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Removed issue about some film images, I'll post to Coren's page instead. 67.117.130.143 ( talk) 16:44, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
I am so very sorry for your migraines. I hope you feels better soon. I sure know how the drugs can affect you (Oh you already know that about me!) You have my total empathy. My edits are going well, not going to bother you with minor stuff. Just feel better and we will communicate soon. God Bless and Happy Holidays! Namaste...14:29, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
User:RedKnight 1 deleted a massive amount of text on Seymour Expedition and replaced it with a section he copied entirely, word by word, from another wikipedia article, Boxer Rebellion, the specific section is Boxer_rebellion#Seymour_Expedition.
Not only that, he failed to mention how exactly the original material was POV, and when i restored the original, referenced material, he reverted back to copyvio again
His only explanation for his removal was to be extremely rude, calling me an idiot and for me to be banned, refusing to explain why he deleted the referenced material and replacing it with copyvio. (note, i have never met this user before, and have no idea why he is being hostile and not assuming good faith, given that hes been around for a year)
I presented him with evidence that my material was correct and faithful to the references, and demanded an explanation as to why it was removed, and how exactly it was POV.
He claimed he would explain why in a day, but one day passed and he hasn't showed up. Its rather convinient that since his copyvio version is still showing, that he feels no need to explain himself. Дунгане ( talk) 01:52, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Hope you doing well. Please keep an eye on article Islam as I need it requires page protection in order to avoid distortion. Also please keep an eye on User AllahLovesYou. User has been deliberately distorting article in bad faith against all other sects. user breached the 3RR rule here [1] with more than 8 edits a day on the same article.- Humaliwalay ( talk) 06:41, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. No issues I understood and when needed shall be doing as suggested. - Humaliwalay ( talk) 12:22, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey MRG, I tagged 2010 Asian Para Games with {{ cv-unsure}} on the talk page a while ago, but I was kind or wondering what the next step is. The way the article is written, almost promotional in tone (cf. "As the inaugural Asian Para Games for Asia, this event is expected to become the benchmark for all future Asian Para Games."), seems to suggest it might've been taken from some sort of page or booklet describing the new event... I'm also unsure as yet how to fully utilise tools like WikiBlamer to help find who could've added any of the questionable material. So I was wondering if you could help on either front? This is an ongoing sporting event so it would seem to suggest that there must be a few hundred people reading the article daily at this time and this is a big copyright violation for all to see... Strange Passerby ( talk • contribs) 12:20, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
From Dromeaz: These were just some news stories about Robert Garside that I thought may be of use:
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/PlanetaBizarro/0,,MUL15762-6091,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6509977.stm http://www.sportshollywood.com/shnews2000.html http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/33321_running_man_rob_steps_out_in_us http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/41081_roberts_gump_into_record_books
good luck. 87.82.115.8 ( talk) 14:45, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Well gee, I don't know. Since I have been unfairly barred, it's up to you. I do note however CanadianLinuxUser's suspicious editing of the dispute section. How is it fair that you let direct enemies of mine edit my name? How can this be fair? Why don't you just take off EVERYTHING and just have one section called DISPUTE and let put whatever they want to there? That will suit them fine too won't it? Why are a handful of detractors/direct enemies being allowed to customise the Robert Garside page to suit their twisted ideas? What next?
Hello, again. Could you take a look at this article that I came across. I removed a whole section from the article, as it was a straight lift from Allmusic (see Talk:Tripsichord Music Box). Upon reflection, the next section in the piece is copyright dubious as well. I thought rather than this bumbling amateur dabbling in the matter, I had better consult the oracle. Hope you are well, by the way; if not, perhaps that little piece of flattery will lift your spirits ! Thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 17:03, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
It is brand new information. What do we have to do to get the page put back up or get someone else to do it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Butaflycco ( talk • contribs) 20:14, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for dealing with the copyright issues concerning Pawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site. As a relatively new editor, I was uneasy about deleting a large slug of content; I was afraid I'd get one of those snappish messages about don't-delete-it-improve-it. I appreciate your work on copyright matters, which is probably a lot less fun than writing articles, and probably gets you a lot of not-so-civil comments. You're helping to make WP a better place. Thanks-- Ammodramus ( talk) 21:28, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasonic_impact_treatment
Copyleft notice added to footer of page here: http://appliedultrasonics.com/solutions.html (this page has most of the technical info) Full text of Copyleft statement here: http://appliedultrasonics.com/copyleft.html
Is it possible to restore the old Wikipedia entry and simply delete the THEORY section, which was what suggestBot didn't like? Or do I need to rebuild the entire entry?
Thanks Moonriddengirl Crockett Dunn ( talk) 20:38, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Hola. Thanks for restoring! The Temp page is just a replacement for the Theory section, without the copyright issues. If you can paste it in there, great. If not, I'll have it redone.
The benefits section is all information which is included in the "Video" section of the Copylefted page of the website. Does that take care of that issue?
Thanks for all of your help.
Almost forgot: Is there anyway to email subscribe to watch page changes? Feedburner the RSS, maybe? Or does Wikipedia have anything more direct?
Crockett Dunn ( talk) 22:46, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for restoring the Theory section. I'll see about the date of the "benefits" video, or just re-write it. Ah ha! Feedmyinbox.com works for emailing daily updates of an RSS feed, in this case, the watchlist feed. Thank you for all of your help! -- Crockett Dunn ( talk) 18:07, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
hi there!
I was just sitting here procrastinating and I decided to read my wife's wiki page (after I successfully wasted the whole morning looking at everyone else's too...) and I discovered that her page has been deleted. suzanne bocanegra. I followed your links to the best of my ability and discovered that you had made this decision based on inclusion in her page of somematerial posted by a serial copyright infringer - I have no idea what that was or who that is. but I am curious if you can give me any advice on how to get the page back? I don't remember anything other than public record material on her page - awards, education, shows, etc. - and neither she nor I nor anyone we know ever posted any of the information there to begin with. but we definitely miss it! can you tell us what to do? thanks! you can write us back at <redacted for privacy> 74.66.20.84 ( talk) 19:42, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, a few months ago, I got a Google alert that a Wiki page had been created about me. Obviously, it was a nice feeling. Today, I discovered that it was taken down. I have no clue who made the page to begin with (how does one figure that out?) but could you please explain why you took it down? Sorry, I don't really understand how Wiki editorial decisions are made. Thank you, http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Moonriddengirl&action=edit§ion=new# —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.77.98.83 ( talk) 00:49, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Your actions are inflammatory. You do not understand the situation, so you pour gasoline on it? That does not speak well of your ability to remain an admin in my opinion. Wjhonson ( talk) 00:56, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
I see your actions as inflammatory. I explained very clearly why Genealogics is not a mirror nor a fork. You completely ignored my explanation and removed the link. That inflames the situation. That is not part of conflict resolution, that is part of conflict escalation. Address directly, exactly what I stated. And don't merely repeat that they copy, when I've pointed out several times, that they do not.Wjhonson (talk) 01:09, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi MRG, I know how busy you are but I was hoping you could take a look at a deletion discussion involving a photograph of a sign on Commons. Commons users aren't as familiar as you with copyvio standards for text. It's located at commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Lendal Tower, York (21st October 2010) 001.jpg. Thanks! Dcoetzee 01:59, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi there, Mind chiming in at Wikipedia:Suspected copyright violations/2010-12-07 (top entry in the list, how convenient)? I think this one is borderline. MLauba ( Talk) 12:50, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
You and the copyright wallahs who lurk here might like to review a copyright problem for JohnCD at the aforelinked talk page. I've given my opinion. Uncle G ( talk) 13:05, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Not sure where to ask this as it seems a little complex for the suspected copyvio board. On the article Supply chain management an editor recently made what looked like a "refspam" run. I was able to find a copy of the book referenced on google books, only to note that it seems to be a exact duplicate of many sections of the article (specifically that "problems in SCM" section). Since the wiki content seems to not only pre-date the publication of the book, but it also appears to have grown organically, I reverted the refs to that book. Questions: (1) can you (or one of the other copyvio pros) verify my conclusions, and (2) do we normally follow up on misuse of our content like this (the book does not appear to credit wiki)? Thanks for anything you can clear up! ( link to book, link to revert. Kuru (talk) 01:18, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
That dispute will still be there later. May I recommend that you slow down and give the regulars a chance? I'm absolutely convinced that you have much more productive and less soul-destroying things to do right now. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 23:47, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
you deleted Isabella Wall from the list of Dominicans. May I know why? - Thank you
EV 69.111.14.224 ( talk) 06:12, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Question regarding the deletion of Solar Photovoltaic Academic Research Consortium, it was flagged for copyright issues and I posted a note on the talk page that I was the orignator and copyright holder of the information on the page in question, can you please undelete and mark this as ok, or is a significant rewrite required?
Thanks. Swansearpl ( talk) 11:53, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi again. I have a question about Canada–Tonga relations. This edit by User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) appears to restore a few short sentences (some copied, some close-paraphrased). I don't want to risk an edit war by stubbing again, and a WP:Copyright problems listing would be processed after WP:Articles for deletion/Canada–Tonga relations is closed.
Thanks. Flatscan ( talk) 05:01, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, could you give an opinion on this? A street sign outside Liu's wife's apartment, in Chinese (to do with the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize fiasco), was rendered in rather ambiguous English by the South China Morning Post (English-language newspaper), and "quoted" in WP directly from the newspaper's quoted translation: "The road is under construction, please understand".[ref] It's unclear how bossy the sign really was, and it does affect the context. One editor suggests inserting square brackets after seeing the original Chinese text of the sign: "The road is under construction, please [be] understand[ing]". Does this run into a problem in implying that the SCMP itself inserted the square-bracket disambiguation? Tony (talk) 10:42, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Moonriddengirl, I see that the Communities That Care article is once again available for viewing. Thank you! Preventionbetterthancure ( talk) 18:29, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
[5] - long story short, one editor copied the content from 2010 Atlantic hurricane season and pasted it into List of storms in the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. As it was a complete redundancy, I just redirected it back to the main article, but I was wondering if there were any GFDL problems associated with that. -- Hurricanehink ( talk) 02:22, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
So in light of the ongoing mass rollout of the Open Government License to cover Crown Copyright material (see e.g. Note at the bottom Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-12-06/GLAM-WIKI London), after doing some research I created {{ OGL}} and the corresponding commons:Template:OGL for images. I've now created {{ OGL-text}} and was hoping you and/or your stalkers could take a look at it (and my research notes) and see if I've messed anything up. VernoWhitney ( talk) 15:52, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Could you take a look at User talk:VernoWhitney#Confirmation OTRS template and the related Ticket:2010121610031485 and weigh in? I was thinking a note similar to what User:Leningradartist has on their userpage would be sufficient, but I thought you might have a better idea. VernoWhitney ( talk) 21:47, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I appreciate your attention to this issue. -- Mibelz 10:18, 18 Dec 2010 (UTC)
WP:DENY. Unblock conditions have been offered at your current primary account. You will not be heard on wikipedia under any other circumstances.
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Do pay attention to the EDITING HISTORY of "CanadianLinuxUser". No doubt he is a detractor of "Robert Garside", whose identity is well-known. "CanadianLinuxUser" also edits the JESPER OLSEN (runner) page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/CanadianLinuxUser 87.194.42.37 ( talk) 13:39, 14 December 2010 (UTC) Dromeaz
IF - and you probably won't - look back at the HISTORY of the editing of Robert Garside and IF - and you probably won't - look at my contributions, you will see that all I have ever done is defend the name "Robert Garside" and I have been more than fair, despite unjust personal attacks. I have not contravened policy, just argued my case well. Since you have forgotten, Robert Garside has appeared in a derrogatory light on the following pages over several years: Guinness World Records, Royal Holloway University, Franz Lidz..... "Robert Garside" has also appeared on numerous other pages, therefore there is due cause to be diligent. There have been personal attacks against Robert Garside and as a consequence of defending or undoing unfair edits, we have been blocked. That is ridiculous. Fact is that we will continue to monitor the page and correct errors, unbalanced edits or bias edits. Of course, you allow the "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page to be based on references purely from his own web blog... but if I edit something into the "Robert Garside" page it is removed, even though I reference it to a news story. Double standards exist and as previously stated, the discearning of Wikipedia's readers already know it. 87.194.42.37 ( talk) 15:27, 14 December 2010 (UTC) Dromeaz.
FROM DROMEAZ: 1. You write, "...which led me to my personal opinion". Wikipedia is not about personal opinions and I am not a detractor of anyone. You got that the wrong way around. 2. If you search for "Jesper Olsen", you will find a page about a footballer. "Jesper Olsen (runner)" is different. How did you find that page in the first place when it is obscure? And given that there is no mention of me on there, how did you find the "Robert Garside" page after that? 3. It's funny, is it not, that all of your edits on "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page are POSITIVE, even though it is his web blogs that forms the references AND all of your edits about "Robert Garside" are NEGATIVE. Strange. 4. You may hide behind being a Wikipedia administrator, which you no doubt promoted yourself into being, but your true identity does not fool me. THIS IS A SMOKE SCREEN. I know who you are and it is a shame that Moonriddengirl does not. Your style of editing, the history of your editing gives you away. 88.97.15.109 ( talk) 17:36, 14 December 2010 (UTC) DROMEAZ
CanadianLinuxUser writes "I read the editing history (Contributions) of Olsen's page and found YOUR edits of Olsen's page... following YOUR contributions led me to Garside's page." Moonriddengirl....I have made NO edits under "Dromeaz" on the "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page, so what he writes is not true. Don't you get it? And yes, it does matter *who* he is. If he is a known detractor, then his intentions are not pure, so it does matter... and.... "discussion" pages are for exactly that......discussing. Stop falsely accusing me of not following policy and of vandalism. This is false. Finally, for as long as you are using the name "Robert Garside" so liberally I will be there, so I truly hope you will be fair and balanced and not go on and on about a dispute that was only in the minds of a few jealous rivals! And, Moonriddengirl, lose this CanadianLinuxUser guy. I don't buy his identity unless he can *really* prove who he is. 81.179.252.175 ( talk) 19:56, 14 December 2010 (UTC) Dromeaz
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Moonriddengirl, I am surprised that you are turning a blind eye to what one of my enemies/detractors is doing. He has took the time and trouble to become an established user and has camoflaged his real identity with the username "CanadianLinuxUser". Can you not see that he is CHIPPING AWAY at the "Robert Garside" page, reducing it in volume, trimming it down, stripping it away. At the same time he is bolstering the "Jesper Olsen" page. 94.194.61.128 ( talk) 14:10, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl, I have already told you that CanadianLinuxUser is a detractor of Robert Garside. By taking away the ratifications section he suggests that there still is a dispute. There is no dispute. Guinness ratified the world record. He took that whole section away to de-value the record as a validated record.... what's worse is that he is a known sdetractor of ours and he is bolstering the Jesper Olsen (runner) page. It is clear that he is trying to control; both the articles. 94.194.61.128 ( talk) 14:53, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
"CanadianLinuxUser" has edited the "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page 21 times this month, all positive and that add volume to the page. "CanadianLinuxUser" has conflict of interest (COI). Add onto that, that he has edited the "Robert Garside" page 18 times this month, all negative and that subtract volume from the page. That is a fact. Add onto that, that he is known to us as a detractor of "Robert Garside" and tried to prevent "Dromeaz" from editing, so he can get his own way and try to re-write history. As previously stated, we will NEVER stop in protecting the name "Robert Garside" against those who persist in trying to compromise it. 94.194.61.128 ( talk) 15:03, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
I closed a requested move Talk:30 (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)#Requested move (well within the bound of a non-admin closure) as move. There had in the past been two article, one at 30 (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode) and one at 30 (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) which were merged. As these have very overlapping edit histories the redirect at 30 (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) can't be deleted to do the move so I did it by copy and paste, leaving appropriate comment in the edit history and clearly stating what had been done on both talk pages. As we need to keep both pages this seemed like the easiest, and best, way forward. Another non-admin has now reversed it saying they don't think cut and past is appropriate (see the requested move for more detailed reasoning). Could you please advise? Dpmuk ( talk) 09:48, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
P.S. Haven't forgotten about a CCI bot - Christmas has got in the way meaning progress has slowed down a lot. Dpmuk ( talk) 09:48, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Football_in_Indonesia - you have to be strong to go in there, and even more so to come out intact (i saw your activity at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persisam_Putra_Samarinda -) if you dont mind my saying youre a brave person - its a jungle in there - i bellyache regularly to myself at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Indonesia - about the soccer tragics - its like they have no idea when or what - but then it seems to keep happening - as if they want a complete mirror of http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategori:Liga_Indonesia with bells and whistles and not a w:rs in sight - i think in the end bagpipe band articles with no sources have more hope than the soccer chaos - cheers Satu Suro 13:29, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
You blocked User:Bonsort in November for Copyvio. His alter-ego has re-surfaced as User:Bonsort2 - thought you might like to be aware and keep watch. Regards. Velella Velella Talk 23:07, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Take a gander at File:A Different View.png. It was upped as Fair Use, but with an OTRS number attached. The question right now is there is no FUR attached. If the the OTRS is valid and the {{ Non-free logo}} is also correct I think we need to add the {{ Non-free with permission}} tag. On the other hand if the OTRS contains a different license it should be updated. Thanks. (EDIT: Also of note the "source" and "author" both link to the Wikipedia article International Association for Political Science Students, so I am not sure that qualifies as a legit "source" if the OTRS is not from there.)(EDIT TO THE EDIT: See also File:Politikon.png and File:IAPSS Logo.png. File:IAPSS Logo.png was upped in 2008 by another user. The OTRS tag was added by the same user who upped the other two with the same tag and number.) Soundvisions1 ( talk) 18:03, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
I agree to guarantee the publication of these logos ONLY on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
I acknowledge that by doing so I grant only to Wikipedia the right to use the work, for so not allowing any re-use in a commercial product or otherwise, nor any right to modify them, nor allowing third parties to re-use them without consent.
Reason? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.54.30.111 ( talk) 03:56, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Dear MRG, thanks a lot for your help! I'm not that used to en.wiki policies for logos. ;) I (think I) fixed the descriptions, may you take a look at them and tell me if everything's ok? Sorry for disturb. ;) -- Sannita - not just another it.wiki sysop 13:02, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
HI MRG, how are you? Could you please point me to where the "wiki break" templates are? Thank you Jayy008 ( talk) 18:30, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks you Yoenit. Back at ya, MRG. You too, Yoenit. Jayy008 ( talk) 20:42, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl-
My name is Craig Walker - ( Craig F. Walker.) I feel kind of weird approaching you with this question. But here goes- A few months ago I noticed someone had created a profile for me on Wikipedia. I thought it was kind of nice that some took the time- but the actual profile wasn't very well done. Now i see you have deleted it.
I guess I am struggling - trying to decide which is worse... a bad profile - or no profile.
Since I am not familiar with the procedure at Wikipedia - i am hoping you can share your thoughts with me via email at <cwalker@denverpost.com> I do look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely Cfwalker ( talk) 06:36, 20 December 2010 (UTC) craig
Be well- Craig F. Walker Staff Photographer The Denver Post 101 West Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80202
I have done. I've freshly researched and created a new article. Should you be willing to donate a photograph of yourself for it, please let me know, and I'll fill you in on the process. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:02, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl and Kleopatra - Thank you so much for the quick response and for creating the nice profile. I really do appreciate it. I would be happy to share a picture - and more info if you think it is needed. Just let me know what to do. As I said before- Wikipedia is new for me but I'm learning... and hoping I'm using this messaging system properly. Again thank you - and I'll look forward to hearing from you. All best, Cfwalker ( talk) 21:04, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
I'll see what I can find. I looked for a bio with my birthdate and place - but no luck. I was born 07/14/1966 in Shreveport, LA but I don't mention it often because i grew up in York, PA. That's where i consider home. But I'll do some more looking. I'll also try to find a self portrait - and talk with my boss about offering you a picture from the actual story. I'm sure Wikipedia would be fine - but you mentioned it could be published in other places as well? Talk soon - and thank you. Cfwalker ( talk) 22:06, 20 December 2010 (UTC) cfw
Hi! Previously the page for Marc S. Wilson was deleted for copyright issues. I understand why you deleted it. However, I did and continue to have permission from Marc S. Wilson to use the bio straight from the website, www.ksc.ks.gov. If you need his permission personally, please let me know. If you do not agree to publish the previous article, what about the following for the Marc S. Wilson page?
Marc S. Wilson is the Kansas Securities Commissioner. He was appointed by Governor Mark Parkinson to serve as Kansas Securities Commissioner in May 2010. He previously practiced law at Kansas City-area firm Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, specializing in financial services, corporate and nonprofit clients on matters involving mergers and acquisitions, governance, capital structure, regulatory compliance and administrative law.
Wilson earned a J.D. and LL.M. (master of laws) in banking and financial law from Boston University School of Law and an M.B.A. from the Boston University Graduate School of Management. He earned B.A. degrees in Political Science and African and African-American Studies from the University of Kansas. He was born and raised in Hiawatha, Kansas.
Thank you. Meganbottenberg ( talk) 20:09, 20 December 2010 (UTC)Meganbottenberg
Please explain why the article was deleted considering the contents were factual. Baboulas ( talk) 22:57, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you... may I trouble you for a block of Him for harassment and block evasion. He is persistant... CanadianLinuxUser ( talk) 15:09, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello MRG,
My question is if I can add the information (text) on the National Register Nomination document here as found on their website. This would help articles such as Hacienda Santa Rita of which the linked document is the subject. Since this is a US Government form (NPS form 10-900, or OMB No. 1024-0018), can I disregard the institution that prepared the form and assume all text contained therein is PD? Or is this text on the form subject to intellectual rights? I find that the text in these documents are highly encyclopedic and would not be asking otherwise. Also, If the text is PD, what is the best way to add to the Articles? QuAz GaA 19:18, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl,
How are you I hope all is well. I am going to try again to create this article. I am sure you get hundreds of messages and so I am not expecting you will recall our conversation from a few months ago. Please let me know if I need to fill out any new forms to re submit this. I am going to try and make whatever changes are needed.
Thank you, R Rserpa ( talk) 19:57, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
HI,
What was my name when we last spoke? I am not sure what to do at this point. I do not work in a marketing capacity for Mr. Sernack any more but I still train there and was really looking to do this to help him out. Similar to this entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Schulmann although I see this one has some issues as well but it looks like it is at least up as an article. I have been searching the internet for items that I might be able to use to satisfy the notablity criteria but am having a hard time. Here is one I found: http://gma.graciemag.com/2010/01/gma-newsflash/ Slim pickings to say the least.
Part of the problem I am having I am sure is a result of George being a relatively humble person and as such, does not look for or crave the lime light.
In any event, and based on your comments I am thinking that maybe trying to do this is not going to work out. I don't want to submit this inccorectly and make it harder to get approved at a later point. I may doing more harm to him then helping him at this point.
I assume your busy and I don't want to waste your time but can you confirm my assumptions?
Thank you,
R 22:03, 21 December 2010 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rserpa ( talk • contribs)
I've sent an e-mail to permissions from my dartmouth.alum.org account. Hope this is enough proof of my authorship of the original student paper. Thanks so much for your quick reply! Happy Holidays :)
Kim Tran — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ktrain85 ( talk • contribs) 20:01, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, I am happy with your edit and your efforts on the Robert Garside page --- Dromeaz —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.82.115.8 ( talk) 21:34, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey Moonriddengirl, I found someone who cares more about copyright/free content than even you: http://archive.thepeninsulaqatar.com/component/content/article/348-indiaarchiverest/60874.html (last sentence) Hekerui ( talk) 13:51, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl - I touched based with you a while back about the Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA) page you deleted. I was able to get back into my account, and in my research on deleted pages, I saw that some admins can temporarly reinstate a page. I just want to see what was on the page so I can work to create a new page within Wiki's guidelines, but I can't recall all of what was included on the page.
Can you please help!? If it could be reinstated for just one week I can get everything I need, I do not have any issues with the page being deleted, I understand the concerns. I just wanted to see one last time what was included.
Thank you soo much! AFLA Wiki ( talk) 22:52, 17 December 2010 (UTC)AFLA Wiki
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![]() Best wishes to you and your family this holiday season, whether you are celebrating Christmas or a different holiday. It's a special time of the year for almost everyone, and there's always a reason to spread the holiday spirit! ;) Love, -- Meaghan [talk] ≈ 14:34, 22 December 2010 (UTC) |
I have had an OTRS mail about the obituary material added to William Gardner (English coin designer). It turns out that this was added by the author of the obituary. There is a way of depositing consent, isn't there, for such use by the copyright holder? I don't find it that easy to find the relevant page when I need it, though. It is just a question of sending a mail of a certain type to a certain OTRS address, IIRC. Charles Matthews ( talk) 08:53, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, that gives me enough to go on for now. Charles Matthews ( talk) 08:06, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
I think you just had a similar discussion about a similar image. File:Bighorn basin historical marker.jpg is a photo of a historical marker with a "story" on it. It's in a deletion discussion right now but if this text is under copyright should it be speedied? From the text on the marker it is from 1970 at the earliest. Soundvisions1 ( talk) 03:48, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello, User:Shrik88music. With regards to your first question, I think this was covered here. I'm prepared to travel and do not have much time to look through this material. As to the material you had placed under "WANT TO INCORPORATE THIS IN WIKI", I'm afraid that you or the other user are going to have to rewrite it. You can't copy content from previously published sources. I have not looked at them all, but a glance shows me that "In Amar Prem , a disillusioned Rajesh Khanna sought solace in the prostitute played by Sharmila" is not original (cf. [9]). I haven't checked the sources for reliability.
Please don't paste sections of articles on my talk page, at least until after the 29th. I do not wish other users of my talk page to become confused by "reference lists" and such content while I'm away. Thanks. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:10, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey. Was wondering if you could take a quick look at the image at the bottom, since I'm not sure whether to AGF or just delete it due to his other issues. I've handled everything else, so this one can finally be closed and archived :) (no rush since you're away for the week) Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:49, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
Awww, i wanted to be the first one, but i`ll just go on with the spirit and wish you a very happy Christmas and a very WIKI New Year. Zidane tribal ( talk) 07:52, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
It looks like the above user has been infringing copyright for a while. I've got a copy of one of the books Roman Zacharij has been using, Farmers' Oxford Dictionary of Saints, and so will be able to help out the clean up, but in the case of Henry of Coquet I don't have the other source used. While I'd be surprised if the rest of the material wasn't copied, but I can't be certain. How is best to proceed in this instance? My instinct would be to speedy it as a probable copyvio. Nev1 ( talk) 15:17, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Interestingly, it looks like History of the Jews in Brody may be copied substantially from this source (Word document), written by Roman Zakharii. Assuming it's the same person as User:Roman Zacharij (and given the overlap in interests I probably is), how should this be handled? I would think that an OTRS ticket is needed to release the information into the public domain. Nev1 ( talk) 18:16, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello, a brief article describing me and my career (accurately) was taken down. May I ask why? And how can it be restored? I appreciate your answer. 74.73.166.73 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:17, 27 December 2010 (UTC).
Dear Moonriddengirl,
I am writing on behalf of my father David Alan Walker. I was referring a friend to the article included on Wikipedia, when we noticed it had been deleted. My father isn't yet aware of this, though I think it may upset him considerably. He was rather pleased to find he had been included on Wikipedia in this way, since he uses this resource often in his own internet research. You might say he was tickled by this entry, at the very least. Unfortunately my father is very seriously ill at present, which is why I am writing myself to see if we can get this issue resolved between us. I would hate to think that he might take a look at these pages and see he has been 'deleted', in his current state of health, I think he would find this very distressing.
I'm sure you will have taken this action on the basis of a sound rationale regarding copyright. As an academic myself, I am very aware of the issues concerning plagiarism that arise in relation to internet publishing and it is very encouraging that people are actively working to raise the standard of referencing on this popular site in particular. However I would have thought that a qualifying statement about the accuracy of referencing, or the lack of it, would have been sufficient to resolve this problem. It is difficult to see what the problem may have been without looking at the article and checking its sources myself. Alternatively, I would be happy to write an article about my father, or even better, ask one of his colleagues to write one on his behalf. I have no idea how to go about this, but would be very grateful if you could advise me how to do this.
It sounds like you are tremendously busy and I understand you are away at present, however I would be most grateful if you could help me resolve this as soon as possible, as given my father's age and serious nature of his illness, this is a matter of some urgency.
Sending thanks in advance, for taking time to help with this matter,
yours sincerely
Richard Walker (son of David Alan Walker, FRS)
I can be reached at the following address: <redacted for privacy>
81.106.125.226 ( talk) 10:39, 28 December 2010 (UTC).
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For not only devoting yourself to this thankless, tedious and challenging task, but also for spending time educating others on how to spot the problem and fix it themselves. Euryalus ( talk) 12:06, 28 December 2010 (UTC) |
Could you please check if the OTRS ticket info given for this file in the file description (OTRS ticket #2010093010001906) is legit and if someone at OTRS has indeed verified the license status of the image? The image is being constantly re-aadded here at en-wiki by socks of Amir.Hossein.7055. The image's uploader at Commons has been indef blocked earlier this month (after a long series of blocks) for misusing the OTRS system and other copyright problems. Plus the same ticket number is listed by the uploader for several other images (including File:Seyyed Shamseddin Hosseini.JPG). So I am rather suspicious... Thanks, Nsk92 ( talk) 16:34, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey there, I was hoping yourself or a talk page stalker could help me out. I recently removed some info from Kevin Kiley (sportscaster), as it appeared to be a copyvio of his ESPN bio. However, the info has been in the article from creation in 2007, while the website is dated as last updated on September 27, 2009 (but I don't know when it was originally published). So do you know how I can find out if it's a copyvio or a reverse copyvio? Any help would be appreciated. Cheers, Jenks24 ( talk) 07:35, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
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Below are some excerpts from the Jesper Olsen (runner) page and I believe there is a COI issue as many of the assertions on this page are unfounded. References used are from his own web page. That is not a good source and this article is bias. "personal bests" are not supported with references. No proof at all! The lack of "References" and "External links" speak for themselves. Should this article even exist? Here are some specific examples; - 1.
ASSERTION:
He ran around the world in 22 months, from January 1 2004 to the 23rd
October 2005Cite error: A MY ARGUMENT: Where is the proof? The references used are from his own web page. That is not a good source and this article is bias. 3. ASSERTION: Marathon-runner since the age of 15, European elite on 100km and 24-hours. National recordholder on 100km, 24-hours & 6-days (6:58, 224km, 549km); national elite on marathon (2:27). [2] MY ARGUMENT: Again, references used are from his own web page. That is not a good source and this article is bias. 4. ASSERTION: Personal bests
MY ARGUMENT: Again, references used are from his own web page. That is not a good source and this article is bias. The above "personal bests" are not supported with references. No proof at all! The lack of "References" and "External links" speak for themselves. Of course, if this was the "Robert Garside" page the above would not even be there. 81.159.213.234 ( talk) 12:30, 29 December 2010 (UTC) Dromeaz
23:42, 30 December 2010 (diff | hist) Jesper Olsen (runner) (→Journey) 23:34, 30 December 2010 (diff | hist) Robert Garside (Strange.... I thought we changed that..) (top) It shows *suspicious behaviour/COI*, in that he checks the "Robert Garside" page and then goes straight to the "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page. My question is WHY is he checking one page and then the other? His edits show that he is clearly buffering the "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page whilst trying to dampen down the "Robert Garside" page and his verified achievements. I would love an answer to that, but yes, I appreciate you deal with copyright issues and are probably tired of this. Moonriddengirl, it is not me provoking this... please do imagine my frustration when I monitor Wikipedia and see the "Robert Garside" page edited down and down and stripped away and then note the same editor plumping out the "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page without references and records not even verified, just 8 minutes later. And when I bring this to the public's attention, that same editor tries to silence me by getting me barred from Wikipedia. 87.82.115.8 ( talk) 14:53, 31 December 2010 (UTC) Dromeaz
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Dromeaz, the bottom line here is that until you negotiate an unblock, you really are not welcome to participate in article development. I support an exception when it comes to valid content concerns about Robert Garside, but at this point the content in that article seems fine. If there were an urgent BLP or copyright concern with Jesper Olsen (runner), then there would be reason for me to overlook the other concerns and involve myself, but poor sourcing, if such exists, is not in itself an emergency to override blocking policy. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:44, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
I just deleted Laura Foreman. After deletion, and noticing that the editor had several other CSD notices, I saw the note at the top of the page.
I routinely check the talk page of CSD nominated pages, and the talk page of the editor creating the page to ensure that notice has been given. However, I didn't see the notice at the top of the authors talk page.
I left a suggestion that the editor add a note to an article talk page, as this may help forestall future CSD notices. Do you think this advice is helpful?
I'm not an OTRS agent, so I cannot read the permission, but the notice implies that it is blanket permission, not just permission for selected articles. Unless I hear otherwise, I'll assume it is blanket permission, and go ahead and restore the article.-- SPhilbrick T 18:05, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
I've been recently led to believe by a couple of editors that having copyright violations in the history of an article is not such a bad thing, specifically, that once you edit them out of the live view, the article is good to go without any more interference. Is this correct, that we can just copy and paste text and leave it in the edit histories of articles, then remove the copyvio tag and go on as if nothing happened? I want to scream at the petty plagiarism all over these related articles. Then, we're getting an autobiography of a living person as a replacement. -- Kleopatra ( talk) 03:02, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl, I'm new to Wikipedia...and there is something i really need assistance with. I am currently editing a shopping centre page called Westfield Southland and I would like to add in a bus timetable, simmilar to the bus time table used in another article, Westfield Doncaster. The bus timetable is located on the shopping centre's site, but I dont know if I am allowed to copy the bus timetable from it, to Wikipedia. I don't want there to be copyright problems. Can you please help me or give me suggestions on what to do? Thankyou, MelbourneStar1 ( talk) 05:40, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
yup i myself provided u those sources right? i thouht the same scentence would be modified by you. why is it needed that i myself modif? why you removed all the information i added fully..instaed you could have modified them.
anyways do reply to above questions...and iam right away changing them. Quicklight ( talk) 14:48, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
hope now the artilce looks perfect...no issues hope so. please check now and let me know. if any changes is to be made , then even u can do. even i will do but do not remove the facts point blank Quicklight ( talk) 15:14, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
hello u didnt tell me... there is no prob with the article now right? Quicklight ( talk) 15:36, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
but see genaic who is blackmailing me....again she is saying i would be blocked and i am giving personal analysis. sources are provided and i ensured there are no copyright issues either still i am forced to hear such things.. Quicklight ( talk) 12:48, 1 January 2011 (UTC) need your help therefore ...save the article from being devoid of certain facts provided by me with valid references Quicklight ( talk) 13:05, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl :) I will remove bus routes and directions from Westfield Doncaster as well as Westfield Southland
but may I please keep the part of that section where it states that busses serve as public transport for the shopping centres?
And also keep the part where it says that both these centres have a proposal for a railway station -- Which for Doncaster is important, because it is a whole new line with the main station being at Doncaster....for southland, it was initially going to be built in 1991 with the large scale Southland expansion...and only recently the train station has been approved and promised by the State Government.
^ If I just keep those two, I am not really given out directions, I am just saying that the centre has public transport. Wikipedia is not a directory...I read the Wikipedia is Not, article, but many people interested in shopping centres like I am, want to read about these proposals, public transport, majors, history..etc. ---If we delete the whole section, we might as well delete all railway stations articles and bus station articles etc.
Again Thankyou so much! we are all so very close to an agreement.
MelbourneStar1 ( talk) 23:11, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Thankyou Moonriddengirl! The problem has been resolved :)) MelbourneStar1 ( talk) 02:00, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna both of them as a pair were looked upon with affection by the audiences [4]and easily were accepted as a romantic couple in the different musical hits they did together. Rajesh Khanna played the role of an lonely unhappy married man who befriends a prostitude played by Sharmila in Amar Prem. Khanna played the role of husband of Sharmila who gets arrested in murder case and subsequently on the way to prison, the police van meets with an accident and later circumstances forces him to marry another girl to give that girl’s illegitimate child his name. Then Aavishkaar saw them as a married couple who try their best to save their marriage. [5] Tyaag saw Khanna plays a boyfriend who convinces his girlfriend that since her father does not approve of the relationship, they should not marry eachother. Public liked Khanna’s pairing with Mumtaz and Sharmila ,the most as a result there was a big rivalry between the two heroines. [6]
this is the info i want to add. hope now there is no copyright issue. Shrik88music ( talk) 18:31, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
does the incomplete sentence make any sense ?
He formed on screen pairs with many actresses but his pairing especially with actresses like Sharmila Tagore, Asha Parekh, Mumtaz, Hema Malini, Tina Munim, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil and Poonam Dhillon.......what? it needs to be mentioned that these were the most popular as they delivered big hits as a pair
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that is the reason iam insisting that there is no POV thing applicable in that sentence....its necessary that the sentence appear either as He formed on screen pairs with many actresses but his pairing especially with actresses like Sharmila Tagore, Asha Parekh, Mumtaz, Hema Malini, Tina Munim, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil and Poonam Dhillon were the most popular or He formed popular on screen hit pairs with actresses like Sharmila Tagore, Asha Parekh, Mumtaz, Hema Malini, Tina Munim, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil and Poonam Dhillon. just convey the same to genaic who is missing the point. Shrik88music ( talk) 04:01, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Happy New Year! Drmies ( talk) 03:13, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, and Happy New Year. Responding to your request for help, I've just checked and deleted an article that was listed on the CP problems page. I see from the response template that I am supposed to leave a "CUP notice" somewhere, but I am not sure what this is. Maybe I am blind but I can't see any further explanation on that page or the admin page. Clarification welcomed! -- Slp1 ( talk) 16:42, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
I loved your "Admins Wanted" pix you put at WP:AN I have added it to WP:ADMIN. Cheers The Resident Anthropologist ( talk) 02:47, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
I was wondering why the page Ricky Adam was deleted? A few people contacted me about this and I thought I would get in touch.
Thanks - Ricky 80.6.156.96 ( talk) 12:19, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. Thanks for the tip. When I'm translating an article my edit summary normally states "expansion from German Wikipedia" or "final expansion from German Wikipedia". Is that okay? I must admit I don't normally state anything on initial creation of an article as I always assumed the automatic message "Created page with..." was good enough along with the talk page tag. Should I put something like "Created page based on German Wikipedia article" in the edit summary? -- Bermicourt ( talk) 21:02, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
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08:16, 2 January 2011 (UTC)First, a happy new year, Moonriddengirl, and thanks for your calm handling of the Logger9 copyvio case. As you might have seen, there are new posts by this user on his talk page that demonstrate more clearly than ever his unability to cooperate: In a discussion with Jdrewitt he treats users that oppose his editing style as "monkeys". Then, he posts a "rewrite" about density functional theory ("DFT") that shows that he still hasn't understood what copyright and plagiarism mean: he just varied a few more words per paragraph. Besides that, the suggested text ignores that there is already an article density functional theory, and it is just the kind of incredibly bad writing nobody wants.
I think whatever we do should have some consequence. This discussion is now going on for quite long, and I think the only sensible outcome be a ban of this person. Otherwise he will come back in some weeks or months, and we will have to rediscuss all this over and over again. I would like to ask you to advise how to proceed. Thanks again, -- Marie Poise ( talk) 07:14, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Please unblock me Rameshvyas —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.94.129.125 ( talk) 13:39, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
John ibn Jowey from [11] Sarjoon from [12] Thanks. Hope you had a good Christmas and New Year. Dougweller ( talk) 14:17, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
No, no… it's not a problem with this CCI again! :-) I just wanted to let you know that I am done reviewing these images, including the Commons files. I know there are still some yet to be reviewed, but those are the ones I am unsure about or don't have the courage to tag for deletion (due to the heated arguments over the rationales). I hope the CCI will be archived soon! Jsayre64 (talk) 17:11, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Ok! Most of the content for the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Neteler come from the page http://gis.fem-environment.eu/neteler/ but, this page is licensed as CC-BY-SA The information is on the footer!!! Do you need the letter? Sorry if i come late, but i was in hollPage license: CC-BY-SA -- Napowiki ( talk) 23:57, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to wish you a Happy New Year. I recently saw a couple of reverts you had done for COPYVIOs on articles I was watching. Thank you for working on a most important issue which isn't always urgent and using a professional approach to issues instead of focusing on the editor. I appreciate your dedication to helping build the encyclopedia. SBaker43 ( talk) 01:52, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
and on an article on an important person. I thought it was too well written so I threw it in search: Bruno Schultz. The biography section appears to be copied from here [13] which I understand is an "official review". Please let me know if this is in fact cv so i can fix it. Thanks! Volunteer Marek ( talk) 07:10, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Hope the holidays were good for you.
Here is a question - OTRS check please. File:Michael Palin.jpg is on Wikimedia Commons, with a Flickr source licensed as non-commercial. I stumbled on an old (2006) discussion where the image was obtained by permission and someone suggested an email be sent to OTRS. The response was "Permissions already archived it." I know the "FlickreviewR" supposedly verified the license in 2007 but if there is an OTRS it should be put on the image. Yes? No? Soundvisions1 ( talk) 03:21, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
First, you have failed to point out where there was any kind of copyright violation, and I really fail to see where half the article is plagiarized. I removed the tag because it seemed to be blatantly in error. Second, I really don't like your threat of sanctions against my account one little bit, I think your tone was very WP:UNCIVIL, and just straight up out of line. I hope we can settle this like adults and I won't have to bring this into dispute resolution. Iamcuriousblue ( talk) 11:48, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm terribly sorry!!!!! I have no idea how that happened - somehow I unintentionally clicked on a "rollback" button against your edit, rather than a history button against a completely different page.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa.
Pdfpdf (
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And now, of course, I want to know why you found it amusing!
Hi there. I actually wanted to help out here (I even mentioned it in my RFA) but each time I looked, there was no backlog. You and others seemed to be on top of it. I am still willing to help out, and I'm assuming there is a need since you posted about it. I will start making a habit to visit the page and clear anything that needs doing. -- Andy Walsh (talk) 21:08, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi dear, This is malghalaray and i created The Page " DR FAY KHAN " and its been block several time and i gave explanations about it, that the source you are linked " http://www.wix.com/faykhan/faykhanweb1 " is the page where anyboday can creat pages with out copyright and the same link is also created by me but there is no way to delete it. I know Dr Fay khan Personaly. his email is " drfaykhan@gmail.com " i can give you his contact information for the copy right issu. so please its my own sentences and i creat those pages my self and there is no copy right issu with it. if you have any quiestion please feel free to contact me.
Malghalaray — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malghalaray ( talk • contribs) 18:59, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi! When you have time, would you be willing to take a look at the conversation here and see if there's a better way to explain my concerns (or straighten me out if I'm missing something, naturally)? I seem to be at an impasse. VernoWhitney ( talk) 19:09, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. I had a question about copyright policy and someone suggested that you may be able to help me out. Any ideas? 28bytes ( talk) 22:56, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Re: this protection edit - I think perhaps the length of semi-protection might be incorrect (looks like it only lasted an hour). Just thought you'd want to know, as another IP came along and seemingly vandalized it immediately (but who right now seems to be doing AGF edits after all). Shearonink ( talk) 05:40, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry to bug you, but I didn't know what steps needed to be done to vet the contributions of Occoquan ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) that I uncovered this morning as a sock of Pohick. If you let me know what to do I can handle that step. Thanks! Syrthiss ( talk) 18:29, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, everybody. :) Silver seren, as you know, this is really a conversation for WT:CSD. WP:CSD#G5 is policy because at least at some point that perspective gained consensus and so far consensus has not swayed completely in the other direction. In a sense, making bans stick is preventative (not punative) if it keeps bans from becoming meaningless. In my current Wikipedia state of mind, I would be selective in G5ing. Serial copyright infringers, hoaxers, others whose edits might cause difficult-to-discern damage I'd G5 readily. Others, it would depend. I knew that User:Dromeaz was an indef-blocked contributor pretty much from my first encounter with him, and though he didn't create new articles I made no waves about his contribution. It felt best for the project that he be permitted to discuss his concerns and participate in development of the article, until things got out of hand. Even now, I would still engage his IPs as long as he is on topic. That's what WP:IAR is all about. I think in each case we have to weigh the long-view good of the project; sometimes that may mean keeping an article contributed by an indeffed or banned contributor, and sometimes that may mean deleting it. I support the policy, myself, but I support applying it sensibly. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:30, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello! These templates are based on an (at the time) 1,5 years old version of {{ uw-block1}}. First of all, I think they should be edited to transclude the {{ uw-block}} template. That way, the cblock templates are always up-to-date. Second, what about merging these templates and then move that merged template to the template space? They are certainly useful for any administrator who blocks a user for copyright violations. And what about implementing them in Twinkle? Moonriddengirl, do you have any objections? Hey Mid ( contribs) 19:41, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, i just delete the link " http://www.wix.com/faykhan/faykhanweb1 " now there is NO COPY RIGHT problum. i hope that my link DR FAY KHAN will be restore soon. if you have any further question please feel free to contact me.
Thanks, Malghalaray. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malghalaray ( talk • contribs) 05:59, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Worth pursuing? Talk:Andrew Wakefield#Washington Times copyvio. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 11:35, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Korea Communications Commission. It was deleted almost a year ago. No copyright related contents. Just translated the core stuff from the Korean version of this article. Is everything ok with this? Komitsuki ( talk) 13:34, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
Re. your concerns about the copyright on this image, can we continue the discussion on my talk page so I can maintain the thread there? Thanks Spy99 ( talk) 18:27, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Sir i am the auther of the page i created the page. those are my words and sentences. you can recheck the web its not any where els. why wikipedia is giving hard time to me for the page DR FAY KHAN or FAY KHAN. how can i solve the problum. need you kindly advice — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malghalaray ( talk • contribs) 20:15, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I'm thinking about attaching the exact quote from the copyrighted source to each citation in an article - where the citation doesn't already link to a free online version. Provided they are short, one- or two-sentence quotes, can you see any copyright violation there?
The purpose would be to make the whole article instantly verifiable by all readers. Anthonyhcole ( talk) 04:15, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, First off, I am a Sigma Nu alumni from a chapter that has been active for over 125 years. Secondly, I am curious as to why you deleted the entire history portion of the Sigma Nu Fraternity entry. It is clearly marked in the "Terms of Use" for the website, that non-commercial usage (even complete copies) are permitted so long as all copyright and other proprietary notices are retained. I understand your reasoning as listed on the talkpage for Sigma Nu. However, I do not know if you realized the exact ToU for Sigma Nu's online information. 71.225.111.140 ( talk) 06:57, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Please see the discussion at User talk:Mkativerata#Question. Essentially, I would like to contribute to the cleanup process with regards the Epeefleche CCI, however I am wary that should I start editing articles on mass it will be taken the wrong way by the subject, and I have no desire for further drama. As such I have created a subpage in my userspace ( here) where I have listed articles that I have found problems with. Articles with no issues, I shall check of the CCI list myself. If this does not help you with the cleanup process please let me know. Thanks, wjemather bigissue 10:53, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl and a belated Happy New Year.
I wonder whether you might be able to help with a problem that has arisen on Eugenics.
I discovered two copyvios in Eugenics and made a report here Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2011_January_10.
I left a message at the talk page of the editor reponsable and put what I thought was the correct template on the article page itself, twice. It was twice removed as vandalism, first by the editor reponsable Giornorosso ( talk · contribs) and then by another user. I was surprised that it replaced the whole article, but I have seen that before (when there were copyvios in a whole series of mathematics articles by Henry Delforn, e.g. on Quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations).
I was surprised myself by the effect of the template on the article, which other users, such as Old Moonraker ( talk · contribs), mistook for vandalism.
I have left details of the two problematic passages here [14], having mentioned the fact the hopefully you would be able to help us sort out this matter.
Thanks in advance, Mathsci ( talk) 11:43, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
I've picked up this phrase, "becalmed in the bight", at Action_of_1_January_1800#Background and raised it at FAC here.
Seems to occur in a book by JF Cooper that treats the same event: (google search). But then a number of texts use it, at least one in a quite different context. I'm unsure about this; it may be quite ok. Surprising that the Cooper source is listed in the refs, but is not the referred source at that point. Maybe the phrase has gone viral on the net, which does reduce the benchmark for plagiarism, I think. Tony (talk) 13:19, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
I have tagged Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu as a copyvio because it appears to have been copy pasted from this source. I do like to bring such matters to your attention and appreciate your diligence regarding the deficiencies. My76 Strat 13:54, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello again, Moonriddengirl! I came to you before for an Editor's review of the bio for Sarah Cahill (pianist). Thanks again!
As you can see on my user page I have contributed a public domain photo and have the opposite problem that you usually find. I have suggestions regarding how to improve the chances that others might succeed in making successful public domain contributions, and specific issues with the language in the copyright alerts that are meant to guide the contributor.
While it is true that I was lucky to have found this particular photo, it is very likely that there are more photos that would benefit WP greatly, as the time period covered is subject to copyright in the US. This Polish magazine has been in publication continuously and I have a contact that writes articles today in that magazine, and gave me the assurance that these photos are public domain. He uses old issues of the magazine himself as the "photo archive"; he scans old issues and re-uses them when needed, along with new articles. That is why you see that image in an article published in 2006. That's about sixty years worth of issues that qualify, and I could easily ask my contact for likely subjects and date ranges to search.
However, I find that the details of the {{ PD-Poland}} assertion and its guidelines are fatally flawed and self-contradictory. I go into painful detail as to why, in the "Todo" section on my user page. I also offer ideas for how to present the unique opportunity that is {{ PD-Poland}} better, hopefully. I would really appreciate if you could assess my ideas or refer me to the person must knowledgable about not only copyright restrictions, but when and why such restrictions are not applicable. As it is now, assuring "public domain in the USA" is impossible because it doesn't recognize "never published in the USA" and would seem to require that a {{ PD-Poland}} photo never published in the US be published before 1923. That is the publication year before which copyright expires today, but in my situation there is nothing to expire. The public domain doesn't expire, although {{ PD-Poland}} stops cold in 1990 something. These photos were published first and only in Poland, hence the opportunity. I'm quite confident that if I did see my photo published in the US somewhere, any assertion of US copyright would actually be theft, which I could verify. As opposed to {{ PD-Poland}} defeated by a valid US copyright.
US copyright law is weighed so heavily to one side, it would seem to trump all other Commons and public domains, but it doesn't in a few extremely narrow cases. Photos by Polish photographers published in Poland before 1990 something with no copyright notice attached, never published in the US, is the magic CC-0. I'd like to hear someone argue otherwise, actually. I'm that confident!
I've made my case and await judgement or feedback from you, or any editor you might suggest. Sorry for the verbosity, but I think the possibility of a raft of CC-0 photos does deserve help from the very top legal authority here, if needed.
Your in optimistic sincerity, Reechard ( talk) 22:12, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll turn to that when I have a block of time to start by addressing the first article. It's helpful.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 01:50, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl
I noticed that a page on Ruth Oldenziel has been deleted by you, but I couldn't find out the reason, except that it had apparently been started by a now banned user.
As far as I know the deleted material was correct and useful. If someone creates a new wikipedia page with precisely this content, will there be a problem?
Yours Richard Gill Richard Gill ( talk) 11:15, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
I agree 100% about the semi-protection of the page. Although, while you just joined in removing IPs mess from articles regarding the Bad Girls Club, I begin trying to expand the article on my sandbox ( User:AJona1992/Sandbox9). I wrote everything in my own words, but before doing anything, I need some second opinions on what I should do next? Such as, if I copy and paste everything (not currently finished) then the article will gain 90,000 bytes, or should I do individual articles of each season episodes, but then IPs would be vandalizing them. If you can give me any insight on what I should do, that'll be great, thanks :) AJona1992 ( talk) 14:19, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment about the copywrite issue. When I decided to do an article on a report I thought about some of those problems and was aware of putting in the quotation marks. Thanks for pointing out wording that slipped by me. I have examined the whole article, comparing it with the original report and have rewritten another part which was verbatim. I don't believe that there are any other non-quoted verbatim texts which have slipped by me.
I am not a lawyer, but I would be surprised if there is a copyright issue. The report was commissioned by the Swiss parliament to be a public report and was posted by the commission on its website as were the 25 volumes of specialized reports that were incorporated into the final report. I suppose that the listed copyright by Pendo Verlag is related to the published hard copy.
It is the first time I have edited an entry on a single report but I thought that it would be worth the effort to make this material available (the report is after all over 500 pages and hightlights important issues.) I realized early on that I would have to use more quotations and footnotes than I normally would, but thought that the words of the commission were better than a paraphrase, particularly of their conclusions. I don't really understand what it means to use them "tranformatively" but guess that this and the term "derivative work" has to do with copyright law. However, if this runs up against the law, the only alternative I could see would be to reduce the size to something like a bloated executive summary which would be a pity. As for plagiarism, it seems clear with all those footnotes that we are not trying to pass the work of others as ours... Joel Mc ( talk) 09:14, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
Advice from User:Derek R Bullamore pointed me in your direction, saying you are the bees-knees in dealing with these little horrors. Please look at: Pido Lalimarmo. This one's been in this state since Nov 2009. It appears a straight copy from a web article from 2004: [16]. Why has no-one picked-up on this blatant promotionese filch in the past year; it must be copyvio against Warner Music mustn’t it? I’d be grateful for your help – I’m inexperienced in this type of Wiki misdemeanor, so perhaps you or your readers might like to get your teeth in: if not, give me pointers please.
Best wishes, Acabashi ( talk) 03:07, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi MRG :) If you have a couple of minutes to spare (unlikely I know!), can I request your expert opinion here? If not, no worries. Thanks, EyeSerene talk 10:09, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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Many thanks for cleaning up Sinn Sisamouth - it looks like that one went back a long way! -- Boing! said Zebedee ( talk) 11:04, 14 January 2011 (UTC) |
Hi - sorry that I had not re-edited the section in time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martincvs ( talk • contribs) 16:34, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
A photographer who shot most of her images between 1950 and the 1970s, recently deceased, but who never showed her images to anyone and never published them. An anon IP has suggested, see here, that her images are now PD. I doubt this quite a lot. Would you care to answer anon IP's question on the talk page? Thanks. -- Moni3 ( talk) 18:05, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, good thing you caught me, I was hitting "save" just as the message came through. Mandsford 02:37, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
Another one I think. As far as I can see its cobbled together from two pre-Wiki-creation articles. The article: Óscar López: created by IP 112.198.79.67 [17] on April 25th 2010.
Chunks of it appear copy-pasted from [18] (see text down the right hand side) from April/May 2004, and [19] (right at the bottom of the page – it grays-out but you can still see it) from March 20th 2010.
There is broadly the same article on Phillipines Wiki, [20], created in 2007, three years after the Lopez Family Values article, but the real give-away I think is the unrelated words "(see main story in this issue)" in the 'Contribution to the Community' section in both Wikipedia and Phillipines Wiki... (got the old antenna wobbling), indicating a filch in both, from either Lopez Family Values or something even earlier. What is interesting is that the Russian-registered essaysforstudent.com article is itself partially copy-pasted from earlier sources - you can't trust anything! But I think we can be sure that our Wiki article is at the end of a line of copy cheating - just shows how difficult it is to trust anything written onto web pages as being an original source.
Is this another scalp for you? Best wishes, Acabashi ( talk) 20:21, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl,
We seem to have had a break in our communication. You requested from your last email if the documents I have are written documents or scanned documents and I did mention that they are scanned documents which are part typing and part handwritten completions by the owners of the pictures. Is there an email address I can email them to? Please advise. I have also taken a look at that site for the foundation but did not see any contact details there, can you please help?
kind regards--Smikect 12:28, 16 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smikect ( talk • contribs)
Hey MRG, I just wanted to ask what may be an obvious question. If an article contains a blatant copyvio, and then is reworded to avoid it, should it, without question, be listed for Revdel and marked on
WP:SCV with {{
SCV|histpurge}}
? I was kind of presuming so, since that's why the template exists, but wasn't sure if that was prevailing practise? Any advice much appreciated as usual! --
Beloved
Freak
19:42, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Not a copyvio question, but see Armageddon top image. Thanks. -- Dougweller ( talk) 21:40, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
I am working on a related article, and while adopting content from that article I discovered it may be a copyvio of [21]. Our article is from 2010, IA confirms that page existed since 2008. Close or verbatim paraphrase starts from "Around 1970-71, the centre of graffiti innovation moved to New York City" I think, could be earlier. Seems rather widespread... PS. On the other hand, this could be a false alarm, it seems that content was split from graffiti where it existed in 2007. I'd appreciate your input on whether I can reuse content from that article, or should it be rewritten? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:12, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Quick question about this comment on Garside page: "(redundant wikilink removed; please don't approve this, bystanders. It's to test a new reviewer with an issue. :) " Since I put that edit in there... I'm wondering what's it all about? CanadianLinuxUser ( talk) 21:40, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I ran into Ahmetyal ( talk · contribs) at the CP page. On looking through his contributions, almost everything seems to be either a direct copy from one of his sources, or a close paraphrase. Luckily, he actually provided his sources so they are easy to check. I'm going to start going through them, but I'm not sure if we want to open a CCI or not. -- Andy Walsh (talk) 21:45, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I just wanted to say thanks for moving the new article across into the old space. It's appreciated :)
Regards, ManicSpider ( talk) 02:22, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks a ton for restoring the article Shankardev Kalakshetra. Very appreciable! Killerdove 09:10, 17 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Killerdove ( talk • contribs)
Hey, if you have a few minutes, can you look over the few articles on User:Ctjf83#Articles I've Started for copyvio issues? I use the tool you told me about, and looked it over manually, and believe I have addressed all the issues. No rush, my current RfA is all but dead, so not even gonna bother saying on there the issues are fixed. Thanks! CTJF83 chat 12:53, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi MRG, I've just broken the 3RR. How long will I get blocked for? Jayy008 ( talk) 21:27, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I see that the revert-warring is continuing. I've issued you both a warning. Further reverts from either of you will almostly certainly lead to a block. So don't, please. I cann't provide a third-opinion in this case. What I will do is copy the conversation over to the article talk page and try to find a neutral third party for you both. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:43, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm sorry that I did that as I'm sure you have much better things to do with your time here. It's just I've been here a while and now because he got away with all that bullying bad faith to me last time, that I can get away with it now. Jayy008 ( talk) 21:55, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Is one opinion enough? Jayy008 ( talk) 22:46, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
As you're my go-to gal for copyright concerns, I'd like to request a rollback of apple cider vinegar (currently listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 January 9). The copyrighted content in question was added in this edit of 9 December 2010. I believe this should resolve the issue. Thanks! Sławomir Biały ( talk) 01:08, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hmm. I'm more concerned with content under "Health benefits." For example:
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It continues like this, presenting the same studies and facts selected by Wong in pretty much the same structure. Similarities in language are enough to make me uneasy, but would not be an issue if not for the solitary reliance on this source and the point-for-point reproduction of its fact selection criteria. This content was evidently added by a student ( [23]), who may not have the writing experience yet to understand the amount of rewriting required in paraphrasing. Rather than rolling it back, though, I think it would probably be better to just cut out those remaining sections that follow too closely, replacing them if there was prior material on the same topic. If you guys agree, I'll go ahead and do that. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:20, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I was doing some research on the Scottsboro Boys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsboro_Boys and I was wondering why the wiki page for Victoria Price http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Price was deleted. Any incite on this would be helpful.
Thank you,
BillyZ313 ( talk) 00:27, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, there is a user who keeps vandalising the article Mahinda Rajapaksa, I have warned him many times and told him to use the talk page to settle his issues, yet he still continues. I have tagged him but he keeps blanking his talk page, now he is making personal comments towards me. Can you please block him or tell him to stop. Thanks.-- Blackknight12 ( talk) 04:16, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
I was disappointed to see you had deletd the article about her because I was s student of hers in Rome in 1973-74 and I was hoping to find out about her an d possibly reach her. Can you tell me where to look for info? Thanks.∼∼∼∼ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.69.40 ( talk) 10:29, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
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Removed issue about some film images, I'll post to Coren's page instead. 67.117.130.143 ( talk) 16:44, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
I am so very sorry for your migraines. I hope you feels better soon. I sure know how the drugs can affect you (Oh you already know that about me!) You have my total empathy. My edits are going well, not going to bother you with minor stuff. Just feel better and we will communicate soon. God Bless and Happy Holidays! Namaste...14:29, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
User:RedKnight 1 deleted a massive amount of text on Seymour Expedition and replaced it with a section he copied entirely, word by word, from another wikipedia article, Boxer Rebellion, the specific section is Boxer_rebellion#Seymour_Expedition.
Not only that, he failed to mention how exactly the original material was POV, and when i restored the original, referenced material, he reverted back to copyvio again
His only explanation for his removal was to be extremely rude, calling me an idiot and for me to be banned, refusing to explain why he deleted the referenced material and replacing it with copyvio. (note, i have never met this user before, and have no idea why he is being hostile and not assuming good faith, given that hes been around for a year)
I presented him with evidence that my material was correct and faithful to the references, and demanded an explanation as to why it was removed, and how exactly it was POV.
He claimed he would explain why in a day, but one day passed and he hasn't showed up. Its rather convinient that since his copyvio version is still showing, that he feels no need to explain himself. Дунгане ( talk) 01:52, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Hope you doing well. Please keep an eye on article Islam as I need it requires page protection in order to avoid distortion. Also please keep an eye on User AllahLovesYou. User has been deliberately distorting article in bad faith against all other sects. user breached the 3RR rule here [1] with more than 8 edits a day on the same article.- Humaliwalay ( talk) 06:41, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. No issues I understood and when needed shall be doing as suggested. - Humaliwalay ( talk) 12:22, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey MRG, I tagged 2010 Asian Para Games with {{ cv-unsure}} on the talk page a while ago, but I was kind or wondering what the next step is. The way the article is written, almost promotional in tone (cf. "As the inaugural Asian Para Games for Asia, this event is expected to become the benchmark for all future Asian Para Games."), seems to suggest it might've been taken from some sort of page or booklet describing the new event... I'm also unsure as yet how to fully utilise tools like WikiBlamer to help find who could've added any of the questionable material. So I was wondering if you could help on either front? This is an ongoing sporting event so it would seem to suggest that there must be a few hundred people reading the article daily at this time and this is a big copyright violation for all to see... Strange Passerby ( talk • contribs) 12:20, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
From Dromeaz: These were just some news stories about Robert Garside that I thought may be of use:
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/PlanetaBizarro/0,,MUL15762-6091,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6509977.stm http://www.sportshollywood.com/shnews2000.html http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/33321_running_man_rob_steps_out_in_us http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/41081_roberts_gump_into_record_books
good luck. 87.82.115.8 ( talk) 14:45, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Well gee, I don't know. Since I have been unfairly barred, it's up to you. I do note however CanadianLinuxUser's suspicious editing of the dispute section. How is it fair that you let direct enemies of mine edit my name? How can this be fair? Why don't you just take off EVERYTHING and just have one section called DISPUTE and let put whatever they want to there? That will suit them fine too won't it? Why are a handful of detractors/direct enemies being allowed to customise the Robert Garside page to suit their twisted ideas? What next?
Hello, again. Could you take a look at this article that I came across. I removed a whole section from the article, as it was a straight lift from Allmusic (see Talk:Tripsichord Music Box). Upon reflection, the next section in the piece is copyright dubious as well. I thought rather than this bumbling amateur dabbling in the matter, I had better consult the oracle. Hope you are well, by the way; if not, perhaps that little piece of flattery will lift your spirits ! Thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 17:03, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
It is brand new information. What do we have to do to get the page put back up or get someone else to do it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Butaflycco ( talk • contribs) 20:14, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for dealing with the copyright issues concerning Pawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site. As a relatively new editor, I was uneasy about deleting a large slug of content; I was afraid I'd get one of those snappish messages about don't-delete-it-improve-it. I appreciate your work on copyright matters, which is probably a lot less fun than writing articles, and probably gets you a lot of not-so-civil comments. You're helping to make WP a better place. Thanks-- Ammodramus ( talk) 21:28, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasonic_impact_treatment
Copyleft notice added to footer of page here: http://appliedultrasonics.com/solutions.html (this page has most of the technical info) Full text of Copyleft statement here: http://appliedultrasonics.com/copyleft.html
Is it possible to restore the old Wikipedia entry and simply delete the THEORY section, which was what suggestBot didn't like? Or do I need to rebuild the entire entry?
Thanks Moonriddengirl Crockett Dunn ( talk) 20:38, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Hola. Thanks for restoring! The Temp page is just a replacement for the Theory section, without the copyright issues. If you can paste it in there, great. If not, I'll have it redone.
The benefits section is all information which is included in the "Video" section of the Copylefted page of the website. Does that take care of that issue?
Thanks for all of your help.
Almost forgot: Is there anyway to email subscribe to watch page changes? Feedburner the RSS, maybe? Or does Wikipedia have anything more direct?
Crockett Dunn ( talk) 22:46, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for restoring the Theory section. I'll see about the date of the "benefits" video, or just re-write it. Ah ha! Feedmyinbox.com works for emailing daily updates of an RSS feed, in this case, the watchlist feed. Thank you for all of your help! -- Crockett Dunn ( talk) 18:07, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
hi there!
I was just sitting here procrastinating and I decided to read my wife's wiki page (after I successfully wasted the whole morning looking at everyone else's too...) and I discovered that her page has been deleted. suzanne bocanegra. I followed your links to the best of my ability and discovered that you had made this decision based on inclusion in her page of somematerial posted by a serial copyright infringer - I have no idea what that was or who that is. but I am curious if you can give me any advice on how to get the page back? I don't remember anything other than public record material on her page - awards, education, shows, etc. - and neither she nor I nor anyone we know ever posted any of the information there to begin with. but we definitely miss it! can you tell us what to do? thanks! you can write us back at <redacted for privacy> 74.66.20.84 ( talk) 19:42, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, a few months ago, I got a Google alert that a Wiki page had been created about me. Obviously, it was a nice feeling. Today, I discovered that it was taken down. I have no clue who made the page to begin with (how does one figure that out?) but could you please explain why you took it down? Sorry, I don't really understand how Wiki editorial decisions are made. Thank you, http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Moonriddengirl&action=edit§ion=new# —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.77.98.83 ( talk) 00:49, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Your actions are inflammatory. You do not understand the situation, so you pour gasoline on it? That does not speak well of your ability to remain an admin in my opinion. Wjhonson ( talk) 00:56, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
I see your actions as inflammatory. I explained very clearly why Genealogics is not a mirror nor a fork. You completely ignored my explanation and removed the link. That inflames the situation. That is not part of conflict resolution, that is part of conflict escalation. Address directly, exactly what I stated. And don't merely repeat that they copy, when I've pointed out several times, that they do not.Wjhonson (talk) 01:09, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi MRG, I know how busy you are but I was hoping you could take a look at a deletion discussion involving a photograph of a sign on Commons. Commons users aren't as familiar as you with copyvio standards for text. It's located at commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Lendal Tower, York (21st October 2010) 001.jpg. Thanks! Dcoetzee 01:59, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi there, Mind chiming in at Wikipedia:Suspected copyright violations/2010-12-07 (top entry in the list, how convenient)? I think this one is borderline. MLauba ( Talk) 12:50, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
You and the copyright wallahs who lurk here might like to review a copyright problem for JohnCD at the aforelinked talk page. I've given my opinion. Uncle G ( talk) 13:05, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Not sure where to ask this as it seems a little complex for the suspected copyvio board. On the article Supply chain management an editor recently made what looked like a "refspam" run. I was able to find a copy of the book referenced on google books, only to note that it seems to be a exact duplicate of many sections of the article (specifically that "problems in SCM" section). Since the wiki content seems to not only pre-date the publication of the book, but it also appears to have grown organically, I reverted the refs to that book. Questions: (1) can you (or one of the other copyvio pros) verify my conclusions, and (2) do we normally follow up on misuse of our content like this (the book does not appear to credit wiki)? Thanks for anything you can clear up! ( link to book, link to revert. Kuru (talk) 01:18, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
That dispute will still be there later. May I recommend that you slow down and give the regulars a chance? I'm absolutely convinced that you have much more productive and less soul-destroying things to do right now. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 23:47, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
you deleted Isabella Wall from the list of Dominicans. May I know why? - Thank you
EV 69.111.14.224 ( talk) 06:12, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Question regarding the deletion of Solar Photovoltaic Academic Research Consortium, it was flagged for copyright issues and I posted a note on the talk page that I was the orignator and copyright holder of the information on the page in question, can you please undelete and mark this as ok, or is a significant rewrite required?
Thanks. Swansearpl ( talk) 11:53, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi again. I have a question about Canada–Tonga relations. This edit by User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) appears to restore a few short sentences (some copied, some close-paraphrased). I don't want to risk an edit war by stubbing again, and a WP:Copyright problems listing would be processed after WP:Articles for deletion/Canada–Tonga relations is closed.
Thanks. Flatscan ( talk) 05:01, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, could you give an opinion on this? A street sign outside Liu's wife's apartment, in Chinese (to do with the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize fiasco), was rendered in rather ambiguous English by the South China Morning Post (English-language newspaper), and "quoted" in WP directly from the newspaper's quoted translation: "The road is under construction, please understand".[ref] It's unclear how bossy the sign really was, and it does affect the context. One editor suggests inserting square brackets after seeing the original Chinese text of the sign: "The road is under construction, please [be] understand[ing]". Does this run into a problem in implying that the SCMP itself inserted the square-bracket disambiguation? Tony (talk) 10:42, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Moonriddengirl, I see that the Communities That Care article is once again available for viewing. Thank you! Preventionbetterthancure ( talk) 18:29, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
[5] - long story short, one editor copied the content from 2010 Atlantic hurricane season and pasted it into List of storms in the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. As it was a complete redundancy, I just redirected it back to the main article, but I was wondering if there were any GFDL problems associated with that. -- Hurricanehink ( talk) 02:22, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
So in light of the ongoing mass rollout of the Open Government License to cover Crown Copyright material (see e.g. Note at the bottom Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-12-06/GLAM-WIKI London), after doing some research I created {{ OGL}} and the corresponding commons:Template:OGL for images. I've now created {{ OGL-text}} and was hoping you and/or your stalkers could take a look at it (and my research notes) and see if I've messed anything up. VernoWhitney ( talk) 15:52, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Could you take a look at User talk:VernoWhitney#Confirmation OTRS template and the related Ticket:2010121610031485 and weigh in? I was thinking a note similar to what User:Leningradartist has on their userpage would be sufficient, but I thought you might have a better idea. VernoWhitney ( talk) 21:47, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I appreciate your attention to this issue. -- Mibelz 10:18, 18 Dec 2010 (UTC)
WP:DENY. Unblock conditions have been offered at your current primary account. You will not be heard on wikipedia under any other circumstances.
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Do pay attention to the EDITING HISTORY of "CanadianLinuxUser". No doubt he is a detractor of "Robert Garside", whose identity is well-known. "CanadianLinuxUser" also edits the JESPER OLSEN (runner) page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/CanadianLinuxUser 87.194.42.37 ( talk) 13:39, 14 December 2010 (UTC) Dromeaz
IF - and you probably won't - look back at the HISTORY of the editing of Robert Garside and IF - and you probably won't - look at my contributions, you will see that all I have ever done is defend the name "Robert Garside" and I have been more than fair, despite unjust personal attacks. I have not contravened policy, just argued my case well. Since you have forgotten, Robert Garside has appeared in a derrogatory light on the following pages over several years: Guinness World Records, Royal Holloway University, Franz Lidz..... "Robert Garside" has also appeared on numerous other pages, therefore there is due cause to be diligent. There have been personal attacks against Robert Garside and as a consequence of defending or undoing unfair edits, we have been blocked. That is ridiculous. Fact is that we will continue to monitor the page and correct errors, unbalanced edits or bias edits. Of course, you allow the "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page to be based on references purely from his own web blog... but if I edit something into the "Robert Garside" page it is removed, even though I reference it to a news story. Double standards exist and as previously stated, the discearning of Wikipedia's readers already know it. 87.194.42.37 ( talk) 15:27, 14 December 2010 (UTC) Dromeaz.
FROM DROMEAZ: 1. You write, "...which led me to my personal opinion". Wikipedia is not about personal opinions and I am not a detractor of anyone. You got that the wrong way around. 2. If you search for "Jesper Olsen", you will find a page about a footballer. "Jesper Olsen (runner)" is different. How did you find that page in the first place when it is obscure? And given that there is no mention of me on there, how did you find the "Robert Garside" page after that? 3. It's funny, is it not, that all of your edits on "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page are POSITIVE, even though it is his web blogs that forms the references AND all of your edits about "Robert Garside" are NEGATIVE. Strange. 4. You may hide behind being a Wikipedia administrator, which you no doubt promoted yourself into being, but your true identity does not fool me. THIS IS A SMOKE SCREEN. I know who you are and it is a shame that Moonriddengirl does not. Your style of editing, the history of your editing gives you away. 88.97.15.109 ( talk) 17:36, 14 December 2010 (UTC) DROMEAZ
CanadianLinuxUser writes "I read the editing history (Contributions) of Olsen's page and found YOUR edits of Olsen's page... following YOUR contributions led me to Garside's page." Moonriddengirl....I have made NO edits under "Dromeaz" on the "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page, so what he writes is not true. Don't you get it? And yes, it does matter *who* he is. If he is a known detractor, then his intentions are not pure, so it does matter... and.... "discussion" pages are for exactly that......discussing. Stop falsely accusing me of not following policy and of vandalism. This is false. Finally, for as long as you are using the name "Robert Garside" so liberally I will be there, so I truly hope you will be fair and balanced and not go on and on about a dispute that was only in the minds of a few jealous rivals! And, Moonriddengirl, lose this CanadianLinuxUser guy. I don't buy his identity unless he can *really* prove who he is. 81.179.252.175 ( talk) 19:56, 14 December 2010 (UTC) Dromeaz
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Moonriddengirl, I am surprised that you are turning a blind eye to what one of my enemies/detractors is doing. He has took the time and trouble to become an established user and has camoflaged his real identity with the username "CanadianLinuxUser". Can you not see that he is CHIPPING AWAY at the "Robert Garside" page, reducing it in volume, trimming it down, stripping it away. At the same time he is bolstering the "Jesper Olsen" page. 94.194.61.128 ( talk) 14:10, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl, I have already told you that CanadianLinuxUser is a detractor of Robert Garside. By taking away the ratifications section he suggests that there still is a dispute. There is no dispute. Guinness ratified the world record. He took that whole section away to de-value the record as a validated record.... what's worse is that he is a known sdetractor of ours and he is bolstering the Jesper Olsen (runner) page. It is clear that he is trying to control; both the articles. 94.194.61.128 ( talk) 14:53, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
"CanadianLinuxUser" has edited the "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page 21 times this month, all positive and that add volume to the page. "CanadianLinuxUser" has conflict of interest (COI). Add onto that, that he has edited the "Robert Garside" page 18 times this month, all negative and that subtract volume from the page. That is a fact. Add onto that, that he is known to us as a detractor of "Robert Garside" and tried to prevent "Dromeaz" from editing, so he can get his own way and try to re-write history. As previously stated, we will NEVER stop in protecting the name "Robert Garside" against those who persist in trying to compromise it. 94.194.61.128 ( talk) 15:03, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
I closed a requested move Talk:30 (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)#Requested move (well within the bound of a non-admin closure) as move. There had in the past been two article, one at 30 (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode) and one at 30 (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) which were merged. As these have very overlapping edit histories the redirect at 30 (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) can't be deleted to do the move so I did it by copy and paste, leaving appropriate comment in the edit history and clearly stating what had been done on both talk pages. As we need to keep both pages this seemed like the easiest, and best, way forward. Another non-admin has now reversed it saying they don't think cut and past is appropriate (see the requested move for more detailed reasoning). Could you please advise? Dpmuk ( talk) 09:48, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
P.S. Haven't forgotten about a CCI bot - Christmas has got in the way meaning progress has slowed down a lot. Dpmuk ( talk) 09:48, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Football_in_Indonesia - you have to be strong to go in there, and even more so to come out intact (i saw your activity at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persisam_Putra_Samarinda -) if you dont mind my saying youre a brave person - its a jungle in there - i bellyache regularly to myself at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Indonesia - about the soccer tragics - its like they have no idea when or what - but then it seems to keep happening - as if they want a complete mirror of http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategori:Liga_Indonesia with bells and whistles and not a w:rs in sight - i think in the end bagpipe band articles with no sources have more hope than the soccer chaos - cheers Satu Suro 13:29, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
You blocked User:Bonsort in November for Copyvio. His alter-ego has re-surfaced as User:Bonsort2 - thought you might like to be aware and keep watch. Regards. Velella Velella Talk 23:07, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Take a gander at File:A Different View.png. It was upped as Fair Use, but with an OTRS number attached. The question right now is there is no FUR attached. If the the OTRS is valid and the {{ Non-free logo}} is also correct I think we need to add the {{ Non-free with permission}} tag. On the other hand if the OTRS contains a different license it should be updated. Thanks. (EDIT: Also of note the "source" and "author" both link to the Wikipedia article International Association for Political Science Students, so I am not sure that qualifies as a legit "source" if the OTRS is not from there.)(EDIT TO THE EDIT: See also File:Politikon.png and File:IAPSS Logo.png. File:IAPSS Logo.png was upped in 2008 by another user. The OTRS tag was added by the same user who upped the other two with the same tag and number.) Soundvisions1 ( talk) 18:03, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
I agree to guarantee the publication of these logos ONLY on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
I acknowledge that by doing so I grant only to Wikipedia the right to use the work, for so not allowing any re-use in a commercial product or otherwise, nor any right to modify them, nor allowing third parties to re-use them without consent.
Reason? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.54.30.111 ( talk) 03:56, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Dear MRG, thanks a lot for your help! I'm not that used to en.wiki policies for logos. ;) I (think I) fixed the descriptions, may you take a look at them and tell me if everything's ok? Sorry for disturb. ;) -- Sannita - not just another it.wiki sysop 13:02, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
HI MRG, how are you? Could you please point me to where the "wiki break" templates are? Thank you Jayy008 ( talk) 18:30, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks you Yoenit. Back at ya, MRG. You too, Yoenit. Jayy008 ( talk) 20:42, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl-
My name is Craig Walker - ( Craig F. Walker.) I feel kind of weird approaching you with this question. But here goes- A few months ago I noticed someone had created a profile for me on Wikipedia. I thought it was kind of nice that some took the time- but the actual profile wasn't very well done. Now i see you have deleted it.
I guess I am struggling - trying to decide which is worse... a bad profile - or no profile.
Since I am not familiar with the procedure at Wikipedia - i am hoping you can share your thoughts with me via email at <cwalker@denverpost.com> I do look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely Cfwalker ( talk) 06:36, 20 December 2010 (UTC) craig
Be well- Craig F. Walker Staff Photographer The Denver Post 101 West Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80202
I have done. I've freshly researched and created a new article. Should you be willing to donate a photograph of yourself for it, please let me know, and I'll fill you in on the process. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:02, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl and Kleopatra - Thank you so much for the quick response and for creating the nice profile. I really do appreciate it. I would be happy to share a picture - and more info if you think it is needed. Just let me know what to do. As I said before- Wikipedia is new for me but I'm learning... and hoping I'm using this messaging system properly. Again thank you - and I'll look forward to hearing from you. All best, Cfwalker ( talk) 21:04, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
I'll see what I can find. I looked for a bio with my birthdate and place - but no luck. I was born 07/14/1966 in Shreveport, LA but I don't mention it often because i grew up in York, PA. That's where i consider home. But I'll do some more looking. I'll also try to find a self portrait - and talk with my boss about offering you a picture from the actual story. I'm sure Wikipedia would be fine - but you mentioned it could be published in other places as well? Talk soon - and thank you. Cfwalker ( talk) 22:06, 20 December 2010 (UTC) cfw
Hi! Previously the page for Marc S. Wilson was deleted for copyright issues. I understand why you deleted it. However, I did and continue to have permission from Marc S. Wilson to use the bio straight from the website, www.ksc.ks.gov. If you need his permission personally, please let me know. If you do not agree to publish the previous article, what about the following for the Marc S. Wilson page?
Marc S. Wilson is the Kansas Securities Commissioner. He was appointed by Governor Mark Parkinson to serve as Kansas Securities Commissioner in May 2010. He previously practiced law at Kansas City-area firm Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, specializing in financial services, corporate and nonprofit clients on matters involving mergers and acquisitions, governance, capital structure, regulatory compliance and administrative law.
Wilson earned a J.D. and LL.M. (master of laws) in banking and financial law from Boston University School of Law and an M.B.A. from the Boston University Graduate School of Management. He earned B.A. degrees in Political Science and African and African-American Studies from the University of Kansas. He was born and raised in Hiawatha, Kansas.
Thank you. Meganbottenberg ( talk) 20:09, 20 December 2010 (UTC)Meganbottenberg
Please explain why the article was deleted considering the contents were factual. Baboulas ( talk) 22:57, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you... may I trouble you for a block of Him for harassment and block evasion. He is persistant... CanadianLinuxUser ( talk) 15:09, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello MRG,
My question is if I can add the information (text) on the National Register Nomination document here as found on their website. This would help articles such as Hacienda Santa Rita of which the linked document is the subject. Since this is a US Government form (NPS form 10-900, or OMB No. 1024-0018), can I disregard the institution that prepared the form and assume all text contained therein is PD? Or is this text on the form subject to intellectual rights? I find that the text in these documents are highly encyclopedic and would not be asking otherwise. Also, If the text is PD, what is the best way to add to the Articles? QuAz GaA 19:18, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl,
How are you I hope all is well. I am going to try again to create this article. I am sure you get hundreds of messages and so I am not expecting you will recall our conversation from a few months ago. Please let me know if I need to fill out any new forms to re submit this. I am going to try and make whatever changes are needed.
Thank you, R Rserpa ( talk) 19:57, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
HI,
What was my name when we last spoke? I am not sure what to do at this point. I do not work in a marketing capacity for Mr. Sernack any more but I still train there and was really looking to do this to help him out. Similar to this entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Schulmann although I see this one has some issues as well but it looks like it is at least up as an article. I have been searching the internet for items that I might be able to use to satisfy the notablity criteria but am having a hard time. Here is one I found: http://gma.graciemag.com/2010/01/gma-newsflash/ Slim pickings to say the least.
Part of the problem I am having I am sure is a result of George being a relatively humble person and as such, does not look for or crave the lime light.
In any event, and based on your comments I am thinking that maybe trying to do this is not going to work out. I don't want to submit this inccorectly and make it harder to get approved at a later point. I may doing more harm to him then helping him at this point.
I assume your busy and I don't want to waste your time but can you confirm my assumptions?
Thank you,
R 22:03, 21 December 2010 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rserpa ( talk • contribs)
I've sent an e-mail to permissions from my dartmouth.alum.org account. Hope this is enough proof of my authorship of the original student paper. Thanks so much for your quick reply! Happy Holidays :)
Kim Tran — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ktrain85 ( talk • contribs) 20:01, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, I am happy with your edit and your efforts on the Robert Garside page --- Dromeaz —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.82.115.8 ( talk) 21:34, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey Moonriddengirl, I found someone who cares more about copyright/free content than even you: http://archive.thepeninsulaqatar.com/component/content/article/348-indiaarchiverest/60874.html (last sentence) Hekerui ( talk) 13:51, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl - I touched based with you a while back about the Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA) page you deleted. I was able to get back into my account, and in my research on deleted pages, I saw that some admins can temporarly reinstate a page. I just want to see what was on the page so I can work to create a new page within Wiki's guidelines, but I can't recall all of what was included on the page.
Can you please help!? If it could be reinstated for just one week I can get everything I need, I do not have any issues with the page being deleted, I understand the concerns. I just wanted to see one last time what was included.
Thank you soo much! AFLA Wiki ( talk) 22:52, 17 December 2010 (UTC)AFLA Wiki
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I have had an OTRS mail about the obituary material added to William Gardner (English coin designer). It turns out that this was added by the author of the obituary. There is a way of depositing consent, isn't there, for such use by the copyright holder? I don't find it that easy to find the relevant page when I need it, though. It is just a question of sending a mail of a certain type to a certain OTRS address, IIRC. Charles Matthews ( talk) 08:53, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, that gives me enough to go on for now. Charles Matthews ( talk) 08:06, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
I think you just had a similar discussion about a similar image. File:Bighorn basin historical marker.jpg is a photo of a historical marker with a "story" on it. It's in a deletion discussion right now but if this text is under copyright should it be speedied? From the text on the marker it is from 1970 at the earliest. Soundvisions1 ( talk) 03:48, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello, User:Shrik88music. With regards to your first question, I think this was covered here. I'm prepared to travel and do not have much time to look through this material. As to the material you had placed under "WANT TO INCORPORATE THIS IN WIKI", I'm afraid that you or the other user are going to have to rewrite it. You can't copy content from previously published sources. I have not looked at them all, but a glance shows me that "In Amar Prem , a disillusioned Rajesh Khanna sought solace in the prostitute played by Sharmila" is not original (cf. [9]). I haven't checked the sources for reliability.
Please don't paste sections of articles on my talk page, at least until after the 29th. I do not wish other users of my talk page to become confused by "reference lists" and such content while I'm away. Thanks. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:10, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey. Was wondering if you could take a quick look at the image at the bottom, since I'm not sure whether to AGF or just delete it due to his other issues. I've handled everything else, so this one can finally be closed and archived :) (no rush since you're away for the week) Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:49, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
Awww, i wanted to be the first one, but i`ll just go on with the spirit and wish you a very happy Christmas and a very WIKI New Year. Zidane tribal ( talk) 07:52, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
It looks like the above user has been infringing copyright for a while. I've got a copy of one of the books Roman Zacharij has been using, Farmers' Oxford Dictionary of Saints, and so will be able to help out the clean up, but in the case of Henry of Coquet I don't have the other source used. While I'd be surprised if the rest of the material wasn't copied, but I can't be certain. How is best to proceed in this instance? My instinct would be to speedy it as a probable copyvio. Nev1 ( talk) 15:17, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Interestingly, it looks like History of the Jews in Brody may be copied substantially from this source (Word document), written by Roman Zakharii. Assuming it's the same person as User:Roman Zacharij (and given the overlap in interests I probably is), how should this be handled? I would think that an OTRS ticket is needed to release the information into the public domain. Nev1 ( talk) 18:16, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello, a brief article describing me and my career (accurately) was taken down. May I ask why? And how can it be restored? I appreciate your answer. 74.73.166.73 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:17, 27 December 2010 (UTC).
Dear Moonriddengirl,
I am writing on behalf of my father David Alan Walker. I was referring a friend to the article included on Wikipedia, when we noticed it had been deleted. My father isn't yet aware of this, though I think it may upset him considerably. He was rather pleased to find he had been included on Wikipedia in this way, since he uses this resource often in his own internet research. You might say he was tickled by this entry, at the very least. Unfortunately my father is very seriously ill at present, which is why I am writing myself to see if we can get this issue resolved between us. I would hate to think that he might take a look at these pages and see he has been 'deleted', in his current state of health, I think he would find this very distressing.
I'm sure you will have taken this action on the basis of a sound rationale regarding copyright. As an academic myself, I am very aware of the issues concerning plagiarism that arise in relation to internet publishing and it is very encouraging that people are actively working to raise the standard of referencing on this popular site in particular. However I would have thought that a qualifying statement about the accuracy of referencing, or the lack of it, would have been sufficient to resolve this problem. It is difficult to see what the problem may have been without looking at the article and checking its sources myself. Alternatively, I would be happy to write an article about my father, or even better, ask one of his colleagues to write one on his behalf. I have no idea how to go about this, but would be very grateful if you could advise me how to do this.
It sounds like you are tremendously busy and I understand you are away at present, however I would be most grateful if you could help me resolve this as soon as possible, as given my father's age and serious nature of his illness, this is a matter of some urgency.
Sending thanks in advance, for taking time to help with this matter,
yours sincerely
Richard Walker (son of David Alan Walker, FRS)
I can be reached at the following address: <redacted for privacy>
81.106.125.226 ( talk) 10:39, 28 December 2010 (UTC).
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For not only devoting yourself to this thankless, tedious and challenging task, but also for spending time educating others on how to spot the problem and fix it themselves. Euryalus ( talk) 12:06, 28 December 2010 (UTC) |
Could you please check if the OTRS ticket info given for this file in the file description (OTRS ticket #2010093010001906) is legit and if someone at OTRS has indeed verified the license status of the image? The image is being constantly re-aadded here at en-wiki by socks of Amir.Hossein.7055. The image's uploader at Commons has been indef blocked earlier this month (after a long series of blocks) for misusing the OTRS system and other copyright problems. Plus the same ticket number is listed by the uploader for several other images (including File:Seyyed Shamseddin Hosseini.JPG). So I am rather suspicious... Thanks, Nsk92 ( talk) 16:34, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey there, I was hoping yourself or a talk page stalker could help me out. I recently removed some info from Kevin Kiley (sportscaster), as it appeared to be a copyvio of his ESPN bio. However, the info has been in the article from creation in 2007, while the website is dated as last updated on September 27, 2009 (but I don't know when it was originally published). So do you know how I can find out if it's a copyvio or a reverse copyvio? Any help would be appreciated. Cheers, Jenks24 ( talk) 07:35, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
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Below are some excerpts from the Jesper Olsen (runner) page and I believe there is a COI issue as many of the assertions on this page are unfounded. References used are from his own web page. That is not a good source and this article is bias. "personal bests" are not supported with references. No proof at all! The lack of "References" and "External links" speak for themselves. Should this article even exist? Here are some specific examples; - 1.
ASSERTION:
He ran around the world in 22 months, from January 1 2004 to the 23rd
October 2005Cite error: A MY ARGUMENT: Where is the proof? The references used are from his own web page. That is not a good source and this article is bias. 3. ASSERTION: Marathon-runner since the age of 15, European elite on 100km and 24-hours. National recordholder on 100km, 24-hours & 6-days (6:58, 224km, 549km); national elite on marathon (2:27). [2] MY ARGUMENT: Again, references used are from his own web page. That is not a good source and this article is bias. 4. ASSERTION: Personal bests
MY ARGUMENT: Again, references used are from his own web page. That is not a good source and this article is bias. The above "personal bests" are not supported with references. No proof at all! The lack of "References" and "External links" speak for themselves. Of course, if this was the "Robert Garside" page the above would not even be there. 81.159.213.234 ( talk) 12:30, 29 December 2010 (UTC) Dromeaz
23:42, 30 December 2010 (diff | hist) Jesper Olsen (runner) (→Journey) 23:34, 30 December 2010 (diff | hist) Robert Garside (Strange.... I thought we changed that..) (top) It shows *suspicious behaviour/COI*, in that he checks the "Robert Garside" page and then goes straight to the "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page. My question is WHY is he checking one page and then the other? His edits show that he is clearly buffering the "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page whilst trying to dampen down the "Robert Garside" page and his verified achievements. I would love an answer to that, but yes, I appreciate you deal with copyright issues and are probably tired of this. Moonriddengirl, it is not me provoking this... please do imagine my frustration when I monitor Wikipedia and see the "Robert Garside" page edited down and down and stripped away and then note the same editor plumping out the "Jesper Olsen (runner)" page without references and records not even verified, just 8 minutes later. And when I bring this to the public's attention, that same editor tries to silence me by getting me barred from Wikipedia. 87.82.115.8 ( talk) 14:53, 31 December 2010 (UTC) Dromeaz
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Dromeaz, the bottom line here is that until you negotiate an unblock, you really are not welcome to participate in article development. I support an exception when it comes to valid content concerns about Robert Garside, but at this point the content in that article seems fine. If there were an urgent BLP or copyright concern with Jesper Olsen (runner), then there would be reason for me to overlook the other concerns and involve myself, but poor sourcing, if such exists, is not in itself an emergency to override blocking policy. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:44, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
I just deleted Laura Foreman. After deletion, and noticing that the editor had several other CSD notices, I saw the note at the top of the page.
I routinely check the talk page of CSD nominated pages, and the talk page of the editor creating the page to ensure that notice has been given. However, I didn't see the notice at the top of the authors talk page.
I left a suggestion that the editor add a note to an article talk page, as this may help forestall future CSD notices. Do you think this advice is helpful?
I'm not an OTRS agent, so I cannot read the permission, but the notice implies that it is blanket permission, not just permission for selected articles. Unless I hear otherwise, I'll assume it is blanket permission, and go ahead and restore the article.-- SPhilbrick T 18:05, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
I've been recently led to believe by a couple of editors that having copyright violations in the history of an article is not such a bad thing, specifically, that once you edit them out of the live view, the article is good to go without any more interference. Is this correct, that we can just copy and paste text and leave it in the edit histories of articles, then remove the copyvio tag and go on as if nothing happened? I want to scream at the petty plagiarism all over these related articles. Then, we're getting an autobiography of a living person as a replacement. -- Kleopatra ( talk) 03:02, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl, I'm new to Wikipedia...and there is something i really need assistance with. I am currently editing a shopping centre page called Westfield Southland and I would like to add in a bus timetable, simmilar to the bus time table used in another article, Westfield Doncaster. The bus timetable is located on the shopping centre's site, but I dont know if I am allowed to copy the bus timetable from it, to Wikipedia. I don't want there to be copyright problems. Can you please help me or give me suggestions on what to do? Thankyou, MelbourneStar1 ( talk) 05:40, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
yup i myself provided u those sources right? i thouht the same scentence would be modified by you. why is it needed that i myself modif? why you removed all the information i added fully..instaed you could have modified them.
anyways do reply to above questions...and iam right away changing them. Quicklight ( talk) 14:48, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
hope now the artilce looks perfect...no issues hope so. please check now and let me know. if any changes is to be made , then even u can do. even i will do but do not remove the facts point blank Quicklight ( talk) 15:14, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
hello u didnt tell me... there is no prob with the article now right? Quicklight ( talk) 15:36, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
but see genaic who is blackmailing me....again she is saying i would be blocked and i am giving personal analysis. sources are provided and i ensured there are no copyright issues either still i am forced to hear such things.. Quicklight ( talk) 12:48, 1 January 2011 (UTC) need your help therefore ...save the article from being devoid of certain facts provided by me with valid references Quicklight ( talk) 13:05, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl :) I will remove bus routes and directions from Westfield Doncaster as well as Westfield Southland
but may I please keep the part of that section where it states that busses serve as public transport for the shopping centres?
And also keep the part where it says that both these centres have a proposal for a railway station -- Which for Doncaster is important, because it is a whole new line with the main station being at Doncaster....for southland, it was initially going to be built in 1991 with the large scale Southland expansion...and only recently the train station has been approved and promised by the State Government.
^ If I just keep those two, I am not really given out directions, I am just saying that the centre has public transport. Wikipedia is not a directory...I read the Wikipedia is Not, article, but many people interested in shopping centres like I am, want to read about these proposals, public transport, majors, history..etc. ---If we delete the whole section, we might as well delete all railway stations articles and bus station articles etc.
Again Thankyou so much! we are all so very close to an agreement.
MelbourneStar1 ( talk) 23:11, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Thankyou Moonriddengirl! The problem has been resolved :)) MelbourneStar1 ( talk) 02:00, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna both of them as a pair were looked upon with affection by the audiences [4]and easily were accepted as a romantic couple in the different musical hits they did together. Rajesh Khanna played the role of an lonely unhappy married man who befriends a prostitude played by Sharmila in Amar Prem. Khanna played the role of husband of Sharmila who gets arrested in murder case and subsequently on the way to prison, the police van meets with an accident and later circumstances forces him to marry another girl to give that girl’s illegitimate child his name. Then Aavishkaar saw them as a married couple who try their best to save their marriage. [5] Tyaag saw Khanna plays a boyfriend who convinces his girlfriend that since her father does not approve of the relationship, they should not marry eachother. Public liked Khanna’s pairing with Mumtaz and Sharmila ,the most as a result there was a big rivalry between the two heroines. [6]
this is the info i want to add. hope now there is no copyright issue. Shrik88music ( talk) 18:31, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
does the incomplete sentence make any sense ?
He formed on screen pairs with many actresses but his pairing especially with actresses like Sharmila Tagore, Asha Parekh, Mumtaz, Hema Malini, Tina Munim, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil and Poonam Dhillon.......what? it needs to be mentioned that these were the most popular as they delivered big hits as a pair
Shrik88music (
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19:02, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
that is the reason iam insisting that there is no POV thing applicable in that sentence....its necessary that the sentence appear either as He formed on screen pairs with many actresses but his pairing especially with actresses like Sharmila Tagore, Asha Parekh, Mumtaz, Hema Malini, Tina Munim, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil and Poonam Dhillon were the most popular or He formed popular on screen hit pairs with actresses like Sharmila Tagore, Asha Parekh, Mumtaz, Hema Malini, Tina Munim, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil and Poonam Dhillon. just convey the same to genaic who is missing the point. Shrik88music ( talk) 04:01, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Happy New Year! Drmies ( talk) 03:13, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, and Happy New Year. Responding to your request for help, I've just checked and deleted an article that was listed on the CP problems page. I see from the response template that I am supposed to leave a "CUP notice" somewhere, but I am not sure what this is. Maybe I am blind but I can't see any further explanation on that page or the admin page. Clarification welcomed! -- Slp1 ( talk) 16:42, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
I loved your "Admins Wanted" pix you put at WP:AN I have added it to WP:ADMIN. Cheers The Resident Anthropologist ( talk) 02:47, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
I was wondering why the page Ricky Adam was deleted? A few people contacted me about this and I thought I would get in touch.
Thanks - Ricky 80.6.156.96 ( talk) 12:19, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. Thanks for the tip. When I'm translating an article my edit summary normally states "expansion from German Wikipedia" or "final expansion from German Wikipedia". Is that okay? I must admit I don't normally state anything on initial creation of an article as I always assumed the automatic message "Created page with..." was good enough along with the talk page tag. Should I put something like "Created page based on German Wikipedia article" in the edit summary? -- Bermicourt ( talk) 21:02, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
version
and insertversion
parameters corresponding (respectively) to the source version number (where the translation came from) and the destination version number (where you put the translation). This creates links on the talk page that go straight to the relevant versions (making it much simpler to check the accuracy of any particular translation, and providing more robust attribution, especially when several translations were added to an article at different times).
TheFeds
08:16, 2 January 2011 (UTC)First, a happy new year, Moonriddengirl, and thanks for your calm handling of the Logger9 copyvio case. As you might have seen, there are new posts by this user on his talk page that demonstrate more clearly than ever his unability to cooperate: In a discussion with Jdrewitt he treats users that oppose his editing style as "monkeys". Then, he posts a "rewrite" about density functional theory ("DFT") that shows that he still hasn't understood what copyright and plagiarism mean: he just varied a few more words per paragraph. Besides that, the suggested text ignores that there is already an article density functional theory, and it is just the kind of incredibly bad writing nobody wants.
I think whatever we do should have some consequence. This discussion is now going on for quite long, and I think the only sensible outcome be a ban of this person. Otherwise he will come back in some weeks or months, and we will have to rediscuss all this over and over again. I would like to ask you to advise how to proceed. Thanks again, -- Marie Poise ( talk) 07:14, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Please unblock me Rameshvyas —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.94.129.125 ( talk) 13:39, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
John ibn Jowey from [11] Sarjoon from [12] Thanks. Hope you had a good Christmas and New Year. Dougweller ( talk) 14:17, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
No, no… it's not a problem with this CCI again! :-) I just wanted to let you know that I am done reviewing these images, including the Commons files. I know there are still some yet to be reviewed, but those are the ones I am unsure about or don't have the courage to tag for deletion (due to the heated arguments over the rationales). I hope the CCI will be archived soon! Jsayre64 (talk) 17:11, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Ok! Most of the content for the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Neteler come from the page http://gis.fem-environment.eu/neteler/ but, this page is licensed as CC-BY-SA The information is on the footer!!! Do you need the letter? Sorry if i come late, but i was in hollPage license: CC-BY-SA -- Napowiki ( talk) 23:57, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to wish you a Happy New Year. I recently saw a couple of reverts you had done for COPYVIOs on articles I was watching. Thank you for working on a most important issue which isn't always urgent and using a professional approach to issues instead of focusing on the editor. I appreciate your dedication to helping build the encyclopedia. SBaker43 ( talk) 01:52, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
and on an article on an important person. I thought it was too well written so I threw it in search: Bruno Schultz. The biography section appears to be copied from here [13] which I understand is an "official review". Please let me know if this is in fact cv so i can fix it. Thanks! Volunteer Marek ( talk) 07:10, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Hope the holidays were good for you.
Here is a question - OTRS check please. File:Michael Palin.jpg is on Wikimedia Commons, with a Flickr source licensed as non-commercial. I stumbled on an old (2006) discussion where the image was obtained by permission and someone suggested an email be sent to OTRS. The response was "Permissions already archived it." I know the "FlickreviewR" supposedly verified the license in 2007 but if there is an OTRS it should be put on the image. Yes? No? Soundvisions1 ( talk) 03:21, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
First, you have failed to point out where there was any kind of copyright violation, and I really fail to see where half the article is plagiarized. I removed the tag because it seemed to be blatantly in error. Second, I really don't like your threat of sanctions against my account one little bit, I think your tone was very WP:UNCIVIL, and just straight up out of line. I hope we can settle this like adults and I won't have to bring this into dispute resolution. Iamcuriousblue ( talk) 11:48, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm terribly sorry!!!!! I have no idea how that happened - somehow I unintentionally clicked on a "rollback" button against your edit, rather than a history button against a completely different page.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa.
Pdfpdf (
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13:07, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
And now, of course, I want to know why you found it amusing!
Hi there. I actually wanted to help out here (I even mentioned it in my RFA) but each time I looked, there was no backlog. You and others seemed to be on top of it. I am still willing to help out, and I'm assuming there is a need since you posted about it. I will start making a habit to visit the page and clear anything that needs doing. -- Andy Walsh (talk) 21:08, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi dear, This is malghalaray and i created The Page " DR FAY KHAN " and its been block several time and i gave explanations about it, that the source you are linked " http://www.wix.com/faykhan/faykhanweb1 " is the page where anyboday can creat pages with out copyright and the same link is also created by me but there is no way to delete it. I know Dr Fay khan Personaly. his email is " drfaykhan@gmail.com " i can give you his contact information for the copy right issu. so please its my own sentences and i creat those pages my self and there is no copy right issu with it. if you have any quiestion please feel free to contact me.
Malghalaray — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malghalaray ( talk • contribs) 18:59, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi! When you have time, would you be willing to take a look at the conversation here and see if there's a better way to explain my concerns (or straighten me out if I'm missing something, naturally)? I seem to be at an impasse. VernoWhitney ( talk) 19:09, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. I had a question about copyright policy and someone suggested that you may be able to help me out. Any ideas? 28bytes ( talk) 22:56, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Re: this protection edit - I think perhaps the length of semi-protection might be incorrect (looks like it only lasted an hour). Just thought you'd want to know, as another IP came along and seemingly vandalized it immediately (but who right now seems to be doing AGF edits after all). Shearonink ( talk) 05:40, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry to bug you, but I didn't know what steps needed to be done to vet the contributions of Occoquan ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) that I uncovered this morning as a sock of Pohick. If you let me know what to do I can handle that step. Thanks! Syrthiss ( talk) 18:29, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, everybody. :) Silver seren, as you know, this is really a conversation for WT:CSD. WP:CSD#G5 is policy because at least at some point that perspective gained consensus and so far consensus has not swayed completely in the other direction. In a sense, making bans stick is preventative (not punative) if it keeps bans from becoming meaningless. In my current Wikipedia state of mind, I would be selective in G5ing. Serial copyright infringers, hoaxers, others whose edits might cause difficult-to-discern damage I'd G5 readily. Others, it would depend. I knew that User:Dromeaz was an indef-blocked contributor pretty much from my first encounter with him, and though he didn't create new articles I made no waves about his contribution. It felt best for the project that he be permitted to discuss his concerns and participate in development of the article, until things got out of hand. Even now, I would still engage his IPs as long as he is on topic. That's what WP:IAR is all about. I think in each case we have to weigh the long-view good of the project; sometimes that may mean keeping an article contributed by an indeffed or banned contributor, and sometimes that may mean deleting it. I support the policy, myself, but I support applying it sensibly. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:30, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello! These templates are based on an (at the time) 1,5 years old version of {{ uw-block1}}. First of all, I think they should be edited to transclude the {{ uw-block}} template. That way, the cblock templates are always up-to-date. Second, what about merging these templates and then move that merged template to the template space? They are certainly useful for any administrator who blocks a user for copyright violations. And what about implementing them in Twinkle? Moonriddengirl, do you have any objections? Hey Mid ( contribs) 19:41, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, i just delete the link " http://www.wix.com/faykhan/faykhanweb1 " now there is NO COPY RIGHT problum. i hope that my link DR FAY KHAN will be restore soon. if you have any further question please feel free to contact me.
Thanks, Malghalaray. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malghalaray ( talk • contribs) 05:59, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Worth pursuing? Talk:Andrew Wakefield#Washington Times copyvio. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 11:35, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Korea Communications Commission. It was deleted almost a year ago. No copyright related contents. Just translated the core stuff from the Korean version of this article. Is everything ok with this? Komitsuki ( talk) 13:34, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
Re. your concerns about the copyright on this image, can we continue the discussion on my talk page so I can maintain the thread there? Thanks Spy99 ( talk) 18:27, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Sir i am the auther of the page i created the page. those are my words and sentences. you can recheck the web its not any where els. why wikipedia is giving hard time to me for the page DR FAY KHAN or FAY KHAN. how can i solve the problum. need you kindly advice — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malghalaray ( talk • contribs) 20:15, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I'm thinking about attaching the exact quote from the copyrighted source to each citation in an article - where the citation doesn't already link to a free online version. Provided they are short, one- or two-sentence quotes, can you see any copyright violation there?
The purpose would be to make the whole article instantly verifiable by all readers. Anthonyhcole ( talk) 04:15, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, First off, I am a Sigma Nu alumni from a chapter that has been active for over 125 years. Secondly, I am curious as to why you deleted the entire history portion of the Sigma Nu Fraternity entry. It is clearly marked in the "Terms of Use" for the website, that non-commercial usage (even complete copies) are permitted so long as all copyright and other proprietary notices are retained. I understand your reasoning as listed on the talkpage for Sigma Nu. However, I do not know if you realized the exact ToU for Sigma Nu's online information. 71.225.111.140 ( talk) 06:57, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Please see the discussion at User talk:Mkativerata#Question. Essentially, I would like to contribute to the cleanup process with regards the Epeefleche CCI, however I am wary that should I start editing articles on mass it will be taken the wrong way by the subject, and I have no desire for further drama. As such I have created a subpage in my userspace ( here) where I have listed articles that I have found problems with. Articles with no issues, I shall check of the CCI list myself. If this does not help you with the cleanup process please let me know. Thanks, wjemather bigissue 10:53, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl and a belated Happy New Year.
I wonder whether you might be able to help with a problem that has arisen on Eugenics.
I discovered two copyvios in Eugenics and made a report here Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2011_January_10.
I left a message at the talk page of the editor reponsable and put what I thought was the correct template on the article page itself, twice. It was twice removed as vandalism, first by the editor reponsable Giornorosso ( talk · contribs) and then by another user. I was surprised that it replaced the whole article, but I have seen that before (when there were copyvios in a whole series of mathematics articles by Henry Delforn, e.g. on Quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations).
I was surprised myself by the effect of the template on the article, which other users, such as Old Moonraker ( talk · contribs), mistook for vandalism.
I have left details of the two problematic passages here [14], having mentioned the fact the hopefully you would be able to help us sort out this matter.
Thanks in advance, Mathsci ( talk) 11:43, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
I've picked up this phrase, "becalmed in the bight", at Action_of_1_January_1800#Background and raised it at FAC here.
Seems to occur in a book by JF Cooper that treats the same event: (google search). But then a number of texts use it, at least one in a quite different context. I'm unsure about this; it may be quite ok. Surprising that the Cooper source is listed in the refs, but is not the referred source at that point. Maybe the phrase has gone viral on the net, which does reduce the benchmark for plagiarism, I think. Tony (talk) 13:19, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
I have tagged Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu as a copyvio because it appears to have been copy pasted from this source. I do like to bring such matters to your attention and appreciate your diligence regarding the deficiencies. My76 Strat 13:54, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello again, Moonriddengirl! I came to you before for an Editor's review of the bio for Sarah Cahill (pianist). Thanks again!
As you can see on my user page I have contributed a public domain photo and have the opposite problem that you usually find. I have suggestions regarding how to improve the chances that others might succeed in making successful public domain contributions, and specific issues with the language in the copyright alerts that are meant to guide the contributor.
While it is true that I was lucky to have found this particular photo, it is very likely that there are more photos that would benefit WP greatly, as the time period covered is subject to copyright in the US. This Polish magazine has been in publication continuously and I have a contact that writes articles today in that magazine, and gave me the assurance that these photos are public domain. He uses old issues of the magazine himself as the "photo archive"; he scans old issues and re-uses them when needed, along with new articles. That is why you see that image in an article published in 2006. That's about sixty years worth of issues that qualify, and I could easily ask my contact for likely subjects and date ranges to search.
However, I find that the details of the {{ PD-Poland}} assertion and its guidelines are fatally flawed and self-contradictory. I go into painful detail as to why, in the "Todo" section on my user page. I also offer ideas for how to present the unique opportunity that is {{ PD-Poland}} better, hopefully. I would really appreciate if you could assess my ideas or refer me to the person must knowledgable about not only copyright restrictions, but when and why such restrictions are not applicable. As it is now, assuring "public domain in the USA" is impossible because it doesn't recognize "never published in the USA" and would seem to require that a {{ PD-Poland}} photo never published in the US be published before 1923. That is the publication year before which copyright expires today, but in my situation there is nothing to expire. The public domain doesn't expire, although {{ PD-Poland}} stops cold in 1990 something. These photos were published first and only in Poland, hence the opportunity. I'm quite confident that if I did see my photo published in the US somewhere, any assertion of US copyright would actually be theft, which I could verify. As opposed to {{ PD-Poland}} defeated by a valid US copyright.
US copyright law is weighed so heavily to one side, it would seem to trump all other Commons and public domains, but it doesn't in a few extremely narrow cases. Photos by Polish photographers published in Poland before 1990 something with no copyright notice attached, never published in the US, is the magic CC-0. I'd like to hear someone argue otherwise, actually. I'm that confident!
I've made my case and await judgement or feedback from you, or any editor you might suggest. Sorry for the verbosity, but I think the possibility of a raft of CC-0 photos does deserve help from the very top legal authority here, if needed.
Your in optimistic sincerity, Reechard ( talk) 22:12, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll turn to that when I have a block of time to start by addressing the first article. It's helpful.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 01:50, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl
I noticed that a page on Ruth Oldenziel has been deleted by you, but I couldn't find out the reason, except that it had apparently been started by a now banned user.
As far as I know the deleted material was correct and useful. If someone creates a new wikipedia page with precisely this content, will there be a problem?
Yours Richard Gill Richard Gill ( talk) 11:15, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
I agree 100% about the semi-protection of the page. Although, while you just joined in removing IPs mess from articles regarding the Bad Girls Club, I begin trying to expand the article on my sandbox ( User:AJona1992/Sandbox9). I wrote everything in my own words, but before doing anything, I need some second opinions on what I should do next? Such as, if I copy and paste everything (not currently finished) then the article will gain 90,000 bytes, or should I do individual articles of each season episodes, but then IPs would be vandalizing them. If you can give me any insight on what I should do, that'll be great, thanks :) AJona1992 ( talk) 14:19, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment about the copywrite issue. When I decided to do an article on a report I thought about some of those problems and was aware of putting in the quotation marks. Thanks for pointing out wording that slipped by me. I have examined the whole article, comparing it with the original report and have rewritten another part which was verbatim. I don't believe that there are any other non-quoted verbatim texts which have slipped by me.
I am not a lawyer, but I would be surprised if there is a copyright issue. The report was commissioned by the Swiss parliament to be a public report and was posted by the commission on its website as were the 25 volumes of specialized reports that were incorporated into the final report. I suppose that the listed copyright by Pendo Verlag is related to the published hard copy.
It is the first time I have edited an entry on a single report but I thought that it would be worth the effort to make this material available (the report is after all over 500 pages and hightlights important issues.) I realized early on that I would have to use more quotations and footnotes than I normally would, but thought that the words of the commission were better than a paraphrase, particularly of their conclusions. I don't really understand what it means to use them "tranformatively" but guess that this and the term "derivative work" has to do with copyright law. However, if this runs up against the law, the only alternative I could see would be to reduce the size to something like a bloated executive summary which would be a pity. As for plagiarism, it seems clear with all those footnotes that we are not trying to pass the work of others as ours... Joel Mc ( talk) 09:14, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
Advice from User:Derek R Bullamore pointed me in your direction, saying you are the bees-knees in dealing with these little horrors. Please look at: Pido Lalimarmo. This one's been in this state since Nov 2009. It appears a straight copy from a web article from 2004: [16]. Why has no-one picked-up on this blatant promotionese filch in the past year; it must be copyvio against Warner Music mustn’t it? I’d be grateful for your help – I’m inexperienced in this type of Wiki misdemeanor, so perhaps you or your readers might like to get your teeth in: if not, give me pointers please.
Best wishes, Acabashi ( talk) 03:07, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi MRG :) If you have a couple of minutes to spare (unlikely I know!), can I request your expert opinion here? If not, no worries. Thanks, EyeSerene talk 10:09, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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Many thanks for cleaning up Sinn Sisamouth - it looks like that one went back a long way! -- Boing! said Zebedee ( talk) 11:04, 14 January 2011 (UTC) |
Hi - sorry that I had not re-edited the section in time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martincvs ( talk • contribs) 16:34, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
A photographer who shot most of her images between 1950 and the 1970s, recently deceased, but who never showed her images to anyone and never published them. An anon IP has suggested, see here, that her images are now PD. I doubt this quite a lot. Would you care to answer anon IP's question on the talk page? Thanks. -- Moni3 ( talk) 18:05, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, good thing you caught me, I was hitting "save" just as the message came through. Mandsford 02:37, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
Another one I think. As far as I can see its cobbled together from two pre-Wiki-creation articles. The article: Óscar López: created by IP 112.198.79.67 [17] on April 25th 2010.
Chunks of it appear copy-pasted from [18] (see text down the right hand side) from April/May 2004, and [19] (right at the bottom of the page – it grays-out but you can still see it) from March 20th 2010.
There is broadly the same article on Phillipines Wiki, [20], created in 2007, three years after the Lopez Family Values article, but the real give-away I think is the unrelated words "(see main story in this issue)" in the 'Contribution to the Community' section in both Wikipedia and Phillipines Wiki... (got the old antenna wobbling), indicating a filch in both, from either Lopez Family Values or something even earlier. What is interesting is that the Russian-registered essaysforstudent.com article is itself partially copy-pasted from earlier sources - you can't trust anything! But I think we can be sure that our Wiki article is at the end of a line of copy cheating - just shows how difficult it is to trust anything written onto web pages as being an original source.
Is this another scalp for you? Best wishes, Acabashi ( talk) 20:21, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl,
We seem to have had a break in our communication. You requested from your last email if the documents I have are written documents or scanned documents and I did mention that they are scanned documents which are part typing and part handwritten completions by the owners of the pictures. Is there an email address I can email them to? Please advise. I have also taken a look at that site for the foundation but did not see any contact details there, can you please help?
kind regards--Smikect 12:28, 16 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smikect ( talk • contribs)
Hey MRG, I just wanted to ask what may be an obvious question. If an article contains a blatant copyvio, and then is reworded to avoid it, should it, without question, be listed for Revdel and marked on
WP:SCV with {{
SCV|histpurge}}
? I was kind of presuming so, since that's why the template exists, but wasn't sure if that was prevailing practise? Any advice much appreciated as usual! --
Beloved
Freak
19:42, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Not a copyvio question, but see Armageddon top image. Thanks. -- Dougweller ( talk) 21:40, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
I am working on a related article, and while adopting content from that article I discovered it may be a copyvio of [21]. Our article is from 2010, IA confirms that page existed since 2008. Close or verbatim paraphrase starts from "Around 1970-71, the centre of graffiti innovation moved to New York City" I think, could be earlier. Seems rather widespread... PS. On the other hand, this could be a false alarm, it seems that content was split from graffiti where it existed in 2007. I'd appreciate your input on whether I can reuse content from that article, or should it be rewritten? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:12, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Quick question about this comment on Garside page: "(redundant wikilink removed; please don't approve this, bystanders. It's to test a new reviewer with an issue. :) " Since I put that edit in there... I'm wondering what's it all about? CanadianLinuxUser ( talk) 21:40, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I ran into Ahmetyal ( talk · contribs) at the CP page. On looking through his contributions, almost everything seems to be either a direct copy from one of his sources, or a close paraphrase. Luckily, he actually provided his sources so they are easy to check. I'm going to start going through them, but I'm not sure if we want to open a CCI or not. -- Andy Walsh (talk) 21:45, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I just wanted to say thanks for moving the new article across into the old space. It's appreciated :)
Regards, ManicSpider ( talk) 02:22, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks a ton for restoring the article Shankardev Kalakshetra. Very appreciable! Killerdove 09:10, 17 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Killerdove ( talk • contribs)
Hey, if you have a few minutes, can you look over the few articles on User:Ctjf83#Articles I've Started for copyvio issues? I use the tool you told me about, and looked it over manually, and believe I have addressed all the issues. No rush, my current RfA is all but dead, so not even gonna bother saying on there the issues are fixed. Thanks! CTJF83 chat 12:53, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi MRG, I've just broken the 3RR. How long will I get blocked for? Jayy008 ( talk) 21:27, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I see that the revert-warring is continuing. I've issued you both a warning. Further reverts from either of you will almostly certainly lead to a block. So don't, please. I cann't provide a third-opinion in this case. What I will do is copy the conversation over to the article talk page and try to find a neutral third party for you both. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:43, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm sorry that I did that as I'm sure you have much better things to do with your time here. It's just I've been here a while and now because he got away with all that bullying bad faith to me last time, that I can get away with it now. Jayy008 ( talk) 21:55, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Is one opinion enough? Jayy008 ( talk) 22:46, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
As you're my go-to gal for copyright concerns, I'd like to request a rollback of apple cider vinegar (currently listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 January 9). The copyrighted content in question was added in this edit of 9 December 2010. I believe this should resolve the issue. Thanks! Sławomir Biały ( talk) 01:08, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hmm. I'm more concerned with content under "Health benefits." For example:
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The source says:
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It continues like this, presenting the same studies and facts selected by Wong in pretty much the same structure. Similarities in language are enough to make me uneasy, but would not be an issue if not for the solitary reliance on this source and the point-for-point reproduction of its fact selection criteria. This content was evidently added by a student ( [23]), who may not have the writing experience yet to understand the amount of rewriting required in paraphrasing. Rather than rolling it back, though, I think it would probably be better to just cut out those remaining sections that follow too closely, replacing them if there was prior material on the same topic. If you guys agree, I'll go ahead and do that. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:20, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I was doing some research on the Scottsboro Boys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsboro_Boys and I was wondering why the wiki page for Victoria Price http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Price was deleted. Any incite on this would be helpful.
Thank you,
BillyZ313 ( talk) 00:27, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, there is a user who keeps vandalising the article Mahinda Rajapaksa, I have warned him many times and told him to use the talk page to settle his issues, yet he still continues. I have tagged him but he keeps blanking his talk page, now he is making personal comments towards me. Can you please block him or tell him to stop. Thanks.-- Blackknight12 ( talk) 04:16, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
I was disappointed to see you had deletd the article about her because I was s student of hers in Rome in 1973-74 and I was hoping to find out about her an d possibly reach her. Can you tell me where to look for info? Thanks.∼∼∼∼ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.69.40 ( talk) 10:29, 18 January 2011 (UTC)