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Hello. Sorry for any confusion. There was a query at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Palestine about the article's blanking. So, I just created the temp page for those editors interested in working on it. -- Al Ameer son ( talk) 03:24, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
I need to run a CCI on User:99appleseed when the software is working again. And note to anybody waiting for anything from me: I'm trying to keep tunnel vision on CP at the moment to get as much of the backlog addressed as I can! I'll be back to regular schedule soon. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:44, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
FYI, I've mentioned your "Copyright in lists" advisory article at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_Michelin_two_starred_restaurants as possibly relevant. AllyD ( talk) 13:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Nearly 2 years ago [ Kurfürst] was blocked for constant disruptive editing and warring. It would seem that he is back, attempting to edit articles under an IP Address [ here]. Kurfürst is from Budapest, Hungary and, coincidentally so is [ 86.101.5.223]. I have reverted some of his edits, but this matter does need some investigation. Regards ◆Min✪rhist✪rian◆ MTalk 08:46, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG! Yet again with these articles related to the Bahraini uprising. I've had a look at 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising after seeing it listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 March 11. It currently has a close paraphrasing tag. As pointed out on the talk page there are at least three instances of substantial verbatim paste and close paraphrasing from three different sources and I've just found a fourth from another source. There may be more though. One editor had offered to fix it on March 11th [1] but has done nothing. It's a bit like the IEP mess where the article is put together with copied sentences from a multitude of sources making it very, very tedious to find and clean. I'm reluctant to slap {{ copyvio}} on it—it wpuld probably languish for weeks. I simply can't face investigating it further myself. I could simply excise the 4 known chunks and alert the talk page. It would leave the article in need of copyediting for continuity and flow but at least it would be gone. What do you think? Voceditenore ( talk) 11:04, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for creating Hot Fives & Sevens! On a related subject, please see my comments at Talk:Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 15:28, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
User:Inventcreat/Author’s Certificate is copied from [2]. A direct link to the encyclopedia and translated gives: Great Soviet Encyclopedia : The 30 t - M.: "Soviet Encyclopedia", 1969-1978. The full text of the Third edition of "Great Soviet Encyclopedia," published by "Soviet Encyclopedia" in 1969 - 1978 years in 30 volumes. TSB - one of the largest and most influential of the universal encyclopedia in the world. This is the most ambitious publishing project of the Soviet era. For fifty years, was released three editions. All fundamental decisions related to the work on BSE - from policy making to its content to the organization of printing performance, is always taken at the highest state and party level. The information collected in the TSB, the vast majority are still relevant today. Same as "obsolete" is a lasting historical interest. © Scientific Publishing "Great Russian Encyclopedia", 2001
But there's a discussion at User talk:Jac16888 that has me confused, especially the section "About the article". Ran into this from an ANI discussion about their shared account. Dougweller ( talk) 11:57, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello! I'd like just ask why you deleted the page Laser interstitial thermal therapy.
Thank you -- Manuela.consiglio ( talk) 14:58, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
Can you have a look at User:BigzMMA/sandbox, it looks like User:BigzMMA is keeping copies of articles nominated for deletion without the correct attribution. Mt king (edits) 21:58, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
I have forwarded an email from the publisher to permissions@wikimedia.org regarding the entry for "Annual Growth %." I have cc'ed you on this email. Once I get your okay I will proceed with getting approval on the other deleted entries. I look forward to hearing from you - thanks for all your help! Karenmharvey ( talk) 14:58, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
I happened on the article Eastern and Western Pagodas, where the "History" section matches this page. The creation of our article is time-stamped 21:18, 3 June 2008, whereas the external posting is dated 4 June 2008; but given likely time-zone differences, there's really no telling which has priority. Neither of the sources cited as references appear to contain the historical information about the pagodas, and the article's lead is a very close copy of a sentence in the first-cited source. Given that the creator of our article is indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet and that this seems to be his/her only non-redirect creation, it seems clear to me that our article is a copyvio; but since it's been around for a few years, I thought I'd ask your opinion before tagging it for WP:CP attention. What do you think? Deor ( talk) 17:32, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Re this edit I've made myself a note to check that it has, although as I said before it won't copy any of the extra information across. This is on the list of things for me to do in my next bout of coding of the bot. Dpmuk ( talk) 16:41, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Would it be possible for you to take a look at Libelle of Englyshe Polycye? I listed it as copyvio on the 28th as there were some issues but I didn't realize that it was a very new article and the editor took immediate action to rectify the issue by creating a temporary article with the appropriate revisions. The editor has asked me to remove the copyvio tag, but I'm not an admin. Thanks, GabrielF ( talk) 18:22, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
I suspect the bulk of Andrew Nicholson (basketball) is a copyright violation, although I think it's not all from one source. It seems that the creator / primary editor has used lots of different websites' write-ups about him and made it a multi-website copyvio. Can you see if that's the case? Also, looking at its history, User:RVDSouza reverted another editor's removal of what is probably a copyvio. Jrcla2 ( talk) 18:51, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your help with reuse. Anarchangel ( talk) 19:02, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
this is in reply to my andrew nicholson page u removed a lot of liable stuff could u please send me what was there before because you removed liable stuff such as rhe stats and rewards please please do send me the orginal the page is horrible now please — Preceding unsigned comment added by RVDSouza ( talk • contribs) 19:43, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Is there any way i cud get everything for me to view because i want to be able to salvage as much as i can but i cannnot remember much and i hve no access to what i put up.. I promise i wil nto re-publish it i just want to do a good job and need your help thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by RVDSouza ( talk • contribs) 20:46, 1 April 2012 (UTC) RVDSouza ( talk) 20:52, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
could you look at the page and see the career achievements parts i got several of the numbers from the same site how do i reference it correctly so i do not have to keep putting the same reference up RVDSouza ( talk) 21:03, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
i hope what i have done so far is ok..please advise me if it is done correctly. I wil continue to add more on later but i would like to know if it is done properly so far. Thanks! RVDSouza ( talk) 21:17, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
thank you for your guidance. One more thing, many basketball players have photos of themselves on the profile part of their wiki page how do i go about that because i know there are a load of copyright infringement policies in regards to that. How would i go about doin that in regards to Andrew Nicholson pictures. RVDSouza ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:30, 1 April 2012 (UTC).
I would be able to contact andrew himself but if they picture was not taken by him but has him in it wud his permission be enough? and where can i find these sample letters? and also once i get permission where do i go about posting the image? RVDSouza ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:49, 1 April 2012 (UTC).
Hello, please advise why some content have been removed from the article "Najee Mondalek." The content was taken from Najee Mondalek's own website www.ajyal.us and all other websites you are referring to are copying from that original website. Please let me know what can I do prevent deletion. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azizuccio ( talk • contribs) 04:24, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
I've taken a stab at sorting some of the problems with this. Could you take a look at my comment at WP:CP. On a slightly different note I've removed 23rd March as it appears done to me. If you'd deliberately left it for some reason, after you appear to have cleared the last listing, then feel free to revert. Dpmuk ( talk) 04:56, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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I reported this article as copyright infringement of other websites on March 18, 2012. I bet this was ignored, and I don't see the log listed in the WP:CP anymore. I wonder if there is still time. -- George Ho ( talk) 11:50, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, there was a question at ANI about a page ( E Ink) that you hid a good portion of the history for copyright infringement. I do not have OTRS permissions, so it would be nice if you could stop by at WP:ANI#Need review of page history block to address the editor's concerns. Thanks! - RunningOnBrains( talk) 08:01, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I don't have too much knowledge about copyright rules, but I was hoping to find a photo for the article on Hugo Rogers. The United Nations multimedia gallery has one here that would be great. I've read Wikipedia:Public_domain#Works_of_the_United_Nations, but I'm still fairly confused about whether or not this image would be acceptable. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!-- Yaksar (let's chat) 05:07, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Did you receive the email from the publisher regarding the "annual growth %" entry? Is this format acceptable for Wikipedia's needs? Please let me know, and what I will need to do to get the entry back up. Thank you! Karenmharvey ( talk) 17:24, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Don't you have a couple of users you want to look at?
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Hi Moonriddengirl,
At Papal_Orders, I recently discovered what I believe to be an article that's substantively a copyvio. I've used the {{copyvio}} template on it, and listed it as instructed, but I was hoping you could check my work on this one. I'd love to think I'm wrong. Thanks! -Philippe ( talk) 11:36, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mrg :) I hate to impose on you again, but if you have a few minutes your advice (or that of one of your knowledgeable talk page watchers) would be appreciated here. Thanks very much! EyeSerene talk 08:43, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl, I rewrote the offending section on Australasian Hydrographic Society on temporary page a few days ago, hoping that that will remove any copyright or plagiarism issue. Could you please look at. Rupert Gerritsen ( talk) 14:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Rupert Gerritsen
Hi MRG! Just a note to say I'll be travelling over the next two weeks and (blissfully) almost computerless. Didn't want you to think I'd deserted CP. :) Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 16:02, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi sorry I don't find using Wikopiedia easy, and have struggled even to respond to you. I am the administrator for the Flickr Group with the majority of the photos taken by me as I work at Port Lympne. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.154.189 ( talk) 19:57, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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826 Naval Air Squadron was tagged as a copyvio of [5] on 24 March, but the tag was removed by an ip editor based on a talk page discussion with nothing done to resolve the problem. I think that further attention is needed. Nigel Ish ( talk) 16:02, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
I understand your concerns and congratulate you on finding the words to express them that don't offend or belittle the miscreants concerned, me in this case. I will rephrase the article willingly because you asked me nicely. Others take note. Plucas58 ( talk) 13:21, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Article now rephrased. Interestingly the number of words used to debate whether the article was in breach or not must have exceeded the article size by ten to one Plucas58 ( talk) 13:39, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. One of our copy editors has spotted that our article Wonderlic Test has what he believes to be copypaste from reference.com pages, [7] (in the lede) and [8] (in this section. Both the reference.com pages mention Wikipedia, and I believe it is actually they who have copied our text, but to be completely sure, could you confirm this, please? Regards, -- Stfg ( talk) 19:23, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
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Reason:I want to edit semi-protected pages as Geet - Hui Sabse Parayi i want to add the section award in the page & Many other semi-protected pages are there which i can't edit e.g: Navya, Salman Khan & India etc User:Khan810 talk 14:31, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
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A user whose edits led to a page that you recently protected is the subject of a report on a long time sockpuppet, [9]. Thought you'd like to know. Thank you, Coronerreport ( talk) 19:38, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, a quick question. I've seen this happen more than once, that a page is tagged but in fact the "copyvio" is from a mirror site. In this case Wikipedia is actually cited as the source at the mirror site, yet someone tagged our page for speedy deletion. I'm only bringing this here, because I'm wondering how we bring this to people's attention. On a side note, ironically I was browsing through Amazon last night and linked there was a page to which I'd contributed! So apparently more and more sites are using Wikipedia's content, and I think the reverse copyvio tag should maybe be better advertised or something. Anyway, thanks. Truthkeeper ( talk) 20:59, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl, since you are also aware of the history involving this thread, [10], I thought it best notify you. It's time to put an end to this. Coronerreport ( talk) 07:16, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
Here [11]. It is pretty self explanatory, but it boils down to a user inserting small tidbit facts about 'football fixtures' (scheduled soccer games listing) in an article, where it might be covered under UK law, but would clearly not be covered under US law as it is only facts and the presentation isn't being copied. I think you could clear this up pretty quick. Dennis Brown (talk) 20:39, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure what I have done wrong, but I think it was unfair for this page to be deleted.
I had followed all the instructions for addressing the copyright concerns, including emailing the following to permissions-en@wikimedia.org:
"As an authorised trustee of the Draco Foundation (NZ) Charitable Trust I hereby explicitly permit use of copyright material of the Draco Foundation to be used by Wikipedia on the Draco_Foundation_(NZ)_Charitable_Trust page under CC-BY-SA and the GFDL."
Can you help me understand what I could have done differently? Many thanks.
Nzresilience ( talk) 04:47, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you Dpmuk and Moonriddengirl, this is such a learning curve for me and it's sometimes hard not to be defensive when everyone is just trying to make the site effective and robust. I appreciate your help. Nzresilience ( talk) 20:27, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
One of the things I've been pondering for a while, largely due to thinking about future tasks for the bot, is having a section at WP:CP for "quick attention". Seeing the comments at #826 Naval Air Squadron - copyvio reinstated has made me comment here. I would imagine this would be used for things like improper removal of copyvio tags where the editor reporting does not want to act on (probably because they're too involved) and for quick solutions to existing problems (e.g. where the source now has an appropriate license, the source is PD etc) where often editors don't want to remove due to the instructions limiting who can. This is no where near a fully fleshed out idea and I wasn't going to air it quite yet but given the problems raised above now seems a sensible time. Dpmuk ( talk) 06:32, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl! A quick question, as I might have got this wrong. If the first version of an article was a direct copy-and-paste, such that there is no non-infringing version of the article, is it correct that we can't rewrite the problem sections, but need to delete and start again? I ask, because that has been my working assumption, but I'm not sure if that assumption was correct. (An article I nominated for CSD has been reworded to remove the issues, but the first version was a direct copy of the copyrighted source, and all subsequent versions are modifications from there). btw, I'm very happy to be wrong with my assumptions here. :) - Bilby ( talk) 03:40, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hey. long time :) I have more photo doubts for you to clarify :P Could you take a look at the photo here, as well as the second and fourth photo here, and please tell me what licensing I need, or what copyright/permissions I need, to use these images on Wikipedia? Since they are shots of filming, are they free/copyrighted? can you point out what copyright license I will require to use those photos in Ra.One (probably as a replacement for existing location photos)? Thanks a ton :) ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 11:06, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG,
I'm cleaning up {{ FOLDOC}} and articles containing it. I notice that you added a note regarding the Big Relicensing on Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from FOLDOC. I'm a little confused by it: it seems to suggest that so long as material from FOLDOC was added prior to the move to CC-BY-SA we are fine to use it as if it were under the new license, while material added after that date isn't. Did we receive some sort of one-off permission from FOLDOC to relicense their content at that time? If not, it would seem that all FOLDOC material is used under fair use regardless of when it was added. Can you clarify this? Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) ( talk) 13:06, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
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Sorry for not continuing above, but I had to catch your attention for this. I told you about the photos from the blog right? Guess what, the blog owner has replied to me. She said that she had conducted an interview of Nicola Pecorini, director of photography of Ra.One, and that Pecorini had released certain personal photos for use along with the interview. Meaning, that the photos are owned by him. So I will take the big step : I am going to contact Pecorini himself. The blog owner gave me the e-mail link.
Before e-mailing Pecorini, I need to detail out all possible copyrights under which the photo can be released, so as to make my argument convincing. It seems Pecorini takes 4-5 weeks to respond, so I have to do everything thoroughly at one go. Can you please list out all possible copyrights for the photos? I'll attach a document along with the e-mail detailing about them, and I'll explain all about my intentions in the mail. RSVP; I really need your help now. Cheers! ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 07:46, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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Respected Mr. Pecorini, Firstly, let me congratulate you on your excellent work that you did as the Director of Cinematography on the film Ra.One. Your work has received a great deal of appreciation here. Let me introduce myself: I am Ankit, an editor working on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anybody can edit. Currently, I am working on the Wikipedia article of Ra.One. To back the content added, I require matching photographs as well. A few days back, I came across an Italian blog News & Gossip, to which you had consented for an interview regarding your experience on the film sets. I had contacted the blog, and received a reply today from Ms. Diana Errani, who conducted your interview. As per her instructions, she said that you had consented to the interview and generously provided a few personal photos for use; however, those photos are copyrighted by you, under your website NicolaPecorini.com. As per Ms. Errani's instructions, she asked me to inquire you about any further matters. The matter is this : I, as representative of Wikipedian editors, am very interested in three particular photos you had supplied to News & Gossip. The interview can be seen here :- http://newscinehindi.blogspot.in/2012/03/nicola-pecorini-intervista-esclusiva.html In this page, I am very interested in the first, second and fourth photographs. The first photograph will be used in your Wikipedia page here :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Pecorini, while the second and fourth photographs will be used in the article of Ra.One here :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra.One. Since the photographs are copyrighted, the matter is not very simple. Wikipedia has very strict rules regarding copyright of files, be it images, music or any other file. As per the proper way, I would like to discuss the copyright release terms of the photographs. Since the images are copyrighted, our policy states that the file should be prominently attributed to the creator/owner of the file, unless the owner decided to release the files completely into the public domain. We have a number of copyright formats available with us, most of them having a place to attribute you, your website or both as the copyright holder of the images. If you are interested in releasing the photos, I request you to reply to me and I shall send another e-mail detailing copyright release licenses we have; you can choose the license as per your wish, since you are the copyright holder. Additionally, if you agree, I inform you that this mail and any further mails will be forwarded to Wikipedia's Copyright Bench for explicit proof that copyright has been properly obtained. Hence, I request you to explicitly state whether you agree/disagree with the proposition. I hope that we can have a discussion that can benefit both you and Wikipedia, an encyclopedia that is referred to by over 400 million people. Thanking You, Yours Sincerely, Ankit |
The only problem is that the mail is a bit long, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. But the replies will be late in coming, so I'm not very hopeful. Cheers! ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 11:35, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
You wouldn't believe what happened. Nicola Pecorini just responded to me! I was totally taken aback. He was really gracious; he said that he had been taken aback when he got the mail, as he had understood that releasing the photos to the blog meant he had released them into the public domain, he also said that he respects Wikipedia a lot, and uses it frequently too
. He said that the Ra.One article has a number of inaccuracies, which I was half-expecting; I explained to him stuff about how we add content to our articles etc. Phew! That's one job done. ~*~
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Hi again, MRG! Looking into a request yesterday at wp:RSN I stumbled across some of the wreckage left by User:Ironboy11 ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) before your indef block. Looking through his contribs, it is apparent that he was very industriously editing many articles, especially those involving Pakistani nuclear and missile technology and scientists. Very rarely did those edits involve citations, so even if they weren't copyvios, they were wp:OR or at the very least were not readily wp:V. This is troubling on so many levels, it's hard to know where to start. I'm wondering if you have powertools available for dealing with cleanup, or at least notification of other editors on the respective article talkpages. LeadSongDog come howl! 17:05, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, I was poking around WP:CCI trying to figure out where to start when I looked at this article. While most of it is indeed copy-pasted, the source was published around 1900. I was just wondering what would be done in this case, since the source is PD? Wouldn't an attribution tag such as Template:Source-attribution suffice? (New to this, sorry for asking stupid questions!) Clay Clay Clay 18:40, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I offer you a rewrite: Talk:Papal Orders of Chivalry/Temp. Cheers. EricSerge ( talk) 02:31, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG, I have a question about WP policy regarding translations of material still under copyright, in this case a poem. Newspapers, journals and magazines (in the UK, at least) seem happy to publish 'unauthorised' translations of poems; that is, as works in their own right with full credit to the original author. Do you know what WP's position is on this? A translation of a poem was posted on a talk page for discussion purposes. Thoughts or links re this would be appreciated. Cheers. Span ( talk) 12:11, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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I'm contemplating a go at RfA. I won't hold it against you if opt out, but your input at User talk:Dennis Brown#Contemplating RfA - Requesting feedback is invited. Dennis Brown (talk) (contrib) 11:53, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I've encountered a pretty odd issue with attribution. This arose from WP:AE#Winterbliss where we have two users each making hundreds of edits to an article to artificially boost their edit count (to game an editing restriction), with no intervening edits by other users. The question is, can I delete all but the most recent edit from history without violating the attribution requirements? My understanding is that retaining the most recent edit (since it contains all the content added and is attributed to the user at issue) should be enough for attribution purposes, but your expert advice would be greatly appreciated :) T. Canens ( talk) 21:36, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Unfortunately this is confusing people. Is it ever OK to move the old report page and archive to the new name? Valfontis ( talk) 14:38, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello :) I guess the article Ra.One no longer needs semi-protection; after all, its well past the release date and activity as a whole has been pretty limited on the article. I have heard that placing semi-protection for too long is harmful, and this article has been on semi-protect for 7-8 months. In case there is need for semi-protection, I shall ask again (I have the article on my watchlist) but hopefully that situation won't come. Thanks. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 16:45, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your message advising me how to use citations and what I should do to improve my editing on Wikipedia, however I am quite new to editing and I don't know how to add sources. I would be grateful if you could help me. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.100.165.107 ( talk) 16:50, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi again. Another revdel request for you, hope you don't mind! LOL (2012 film) from rev 487577163 to rev 488031886 (inclusive) contains primarily copyvio text (the Plot section), taken primarily from this MTV article. Cheers! Nik the stoned 10:13, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
...could you look at Talk:Devious (band). I've got doubts about the band, but great uncertainty about the copyvio side. Peridon ( talk) 20:12, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Sven Manguard Wha? 01:51, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
The text about the colors (down to "our primary mountain range") is in several articles and can be found here. [15] and is probably written by the same person. I can't figure out which came first, can anyone help me? Looks like a big COI issue also. Dougweller ( talk) 12:39, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. I just deleted Paschal Robinson as a copyright violation after noticing most of it was a way-too-long-for-fair-use quote from a 1948 source. I was going to simply remove the long quote but it had been there from the first edit so there was nothing to revert to. Could you give this a quick sanity check? Was deleting it correct or should another approach have been used? Thanks, 28bytes ( talk) 02:13, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
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It's added two days ago but we had previously. Meanwhile, can you take under the semi-project season 6 page? Cause it's can change by anyone and oftenly adding unsourced articles or not reliable.
Bow-bb ( talk) 12:19, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this rewrite? I think it's good, apart from formatting issues which I've mentioned to the contributor, but I want to make sure I haven't missed anything that you picked up when you investigated it. This is especially the case in this instance as there's been paraphrasing so I may have missed something with the searching I've done. Dpmuk ( talk) 15:18, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. Rupert Gerritsen ( talk) 15:10, 26 April 2012 (UTC)Rupert Gerritsen
Hi!
My name is Victor and I'm a storyteller with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. I'm chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community around the world, including those from readers, editors, and donors. Stories are absolutely essential for any non-profit to persuade people to support the cause, and we know the vast network of people who make and use Wikipedia have so much to share.
I'd very much like the opportunity to interview you to tell your story, with the possibility of using it in our materials, on our community websites, or as part of this year’s fundraiser to encourage others to support Wikipedia. Please let me know if you're inclined to take part in the Wikipedia Stories Project, or if you know anyone with whom I should speak.
Thank you for your time,
Victor Grigas
vgrigas@wikimedia.org
Victor Grigas ( talk) 22:45, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Buddy Fletcher ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I have removed two blatant copyright violations from the above article (as an exemption to 3RR - a battle was going on between another editor and me, and I bowed out because of 3RR). However, I cited another paragraph in the article at BLPN that I suspect is also a copyright violation, but I can't verify it because I believes it requires a subscription to access the complete source. I copied the paragraph at BLPN in the hope that someone who can make a determination will. Any help would be appreciated (I'm not asking you to look at the rest of the disputes). Thanks.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 10:52, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
[16]-- Shrike ( talk) 12:14, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
I have a lot of general reading to do first, but CP is definitely on my list of places to mop up at part-time, as there is a clear need and I have a good understanding of copyright in general. First, I need to get up to speed on the actual policies and the normal way you guys do things here, and everywhere else for that matter. Right now I'm a little paranoid because of all the shiny new buttons. Dennis Brown 2¢ © 12:37, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Recent edits to the Battle off Endau article have added very extensive quotations to citations, which apparently [17] in a concern to ensure verifibility if the Google Books preview disappears in the future. I am concerned that this level of quoting approaches the point where copyvio may become an issue. Are my concerns justified? Nigel Ish ( talk) 17:40, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. This is just an example: Until a bit more than 2 years ago, Castellani (wine) was an informative, neutral little article. Then an editor came along and added loads of blatantly promotional stuff consisting of a large volumes of direct copypaste from the Castellani Official website. My first instinct is simply to restore the pre-copypaste version and template the copypaste editor, but Cv101 only says to do such things if the copypaste was recent, and as the last good version dates from September 2009, I wondered if that would be overstepping the mark. I could probably avoid dumping some investigations on you if I knew it was OK to do something like that. Cheers, -- Stfg ( talk) 11:12, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG! Could you suggest a couple of adminstrators I can contact who could keep an eye on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodleigh School, North Yorkshire? There are increasingly highly uncivil personal attacks, edit-warring on the article itself, retaliatory behaviour wirh an editor nominating another article by his perceived "opponent" for deletion, and I suspect more than a whiff of sockpuppetry. I made a request for administrator "eyes" at ANI [18], but I suspect it's been lost amidst all the other drama there. Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 13:06, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi there ma'am. It's been a long time since we ran into each other while editing. I believe around three years since then. How's the editing coming along? -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 11:23, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
I wrote extensively about Malcolm Page as a sailing journalist. I also assisted Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page with the content on their website. Most of the 2009 and 2010 content on their website was written by me.
Don't EVER accuse me of plagiarism.
Honestly, how many sailing journalists are there! How much content has been written about sailings heroes on the Internet??? Much of the good stuff written during the lead up to the 2008 Olympics and Paralympics was written by me it would have appeared on all of the major sailing websites and on the websites of various sailing classes, yacht clubs, sailing federations, the world governing body of sailing website (ISAF), sailing magazines, even AARP's magazine and Scientific American. I publish www.WorldRegattas.com.
Once again, don't ever accuse me of plagiarism — Preceding unsigned comment added by Travelingfitz ( talk • contribs) 17:05, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, there as a semi-legal notice here. What do you think? Thanks. History2007 ( talk) 22:20, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
info-en-q
wikimedia.org
. Please ask her to include the URL of the article in her email and that the volunteers must work within policies; they do not have authority to remove content that is within policy against consensus. If you're comfortable talking to her further on the talk page, this may not be necessary, but sometimes the volunteer response team can help when drama arises -- for instance if people cluster around and things get unpleasant. Sometimes we can help people out; sometimes we can't. Either we, it's always best if we can leave them feeling like we are fair and reasonable. --
Moonriddengirl
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00:37, 29 April 2012 (UTC)Do you have time to look at the recent edit conflict on this article: Gina Rinehart. It is over what 'Occupation' should be defined as in the infobox. This person has attracted a lot of media attention recently in Australia. Regards -- Greenmaven ( talk) 07:18, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
These are my own words. Sorry I have not responded sooner but I have been opening a holiday cottage within Port Lympne Wild Animal Park so have not been checking emails or even getting home early enough to be social with any one. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by NatureSam ( talk • contribs) 07:25, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello! You might recall the discussion at Talk:Saathiya – Pyar ka Naya Ehsaas for article titles. Currently a article at Saathiya (TV series) exists; which is actually "Saath Nibhana Saathiya". Was that decided so? IMO no article should exist at "Saathiya (TV series)". §§ AnimeshKulkarni ( talk) 19:45, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl--how are you? Staying out of trouble? I have a question for you--please see also my talk page, User_talk:Drmies#G.I._Joe_movie_characters. It is my understanding that the movie poster which was in the infobox, way down the page on General Joseph Colton (why we have such articles in the first place is unclear to me), is not acceptable, and I referred the editor to Wikipedia:Non-free content. Furthermore, I believe that the screenshot used in the infobox for Cobra Commander (again, way down the page) is also not allowed. Can you please set me straight if I'm wrong? If you answer on my talk, in that section, then the editor will know as well. Thank you so much! (PS: it's a boy! well, for now--we'll see when he comes out, in August. I expect you to be there and support me since I want to go natural.) Drmies ( talk) 13:57, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
solemn tone
>I will continue to support you in every way I can.</solemn tone
> Except, you know, financially or
disputationally. --
Moonriddengirl
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13:06, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl. I'm sorry for bothering you, but I think you are the right person to ask my question, hope you don't mind :) I created this article (see header) and I found this in the Internet Archive. Would it be possible to upload some of the songs also to Commons? Thanks for any hint/help. Best regards. -- Vejvančický aka Beerriddenboy ( talk | contribs) 06:19, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Are you familiar with copyright/Trademark applied to WP:LOGO or know an admin who is? I've asked some questions at deletion review. Thanks. Mojoworker ( talk) 08:23, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I've just added a copyleft notice onto the website www.aevol.fr. Could you please restore the Aevol article here? Thx. Parsons.eu ( talk) 16:41, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I just got your message, sorry for the delay. I have doubled the size of the notice. Thanks for your attention.
Parsons.eu (
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21:49, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
There was a message left for you on the orphan talk page that I deleted concerning the deletion of Badaga Hattis. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 06:38, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
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THank you for your help.. i hope to continue to follow wikipedia's guidelines for better success in the future. Would it be ok if contact you in the future for further inquires, you have been most helpful! RVDSouza ( talk)
Thanks for your clerical updates and your input. Sadly, I'm afraid I had trouble deciphering some of your sentences on my talk page. They were really hard to understand as to what you actually did but I sort of picked of the gist of what you were trying to say. No worries. Thanks for taking the time and doing your part. Nonetheless, I think think, I get the sense from others I've communicated with that we are mistaking a 'judicious copyright rationale' for mere 'clerical enforcement.' Basically, clerically, the wording i.e, rationale - must be there (in the Images) in order to rationalize any non-fair use copyright under the related and relevant guidelines as set for by Wikipedia. It's not our fault, I think the Wikipedia guidelines are badly written and I think that creates a snowball effect of bad copyright enforcers and bad interpretation by all of us, because there is so much duplicated, loop-de-loop circular wording. I'm guilty of it. Sharkentile (talk) 7:34, Sharkentile 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hullo, I've just posted something about this on the Joseph Farey Talk page. Apwoolrich ( talk) 14:57, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
You might like to look at User talk:Michaelstoll. Then again, you mightn't (but I have been nice about you...). Peridon ( talk) 17:58, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
No problem, I was shocked to see how backed-up the copyright problems board was, and I'll be sure to help whenever I get a chance/remember to check. It's pretty unforgivable that we let something so essential get so backlogged... "we" being us admins who HAVEN'T been helping out of course, not you heroic Defenders of the Wiki :D - RunningOnBrains( talk) 21:54, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I created an article, added some references I found on the www, but always gets blocked because of copyright issue. But I don t know why ???? You are probably extremely busy, and - sorry to ask you for help. I am a complete Wikipedia Dummy and just don t get it :(
This is the simple and short article an the page Stefan Pichlebelow, and I incuded references: <snip content, which violates our copyright policy>— Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelstoll ( talk • contribs) 09:22, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I have received a notification saying that we were using copyrighted material from the website www.trudeaufoundation.ca on our Wikipedia page (Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation) that is now blocked. Actually, we (the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation) are the creators of that website content, so we have full rights to use it or re-use it. I've read the notification and as suggested, I've sent an email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. Can you unblock our Wikipedia page or let us know what we have to do exactly? Thanks for your help!
Mvincelli ( talk) 20:03, 1 May 2012 (UTC)User mvincelli for Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
"I need a third nostril like I need a hole in my head." I am a big marilyn manson fan and was reading about "the third nostril" and other things. For example 0,1,3,5 are numbers that he has used is some of the puzzles that he has put up on his website. They are also used in 1337 speak so I spelled two words that may be "clues" 1053 = lose and 5013 = sole . I punched those into my puter and came up with some sites. One was the "Ford Anglia 501e" it said that this model was used on a show called "the heartbeat" but when I tried to go to the link, it, has been deleted and then when I seen your name I wanted to follow the link here. Then I seen that you get migraines and the thumbnail on your page was one that I had tried to open in a different page just a few minutes before that. It was called "ART LAW" and said it was a pic of a disected womans head. I just wanted you to know this and give you Barnstars galore. I love wiki and use it often. 12.170.63.42 ( talk) 23:56, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl,
thank you so much for your help and advice. Now, i have created a new article on "Stefan Pichler", with new sources - and so far I have not received any notification of copyright or other issues. I apologize again to have taken your time. Just wanted to thank you ! Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelstoll ( talk • contribs) 09:13, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moodriddengirl. I was hoping you might find the time to take a quick look at File:Olivier Gruner.jpg. User:Ogruner, who appears to be the subject of the picture, has claimed on the File talkpage that photographer (I presume he means the Flickr uploader) does not have rights to the image - quite plausible, as it appears to be a promotional headshot, rather than a user-taken image. Would you mind reviewing the copyright status of the image (outside my area of expertise, I'm afraid) and deleting it under F11 if necessary? Cheers, Yunshui 雲 水 09:32, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
I'd be happy to help him flag it for discussion or tell him what to do, but there's not enough evidence for me to want to flag it without talking to him first. He could be confused about what rights the photographer has. :) I'll have a word with the gentleman about what to do next. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:28, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I created a short BLP on historian Antony Polonsky. An editor has tagged this article as "multiple issues" including COI and WP:Peacock. I’ve tried to discuss the issue with editor Poeticbent, and I would be interested to hear the opinion of other editors on the Polonsky Talk page. Thanks, Mick gold ( talk) 16:06, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to thank you, Moonriddengirl, for running a bot through this entry. I tagged it originally as resembling a resume, because of how closely it followed the actual content of the subject's resume from his own place of work. I regret that my concerns raised at User talk:Poeticbent#Polonsky were not taken seriously enough. I suggest that involved editors consult Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#Close relationships for further guidance and declare their interests on the article's talk page. I don't think I need to spell out; quotations from the subject addressing his readership, or the "Albert Abramson" Professor presumably better than Professor per its own definition, are just two of numerous overstatements, all the way through to the end. Poeticbent talk 16:43, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Can anybody become a new page patroller, or is it only limited to administrators? If the former, can you point out how to become a new page patroller? Should I get Autopatrolled rights? Thanks! ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 12:12, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Thought you might be interested in this. Dpmuk ( talk) 23:16, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wtshymanski (FYI only, no action required) -- Guy Macon ( talk) 00:45, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl! If you or any of your friendly TPS posse has the chance to look in from time to time on the contributions of new account Tylerjet ( talk · contribs) I'd appreciate it.
His first significant string of edits to an article were 90% copy-paste copyvio, and then he went off to a different one, and began a string of edits that also were. At 7:58, 3 May 2012, I posted to his talk saying he couldn't do that. He would have seen the "you have new messages" orange bar when he saved to that second article, at 8:23, but he continued to add copy-pasted copyvio to that new article, in four more edits spanning around 80 minutes. He did include (incorrectly) formatted refs for each passage, though, but I'd explained to him previously that he needed to write in his own words.
He also didn't respond on his talk to my post, which seemed a little unusual, as did his blanket addition of "(Retrieved 2012-4-20)" to all his just-added refs, on 3 May 2012.
Bottom line is that this is either a new user who doesn't read his talk page, or ... well, I'm beginning to wonder if this could possibly be one of our old friends, returning. I'm probably being too quick by half to consider that, but more experienced eyes on couldn't hurt, either. Thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 16:08, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
I've noticed a while ago via ANI your name mentioned in regards to a user who has expertise in the copyright field. I have a keen interest in the London 2012 Olympics, especially as I'll be a volunteer at the games this summer. Due to this, I've got related articles on my watchlist, and I noticed this image uploaded by another user became nominated for deletion over doubts of copyvio and who owns the licence for the image. A full discussion is taking place at commons, to which I have participated in. Now I'm not sure if you're fully aware, but London 2012 (better known as LOCOG) and the Olympic Movement are one of the strictest organisations in the world when it comes to reuse of their images, logos etc. And in good faith I provided links to London 2012 websites which hold guidelines to terms of use of their images etc. But the person who uploaded the image knocked me back a little when he said he doesn't see how anything that I've said or the links I've provided have any relevance to the discussion. Therefore, I thought I best bring this to your attention, and seek your opinion on whether the image is in breach of WMF copyvio or not. I look forward to your response in due course - regards Wesley ☀ Mouse 20:33, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Please take a look at the diff here and the article that it's from here. I reverted the editor User:Rburnett12 once as copyvio when the page was a literal copy. He has come back with what you see, which I still think is copyvio (it's pretty much a copy with a few interjections). I figured I should get a second opinion before reverting again though. Thank you. Don Lammers ( talk) 01:32, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
As the resident non-legal expert on creative lists and copyright, your opinion on whether the wholesale list of monsters included in a Dungeons and Dragons manual is a copyright violation or not would be helpful. There's other factors at play that may be the crux of a deletion argument, but I believe the potential copyvio should be addressed with some dismissing it as a non-argument. The AFD is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition monsters. -- MASEM ( t) 05:25, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I just dropped by the Wyneken page and noticed that you deleted much of the material there that is related to my essay on his life and work. I will likely restore it, since I give permission to anyone who wishes to use my work. I would donate it all to the public domain, were it not that my lawyer friends tell me an author really can't do that. I'll post my permission on the talk page as well. Is there anything else I need to do to be sure everyone knows it is OK? It has been years since I have been able to edit and write for Wikipedia. -- CTSWyneken (talk)
Hey. I just don't know what I did, but my WP webpage has a light blue color all across it. Its looking really weird. Could you help me out? ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 15:25, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
( talk page stalker) I might be able to assist with this one, as I've come across the issue many times before. If an editor is using Google Chrome as their browser, and has accidentally zoomed in/zoomed out, it changes the background of WP to a light blue colour. Simply click on the wrench icon (top-right of browser) and reset the screen size to 100%, that should fix the issue. Hope that helps. Wesley ☀ Mouse 15:36, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl; over 3 1/2 years ago you cited this article for copyright violations. The same problem persists, perhaps more so, with most of the content lifted from several websites. The issues are complicated slightly by the involvement of COI accounts, and some IP users who are rather demonstrative in their views that the article be left as is. I've suggested that the entire piece by cut to the bone. Your thoughts would be very welcome. Thanks and cheers, 99.136.254.195 ( talk) 13:46, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey Moonriddengirl, I am working on an article for the company peace coffee with another editor and I would like to reference the company's bio-diesel van. If I found a free image (or took one myself) of this van, can I use it or is it still copyrighted because of the design on the van? Ryan Vesey Review me! 20:00, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
MRG, I'm still new to OTRS, and almost everything I've handled (on the permissions side) is image related. In fact, 2012041810005691 may be my first text related issue. Don't hesitate to double-check, but I think it looks straightforward. I think Peter Noever is fine.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 20:18, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
{{
CPC|t}}
is very easy. If the content isn't being placed by the copyright owner, you also have to use an attribution template in the reference section, like {{
dual}}. I'll be happy to do it if you want, but will wait in case you'd like to dot the "i"s and cross the "t"s yourself. :) Just let me know. --
Moonriddengirl
(talk)
21:51, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/Betacommand 2011, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/Betacommand 2011 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/Betacommand 2011 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Jtrainor ( talk) 01:48, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
While patrolling, I stumbled across Guðmundur, a diaambiguation article with a red link to Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson. Further investigation reveals that you deleted this article for violation of copyright on 15 February 2010. I was wondering if you could give me access to the deleted article. I may be able to resolve the copyright issues; it seems that this individual may satisfy notability criteria. Thanks in advance for your help. Truthanado ( talk) 03:18, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 7 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Paschal Robinson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 1934 Hitler fired for unbecoming conduct a German diplomat who was caught on film kissing the episcopal ring of Irish nuncio Paschal Robinson? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Paschal Robinson.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:05, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your intervention at USACK. The harassment by IP editors on my talk page has stopped as a result. Perhaps those individuals have wised up and realized they can't post material at will in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. -- Drm310 ( talk) 02:34, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Did you want to conduct a community or individual reassement on Nabulsi soap? AIRcorn (talk) 12:18, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Okay, the technique is more successful in Romania in the Early Middle Ages. :/ This is a huge edit by the contributor in question. I did not refer to the original list, so I duplicated effort, but I wanted to see for myself:
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The Romans had never succeeded in closing down the “funnel of peoples” between the rivers Danube and Tisa in the west or in safeguarding in the east the “wet border” along the Prut river... There had always been problems in this area with peoples of all kinds, who appeared for the most part as free Daci or Carpi... We also hear of Costoboci and Rhoxolani. Finally, for centuries the Bastarnic element had been part of the ethnic mosaic of that area. | The Romans had never succeeded in closing down the “funnel of peoples” between the rivers Danube and Tisa in the west or in safeguarding the “wet border” along the river Prut.[7] There had always been problems in this area with peoples of all kind, who appeared for the most part as free Dacians or Dacian-speaking[8] Carpians.[7] We also hear of Costoboci and Rhoxolani, and for centuries the Bastarnic element had been part of the ethnic mosaic of that area.[7] | Wolfram et al. History of the Goths pages 43-44 |
The "western" Goths were fully occupied taking possession of the northern Danubian region on both sides of the Carpathians, dividing it with the Taifali, and keeping control of it. In the process their former allies, the Dacian Carpi, the Bastarnean Peukini, and the Vandal groups, became their rivals. The Bastarni had to give way: in 280 Probus admitted what was probably the greater part of that tribe into the Roman empire and settled them in Thrace in 280; in 295 the rest followed.... | Following the Roman withdrawal, the Goths were fully occupied taking possession of the northern Danubian region on both sides of the Carpathian Mountains, dividing it with the Taifali, and keeping control of it.[7] In the process their former allies, the Carpians, the Bastarnæ, and the Vandals, became their rivals.[7] The latter had to give way: probably the greater part of the Bastarnæ settled in Thrace in 280, and in 295 the rest followed | Wolfram et al, p. 56 |
In the summer of 328, Constantine opened the stone bridge across the Danube between Oescus-Gigen and Sucidava. At the same time the fortress Daphne-Spantov near Oltenita was erected downstream and linked by means of a large ferry with Transmarisca-Tutrakan.... The construction of the bridge was considered a first-rate military event: Constantine was celebrated as the renewer of Trajan's Dacia. While the bridge at Oescus linked the empire with Oltenia-Little Walachia, which was intended as a buffer zone.... | In the summer of 328, Emperor Constantine the Great (306-337) opened the stone bridge across the Danube between Œscus (in present-day Bulgaria) and Sucidava (now in Romania) linking the empire with Oltenia which was intended as a buffer zone.[7] At the same time, the fortress of Daphne (in present-day Romania) was erected and linked by means of a large ferry with Transmarisca (now in Bulgaria).[7] The construction of the bridge was considered a first-rate military event: the emperor was celebrated as renewer of province “Dacia Trajana” | Wolfram et al, p. 61 |
Justinian built or renewed more than 600 forts in the Balkans.... Along the Danube and in the immediate hinterland, relatively small forts were built | Justinian I also built or renewed more than 600 forts in the Balkans; but along the Danube and in the immediate hinterland, relatively small forts were built. | Curta, p. 45. |
Each settlement is no larger than about 5 acres, with a limited number of houses per habitation phase, ranging from ten to fifteen. This seems to indicate that most, if not all, sites had been occupied only for brief periods, than abandoned and new settlements established nearby.... What caused this shifting of hamlets must have been the itinerant form of agriculture practiced by their inhabitants and requiring that lands under cultivation be left fallow after a number of years of cultivation without manuring. | Settlement sites excavated so far in Romania are no larger than about 0,02 km2 (5 acres), with a limited number of houses per habitation phase, ranging from 10 to 15.[19] This seems to indicate that most, if not all, sites had been occupied only for brief periods, than abandoned and new settlements established nearby.[19] What caused this shifting of hamlets must have been the itinerant form of agriculture practiced by their inhabitants and requiring that lands under cultivation be left fallow after a number of years of cultivation without manuring. | Curta, pp. 56-57. |
Much like the "Huns", the "Sclavenes" appear in sixth-century sources as an umbrella term for a multitude of groups living north of the Danube frontier, which could not be classified as either “Huns” or “Gepids”. | On the other hand, the Sclavenes appear in 6th-century sources as an umbrella term for a multitude of groups living north of the Danube, which could not be classified as either “Huns” or “Gepids”. | Curta, p. 59. |
Early Avar society was based on procuring prestige goods from the Byzantine Empire and food supplies from small economic units, in the form of either direct production from family lands or tribute from subjugated population groups.... More often than not, the Avars chose to move the entire population of a conquered city or territory in the middle of the qaganate. | Early Avar society was based on procuring prestige goods from the Byzantine Empire and food supplies from small economic units, in the form of either direct production from family lands or tribute from subjugated population groups.[19] More often than not, the Avars chose to move the entire population of a conquered city or territory in the middle of the Khaganate.[19] | Curta, p. 65. |
I've bolded stuff that is precisely duplicated, although it may remove material from the source or rearrange it. There's enough there to really worry me about the copyright status of the current article. I don't have enough time right now to do a more complete evaluation, but I strongly suspect that portions of this article are out of line with Wikipedia:Plagiarism and Wikipedia:Non-free content, which I would imagine would eliminate it from GA status...and may even require rewriting. I'll look more into later. :( -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:09, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Had a look at the Nabulsi article. My main concern was Broadness due to its small size, but a google search didn't turn up much other information so I am happy at this stage to pass that. When you reviewed the article for copyright issues did that include the pictures? One File:Camel factory Nablus December 2008.JPG was uploaded by Tiamut ( talk · contribs) so might need closer checking. The others seem fine, although I can't access the website source at File:Nablus 1898.jpg. If these are fine then I will pass it. AIRcorn (talk) 07:29, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Have at it.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 13:11, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
A good point is made at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2012 Time 100. Can you go and respond there to explain if that's correct or not? Silver seren C 05:59, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
By the way, last question. How does this copyright of lists thing work in regards to all of the news articles that are reprinting the list in full? Are they violating TIME's copyright? Silver seren C 23:38, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
I'm actually coming back to soapbox a little, now that it's morning. This is particularly important, I think, because you've indicated that you might want to help out with some copyright issues. I don't want you to get discouraged. I cringe when list articles cross the desk, because list articles can be some of the most complex copyright problems we face. Copyright problems range from the really simple (an article built entirely by copy-pasting from a website that isn't compatibly licensed? Straightforward) to the really complex (article built substantially by copying snippets from incompatibly licensed works, intermingled with what seems to be original material). But one thing all text based copyright issues share is that they are all reparable. That doesn't mean that articles are never deleted. While I've rewritten hundreds and hundreds of articles myself, I don't have time to rewrite every copyvio articles that comes our way. I'm more likely to rewrite stuff that (a) we would lose altogether - no clean content in history - that is too important to lose (like Battle of the Centaurs (Michelangelo)) or that (b) looks to me as if due to systemic bias we might not have coverage if we wait for somebody else to write it...especially but not exclusively if the audience most likely to know about it is not natively English and may be more likely to repeatedly recreate it through copying ( Philippine Export-Import Credit Agency; Maligawila; Pheidole purpurea). (Sometimes this works out to be a lot of fun, by the way. I was delighted to find some gorgeous and compatibly licensed images of P. purporea, even though I couldn't find a lot of sourced content about the bug itself). Again, it doesn't mean that articles are never deleted. But it means that it is possible to write clean content that does not infringe.
Then you have list articles. List articles get a curve all to themselves, because there are multiple layers you have to look at in assessing creativity. You have to assess: (1) whether the list is opinion or fact, which is not always as straightforward as it seems; (2) whether, if fact, the selection of fact is creative (for instance, one court case found a directory of businesses creative because of its specific criteria for inclusion - so even though the list was fact, it was creatively selected fact and copying it was found to be infringement); (3) whether, if fact and uncreatively selected, the organization of facts are creative (to put this on a perhaps more easily comprehensible comparison, you can make a collage based entirely on public domain pictures - and your collage, even though every element in it is public domain, would be copyrighted). So, you've got multiple facets of creativity to determine, for every list. "Select bibliography"? Fine under (1), but fails (2) unless the selection is glaringly obvious and standard (eg. "Works published in 2012"). "Prettiest girls in my high school?" Fails (1). "Chart of interrelation between 'People Who Attended the World's Fair' and 'People Who Attended Burl Ives Concerts'"? Most likely fails (2) and (3).
Beyond the complexity of determining the issue, there is complexity in determining the solution. If a list (or chart or list-like entity) is likely to be a copyright problem, what you can do about it depends in major part on how "core" the copyright issue is. If it fails (3) only, you can still have a list. You just have to arrange it differently. If it fails (2), you can still have a list - you just need to use different selection criteria. (For rewriting articles, this can have fatal consequence. We can list all Nobel Prize Winners, but there's no way that we can include a comprehensive list in "People's Prettiest Nobel Prize Winners" without either infringing on their selection criteria or violating our own policies or both. But we can easily incorporate the works on a "Select bibliography" into our own "Select bibliography" as long as ours is more inclusive than theirs and our inclusion criteria are sensible and obvious. We do have to be careful not to make up convoluted excuses to keep their content; although we don't write "fair use rationales" with text, the way we do with images, we ought to have in mind that rationales should exist and should be sensible. I ask myself, "What would a judge say?" :)) If it fails (1), we have a much more substantial issue. At that point, we should shift our focus from discussing the elements of the list to discussing the impact of the list as a whole. We can discuss individual elements, but need to be careful not to create a derivative work.
I also try to keep an eye on these lists, because there are plenty of people who will come in, in good faith, and try to add in the list itself. This is not good for us for a couple of reasons.
From an altruistic/ethical standpoint, it's not good for us because it's not good for the copyright holder. Copyright laws protect the interests of human beings - their ability to market their work.
From a self-interested standpoint, it's not good for us because (a) it can hurt our reputation with the public and with reusers, who may come to consider us an unsafe proposition if we develop a reputation for carelessness with copyright or if they themselves are prosecuted for using content they believed from its presence on our websites to be licensed for reuse - this undermines our mission; and (b) it can cost us major volunteer time when and if we receive official takedown notices and must then delete the article, including all work put in by every volunteer who polished and contributed to it. These volunteer hours take a huge toll, as they could have been put into works that we could keep, and it also undermines motivation to contribute. I've seen articles that were copyright problems from their base where others have put dozens of hours into developing them. It makes me sick for those people; I can all too easily imagine how I would feel if something I had worked on like that had to be pulled as derivative. :( Doing our best to get this right from the start is in our best interest.
Anyway, sorry for the soapbox, but since I had the time I wanted to be sure that I was giving you context on this and not just kind of superficially responding to your question. And also letting you know that all copyright issues are not this difficult. List articles are their own kind of nightmare. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:30, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Since you seem to be the face of WP:CV, I have a question. Is it considered necessary to add {{cclean}} to the talk page of an article whenever an alleged copyright violation is removed? Should it always be restored, if removed from the talk page? I know you routinely do add it, but what is the real benefit? New editors routinely add excerpts from press releases to articles, and they don't look at the talk page first, nor would this template be evident to them anyway. If anything has any benefit, I think edit notices such as the BLP one are more effective. Gimmetoo ( talk) 06:13, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
I don't know how to handle this, so I'm approaching you. A user named Ghajinidetails stated this in an edit summary for the List of highest-grossing Bollywood films :-
"Ankitbhatt,u r from Kolkata na? why u r not able to see the reference which i have given.i have contributed more than u in wikipedia.give men ur mobile no. i will talk to u .dont create vandalism"
You can see the edit history here. I am not very happy with this development, as I have seen this behavior before and it has led to hacking in certain cases. Could you help me out? I'd be much obliged. Thanks. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 17:45, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this for me? I largely blanked the article as the text showed all the signs of being copied from somewhere. The user that added the text has now got in touch with me (on my talk page) and said they developed the text in Word and copy and pasted from there. I'd be inclined to believe this except for the fact that when I copy and paste from Word I don't get the truncated lines you see when you edit their text. I'm leaning towards AGF on this but would appreciate a second opinion. Dpmuk ( talk) 19:25, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Hope you will get a smile from this 2012050810004842
(You don't need to open the attachment I copied the text to a note)-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 02:03, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Ok miss moon ridden girl, pls remove the protection layer from S. A. Ashokan article. I promise to re-write it differently somehow. If i am unsuccessful, i'll shave off my eyebrows. Kailash29792 ( talk) 08:24, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Just sent you an email! AnOpenMedium ( talk) 10:08, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
This article seems to have re-appeared after an AfD process, after which it was decided that it should be merged elsewhere. It seems to be a very insubstantial article about a non notable person. Should this article therefore be deleted as a housekeeping matter, or must the whole AfD process be restarted? (Thanks for your long discussion of Gina Rinehart. I am letting some time go by before doing any more with it) -- Greenmaven ( talk) 04:12, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hello. Sorry for any confusion. There was a query at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Palestine about the article's blanking. So, I just created the temp page for those editors interested in working on it. -- Al Ameer son ( talk) 03:24, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
I need to run a CCI on User:99appleseed when the software is working again. And note to anybody waiting for anything from me: I'm trying to keep tunnel vision on CP at the moment to get as much of the backlog addressed as I can! I'll be back to regular schedule soon. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:44, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
FYI, I've mentioned your "Copyright in lists" advisory article at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_Michelin_two_starred_restaurants as possibly relevant. AllyD ( talk) 13:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Nearly 2 years ago [ Kurfürst] was blocked for constant disruptive editing and warring. It would seem that he is back, attempting to edit articles under an IP Address [ here]. Kurfürst is from Budapest, Hungary and, coincidentally so is [ 86.101.5.223]. I have reverted some of his edits, but this matter does need some investigation. Regards ◆Min✪rhist✪rian◆ MTalk 08:46, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG! Yet again with these articles related to the Bahraini uprising. I've had a look at 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising after seeing it listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 March 11. It currently has a close paraphrasing tag. As pointed out on the talk page there are at least three instances of substantial verbatim paste and close paraphrasing from three different sources and I've just found a fourth from another source. There may be more though. One editor had offered to fix it on March 11th [1] but has done nothing. It's a bit like the IEP mess where the article is put together with copied sentences from a multitude of sources making it very, very tedious to find and clean. I'm reluctant to slap {{ copyvio}} on it—it wpuld probably languish for weeks. I simply can't face investigating it further myself. I could simply excise the 4 known chunks and alert the talk page. It would leave the article in need of copyediting for continuity and flow but at least it would be gone. What do you think? Voceditenore ( talk) 11:04, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for creating Hot Fives & Sevens! On a related subject, please see my comments at Talk:Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 15:28, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
User:Inventcreat/Author’s Certificate is copied from [2]. A direct link to the encyclopedia and translated gives: Great Soviet Encyclopedia : The 30 t - M.: "Soviet Encyclopedia", 1969-1978. The full text of the Third edition of "Great Soviet Encyclopedia," published by "Soviet Encyclopedia" in 1969 - 1978 years in 30 volumes. TSB - one of the largest and most influential of the universal encyclopedia in the world. This is the most ambitious publishing project of the Soviet era. For fifty years, was released three editions. All fundamental decisions related to the work on BSE - from policy making to its content to the organization of printing performance, is always taken at the highest state and party level. The information collected in the TSB, the vast majority are still relevant today. Same as "obsolete" is a lasting historical interest. © Scientific Publishing "Great Russian Encyclopedia", 2001
But there's a discussion at User talk:Jac16888 that has me confused, especially the section "About the article". Ran into this from an ANI discussion about their shared account. Dougweller ( talk) 11:57, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello! I'd like just ask why you deleted the page Laser interstitial thermal therapy.
Thank you -- Manuela.consiglio ( talk) 14:58, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
Can you have a look at User:BigzMMA/sandbox, it looks like User:BigzMMA is keeping copies of articles nominated for deletion without the correct attribution. Mt king (edits) 21:58, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
I have forwarded an email from the publisher to permissions@wikimedia.org regarding the entry for "Annual Growth %." I have cc'ed you on this email. Once I get your okay I will proceed with getting approval on the other deleted entries. I look forward to hearing from you - thanks for all your help! Karenmharvey ( talk) 14:58, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
I happened on the article Eastern and Western Pagodas, where the "History" section matches this page. The creation of our article is time-stamped 21:18, 3 June 2008, whereas the external posting is dated 4 June 2008; but given likely time-zone differences, there's really no telling which has priority. Neither of the sources cited as references appear to contain the historical information about the pagodas, and the article's lead is a very close copy of a sentence in the first-cited source. Given that the creator of our article is indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet and that this seems to be his/her only non-redirect creation, it seems clear to me that our article is a copyvio; but since it's been around for a few years, I thought I'd ask your opinion before tagging it for WP:CP attention. What do you think? Deor ( talk) 17:32, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Re this edit I've made myself a note to check that it has, although as I said before it won't copy any of the extra information across. This is on the list of things for me to do in my next bout of coding of the bot. Dpmuk ( talk) 16:41, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Would it be possible for you to take a look at Libelle of Englyshe Polycye? I listed it as copyvio on the 28th as there were some issues but I didn't realize that it was a very new article and the editor took immediate action to rectify the issue by creating a temporary article with the appropriate revisions. The editor has asked me to remove the copyvio tag, but I'm not an admin. Thanks, GabrielF ( talk) 18:22, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
I suspect the bulk of Andrew Nicholson (basketball) is a copyright violation, although I think it's not all from one source. It seems that the creator / primary editor has used lots of different websites' write-ups about him and made it a multi-website copyvio. Can you see if that's the case? Also, looking at its history, User:RVDSouza reverted another editor's removal of what is probably a copyvio. Jrcla2 ( talk) 18:51, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your help with reuse. Anarchangel ( talk) 19:02, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
this is in reply to my andrew nicholson page u removed a lot of liable stuff could u please send me what was there before because you removed liable stuff such as rhe stats and rewards please please do send me the orginal the page is horrible now please — Preceding unsigned comment added by RVDSouza ( talk • contribs) 19:43, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Is there any way i cud get everything for me to view because i want to be able to salvage as much as i can but i cannnot remember much and i hve no access to what i put up.. I promise i wil nto re-publish it i just want to do a good job and need your help thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by RVDSouza ( talk • contribs) 20:46, 1 April 2012 (UTC) RVDSouza ( talk) 20:52, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
could you look at the page and see the career achievements parts i got several of the numbers from the same site how do i reference it correctly so i do not have to keep putting the same reference up RVDSouza ( talk) 21:03, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
i hope what i have done so far is ok..please advise me if it is done correctly. I wil continue to add more on later but i would like to know if it is done properly so far. Thanks! RVDSouza ( talk) 21:17, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
thank you for your guidance. One more thing, many basketball players have photos of themselves on the profile part of their wiki page how do i go about that because i know there are a load of copyright infringement policies in regards to that. How would i go about doin that in regards to Andrew Nicholson pictures. RVDSouza ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:30, 1 April 2012 (UTC).
I would be able to contact andrew himself but if they picture was not taken by him but has him in it wud his permission be enough? and where can i find these sample letters? and also once i get permission where do i go about posting the image? RVDSouza ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:49, 1 April 2012 (UTC).
Hello, please advise why some content have been removed from the article "Najee Mondalek." The content was taken from Najee Mondalek's own website www.ajyal.us and all other websites you are referring to are copying from that original website. Please let me know what can I do prevent deletion. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azizuccio ( talk • contribs) 04:24, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
I've taken a stab at sorting some of the problems with this. Could you take a look at my comment at WP:CP. On a slightly different note I've removed 23rd March as it appears done to me. If you'd deliberately left it for some reason, after you appear to have cleared the last listing, then feel free to revert. Dpmuk ( talk) 04:56, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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I reported this article as copyright infringement of other websites on March 18, 2012. I bet this was ignored, and I don't see the log listed in the WP:CP anymore. I wonder if there is still time. -- George Ho ( talk) 11:50, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, there was a question at ANI about a page ( E Ink) that you hid a good portion of the history for copyright infringement. I do not have OTRS permissions, so it would be nice if you could stop by at WP:ANI#Need review of page history block to address the editor's concerns. Thanks! - RunningOnBrains( talk) 08:01, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I don't have too much knowledge about copyright rules, but I was hoping to find a photo for the article on Hugo Rogers. The United Nations multimedia gallery has one here that would be great. I've read Wikipedia:Public_domain#Works_of_the_United_Nations, but I'm still fairly confused about whether or not this image would be acceptable. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!-- Yaksar (let's chat) 05:07, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Did you receive the email from the publisher regarding the "annual growth %" entry? Is this format acceptable for Wikipedia's needs? Please let me know, and what I will need to do to get the entry back up. Thank you! Karenmharvey ( talk) 17:24, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Don't you have a couple of users you want to look at?
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Hi Moonriddengirl,
At Papal_Orders, I recently discovered what I believe to be an article that's substantively a copyvio. I've used the {{copyvio}} template on it, and listed it as instructed, but I was hoping you could check my work on this one. I'd love to think I'm wrong. Thanks! -Philippe ( talk) 11:36, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mrg :) I hate to impose on you again, but if you have a few minutes your advice (or that of one of your knowledgeable talk page watchers) would be appreciated here. Thanks very much! EyeSerene talk 08:43, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl, I rewrote the offending section on Australasian Hydrographic Society on temporary page a few days ago, hoping that that will remove any copyright or plagiarism issue. Could you please look at. Rupert Gerritsen ( talk) 14:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Rupert Gerritsen
Hi MRG! Just a note to say I'll be travelling over the next two weeks and (blissfully) almost computerless. Didn't want you to think I'd deserted CP. :) Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 16:02, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi sorry I don't find using Wikopiedia easy, and have struggled even to respond to you. I am the administrator for the Flickr Group with the majority of the photos taken by me as I work at Port Lympne. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.154.189 ( talk) 19:57, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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826 Naval Air Squadron was tagged as a copyvio of [5] on 24 March, but the tag was removed by an ip editor based on a talk page discussion with nothing done to resolve the problem. I think that further attention is needed. Nigel Ish ( talk) 16:02, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
I understand your concerns and congratulate you on finding the words to express them that don't offend or belittle the miscreants concerned, me in this case. I will rephrase the article willingly because you asked me nicely. Others take note. Plucas58 ( talk) 13:21, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Article now rephrased. Interestingly the number of words used to debate whether the article was in breach or not must have exceeded the article size by ten to one Plucas58 ( talk) 13:39, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. One of our copy editors has spotted that our article Wonderlic Test has what he believes to be copypaste from reference.com pages, [7] (in the lede) and [8] (in this section. Both the reference.com pages mention Wikipedia, and I believe it is actually they who have copied our text, but to be completely sure, could you confirm this, please? Regards, -- Stfg ( talk) 19:23, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
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Reason:I want to edit semi-protected pages as Geet - Hui Sabse Parayi i want to add the section award in the page & Many other semi-protected pages are there which i can't edit e.g: Navya, Salman Khan & India etc User:Khan810 talk 14:31, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
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A user whose edits led to a page that you recently protected is the subject of a report on a long time sockpuppet, [9]. Thought you'd like to know. Thank you, Coronerreport ( talk) 19:38, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, a quick question. I've seen this happen more than once, that a page is tagged but in fact the "copyvio" is from a mirror site. In this case Wikipedia is actually cited as the source at the mirror site, yet someone tagged our page for speedy deletion. I'm only bringing this here, because I'm wondering how we bring this to people's attention. On a side note, ironically I was browsing through Amazon last night and linked there was a page to which I'd contributed! So apparently more and more sites are using Wikipedia's content, and I think the reverse copyvio tag should maybe be better advertised or something. Anyway, thanks. Truthkeeper ( talk) 20:59, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl, since you are also aware of the history involving this thread, [10], I thought it best notify you. It's time to put an end to this. Coronerreport ( talk) 07:16, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
Here [11]. It is pretty self explanatory, but it boils down to a user inserting small tidbit facts about 'football fixtures' (scheduled soccer games listing) in an article, where it might be covered under UK law, but would clearly not be covered under US law as it is only facts and the presentation isn't being copied. I think you could clear this up pretty quick. Dennis Brown (talk) 20:39, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure what I have done wrong, but I think it was unfair for this page to be deleted.
I had followed all the instructions for addressing the copyright concerns, including emailing the following to permissions-en@wikimedia.org:
"As an authorised trustee of the Draco Foundation (NZ) Charitable Trust I hereby explicitly permit use of copyright material of the Draco Foundation to be used by Wikipedia on the Draco_Foundation_(NZ)_Charitable_Trust page under CC-BY-SA and the GFDL."
Can you help me understand what I could have done differently? Many thanks.
Nzresilience ( talk) 04:47, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you Dpmuk and Moonriddengirl, this is such a learning curve for me and it's sometimes hard not to be defensive when everyone is just trying to make the site effective and robust. I appreciate your help. Nzresilience ( talk) 20:27, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
One of the things I've been pondering for a while, largely due to thinking about future tasks for the bot, is having a section at WP:CP for "quick attention". Seeing the comments at #826 Naval Air Squadron - copyvio reinstated has made me comment here. I would imagine this would be used for things like improper removal of copyvio tags where the editor reporting does not want to act on (probably because they're too involved) and for quick solutions to existing problems (e.g. where the source now has an appropriate license, the source is PD etc) where often editors don't want to remove due to the instructions limiting who can. This is no where near a fully fleshed out idea and I wasn't going to air it quite yet but given the problems raised above now seems a sensible time. Dpmuk ( talk) 06:32, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl! A quick question, as I might have got this wrong. If the first version of an article was a direct copy-and-paste, such that there is no non-infringing version of the article, is it correct that we can't rewrite the problem sections, but need to delete and start again? I ask, because that has been my working assumption, but I'm not sure if that assumption was correct. (An article I nominated for CSD has been reworded to remove the issues, but the first version was a direct copy of the copyrighted source, and all subsequent versions are modifications from there). btw, I'm very happy to be wrong with my assumptions here. :) - Bilby ( talk) 03:40, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hey. long time :) I have more photo doubts for you to clarify :P Could you take a look at the photo here, as well as the second and fourth photo here, and please tell me what licensing I need, or what copyright/permissions I need, to use these images on Wikipedia? Since they are shots of filming, are they free/copyrighted? can you point out what copyright license I will require to use those photos in Ra.One (probably as a replacement for existing location photos)? Thanks a ton :) ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 11:06, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG,
I'm cleaning up {{ FOLDOC}} and articles containing it. I notice that you added a note regarding the Big Relicensing on Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from FOLDOC. I'm a little confused by it: it seems to suggest that so long as material from FOLDOC was added prior to the move to CC-BY-SA we are fine to use it as if it were under the new license, while material added after that date isn't. Did we receive some sort of one-off permission from FOLDOC to relicense their content at that time? If not, it would seem that all FOLDOC material is used under fair use regardless of when it was added. Can you clarify this? Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) ( talk) 13:06, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Moon Ridden. Sorry to disturb you, but I'm feeling rather bummed out tonight, and I could really use some WikiLove. Kitty53 ( talk) 05:52, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Sorry for not continuing above, but I had to catch your attention for this. I told you about the photos from the blog right? Guess what, the blog owner has replied to me. She said that she had conducted an interview of Nicola Pecorini, director of photography of Ra.One, and that Pecorini had released certain personal photos for use along with the interview. Meaning, that the photos are owned by him. So I will take the big step : I am going to contact Pecorini himself. The blog owner gave me the e-mail link.
Before e-mailing Pecorini, I need to detail out all possible copyrights under which the photo can be released, so as to make my argument convincing. It seems Pecorini takes 4-5 weeks to respond, so I have to do everything thoroughly at one go. Can you please list out all possible copyrights for the photos? I'll attach a document along with the e-mail detailing about them, and I'll explain all about my intentions in the mail. RSVP; I really need your help now. Cheers! ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 07:46, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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Respected Mr. Pecorini, Firstly, let me congratulate you on your excellent work that you did as the Director of Cinematography on the film Ra.One. Your work has received a great deal of appreciation here. Let me introduce myself: I am Ankit, an editor working on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anybody can edit. Currently, I am working on the Wikipedia article of Ra.One. To back the content added, I require matching photographs as well. A few days back, I came across an Italian blog News & Gossip, to which you had consented for an interview regarding your experience on the film sets. I had contacted the blog, and received a reply today from Ms. Diana Errani, who conducted your interview. As per her instructions, she said that you had consented to the interview and generously provided a few personal photos for use; however, those photos are copyrighted by you, under your website NicolaPecorini.com. As per Ms. Errani's instructions, she asked me to inquire you about any further matters. The matter is this : I, as representative of Wikipedian editors, am very interested in three particular photos you had supplied to News & Gossip. The interview can be seen here :- http://newscinehindi.blogspot.in/2012/03/nicola-pecorini-intervista-esclusiva.html In this page, I am very interested in the first, second and fourth photographs. The first photograph will be used in your Wikipedia page here :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Pecorini, while the second and fourth photographs will be used in the article of Ra.One here :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra.One. Since the photographs are copyrighted, the matter is not very simple. Wikipedia has very strict rules regarding copyright of files, be it images, music or any other file. As per the proper way, I would like to discuss the copyright release terms of the photographs. Since the images are copyrighted, our policy states that the file should be prominently attributed to the creator/owner of the file, unless the owner decided to release the files completely into the public domain. We have a number of copyright formats available with us, most of them having a place to attribute you, your website or both as the copyright holder of the images. If you are interested in releasing the photos, I request you to reply to me and I shall send another e-mail detailing copyright release licenses we have; you can choose the license as per your wish, since you are the copyright holder. Additionally, if you agree, I inform you that this mail and any further mails will be forwarded to Wikipedia's Copyright Bench for explicit proof that copyright has been properly obtained. Hence, I request you to explicitly state whether you agree/disagree with the proposition. I hope that we can have a discussion that can benefit both you and Wikipedia, an encyclopedia that is referred to by over 400 million people. Thanking You, Yours Sincerely, Ankit |
The only problem is that the mail is a bit long, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. But the replies will be late in coming, so I'm not very hopeful. Cheers! ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 11:35, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
You wouldn't believe what happened. Nicola Pecorini just responded to me! I was totally taken aback. He was really gracious; he said that he had been taken aback when he got the mail, as he had understood that releasing the photos to the blog meant he had released them into the public domain, he also said that he respects Wikipedia a lot, and uses it frequently too
. He said that the Ra.One article has a number of inaccuracies, which I was half-expecting; I explained to him stuff about how we add content to our articles etc. Phew! That's one job done. ~*~
Ankit
Bhatt~*~
17:40, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi again, MRG! Looking into a request yesterday at wp:RSN I stumbled across some of the wreckage left by User:Ironboy11 ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) before your indef block. Looking through his contribs, it is apparent that he was very industriously editing many articles, especially those involving Pakistani nuclear and missile technology and scientists. Very rarely did those edits involve citations, so even if they weren't copyvios, they were wp:OR or at the very least were not readily wp:V. This is troubling on so many levels, it's hard to know where to start. I'm wondering if you have powertools available for dealing with cleanup, or at least notification of other editors on the respective article talkpages. LeadSongDog come howl! 17:05, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, I was poking around WP:CCI trying to figure out where to start when I looked at this article. While most of it is indeed copy-pasted, the source was published around 1900. I was just wondering what would be done in this case, since the source is PD? Wouldn't an attribution tag such as Template:Source-attribution suffice? (New to this, sorry for asking stupid questions!) Clay Clay Clay 18:40, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I offer you a rewrite: Talk:Papal Orders of Chivalry/Temp. Cheers. EricSerge ( talk) 02:31, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG, I have a question about WP policy regarding translations of material still under copyright, in this case a poem. Newspapers, journals and magazines (in the UK, at least) seem happy to publish 'unauthorised' translations of poems; that is, as works in their own right with full credit to the original author. Do you know what WP's position is on this? A translation of a poem was posted on a talk page for discussion purposes. Thoughts or links re this would be appreciated. Cheers. Span ( talk) 12:11, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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I'm contemplating a go at RfA. I won't hold it against you if opt out, but your input at User talk:Dennis Brown#Contemplating RfA - Requesting feedback is invited. Dennis Brown (talk) (contrib) 11:53, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I've encountered a pretty odd issue with attribution. This arose from WP:AE#Winterbliss where we have two users each making hundreds of edits to an article to artificially boost their edit count (to game an editing restriction), with no intervening edits by other users. The question is, can I delete all but the most recent edit from history without violating the attribution requirements? My understanding is that retaining the most recent edit (since it contains all the content added and is attributed to the user at issue) should be enough for attribution purposes, but your expert advice would be greatly appreciated :) T. Canens ( talk) 21:36, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Unfortunately this is confusing people. Is it ever OK to move the old report page and archive to the new name? Valfontis ( talk) 14:38, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello :) I guess the article Ra.One no longer needs semi-protection; after all, its well past the release date and activity as a whole has been pretty limited on the article. I have heard that placing semi-protection for too long is harmful, and this article has been on semi-protect for 7-8 months. In case there is need for semi-protection, I shall ask again (I have the article on my watchlist) but hopefully that situation won't come. Thanks. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 16:45, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your message advising me how to use citations and what I should do to improve my editing on Wikipedia, however I am quite new to editing and I don't know how to add sources. I would be grateful if you could help me. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.100.165.107 ( talk) 16:50, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi again. Another revdel request for you, hope you don't mind! LOL (2012 film) from rev 487577163 to rev 488031886 (inclusive) contains primarily copyvio text (the Plot section), taken primarily from this MTV article. Cheers! Nik the stoned 10:13, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
...could you look at Talk:Devious (band). I've got doubts about the band, but great uncertainty about the copyvio side. Peridon ( talk) 20:12, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Sven Manguard Wha? 01:51, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
The text about the colors (down to "our primary mountain range") is in several articles and can be found here. [15] and is probably written by the same person. I can't figure out which came first, can anyone help me? Looks like a big COI issue also. Dougweller ( talk) 12:39, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. I just deleted Paschal Robinson as a copyright violation after noticing most of it was a way-too-long-for-fair-use quote from a 1948 source. I was going to simply remove the long quote but it had been there from the first edit so there was nothing to revert to. Could you give this a quick sanity check? Was deleting it correct or should another approach have been used? Thanks, 28bytes ( talk) 02:13, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 07:34, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
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It's added two days ago but we had previously. Meanwhile, can you take under the semi-project season 6 page? Cause it's can change by anyone and oftenly adding unsourced articles or not reliable.
Bow-bb ( talk) 12:19, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this rewrite? I think it's good, apart from formatting issues which I've mentioned to the contributor, but I want to make sure I haven't missed anything that you picked up when you investigated it. This is especially the case in this instance as there's been paraphrasing so I may have missed something with the searching I've done. Dpmuk ( talk) 15:18, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. Rupert Gerritsen ( talk) 15:10, 26 April 2012 (UTC)Rupert Gerritsen
Hi!
My name is Victor and I'm a storyteller with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. I'm chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community around the world, including those from readers, editors, and donors. Stories are absolutely essential for any non-profit to persuade people to support the cause, and we know the vast network of people who make and use Wikipedia have so much to share.
I'd very much like the opportunity to interview you to tell your story, with the possibility of using it in our materials, on our community websites, or as part of this year’s fundraiser to encourage others to support Wikipedia. Please let me know if you're inclined to take part in the Wikipedia Stories Project, or if you know anyone with whom I should speak.
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Buddy Fletcher ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I have removed two blatant copyright violations from the above article (as an exemption to 3RR - a battle was going on between another editor and me, and I bowed out because of 3RR). However, I cited another paragraph in the article at BLPN that I suspect is also a copyright violation, but I can't verify it because I believes it requires a subscription to access the complete source. I copied the paragraph at BLPN in the hope that someone who can make a determination will. Any help would be appreciated (I'm not asking you to look at the rest of the disputes). Thanks.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 10:52, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
[16]-- Shrike ( talk) 12:14, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
I have a lot of general reading to do first, but CP is definitely on my list of places to mop up at part-time, as there is a clear need and I have a good understanding of copyright in general. First, I need to get up to speed on the actual policies and the normal way you guys do things here, and everywhere else for that matter. Right now I'm a little paranoid because of all the shiny new buttons. Dennis Brown 2¢ © 12:37, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Recent edits to the Battle off Endau article have added very extensive quotations to citations, which apparently [17] in a concern to ensure verifibility if the Google Books preview disappears in the future. I am concerned that this level of quoting approaches the point where copyvio may become an issue. Are my concerns justified? Nigel Ish ( talk) 17:40, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. This is just an example: Until a bit more than 2 years ago, Castellani (wine) was an informative, neutral little article. Then an editor came along and added loads of blatantly promotional stuff consisting of a large volumes of direct copypaste from the Castellani Official website. My first instinct is simply to restore the pre-copypaste version and template the copypaste editor, but Cv101 only says to do such things if the copypaste was recent, and as the last good version dates from September 2009, I wondered if that would be overstepping the mark. I could probably avoid dumping some investigations on you if I knew it was OK to do something like that. Cheers, -- Stfg ( talk) 11:12, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG! Could you suggest a couple of adminstrators I can contact who could keep an eye on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodleigh School, North Yorkshire? There are increasingly highly uncivil personal attacks, edit-warring on the article itself, retaliatory behaviour wirh an editor nominating another article by his perceived "opponent" for deletion, and I suspect more than a whiff of sockpuppetry. I made a request for administrator "eyes" at ANI [18], but I suspect it's been lost amidst all the other drama there. Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 13:06, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi there ma'am. It's been a long time since we ran into each other while editing. I believe around three years since then. How's the editing coming along? -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 11:23, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
I wrote extensively about Malcolm Page as a sailing journalist. I also assisted Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page with the content on their website. Most of the 2009 and 2010 content on their website was written by me.
Don't EVER accuse me of plagiarism.
Honestly, how many sailing journalists are there! How much content has been written about sailings heroes on the Internet??? Much of the good stuff written during the lead up to the 2008 Olympics and Paralympics was written by me it would have appeared on all of the major sailing websites and on the websites of various sailing classes, yacht clubs, sailing federations, the world governing body of sailing website (ISAF), sailing magazines, even AARP's magazine and Scientific American. I publish www.WorldRegattas.com.
Once again, don't ever accuse me of plagiarism — Preceding unsigned comment added by Travelingfitz ( talk • contribs) 17:05, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, there as a semi-legal notice here. What do you think? Thanks. History2007 ( talk) 22:20, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
info-en-q
wikimedia.org
. Please ask her to include the URL of the article in her email and that the volunteers must work within policies; they do not have authority to remove content that is within policy against consensus. If you're comfortable talking to her further on the talk page, this may not be necessary, but sometimes the volunteer response team can help when drama arises -- for instance if people cluster around and things get unpleasant. Sometimes we can help people out; sometimes we can't. Either we, it's always best if we can leave them feeling like we are fair and reasonable. --
Moonriddengirl
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00:37, 29 April 2012 (UTC)Do you have time to look at the recent edit conflict on this article: Gina Rinehart. It is over what 'Occupation' should be defined as in the infobox. This person has attracted a lot of media attention recently in Australia. Regards -- Greenmaven ( talk) 07:18, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
These are my own words. Sorry I have not responded sooner but I have been opening a holiday cottage within Port Lympne Wild Animal Park so have not been checking emails or even getting home early enough to be social with any one. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by NatureSam ( talk • contribs) 07:25, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello! You might recall the discussion at Talk:Saathiya – Pyar ka Naya Ehsaas for article titles. Currently a article at Saathiya (TV series) exists; which is actually "Saath Nibhana Saathiya". Was that decided so? IMO no article should exist at "Saathiya (TV series)". §§ AnimeshKulkarni ( talk) 19:45, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl--how are you? Staying out of trouble? I have a question for you--please see also my talk page, User_talk:Drmies#G.I._Joe_movie_characters. It is my understanding that the movie poster which was in the infobox, way down the page on General Joseph Colton (why we have such articles in the first place is unclear to me), is not acceptable, and I referred the editor to Wikipedia:Non-free content. Furthermore, I believe that the screenshot used in the infobox for Cobra Commander (again, way down the page) is also not allowed. Can you please set me straight if I'm wrong? If you answer on my talk, in that section, then the editor will know as well. Thank you so much! (PS: it's a boy! well, for now--we'll see when he comes out, in August. I expect you to be there and support me since I want to go natural.) Drmies ( talk) 13:57, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
solemn tone
>I will continue to support you in every way I can.</solemn tone
> Except, you know, financially or
disputationally. --
Moonriddengirl
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13:06, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl. I'm sorry for bothering you, but I think you are the right person to ask my question, hope you don't mind :) I created this article (see header) and I found this in the Internet Archive. Would it be possible to upload some of the songs also to Commons? Thanks for any hint/help. Best regards. -- Vejvančický aka Beerriddenboy ( talk | contribs) 06:19, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Are you familiar with copyright/Trademark applied to WP:LOGO or know an admin who is? I've asked some questions at deletion review. Thanks. Mojoworker ( talk) 08:23, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I've just added a copyleft notice onto the website www.aevol.fr. Could you please restore the Aevol article here? Thx. Parsons.eu ( talk) 16:41, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I just got your message, sorry for the delay. I have doubled the size of the notice. Thanks for your attention.
Parsons.eu (
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21:49, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
There was a message left for you on the orphan talk page that I deleted concerning the deletion of Badaga Hattis. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 06:38, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
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THank you for your help.. i hope to continue to follow wikipedia's guidelines for better success in the future. Would it be ok if contact you in the future for further inquires, you have been most helpful! RVDSouza ( talk)
Thanks for your clerical updates and your input. Sadly, I'm afraid I had trouble deciphering some of your sentences on my talk page. They were really hard to understand as to what you actually did but I sort of picked of the gist of what you were trying to say. No worries. Thanks for taking the time and doing your part. Nonetheless, I think think, I get the sense from others I've communicated with that we are mistaking a 'judicious copyright rationale' for mere 'clerical enforcement.' Basically, clerically, the wording i.e, rationale - must be there (in the Images) in order to rationalize any non-fair use copyright under the related and relevant guidelines as set for by Wikipedia. It's not our fault, I think the Wikipedia guidelines are badly written and I think that creates a snowball effect of bad copyright enforcers and bad interpretation by all of us, because there is so much duplicated, loop-de-loop circular wording. I'm guilty of it. Sharkentile (talk) 7:34, Sharkentile 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hullo, I've just posted something about this on the Joseph Farey Talk page. Apwoolrich ( talk) 14:57, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
You might like to look at User talk:Michaelstoll. Then again, you mightn't (but I have been nice about you...). Peridon ( talk) 17:58, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
No problem, I was shocked to see how backed-up the copyright problems board was, and I'll be sure to help whenever I get a chance/remember to check. It's pretty unforgivable that we let something so essential get so backlogged... "we" being us admins who HAVEN'T been helping out of course, not you heroic Defenders of the Wiki :D - RunningOnBrains( talk) 21:54, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I created an article, added some references I found on the www, but always gets blocked because of copyright issue. But I don t know why ???? You are probably extremely busy, and - sorry to ask you for help. I am a complete Wikipedia Dummy and just don t get it :(
This is the simple and short article an the page Stefan Pichlebelow, and I incuded references: <snip content, which violates our copyright policy>— Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelstoll ( talk • contribs) 09:22, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I have received a notification saying that we were using copyrighted material from the website www.trudeaufoundation.ca on our Wikipedia page (Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation) that is now blocked. Actually, we (the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation) are the creators of that website content, so we have full rights to use it or re-use it. I've read the notification and as suggested, I've sent an email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. Can you unblock our Wikipedia page or let us know what we have to do exactly? Thanks for your help!
Mvincelli ( talk) 20:03, 1 May 2012 (UTC)User mvincelli for Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
"I need a third nostril like I need a hole in my head." I am a big marilyn manson fan and was reading about "the third nostril" and other things. For example 0,1,3,5 are numbers that he has used is some of the puzzles that he has put up on his website. They are also used in 1337 speak so I spelled two words that may be "clues" 1053 = lose and 5013 = sole . I punched those into my puter and came up with some sites. One was the "Ford Anglia 501e" it said that this model was used on a show called "the heartbeat" but when I tried to go to the link, it, has been deleted and then when I seen your name I wanted to follow the link here. Then I seen that you get migraines and the thumbnail on your page was one that I had tried to open in a different page just a few minutes before that. It was called "ART LAW" and said it was a pic of a disected womans head. I just wanted you to know this and give you Barnstars galore. I love wiki and use it often. 12.170.63.42 ( talk) 23:56, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl,
thank you so much for your help and advice. Now, i have created a new article on "Stefan Pichler", with new sources - and so far I have not received any notification of copyright or other issues. I apologize again to have taken your time. Just wanted to thank you ! Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelstoll ( talk • contribs) 09:13, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moodriddengirl. I was hoping you might find the time to take a quick look at File:Olivier Gruner.jpg. User:Ogruner, who appears to be the subject of the picture, has claimed on the File talkpage that photographer (I presume he means the Flickr uploader) does not have rights to the image - quite plausible, as it appears to be a promotional headshot, rather than a user-taken image. Would you mind reviewing the copyright status of the image (outside my area of expertise, I'm afraid) and deleting it under F11 if necessary? Cheers, Yunshui 雲 水 09:32, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
I'd be happy to help him flag it for discussion or tell him what to do, but there's not enough evidence for me to want to flag it without talking to him first. He could be confused about what rights the photographer has. :) I'll have a word with the gentleman about what to do next. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:28, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I created a short BLP on historian Antony Polonsky. An editor has tagged this article as "multiple issues" including COI and WP:Peacock. I’ve tried to discuss the issue with editor Poeticbent, and I would be interested to hear the opinion of other editors on the Polonsky Talk page. Thanks, Mick gold ( talk) 16:06, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to thank you, Moonriddengirl, for running a bot through this entry. I tagged it originally as resembling a resume, because of how closely it followed the actual content of the subject's resume from his own place of work. I regret that my concerns raised at User talk:Poeticbent#Polonsky were not taken seriously enough. I suggest that involved editors consult Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#Close relationships for further guidance and declare their interests on the article's talk page. I don't think I need to spell out; quotations from the subject addressing his readership, or the "Albert Abramson" Professor presumably better than Professor per its own definition, are just two of numerous overstatements, all the way through to the end. Poeticbent talk 16:43, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Can anybody become a new page patroller, or is it only limited to administrators? If the former, can you point out how to become a new page patroller? Should I get Autopatrolled rights? Thanks! ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 12:12, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Thought you might be interested in this. Dpmuk ( talk) 23:16, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wtshymanski (FYI only, no action required) -- Guy Macon ( talk) 00:45, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl! If you or any of your friendly TPS posse has the chance to look in from time to time on the contributions of new account Tylerjet ( talk · contribs) I'd appreciate it.
His first significant string of edits to an article were 90% copy-paste copyvio, and then he went off to a different one, and began a string of edits that also were. At 7:58, 3 May 2012, I posted to his talk saying he couldn't do that. He would have seen the "you have new messages" orange bar when he saved to that second article, at 8:23, but he continued to add copy-pasted copyvio to that new article, in four more edits spanning around 80 minutes. He did include (incorrectly) formatted refs for each passage, though, but I'd explained to him previously that he needed to write in his own words.
He also didn't respond on his talk to my post, which seemed a little unusual, as did his blanket addition of "(Retrieved 2012-4-20)" to all his just-added refs, on 3 May 2012.
Bottom line is that this is either a new user who doesn't read his talk page, or ... well, I'm beginning to wonder if this could possibly be one of our old friends, returning. I'm probably being too quick by half to consider that, but more experienced eyes on couldn't hurt, either. Thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 16:08, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
I've noticed a while ago via ANI your name mentioned in regards to a user who has expertise in the copyright field. I have a keen interest in the London 2012 Olympics, especially as I'll be a volunteer at the games this summer. Due to this, I've got related articles on my watchlist, and I noticed this image uploaded by another user became nominated for deletion over doubts of copyvio and who owns the licence for the image. A full discussion is taking place at commons, to which I have participated in. Now I'm not sure if you're fully aware, but London 2012 (better known as LOCOG) and the Olympic Movement are one of the strictest organisations in the world when it comes to reuse of their images, logos etc. And in good faith I provided links to London 2012 websites which hold guidelines to terms of use of their images etc. But the person who uploaded the image knocked me back a little when he said he doesn't see how anything that I've said or the links I've provided have any relevance to the discussion. Therefore, I thought I best bring this to your attention, and seek your opinion on whether the image is in breach of WMF copyvio or not. I look forward to your response in due course - regards Wesley ☀ Mouse 20:33, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Please take a look at the diff here and the article that it's from here. I reverted the editor User:Rburnett12 once as copyvio when the page was a literal copy. He has come back with what you see, which I still think is copyvio (it's pretty much a copy with a few interjections). I figured I should get a second opinion before reverting again though. Thank you. Don Lammers ( talk) 01:32, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
As the resident non-legal expert on creative lists and copyright, your opinion on whether the wholesale list of monsters included in a Dungeons and Dragons manual is a copyright violation or not would be helpful. There's other factors at play that may be the crux of a deletion argument, but I believe the potential copyvio should be addressed with some dismissing it as a non-argument. The AFD is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition monsters. -- MASEM ( t) 05:25, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I just dropped by the Wyneken page and noticed that you deleted much of the material there that is related to my essay on his life and work. I will likely restore it, since I give permission to anyone who wishes to use my work. I would donate it all to the public domain, were it not that my lawyer friends tell me an author really can't do that. I'll post my permission on the talk page as well. Is there anything else I need to do to be sure everyone knows it is OK? It has been years since I have been able to edit and write for Wikipedia. -- CTSWyneken (talk)
Hey. I just don't know what I did, but my WP webpage has a light blue color all across it. Its looking really weird. Could you help me out? ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 15:25, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
( talk page stalker) I might be able to assist with this one, as I've come across the issue many times before. If an editor is using Google Chrome as their browser, and has accidentally zoomed in/zoomed out, it changes the background of WP to a light blue colour. Simply click on the wrench icon (top-right of browser) and reset the screen size to 100%, that should fix the issue. Hope that helps. Wesley ☀ Mouse 15:36, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl; over 3 1/2 years ago you cited this article for copyright violations. The same problem persists, perhaps more so, with most of the content lifted from several websites. The issues are complicated slightly by the involvement of COI accounts, and some IP users who are rather demonstrative in their views that the article be left as is. I've suggested that the entire piece by cut to the bone. Your thoughts would be very welcome. Thanks and cheers, 99.136.254.195 ( talk) 13:46, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey Moonriddengirl, I am working on an article for the company peace coffee with another editor and I would like to reference the company's bio-diesel van. If I found a free image (or took one myself) of this van, can I use it or is it still copyrighted because of the design on the van? Ryan Vesey Review me! 20:00, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
MRG, I'm still new to OTRS, and almost everything I've handled (on the permissions side) is image related. In fact, 2012041810005691 may be my first text related issue. Don't hesitate to double-check, but I think it looks straightforward. I think Peter Noever is fine.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 20:18, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
{{
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is very easy. If the content isn't being placed by the copyright owner, you also have to use an attribution template in the reference section, like {{
dual}}. I'll be happy to do it if you want, but will wait in case you'd like to dot the "i"s and cross the "t"s yourself. :) Just let me know. --
Moonriddengirl
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21:51, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/Betacommand 2011, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/Betacommand 2011 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/Betacommand 2011 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Jtrainor ( talk) 01:48, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
While patrolling, I stumbled across Guðmundur, a diaambiguation article with a red link to Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson. Further investigation reveals that you deleted this article for violation of copyright on 15 February 2010. I was wondering if you could give me access to the deleted article. I may be able to resolve the copyright issues; it seems that this individual may satisfy notability criteria. Thanks in advance for your help. Truthanado ( talk) 03:18, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 7 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Paschal Robinson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 1934 Hitler fired for unbecoming conduct a German diplomat who was caught on film kissing the episcopal ring of Irish nuncio Paschal Robinson? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Paschal Robinson.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:05, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your intervention at USACK. The harassment by IP editors on my talk page has stopped as a result. Perhaps those individuals have wised up and realized they can't post material at will in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. -- Drm310 ( talk) 02:34, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Did you want to conduct a community or individual reassement on Nabulsi soap? AIRcorn (talk) 12:18, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Okay, the technique is more successful in Romania in the Early Middle Ages. :/ This is a huge edit by the contributor in question. I did not refer to the original list, so I duplicated effort, but I wanted to see for myself:
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The Romans had never succeeded in closing down the “funnel of peoples” between the rivers Danube and Tisa in the west or in safeguarding in the east the “wet border” along the Prut river... There had always been problems in this area with peoples of all kinds, who appeared for the most part as free Daci or Carpi... We also hear of Costoboci and Rhoxolani. Finally, for centuries the Bastarnic element had been part of the ethnic mosaic of that area. | The Romans had never succeeded in closing down the “funnel of peoples” between the rivers Danube and Tisa in the west or in safeguarding the “wet border” along the river Prut.[7] There had always been problems in this area with peoples of all kind, who appeared for the most part as free Dacians or Dacian-speaking[8] Carpians.[7] We also hear of Costoboci and Rhoxolani, and for centuries the Bastarnic element had been part of the ethnic mosaic of that area.[7] | Wolfram et al. History of the Goths pages 43-44 |
The "western" Goths were fully occupied taking possession of the northern Danubian region on both sides of the Carpathians, dividing it with the Taifali, and keeping control of it. In the process their former allies, the Dacian Carpi, the Bastarnean Peukini, and the Vandal groups, became their rivals. The Bastarni had to give way: in 280 Probus admitted what was probably the greater part of that tribe into the Roman empire and settled them in Thrace in 280; in 295 the rest followed.... | Following the Roman withdrawal, the Goths were fully occupied taking possession of the northern Danubian region on both sides of the Carpathian Mountains, dividing it with the Taifali, and keeping control of it.[7] In the process their former allies, the Carpians, the Bastarnæ, and the Vandals, became their rivals.[7] The latter had to give way: probably the greater part of the Bastarnæ settled in Thrace in 280, and in 295 the rest followed | Wolfram et al, p. 56 |
In the summer of 328, Constantine opened the stone bridge across the Danube between Oescus-Gigen and Sucidava. At the same time the fortress Daphne-Spantov near Oltenita was erected downstream and linked by means of a large ferry with Transmarisca-Tutrakan.... The construction of the bridge was considered a first-rate military event: Constantine was celebrated as the renewer of Trajan's Dacia. While the bridge at Oescus linked the empire with Oltenia-Little Walachia, which was intended as a buffer zone.... | In the summer of 328, Emperor Constantine the Great (306-337) opened the stone bridge across the Danube between Œscus (in present-day Bulgaria) and Sucidava (now in Romania) linking the empire with Oltenia which was intended as a buffer zone.[7] At the same time, the fortress of Daphne (in present-day Romania) was erected and linked by means of a large ferry with Transmarisca (now in Bulgaria).[7] The construction of the bridge was considered a first-rate military event: the emperor was celebrated as renewer of province “Dacia Trajana” | Wolfram et al, p. 61 |
Justinian built or renewed more than 600 forts in the Balkans.... Along the Danube and in the immediate hinterland, relatively small forts were built | Justinian I also built or renewed more than 600 forts in the Balkans; but along the Danube and in the immediate hinterland, relatively small forts were built. | Curta, p. 45. |
Each settlement is no larger than about 5 acres, with a limited number of houses per habitation phase, ranging from ten to fifteen. This seems to indicate that most, if not all, sites had been occupied only for brief periods, than abandoned and new settlements established nearby.... What caused this shifting of hamlets must have been the itinerant form of agriculture practiced by their inhabitants and requiring that lands under cultivation be left fallow after a number of years of cultivation without manuring. | Settlement sites excavated so far in Romania are no larger than about 0,02 km2 (5 acres), with a limited number of houses per habitation phase, ranging from 10 to 15.[19] This seems to indicate that most, if not all, sites had been occupied only for brief periods, than abandoned and new settlements established nearby.[19] What caused this shifting of hamlets must have been the itinerant form of agriculture practiced by their inhabitants and requiring that lands under cultivation be left fallow after a number of years of cultivation without manuring. | Curta, pp. 56-57. |
Much like the "Huns", the "Sclavenes" appear in sixth-century sources as an umbrella term for a multitude of groups living north of the Danube frontier, which could not be classified as either “Huns” or “Gepids”. | On the other hand, the Sclavenes appear in 6th-century sources as an umbrella term for a multitude of groups living north of the Danube, which could not be classified as either “Huns” or “Gepids”. | Curta, p. 59. |
Early Avar society was based on procuring prestige goods from the Byzantine Empire and food supplies from small economic units, in the form of either direct production from family lands or tribute from subjugated population groups.... More often than not, the Avars chose to move the entire population of a conquered city or territory in the middle of the qaganate. | Early Avar society was based on procuring prestige goods from the Byzantine Empire and food supplies from small economic units, in the form of either direct production from family lands or tribute from subjugated population groups.[19] More often than not, the Avars chose to move the entire population of a conquered city or territory in the middle of the Khaganate.[19] | Curta, p. 65. |
I've bolded stuff that is precisely duplicated, although it may remove material from the source or rearrange it. There's enough there to really worry me about the copyright status of the current article. I don't have enough time right now to do a more complete evaluation, but I strongly suspect that portions of this article are out of line with Wikipedia:Plagiarism and Wikipedia:Non-free content, which I would imagine would eliminate it from GA status...and may even require rewriting. I'll look more into later. :( -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:09, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Had a look at the Nabulsi article. My main concern was Broadness due to its small size, but a google search didn't turn up much other information so I am happy at this stage to pass that. When you reviewed the article for copyright issues did that include the pictures? One File:Camel factory Nablus December 2008.JPG was uploaded by Tiamut ( talk · contribs) so might need closer checking. The others seem fine, although I can't access the website source at File:Nablus 1898.jpg. If these are fine then I will pass it. AIRcorn (talk) 07:29, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Have at it.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 13:11, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
A good point is made at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2012 Time 100. Can you go and respond there to explain if that's correct or not? Silver seren C 05:59, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
By the way, last question. How does this copyright of lists thing work in regards to all of the news articles that are reprinting the list in full? Are they violating TIME's copyright? Silver seren C 23:38, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
I'm actually coming back to soapbox a little, now that it's morning. This is particularly important, I think, because you've indicated that you might want to help out with some copyright issues. I don't want you to get discouraged. I cringe when list articles cross the desk, because list articles can be some of the most complex copyright problems we face. Copyright problems range from the really simple (an article built entirely by copy-pasting from a website that isn't compatibly licensed? Straightforward) to the really complex (article built substantially by copying snippets from incompatibly licensed works, intermingled with what seems to be original material). But one thing all text based copyright issues share is that they are all reparable. That doesn't mean that articles are never deleted. While I've rewritten hundreds and hundreds of articles myself, I don't have time to rewrite every copyvio articles that comes our way. I'm more likely to rewrite stuff that (a) we would lose altogether - no clean content in history - that is too important to lose (like Battle of the Centaurs (Michelangelo)) or that (b) looks to me as if due to systemic bias we might not have coverage if we wait for somebody else to write it...especially but not exclusively if the audience most likely to know about it is not natively English and may be more likely to repeatedly recreate it through copying ( Philippine Export-Import Credit Agency; Maligawila; Pheidole purpurea). (Sometimes this works out to be a lot of fun, by the way. I was delighted to find some gorgeous and compatibly licensed images of P. purporea, even though I couldn't find a lot of sourced content about the bug itself). Again, it doesn't mean that articles are never deleted. But it means that it is possible to write clean content that does not infringe.
Then you have list articles. List articles get a curve all to themselves, because there are multiple layers you have to look at in assessing creativity. You have to assess: (1) whether the list is opinion or fact, which is not always as straightforward as it seems; (2) whether, if fact, the selection of fact is creative (for instance, one court case found a directory of businesses creative because of its specific criteria for inclusion - so even though the list was fact, it was creatively selected fact and copying it was found to be infringement); (3) whether, if fact and uncreatively selected, the organization of facts are creative (to put this on a perhaps more easily comprehensible comparison, you can make a collage based entirely on public domain pictures - and your collage, even though every element in it is public domain, would be copyrighted). So, you've got multiple facets of creativity to determine, for every list. "Select bibliography"? Fine under (1), but fails (2) unless the selection is glaringly obvious and standard (eg. "Works published in 2012"). "Prettiest girls in my high school?" Fails (1). "Chart of interrelation between 'People Who Attended the World's Fair' and 'People Who Attended Burl Ives Concerts'"? Most likely fails (2) and (3).
Beyond the complexity of determining the issue, there is complexity in determining the solution. If a list (or chart or list-like entity) is likely to be a copyright problem, what you can do about it depends in major part on how "core" the copyright issue is. If it fails (3) only, you can still have a list. You just have to arrange it differently. If it fails (2), you can still have a list - you just need to use different selection criteria. (For rewriting articles, this can have fatal consequence. We can list all Nobel Prize Winners, but there's no way that we can include a comprehensive list in "People's Prettiest Nobel Prize Winners" without either infringing on their selection criteria or violating our own policies or both. But we can easily incorporate the works on a "Select bibliography" into our own "Select bibliography" as long as ours is more inclusive than theirs and our inclusion criteria are sensible and obvious. We do have to be careful not to make up convoluted excuses to keep their content; although we don't write "fair use rationales" with text, the way we do with images, we ought to have in mind that rationales should exist and should be sensible. I ask myself, "What would a judge say?" :)) If it fails (1), we have a much more substantial issue. At that point, we should shift our focus from discussing the elements of the list to discussing the impact of the list as a whole. We can discuss individual elements, but need to be careful not to create a derivative work.
I also try to keep an eye on these lists, because there are plenty of people who will come in, in good faith, and try to add in the list itself. This is not good for us for a couple of reasons.
From an altruistic/ethical standpoint, it's not good for us because it's not good for the copyright holder. Copyright laws protect the interests of human beings - their ability to market their work.
From a self-interested standpoint, it's not good for us because (a) it can hurt our reputation with the public and with reusers, who may come to consider us an unsafe proposition if we develop a reputation for carelessness with copyright or if they themselves are prosecuted for using content they believed from its presence on our websites to be licensed for reuse - this undermines our mission; and (b) it can cost us major volunteer time when and if we receive official takedown notices and must then delete the article, including all work put in by every volunteer who polished and contributed to it. These volunteer hours take a huge toll, as they could have been put into works that we could keep, and it also undermines motivation to contribute. I've seen articles that were copyright problems from their base where others have put dozens of hours into developing them. It makes me sick for those people; I can all too easily imagine how I would feel if something I had worked on like that had to be pulled as derivative. :( Doing our best to get this right from the start is in our best interest.
Anyway, sorry for the soapbox, but since I had the time I wanted to be sure that I was giving you context on this and not just kind of superficially responding to your question. And also letting you know that all copyright issues are not this difficult. List articles are their own kind of nightmare. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:30, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Since you seem to be the face of WP:CV, I have a question. Is it considered necessary to add {{cclean}} to the talk page of an article whenever an alleged copyright violation is removed? Should it always be restored, if removed from the talk page? I know you routinely do add it, but what is the real benefit? New editors routinely add excerpts from press releases to articles, and they don't look at the talk page first, nor would this template be evident to them anyway. If anything has any benefit, I think edit notices such as the BLP one are more effective. Gimmetoo ( talk) 06:13, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
I don't know how to handle this, so I'm approaching you. A user named Ghajinidetails stated this in an edit summary for the List of highest-grossing Bollywood films :-
"Ankitbhatt,u r from Kolkata na? why u r not able to see the reference which i have given.i have contributed more than u in wikipedia.give men ur mobile no. i will talk to u .dont create vandalism"
You can see the edit history here. I am not very happy with this development, as I have seen this behavior before and it has led to hacking in certain cases. Could you help me out? I'd be much obliged. Thanks. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 17:45, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this for me? I largely blanked the article as the text showed all the signs of being copied from somewhere. The user that added the text has now got in touch with me (on my talk page) and said they developed the text in Word and copy and pasted from there. I'd be inclined to believe this except for the fact that when I copy and paste from Word I don't get the truncated lines you see when you edit their text. I'm leaning towards AGF on this but would appreciate a second opinion. Dpmuk ( talk) 19:25, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Hope you will get a smile from this 2012050810004842
(You don't need to open the attachment I copied the text to a note)-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 02:03, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Ok miss moon ridden girl, pls remove the protection layer from S. A. Ashokan article. I promise to re-write it differently somehow. If i am unsuccessful, i'll shave off my eyebrows. Kailash29792 ( talk) 08:24, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Just sent you an email! AnOpenMedium ( talk) 10:08, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
This article seems to have re-appeared after an AfD process, after which it was decided that it should be merged elsewhere. It seems to be a very insubstantial article about a non notable person. Should this article therefore be deleted as a housekeeping matter, or must the whole AfD process be restarted? (Thanks for your long discussion of Gina Rinehart. I am letting some time go by before doing any more with it) -- Greenmaven ( talk) 04:12, 8 May 2012 (UTC)