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Hi, I just noticed that you were previously involved in the copyright violation case [1] regarding the particular editor Arilang1234. I have recently left a notice on the Admins noticeboard regarding some recent issues concerning the editor, [2] such as using images with watermarks, and uploading videos from Youtube directly. Can you provide some clarification on the acceptable guidelines? 60.242.159.224 ( talk) 06:17, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl
You (and also Athanaera) deleted again my NANOCOAT text !! I still do not know what to do !! I explained the previous time that I WAS THE AUTHOR of this text which was recorded by Cordis, The European Commission website (NANOCOAT is an EU funded scientific project)from where it was copied and published somewhere and you say now that I copied this copy !! So I changed my introduction, my title and also the username to be coherent with your rules... and still I am deleted !! I do not know what to do to please your requests !? I AM OBLIGED TO MAKE A WIKIPEDIA PAGE by the European Commission who wants me, as NANOCOAT Coordinator, to disseminate widely !! but if you delete me each time that I make an attempt, I will not be able to fulfil this requirement... Can you please revise your position OR tell me what to do precisely (refering to your policy does not clarify my questionning !...) many thanks in advance... Pascal NEGRE NANOCOAT project Coordinator pascal@negre.be —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.80.83.60 ( talk) 15:58, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Noticed your note on the page. I'd put some categories on it, a photo and part of a sentence, and hoped to return when I had some time to flesh out the entry. Glad you got it all cleaned up and sorted beforehand. :-) Always amazes me when I see this sort of stuff, but for brand-new folks I suppose one can chalk it up to not knowing better. Anyways, thanks. MarmadukePercy ( talk) 21:41, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Both for dealing with and the talk page analysis re Faeza Dawood. I read it, it made sense, and I learned something in the process. I appreciate that, as well as all the copyright work you do (I know I've handed you a fair number from the URBLP backlog, perhaps this year we'll finally get that wrestled to the ground for good.) Anyway, thanks. :) -- joe decker talk to me 02:07, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Based on this discussion on my talk page, can you please restore whichever of these two images File:New-Defender-of-Tall-Buildings.jpg or File:Defender-of-Tall-Buildings.jpg, if it is identical to the source image and if it has the OTRS Ticket#2011040810000831 attached. I tagged both of these as redundant because they looked identical to File:Skyscraperman-cover.jpg which was in the article and which also has an OTRS ticket attached but is a slightly different image. The later will be unused when this one is put into the article Skyscraperman so it should probably be deleted when the newer image is restored. Thanks in advance. ww2censor ( talk) 03:33, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl. If you can spare a moment, I'd be grateful it you could opine here as to how to proceed. Best thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 06:07, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
I have to run off and do work here in a little bit so I just wanted to run down my recent actions and see if you or a talk-page stalker had any corrections you/they think should be made. I ran across some of WikiEditor44 ( talk · contribs)'s work last year and cleaned out a bunch of copyvio (see their talk page after my edits) and happened to notice them again recently and saw that they had been warned again more recently and created another verbatim copyvio (+sources and refs) just this weekend. I opened a CCI and blocked for a week - they clearly aren't learning from warnings, but they haven't been blocked before. Too long, too short? Did I miss anything else I should've done (or do something I shouldn't have)? I know I should be able to answer these myself, but as I said I have to run off now, so I'm dumping it in your lap for review. VernoWhitney ( talk) 19:15, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Could you take a look at the discussion at User talk:Trödel please - is he right? The YouTube video I removed was clearly a CNN broadcast. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 20:28, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey MRGirl, can I bother you for a moment? I have this 1977 facsimile of the medieval Lincoln Thornton Manuscript in front of me. I can't just scan a page and upload it to Commons, can I? Can I scan a detail (with Thornton's "signature" remark) and upload it to Wikipedia for the purpose of illustrating the article? Your help is much appreciated, as always. Drmies ( talk) 20:20, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Since the Wikimedia Foundation is having errors, at least in my region, I can't do this now, but as soon as I'm back online with any stability, I need to make sure that the vandalism of this IP has all been cleaned, as he introduced BLP problems into a variety of articles. OTRS complaint. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:20, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
If my "saving" of the page caused a problem, it is because of the server errors. Dijcks HotTub Pool 16:31, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Connie Emerald's dates are confirmed by IMDB, find-a-grave here and elsewhere (though I don't see a free newspaper obit). It's also in Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre by Kurt Gänzl, p. 1266. The IP originally entered wrong dates, but we corrected them to these dates. All the best, -- Ssilvers ( talk) 20:35, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello MG
I need advice about a picture I want to upload to Commons to illustrate a WP article. I have the full permission of the subject, who is one of the four joint copyright-holders (under Bosnian law). The image is taken from an interview with him filmed as part of a project in which he is one of the four participants = copyright-holders. He is in a position to be certain that none of his joint copyright-holders will disagree with him signing up on their behalf to whatever CR waiver Wikipedia requires, but being world-weary as I am, I'm certain that's not going to be enough. Can you help steer me across the reefs, please? Opbeith ( talk) 21:18, 20 April 2011 (UTC) Additional detail: the image is a frontal view of him being interviewed, alone, against a featureless black background. Opbeith ( talk) 21:30, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Encyclopedia Dramatica was recently shut down and switched to being Oh Internet, a cleaner, SFW website that has much the same use as ED, but without the porn. This upset quite a few ED users, who went and forked a lot of the information in ED onto a new website, at encyclopediadramatica.ch. There is a long discussion on the article talk page about including a link to .ch, but the consensus seems to be that there are no reliable sources discussing this forked article and, because it doesn't give attribution back to ED, the information it hosts is a copyright violation against ED (since ED's copyright policy is much like ours). There's the background for you. Anyways, a user recently uploaded File:Main Page - Encyclopedia Dramatica.png to Commons, which is of the new .ch fork website. However, it is not currently used in any article and isn't likely to be unless some reliable sources actually discuss this forked website, which isn't likely for some time. Thus, it is an image that isn't likely to be hosted on any article and it is also an image of information that is a copyright violation against ED. Therefore, I think it should be deleted, but i'm not sure which criteria to use to delete it. Do you have any input on that? Silver seren C 21:27, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I would appreciate to hear your opinion in a discussion going on at help desk. It is at WP:HELPDESK#Criteria to keep a template?. Thanks. Toshio Yamaguchi ( talk) 10:45, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
[6], [7], [8]. No surprise, but nice to see. Cheers, Ocaasi c 16:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi.
We are having a discussion on categories with 3 or less articles in it, and is starting to get sarcastic, perhaps is time for a mediator before it gets unfriendly, so if you have time and a well thought opinion on the matter.
Thanks in advance. Zidane tribal ( talk) 16:58, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl... Thank you!!! Clftruthseeking ( talk) 00:11, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
That was fun. So-- is this in the public domain? Can we rip this? Or does that little red tag with white print spoil the fun? FWIW, I uploaded File:Harley ms 2253 66v.pdf (from a 1965 facsimile edition of a 1340 manuscript) to Commons. It still needs cropping, but I don't have a PDF editor. Thanks MRG, Drmies ( talk) 01:46, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
If it is allowed, I would like to ask for your help in moving the discussion at this section "Here is a list of disputed edits for WP:3O" talk:vasectomy to the very bottom of the page. Can this be done? This is the only section where there is activity as relates to the dispute, and WP:3O.
Also, as much as I have no problem with any of the content in any part of the talk pages there, it may also be a good idea to simply archive most of it assuming we can reach some sort of consensus. I think we are making progress, so it may just happen.
It (our discussion) has become so long that no one will understand it, much less read it (or vice-versa). Maybe it can be archived as a separate section as relates to my discussions with the other editor? Dijcks HotTub Pool 21:08, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
There seem to be numerous copyvios by a good-faith editor at this article. The article is in flux and being worked-on by a particular editor as I post this User Hawaiianmonkseal's contributions but still...they have lifted text straight from the various cited sources. I think this editor should have a warning or Notice or something placed on their talkpage but I'm not sure what be appropriate in this case. Your username came up in IRC as "(someone who) rocks with that stuff" so I'm posting here in the hopes you can assess what is going on with this article and help this editor out a bit. If you don't have the time, leave me a talkback/note and tell me what could best be done to help this editor follow Wikiepdia guidelines a little better and I'll do what I can. Thanks, Shearonink ( talk) 17:10, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Examples from Google searches of various phrases:
Some of the content seems to be lifted from:
But "The Hawaiian monk seal is among the most endangered of all seal species, although its cousin species the Mediterranean Monk Seal" is a close paraphase form an earlier blog:
I am starting to be somewhat unsure if the content is circular, in that the text is being lifted from Wikipedia and then gets repeated elsewhere until it appears again in Wikipedia, almost as if Wikipedia is cannibalizing itself. Am now trying to assess specifically what this latest editor has added. Shearonink ( talk) 21:09, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I left you a message yesterday here, hoping that maybe we can get the page unprotected. If we can do this, I can try to finish the bulk of text contribution this holiday weekend. Things have calmed down enough to where, at the very least we are both in to a more calm process of discussion while coming to consensus.. And the only to really find out is to get back to editing. thanks, Dijcks HotTub Pool 17:29, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl, this is Survir. Can you please help me with the following articles: (MERGE) Pyaar Mein Twist (TV series) and Pyaar mein twist to Pyaar Mein Twist (TV series); (DELETE) Rock N Roll Soniye because the concept was never made into series and it was scratched by the channel; (MERGE) Sapnon Se Bhare Naina and Sapnon Se Bhare Nena into Sapnon Se Bhare Naina this is the original title. Just one more question regarding how to write the title of series if it comes with a tagline. Example: Bhagonwali - Baante Apni Taqdeer, OR Bhagonwali: Baante Apni Taqdeer, OR Bhagonwali... Baante Apni Taqdeer. Which is more appropriate with the hypen, colon, or 3 dots. And, if you write a title with the 3 dots do you need to put a space after the 3 dots or you would just write them together, e.g. Bhagonwali...Baante Apni Taqdeer. Can you please help. Thank you. Your Friend Survir ( talk) 00:35, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Content copied from [[Pyaar mein twist]]
. After you do that, turn
Pyaar mein twist into a redirect by replacing the content with #REDIRECT [[Pyaar Mein Twist (TV series)]] {{R from merge}}
. In your edit summary, write Content copied to [[Pyaar Mein Twist (TV series)]]
. If you don't copy any content, you don't have to use the {{R from merge}}
part. You can just turn it into a redirect. If you copy content, put {{
copied}} on the talk pages of both articles: {{copied|from=Pyaar mein twist|to=Pyaar Mein Twist (TV series)}}
Content copied from [[Sapnon Se Bhare Nena]]
when you paste the content and #REDIRECT [[Sapnon Se Bhare Naina]] {{R from merge}}
when you turn the article into a redirect. When you copy content, put {{
copied}} on the talk pages of the articles: {{copied|from=Sapnon Se Bhare Nena|to=Sapnon Se Bhare Naina}}
The phrase "Post-Pyramidion Construction" is found only in this article, a website [11] and self-published book at Lulu.com [12]. I was thinking of taking it to AfD but then noticed that most if not all of the material is copyvio. The article is probably deletable on that ground, but then the editor might either get the material released from copyright or rewrite a non-copyvio version, which would I think be a waste of their time. Anyone have any suggestions as to how to go forward? Stub to remove copyvio and then AfD, or? Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 13:09, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. If you have time, could you please check the GFDL status of the recently created article Human Rights in Northern Cyprus which is the product of a copy and paste edit and add the necessary contributor acknowledgment under GFDL. I added a note at Talk:Human Rights in Northern Cyprus. Thank you. Dr.K. λogos πraxis 19:37, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
The "Human rights" section was recently expanded and the main contributions are included in this diff. Thanks again. Dr.K. λogos πraxis 20:03, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello again. I know this isn't exactly your speciality, but maybe you can point me in the right direction. The article Sarairasi has a section in it about Prominent Personalities. It's all personal stuff and no sign of a reference anywhere. I deleted the section some time ago, and others have done so since, but it keeps reappearing. It contains potentially libellous assessments of various inhabitants (one is described as a "2 time BLOCK HEAD"). Wikipedia cannot be publishing stuff like this! I could keep deleting it but I think there must be a better way… — Hebrides ( talk) 21:02, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey Moonriddengirl, how you doin'? I want to start a new article on ruh khitch. At the moment when I search there is a redirect to photography with no mention that I can see. Could you advise me of the correct method for starting the article and dealing with the redirect. Also, not sure if you read my reply to your message on my talk page, but I would really like that edit gone, forever. Thanks Filmmaker2011 ( talk) 08:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC).
Hello Moonriddengirl.
Having seen your sandbox and your idea for an RfC, I would like to convey to you that your idea is an excellent and democratic one, and the RfC you have initiated i very crisp, clear and can make matters much better. I suggest that you please implement it as a full-fledged RfC so that all discussions about the said list can move to the RfC rather than clutter up the Talk page. It will also help in tying up many loose ends and help us understand one another.
With regards,
AnkitBhatt Talk to me!!LifEnjoy 13:07, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
A (hopefully) quick question for you, although I seem to recall that your main involvement is with text copyright rather than image copyright. If someone takes a photo of an official "portrait" and the original "portrait"" was created by an un-named third party in 1987, would it be fair for me to insist that I see some evidence that the portrait's creator has granted permission for re-use? I'm not sure if the portrait is a painting or, more likely, a photographic study. It is getting messy because it involves a "serial abuser" of image license issues whose first language is almost certainly not English and who seems unable or unwilling to provide proper answers to the questions which I have asked. - Sitush ( talk) 15:04, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
If you are on, can you please have a look at DBelozersky's uploads, none of which have any source or copyright tag. I have already warned him twice but he still continues uploading. Most of these images look like derivative artwork images. Thanks ww2censor ( talk) 17:26, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
I am trying to make a Project Gallery for my article on Tronic Studio. I have full permission to use all Tronic material and I have asked the company owner to send an email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org verifying my permission. Since this is my first article of this type I would like some help with the copyrighting tags and how to make the images legal. The owner of the company is ok with releasing them into the public domain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DBelozersky ( talk • contribs) 18:02, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, I read the note and it was very helpful. I will edit all the pictures I have right now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DBelozersky ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Would I use the same template for the Tronic logo image? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DBelozersky ( talk • contribs) 18:46, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I uploaded an photo of this statue which and I was wondering what the appropriate tag was for this image. Sarujo ( talk) 20:35, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Love to come in and see work already done. :) NortyNort, I don't know if that's what you were doing, but I have myself focused on one aspect of a question only to overlook a larger aspect. Outcropping of my great talent for dealing with minutiae. I have to remind myself sometimes to look at the overall picture. :D -- Moonriddengirl (talk)
I received OTRS permission from Mary Lou Greenberg of ontheissuesmagazine.com for the text content in File:Merle Hoffman.pdf that was removed from this article in ticket 2011042610025067. – Adrignola talk 14:20, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
Sorry to bother you, but I noticed that you revdel'd the copyvio in the Chamblee, Georgia article which I had reverted to a non-copyvio state. Should I list any more copyvios I fix at Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/RD1 Requests? I asked about this (amongst other things) in this thread and from the response, I thought it was only for material likely to be re-introduced. I am not trying to change anything I just want to know if what I am doing is correct?
regards,
ascidian | talk-to-me 21:07, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
Recently large blocks of text have been added to Sonny Barger and duly reverted as likely copyvios but this edit appears to confirm the suspicion as correct. The isbn # that was removed is for the book Hell's Angel: the life and times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club coauthored by Sonny Barger. Two additions have been by Dracula08 and more recently by an anonIP, which could of course be Dracula08. Is there any point in any form of protection or blocking, or shall we just keep watching? ww2censor ( talk) 01:33, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey Moonriddengirl....
Please see this request on my talk page. I'm going to punt this to you and let you make the call. I have no opinion. - Philippe 05:50, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl,
I noticed that the content on the Incitec Pivot site that my colleague Ltbaxter created in April last year has been deleted because it has been labelled possible copyright infringement. The text was taken from the Incite Pivot website on the behalf of the company itself. Can you please advise on the appropriate way for our company to go about posting information? We're interested in keeping our page as up-to-date as possible.
Thank you very much for your help. -- JenZim ( talk) 06:24, 29 April 2011 (UTC)JenZim
Dear Moonriddengirl,
we updated our company information now and would like it to be displayed on Wikipedia. You can find it on our website: http://www.incitecpivot.com.au/company_profile_overview.cfm?CFID=3179712&CFTOKEN=16708268. I will also follow the official procedure and send and email to remove the copyright from that content. Thank you very much.
-- 119.225.119.38 ( talk) 23:52, 12 May 2011 (UTC)JenZim
I don't know if you stumbled across this on your own or not, but I wanted to make sure you saw the AN/I thread regarding that article's creator; the copyvio problems appear pervasive across his contributions. postdlf ( talk) 14:22, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Well, issues like this are the reason why the copyright violation policy says, "If contributors have been shown to have a history of extensive copyright violation, it may be assumed without further evidence that all of their major contributions are copyright violations, and they may be removed indiscriminately." :/ In those cases, we'll probably wind up having to place {{subst:copyvio|url=see talk}}
on the article's face and {{
subst:CCId|name=20110429}}
on the article's talk page. :/ --
Moonriddengirl
(talk) 16:33, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
No problem at all. Although, Thehelpfulbot should get all the credit really for adding it to the pages you voted on! :D
The Helpful One 16:59, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, thanks for your tireless work on copyright in Wikipedia. I happened upon a law firm that has appropriated Wikipedia articles in putting together its own commercial site: [14] is verbatim from Wikipedia's Contract circa 2010-10-24. There's no mention of Wikipedia (although they have kept the wikilinks!) and the only copyright information is "Copyright 2011. All rights reserved." The other pages in their "Practice Areas" sidebar aren't obviously from Wikipedia. Do such things get listed as forks and mirrors, or is there a separate place for simple copyright violations? -- Amble ( talk) 17:32, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Could you please take a look at my Tronic Studio article and remove the template if it looks good? ~~DBelozersky —Preceding unsigned comment added by DBelozersky ( talk • contribs) 18:53, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, triggered by a recent update on Committee on International Security and Arms Control and being a bit longer on Wikipedia, I wonder if this article has big issues with copyvio? A lot of the content seems copy/paste of the official website, although some is outdated. But I don't know if there are special copy rules for national academy websites. Can you have a look? -- SchreyP ( talk) 19:03, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
{{
subst:copyvio|url=website}}
(specifying the url, of course, where I've put website :D). That will generate a big warning flag on the article which contains a couple of templates that you can paste where they need to go. One goes at today's page on
WP:CP. One goes on the talk page of the contributor. They're both pretty obvious. :) It will also then link to a temporary page where, if you're feeling very generous, you can rewrite the article. :) After a week, if permission hasn't been provided, an admin (possibly me) will close the listing and replace the copyvio version of the article with the new one. If no new one is proposed, the article might just be deleted. --
Moonriddengirl
(talk) 19:20, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, I'd wondered why that whole section was blockquoted. I kinda figured something like that had happened. Daniel Case ( talk) 14:48, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Someone started a PROD but not posted any notice in my talk page. And it was deleted. But in fact he is a notable player, and if lack of content, just simply notify me to rewrite it, instead of silently deleted. Would you like to restore the history and i will rewrite it. Matthew_hk t c 10:55, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Creating a BLP almost three years ago with only an infobox and a one liner intro and only making a total of three other (minor) edits on the page then complaining about it over two months later after it was PRODed? Even if it was done "silently"? Hmmm... You would've expected a little more in the article by now as well, especially since Matthew all of a sudden says "he could rewrite it." But that's another thing, as you would be able to see in the revision history of the page, I've contributed to it and would've contributed more if there was actual coverage. But there's none except for stats sites which also contradict each other. Anyway, if it floats Matthew's boat to restore it, good for him right? I'll walk away. Banana Fingers ( talk) 21:16, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
User:Jkirks uploaded three photos of basketball players from the 1940s and claimed that he took the pics (with a Canon digital camera no less), and that he was "releasing" them into the public domain. The photos in question were used for the Jimmy McNatt article. After a request had been placed on them for deletion per copyvio (at my request), they were eventually deleted per consensus. CommonsDelinker removed them today, and Jkirks tried to undo the edit, thinking the photos would reappear.
I reverted that edit of his, explaining that the pics were deleted in the edit summary. Literally less than 20 minutes later, the exact same 4 photographs were re-added to the article after Jkirks had re-uploaded them, except this time under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 licensing. Will you please have these files speedily deleted, and explain to Jkirks that just because he takes a photograph of a photograph does not mean there is a transference of copyright ownership? Thank you in advance. Jrcla2 ( talk) 19:34, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar | |
for edits like this and edits I didn't know existed. Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 06:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC) |
I'm very sorry about not responding but I don't think she got the email. Would it be possible for you to resend her the email at vivianrosenthal@tronicstudio.com? Thank you very much in advance! DBelozersky ( talk) 16:27, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you so much for all your help! DBelozersky ( talk) 16:38, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
I have been trawling through the Nair article, for my sins. Indian articles are an absolute nightmare. Anyways, your advice on a possible copyvio would be appreciated. My suspicion is that upwards of 50% of this article is either that or plagiarism, this being a fairly typical figure for such articles in my experience.
The bit I have an immediate concern over occurred way back in March 2007, around 9th/10th March. The content under the Socio-political section heading includes. among other issues, the words "The impact of the market economy, the disappearance of traditional military training, the absorption of new values through the new system of education, the self-consciousness being generated among the lower castes and their cry for equality and privileges - all these factors brought about a decline of Nair dominance." The phrasing absolutely screams of a violation. I phrase things like that here, but not many Indian contributors do, and of course the article is mainly edited by them.
I can find the words on an Indian govt website which claims a copyright year of 2005. Can I trust that copyright year, or do you think it might be a standard page footer referring to the site design rather than the content? I am aware that the Indian government is not adverse to copyvios itself, and in this instance could just possibly be a mirror of WP. - Sitush ( talk) 16:43, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
BTW, I pretty much had to rewrite Paravar for these sort of reasons. - Sitush ( talk) 18:10, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriffengirl. How is this issue going? I just noticed the talk was archived. Can we act upon these images? I ask because there are another group of Puerto Rico related images that I also believe are wrongly tagged as PD, but, given the temper of that project's users, I would prefer to resolve one issue per turn. -- Damiens.rf 16:52, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
18:33, 3 May 2011 (UTC) Hi, Hope you are doing well, i need your assistance, can we talk over the phone, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bberry91077 ( talk • contribs)
This question came up at the IRC help channel. Regarding this educational/scientific table [17] (image 1 halfway down the page):
1) Can we take a screenshot of it and upload it as an image? I'm assuming no since © 1991-2007 Institute for Molecular Manufacturing. All rights reserved.
2) Can we copy it verbatim into a table and cite it inline?
3) Can we paraphrase it without it being a) close paraphrasing or b) original research?
Thanks for any thoughts. Cheers Ocaasi c 05:12, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl, this is Survir. I just want to ask that can you have two seperate pages in wikipedia of a television programme that just changed the original title of the series, or do you just have one. For example, the following television serial Shubh Kadam which aired back in 2008-09 was named Kaisi Laagi Lagan first, but after 6 months of its launch the title of the series was changed to Shubh Kadam. So can we divide them into two seperate seasons and list them under "followed by" in infobox template or you just have one page with the current title? The directors of the series were also replaced after its name change. Moreover, when launched as Kaisi Laagi Lagan, it focused on college track, but when the couple tied the knot, the series was named Shubh Kadam. So what do you say...? Survir ( talk) 16:20, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi there MRG! There's a request at RPP for full protection of this page because of copyright concerns. I see that you've been involved in it. Could you give it a quick look over and see if protection is needed. I'll keep an eye on it in the mean time for 3RR etc. Thanks! Ged UK 12:35, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
I just noticed that the majority of Deer Isle Bridge is taken directly from the HAER document linked at the bottom. As a work of the National Park Service, it's presumably public domain, but as a direct copy-paste, isn't it plagiarism? -- SarekOfVulcan ( talk) 21:09, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, This is regarding "Hindu Janajagruti Samiti" article. Do you think below content looks ok to you ? I tried my best to take care of copyright concers which were raised with previous version of article. Apart from adding the references if there are any suggessions for improving this article upto wikipedia standards, Please let me know. Sanatany ( talk) 03:35, 5 May 2011 (UTC) Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (Registration No. : 1540 / I-634) Establishment : Chhatrapati Shivaraya kept aside all the differences and united and formed an army of ‘mawlas’. He established ‘Hindvi Swaraj’ with the belief that it was the wish of God. Similarly, keeping aside the constraints of organizations, sects, castes etc. Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) was established, on the spur-of-the-moment, on the auspicious day of ‘Ghat-sthapana (Navaratri)’ [Ashwin Shu. Pratipada, 7th October 2002] for uniting Hindus and establishment of righteous Hindu Nation. Activities of HJS have now spread all over the country with the grace of God and support of devout Hindus. Aim: 1. To impart ‘Dharmashikshan’ to Hindus and motivate them to follow ‘Dharmacharan’. 2. To develop patriotism and love and respect towards Dharma among Hindus. 3. Protection of Nation and Dharma. 4. Unite Hindus for establishment of Hindu Nation Successful drive of Hindu unity : Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabhas are organized to create awareness among Hindus towards various attacks on Hindu Dharma; for uniting them and sow in them, the seed of establishment of Hindu Nation. In the last 3 years, more than 8,00,000 devout Hindus attended 750 such ‘sabhas’ held in 7 languages in 13 States. Outcome of the ‘sabhas’ : 1. Many pro-Hindu organizations came together for the sake of Dharma 2. Many youth members were freed from their addictions and joined activities related to protection of Dharma 3. In many villages, different factions forgot their differences and came together 4. Hindus, who were not part of any pro-Hindu groups, became active for establishment of Hindu Nation Activities related to ‘Dharmashikshan’ 1. ‘Dharmashikshan’ Classes : HJS conducts 600 weekly / fortnightly ‘Dharmashikshan’ classes wherein science behind various acts of ‘Dharmacharan’ like going to temple for ‘darshan’, apply ‘Tila’ on the forehead etc. is explained in detail. 2. ‘Dharma-satsangs’ telecast on TV channels : A series of ‘Dharma-satsangs’ titled ‘Science behind religious rituals/ acts’ has been prepared by HJS, in Hindi (in 200 parts of 25 minutes each) for reaching the knowledge of ‘Dharma’ to every house. Presently, these ‘Dharma-satsangs’ are being telecast on the national channel ‘Sudarshan’ and nearly 80,00,000 Hindus are getting benefit of these ‘Satsangs’ through local Cable Channels. ‘Prasar’ through ‘Dharmaphalaks (Display Boards)’ : Information on incidents related to attack on Hindu Dharma and oppression of Hindus besides current affairs and science behind celebrating various religious festivals is written on 1050 display boards regularly on behalf of HJS Social Activities HJS is also engaged in social activities like cleaning of temples, holding blood donation camps, aid to flood-affected citizens, planting of trees etc.
It is the duty of every Hindu to sacrifice something for Dharma ! It is necessary that everyone participates in the activities related to protection of Nation and Dharma. It is an appeal to Hindus that in case they are unable to devote time for such activities, they can at least offer donations every month and perform their duty towards Dharma.
HJS claims that their website www.HinduJagruti.org is one of the most-visited among all pro-Hindu websites in the world – 1,40,000 readers per month from 175 countries
Publishing of series of articles, VCDs etc. Active organization of awakened Hindus ! Will create Nation for Hindus ! Sanatany ( talk) 03:35, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, a quick question please. Are most photographs of modern statues against Wiki-rules? The page Miguel Bejarano Moreno has two of his statues, and both images have been marked as candidates for deletion on commons as copyvio based on the "presumption" that they were copyrighted. I have no idea if that approach is valid, given that there are plenty of statue images, and we do not know if the statue was coprighted. Are all statues to be banished from commons? It would seem like a loss. Your comments on the commons page for these two will be appreciated. Thanks. History2007 ( talk) 16:46, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey I'm sorry to bother you again but Tronic has not received the email yet, I just wanted to check the status...thanks in advance! —Preceding unsigned comment added by DBelozersky ( talk • contribs) 19:05, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I took a little break from my "pet" project to contribute to the Osama bin Laden article, mainly the events surrounding his death. For the first time, I got a true taste of how incredible this system is of bringing together several interested contributors. I would write a few sentences, and within an hour it would morph in to this overall much better, more detailed content by virtue of everyone adding a bit, taking a way a bit, etc.. It really was fun to watch, and I was excited for the first time when working on content.
On the evening of May 1st, I thought I would "rush" over to the article, having been at the Television when the announcement came through, but um, NO, there were already several others typing away! It really was something. Interestingly, I had no prior interest in this subject content, but a little research, and help from others, and well, it's developed into (or added to) at least 4 forked articles, along-side this one.
I realize this is just an impromptu message, but your advice to check out other areas is what led me to it, so... ...thanks for the support and advice. Dijcks | InOut 00:09, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
I have been pressed to disclose further examples of the close paraphrasing. I left this. Could you advise as to what corrective action should be taken? Anything I would do would be viewed as provocation, but the table in Netball and the Olympic Movement is not properly attributed back to Women's sport at the Olympics. Footnote 5 in both articles is broken in exactly the same way. Finally the table itself is extremely problematic. Please help and advise. Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 01:54, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi there. Would you have time to please check the follwoing three additions to a BLP article ( 1, 2 & 3) for possible copyright violations? The edits consist of copied material from an external site, whereby the editor simply copied material from one site and pasted the content into the BLP article. In my view, this appears to be a WP:COPYVIO issue. Thank you. Amsaim ( talk) 09:36, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Unfortunately the editor who added the copyrighted material has re-added the material using close-paraphrasing in order to hide the copyright violation. Amsaim ( talk) 08:35, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much can you please let me know as soon as you receive it? DBelozersky ( talk) 18:32, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. You remember the copyright issues on Committee on International Security and Arms Control. I started a brand new article here, currently only stub level. So it can replace the old versions, since I presume those will be deleted. -- SchreyP ( talk) 20:38, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
With well learned lessons from you (a belated TY) You will find this message on the talk page of Public image of Barack Obama: 2004 Speech "To whomever rewrote the section on his Democratic Convention speech in 2004, you have some serious copyright issues that need to be corrected immediately. — DocOfSoc • Talk • 13:16, 7 May 2011 (UTC)" Some phrases are verbatim from the sourced article, which I had carefully rewritten in the first place. Have a good day. Namaste... — DocOfSoc • Talk • 13:38, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
I was away from my machine and so did not notice the good work that you did for the page for Bioversity International. I will try to ensure that no more is copy-pasted without at least thinking about copyright issues. User:JeremyCherfas —Preceding undated comment added 12:48, 9 May 2011 (UTC).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aanchal and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aanchal_newspaper there are two pages for same article -- one of them must be removed Paglakahinka ( talk) 17:33, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
You placed a reasonable explanatory message in this section and NortyNort took action to remove the Copyvio paste. Snce then, I've deleted re-additions of the same material 3 times, most recently a few minutes ago. That repetition gives me reason to assume it will soon be back; maybe needing more decisive action? AllyD ( talk) 19:50, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
Can you take a look at this image to see if it really qualifies for public domain? I'm somewhat skeptical. The uploader justified it on my talk page here. I appreciate your assistance. -- Moni3 ( talk) 00:35, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I was planning on collecting a list of admins / experienced editors whom I could consult if there is something I need help with. If I need help with a copyright question, could I come directly to you? Thanks. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 12:40, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
I see from the talk page and the history that you have had issues with M. K. Rajakumar in October of last year. I have been hacking my way through this particular thorn hedge but am slowly giving up the will to continue. You managed to prune it back to c 7K but recently it has been > 100K and I have now got it back to c 60K but most of the rest is just essays, CVs etc. I am about to restore your October version and am flagging here just in case a bomb goes off over my head from irate IPs! Velella Velella Talk 23:27, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
There's a discussion at Talk:Air France Flight 447 re use of one or more sea-bottom images that would benefit from your insight. It seems the copyright is held, or at least asserted, by a French government organ, the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile. They are reportedly willing to have it reused, but not in such a way that it could be altered. I've not seen any policy statement on the inclusion of such images which is sufficiently clear for me. Could you please help shed some light there? Regards, LeadSongDog come howl! 16:25, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Long time. Could you please advise on this? Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 09:30, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Moonriddengirl. I have just posted a message at User talk:Malhousto concerning an article which I have deleted, copyright being one of the issues. It was a classic case: CorenSearchBot posts a copyright warning, user posts a message saying "I own the copyright", article is deleted anyway, largely because it is promotional. I have seen this happen many times, and quite often the user has then gone to the trouble of giving copyright permission and recreating the article, only to see it deleted again because of other issues, most commonly promotion. I can well imagine, as no doubt you can, how frustrating this must be for someone who comes here in good faith, unaware of Wikipedia's policies, and has taken some trouble in trying to conform. I have been concerned about this issue for some time, and I always try to give a user a friendly warning to the effect "you can follow the instructions for donating copyright if you like, but my advice is that it is probably not worth it". The reason I have come to you now is that in this case I see that the user's talk page had a message copied from User:Moonriddengirl/vp, and I wondered if you might like to consider the possibility of adding a few words there to suggest that the user might like to consider other approaches, other than giving copyright permission. It also might be worth considering adding such comments to other copyright-related notices: what do you think? JamesBWatson ( talk) 10:04, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
I think I am the only one who was using this for images. I can provide a list of the ones which were uploaded using this and also the ones which were transferred to Commons. Personally don't see how this can be misused any more than anything else that's either free or non-free. Everything has a potential for misuse if someone wants to work hard enough at it, but that shouldn't stop the majority who work within the rules. One of the most common complaints I see from both registered users and non-registered ones is that with the current guidelines, many notable people's photos don't look anything like them when they were making movies, records, etc. My thought was that it was a way to work within guidelines and be able to provide this type of image. I can give you a list of the images on your talk page if that might help. We hope ( talk) 01:14, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
my question and the reply The file File:Scarabengine.jpg was changed on the basis of the collective works information. We hope ( talk) 02:05, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
I have been poking around and have got to know that you are undisputedly the best copyright expert on Wiki. A user has continously been biting me I am in real need of help. He has reported all signatures I uploaded as copyright infringment and has listed them for deletion as you can see here Request you to spare an eye. Also, he has again and again tagged File:BuddhoBabu.jpg and File:BuddhadebBabu.jpg as PUF even though a consensus has been reached. I really request you to stop this non-sense and warn him. Requesting replies to both cases. GaneshBhakt ( talk) 08:53, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
You deleted in November 2010 major portions of the above wesite.
I have now given copyright permission to Wikipedia, so please reinstate the deleted portions of the above wesite asap.
If you need to contact me, please e-mail me at <redacted for privacy> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.122.77.185 ( talk) 13:19, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
I've written up a draft here. The language is, of course, very general. In practice, you would expect that a committee could be elected to make new policies, or to edit certain policy pages on sensitive issues on which the community is too divided. Count Iblis ( talk) 01:12, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
African Conservation Foundation page deleted, but there was no copyright issue. Text has a Creative Commons license and use was approved by the organisation. Can the deletion be undone or should we recreate the page?
13:49, 18 August 2010 Moonriddengirl (talk | contribs) deleted "African Conservation Foundation" (Listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems for over seven days: http://www.africanconservation.org/content/view/23/34/)
Orokiet ( talk) 13:47, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl - Your apology, on behalf of this hastily edited Forum, is appreciated and your encouragement along with that of others here, has inspired me to continue my work on Boue Soeurs. Just not on Wikipedia.
Regards, Ellen -- Ellen Ada Goldberg ( talk) 13:01, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Your excellence is requested, when you are available and have the time. Could Haryana#Geography be a straight lift from this? I've ran it through dupe detector but couldn't make my mind up. - Sitush ( talk) 17:25, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Previously , on Langley High School (Oldbury), the entire copy of the school song lyrics were included; I removed them in this diff. I did so on both WP:NOT grounds (we don't quote primary texts in their entirety), and for the inclusion of the full lyrics being a potential copyright violation. Another editor (dynamic IP, signing as "Cresconian") objected, saying that the inclusion of songs was common in other UK school articles. I told him that the NOT issue could potentially be discussed, but that if it was a copyvio, there wasn't any possibility of including it. Cresconian was able to determine that the author of the song was J G Haworth, first Headmaster of the school, and that it was first published in the UK in 1928. As far as I can see from the copyright info, UK copyrights are protected for 70 years from the date of death of the author, or 70 years from the publication date if the author is unknown. In this case, we know the author, but not the death date (I assume, I'll check to be sure). Questions: First, have I pinned down the relevant issue? Second, (if yes on the first) assuming we can't easily find the death date, are we safe arguing this is out of copyright?
Mind you, even if we find that this song is out of copyright, I'll still be arguing against inclusion, but at least it's a possibility and one that can be resolved through consensus. I see above you're out for another day or two, which is fine, as this is not time sensitive, although if any TPS have the answer, feel free to let me know. Qwyrxian ( talk) 06:12, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
I think I may just have to link
this on my userpage. Now, do you have any idea on how weyou author this process?
LessHeard vanU (
talk) 13:20, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Greetings. Could you please take a look at Mecca massacre, in particular, this part:
And compare it to: [19].
I would edit it myself, but unfortunately, most of my recent edits have been reverted, and I have been reminded to stay within the guidelines set by 3RR. Thank you. Unflavoured ( talk) 20:18, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
The material in question are essential information to the context of the events. Unflavoured is trying to censor this information for purely POV reason, Copyvio is not his main concern. The material should be restored as attributed quotation per our copyright guidelines, which clearly states "Brief quotations of copyrighted text may be used to illustrate a point, establish context, or attribute a point of view or idea.". Do you guys agree? Kurdo777 ( talk) 13:24, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
I would like your opinion as an admin, please. Is my recent edit [22] in violation of 3RR ?! The last similar edit was [23], but this time I had taken care to make only a small expansion of the lede, which I had expected to be uncontroversial. Thank you. Unflavoured ( talk) 14:52, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
I have just reverted a huge copy/paste at Rajya Sabha. My suspicion is that, with suitable attribution, it might actually have been ok but I was unsure and it really was a lot of text. I have found the relevant website's copyright notice, which is a PDF here. It is extremely short and to the point, so if/when you have a moment would it be possible for you to check it out for me, please?
If it is ok, as I suspect, then my next issue is how to correctly incorporate it in a valid manner. I have looked at the WP:PLAGIARISM section on public domain and cannot decide whether each section needs citing + a comment in the edit summary or whether there should be a general note in references (as I think I have seen done for some PD books in the past). Clueless, as usual. - Sitush ( talk) 14:58, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Okay. This is from some of my older notes. :) Copyright rules of 1957, section 52(q) excludes as copyright violations the "reproduction or publication" of certain government works, although they explicitly require the retention of certain materials in subsection (ii). Reproduction in the absence of these materials is regarded as a copyright violation.
Specifically, it says that the following are not copyright violations:
(q) the reproduction or publication of-
(i) any matter which has been published in any Official Gazette except an Act of a Legislature;
(ii) any Act of a Legislature subject to the condition that such Act is reproduced or published together with any commentary thereon or any other original matter;
(iii) the report of any committee, commission, council, board or other like body appointed by the Government if such report has been laid on the Table of the Legislature, unless the reproduction or publication of such report is prohibited by the Government;
(iv) any judgement or order of a court, tribunal or other judicial authority, unless the reproduction or publication of such judgment or order is prohibited by the court, the tribunal or other judicial authority, as the case may be
So, some content of the government of India is free; some is not. Determining which is which can sometimes be challenging. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:11, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Sitush, I appreciate the vote of confidence, but I'm afraid that I am doomed to disappoint you! There's quite a lot I don't know; although I learn more every day, I suspect that's not going to change anytime soon. :D Public domain is really too strong a word for what they're doing, even though I used it myself earlier in this conversation. Since there are conditions, the material is not entirely free. The biggest and most obvious exception, of course, is with Acts of Legislature, which must be published with commentary or other official matter. The sentence at Commons:Template:PD-India that says "Text of laws, judicial opinions, and other government reports are free from copyright" is just flat wrong.
User:MilborneOne, I've got a case up at PuF right now where the Press Information Bureau of India is just not quite liberal enough. Always a shame to have to disappoint people who think they're doing the right thing. :/ -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:45, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
The article looked well referenced. I'd like the chance to fix any problems. I was unaware of the fact they even had a "copyright problems" page and that the default was to delete if no one said anything. — BQZip01 — talk 21:32, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, need your advice. Vivian Balakrishnan, an article on a Singaporean politician, has contained copyvio from his official profile since the very first edit to create the article in July 2005. Over the years the copyvio hasn't really been touched while the rest of the article has evolved. I've removed the portions that still offend (direct copy-and-pastes in most cases, with the occasional minor sentence structure change), but I'm not sure if RD1 is needed. I don't think it's feasible to RD1 every single revision dating back six years. What's normally done in such a case? Strange Passerby ( talk • cont) 08:45, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
User talk:Strange Passerby#copyvio? - we have an another admin, La goutte de pluie ( talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), who steadfastly refuses to believe this is copyvio and says the Singaporean government committed copyvio of us, despite evidence to the contrary. Strange Passerby ( talk • cont) 11:11, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Okay, the history of the article is currently parked here: Vivian Balakrishnan/deleted revisions. If it turns out that the infringement is reversed, we can merge it back in. Generally, the biggest clues we'll find when archives cannot confirm that their publication predates (though it suggests they did) is looking for minute changes that alter the content into the form of the external site. This can be a bit tedious, but with enough of these we hit Occam's razor—the odds that somebody copied an external source with a few minor changes and that a couple of other editors came along later and happened to move it back to its original form are pretty small.
Now that the history is divided, let's take a look and see what we can see. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:30, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
December 4, 2004, predating our article. Strange Passerby ( talk • cont) 12:13, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
( edit conflict) Okay, another angle we explore is the history of the contributor to see if the contributor has demonstrated confusion about copyright or had other issues with copyright. Here he seems not quite to understand why Wikipedia does not accept copyrighted content. This is also not definitive; not like when we see a long history of copyright warnings and deletions. But the way policy is written, if we cannot verify that content is free and there are legitimate reasons to believe that it may not be, we presume it is not. I don't mark something as a reverse infringement lightly. If I had found this at WP:CP and been left to work on it on my own, I would have concluded that we could not retain the content for that reason; I would have left the contributor a note explaining that we recognize the possibility that they copied from him, but that since we cannot prove that we could not retain the material. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:14, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I'm a bit confused. You deleted this article's talk page as a G8 (talk page of a deleted page), although the page still exists; now, because the talk page was deleted, it's impossible to know what the page is supposed to be a copyvio of because you referred readers to the talk page rather than providing a URL. I'd like to help correct the copyvio problems, but since I don't know what they are, there's not much I can do. Mind helping out? Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 21:32, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I saw your moving the edit history of Toledo Chico to Manga, Toledo Chico. I know about attribution per the CC-BY-SA license. I only wish to inform you that I have worked together with User:Dr. Blofeld to create articles for all of the (initially 79 smaller) barrios of Montevideo and we have been in agreement that some of them will have to be redirected to others of the series to end up with the 58 (actually it turned out to be 62) officialy recognized barrios. You will notice that most of my talk page contains discussion with Dr. Blofeld about Montevideo, barrios, etc. The small stubs I am redirecting to the composite articles were a serial work Dr. Blofeld did to start all 79 stubs. I am absolutely sure he has no CC-BY-SA license problem with my actions. Since there are more cases of such redirects in the series, I though I might save you some work by explaining this, but I may have missed the reason of your edit. Regards and thank you. Hoverfish Talk 14:32, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Ok, I will not do another copypaste rather than move. All the other cases in the series are simply redirects placed on the abandoned stubs, so nothing went missing there. Thanks again. Hoverfish Talk 14:47, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for fixing Haida and Haida people. It was a pleasant surprise to see that today. I didn't know quite how to fix the pages, and didn't really have the time. Pfly ( talk) 20:14, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering if you could help me with this. I want to include information from this table from this book [31] (page 71, if it doesn't take you to the page with the table do a search for the phrase "Liberties originally granted") - how do I do it without running afoul of copyright laws? I once asked a related question on Wikicommons about time-graphs and they said that as long as you got the data and you make the graph yourself, rather than copy/paste the graph, you're good. So can I just make that table in the relevant article using standard Wiki mark up and including all the info, arranged in a similar manner? Volunteer Marek ( talk) 03:12, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, whilst looking through Milhist's list of unreferenced BLPs I came across Beryl E. Escott. The majority of the text came in on 18 November 2009 with this edit. It is essentially the same text as the author's profile on the publisher's website. Now as far as I can tell from the webarchive this profile existed before the WP page. (there isn't a grab of the Escott's page but there is a link of the main list of authors that hasn't changed in two years.) My question is should the whole page be deleted as almost every edit is therefore a derivative work of a copyrighted work? I wasn't sure of the correct procedure in these cases and hoped you might offer your assistance. Thanks, Woody ( talk) 14:23, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Most of the stuff on the Sayaa Irie page is false. I am correcting it! They are using bad links to verify incorrect information. I consider some of the information they posted damning! You are posting links to child porn! The elk hart books are now considers child porn in Japan! Please quit reposting it! I am reporting it! Delete all the elk hart stuff!
and the part about Garo Aida needs to be deleted. He is nothing more then a glorified pedophile! None of what is posted about him ever happened!
Sorry about the youtube stuff.
The problem is that wikipedia will not let me post every verifiable source. If the link is in Japanese, it usually does not allow me to post...
The stuff about Sweet Kiss and Chase I posted in correct and was verifiable... wikiepedia blocks the link because some of it is in Japanese!
All of the Chinese links are bad! They post bad information. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
97.113.253.2 (
talk) 14:22, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
well, I did what you asked, and all the bad information was reposted... AKB48 is suing the magazine for 150 mil. I do not understand why wikipedia keeps reposting the bad content relentlessly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Airrunwesker ( talk • contribs) 06:15, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
I'm strongly considering filing a SPI for all the behavioral puppetry that is going on here (Unrationally keeping, Not signing, being in the very first articles edited on Wikipedia). Could I count on a statement of support (or confirmation of the behavior)? Thanks Hasteur ( talk) 21:36, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moon (or a helpful stalker), I had a quick question. I am planning on expanding the article for Chrisye, an Indonesian singer who died in 2006, but I wasn't sure how best to get fair-use material. I have some good pics of him when he was younger from Rolling Stone Indonesia (December 2009) that I can scan, and there is also his biography that has plenty of pictures that we might be able to use. I could also (theoretically) use screen shots from some of his music videos, but I am a little doubtful of that. There may also be some newspaper pictures. Would using these sources for pictures fall under fair-use? How could I best cite them? Crisco 1492 ( talk) 11:04, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Please excuse the diversion as I go off at a tangent and disagree strongly with what you said above about the use of pictures. Whatever the purely "informational content" contribution of a picture, surely ten million advertisers can't be mistaken - a picture enables the reader to engage more easily with associated text and so will almost always "significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic" even if the mechanism involved is a sub-intellectual one. Other things being equal, that should be a basic argument in favour of legitimising the use of a picture in marginal cases.
If you of all people are unable to discern the determining principle that is being applied in cases of acceptance and rejection, that suggests that the evaluation procedure (guidelines, application of guidelines, whatever) needs fixing rather than that the use of pictures is to be avoided.
(To update you on the query I previously raised with you about the "joint copyright" issue relating to the picture of an article's subject. I haven't got back to you because the subject has decided it's all too complicated. It's not the end of the world as I'm sure there are other pictures to be found but a shame as it was a good picture.) Opbeith ( talk) 08:52, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
I would suggest that there should be a presumption that the *first* picture illustrating any article will a priori significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic by allowing the vast majority of readers to engage significantly more easily with the text. I'd also add that knowing what anyone, even a dead investment banker, looks like consolidates the infrastructure of understanding - it serves to remind us that we are considering an individual, however dead, and not just an abstract concept representing a sequence of financial transactions. I completely understand the grounds for you recusing yourself, you seem to have far too much on your plate already! Opbeith ( talk) 09:09, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Last year you properly deleted a large copied chunk of 28 Fundamental Beliefs. [32] However that leaves the article with an obvious hole, as now only 19 of the 28 Beliefs are listed, and the sub-articles have no where to link from. I'd like to add back the list the headings of the 28 sections which were deleted. That'd be the same as restoring the structure but leaving out all of the descriptive text. I'm not interested in theology and I don't want to have to learn about this topic to fix it, so I'm hoping that interested editors will fill in descriptions, or we could copy them in from the sub-articles. Do you think that'd be acceptable? Will Beback talk 06:33, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello expert. I've been deleting some CSD G12's but I saw one that I felt was a close enough call that I didn't feel comfortable either deleting it, or simply declaring it was fine. I offered some advice to the tagging editor here. I'd like to know if this is decent advice or if there is a better course. (I'm trying to figure out how to get advice from you without asking you to opine on whether the article is in violation, as I'd like that investigation to take it's course; I'm not trying to jump the queue.)-- SPhilbrick T 20:39, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Referring to here, "No copyright is claimed on non-original or licensed material" is a no-no for pasting into Wikipedia, right?
Hi,
if you have a second (I'm sure this question has been answered before somewhere, but I couldn't find it): is it "
WP:FAIR USE" to use a full quote of a two-sentence TV episode summary (released in a press release), considering that the episode has not aired yet?
Edit in question is
here, and I found myself unable to transform the (deliberately) vague information while staying verifiable.
Cheers,
Amalthea 11:40, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, I just noticed that you were previously involved in the copyright violation case [1] regarding the particular editor Arilang1234. I have recently left a notice on the Admins noticeboard regarding some recent issues concerning the editor, [2] such as using images with watermarks, and uploading videos from Youtube directly. Can you provide some clarification on the acceptable guidelines? 60.242.159.224 ( talk) 06:17, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl
You (and also Athanaera) deleted again my NANOCOAT text !! I still do not know what to do !! I explained the previous time that I WAS THE AUTHOR of this text which was recorded by Cordis, The European Commission website (NANOCOAT is an EU funded scientific project)from where it was copied and published somewhere and you say now that I copied this copy !! So I changed my introduction, my title and also the username to be coherent with your rules... and still I am deleted !! I do not know what to do to please your requests !? I AM OBLIGED TO MAKE A WIKIPEDIA PAGE by the European Commission who wants me, as NANOCOAT Coordinator, to disseminate widely !! but if you delete me each time that I make an attempt, I will not be able to fulfil this requirement... Can you please revise your position OR tell me what to do precisely (refering to your policy does not clarify my questionning !...) many thanks in advance... Pascal NEGRE NANOCOAT project Coordinator pascal@negre.be —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.80.83.60 ( talk) 15:58, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Noticed your note on the page. I'd put some categories on it, a photo and part of a sentence, and hoped to return when I had some time to flesh out the entry. Glad you got it all cleaned up and sorted beforehand. :-) Always amazes me when I see this sort of stuff, but for brand-new folks I suppose one can chalk it up to not knowing better. Anyways, thanks. MarmadukePercy ( talk) 21:41, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Both for dealing with and the talk page analysis re Faeza Dawood. I read it, it made sense, and I learned something in the process. I appreciate that, as well as all the copyright work you do (I know I've handed you a fair number from the URBLP backlog, perhaps this year we'll finally get that wrestled to the ground for good.) Anyway, thanks. :) -- joe decker talk to me 02:07, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Based on this discussion on my talk page, can you please restore whichever of these two images File:New-Defender-of-Tall-Buildings.jpg or File:Defender-of-Tall-Buildings.jpg, if it is identical to the source image and if it has the OTRS Ticket#2011040810000831 attached. I tagged both of these as redundant because they looked identical to File:Skyscraperman-cover.jpg which was in the article and which also has an OTRS ticket attached but is a slightly different image. The later will be unused when this one is put into the article Skyscraperman so it should probably be deleted when the newer image is restored. Thanks in advance. ww2censor ( talk) 03:33, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl. If you can spare a moment, I'd be grateful it you could opine here as to how to proceed. Best thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 06:07, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
I have to run off and do work here in a little bit so I just wanted to run down my recent actions and see if you or a talk-page stalker had any corrections you/they think should be made. I ran across some of WikiEditor44 ( talk · contribs)'s work last year and cleaned out a bunch of copyvio (see their talk page after my edits) and happened to notice them again recently and saw that they had been warned again more recently and created another verbatim copyvio (+sources and refs) just this weekend. I opened a CCI and blocked for a week - they clearly aren't learning from warnings, but they haven't been blocked before. Too long, too short? Did I miss anything else I should've done (or do something I shouldn't have)? I know I should be able to answer these myself, but as I said I have to run off now, so I'm dumping it in your lap for review. VernoWhitney ( talk) 19:15, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Could you take a look at the discussion at User talk:Trödel please - is he right? The YouTube video I removed was clearly a CNN broadcast. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 20:28, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey MRGirl, can I bother you for a moment? I have this 1977 facsimile of the medieval Lincoln Thornton Manuscript in front of me. I can't just scan a page and upload it to Commons, can I? Can I scan a detail (with Thornton's "signature" remark) and upload it to Wikipedia for the purpose of illustrating the article? Your help is much appreciated, as always. Drmies ( talk) 20:20, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Since the Wikimedia Foundation is having errors, at least in my region, I can't do this now, but as soon as I'm back online with any stability, I need to make sure that the vandalism of this IP has all been cleaned, as he introduced BLP problems into a variety of articles. OTRS complaint. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:20, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
If my "saving" of the page caused a problem, it is because of the server errors. Dijcks HotTub Pool 16:31, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Connie Emerald's dates are confirmed by IMDB, find-a-grave here and elsewhere (though I don't see a free newspaper obit). It's also in Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre by Kurt Gänzl, p. 1266. The IP originally entered wrong dates, but we corrected them to these dates. All the best, -- Ssilvers ( talk) 20:35, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello MG
I need advice about a picture I want to upload to Commons to illustrate a WP article. I have the full permission of the subject, who is one of the four joint copyright-holders (under Bosnian law). The image is taken from an interview with him filmed as part of a project in which he is one of the four participants = copyright-holders. He is in a position to be certain that none of his joint copyright-holders will disagree with him signing up on their behalf to whatever CR waiver Wikipedia requires, but being world-weary as I am, I'm certain that's not going to be enough. Can you help steer me across the reefs, please? Opbeith ( talk) 21:18, 20 April 2011 (UTC) Additional detail: the image is a frontal view of him being interviewed, alone, against a featureless black background. Opbeith ( talk) 21:30, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Encyclopedia Dramatica was recently shut down and switched to being Oh Internet, a cleaner, SFW website that has much the same use as ED, but without the porn. This upset quite a few ED users, who went and forked a lot of the information in ED onto a new website, at encyclopediadramatica.ch. There is a long discussion on the article talk page about including a link to .ch, but the consensus seems to be that there are no reliable sources discussing this forked article and, because it doesn't give attribution back to ED, the information it hosts is a copyright violation against ED (since ED's copyright policy is much like ours). There's the background for you. Anyways, a user recently uploaded File:Main Page - Encyclopedia Dramatica.png to Commons, which is of the new .ch fork website. However, it is not currently used in any article and isn't likely to be unless some reliable sources actually discuss this forked website, which isn't likely for some time. Thus, it is an image that isn't likely to be hosted on any article and it is also an image of information that is a copyright violation against ED. Therefore, I think it should be deleted, but i'm not sure which criteria to use to delete it. Do you have any input on that? Silver seren C 21:27, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I would appreciate to hear your opinion in a discussion going on at help desk. It is at WP:HELPDESK#Criteria to keep a template?. Thanks. Toshio Yamaguchi ( talk) 10:45, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
[6], [7], [8]. No surprise, but nice to see. Cheers, Ocaasi c 16:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi.
We are having a discussion on categories with 3 or less articles in it, and is starting to get sarcastic, perhaps is time for a mediator before it gets unfriendly, so if you have time and a well thought opinion on the matter.
Thanks in advance. Zidane tribal ( talk) 16:58, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl... Thank you!!! Clftruthseeking ( talk) 00:11, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
That was fun. So-- is this in the public domain? Can we rip this? Or does that little red tag with white print spoil the fun? FWIW, I uploaded File:Harley ms 2253 66v.pdf (from a 1965 facsimile edition of a 1340 manuscript) to Commons. It still needs cropping, but I don't have a PDF editor. Thanks MRG, Drmies ( talk) 01:46, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
If it is allowed, I would like to ask for your help in moving the discussion at this section "Here is a list of disputed edits for WP:3O" talk:vasectomy to the very bottom of the page. Can this be done? This is the only section where there is activity as relates to the dispute, and WP:3O.
Also, as much as I have no problem with any of the content in any part of the talk pages there, it may also be a good idea to simply archive most of it assuming we can reach some sort of consensus. I think we are making progress, so it may just happen.
It (our discussion) has become so long that no one will understand it, much less read it (or vice-versa). Maybe it can be archived as a separate section as relates to my discussions with the other editor? Dijcks HotTub Pool 21:08, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
There seem to be numerous copyvios by a good-faith editor at this article. The article is in flux and being worked-on by a particular editor as I post this User Hawaiianmonkseal's contributions but still...they have lifted text straight from the various cited sources. I think this editor should have a warning or Notice or something placed on their talkpage but I'm not sure what be appropriate in this case. Your username came up in IRC as "(someone who) rocks with that stuff" so I'm posting here in the hopes you can assess what is going on with this article and help this editor out a bit. If you don't have the time, leave me a talkback/note and tell me what could best be done to help this editor follow Wikiepdia guidelines a little better and I'll do what I can. Thanks, Shearonink ( talk) 17:10, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Examples from Google searches of various phrases:
Some of the content seems to be lifted from:
But "The Hawaiian monk seal is among the most endangered of all seal species, although its cousin species the Mediterranean Monk Seal" is a close paraphase form an earlier blog:
I am starting to be somewhat unsure if the content is circular, in that the text is being lifted from Wikipedia and then gets repeated elsewhere until it appears again in Wikipedia, almost as if Wikipedia is cannibalizing itself. Am now trying to assess specifically what this latest editor has added. Shearonink ( talk) 21:09, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I left you a message yesterday here, hoping that maybe we can get the page unprotected. If we can do this, I can try to finish the bulk of text contribution this holiday weekend. Things have calmed down enough to where, at the very least we are both in to a more calm process of discussion while coming to consensus.. And the only to really find out is to get back to editing. thanks, Dijcks HotTub Pool 17:29, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl, this is Survir. Can you please help me with the following articles: (MERGE) Pyaar Mein Twist (TV series) and Pyaar mein twist to Pyaar Mein Twist (TV series); (DELETE) Rock N Roll Soniye because the concept was never made into series and it was scratched by the channel; (MERGE) Sapnon Se Bhare Naina and Sapnon Se Bhare Nena into Sapnon Se Bhare Naina this is the original title. Just one more question regarding how to write the title of series if it comes with a tagline. Example: Bhagonwali - Baante Apni Taqdeer, OR Bhagonwali: Baante Apni Taqdeer, OR Bhagonwali... Baante Apni Taqdeer. Which is more appropriate with the hypen, colon, or 3 dots. And, if you write a title with the 3 dots do you need to put a space after the 3 dots or you would just write them together, e.g. Bhagonwali...Baante Apni Taqdeer. Can you please help. Thank you. Your Friend Survir ( talk) 00:35, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Content copied from [[Pyaar mein twist]]
. After you do that, turn
Pyaar mein twist into a redirect by replacing the content with #REDIRECT [[Pyaar Mein Twist (TV series)]] {{R from merge}}
. In your edit summary, write Content copied to [[Pyaar Mein Twist (TV series)]]
. If you don't copy any content, you don't have to use the {{R from merge}}
part. You can just turn it into a redirect. If you copy content, put {{
copied}} on the talk pages of both articles: {{copied|from=Pyaar mein twist|to=Pyaar Mein Twist (TV series)}}
Content copied from [[Sapnon Se Bhare Nena]]
when you paste the content and #REDIRECT [[Sapnon Se Bhare Naina]] {{R from merge}}
when you turn the article into a redirect. When you copy content, put {{
copied}} on the talk pages of the articles: {{copied|from=Sapnon Se Bhare Nena|to=Sapnon Se Bhare Naina}}
The phrase "Post-Pyramidion Construction" is found only in this article, a website [11] and self-published book at Lulu.com [12]. I was thinking of taking it to AfD but then noticed that most if not all of the material is copyvio. The article is probably deletable on that ground, but then the editor might either get the material released from copyright or rewrite a non-copyvio version, which would I think be a waste of their time. Anyone have any suggestions as to how to go forward? Stub to remove copyvio and then AfD, or? Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 13:09, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. If you have time, could you please check the GFDL status of the recently created article Human Rights in Northern Cyprus which is the product of a copy and paste edit and add the necessary contributor acknowledgment under GFDL. I added a note at Talk:Human Rights in Northern Cyprus. Thank you. Dr.K. λogos πraxis 19:37, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
The "Human rights" section was recently expanded and the main contributions are included in this diff. Thanks again. Dr.K. λogos πraxis 20:03, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello again. I know this isn't exactly your speciality, but maybe you can point me in the right direction. The article Sarairasi has a section in it about Prominent Personalities. It's all personal stuff and no sign of a reference anywhere. I deleted the section some time ago, and others have done so since, but it keeps reappearing. It contains potentially libellous assessments of various inhabitants (one is described as a "2 time BLOCK HEAD"). Wikipedia cannot be publishing stuff like this! I could keep deleting it but I think there must be a better way… — Hebrides ( talk) 21:02, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey Moonriddengirl, how you doin'? I want to start a new article on ruh khitch. At the moment when I search there is a redirect to photography with no mention that I can see. Could you advise me of the correct method for starting the article and dealing with the redirect. Also, not sure if you read my reply to your message on my talk page, but I would really like that edit gone, forever. Thanks Filmmaker2011 ( talk) 08:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC).
Hello Moonriddengirl.
Having seen your sandbox and your idea for an RfC, I would like to convey to you that your idea is an excellent and democratic one, and the RfC you have initiated i very crisp, clear and can make matters much better. I suggest that you please implement it as a full-fledged RfC so that all discussions about the said list can move to the RfC rather than clutter up the Talk page. It will also help in tying up many loose ends and help us understand one another.
With regards,
AnkitBhatt Talk to me!!LifEnjoy 13:07, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
A (hopefully) quick question for you, although I seem to recall that your main involvement is with text copyright rather than image copyright. If someone takes a photo of an official "portrait" and the original "portrait"" was created by an un-named third party in 1987, would it be fair for me to insist that I see some evidence that the portrait's creator has granted permission for re-use? I'm not sure if the portrait is a painting or, more likely, a photographic study. It is getting messy because it involves a "serial abuser" of image license issues whose first language is almost certainly not English and who seems unable or unwilling to provide proper answers to the questions which I have asked. - Sitush ( talk) 15:04, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
If you are on, can you please have a look at DBelozersky's uploads, none of which have any source or copyright tag. I have already warned him twice but he still continues uploading. Most of these images look like derivative artwork images. Thanks ww2censor ( talk) 17:26, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
I am trying to make a Project Gallery for my article on Tronic Studio. I have full permission to use all Tronic material and I have asked the company owner to send an email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org verifying my permission. Since this is my first article of this type I would like some help with the copyrighting tags and how to make the images legal. The owner of the company is ok with releasing them into the public domain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DBelozersky ( talk • contribs) 18:02, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, I read the note and it was very helpful. I will edit all the pictures I have right now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DBelozersky ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Would I use the same template for the Tronic logo image? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DBelozersky ( talk • contribs) 18:46, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I uploaded an photo of this statue which and I was wondering what the appropriate tag was for this image. Sarujo ( talk) 20:35, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Love to come in and see work already done. :) NortyNort, I don't know if that's what you were doing, but I have myself focused on one aspect of a question only to overlook a larger aspect. Outcropping of my great talent for dealing with minutiae. I have to remind myself sometimes to look at the overall picture. :D -- Moonriddengirl (talk)
I received OTRS permission from Mary Lou Greenberg of ontheissuesmagazine.com for the text content in File:Merle Hoffman.pdf that was removed from this article in ticket 2011042610025067. – Adrignola talk 14:20, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
Sorry to bother you, but I noticed that you revdel'd the copyvio in the Chamblee, Georgia article which I had reverted to a non-copyvio state. Should I list any more copyvios I fix at Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/RD1 Requests? I asked about this (amongst other things) in this thread and from the response, I thought it was only for material likely to be re-introduced. I am not trying to change anything I just want to know if what I am doing is correct?
regards,
ascidian | talk-to-me 21:07, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
Recently large blocks of text have been added to Sonny Barger and duly reverted as likely copyvios but this edit appears to confirm the suspicion as correct. The isbn # that was removed is for the book Hell's Angel: the life and times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club coauthored by Sonny Barger. Two additions have been by Dracula08 and more recently by an anonIP, which could of course be Dracula08. Is there any point in any form of protection or blocking, or shall we just keep watching? ww2censor ( talk) 01:33, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey Moonriddengirl....
Please see this request on my talk page. I'm going to punt this to you and let you make the call. I have no opinion. - Philippe 05:50, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl,
I noticed that the content on the Incitec Pivot site that my colleague Ltbaxter created in April last year has been deleted because it has been labelled possible copyright infringement. The text was taken from the Incite Pivot website on the behalf of the company itself. Can you please advise on the appropriate way for our company to go about posting information? We're interested in keeping our page as up-to-date as possible.
Thank you very much for your help. -- JenZim ( talk) 06:24, 29 April 2011 (UTC)JenZim
Dear Moonriddengirl,
we updated our company information now and would like it to be displayed on Wikipedia. You can find it on our website: http://www.incitecpivot.com.au/company_profile_overview.cfm?CFID=3179712&CFTOKEN=16708268. I will also follow the official procedure and send and email to remove the copyright from that content. Thank you very much.
-- 119.225.119.38 ( talk) 23:52, 12 May 2011 (UTC)JenZim
I don't know if you stumbled across this on your own or not, but I wanted to make sure you saw the AN/I thread regarding that article's creator; the copyvio problems appear pervasive across his contributions. postdlf ( talk) 14:22, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Well, issues like this are the reason why the copyright violation policy says, "If contributors have been shown to have a history of extensive copyright violation, it may be assumed without further evidence that all of their major contributions are copyright violations, and they may be removed indiscriminately." :/ In those cases, we'll probably wind up having to place {{subst:copyvio|url=see talk}}
on the article's face and {{
subst:CCId|name=20110429}}
on the article's talk page. :/ --
Moonriddengirl
(talk) 16:33, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
No problem at all. Although, Thehelpfulbot should get all the credit really for adding it to the pages you voted on! :D
The Helpful One 16:59, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, thanks for your tireless work on copyright in Wikipedia. I happened upon a law firm that has appropriated Wikipedia articles in putting together its own commercial site: [14] is verbatim from Wikipedia's Contract circa 2010-10-24. There's no mention of Wikipedia (although they have kept the wikilinks!) and the only copyright information is "Copyright 2011. All rights reserved." The other pages in their "Practice Areas" sidebar aren't obviously from Wikipedia. Do such things get listed as forks and mirrors, or is there a separate place for simple copyright violations? -- Amble ( talk) 17:32, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Could you please take a look at my Tronic Studio article and remove the template if it looks good? ~~DBelozersky —Preceding unsigned comment added by DBelozersky ( talk • contribs) 18:53, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, triggered by a recent update on Committee on International Security and Arms Control and being a bit longer on Wikipedia, I wonder if this article has big issues with copyvio? A lot of the content seems copy/paste of the official website, although some is outdated. But I don't know if there are special copy rules for national academy websites. Can you have a look? -- SchreyP ( talk) 19:03, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
{{
subst:copyvio|url=website}}
(specifying the url, of course, where I've put website :D). That will generate a big warning flag on the article which contains a couple of templates that you can paste where they need to go. One goes at today's page on
WP:CP. One goes on the talk page of the contributor. They're both pretty obvious. :) It will also then link to a temporary page where, if you're feeling very generous, you can rewrite the article. :) After a week, if permission hasn't been provided, an admin (possibly me) will close the listing and replace the copyvio version of the article with the new one. If no new one is proposed, the article might just be deleted. --
Moonriddengirl
(talk) 19:20, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, I'd wondered why that whole section was blockquoted. I kinda figured something like that had happened. Daniel Case ( talk) 14:48, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Someone started a PROD but not posted any notice in my talk page. And it was deleted. But in fact he is a notable player, and if lack of content, just simply notify me to rewrite it, instead of silently deleted. Would you like to restore the history and i will rewrite it. Matthew_hk t c 10:55, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Creating a BLP almost three years ago with only an infobox and a one liner intro and only making a total of three other (minor) edits on the page then complaining about it over two months later after it was PRODed? Even if it was done "silently"? Hmmm... You would've expected a little more in the article by now as well, especially since Matthew all of a sudden says "he could rewrite it." But that's another thing, as you would be able to see in the revision history of the page, I've contributed to it and would've contributed more if there was actual coverage. But there's none except for stats sites which also contradict each other. Anyway, if it floats Matthew's boat to restore it, good for him right? I'll walk away. Banana Fingers ( talk) 21:16, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
User:Jkirks uploaded three photos of basketball players from the 1940s and claimed that he took the pics (with a Canon digital camera no less), and that he was "releasing" them into the public domain. The photos in question were used for the Jimmy McNatt article. After a request had been placed on them for deletion per copyvio (at my request), they were eventually deleted per consensus. CommonsDelinker removed them today, and Jkirks tried to undo the edit, thinking the photos would reappear.
I reverted that edit of his, explaining that the pics were deleted in the edit summary. Literally less than 20 minutes later, the exact same 4 photographs were re-added to the article after Jkirks had re-uploaded them, except this time under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 licensing. Will you please have these files speedily deleted, and explain to Jkirks that just because he takes a photograph of a photograph does not mean there is a transference of copyright ownership? Thank you in advance. Jrcla2 ( talk) 19:34, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar | |
for edits like this and edits I didn't know existed. Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 06:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC) |
I'm very sorry about not responding but I don't think she got the email. Would it be possible for you to resend her the email at vivianrosenthal@tronicstudio.com? Thank you very much in advance! DBelozersky ( talk) 16:27, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you so much for all your help! DBelozersky ( talk) 16:38, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
I have been trawling through the Nair article, for my sins. Indian articles are an absolute nightmare. Anyways, your advice on a possible copyvio would be appreciated. My suspicion is that upwards of 50% of this article is either that or plagiarism, this being a fairly typical figure for such articles in my experience.
The bit I have an immediate concern over occurred way back in March 2007, around 9th/10th March. The content under the Socio-political section heading includes. among other issues, the words "The impact of the market economy, the disappearance of traditional military training, the absorption of new values through the new system of education, the self-consciousness being generated among the lower castes and their cry for equality and privileges - all these factors brought about a decline of Nair dominance." The phrasing absolutely screams of a violation. I phrase things like that here, but not many Indian contributors do, and of course the article is mainly edited by them.
I can find the words on an Indian govt website which claims a copyright year of 2005. Can I trust that copyright year, or do you think it might be a standard page footer referring to the site design rather than the content? I am aware that the Indian government is not adverse to copyvios itself, and in this instance could just possibly be a mirror of WP. - Sitush ( talk) 16:43, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
BTW, I pretty much had to rewrite Paravar for these sort of reasons. - Sitush ( talk) 18:10, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriffengirl. How is this issue going? I just noticed the talk was archived. Can we act upon these images? I ask because there are another group of Puerto Rico related images that I also believe are wrongly tagged as PD, but, given the temper of that project's users, I would prefer to resolve one issue per turn. -- Damiens.rf 16:52, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
18:33, 3 May 2011 (UTC) Hi, Hope you are doing well, i need your assistance, can we talk over the phone, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bberry91077 ( talk • contribs)
This question came up at the IRC help channel. Regarding this educational/scientific table [17] (image 1 halfway down the page):
1) Can we take a screenshot of it and upload it as an image? I'm assuming no since © 1991-2007 Institute for Molecular Manufacturing. All rights reserved.
2) Can we copy it verbatim into a table and cite it inline?
3) Can we paraphrase it without it being a) close paraphrasing or b) original research?
Thanks for any thoughts. Cheers Ocaasi c 05:12, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl, this is Survir. I just want to ask that can you have two seperate pages in wikipedia of a television programme that just changed the original title of the series, or do you just have one. For example, the following television serial Shubh Kadam which aired back in 2008-09 was named Kaisi Laagi Lagan first, but after 6 months of its launch the title of the series was changed to Shubh Kadam. So can we divide them into two seperate seasons and list them under "followed by" in infobox template or you just have one page with the current title? The directors of the series were also replaced after its name change. Moreover, when launched as Kaisi Laagi Lagan, it focused on college track, but when the couple tied the knot, the series was named Shubh Kadam. So what do you say...? Survir ( talk) 16:20, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi there MRG! There's a request at RPP for full protection of this page because of copyright concerns. I see that you've been involved in it. Could you give it a quick look over and see if protection is needed. I'll keep an eye on it in the mean time for 3RR etc. Thanks! Ged UK 12:35, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
I just noticed that the majority of Deer Isle Bridge is taken directly from the HAER document linked at the bottom. As a work of the National Park Service, it's presumably public domain, but as a direct copy-paste, isn't it plagiarism? -- SarekOfVulcan ( talk) 21:09, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, This is regarding "Hindu Janajagruti Samiti" article. Do you think below content looks ok to you ? I tried my best to take care of copyright concers which were raised with previous version of article. Apart from adding the references if there are any suggessions for improving this article upto wikipedia standards, Please let me know. Sanatany ( talk) 03:35, 5 May 2011 (UTC) Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (Registration No. : 1540 / I-634) Establishment : Chhatrapati Shivaraya kept aside all the differences and united and formed an army of ‘mawlas’. He established ‘Hindvi Swaraj’ with the belief that it was the wish of God. Similarly, keeping aside the constraints of organizations, sects, castes etc. Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) was established, on the spur-of-the-moment, on the auspicious day of ‘Ghat-sthapana (Navaratri)’ [Ashwin Shu. Pratipada, 7th October 2002] for uniting Hindus and establishment of righteous Hindu Nation. Activities of HJS have now spread all over the country with the grace of God and support of devout Hindus. Aim: 1. To impart ‘Dharmashikshan’ to Hindus and motivate them to follow ‘Dharmacharan’. 2. To develop patriotism and love and respect towards Dharma among Hindus. 3. Protection of Nation and Dharma. 4. Unite Hindus for establishment of Hindu Nation Successful drive of Hindu unity : Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabhas are organized to create awareness among Hindus towards various attacks on Hindu Dharma; for uniting them and sow in them, the seed of establishment of Hindu Nation. In the last 3 years, more than 8,00,000 devout Hindus attended 750 such ‘sabhas’ held in 7 languages in 13 States. Outcome of the ‘sabhas’ : 1. Many pro-Hindu organizations came together for the sake of Dharma 2. Many youth members were freed from their addictions and joined activities related to protection of Dharma 3. In many villages, different factions forgot their differences and came together 4. Hindus, who were not part of any pro-Hindu groups, became active for establishment of Hindu Nation Activities related to ‘Dharmashikshan’ 1. ‘Dharmashikshan’ Classes : HJS conducts 600 weekly / fortnightly ‘Dharmashikshan’ classes wherein science behind various acts of ‘Dharmacharan’ like going to temple for ‘darshan’, apply ‘Tila’ on the forehead etc. is explained in detail. 2. ‘Dharma-satsangs’ telecast on TV channels : A series of ‘Dharma-satsangs’ titled ‘Science behind religious rituals/ acts’ has been prepared by HJS, in Hindi (in 200 parts of 25 minutes each) for reaching the knowledge of ‘Dharma’ to every house. Presently, these ‘Dharma-satsangs’ are being telecast on the national channel ‘Sudarshan’ and nearly 80,00,000 Hindus are getting benefit of these ‘Satsangs’ through local Cable Channels. ‘Prasar’ through ‘Dharmaphalaks (Display Boards)’ : Information on incidents related to attack on Hindu Dharma and oppression of Hindus besides current affairs and science behind celebrating various religious festivals is written on 1050 display boards regularly on behalf of HJS Social Activities HJS is also engaged in social activities like cleaning of temples, holding blood donation camps, aid to flood-affected citizens, planting of trees etc.
It is the duty of every Hindu to sacrifice something for Dharma ! It is necessary that everyone participates in the activities related to protection of Nation and Dharma. It is an appeal to Hindus that in case they are unable to devote time for such activities, they can at least offer donations every month and perform their duty towards Dharma.
HJS claims that their website www.HinduJagruti.org is one of the most-visited among all pro-Hindu websites in the world – 1,40,000 readers per month from 175 countries
Publishing of series of articles, VCDs etc. Active organization of awakened Hindus ! Will create Nation for Hindus ! Sanatany ( talk) 03:35, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, a quick question please. Are most photographs of modern statues against Wiki-rules? The page Miguel Bejarano Moreno has two of his statues, and both images have been marked as candidates for deletion on commons as copyvio based on the "presumption" that they were copyrighted. I have no idea if that approach is valid, given that there are plenty of statue images, and we do not know if the statue was coprighted. Are all statues to be banished from commons? It would seem like a loss. Your comments on the commons page for these two will be appreciated. Thanks. History2007 ( talk) 16:46, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey I'm sorry to bother you again but Tronic has not received the email yet, I just wanted to check the status...thanks in advance! —Preceding unsigned comment added by DBelozersky ( talk • contribs) 19:05, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I took a little break from my "pet" project to contribute to the Osama bin Laden article, mainly the events surrounding his death. For the first time, I got a true taste of how incredible this system is of bringing together several interested contributors. I would write a few sentences, and within an hour it would morph in to this overall much better, more detailed content by virtue of everyone adding a bit, taking a way a bit, etc.. It really was fun to watch, and I was excited for the first time when working on content.
On the evening of May 1st, I thought I would "rush" over to the article, having been at the Television when the announcement came through, but um, NO, there were already several others typing away! It really was something. Interestingly, I had no prior interest in this subject content, but a little research, and help from others, and well, it's developed into (or added to) at least 4 forked articles, along-side this one.
I realize this is just an impromptu message, but your advice to check out other areas is what led me to it, so... ...thanks for the support and advice. Dijcks | InOut 00:09, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
I have been pressed to disclose further examples of the close paraphrasing. I left this. Could you advise as to what corrective action should be taken? Anything I would do would be viewed as provocation, but the table in Netball and the Olympic Movement is not properly attributed back to Women's sport at the Olympics. Footnote 5 in both articles is broken in exactly the same way. Finally the table itself is extremely problematic. Please help and advise. Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 01:54, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi there. Would you have time to please check the follwoing three additions to a BLP article ( 1, 2 & 3) for possible copyright violations? The edits consist of copied material from an external site, whereby the editor simply copied material from one site and pasted the content into the BLP article. In my view, this appears to be a WP:COPYVIO issue. Thank you. Amsaim ( talk) 09:36, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Unfortunately the editor who added the copyrighted material has re-added the material using close-paraphrasing in order to hide the copyright violation. Amsaim ( talk) 08:35, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much can you please let me know as soon as you receive it? DBelozersky ( talk) 18:32, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. You remember the copyright issues on Committee on International Security and Arms Control. I started a brand new article here, currently only stub level. So it can replace the old versions, since I presume those will be deleted. -- SchreyP ( talk) 20:38, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
With well learned lessons from you (a belated TY) You will find this message on the talk page of Public image of Barack Obama: 2004 Speech "To whomever rewrote the section on his Democratic Convention speech in 2004, you have some serious copyright issues that need to be corrected immediately. — DocOfSoc • Talk • 13:16, 7 May 2011 (UTC)" Some phrases are verbatim from the sourced article, which I had carefully rewritten in the first place. Have a good day. Namaste... — DocOfSoc • Talk • 13:38, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
I was away from my machine and so did not notice the good work that you did for the page for Bioversity International. I will try to ensure that no more is copy-pasted without at least thinking about copyright issues. User:JeremyCherfas —Preceding undated comment added 12:48, 9 May 2011 (UTC).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aanchal and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aanchal_newspaper there are two pages for same article -- one of them must be removed Paglakahinka ( talk) 17:33, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
You placed a reasonable explanatory message in this section and NortyNort took action to remove the Copyvio paste. Snce then, I've deleted re-additions of the same material 3 times, most recently a few minutes ago. That repetition gives me reason to assume it will soon be back; maybe needing more decisive action? AllyD ( talk) 19:50, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
Can you take a look at this image to see if it really qualifies for public domain? I'm somewhat skeptical. The uploader justified it on my talk page here. I appreciate your assistance. -- Moni3 ( talk) 00:35, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I was planning on collecting a list of admins / experienced editors whom I could consult if there is something I need help with. If I need help with a copyright question, could I come directly to you? Thanks. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 12:40, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
I see from the talk page and the history that you have had issues with M. K. Rajakumar in October of last year. I have been hacking my way through this particular thorn hedge but am slowly giving up the will to continue. You managed to prune it back to c 7K but recently it has been > 100K and I have now got it back to c 60K but most of the rest is just essays, CVs etc. I am about to restore your October version and am flagging here just in case a bomb goes off over my head from irate IPs! Velella Velella Talk 23:27, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
There's a discussion at Talk:Air France Flight 447 re use of one or more sea-bottom images that would benefit from your insight. It seems the copyright is held, or at least asserted, by a French government organ, the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile. They are reportedly willing to have it reused, but not in such a way that it could be altered. I've not seen any policy statement on the inclusion of such images which is sufficiently clear for me. Could you please help shed some light there? Regards, LeadSongDog come howl! 16:25, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Long time. Could you please advise on this? Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 09:30, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Moonriddengirl. I have just posted a message at User talk:Malhousto concerning an article which I have deleted, copyright being one of the issues. It was a classic case: CorenSearchBot posts a copyright warning, user posts a message saying "I own the copyright", article is deleted anyway, largely because it is promotional. I have seen this happen many times, and quite often the user has then gone to the trouble of giving copyright permission and recreating the article, only to see it deleted again because of other issues, most commonly promotion. I can well imagine, as no doubt you can, how frustrating this must be for someone who comes here in good faith, unaware of Wikipedia's policies, and has taken some trouble in trying to conform. I have been concerned about this issue for some time, and I always try to give a user a friendly warning to the effect "you can follow the instructions for donating copyright if you like, but my advice is that it is probably not worth it". The reason I have come to you now is that in this case I see that the user's talk page had a message copied from User:Moonriddengirl/vp, and I wondered if you might like to consider the possibility of adding a few words there to suggest that the user might like to consider other approaches, other than giving copyright permission. It also might be worth considering adding such comments to other copyright-related notices: what do you think? JamesBWatson ( talk) 10:04, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
I think I am the only one who was using this for images. I can provide a list of the ones which were uploaded using this and also the ones which were transferred to Commons. Personally don't see how this can be misused any more than anything else that's either free or non-free. Everything has a potential for misuse if someone wants to work hard enough at it, but that shouldn't stop the majority who work within the rules. One of the most common complaints I see from both registered users and non-registered ones is that with the current guidelines, many notable people's photos don't look anything like them when they were making movies, records, etc. My thought was that it was a way to work within guidelines and be able to provide this type of image. I can give you a list of the images on your talk page if that might help. We hope ( talk) 01:14, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
my question and the reply The file File:Scarabengine.jpg was changed on the basis of the collective works information. We hope ( talk) 02:05, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
I have been poking around and have got to know that you are undisputedly the best copyright expert on Wiki. A user has continously been biting me I am in real need of help. He has reported all signatures I uploaded as copyright infringment and has listed them for deletion as you can see here Request you to spare an eye. Also, he has again and again tagged File:BuddhoBabu.jpg and File:BuddhadebBabu.jpg as PUF even though a consensus has been reached. I really request you to stop this non-sense and warn him. Requesting replies to both cases. GaneshBhakt ( talk) 08:53, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
You deleted in November 2010 major portions of the above wesite.
I have now given copyright permission to Wikipedia, so please reinstate the deleted portions of the above wesite asap.
If you need to contact me, please e-mail me at <redacted for privacy> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.122.77.185 ( talk) 13:19, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
I've written up a draft here. The language is, of course, very general. In practice, you would expect that a committee could be elected to make new policies, or to edit certain policy pages on sensitive issues on which the community is too divided. Count Iblis ( talk) 01:12, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
African Conservation Foundation page deleted, but there was no copyright issue. Text has a Creative Commons license and use was approved by the organisation. Can the deletion be undone or should we recreate the page?
13:49, 18 August 2010 Moonriddengirl (talk | contribs) deleted "African Conservation Foundation" (Listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems for over seven days: http://www.africanconservation.org/content/view/23/34/)
Orokiet ( talk) 13:47, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl - Your apology, on behalf of this hastily edited Forum, is appreciated and your encouragement along with that of others here, has inspired me to continue my work on Boue Soeurs. Just not on Wikipedia.
Regards, Ellen -- Ellen Ada Goldberg ( talk) 13:01, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Your excellence is requested, when you are available and have the time. Could Haryana#Geography be a straight lift from this? I've ran it through dupe detector but couldn't make my mind up. - Sitush ( talk) 17:25, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Previously , on Langley High School (Oldbury), the entire copy of the school song lyrics were included; I removed them in this diff. I did so on both WP:NOT grounds (we don't quote primary texts in their entirety), and for the inclusion of the full lyrics being a potential copyright violation. Another editor (dynamic IP, signing as "Cresconian") objected, saying that the inclusion of songs was common in other UK school articles. I told him that the NOT issue could potentially be discussed, but that if it was a copyvio, there wasn't any possibility of including it. Cresconian was able to determine that the author of the song was J G Haworth, first Headmaster of the school, and that it was first published in the UK in 1928. As far as I can see from the copyright info, UK copyrights are protected for 70 years from the date of death of the author, or 70 years from the publication date if the author is unknown. In this case, we know the author, but not the death date (I assume, I'll check to be sure). Questions: First, have I pinned down the relevant issue? Second, (if yes on the first) assuming we can't easily find the death date, are we safe arguing this is out of copyright?
Mind you, even if we find that this song is out of copyright, I'll still be arguing against inclusion, but at least it's a possibility and one that can be resolved through consensus. I see above you're out for another day or two, which is fine, as this is not time sensitive, although if any TPS have the answer, feel free to let me know. Qwyrxian ( talk) 06:12, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
I think I may just have to link
this on my userpage. Now, do you have any idea on how weyou author this process?
LessHeard vanU (
talk) 13:20, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Greetings. Could you please take a look at Mecca massacre, in particular, this part:
And compare it to: [19].
I would edit it myself, but unfortunately, most of my recent edits have been reverted, and I have been reminded to stay within the guidelines set by 3RR. Thank you. Unflavoured ( talk) 20:18, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
The material in question are essential information to the context of the events. Unflavoured is trying to censor this information for purely POV reason, Copyvio is not his main concern. The material should be restored as attributed quotation per our copyright guidelines, which clearly states "Brief quotations of copyrighted text may be used to illustrate a point, establish context, or attribute a point of view or idea.". Do you guys agree? Kurdo777 ( talk) 13:24, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
I would like your opinion as an admin, please. Is my recent edit [22] in violation of 3RR ?! The last similar edit was [23], but this time I had taken care to make only a small expansion of the lede, which I had expected to be uncontroversial. Thank you. Unflavoured ( talk) 14:52, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
I have just reverted a huge copy/paste at Rajya Sabha. My suspicion is that, with suitable attribution, it might actually have been ok but I was unsure and it really was a lot of text. I have found the relevant website's copyright notice, which is a PDF here. It is extremely short and to the point, so if/when you have a moment would it be possible for you to check it out for me, please?
If it is ok, as I suspect, then my next issue is how to correctly incorporate it in a valid manner. I have looked at the WP:PLAGIARISM section on public domain and cannot decide whether each section needs citing + a comment in the edit summary or whether there should be a general note in references (as I think I have seen done for some PD books in the past). Clueless, as usual. - Sitush ( talk) 14:58, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Okay. This is from some of my older notes. :) Copyright rules of 1957, section 52(q) excludes as copyright violations the "reproduction or publication" of certain government works, although they explicitly require the retention of certain materials in subsection (ii). Reproduction in the absence of these materials is regarded as a copyright violation.
Specifically, it says that the following are not copyright violations:
(q) the reproduction or publication of-
(i) any matter which has been published in any Official Gazette except an Act of a Legislature;
(ii) any Act of a Legislature subject to the condition that such Act is reproduced or published together with any commentary thereon or any other original matter;
(iii) the report of any committee, commission, council, board or other like body appointed by the Government if such report has been laid on the Table of the Legislature, unless the reproduction or publication of such report is prohibited by the Government;
(iv) any judgement or order of a court, tribunal or other judicial authority, unless the reproduction or publication of such judgment or order is prohibited by the court, the tribunal or other judicial authority, as the case may be
So, some content of the government of India is free; some is not. Determining which is which can sometimes be challenging. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:11, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Sitush, I appreciate the vote of confidence, but I'm afraid that I am doomed to disappoint you! There's quite a lot I don't know; although I learn more every day, I suspect that's not going to change anytime soon. :D Public domain is really too strong a word for what they're doing, even though I used it myself earlier in this conversation. Since there are conditions, the material is not entirely free. The biggest and most obvious exception, of course, is with Acts of Legislature, which must be published with commentary or other official matter. The sentence at Commons:Template:PD-India that says "Text of laws, judicial opinions, and other government reports are free from copyright" is just flat wrong.
User:MilborneOne, I've got a case up at PuF right now where the Press Information Bureau of India is just not quite liberal enough. Always a shame to have to disappoint people who think they're doing the right thing. :/ -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:45, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
The article looked well referenced. I'd like the chance to fix any problems. I was unaware of the fact they even had a "copyright problems" page and that the default was to delete if no one said anything. — BQZip01 — talk 21:32, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, need your advice. Vivian Balakrishnan, an article on a Singaporean politician, has contained copyvio from his official profile since the very first edit to create the article in July 2005. Over the years the copyvio hasn't really been touched while the rest of the article has evolved. I've removed the portions that still offend (direct copy-and-pastes in most cases, with the occasional minor sentence structure change), but I'm not sure if RD1 is needed. I don't think it's feasible to RD1 every single revision dating back six years. What's normally done in such a case? Strange Passerby ( talk • cont) 08:45, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
User talk:Strange Passerby#copyvio? - we have an another admin, La goutte de pluie ( talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), who steadfastly refuses to believe this is copyvio and says the Singaporean government committed copyvio of us, despite evidence to the contrary. Strange Passerby ( talk • cont) 11:11, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Okay, the history of the article is currently parked here: Vivian Balakrishnan/deleted revisions. If it turns out that the infringement is reversed, we can merge it back in. Generally, the biggest clues we'll find when archives cannot confirm that their publication predates (though it suggests they did) is looking for minute changes that alter the content into the form of the external site. This can be a bit tedious, but with enough of these we hit Occam's razor—the odds that somebody copied an external source with a few minor changes and that a couple of other editors came along later and happened to move it back to its original form are pretty small.
Now that the history is divided, let's take a look and see what we can see. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:30, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
December 4, 2004, predating our article. Strange Passerby ( talk • cont) 12:13, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
( edit conflict) Okay, another angle we explore is the history of the contributor to see if the contributor has demonstrated confusion about copyright or had other issues with copyright. Here he seems not quite to understand why Wikipedia does not accept copyrighted content. This is also not definitive; not like when we see a long history of copyright warnings and deletions. But the way policy is written, if we cannot verify that content is free and there are legitimate reasons to believe that it may not be, we presume it is not. I don't mark something as a reverse infringement lightly. If I had found this at WP:CP and been left to work on it on my own, I would have concluded that we could not retain the content for that reason; I would have left the contributor a note explaining that we recognize the possibility that they copied from him, but that since we cannot prove that we could not retain the material. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:14, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I'm a bit confused. You deleted this article's talk page as a G8 (talk page of a deleted page), although the page still exists; now, because the talk page was deleted, it's impossible to know what the page is supposed to be a copyvio of because you referred readers to the talk page rather than providing a URL. I'd like to help correct the copyvio problems, but since I don't know what they are, there's not much I can do. Mind helping out? Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 21:32, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I saw your moving the edit history of Toledo Chico to Manga, Toledo Chico. I know about attribution per the CC-BY-SA license. I only wish to inform you that I have worked together with User:Dr. Blofeld to create articles for all of the (initially 79 smaller) barrios of Montevideo and we have been in agreement that some of them will have to be redirected to others of the series to end up with the 58 (actually it turned out to be 62) officialy recognized barrios. You will notice that most of my talk page contains discussion with Dr. Blofeld about Montevideo, barrios, etc. The small stubs I am redirecting to the composite articles were a serial work Dr. Blofeld did to start all 79 stubs. I am absolutely sure he has no CC-BY-SA license problem with my actions. Since there are more cases of such redirects in the series, I though I might save you some work by explaining this, but I may have missed the reason of your edit. Regards and thank you. Hoverfish Talk 14:32, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Ok, I will not do another copypaste rather than move. All the other cases in the series are simply redirects placed on the abandoned stubs, so nothing went missing there. Thanks again. Hoverfish Talk 14:47, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for fixing Haida and Haida people. It was a pleasant surprise to see that today. I didn't know quite how to fix the pages, and didn't really have the time. Pfly ( talk) 20:14, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering if you could help me with this. I want to include information from this table from this book [31] (page 71, if it doesn't take you to the page with the table do a search for the phrase "Liberties originally granted") - how do I do it without running afoul of copyright laws? I once asked a related question on Wikicommons about time-graphs and they said that as long as you got the data and you make the graph yourself, rather than copy/paste the graph, you're good. So can I just make that table in the relevant article using standard Wiki mark up and including all the info, arranged in a similar manner? Volunteer Marek ( talk) 03:12, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, whilst looking through Milhist's list of unreferenced BLPs I came across Beryl E. Escott. The majority of the text came in on 18 November 2009 with this edit. It is essentially the same text as the author's profile on the publisher's website. Now as far as I can tell from the webarchive this profile existed before the WP page. (there isn't a grab of the Escott's page but there is a link of the main list of authors that hasn't changed in two years.) My question is should the whole page be deleted as almost every edit is therefore a derivative work of a copyrighted work? I wasn't sure of the correct procedure in these cases and hoped you might offer your assistance. Thanks, Woody ( talk) 14:23, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Most of the stuff on the Sayaa Irie page is false. I am correcting it! They are using bad links to verify incorrect information. I consider some of the information they posted damning! You are posting links to child porn! The elk hart books are now considers child porn in Japan! Please quit reposting it! I am reporting it! Delete all the elk hart stuff!
and the part about Garo Aida needs to be deleted. He is nothing more then a glorified pedophile! None of what is posted about him ever happened!
Sorry about the youtube stuff.
The problem is that wikipedia will not let me post every verifiable source. If the link is in Japanese, it usually does not allow me to post...
The stuff about Sweet Kiss and Chase I posted in correct and was verifiable... wikiepedia blocks the link because some of it is in Japanese!
All of the Chinese links are bad! They post bad information. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
97.113.253.2 (
talk) 14:22, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
well, I did what you asked, and all the bad information was reposted... AKB48 is suing the magazine for 150 mil. I do not understand why wikipedia keeps reposting the bad content relentlessly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Airrunwesker ( talk • contribs) 06:15, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
I'm strongly considering filing a SPI for all the behavioral puppetry that is going on here (Unrationally keeping, Not signing, being in the very first articles edited on Wikipedia). Could I count on a statement of support (or confirmation of the behavior)? Thanks Hasteur ( talk) 21:36, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Moon (or a helpful stalker), I had a quick question. I am planning on expanding the article for Chrisye, an Indonesian singer who died in 2006, but I wasn't sure how best to get fair-use material. I have some good pics of him when he was younger from Rolling Stone Indonesia (December 2009) that I can scan, and there is also his biography that has plenty of pictures that we might be able to use. I could also (theoretically) use screen shots from some of his music videos, but I am a little doubtful of that. There may also be some newspaper pictures. Would using these sources for pictures fall under fair-use? How could I best cite them? Crisco 1492 ( talk) 11:04, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Please excuse the diversion as I go off at a tangent and disagree strongly with what you said above about the use of pictures. Whatever the purely "informational content" contribution of a picture, surely ten million advertisers can't be mistaken - a picture enables the reader to engage more easily with associated text and so will almost always "significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic" even if the mechanism involved is a sub-intellectual one. Other things being equal, that should be a basic argument in favour of legitimising the use of a picture in marginal cases.
If you of all people are unable to discern the determining principle that is being applied in cases of acceptance and rejection, that suggests that the evaluation procedure (guidelines, application of guidelines, whatever) needs fixing rather than that the use of pictures is to be avoided.
(To update you on the query I previously raised with you about the "joint copyright" issue relating to the picture of an article's subject. I haven't got back to you because the subject has decided it's all too complicated. It's not the end of the world as I'm sure there are other pictures to be found but a shame as it was a good picture.) Opbeith ( talk) 08:52, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
I would suggest that there should be a presumption that the *first* picture illustrating any article will a priori significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic by allowing the vast majority of readers to engage significantly more easily with the text. I'd also add that knowing what anyone, even a dead investment banker, looks like consolidates the infrastructure of understanding - it serves to remind us that we are considering an individual, however dead, and not just an abstract concept representing a sequence of financial transactions. I completely understand the grounds for you recusing yourself, you seem to have far too much on your plate already! Opbeith ( talk) 09:09, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Last year you properly deleted a large copied chunk of 28 Fundamental Beliefs. [32] However that leaves the article with an obvious hole, as now only 19 of the 28 Beliefs are listed, and the sub-articles have no where to link from. I'd like to add back the list the headings of the 28 sections which were deleted. That'd be the same as restoring the structure but leaving out all of the descriptive text. I'm not interested in theology and I don't want to have to learn about this topic to fix it, so I'm hoping that interested editors will fill in descriptions, or we could copy them in from the sub-articles. Do you think that'd be acceptable? Will Beback talk 06:33, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello expert. I've been deleting some CSD G12's but I saw one that I felt was a close enough call that I didn't feel comfortable either deleting it, or simply declaring it was fine. I offered some advice to the tagging editor here. I'd like to know if this is decent advice or if there is a better course. (I'm trying to figure out how to get advice from you without asking you to opine on whether the article is in violation, as I'd like that investigation to take it's course; I'm not trying to jump the queue.)-- SPhilbrick T 20:39, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Referring to here, "No copyright is claimed on non-original or licensed material" is a no-no for pasting into Wikipedia, right?
Hi,
if you have a second (I'm sure this question has been answered before somewhere, but I couldn't find it): is it "
WP:FAIR USE" to use a full quote of a two-sentence TV episode summary (released in a press release), considering that the episode has not aired yet?
Edit in question is
here, and I found myself unable to transform the (deliberately) vague information while staying verifiable.
Cheers,
Amalthea 11:40, 23 May 2011 (UTC)