and it would be an immense help if I could use information from Def Leppard's various albums as references. Thanks. C628 ( talk) 02:11, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl. In your edit here, you restored the indefblocked template. This places the page in Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages, meaning that it could be deleted thirty days after the block. Please replace that template with {{ subst:Indef|Historical}}; this will place the page in Category:Blocked historical users, which is a more applicable category. Best, Cunard ( talk) 06:47, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl,
How do you see this developing? Do you think I should resign my admin bit?
-- Richard S ( talk) 18:47, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
This was vandalism to a couple of articles from a new account, but if it is genuine, do I raise it at ANI with links or try to get the diffs removed somehow? Thanks Dougweller ( talk) 19:10, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Don't know what to make of this [27]. Can something be done to help? Malke 2010 22:11, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
And as a follow-up, we might want to ask whoever manufactures these to add a button for the cclean and cup templates :) MLauba ( talk) 10:04, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl - I posted a query to User:Ged UKs talk page here regarding a BLP concern I have with this page, which seems to be a hoax/joke-type article listing the real names and containing a picture of a few non-notable individuals that have formed a "literature group". The picture file lists an OTRS email related to the picture, and Ged UK suggested you may have additional input regarding the legitimacy of the photo/article. So there are apparently two issues: 1) Is the photo legitimate? and 2) Even if it is, is there any reason to have a page such as this on Wikipedia? Would it not be more appropriate for a social networking site such as Facebook or MySpace? Jezebel'sPonyo shhh 16:52, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Teh blademaster ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Taelus ( talk) 00:51, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Greetings again... this one is down to 4 images - 3 of which look legit & the last... ?? Probably could be closed, as IMO there's not much more to be done on those. Skier Dude ( talk) 07:16, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Please see Template talk:Asbox#Image alt text and try to lend insight. Thanks! – xeno talk 13:40, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
This is a new article I have created. I am sure others will notice this fact, and trust I have avoided all potential copyright pitfalls. In view of what has occurred, I thought it prudent to alert you to this new article. Thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 16:28, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi. It appears that you copied or moved text from Catholic sex abuse cases into a number of others, including Ecclesiastical response to Catholic sex abuse cases. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in edit summary at the page into which you've copied content. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to make a note in an edit summary at the source page as well. The attribution has been provided for the articles you've created from this source, but if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, please provide attribution for that duplication. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:47, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Text and/or other creative content from Catholic sex abuse cases was copied or moved into Ecclesiastical response to Catholic sex abuse cases with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. |
An editor has nominated Kaleb Schwade, an article which you have created or worked on, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also " What Wikipedia is not").
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A user has created several pages on British squadrons, copyvios of rafweb.org, which I'm dealing with, but has claimed the badges from the site are British Crown Copyright and thus free to distribute unlimitedly. I don't think they're right, but would you mind taking a look at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:117Sqn.jpg and Stephenbt63's other image contributions? Happy new year, Buckshot06 (talk) 03:32, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks FRIEND for ur reply? opinion?. photoes of prakash ambedkar with jpg file are my own work File:Ambedkarprakasadressing.JPG, File:Ambedkarprakash1.JPG & File:Ambedkarprakash.JPG r my own works.(i am photographer) thou a small and nonprofessional. plz tell what proofs will make u and other wikipedian other so called othorities. i wanted to help wikipedia as best as i can , i dont want to make wiki trouble, believe me if u want truely to believe a true guy. long live wiki and jimbo...AND HIS AIM TO MAKE KNOWLEDGE FREE sorry if any..... rajvaddhan —Preceding undated comment added 13:52, 16 January 2010 (UTC).
Thaks for ur guidance , sorry for my old images from internet(thou thier pure intention was to help wikipedia). but File:Ambedkarprakasadressing.JPG, File:Ambedkarprakash1.JPG & File:Ambedkarprakash.JPG these r purely my creations. when mr prakash ambedkar was in parbhni , india , i caught it in my camera . plz give justice to justice dear friend long live wiki
rajvaddhan —Preceding undated comment added 14:34, 16 January 2010 (UTC).
It seems as you are the person who started discussion about (copyright)?
To be honeyst this original version of article about Karl Tõnisson and The international conference „Buddhism and Nordland as other pieces what I used hier in wiki is written by me.
So what?
And the conference "Buddhism and Nordlandand" as a project were started by me years ago. And now ,ll be the queation from my side ,,,whats wrong with this?
DO I need any copyright hier in wikipedia to share my own nformation what,s written by me?
Sorry if I got it wrong. -- VanemTao ( talk) 00:21, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
As I understood the situation is not so positive.
Why?
Because I dont want to donate any of materials mentioned hier in our discussion, to wikipedia.-- VanemTao ( talk) 10:12, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted. Encyclopedic content must be verifiable. You irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license. See the Terms of Use for details.
Hi Moonriddengirl! :) I was investigating the contributions of the user Cumbersnatch ( talk · contribs), and discovered that he/she has created a large number of articles containing copyright violations (most of which haven't been picked up by CSB). Some examples: The Suffering (Doctor Who audio), Wreck of the Titan (Doctor Who audio), Outsiders (Doctor Who audio), and Point of Entry (Doctor Who audio). Do you think a CCI would be necessary here? The leftorium 15:18, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Another new article from me (it gives me a break from the copyvio stuff from to time). I hope it is OK. Thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 19:19, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
I've a question about plagiarism on WP that's bugged me for quite awhile. Nobody seems really troubled, but IMO it needs adressing. It appears many pages derived from DANFS (in particular, from what I've noticed, all the submarine pages), are verbatim copies. This is being defended as OK because they're not copyright. Except this suggests (& I agree) it's still plagiarism of somebody else's intellectual effort. Am I wrong? Maybe more important, can anything be done if I'm not? (BTW, I've added material from other sources where I encounter the pages, as much to correct DANFS POV & error; stil...) TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 01:52, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
How do you handle precedence between an AfD and a CP listing when the AfD hasn't run its course? What I do is delete the article if there's no replacement text and close the AfD as moot. How do you deal with these? MLauba ( talk) 14:45, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello. The picture that you sent me a link to is mine. I took it. It is part of an unpublished work on cemetery sculpture. The other link that you sent, ( Ticket:2010011610025557) seems to take me nowhere, tho it might just be me. Life is supposed to be interesting. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 17:59, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
And when you do reply to the person who pointed out the problem (flipped negative) please let her (?) know that the editor who posted the error is grateful for her pointing it out and perhaps mention that this is another good example of why wikipedia keeps getting better. Carptrash ( talk) 19:36, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello,
Allow me to introduce myself - My name is Georgi Georgiev and I'm bassist and lead vocal of The A.X.E. Project band. I've noticed that our information article is deleted due to copyright(?) problems. As a offcial representative of the band I can assure you that we have all copyright needed to publish information about the band. We own the myspace profile you are citing as copyright problem! Actually the Wiki article is much older than the myspace so I cannot see the problem you are talking about! The same information about history of the band is posted everywhere in the net! May be the article need some update, but clearly DOESN'T have copyright issues. The same information about the band is posted also on [44]! My opinon is that the article doesn't hurt anyone and has just informational purpouse. If you need an offcial written permission from the band's management, please don't hesitate to contact us!
Best regards,
The A.X.E. Project
Bulgaria
e-mail: info@digispherium.com —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
78.128.84.194 (
talk) 03:54, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Dead passive ( talk · contribs) - came up through today's listing, had a cursory glance at another article he created and there was, again, a foundational issue. Fortunately his contrib list is short, so this does probably not warrant a CCI - unless there's stuff on other projects. MLauba ( talk) 11:58, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Okay, so I found one issue and one that seems iffy, along with two that I think are almost certainly clear. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:24, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
This editor is adding copyright material into articles I think. It was a direct take from that article bonespurs.com. I have reverted and left a message in the edit summary only. I am still learning about this so I want to make sure I am correct with what I am thinking. If you have the time, I'd appreciate it if you would check to make sure I am correct about this. You can look at User:Health123. He seems new but promoting. Thanks as always for checking me. -- CrohnieGal Talk 15:45, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl, I browsed through numerous pages but still do not know why you deleted my article on "Mooji". I suspect you might think he is not a noteworthy person. As far as I know he was compared with the Dalai Lama as concerns the holiness of his appearance. Can I convince you to accept the article? I somewhat puzzled author Have a great day Shokananda Shokananda ( talk) 19:53, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
The article began with content copied from [45] and in spite of some changes remained an unusable unauthorized derivative work of that source. For one example, the source says:
In late 1993, Mooji travelled to India. He had a desire to visit Dakshineswar in Calcutta where Sri Ramakrishna, the great Bengali Saint, had lived and taught. The words and life of Ramakrishna were a source of inspiration and encouragement to Mooji in the early years of his spiritual development. He loved the Saint deeply but as fate would determine, he would not go to Calcutta. While in Rishikesh, a holy place at the foothills of the Himalayas, he was to have another propitious encounter; this time with three devotees of the great advaita Master Sri Harilal Poonja, known to his many devotees as Papaji. Their persistent invitation to Mooji to travel with them to meet the Master made a deep impression on him. Still he delayed the prospect of meeting Papaji for two whole weeks, choosing first to visit Varanasi, the holy city.
The reason I made revisions to this article, was to further support education without personal viewpoints regarding it. The article listed information based upon an opinion, not fact, and I did my part as an intelligent person to correct it. MS Psychology Cambridge University: BS Sociology George Washington University. Any further questions, email me: kevincoleridge@att.net
Sincerely, Kevin Taylor Coleridge Ombudsman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.67.2.44 ( talk) 12:12, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
You are not highly intelligent for presenting a speculative addition to a factual article. Pointing out criticisms directed out at the United States is against the point of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.67.2.44 ( talk) 12:26, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I have edited the above linked article today and became suspicious about its partly unusual phrasing. I've searched in Google a little bit and found a copyright violation of http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=55# (the section about the Earl of Aberdeen). The text was inserted in several edits, which began here [46]. The respective contributor was Tickled Pink Inc ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whose username additionally might be a violation of WP:GROUPNAME (see http://www.tickledpinkinc.com). Because of the rather long time since the copyright violation and the many edits since then, I'm unsure whether it would be better to revert the article to the version before the violation or to remove the affected text simply. By the way I have User talk:Craigy144 on my watchlist and have noticed your messages there ... what should explain how I found my way to you :-) Best wishes ~~ Phoe talk ~~ 18:56, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
I inadvertently missed your 7-day deadline - I am currently working on a total rewrite of this article. When it is completed I would appreciate a look at the deleted version, to check for non-contentious items such as discography and any refs that I have missed. Should be completed tomorrow. In the meantime I have put a stub article in place.
Ghmyrtle (
talk) 23:52, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
New Wiki articles created by me include – Bonnie Lee, Silas Hogan and Son Bonds. I know I'm continually treading on thin ice, and there are probably better things you / we could / should be doing - but I do not know who else to ask if these are within the copyvio standards ? Thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 00:59, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Okay, back at it. I don't see any problems with Silas Hogan. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:12, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Is this Creative Commons licence acceptable to Wikipedia? I can't seem to find a tag for this even in the non-free CC licences. I asked User:Skier Dude but he seems to be offline for the lasr few days. ww2censor ( talk) 19:11, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl,
Would you be kind enough to look at what I believe is User Chhe WP:HOUNDING me? He seems to be following me. He's always at the Karl Rove talk page, but now he's followed me to Reagan, and Scott Brown. He finds something I've added, then he reverts the edit. Just a bit ago he started a new section on the Scott Brown talk page with my User name as the title and regarding edits. He seems to want to single me out on talk pages. Please look at these diffs and let me know if you think this is something that can be stopped. I find this disruptive to editing. Notice too, that on all these articles where he's following me, he only reverts. He never makes any constructive article additions. Only talk pages and reverts. [48] [49] [50] [51] [52]. Thanks. Malke 2010 19:19, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm sorry but I feel its neccessary to provide some clarification. You blocked Malke 2010 on September 6, 2009 after she was reported by Jusdafax for making legal threats against me and for continuing disruptive editing on the Karl Rove page. After this blew over Malke 2010 left the page for a while and then returned and made precisely the same removal of content (POV pushing) that she had been blocked for previously. The same exact paragraph removed. I then undid it again and she made a whole host of uncivil comments to me. She has already started an ANI against me trying to get me blocked back when I undid her POV edits at the Karl Rove page. In the ANI she claimed I violated 3RR, but it was clearly and blatantly untrue. The ANI didn't go anywhere since it was clearly ridiculous and Malke 2010 was warned for being uncivil, but nothing came about with regards to her subsequent removal of content. After the ANI didn't work out she started a Wikipedia:Wikiquette alert on me hoping to try to get me blocked again. It again quickly fell apart since I didn't say anything even remotely uncivil to her and Malke 2010 was again was warned for her incivility. She was subsequently taken in as a mentor by TheJadeFalcon after this incident in hopes that she could teach him how to behave properly on wikipedia. This fell apart though and TheJadeFalcon removed his offer of mentorship for some reason. Don't know why, but I'm guessing it was due to some strongly worded POV she was adding to other articles. At this point my dealings with Malke 2010 had only invovled the Karl Rove page, but its true that I began watching her edits after this to make sure they weren't blatantly POV pushing. Some of them weren't in which case I didn't say anything and didn't contribute to the article in anyway. Several others that were POV pushing I didn't touch since it began to start conflicts with other editors on other pages and I assumed they could handle it. I didn't get involved. But there were two so far that struck me as blatantly POV pushing and/or unconstructive that weren't being repaired, which I intern undid and started talking about it on the talk page. I was in no way uncivil towards her. And my discussion clearly dealt with the edit she made. I am not hounding her as she puts it. I'm not being annoying and my concerns are warranted. I think this is another ridiculous attempt by Malke 2010 to avoid discussing the particular issues of a particular edit she made and a way for her to get back at me for originally reporting her to ANI on August 19, 2009 in which she was blocked. I think she wants revenge. I should also mention that I'm not the only user she has started nonsense ANI and Wiqiquette reports on. I know she did it to Jusdafax and a couple other users so far as well if I remember correctly. Chhe ( talk) 20:16, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for being wise about moving the COI issues of this article over to the COIN board, to avoid any appearance of COI yourself. heh. But one thing I did notice was that over at the talk page of the article, the ORTS number is missing, you might want to fix that. Keep up the great work. Tiggerjay ( talk) 05:36, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Would you mind taking a look at the above article? I came across it at peer review. I think that it is probably not attributing its sources correctly, but I don't really have the time to deal with the issue at the moment. Awadewit ( talk) 03:20, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
There are articles about Anna Vissi, her albums and singles and her discography and I have many sources to add in these articles but I can't. Why I can't add anything? Thanks about your help, in advance. —Preceding Teo628957 comment added by Teo628957 ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
What's the copyright problem here? It doesn't seem to be copied from the cited sources, or any others I can find. Kafziel Complaint Department 19:19, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
MRG, I'm a little confused about which way you are using the checks and Xs of the Cragie copyvio investigation. [54]; I gather the checks there meant you found copyvio and dealt with it and the Xs mean there wasn't any? But then what do you mean as "reverting", for, say Donald Rumsfeld, where I do not see he contributed at all. (or did you oversight)?
In the section 1 above "DNB and copyright issues" -Tagishsimon seems to be using them in this way, but in the section "Probably needs a quick review" you seem to be using it the opposite way.
I'm trying to follow and perhaps learn the process--partly so I can rewrite some of these, at least as stubs. DGG ( talk ) 19:24, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
I am finding more and more Doctor Who copyvios everywhere I look (none of which were added by Rmdbutler or Cumbersnatch). Here's just a few I found in the {{ Doctor Who New Series Adventures}} template: Sick Building, Snowglobe 7, Peacemaker (Doctor Who), Forever Autumn (Doctor Who), and Code of the Krillitanes. User:Badwolftv also restored a large amount of copyvios on January 10, 2010, which had previously been deleted (see Autonomy (Doctor Who), The Eyeless, and The Krillitane Storm, for example). This whole thing is obviously a big problem, but I don't know what should be done here. What do you think? The leftorium 15:20, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi! A great deal of pictures uploaded by him are really violating copyright laws. Still...some of these pictures are made by him, so I gave him time to mark these self-made pictures. Unfortunately he hasn't done this. I think I will began deleting these files in few days. It will be huge work, because he is uploaded thousands of pictures.-- WooteleF ( talk) 19:20, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Hmmm. I didn't necessarily write that page, as I only copied it from the municipal airport page. I'm willing to fix it though. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 19:28, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
While I'm here, do you think the Abandoned Airfields site is noteworthy enough to deserve a Wikipedia article? I've pondered making one because it is basically an encyclopedia of old airports, something which I have never been able to find elsewhere. What do you think, because I'll create one if you think it might be noteworthy enough. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 20:01, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Could you help me re-stub this page ? I think it was split from the page Catholic sex abuse cases, which had copyright issues, but most editors were not able to detect this. What I would like to do is to re-create the page, but without any references to this link. [56] You seem to be apt at correcting copyright problems, so I thought you could help me out with this. ADM ( talk) 20:26, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
I've downloaded the text of this article to a notepad on my PC. What this article needs is a complete rewrite to eliminate any vestiges of copyvio. Although the history itself is not copyrightable, blocks of text can be and a rewrite of the article can address this. Bwmoll3 ( talk) 23:24, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for unblocking me and for your diligence in investigating the matter even further. I just left User:MLauba an apology for the extra effort I caused. Oh, and yes, everything's working fine now. Thank you. I'll take your recommendations to heart and be more careful with copyright issues in the future. My online time can be interrupted at any time (I edit from work) so I prefer to deal with quick issues such as are normally found on RC Patrol. I'll be sure to check in on the WP:SPLIT issues every once in a while and see where I can help out. Again, thank you and happy editing~ 152.16.59.102 ( talk) 23:37, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
DrNegative ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) might require a close look. MLauba ( talk) 10:19, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
This article has been subjected to more opinionated and potentially libelous edits, which I have reverted. I have also taken the liberty of posting a message on the user's talk page - not for the first time. If view of your involvement previously, I though I should draw this to your attention. Thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 10:44, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Another one of these (I raised the matter on the Copyright Problems page a little while ago, and you added a reply) is Alexander Ludovic Duff. The biography from the DNB was published 1949, so the {{ DNB}} template is again misleading; this was again created by User:Craigy144. A further one that came to light was Vera Cuningham, started in 2007 by User:Talskiddy. I'm working down a list of hundreds of uses of {{ DNB}}, and these are just a by-product; I have only done about 25% so far. Do you have access to the ODNB website? Typically the paraphrase is so close - more like a copy edit for length - that there are whole sentences in common (or close). Charles Matthews ( talk) 09:49, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
See, now I'm feeling guilty, hence:
-- Tagishsimon (talk) 10:31, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Follow-up As the first batch came up today and Craigy144 has not responded to the warnings, I have blocked him and opened an ANI thread: WP:Administrator's noticeboard/Incidents#Notification and review request of block of User:Craigy144 for copyright violations. MLauba ( talk) 13:00, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Oh, this is going to be complex. I believe that Hilgrove Turner may infringe on the revised ODNB, as it deviates significantly from the public domain one I've been able to access. Any of you gentlemen care to take a look? If this is the case, cleaning up after him could be substantially more difficult, as we can't presume anything he's taken from the ODNB is free, no matter the age. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:25, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
This business is still running, with User:Talskiddy (another coming to light yesterday). Could you have a word with this editor? The second message I left ... wasn't taken very seriously. Charles Matthews ( talk) 20:35, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi MRG, long time, no speak! Was wondering if you copuld lend me a hand: Ive tried to tidy up my talk page and archives, and started by renaming my archives (I want to sort them in to years) this has meant I had to create a new archive page - User talk:Bleaney/Archive 2009. The problem is this new archive isn't showing up in the archive box of my current talk page. Also the archive box still lists my archives under their old names. Can you help? Bleaney ( talk) 17:41, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Davesmith35 who you banned the other day, is back on the article with a new sockpuppet, Davesmith36. I'm not sure what the procedure is for dealing with it, but thought a heads up was in order. Drmargi ( talk) 18:28, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Do you know why the category Category:Wikipedia files that transclude the Non-free media rationale template with no Purpose specified, which I review daily, has suddenly increased from 30-60 entries, which I can keep under control, to an unmanageable 3,500+? I cannot see any reason for the increase, as random images don't seem to have been edited recently but they all do seem to be missing the purpose in the fair-use rationale. The category itself was last edited in July 2009. Quite odd indeed. ww2censor ( talk) 05:44, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Hey. :-) Was just going through an online ethics course and ran across this little statistic relevant to close paraphrasing that I thought you might enjoy:
(Originally excerpted from Donald McCabe, Center for Academic Integrity, Duke University, but original source appears to have been lost, ironically enough). On a related note, I also found a source that describes what they call "patch writing" (close paraphrasing) as "a transition to language independence" for non-native speakers who "feel they cannot improve upon what has already been written." [59] The latter is a good read if you're trying to get insight into why non-native speakers often plagiarize - it gives some good examples of expectations of plagiarism/cheating in many cultures. Dcoetzee 11:28, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
I decided to hack together my own contribution surveyor. Results are at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Rmdbutler. It eschews some functionality (especially counting the number of bytes added in a revision) in return for speed. This assumes, of course, the contributor knows how to use the minor edit feature. Edits are numbered chronologically with 0 being the most recent.
I tested it on Aiman abmajid, it took 160 seconds (60% of which were API queries). MER-C 05:18, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl. I am replying to you per your request to let you know that I have updated copyright indications as you suggested and updated the source file to release copyright coverage (e.g. - removed all rights reserved language). Thank you for your excellent work. FlyingCannuck ( talk) 21:36, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl! I have a possible copyright violation that I was hoping you could take a look at for me since you have so much more expertise in this area.
With this edit, IP editor 65.32.65.95 inserted material into List of Love Hina characters that can also be found here. I reverted this edit and placed a {{ Uw-copyright}} warning on his/her anonymous talk page with these edits.
Since then, the IP editor has reverted my edits and continues to add much the same material. I was hoping you might cast your more expert eye on the situation. Thanks! — Spike Toronto 05:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
why was the platform tennis page deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.202.26.177 ( talk) 20:20, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
Jaffna kingdom, had a section of which the main article was Aryacakravarti dynasty, but I wrote the articles before understanding how to link them properly. If you read the section of Jaffna kingdom that derives from Aryacakravarti dynasty, it is very difficult to make the connection, so I am attempting to make it flow better. Taprobanus ( talk) 23:22, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
Sorry for disturb, but I really don't know what I need to do for this page that I wrote. It's sure similar to the text in the site http://www.studiofesti.com/artisti-studio-festi.html but because the information are the same and all is of public demain. I sent also a mail giving the permission and writing that my name Guido Belli is beetween the collaborators of Studio Festi, as you can see on the site... I wrote also many references to the works that Monica Maimone did... If you can help me I thank you very much... -- Guido Bellix ( talk) 15:01, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry, I'm not particularly familiar with navigating Wikipedia so I don't/didn't know about the "e-mail this user" feature - and I am probably doing something wrong, but I don't see it enabled as you've indicated. I'll look again. And I've read the "E-mailing users" page, and will again, but I don't see it.
Frankly, perhaps regular users of Wikipedia have figured all this out, but this is frustrating to me as an occasional user - there should be a simpler and more direct way for people to contact the author with comments etc. Like a very prominent "contact the author" button on the page. I'm also somewhat annoyed that whoever authored this article hasn't been tracking it and replied in some way to me.
And I don't know if it's the same person/organization doing all these, but I noted another one's popped up respecting a friend (who's alive), who was a fellow Cabinet Minister at the time my father was, and noted the page's existence for him (of which he was unaware). I take your/Wikipedia's point about discouraging family members from creating pages for "conflict of interest" purposes, but I would have thought it at least courtesy for the author to have tried to contact the *living* people s/he was going to create pages about to let them know. I cannot of course claim to be objective about my father, but given what I understand to be Wikipedia's aim of "objective" information, there's one glaring error in that which is highly subjective and would be laughed at by anyone familiar with the times. I'd rather get in contact with the author to discuss rather than just go ahead and edit, since I'd like to find out what prompted him/her to do it in the first place
But thank you again for your attempts to help.
Jazzhed (
talk) 17:06, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
I just got back from Chattacon, a science fiction convention: happiness; to my wife and child: more happiness. Thanx. -- Orange Mike | Talk 20:27, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Could you just check this one for me - it hatched today. Like most eggs, it will keep for a week or two if you are busy. Thank you,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 00:27, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Aelistas23 keeps uploading unsourced and unlicenced images that are obviously not his and has now started reuploading the same images of current football players with a US-100 year PD copyright tag. I tagged all the untagged images and am now tired, besides which it seems like a waste for time. RfC, admin block or another warning? ww2censor ( talk) 05:01, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Gotta rush, would you look at [61]? Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 12:29, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
check email. Malke 2010 01:16, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, you left some good advice on the subject talk page. The user is someone who is trying to edit his own BLP and the article about the incident he was involved in. I saw the problem on the BLP noticeboard, and I have been trying to put a stop to an edit war on these articles. If you have time, please review and comment on what I have told him so far. Jarhed ( talk) 06:12, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
My main concern was that he appeared to think I was pestering him, and I wanted another editor to see if that was true. He hasn't edited the articles, but he has been posting lengthy posts on the talk pages, and I don't want to work on the articles if he continues to do that. Thank you for taking the time on this. Jarhed ( talk) 20:40, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
I wrote something to Jarhed that I deleted... I realized this is your site - I am not catching on to Wikipedia very well. I know there is no such thing as deletes... so I am going to repost my message to an apology to you - I saw Jarhed's message and I posted a response in the wrong forum again. Please forgive me.
I'm at a bit of a loss for what to say here and am tempted to just go, "Well, that's resolved then" and duck out. :D
Jarhed, it's obvious to me that you intended to assist, but if I were you I would consider carefully what Tagishsimon says. I always consider carefully what Tagishsimon says. :) I have not read the talk page of either article except for a very small bit, but there are a couple of points on the user talk that would have at least baffled me if I were receiving them, especially with regards to the request not to edit articles had I not edited either the articles or the talk pages for a week or more. In any case, I think that disengagement is a good idea especially if the situation has calmed down. Having worked BLPN myself on a number of occasions (at one point fairly heavily), I would just as a general recommendation say that if you're trying to help but a contributor's approach does not seem to mesh with yours, you can always note at BLPN that you're stepping off and let somebody else take over who may be better able to communicate with that contributor. I've done that on at least one occasion; there are probably others I'm not currently recalling.
JohnYettaw, I'd also say to you that Tagishsimon's advice is good. :) You can note your concerns at either article's talk page or at WP:BLPN (you are welcome to open a section to discuss it there yourself). He's also right that Wikipedia in general is very vested in sources. And you do not need to apologize for responding at any necessary length here, although I am very grateful to you for the instinct to keep my talk page somewhat focused. :)
Tagishsimon, thanks for weighing in. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:57, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
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Hi. This article was automatically listed for review at the copyright problems noticeboard when Corensearchbot tagged it. Review discloses that several paragraphs are almost verbatim to material previously published at [1]. The material is hosted there under claim of crown copyright, which is incompatible with Wikipedia's licensing requirements, which require that material be released for modification as well as reuse. I've blanked the article for now to permit time to clarify the matter. If this material can't be verified to have been taken from a source that is public domain or otherwise licensed compatibly, it will need to be rewritten in original language, I'm afraid. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 01:40, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
In March 1941, the squadron was loaned to Coastal Command for anti-submarine patrols and when it returned to Bomber Command, it continued its low-level daylight raids until August, when the air echelon was sent to Malta. From here it carried out anti-shipping missions around the Italian coast, Sicily and along the North African coastline. However, as the air defence of the island began to take priority, the detachment was withdrawn and disbanded on 12 January 1942.
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From March till May 1941, the squadron on loan to RAF Coastal Command for anti-submarine patrols and when it returned to RAF Bomber Command, it took up its low-level daylight raids again until August, when the air echelon was sent to Malta. From there it carried out anti-shipping missions around the Italian coast, Sicily and along the North African coastline. However, as the air defence of Sicily began to take priority, the detachment was withdrawn and disbanded on 12 January 1942. [1]
With the establishment of Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile sites, the designated operating squadron originally controlled three sites. However, it was soon decided to allocate a separate squadron identity to each individual site and on 22 July 1959, 'C' Flight of No 77 Squadron at Tuddenham was redesignated as No 107 Squadron. It finally disbanded on 10 July 1963.
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With the establishment of Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile sites, the designated operating squadrons each originally controlled three sites. It was soon decided however to allocate a separate squadron identity to each individual site and to be effective from on 22 July 1959, 'C' Flight of No. 77 Squadron RAF at Tuddenham was redesignated as No. 107 Squadron RAF. [2] The upcoming ICBM missiles soon made the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile obsolete, and in 1962 the Minister of Defence announced the phase-out of the Thor missiles. [3] The squadron therefore disbanded once again, at Tuddenham on 10 July 1963. [1]
If this is not enough, just drop me a line Dirk P Broer ( talk) 22:36, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl, A very distressful situation has developed. I don't know where to begin explaining it, but a user named Daedalus969 came to my talk page last night, and what followed has been a disaster. Please see my talk page. I am not very good at making diffs, but I have been making them if you need them, but I think just looking at the talk page should do it. And then let me know what you think. Thanks so much. Malke 2010 13:20, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
If your next move is carefully considered and rational, rather than ill-considered, you'll give the impression of being a more reasonable person, and you'll be much more likely to prevail. Also, giving the other person time to cool down means they will be more willing to listen to reason. They may even start to regret acting rashly, or forget why they very much wanted things a certain way.
← It's he, and chances are that, yes, once all this has settled down and gotten a bit dusty, I will re-offer adoption. However, right now, I really don't want to deal with conflict in any way due to personal reasons and want to deal with improving a long neglected article, so it seemed to be the best course of action to temporarily withdraw. Thank you for helping Malke with this where I couldn't, Moonriddengirl. -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 20:18, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
I notice you've been adding to the talk pages of the relevant articles that they will be reviewed after "about a week". Given the number of articles you are tagging, and also the time of year, I very much doubt if most of the articles will even begin to be tackled in that timeframe. As someone who is happy to help in rescuing many of the articles, I'd be grateful for some advice on how best to proceed. Would it be appropriate to make a call on Derek's talk page (which I expect many interested editors will have on their watchlist) to encourage a group approach towards rescuing these articles? I haven't been involved in an issue of this scale before and would be grateful for any guidance you can offer or point to - not on the issue of copyright violation itself, but more on the best process for getting sound articles back onto mainspace. For instance, would it be appropriate to return relevant articles to the version immediately prior to Derek's edits, and work from there? Ghmyrtle ( talk) 13:20, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
←There can be a fine line, but I think perhaps that this situation goes well beyond it. Perhaps I'm misreading your tone, Ghmyrtle, which can be easy to do with text, but such statements as well as "whatever he may have done was down to a misunderstanding (or, a different interpretation to yours) of the copyright rules" leads me to wonder if you are under the impression that there is something borderline about this matter.
Consider the article now at User:Derek R Bullamore/Pete Mayes, which he created only days ago. In addition to copying verbatim several passages from [5] (the sentence "Despite years of ill health that included heart problems, diabetes and the loss of both legs and the use of his hands, Mayes continued to surface around Houston at occasional shows to sing in a spirited shout that suggested none of his ailments had him down" is copied verbatim, as is "Mayes' few recordings are best represented by For Pete’s Sake released in 1998, nearly fifty years after Mayes first stepped onstage."), the bulk of the article is blatantly derivative of [6].
Compare the following three examples, article followed by that source:
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I believe that the problem may be more obvious in comparing such text. There certainly can be a fine line between usable paraphrase and unusable, but I really hope that most people would not view this as treading close that line. I do not debate that he may have been operating in good faith, but he was cautioned about precisely this kind of thing almost four years ago, and it's a real shame that he either did not understand or did not comply with that advice.
I'm off to look at your rewrite. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:11, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
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Didn't I warn you there would be questions? I'm pretty sure I said "many questions" actually. :) Also, happy New Year! Franamax ( talk) 02:10, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
14:47, 3 January 2010 Moonriddengirl (talk | contribs) deleted "Karsten Gerloff" (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.fsfe.org/about/gerloff/gerloff.ro.html)
Hello. The content of the article was taken from a site that allows copying it. Take a look at the source site footer: "Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vektorman ( talk • contribs) 00:13, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
It would be possible to restore the content? Thanks!
-- Vektorman ( talk) 00:14, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
In creating a new article, if you want to add some photos how do you show to Wikipedia that they are either public domain or you have permission to use them. i.e., is there a process the photos have to go through to be cleared for use? Thanks. :D Malke 2010 00:47, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
The "copyright infringement" is a misunderstanding. The disputed text was provided to http://www.nobletruth.org by Wangchen Rinpoche's secretary Eydie Dolma, who prepared it from material contained in the cited Kalu Rinpoche talk. The text is certainly not copyrighted by http://www.nobletruth.org, it is public domain. Eydie Dolma also gave me a version of the same text for use in a Wikipedia article. Sstovall19 ( talk) 17:26, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl. I am forming this question to you because I have noticed your active involvement with copyright problems. I see what I think is a problem on the Diane Lane page. I noticed after a few google searches that one sentence kept popping up at numerous sites. Some of those sites clearly state copyright. I am unsure of the original source of the sentence in question (possibly the whole paragraph) but it is troubling. The sentence I am referring to begins with "One of few child actors to make a successful transition into adult roles, Lane..." and goes on to a specific list of credits. This sentence can be found at numerous places on the internet in almost the same form see here. What do you think? And, what to do? Thanks. WTucker ( talk) 21:30, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
I've placed a couple on Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2009_December_29, but I think we have a pretty consistent pattern permalinked at User:Derek R Bullamore. My first note to him wasn't exactly cheered but not especially confrontational either...the issue is that the majority of the created articles I have checked (only a few so far) look to be blatant copyvios. I've started some work so I guess I'm looking for a reality check from you, and if more extensive action is warranted...let me know. Frank | talk 18:01, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
←Thanks for the message below. :) I ran the CCI program, but it messed up. We've been having some problems with it. :/ I'm running the older version, and this takes many hours. It's been running in the background of my computer for a few hours now. Pity, as it's nowhere near as user friendly as the new one. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:19, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Technical note: The allmusic URLs contain a | character, which can be problematic. See this version of U.P. Wilson, where the url was not encoded. If you click the link at the bottom of the article, it doesn't get you to the reference; if you edit and then copy/paste the URL, you get there. Derek has actually been pretty good about doing this encoding in other articles, but this one was missed. I'm not done with this article; I'm just using it as an example. Since so many of them are from allmusic and for some reason they don't show up readily in Google, I thought I'd alert you to this little twist. Frank | talk 22:13, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
At what point - if any - do we block? I really prefer to WP:AGF, but this isn't getting any prettier. Frank | talk 22:55, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Just a nudge - could you take a look at Talk:Gary Puckett & The Union Gap/Temp and Talk:Sandie Shaw/Temp, and move them back to the article space if you're happy. Thanks. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 18:02, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. Can you protect the Pinchot Institute for Conservation article? A user keeps adding copyrighted material despite warnings. The leftorium 16:03, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Shall we set another date for the RfA? It seems Ceranthor is busy today, and I will only be online for ca. two more hours. The leftorium 21:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
See File:Ballandean pyramid.jpg which the editor claims is their own work 30 December 2009, and the same picture posted on the web over 2 years ago here: [9]. I've completely rewritten the article in question which probably doesn't meet our notability criteria anyway. Dougweller ( talk) 16:44, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Moon,
I hope the new year finds you well! Once again I've a copyright question where I just don't know how it is handled in US law, or at least in practice here on Wikipedia. Not particularly pressing, but it's actually been nagging me for a while.
What's the status of an image if I ask a stranger to take a picture on my behalf (typically on my camera, possibly with me in it)? Common sense would suggest that I've made some kind of oral contract, similar to a commissioned work (if that's the English legal term for it), that lets me use the image as I see fit (or even has me own the copyright?). Of course, copyright law has little to do with common sense, so I don't know what's actually the case (and German law is quite different in that respect anyway).
In practice, I'm fairly certain we always at least accept it as an implicit permission by the person who actually took the picture, but is that legally sound? Current case where this came up is at User talk:Drsjpdc#Image deletions, feel free to reply there if you want.
Cheers, Amalthea 17:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
The owner of the “work” is generally the photographer or, in certain situations, the employer of the photographer. Even if a person hires a photographer to take pictures of a wedding, for example, the photographer will own the copyright in the photographs unless the copyright in the photographs is transferred, in writing and signed by the copyright owner, to another person. The subject of the photograph generally has nothing to do with the ownership of the copyright in the photograph.
Since you have been kind enough to comment at the unresolved WP:COI case at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/User:Yehoishophot Oliver, you may wish to know that it has now been nominated for arbitration. Feel free to review at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Chabad movement editors and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—
Thank you for your input and patience, IZAK ( talk) 09:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Happy new year! Thanks for the fix on the Tony Hatch article, he was rather the "guy in the background" who deserved at least a little of the credit.
We've talked before about whether a site's copyright justification was sufficiently airtight for use in Wiki external links. In the case of metrolyrics you pointed to a sentence that suggested copyright infringement. [11] I have another such situation, could you see what you think?
The Gracenote company publishes lyrics from many groups. Their FAQ reads suggestively "Much of the information in the Gracenote Music Recognition Service (originally known as CDDB) was initially submitted by users." [12] The word "copyright" doesn't appear on the page. So, are they Wiki-safe, or no?
That's actually the main issue. MTV is involved in a secondary way: They had several links that were provided by Gracenote that were recently removed from the MTV site. [13]. Currently, the pages are replaced by a message that MTV is "looking for another source". Why *this* is a minor issue, is that the external links to what seem to have been ex-copyright violation Web sites are still in Wikipedia. [14] Given that there are no lyrics, and that it is entirely possible there may not be copyright-correct lyrics ever added by MTV, it seems that we're leaving an open invitation for MTV to add lyrics from another lyric copyright violation source. Regards, Piano non troppo ( talk) 12:11, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Heya Moonriddengirl! I'm back in the library, but this one's a bit beyond me (geographically speaking!). Most of the holdings for these titles are in England, so you'll have better luck finding a UK librarian to check the works. Try asking in WikiProject England, since they seem pretty active. If no one's able to help, let me know and I'll request the items through interlibrary loan--but you'll probably have faster luck finding someone physically closer to the items. Good luck hunting! Clifflandis ( talk) 17:34, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
I have a question about image licensing and you are the one I thought to ask. I am reuploading images from www.averycoonley.org for The Avery Coonley School now that the website content has been freely licensed and verified. I already did File:The Cottage School.jpg. My question is, will this automatically be tagged by OTRS or do I need to do something special? I noted the OTRS ticket number in the Comments box. Is that necessary and/or sufficient? I have a few more to upload but don't want to get caught in a licensing loop again. Thanks. -- Vaughanchris ( talk) 17:49, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. I'm having a bit of a problem with an editor, Onegoodmonkey, regarding copy & pasted text on the Ryan Alosio and I'm hoping you can help. I recently stubbed the article because the text is copied directly from the subject's IMDb bio page. After reinserting the text a few times, the editor finally responded to my warnings yesterday. Onegoodmonkey claims to be the subject (and his manager) attempting to add what they feel needs to be added to "his" article. They also claim to own the rights to the biography posted on IMDb. I'm a bit out of my depth regarding copyright laws and the like, so I suppose that's possible but, well...I'm unsure. I figured IMDb was similar to Wikipedia - as soon as you post it on their site, it's their property. I went ahead and advised them of WP:COI and also offered to help them rewrite or add whatever text they felt was omitted to which they haven't responded. Instead, they have reinserted the same text yet again. Could you have a word with them or give me some advise on how to proceed? I believe the user(s) is working in good faith, but I can't really help someone who doesn't want to listen. Thanks! Pinkadelica ♣ 00:17, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment. Without sounding too pious about it, my interest is in making sure that readers have the service they expect here. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 08:17, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, can you delete User:Dougpew/Joel Hoffman (composer)? It's a copyright violation and the user later created the "real" article at Joel Hoffman (composer), which has been cleaned. Thanks, The leftorium 19:40, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
I had seen a page that is now deleted; it was of Liepman Philip Prins. I see on the page that it is thought that he did not publish, well he did. He is therefore a legitimate entry (if I understand why he was deleted). Is it possible to restore the page so that I can update the source for his publications? Thank you Drkup ( talk) 01:20, 7 January 2010 (UTC)Drkup 20:51, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
I know my reputation is totally shot here, but noticed your recent actions on this article. I do not know if you looked at its recent editing history, but I was involved towards the back end of 2009 trying to desist various editors from having a minor editing war over the question of legitimate band membership. I do not have the answer, or access to any reliable third party sources to help, but checking recent history might give you some more background - if that is useful.
Actually, I find there are more editing disagreements regarding specifically 1960s pop group's membership; record releases; ongoing band line-ups etc., than almost anything else across Wiki's pop music articles. Oh, except perhaps for music genres - an ongoing backwards and forwards on many items info boxes.
I hope this helps in some small way.
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 17:58, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Hey, MRG, how are you? Under other circumstances, I would just add this content back in to the article, but since a highly respected editor removed it, I came over to discuss here :) This content actually reflects and confirms the consensus of multiple other neurological experts and commentators, such as Kushner, Freeman, Shapiro and several others mentioned in the article. I think it should stay, because it certainly is a reliable reflection of how Sacks' work on Tourette syndrome, at least, is viewed, as documented in the article. Could I talk you into re-instating that content? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:46, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, it's been a while, I had a question more of a personal/professinal nature from your previous interest in hospice---wasn't sure the protocol, how/if you would want me to proceed. Hope you are well and thanks so much for your previous help with the article Tbolden ( talk) 20:51, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you, I did send you an email wasnt sure if you received----I am used to your lightning quick edits on WP----just wanted to make sure you received. Thanks. Tbolden ( talk) 15:41, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
[22] is clearly a hoax by a vandalism only editor. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 16:47, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I know this isn't your speciality, but I'm sure you'll be able to help in some way. My question is this: if I were to take a photo of my mobile phone and upload it for use in the article, could I license this as CC-BY or would I still have to justify fair-use, due to the copyrighted design etc.? – Toon 23:14, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
I know your forte is copyright issues, but as an admin, I was hoping you would be able to give me a quick piece of advice: If an article was nominated and failed for GA in September 2009, then was renominated again in one month later, and I am reviewing that now, but I notice there haven;t been many major changes, is this eligible for a quick fail? Bramble claw x 23:25, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll ckeck over why it failed before, then make my decision. The person who it was the same person, by they haven't been back since they renominated it. Bramble claw x 19:48, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
As you have commented on a report on AN/I in which I have been involved, I'd like to inform you that I have filed a sockpuppet investigation against UrukHaiLoR ( talk · contribs). This account very likely is a sockpuppet of Top Gun ( talk · contribs), who has been blocked indefinitely for "lying about sources, in addition to a whole host of other sins".
Thank you for your contribution to the discussion on the noticeboard! It would be really odd for an editor with 6000 edits (like me) to vandalize the administrators' noticeboard intentionally. Cs32en 03:06, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl: Since you have been involved in the topic of Chabad, this is to let you know that an official arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Chabad movement. You may wish to add your comments for the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Chabad movement/Evidence. The ArbCom asks that evidence be submitted within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Chabad movement/Workshop. Thanks, IZAK ( talk) 05:55, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
I am not playing games anymore at this site. I will file a grievance against you if you make any more false accusations against me. I am requesting you remove that FAKE accusation you made that I "evaded a ban" - because I was NOT banned. Do NOT force me, because I WILL file a complaint against you. I am not going to tolerate harassment from you or anyone else. Wiki Greek Basketball ( talk) 13:38, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Naval Battle of Kaliakra single sourced article, a direct translation from a Bulgarian internet page, which in it self does not include any sources of the event was taged copyright concern. The page has now been recreated, was this agreed? regards Hittit ( talk) 21:45, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for your efforts. regards Hittit ( talk) 17:34, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering what was the outcome regarding the Wikiproject illustration, I noticed there is no activity, I have been thinking on starting a similar wikiproject but first I need to check that there is no similar wikiprojects like the one I have in mind. Let me know please ASAP. Thanks -- Camilo Sanchez ( talk) 20:09, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Well, it seems you have the issue under control here, and someone has taken over at Commons. I'll not step in on this one at this time. As ever, you know where I am if I can be of any help. J Milburn ( talk) 21:29, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Well, I don't think that you can call that a copy. The introduction and the conclusion are mine and the section of the battle there are a few sentences that explain what happened again in my words. After all, for every article in Wikipedia there are existing books and articles used as a source generally the events that already happened can only be told with different words but generally describing the same thing. Instead of deleting the article you could have removed what you think is copied. -- Gligan ( talk) 21:35, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. Thanks for directing us to WP:COPYVIO in this discussion over at WP:ANI. I have added it to my reading list. Thanks again! — Spike Toronto 01:52, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi there,
Last week, I simply reposted most of the blanked items on the 6th (which is coming up fast). Any suggestions on how to handle what's not yet been cleared - leave it here and repost for a couple more weeks until they are cleared? Cheers, MLauba ( talk) 11:18, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
On today's listing: Henry Curtis-Bennett. How do we handle ODNB issues? And if the reporting user is to be believed, a CCI might be required there. Enjoy :) MLauba ( talk) 11:13, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
I think this might need an admin's attention: [25]. Please see other contribs by this user. Thanks. Malke 2010 18:11, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I'm part of the OTRS team, and we've received an email from a District of Columbia governmental agency saying that the text in this article was taken from a government website. It is my understanding that this would mean that the text was in the public domain, and wouldn't constitute a copyright infringement. Could you please let me know if this is true? That way I'll be able to let the person know how they should proceed. If it wasn't taken from a government website I will ask them to provide us with the relevant releases. Thank you. Panyd The muffin is not subtle 20:20, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. I was wondering if you knew of a correct way on Wikipedia to cite the liner notes from a music album? As I think you know, I'm working on cleaning up the article on Phil Collen, and it would be an immense help if I could use information from Def Leppard's various albums as references. Thanks. C628 ( talk) 02:11, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl. In your edit here, you restored the indefblocked template. This places the page in Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages, meaning that it could be deleted thirty days after the block. Please replace that template with {{ subst:Indef|Historical}}; this will place the page in Category:Blocked historical users, which is a more applicable category. Best, Cunard ( talk) 06:47, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl,
How do you see this developing? Do you think I should resign my admin bit?
-- Richard S ( talk) 18:47, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
This was vandalism to a couple of articles from a new account, but if it is genuine, do I raise it at ANI with links or try to get the diffs removed somehow? Thanks Dougweller ( talk) 19:10, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Don't know what to make of this [27]. Can something be done to help? Malke 2010 22:11, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
And as a follow-up, we might want to ask whoever manufactures these to add a button for the cclean and cup templates :) MLauba ( talk) 10:04, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl - I posted a query to User:Ged UKs talk page here regarding a BLP concern I have with this page, which seems to be a hoax/joke-type article listing the real names and containing a picture of a few non-notable individuals that have formed a "literature group". The picture file lists an OTRS email related to the picture, and Ged UK suggested you may have additional input regarding the legitimacy of the photo/article. So there are apparently two issues: 1) Is the photo legitimate? and 2) Even if it is, is there any reason to have a page such as this on Wikipedia? Would it not be more appropriate for a social networking site such as Facebook or MySpace? Jezebel'sPonyo shhh 16:52, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Teh blademaster ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Taelus ( talk) 00:51, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Greetings again... this one is down to 4 images - 3 of which look legit & the last... ?? Probably could be closed, as IMO there's not much more to be done on those. Skier Dude ( talk) 07:16, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Please see Template talk:Asbox#Image alt text and try to lend insight. Thanks! – xeno talk 13:40, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
This is a new article I have created. I am sure others will notice this fact, and trust I have avoided all potential copyright pitfalls. In view of what has occurred, I thought it prudent to alert you to this new article. Thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 16:28, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi. It appears that you copied or moved text from Catholic sex abuse cases into a number of others, including Ecclesiastical response to Catholic sex abuse cases. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in edit summary at the page into which you've copied content. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to make a note in an edit summary at the source page as well. The attribution has been provided for the articles you've created from this source, but if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, please provide attribution for that duplication. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:47, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Text and/or other creative content from Catholic sex abuse cases was copied or moved into Ecclesiastical response to Catholic sex abuse cases with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. |
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A user has created several pages on British squadrons, copyvios of rafweb.org, which I'm dealing with, but has claimed the badges from the site are British Crown Copyright and thus free to distribute unlimitedly. I don't think they're right, but would you mind taking a look at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:117Sqn.jpg and Stephenbt63's other image contributions? Happy new year, Buckshot06 (talk) 03:32, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks FRIEND for ur reply? opinion?. photoes of prakash ambedkar with jpg file are my own work File:Ambedkarprakasadressing.JPG, File:Ambedkarprakash1.JPG & File:Ambedkarprakash.JPG r my own works.(i am photographer) thou a small and nonprofessional. plz tell what proofs will make u and other wikipedian other so called othorities. i wanted to help wikipedia as best as i can , i dont want to make wiki trouble, believe me if u want truely to believe a true guy. long live wiki and jimbo...AND HIS AIM TO MAKE KNOWLEDGE FREE sorry if any..... rajvaddhan —Preceding undated comment added 13:52, 16 January 2010 (UTC).
Thaks for ur guidance , sorry for my old images from internet(thou thier pure intention was to help wikipedia). but File:Ambedkarprakasadressing.JPG, File:Ambedkarprakash1.JPG & File:Ambedkarprakash.JPG these r purely my creations. when mr prakash ambedkar was in parbhni , india , i caught it in my camera . plz give justice to justice dear friend long live wiki
rajvaddhan —Preceding undated comment added 14:34, 16 January 2010 (UTC).
It seems as you are the person who started discussion about (copyright)?
To be honeyst this original version of article about Karl Tõnisson and The international conference „Buddhism and Nordland as other pieces what I used hier in wiki is written by me.
So what?
And the conference "Buddhism and Nordlandand" as a project were started by me years ago. And now ,ll be the queation from my side ,,,whats wrong with this?
DO I need any copyright hier in wikipedia to share my own nformation what,s written by me?
Sorry if I got it wrong. -- VanemTao ( talk) 00:21, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
As I understood the situation is not so positive.
Why?
Because I dont want to donate any of materials mentioned hier in our discussion, to wikipedia.-- VanemTao ( talk) 10:12, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted. Encyclopedic content must be verifiable. You irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license. See the Terms of Use for details.
Hi Moonriddengirl! :) I was investigating the contributions of the user Cumbersnatch ( talk · contribs), and discovered that he/she has created a large number of articles containing copyright violations (most of which haven't been picked up by CSB). Some examples: The Suffering (Doctor Who audio), Wreck of the Titan (Doctor Who audio), Outsiders (Doctor Who audio), and Point of Entry (Doctor Who audio). Do you think a CCI would be necessary here? The leftorium 15:18, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Another new article from me (it gives me a break from the copyvio stuff from to time). I hope it is OK. Thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 19:19, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
I've a question about plagiarism on WP that's bugged me for quite awhile. Nobody seems really troubled, but IMO it needs adressing. It appears many pages derived from DANFS (in particular, from what I've noticed, all the submarine pages), are verbatim copies. This is being defended as OK because they're not copyright. Except this suggests (& I agree) it's still plagiarism of somebody else's intellectual effort. Am I wrong? Maybe more important, can anything be done if I'm not? (BTW, I've added material from other sources where I encounter the pages, as much to correct DANFS POV & error; stil...) TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 01:52, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
How do you handle precedence between an AfD and a CP listing when the AfD hasn't run its course? What I do is delete the article if there's no replacement text and close the AfD as moot. How do you deal with these? MLauba ( talk) 14:45, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello. The picture that you sent me a link to is mine. I took it. It is part of an unpublished work on cemetery sculpture. The other link that you sent, ( Ticket:2010011610025557) seems to take me nowhere, tho it might just be me. Life is supposed to be interesting. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 17:59, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
And when you do reply to the person who pointed out the problem (flipped negative) please let her (?) know that the editor who posted the error is grateful for her pointing it out and perhaps mention that this is another good example of why wikipedia keeps getting better. Carptrash ( talk) 19:36, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello,
Allow me to introduce myself - My name is Georgi Georgiev and I'm bassist and lead vocal of The A.X.E. Project band. I've noticed that our information article is deleted due to copyright(?) problems. As a offcial representative of the band I can assure you that we have all copyright needed to publish information about the band. We own the myspace profile you are citing as copyright problem! Actually the Wiki article is much older than the myspace so I cannot see the problem you are talking about! The same information about history of the band is posted everywhere in the net! May be the article need some update, but clearly DOESN'T have copyright issues. The same information about the band is posted also on [44]! My opinon is that the article doesn't hurt anyone and has just informational purpouse. If you need an offcial written permission from the band's management, please don't hesitate to contact us!
Best regards,
The A.X.E. Project
Bulgaria
e-mail: info@digispherium.com —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
78.128.84.194 (
talk) 03:54, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Dead passive ( talk · contribs) - came up through today's listing, had a cursory glance at another article he created and there was, again, a foundational issue. Fortunately his contrib list is short, so this does probably not warrant a CCI - unless there's stuff on other projects. MLauba ( talk) 11:58, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Okay, so I found one issue and one that seems iffy, along with two that I think are almost certainly clear. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:24, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
This editor is adding copyright material into articles I think. It was a direct take from that article bonespurs.com. I have reverted and left a message in the edit summary only. I am still learning about this so I want to make sure I am correct with what I am thinking. If you have the time, I'd appreciate it if you would check to make sure I am correct about this. You can look at User:Health123. He seems new but promoting. Thanks as always for checking me. -- CrohnieGal Talk 15:45, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl, I browsed through numerous pages but still do not know why you deleted my article on "Mooji". I suspect you might think he is not a noteworthy person. As far as I know he was compared with the Dalai Lama as concerns the holiness of his appearance. Can I convince you to accept the article? I somewhat puzzled author Have a great day Shokananda Shokananda ( talk) 19:53, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
The article began with content copied from [45] and in spite of some changes remained an unusable unauthorized derivative work of that source. For one example, the source says:
In late 1993, Mooji travelled to India. He had a desire to visit Dakshineswar in Calcutta where Sri Ramakrishna, the great Bengali Saint, had lived and taught. The words and life of Ramakrishna were a source of inspiration and encouragement to Mooji in the early years of his spiritual development. He loved the Saint deeply but as fate would determine, he would not go to Calcutta. While in Rishikesh, a holy place at the foothills of the Himalayas, he was to have another propitious encounter; this time with three devotees of the great advaita Master Sri Harilal Poonja, known to his many devotees as Papaji. Their persistent invitation to Mooji to travel with them to meet the Master made a deep impression on him. Still he delayed the prospect of meeting Papaji for two whole weeks, choosing first to visit Varanasi, the holy city.
The reason I made revisions to this article, was to further support education without personal viewpoints regarding it. The article listed information based upon an opinion, not fact, and I did my part as an intelligent person to correct it. MS Psychology Cambridge University: BS Sociology George Washington University. Any further questions, email me: kevincoleridge@att.net
Sincerely, Kevin Taylor Coleridge Ombudsman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.67.2.44 ( talk) 12:12, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
You are not highly intelligent for presenting a speculative addition to a factual article. Pointing out criticisms directed out at the United States is against the point of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.67.2.44 ( talk) 12:26, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I have edited the above linked article today and became suspicious about its partly unusual phrasing. I've searched in Google a little bit and found a copyright violation of http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=55# (the section about the Earl of Aberdeen). The text was inserted in several edits, which began here [46]. The respective contributor was Tickled Pink Inc ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whose username additionally might be a violation of WP:GROUPNAME (see http://www.tickledpinkinc.com). Because of the rather long time since the copyright violation and the many edits since then, I'm unsure whether it would be better to revert the article to the version before the violation or to remove the affected text simply. By the way I have User talk:Craigy144 on my watchlist and have noticed your messages there ... what should explain how I found my way to you :-) Best wishes ~~ Phoe talk ~~ 18:56, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
I inadvertently missed your 7-day deadline - I am currently working on a total rewrite of this article. When it is completed I would appreciate a look at the deleted version, to check for non-contentious items such as discography and any refs that I have missed. Should be completed tomorrow. In the meantime I have put a stub article in place.
Ghmyrtle (
talk) 23:52, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
New Wiki articles created by me include – Bonnie Lee, Silas Hogan and Son Bonds. I know I'm continually treading on thin ice, and there are probably better things you / we could / should be doing - but I do not know who else to ask if these are within the copyvio standards ? Thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 00:59, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Okay, back at it. I don't see any problems with Silas Hogan. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:12, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Is this Creative Commons licence acceptable to Wikipedia? I can't seem to find a tag for this even in the non-free CC licences. I asked User:Skier Dude but he seems to be offline for the lasr few days. ww2censor ( talk) 19:11, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl,
Would you be kind enough to look at what I believe is User Chhe WP:HOUNDING me? He seems to be following me. He's always at the Karl Rove talk page, but now he's followed me to Reagan, and Scott Brown. He finds something I've added, then he reverts the edit. Just a bit ago he started a new section on the Scott Brown talk page with my User name as the title and regarding edits. He seems to want to single me out on talk pages. Please look at these diffs and let me know if you think this is something that can be stopped. I find this disruptive to editing. Notice too, that on all these articles where he's following me, he only reverts. He never makes any constructive article additions. Only talk pages and reverts. [48] [49] [50] [51] [52]. Thanks. Malke 2010 19:19, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm sorry but I feel its neccessary to provide some clarification. You blocked Malke 2010 on September 6, 2009 after she was reported by Jusdafax for making legal threats against me and for continuing disruptive editing on the Karl Rove page. After this blew over Malke 2010 left the page for a while and then returned and made precisely the same removal of content (POV pushing) that she had been blocked for previously. The same exact paragraph removed. I then undid it again and she made a whole host of uncivil comments to me. She has already started an ANI against me trying to get me blocked back when I undid her POV edits at the Karl Rove page. In the ANI she claimed I violated 3RR, but it was clearly and blatantly untrue. The ANI didn't go anywhere since it was clearly ridiculous and Malke 2010 was warned for being uncivil, but nothing came about with regards to her subsequent removal of content. After the ANI didn't work out she started a Wikipedia:Wikiquette alert on me hoping to try to get me blocked again. It again quickly fell apart since I didn't say anything even remotely uncivil to her and Malke 2010 was again was warned for her incivility. She was subsequently taken in as a mentor by TheJadeFalcon after this incident in hopes that she could teach him how to behave properly on wikipedia. This fell apart though and TheJadeFalcon removed his offer of mentorship for some reason. Don't know why, but I'm guessing it was due to some strongly worded POV she was adding to other articles. At this point my dealings with Malke 2010 had only invovled the Karl Rove page, but its true that I began watching her edits after this to make sure they weren't blatantly POV pushing. Some of them weren't in which case I didn't say anything and didn't contribute to the article in anyway. Several others that were POV pushing I didn't touch since it began to start conflicts with other editors on other pages and I assumed they could handle it. I didn't get involved. But there were two so far that struck me as blatantly POV pushing and/or unconstructive that weren't being repaired, which I intern undid and started talking about it on the talk page. I was in no way uncivil towards her. And my discussion clearly dealt with the edit she made. I am not hounding her as she puts it. I'm not being annoying and my concerns are warranted. I think this is another ridiculous attempt by Malke 2010 to avoid discussing the particular issues of a particular edit she made and a way for her to get back at me for originally reporting her to ANI on August 19, 2009 in which she was blocked. I think she wants revenge. I should also mention that I'm not the only user she has started nonsense ANI and Wiqiquette reports on. I know she did it to Jusdafax and a couple other users so far as well if I remember correctly. Chhe ( talk) 20:16, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for being wise about moving the COI issues of this article over to the COIN board, to avoid any appearance of COI yourself. heh. But one thing I did notice was that over at the talk page of the article, the ORTS number is missing, you might want to fix that. Keep up the great work. Tiggerjay ( talk) 05:36, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Would you mind taking a look at the above article? I came across it at peer review. I think that it is probably not attributing its sources correctly, but I don't really have the time to deal with the issue at the moment. Awadewit ( talk) 03:20, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
There are articles about Anna Vissi, her albums and singles and her discography and I have many sources to add in these articles but I can't. Why I can't add anything? Thanks about your help, in advance. —Preceding Teo628957 comment added by Teo628957 ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
What's the copyright problem here? It doesn't seem to be copied from the cited sources, or any others I can find. Kafziel Complaint Department 19:19, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
MRG, I'm a little confused about which way you are using the checks and Xs of the Cragie copyvio investigation. [54]; I gather the checks there meant you found copyvio and dealt with it and the Xs mean there wasn't any? But then what do you mean as "reverting", for, say Donald Rumsfeld, where I do not see he contributed at all. (or did you oversight)?
In the section 1 above "DNB and copyright issues" -Tagishsimon seems to be using them in this way, but in the section "Probably needs a quick review" you seem to be using it the opposite way.
I'm trying to follow and perhaps learn the process--partly so I can rewrite some of these, at least as stubs. DGG ( talk ) 19:24, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
I am finding more and more Doctor Who copyvios everywhere I look (none of which were added by Rmdbutler or Cumbersnatch). Here's just a few I found in the {{ Doctor Who New Series Adventures}} template: Sick Building, Snowglobe 7, Peacemaker (Doctor Who), Forever Autumn (Doctor Who), and Code of the Krillitanes. User:Badwolftv also restored a large amount of copyvios on January 10, 2010, which had previously been deleted (see Autonomy (Doctor Who), The Eyeless, and The Krillitane Storm, for example). This whole thing is obviously a big problem, but I don't know what should be done here. What do you think? The leftorium 15:20, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi! A great deal of pictures uploaded by him are really violating copyright laws. Still...some of these pictures are made by him, so I gave him time to mark these self-made pictures. Unfortunately he hasn't done this. I think I will began deleting these files in few days. It will be huge work, because he is uploaded thousands of pictures.-- WooteleF ( talk) 19:20, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Hmmm. I didn't necessarily write that page, as I only copied it from the municipal airport page. I'm willing to fix it though. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 19:28, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
While I'm here, do you think the Abandoned Airfields site is noteworthy enough to deserve a Wikipedia article? I've pondered making one because it is basically an encyclopedia of old airports, something which I have never been able to find elsewhere. What do you think, because I'll create one if you think it might be noteworthy enough. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 20:01, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Could you help me re-stub this page ? I think it was split from the page Catholic sex abuse cases, which had copyright issues, but most editors were not able to detect this. What I would like to do is to re-create the page, but without any references to this link. [56] You seem to be apt at correcting copyright problems, so I thought you could help me out with this. ADM ( talk) 20:26, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
I've downloaded the text of this article to a notepad on my PC. What this article needs is a complete rewrite to eliminate any vestiges of copyvio. Although the history itself is not copyrightable, blocks of text can be and a rewrite of the article can address this. Bwmoll3 ( talk) 23:24, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for unblocking me and for your diligence in investigating the matter even further. I just left User:MLauba an apology for the extra effort I caused. Oh, and yes, everything's working fine now. Thank you. I'll take your recommendations to heart and be more careful with copyright issues in the future. My online time can be interrupted at any time (I edit from work) so I prefer to deal with quick issues such as are normally found on RC Patrol. I'll be sure to check in on the WP:SPLIT issues every once in a while and see where I can help out. Again, thank you and happy editing~ 152.16.59.102 ( talk) 23:37, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
DrNegative ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) might require a close look. MLauba ( talk) 10:19, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
This article has been subjected to more opinionated and potentially libelous edits, which I have reverted. I have also taken the liberty of posting a message on the user's talk page - not for the first time. If view of your involvement previously, I though I should draw this to your attention. Thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 10:44, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Another one of these (I raised the matter on the Copyright Problems page a little while ago, and you added a reply) is Alexander Ludovic Duff. The biography from the DNB was published 1949, so the {{ DNB}} template is again misleading; this was again created by User:Craigy144. A further one that came to light was Vera Cuningham, started in 2007 by User:Talskiddy. I'm working down a list of hundreds of uses of {{ DNB}}, and these are just a by-product; I have only done about 25% so far. Do you have access to the ODNB website? Typically the paraphrase is so close - more like a copy edit for length - that there are whole sentences in common (or close). Charles Matthews ( talk) 09:49, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
See, now I'm feeling guilty, hence:
-- Tagishsimon (talk) 10:31, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Follow-up As the first batch came up today and Craigy144 has not responded to the warnings, I have blocked him and opened an ANI thread: WP:Administrator's noticeboard/Incidents#Notification and review request of block of User:Craigy144 for copyright violations. MLauba ( talk) 13:00, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Oh, this is going to be complex. I believe that Hilgrove Turner may infringe on the revised ODNB, as it deviates significantly from the public domain one I've been able to access. Any of you gentlemen care to take a look? If this is the case, cleaning up after him could be substantially more difficult, as we can't presume anything he's taken from the ODNB is free, no matter the age. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:25, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
This business is still running, with User:Talskiddy (another coming to light yesterday). Could you have a word with this editor? The second message I left ... wasn't taken very seriously. Charles Matthews ( talk) 20:35, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi MRG, long time, no speak! Was wondering if you copuld lend me a hand: Ive tried to tidy up my talk page and archives, and started by renaming my archives (I want to sort them in to years) this has meant I had to create a new archive page - User talk:Bleaney/Archive 2009. The problem is this new archive isn't showing up in the archive box of my current talk page. Also the archive box still lists my archives under their old names. Can you help? Bleaney ( talk) 17:41, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Davesmith35 who you banned the other day, is back on the article with a new sockpuppet, Davesmith36. I'm not sure what the procedure is for dealing with it, but thought a heads up was in order. Drmargi ( talk) 18:28, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Do you know why the category Category:Wikipedia files that transclude the Non-free media rationale template with no Purpose specified, which I review daily, has suddenly increased from 30-60 entries, which I can keep under control, to an unmanageable 3,500+? I cannot see any reason for the increase, as random images don't seem to have been edited recently but they all do seem to be missing the purpose in the fair-use rationale. The category itself was last edited in July 2009. Quite odd indeed. ww2censor ( talk) 05:44, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Hey. :-) Was just going through an online ethics course and ran across this little statistic relevant to close paraphrasing that I thought you might enjoy:
(Originally excerpted from Donald McCabe, Center for Academic Integrity, Duke University, but original source appears to have been lost, ironically enough). On a related note, I also found a source that describes what they call "patch writing" (close paraphrasing) as "a transition to language independence" for non-native speakers who "feel they cannot improve upon what has already been written." [59] The latter is a good read if you're trying to get insight into why non-native speakers often plagiarize - it gives some good examples of expectations of plagiarism/cheating in many cultures. Dcoetzee 11:28, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
I decided to hack together my own contribution surveyor. Results are at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Rmdbutler. It eschews some functionality (especially counting the number of bytes added in a revision) in return for speed. This assumes, of course, the contributor knows how to use the minor edit feature. Edits are numbered chronologically with 0 being the most recent.
I tested it on Aiman abmajid, it took 160 seconds (60% of which were API queries). MER-C 05:18, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl. I am replying to you per your request to let you know that I have updated copyright indications as you suggested and updated the source file to release copyright coverage (e.g. - removed all rights reserved language). Thank you for your excellent work. FlyingCannuck ( talk) 21:36, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl! I have a possible copyright violation that I was hoping you could take a look at for me since you have so much more expertise in this area.
With this edit, IP editor 65.32.65.95 inserted material into List of Love Hina characters that can also be found here. I reverted this edit and placed a {{ Uw-copyright}} warning on his/her anonymous talk page with these edits.
Since then, the IP editor has reverted my edits and continues to add much the same material. I was hoping you might cast your more expert eye on the situation. Thanks! — Spike Toronto 05:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
why was the platform tennis page deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.202.26.177 ( talk) 20:20, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
Jaffna kingdom, had a section of which the main article was Aryacakravarti dynasty, but I wrote the articles before understanding how to link them properly. If you read the section of Jaffna kingdom that derives from Aryacakravarti dynasty, it is very difficult to make the connection, so I am attempting to make it flow better. Taprobanus ( talk) 23:22, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
Sorry for disturb, but I really don't know what I need to do for this page that I wrote. It's sure similar to the text in the site http://www.studiofesti.com/artisti-studio-festi.html but because the information are the same and all is of public demain. I sent also a mail giving the permission and writing that my name Guido Belli is beetween the collaborators of Studio Festi, as you can see on the site... I wrote also many references to the works that Monica Maimone did... If you can help me I thank you very much... -- Guido Bellix ( talk) 15:01, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry, I'm not particularly familiar with navigating Wikipedia so I don't/didn't know about the "e-mail this user" feature - and I am probably doing something wrong, but I don't see it enabled as you've indicated. I'll look again. And I've read the "E-mailing users" page, and will again, but I don't see it.
Frankly, perhaps regular users of Wikipedia have figured all this out, but this is frustrating to me as an occasional user - there should be a simpler and more direct way for people to contact the author with comments etc. Like a very prominent "contact the author" button on the page. I'm also somewhat annoyed that whoever authored this article hasn't been tracking it and replied in some way to me.
And I don't know if it's the same person/organization doing all these, but I noted another one's popped up respecting a friend (who's alive), who was a fellow Cabinet Minister at the time my father was, and noted the page's existence for him (of which he was unaware). I take your/Wikipedia's point about discouraging family members from creating pages for "conflict of interest" purposes, but I would have thought it at least courtesy for the author to have tried to contact the *living* people s/he was going to create pages about to let them know. I cannot of course claim to be objective about my father, but given what I understand to be Wikipedia's aim of "objective" information, there's one glaring error in that which is highly subjective and would be laughed at by anyone familiar with the times. I'd rather get in contact with the author to discuss rather than just go ahead and edit, since I'd like to find out what prompted him/her to do it in the first place
But thank you again for your attempts to help.
Jazzhed (
talk) 17:06, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
I just got back from Chattacon, a science fiction convention: happiness; to my wife and child: more happiness. Thanx. -- Orange Mike | Talk 20:27, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Could you just check this one for me - it hatched today. Like most eggs, it will keep for a week or two if you are busy. Thank you,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 00:27, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Aelistas23 keeps uploading unsourced and unlicenced images that are obviously not his and has now started reuploading the same images of current football players with a US-100 year PD copyright tag. I tagged all the untagged images and am now tired, besides which it seems like a waste for time. RfC, admin block or another warning? ww2censor ( talk) 05:01, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Gotta rush, would you look at [61]? Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 12:29, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
check email. Malke 2010 01:16, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, you left some good advice on the subject talk page. The user is someone who is trying to edit his own BLP and the article about the incident he was involved in. I saw the problem on the BLP noticeboard, and I have been trying to put a stop to an edit war on these articles. If you have time, please review and comment on what I have told him so far. Jarhed ( talk) 06:12, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
My main concern was that he appeared to think I was pestering him, and I wanted another editor to see if that was true. He hasn't edited the articles, but he has been posting lengthy posts on the talk pages, and I don't want to work on the articles if he continues to do that. Thank you for taking the time on this. Jarhed ( talk) 20:40, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
I wrote something to Jarhed that I deleted... I realized this is your site - I am not catching on to Wikipedia very well. I know there is no such thing as deletes... so I am going to repost my message to an apology to you - I saw Jarhed's message and I posted a response in the wrong forum again. Please forgive me.
I'm at a bit of a loss for what to say here and am tempted to just go, "Well, that's resolved then" and duck out. :D
Jarhed, it's obvious to me that you intended to assist, but if I were you I would consider carefully what Tagishsimon says. I always consider carefully what Tagishsimon says. :) I have not read the talk page of either article except for a very small bit, but there are a couple of points on the user talk that would have at least baffled me if I were receiving them, especially with regards to the request not to edit articles had I not edited either the articles or the talk pages for a week or more. In any case, I think that disengagement is a good idea especially if the situation has calmed down. Having worked BLPN myself on a number of occasions (at one point fairly heavily), I would just as a general recommendation say that if you're trying to help but a contributor's approach does not seem to mesh with yours, you can always note at BLPN that you're stepping off and let somebody else take over who may be better able to communicate with that contributor. I've done that on at least one occasion; there are probably others I'm not currently recalling.
JohnYettaw, I'd also say to you that Tagishsimon's advice is good. :) You can note your concerns at either article's talk page or at WP:BLPN (you are welcome to open a section to discuss it there yourself). He's also right that Wikipedia in general is very vested in sources. And you do not need to apologize for responding at any necessary length here, although I am very grateful to you for the instinct to keep my talk page somewhat focused. :)
Tagishsimon, thanks for weighing in. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:57, 26 January 2010 (UTC)