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Hi. The Nandini Satpathy article was originally mostly close paraphrasing (or possibly worse, I wasn't sure) of http://www.snsmt.org/Smt.htm. I have done a rewrite of the text that should resolve the problem, as far as I can tell - I don't think there's a sentence in there that I didn't rewrite, and the tone, etc is quite different; feel free to double-check it, of course - you know a lot more about what's too-close paraphrasing than I do! One thing that the various dealing-with-copyright pages does not make clear is what else should be done in the situation of an article being rewritten - I am guessing that at least some older versions of the page need to be hidden. Is there an applicable noticeboard that I can bring this up to? Thanks very much! Allens ( talk | contribs) 15:35, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I've seen you dealing against copyvio problems, so perhaps you can help me figure out this problem. Does close paraphrasing within Wikipedia is allowed? A few months back I created a GA Tonga at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, and today I found out an almost similar article Bangladesh at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, created on May 8, and within one day it's a GA. So again, is it allowed on Wikipedia? thanks and regards. — Bill william compton Talk 10:30, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Not urgent, but could you take a look at 2012041610011026 at some time. I mentioned you, though not by name, and promised to bring this to your attention. You were also, no surprise, involved in the original removal of material.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 22:28, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
hi i am having trouble renaming this image File:Scan 3.jpeg. can u pls rename it to something better? sorry if i disturbed u. Kailash29792 ( talk) 09:11, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Moonriddengirl, a week ago I revised Antony Polonsky in the light of your comments. Please let me know if it's an improvement. Best, Mick gold ( talk) 09:19, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
As you might guess, I'm a bit annoyed about the D&D thing. That said, I am curious. I think your copyright argument for deletion would also apply to something like [1] yes? Am I missing some key difference? I'm suspecting my annoyance with this is coloring my view, but I really do think this argument will lead to the deletion of a lot of our navigational lists on fiction. Given it looks like this close will be sustained, I'm trying to figure out where it leads us. Thanks for your thoughts Hobit ( talk) 13:12, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
I'm going to bed in a little bit, but when I get up in the morning, I was thinking about starting the help I promised you with CCI. Where should I start? Silver seren C 06:38, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Yes. Sorry, it's late. :) I always just check to make sure that he or she was given the bot notice. That may be enough. Sometimes, especially if they made any effort at all to address the issue, I'll leave them a personal note. I've been using {{ uw-copyright-new}} a lot lately. Again, though, the bot notice may be fine, especially if you suspect a drive-by editor. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:33, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Do you have time for a quick peek at Talk:Muhammad#Copy and paste? To me, it seems potentially serious, and as a precaution I'd like to take it back to the version that passed GA until all the Britannica citations (and there are a number) and other sources are checked. But I have to log off now, and maybe I'm over-reacting. Your thoughts would be appreciated. -- Anthonyhcole ( talk) 16:01, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Please cast you eyes over the activities of an editor [ [2]] who has made a large number of edits at RAF Jurby amoungst others, mainly Isle of Man related. Another editor and I were convinced that the text was being copied verbatim from a published book and now that we have obtained a copy our suspicions have been confirmed. There is a strong chance that all of his aviation and maritime edits over recent months have been similarly sourced from various published books.
I have suggested on his talk page that he reads Wikipedia:Copyright violations before adding any further edits, but how do we deal with his back catalogue? Any advice or help appreciated. 21st CENTURY GREENSTUFF 20:39, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at 2012033110007077 I did not respond, I wrote a draft response in a note. I think I am right, but want another opinion on the substance, as well as the style. It may take more than a minute, but it has got to be quicker than anything with Mohammed in the title :)-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 00:58, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl,
I am contacting you because I want to ask you to please send me a copy of the deleted article "Sponge Balls". I know it has been transwikied, but I do not know where it has been transwikied to or if it is okay for me to have the copy of the page. I am not very familier with Wikipedia so I do not know if this article is okay for me to receive a copy of.
Sincerely,
Colosiant ( talk) 02:59, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I saw that you blocked User talk:Dadjan once! And this user is back by deleting contents and references in articles on Wikipedia and it's completely impossible to track these users again and again! You may be surprised to know that many IP users and this fellow have vandalized an article with the name: Kya Huaa Tera Vaada and Bade Achhe Lagte Hain. I got to know about them after nearly 7 or 10 days when some one put a notability tag there! And I have been asking many admins to protect those pages and they are doing a good job. Now, I am here begging you to block this user so that I get some time to better these articles than reverting vandalism again and again. And whenever replying please leave me a Tb template and please see this Dadjan ( talk · contribs · count). Thank you in advance. Yours faithfully, -- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 04:31, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
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I award you this barnstar for your continued efforts in keeping WP free from copyvios! — Vensatry (Ping me) 06:41, 13 May 2012 (UTC) |
Best. Voceditenore ( talk) 18:22, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Sorry for the late reply and I am understanding that what are you meaning actually then I was to anxious about those articles. Others did not have patience, before I could add any reliable sources they would delete the whole content so I was forced to write that. Sorry and thank you for your notification, in the future, before doing such I may think twice....-- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 03:50, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
For Your Information (no action required):
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wtshymanski
Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Wtshymanski
-- Guy Macon ( talk) 18:28, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Did you mean to close out Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 May 1 as far as I can see none of the copyright regulars have looked at the above article and from the talk page I think we may have problems. It seems that they are saying works of the Indian government are PD. I seem to have vague memories of some previous discussion of this but can't remember the result. As such it's possible you've looked at this and decided it was all OK but I wanted to double check. Dpmuk ( talk) 00:52, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
This user- Dadjan is continuously deleting references from Wiki article like these: Bade Achhe Lagte Hain and Kya Huaa Tera Vaada, I have warned him four times, not only me but more users, but in vain. These pages are protected but he's taking advantage of being an autoconfirmed editor. I suggest to block him. When replying, please leave me a Tb template. -- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 08:01, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
hello,
could you say whether this book and other similar with the same content are copied and pasted to our article Fyodor Dostoyevsky or vice versa? I am confused because it looks like they copied our article, but on each site they wrote that it is copyrighted. Thanks.-- GoP T C N 11:20, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
This just looks like wholesale plagiarism, as I've mentioned in the AFD discussion. No sensible writer writing original prose would write like that, but one lazily copying and pasting someone else's literary analysis wholesale into Wikipedia would. I'm coming up empty so far, though. Perhaps you, or indeed anyone else reading this with good access to books and plagiarism checkers, can succeed where I have not. Uncle G ( talk) 10:40, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi! Today is my b'day and I thought of sharing this sweet gift with you!! Arnesh( ২০১২) 06:16, 16 May 2012 (UTC) |
Thank you! Happy birthday! :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:10, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
as an admin, can u pls delete this non-free image File:Veerapandiya Kattabomman Poster.jpeg which is not being in any articles? Kailash29792 ( talk) 10:53, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed that last time someone added large amounts of text to James D. Martin, you reverted them as being contributions from a blocked editor. I don't know much about this whole situation, but it may be happening again, so I thought I'd bring it to your attention in case any action was required. Canadian Paul 14:56, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
The copyvio material you removed from Deborah Lurie has been restored by the same editor who placed it there in the first place. Niteshift36 ( talk) 18:26, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
I have cleared up the issue with Permissions - Wikimedia Commons [permissions-commonswikimedia.org] and have 2012051310002101 which states "Texts permissions". Can you please help me reinstate all the texts? Thank you. Drkup(IMJ) ( talk) 05:06, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Sorry to keep pestering you, but I'm trying to whittle down the OTRS backlog. Good progress, but some of the remaining ones are less than routine. We have a request to sign off that there are no copyright issues in a particular instance. While I have learned enough about copyright to answer many specific questions, I'm uncomfortable making a blanket statement in this case. Could you take a glance at 2012042710012264? Not urgent.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 15:20, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
I am not 100% sure, but I might have stumbled upon a case where an editor was unfairly accused of copyvio, left the project in annoyance, and public domain material was removed. Somebody with more experience in copyvio should take a look at this. Links: User_talk:Piotrus#58th_New_York_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment, talk page archive with numerous copyvio notes), 142nd Infantry Regiment (United States) (sample affected article). If I am right, there is content to restore, and an editor to apologize to... -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 20:54, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I rewrote the content of my previous posting, but the title remains the same. Please advise.
Thank you, Padizar ( talk) 00:14, 19 May 2012 (UTC)Padizar
RU123 ( talk · contribs) is adding this site to multiple articles. There's a clear COI, but I just want to see if people agree it's copyvio free. If it is, it looks good. Dougweller ( talk) 05:42, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for your contributions, Moonriddengirl. SwisterTwister talk 03:38, 20 May 2012 (UTC) |
Dear Moonriddengirl,
The "Sponge Ball" article I was talking about actually meant the prop that the magicians use to perform certain tricks, and not the jargon used to discrip a weapon. I would like to have this message posted on my talk page and not yours, if possible.
Sincerely,
Colosiant ( talk) 15:29, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Depending on what you think about this, I may start a larger discussion. I am concerned that information taken from the US Army Center of Military History website is not considered free content under Wikipedia's policies. Wikipedia:Non-free content describes free content as "content that does not bear copyright restrictions on the right to redistribute, study, modify and improve, or otherwise use works for any purpose in any medium, even commercially" (emphasis in the original, some emphasis removed). The privacy and security page for the website states that "Unless otherwise noted, information presented on CMH Online is considered public information and may be distributed or copied for non-commerical purposes" (emphasis added). I decided to check a parent site of the website and found the security page of The Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. That page simply states that "Information presented on this site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is required". I also don't believe that works by the US government have some exception where we are allowed to use it if it is not allowed to be used commercially. This is due to the third bullet at Wikipedia:Public domain#U.S. government works. The inherent copyright issue with those was that commercial re-use of those problems were prohibited. After examining all of this, I believe that a community discussion should occur at which point I believe that {{ ACMH}} should be deprecated, all transclusions of {{ ACMH}} should be examined and all copied material removed or refactored. Afterwards the template should be deleted. Do you have any reason to believe, in light of what I have found, that the material is still free to use? Ryan Vesey Review me! 05:08, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
As a past official with a similar Army managed facility - the material is under most circumstances in the public domain. However, best to contact the Center of Military History in DC to confirm and how they might want their material cited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.34.21.170 ( talk) 14:52, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
I have responded with more information and I will see what they say. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:42, 22 May 2012 (UTC)We will double check with our website operations and our publications department, but we believe that this message is on our website because not all photos or documents that appear on our website are works of the US Federal Government. Because of this, some photos and works may be under copyright and we prefer that users request permission from us so that we can verify whether a work is in the public domain or not.
Hi, can you please let me know what happened to the BMW N63 article? I am new and haven't seen old edits greyed out before, what does this mean? Is there a way to access them, in case there is some useful text to be gained from them? Thanks, 1292simon ( talk) 11:29, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
A “derivative work” is a work based upon one or more pre-existing works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a “derivative work”.
Dear Moonriddengirl,
Here is the link to the deleted article "Sponge Balls".
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Sponge_Balls&action=edit&redlink=1
Sincerely,
Colosiant ( talk) 11:52, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello MRG. I've tagged a section of Supriya Sule in the normal way, but I think it needs more than the usual process and may need revdel because of the following. Only the first paragraph of the tagged section is actually copyvio, but it discusses an allegation that was due to go to court in January this year, and it hasn't been brought up to date. Also, the rest of the section, while not copyvio as far as I know, only puts the accuser's side of the case, and is poorly cited -- if the one citation even covers everything after the 1st paragraph. In my view it's a biassed presentation and thus an attack. Best, -- Stfg ( talk) 12:10, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
I asked the following question of Cirt (as closing admin for the 2010 AfD of this article), and was directed here, so I'll lay out the situation again.
List of Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of Scotland was AfDed back in 2010, and interestingly enough, the creator of this article, User:Craigy144, was, subsequent to the AfD, indef blocked for persistent copyright violation. I didn't find this out until after posting the AfD this time (I couldn't notify the creator due to talk page protection because of an indef ban), but since I'm nominating this time around for a total lack of sources, I think it's fair to assume that the list was originally taken off the Grand Lodge's website (and that page is totally gone), not from the 1987 book that was falsely cited. Is that enough circumstantial evidence to pull the AfD and go for a CSD G12? MSJapan ( talk) 16:17, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I'm Gary Schreckengost, author of Wheat's Tigers and would like to allow my work that I posted on Wiki. I like Wiki. Anyway, I don't really understand what I have to do. Can you make it simple? Like a link that I can fill out a form? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pzrschreck ( talk • contribs) 18:28, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Terrible bio, but looking at the edits by the most prolific editor there, [9], they look like a paraphrase of [10] - my question is whether the paraphrase is distant enough from the original not to be copyvio. I'm not sure, as although there are a lot of different words, it is recognisably similar. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 18:20, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
Hullo - we've corresponded about Joseph Farey, and you know who I am!!
I've hit a problem that I can't resolve. I've lost my password for Wikisource, and posted the following message about it on the WS Adminstrator's Bulletin Board. Its followed by the reply from
Jeepday(Sock) I've put the same message on the help page of w:Wikipedia:Unified login, but so far with no response. Do you have any thoughts on how I might resolve this. Whom might I contact? I am sure I am not the only person this has happened to, and there is a simple solution. many thanks,
Apwoolrich (
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Info on common login w:Wikipedia:Unified login
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I hereby affirm that I, Gary Schreckengost, am the creator and sole owner of the exclusive copyright of The 1st Louisiana Battalion: Wheat's Tigers in the Civil War (McFarland, 2008). I have placed excerpts from that book on Wikipedia into the article Louisiana Tigers, http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Louisiana_Tigers&oldid=480321215.
+ I agree to publish those excerpts under the free licenses "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0" (unported) and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).
+ I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.
+ I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.
+ I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me.
+ I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.
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Thanks for protecting our work...but I do like Wiki... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pzrschreck ( talk • contribs) 11:33, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
You are invited to contribute to the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Plagiarism#Large-scale constructs. Aymatth2 ( talk) 23:14, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello talk page stalkers! If you'd care to cast an eye over the contributions histories to find anything that I've missed, it would be appreciated. Uncle G ( talk) 12:20, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Late breaking news that you might like to look into: Köln-Düsseldorfer was originally copied from this WWW page. Uncle G ( talk) 12:20, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
sorry, Moonrider, but "permissions-enwikimedia.org" seems to be a broken link. I'd like to send this form off--we need an easier process. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pzrschreck ( talk • contribs) 15:08, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Axiomamnesia ( talk · contribs)} states that [15] has no copyvio (his edit summary says "no COI and no copyrighted materials are on the site. Files obtained DIRECTLY from FL St Atty's Office via FTP download". I have no idea why he claims no COI, but do others agree there is no copyvio on this site? Thanks . Dougweller ( talk) 12:03, 26 May 2012 (UTC) The site is a member of the media, which is how the files were obtained directly from the Florida State Attorney's Office. On a page discussing the shooting of Trayvon Martin, it would seem prudent to included the witness interviews in their entirety. The mainstream media is releasing only clips of the witness testimony, and this does not allow people to hear what the witnesses said in their entirety--the actual source of these clips being played in the media. There is no copyright on the witness audio recordings, because they are public information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Axiomamnesia ( talk • contribs) 22:05, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
So... do we get to see an MRG-written album article soon? I was snooping — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 13:09, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
An IP has added this to the article: "NOTE: Most of this article is lifted directly and without attribution from Jack Dempsey's biography "Thomas Morton: The Life & Renaissance of an Early American Poet" (Scituate MA: Digital Scanning 2000)." I can't find the alleged source. What's more annoying is that I've run into this before and can't find either the editor Jack Dempsey or reference to his website Ancientlights.org although I know I've run into both before. And my faded memory tells me this accusation of copyvio is probably correct. A post to the article's talk page says "Aside from being largely citation-free in the manner of a personal essay, this article suddenly includes a briefer article-within-the-article about Morton at the end. What's up with that? Is it some vestige of the original article posted by someone else?". If anyone can find the original we can remove any copyvio. Otherwise I'm tempted to stub it. Dougweller ( talk) 13:47, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Just found James West Fraser. It's apparently been tagged G12 for two months, and I've only just found it. I live in CSD, and I'm sure the category has been empty at least one point recently..... It seems to have had a licensing email sent that wasn't up to standard - if it still isn't properly licensed, should it be deleted? And where (and how) has this thing been hiding? Peridon ( talk) 16:04, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl! I'm trying to find new areas of Wikipedia to build my knowledge in and copyright concerns is something that interests me. I've stated by checking listings at Wikipedia:Suspected copyright violations but would like to make sure I'm doing things right. So far I have cleared out the remaining articles at Wikipedia:Suspected copyright violations/2012-05-11. Could you check my work and let me know if I've got it right so far? Thanks for your time. Pol430 talk to me 20:04, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan was shot and killed while commanding his forces from a Howdah in a fierce confrontation, and on the following day Muzaffar Jang and Chanda Sahib victoriously entered Arcot. Chanda Sahib became the de-facto Nawab of the Carnatic. While Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan's son Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah fled south to Trichinopoly, where he hid and sought the assistance of the British.
Anwar-ud-Din was killed in the battle, and on the following day Muzaffar Jang and Chanda Sahib entered Arcot. Chanda Sahib became the de-facto Nawab of the Carnatic, but Anwar-ud-Din's son Muhammed Ali escaped from the disaster and fled south to Trichinopoly, where he prepared to fight on.
Muzaffar Jang soon found allies to support his claim and among those was Chanda Sahib, the son-in-law of Dost Ali Khan a previous Nawab of the Carnatic, and a prisoner since 1741. With the help of Joseph François Dupleix the French governor based in the city of Pondicherry, Chanda Sahib was released.
Muzaffar Jang soon found allies to support his claim. While attempting to gain allies amongst the Marathas he found Chanda Sahib, the son-in-law of a previous Nawab of the Carnatic, and a prisoner since 1741. With the help of the French governor of Pondicherry, Joseph Dupleix, Chanda Sahib was released.
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(talk) 12:38, 28 May 2012 (UTC)Since a lot of people who are interested in copyright work come by, I just wanted to let you all know that I am seriously considering leaving WP:CP (at least for a while) and turning my attention to WP:CCI. I don't want to give up on copyright work altogether - it's very important to me - but I cannot keep up with the backlog there. Last weekend I was highly encouraged by a burst of spare time (family left me to myself for most of the weekend); this weekend I have a lot of family obligations, and the backlog is as bad as it was before. :/ It feels like a treadmill I can't keep up with, and it's pretty demoralizing. At least if I work on CCI, I might feel like I'm making progress and can even consider doing something fun sometimes, like writing articles. :) The backlog at CP makes me feel compelled to catch up, and I can't. So it just winds up consuming all my free time and leaving me feeling drained and somewhat desperate.
I'm telling y'all this so you don't wonder what happened if I suddenly cut it loose and also in case you have any ideas for what we can do to make the situation better. This is not a thinly veiled plea for you to do it. :) I swear. I really just don't have any fresh ideas on how to bring in enough hands to make that workload tolerable. We've created non-admin clerks and advertised, and there are still only a handful of us who work over there. :/
Oi. Anyway, off to sleep on it. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 03:04, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl I am getting mad!!! This guy, Dadjan is continuously going on vandalizing an article, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, even after two blocks and several warnings. Please I beg...I beg to block him indefinetly, increase the protections span of the article and also protect the article Dekha Ek Khwaab, as that is also been vandalized, but by auto patrolled users..so semi-protection will not be enough. Its protection level must be increased. If you want you can see the edit(s) done by Dadjan and reverted by me in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, here. And for the history of Dekha Ek Khwaab you can go through the history of that article too. Please do not overlook this, I am struggling a lot to better these article and here are they who vandalize them daily. Please I sob. cry, beg...I'm helpless!!!!!!!! When replying please reply on my talk page. Thank you -- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 16:22, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude ( talk) 04:07, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl, We had communicated some months back about an article on my father's life which you had edited and I wanted to help re-construct. In the meantime, I became involved in a serious diplomatic crisis in Pakistan now known as Memogate (see http://www.newsweekpakistan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=609&Itemid=53 for details of what this case was all about). During the past week or so, as the Judicial Commission comes closer to releasing a report that will confirm everything I said was true and uses forensic analysis of my computers and blackberry devices to prove that point, the antagonist in the matter, former Amb. Husain Haqqani, has become overly active in using proxies (David Frum, Peter Bergen, Harlan Ullman and others) to vandalize my Wikipedia article. Statements have been made that are not true -- they are resorting to the tried and tested journalistic formula of slandering in another forum and transferring that data without challenge to vandalize my article and malign me in front of anyone reading about me on Wikipedia. We have fought long and hard to maintain objectivity in my Wiki article through the many issues I have faced in public diplomacy over the years. As I do tough things, they generate controversy. So, before I have to start taking legal steps against Wikipedia for allowing slander to be propagated against my person through their article, I thought I would contact you and ask you to intervene and make sure objectivity remains the bane of the article. In fact, virtually every word of the recent additions have been addressed clearly, concisely and with balanced reporting and sourcing of content in other sections of the article. Mr Frum and his associates want to be able to say I fabricate, when I do not -- ever. His problem is that he knows we know the truth about him and that is why he is making pre-emptive hits on my article to try and create a fabricated record of false statements that he himself promulgates about me to retaliate against me and my lawyer in Pakistan for what my lawyer did in his duty as an officer of the court. I seek your help in maintaining the objectivity of the article and not allowing slander and defamatory statements to be made. Since I cannot objectively edit the article myself, I can certainly provide you with the information required to do the same. Thank you. 88.209.71.203 ( talk) 10:02, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl I am getting mad!!! This guy, Dadjan is continuously going on vandalizing an article, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, even after two blocks and several warnings. Please I beg...I beg to block him indefinetly, increase the protections span of the article and also protect the article Dekha Ek Khwaab, as that is also been vandalized, but by auto patrolled users..so semi-protection will not be enough. Its protection level must be increased. If you want you can see the edit(s) done by Dadjan and reverted by me in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, here. And for the history of Dekha Ek Khwaab you can go through the history of that article too. Please do not overlook this, I am struggling a lot to better these article and here are they who vandalize them daily. Please I sob. cry, beg...I'm helpless!!!!!!!! When replying please reply on my talk page. Thank you -- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 16:22, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
I am getting madder day by day...............-- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 10:24, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
The only debate that there has been over who coined the term "Horrorcore" is whether Russel Simmons (the owner of the label that released "Flatlinerz U.S.A and the uncle of Redrum of the Flatlinerz) created it or if Redrum created it. Either way the phrase "Horrorcore" still came from the Flatlinerz and neither you or anybody else can present a "source" that can prove that it was in use before the Flatlinerz.
So instead of you presenting a secondary "Source" which is inaccurate and misleading (seemingly done for some intentional purpose which needs the truth misconstrued), why not just use the fact the the term Horrorcore was first introduced on the Flatlinerz album "Flatlinerz U.S.A". And untill you can find a legitamite "Source" that proves otherwise, why not stick wit the "Facts" that remain unless you have an ulterior motive? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horrorcore1992 ( talk • contribs) 14:22, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Can you please reply to this message? Best, Jona yo! Selena 4 ever 22:11, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. Sorry to trouble you with this, but I've always seen you as the go-to guy (gal) for copyright issues... I've recently uploaded this file, which I believe is acceptable under fair use. However, my experience of image copyright is somewhat limited, and I'd appreciate a more skilled pair of eyes to just check that I've got it right. The image dates from the 1940s, so I don't think it's public domain (although it originated in India, and I don't know what the PD rules are like there...). No rush (unless of course it is a copyright violation, in which case it needs prompt deletion - maybe there is a bit of urgency after all?). Cheers, Yunshui 雲 水 10:34, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
I recently crated the article, Tourism in West Bengal. Some except me have edited it or reviewed it and I want you to review it and notify me about the missing points on its talk page or my talk page. When replying please leave me a Tb template on my talk page. Thank you.-- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 12:16, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
..but don't worry, this is my own article and the only one doing major editing to it. I'm just trying to get your opinion.
The article Geek a Week is about a card series of famous "geeks" drawn up as trading cards. The selection of who is drawn is a combination of who they can actually get (as the process includes a podcast interview with said person) as well as possibly some personal opinion by those involved. They've done this for an initial 52 card set, plus 2 sets of 15 afterwards. Normally if this was something like Magic the Gathering cards, it would be pointless to list them all out but because nearly each one listed is a notable (WP standards) person, its more navigational than that.
But that said, I'm torn over whether this is truly a creative list or not. If it is, that's not a problem since I can strip the list from the article to leave behind more than sufficient notability along with pointers to where the artist himself lists these out. I just need a second opinion in light of the recent issues. -- MASEM ( t) 21:56, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
I want your help! As I have a privacy concern can you please hide the revisions of my user page from 07:24, 31 December 2011 till 10:50, 31 May 2012 . After this I would like to rename my account.-- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 10:45, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
( talk page stalker)A Bengali name perhaps.. Or write your name in anagram or use any other word trick.. I have another suggestion: you can try Homo sapiens wikipedian or try Homo superior (you need to read story The Hampdenshire Wonder written in 1911 to learn what is Homo superior-- Tito Dutta ✉ 12:38, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
"I have a privacy concern. Recently I indefinetly blocked many vandals and I am afaraid that they may turn up to take revenge and secondly, Jagadhatri is a name of a Hindu Goddess so it is very common."-- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 12:51, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
The good news is that you don't have to start over. :) That's WP:CLEANSTART, which is something a bit different. A username change " moves your contributions and userspace pages to a new name, while preserving your account preferences." Look, for example, at this user. While you can tell by looking at her talk page that she used to use the former name (because of her signature), you can't tell by looking at her edit history. Everything looks like it was done by the current account. But you shouldn't need to ask, Jagadhatri. Remember, you're required to read Wikipedia:Changing username before you make your request. If they think you have not, the bureaucrats might decline your request. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:54, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
Can you have a go at geting KIRILL95 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to use edit summaries ? Mt king (edits) 12:43, 31 May 2012 (UTC) NB : I have asked you as the admin at the top of my watchlist. Mt king (edits) 12:43, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
G'day,
In regards to the 'copyright violations" on this particular article, Ferries of Sydney (www.ferriesofsydney.com) is my own site - so I guess I can give myself permission to paraphrase myself :)
cheers,
Lance Lyon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blacklord ( talk • contribs) 03:16, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for that, appreciated. I've modified the copyright notice on my main page and replaced it with the suggested license - will that do the trick? -- Blacklord (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:57, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks to both of you for your help. -- Blacklord (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:46, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG! I've mentioned you at Wikipedia talk:Close paraphrasing#RfC: Should this be a guideline ? Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 09:12, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG, could you have a look at this image I uploaded yesterday File:Isaac Holden.jpg To me it appears to meet {{ PD-art}} as the artist died in 1896. However the extended details claim it is in copyright to Bradford Museums and I'm wondering if this is a generic claim placed on every file they are dealing with (see [18] for details) or whether I've misread the copyright rules. If it is a copyvio - I'll hold my hands up to that and it can be deleted without any protest on my part. NtheP ( talk) 11:23, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello - need some advice regarding a copyright issue please. I added a widely-published screenshot that demonstrates the origin of the name of this malware, specifically, the names of some of its code modules. The image has been nominated for deletion at Commons on account of copyright violation. The author of this source code is widely believed to be one or more government intelligence agencies - no-one expects them to ever come forward and accept responsibility, let alone claim copyright. How their commercial interests have been affected is a stretch of the imagination. How this code snippet can be used by anyone else is also unclear, as it contains only function names, rather than their implementations. Thanks Socrates2008 ( Talk) 11:40, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
It seems that they've been doing merges without proper attribution for a while now. There's a complaint at WP:A/R/C about five of them in late April, and I've found at least one from early March on a cursory look through their contribs, so I'm suspecting that we'll need to do a more systematic check. What's the usual protocol for this kind of situation? Creating a new CCI case? Is that usual for CWW violations as opposed to external copyvio? T. Canens ( talk) 13:50, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I resolved a recent copyvio problem but need your help on a final step. Can you RevDel Royal Society of Canada revision 496154617 on June 5 by user Rsc src? This are copyvios from http://rsc-src.ca/rscinfo_what.php http://rsc-src.ca/rscinfo_history.php. I have also put a COI message on his/her talk page. Thanks, SchreyP ( messages) 19:31, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
As i wrote this i have a preview of the edit in my userpage with the "semi-retired" banner.
Don`t get me wrong i still love Wikipedia, i haven`t lost a bit of faith on the project, its just that the hunger, the drive to edit has faded, for a few months now i have only made like 100 edits a piece, and it certainly it isn`t for a lack of things to do.
It`s just that, well i assessed maybe 9, 000 albums articles, and upgraded over 6, 000, not that anyone cares, and it went to nothing, when i started, i still remember you taught me how to rate properly, there wer over 37, 000 articles, after all my work, there are over 35, 000, there are so many stubs that need only 5 minutes to be starts, but i no longer have the drive to dedicate those thankless minutes.
The barnstars you gave me are my most treasured things in all the Wiki, last time i got discouraged you told me to change activity and i did, i started creating articles and that got me going for a while, i started adding images to articles and adding reviews templates, but it`s just so much and no one notices, it`s not that i do this for the fame or anything but... i just got tired that`s all.
I still check my watchlist several times a day, specially for assessment request (habits die hard jejeje); retirement is not in sight, at least not in the foreseable future as far as i know the drive could be back tomorrow.
Lastly, and i can't put too much emphasis on this, ANYHTING you need, you let me know, an assessment, a RFC, a review, move the sofa up the stairs (you know, if i`m in town), anything; you let me know.
Until next time my Dear mentor. Sincerely yours Zidane tribal ( talk) 20:32, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
PS: Did i use the "Whom" correctly in the headline?
Seems aptly named, as it looks as though virtually ever edit by Iamnotcreative ( talk · contribs) (and this editor is editing right now) is copyvio. Can't find them all and only reverted one so far, but there's clearly a problem. I've just posted to xhe's talk page about this. Dougweller ( talk) 12:54, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
In any event, what this needs is more eyes. I have left a pretty stern warning on their talk page but, not being an admin, would require assistance if it needed implementation. - Sitush ( talk) 23:10, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Could you please comment here [20]? KC9TV is seeking to have me blocked because of my edits to the Cigarette holder talkpage. Chillllls ( talk) 21:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
See User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 107#Plagiarism and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederick William Sanderson. Uncle G ( talk) 18:37, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Having said that, the non-creating edits are definitely worth reviewing, alas. This edit to Drink driving (United Kingdom) adds the text "you should contact us for expert professional advice" and "Again you should seek our help when you go to court" to a Wikipedia article. Clearly it's copied wholesale from a law practice's WWW page. The copied texts both from the original creation and the later edit still form the body of the current revision of the article.
Hello there! Your name is one that I have seen mentioned everywhere wrt copyvio, so I hope you don't mind me approaching you directly regarding article copyvio issues? The article is Flowers Brass Band, and since creation it has been almost entirely a copy of the bands website history page. It has been updated periodically, again with content that is basically a direct lift from the website ( see http://www.flowersband.co.uk/content/history ). I'm not sure if it should be blanked/deleted/tagged or rewritten(beyond my capabilities), anyway can I leave it in your capable hands? best regards 94.195.187.69 ( talk) 01:00, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
hello,
I am writing to you as you are always a help. ;) Last time the article List of churches in Moscow failed the featured list nomination as it was against 5b as there is no freedom of panoarama in Russia and I am not allowed to put the pictures without attributing to the living architect. So I ask you, was the decision really correct? If it was, what exactly should I do to meet this criteria? Should I contact the architect and ask if it is possible to use it here under a specific rationale? Regards.-- GoP T C N 13:08, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy | |
Thank you for stepping in to close a long RfC at Deaths in 2012 which others shied away from, and for your diplomatic summary of the discussion! Your help has made it possible for us to move forward on the article. Thanks! — Jess· Δ ♥ 08:37, 13 June 2012 (UTC) |
Hiya MRG, it's been a while.
Need a revdel at 2012 Asian Beach Games on a copyvio from here. Only two revisions involved.
Having asked you in the past about copyvios at similar multi-sport event articles, I'm wondering if it may have come from the same user? Is it worth looking through his past contributions for copy-and-paste material and opening a CCI? — Strange Passerby ( talk • cont) 15:17, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Please see my comments on Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/GreenUniverse I have reverted the articles back to what they were, I have fixed the problem I dont see why I should be on the copyright list any longer. GreenUniverse ( talk) 20:27, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello. GreenUniverse did not write "most of the article" xyrself. I speak as the person who actually did write that content in several edits back when Interdimensional hypothesis ( AfD discussion) was nominated for deletion in 2009. Uncle G ( talk) 20:52, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
The Friends Hospital page has been blocked for cutting and pasting issues. I have the written (email) consent of the media person at Friends Hospital, as well as two other closely related organizations to be able to copy and paste their materials to the page. How do I go about fixing the problem on the site? Who can I forward the emails too? I know it says to put it on the talk page, but do I delete the comment that is there about plagiarism? Is there someway to respond to it? Any help is helpful
AlysonFerguson ( talk) 21:15, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
And aim higher, too. ☺ There's a whole book on the hospital's early history by Patricia D'Antonio, ISBN 9780934223829 published by Lehigh University Press, that could give you a far better history of the place than a mere three bullet points for 1813, 1817, and 1827 copied and pasted from a WWW site.
Copying and pasting isn't writing. Uncle G ( talk) 21:40, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
I am highly concerned by edits like this. That building is not in the US, it is in France, and photographs of it are not protected by any freedom of panorama, as that template strongly implies. Furthermore, that template places the image in free content categories, when, for our purposes, it is non-free. Can I ask why you are making these edits? J Milburn ( talk) 14:52, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Just FYI, that almost certainly was Uboater, but it was also block evasion. See User_talk:Boing!_said_Zebedee#U-8047_article for background. Best regards, TransporterMan ( TALK) 16:08, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
I notice that g12s are now blanked. I don't think it is happenstance, so wondering if there's a change in process I missed?-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 21:04, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
I quite boldly split the noticeboard itself, previously at Wikipedia:Copyright problems, to Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Noticeboard. For a complete explanation, see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive237#Copyright problems noticeboard new location. Aside from the bot (which I only realized updates the page afterward, and have left a request at the operator's page to please update it), you were the predominate editor there, so I wanted to leave you a note. Let me know if you have any concerns, or if you want to... yell at me... as I'm expecting some people will do. Thanks. Equazcion (talk) 08:19, 16 Jun 2012 (UTC)
Hello there, MRG. First, I want to thank you for your years of service to the project, especially CCI and your work for the WMF. The thing I really appreciate is that you care about the project and the people and I sincerly appreciate that. I hope you didn't mind my suggestion a short while ago possibly adding to your workload becuase I know you're busy as well as being one of the hardest working Wikipedians here.
I really hate asking for a bunch of deleted articles, but I'm hoping you might find time to help. I was hoping to get this list of articles added to another wiki so they can be worked on there. There is an automated tool here that will copy any article (that's in article space) over to that wiki and the tool automatically includes a list of previous contributors for attribution purposes. You've helped that Wiki before, so I'm hoping you'll help again. I'd like to think the process would be as easy as undeleting, using the tool and redeleting, but as an IP I don't have experience with undeletion. Also. some of these articles may have confused article histories being created, deleted, recreated, moved, redirected and so forth, so it might be more invloved. Perhaps you could do a few articles at a time over a period of weeks, but I know you busy so if you can't help I'll understand. Thanks very much for any help you can provide and thanks for being part of our project here. Kind regards. 64.40.54.97 ( talk) 10:49, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
"wow, that's a lot."Yes, I apologize for asking for so many. With your permission, I will go through the transwiki list you set up and comment on the ones that have been userfied so that they can be skipped. Thanks again for all your help. 64.40.54.97 ( talk) 14:05, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi again MRG. I've been updating the transwiki list, I hope you don't mind. This is far more time consuming than I initially thought, so I'd like to pause this request for a while to see if I can trim this thing down to a much more reasonable size. I'll be back with something more reasonable. Thanks again for the help. 64.40.54.97 ( talk) 15:54, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
(outdent)Thanks very much, Sphilbrick. I really appreciate the help. Thanks also to Moonriddengirl, Dcoetzee and WereSpielChequers. I certain appreciate everbodies generous help with this task and I must thank each of you for your gracious efforts. Kind regards. 64.40.54.160 ( talk) 21:18, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
The Shining Star Award | ||
There are certain people that make our community shine. These are kind and gracious souls that not only improve our encyclopedia, but they also help others with their generous support. Although their number is small, they shine so brightly that they make the whole project glow. Moonriddengirl, you are certainly one of those shining stars and I am very grateful for the support you have given me. Thank you so very much for your help. 64.40.54.160 ( talk) 21:57, 16 June 2012 (UTC) |
Just thought you'd like to know banned User:Billy Hathorn is still editing. He has been editing James D. Martin here by adding an obscure 1993 local article by Billy Hathorn called "A Dozen Years in the Political Wilderness." Then he moved to J. Lister Hill here with that same IP adding another by Billy Hathorn article called "James Douglas Martin and the Alabama Republican Resurgence." And then that IP added another Billy Hathorn article called "The Frustration of Opportunity: Georgia Republicans and the Election of 1966" to Peter Zack Geer. This IP (72.191.52.222) is also making similiar edits today. Easy to track just search "Billy Hathorn" to see the more 100 wiki articles he added his name to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VLARKer7 ( talk • contribs) 04:04, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
We hope ( talk) 13:54, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG. Please could you check Supriya Sule from the 21st May page once more? You appear to have just removed the copyvio notice but not the violating material itself, and the BLP problem may have survived because of that. (There's stil a /div at the end of the problem part too.) Best, Simon. -- Stfg ( talk) 19:54, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl's talk page stalkers! There's a noticeboard discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive237#Copyright Infringement in direct quoting and a final warning to the editor who started it at User talk:Kazemita1#Plagiarism and copyright violation. It seems a good idea to nip this behaviour in the bud, lest we get to have another contributor copyright investigation months or years from now where we have to go over every article where this person has copied entire paragraphs of non-free-content writing. That person is in response asking to have the concept of writing in xyr own words explained to to xem, again. You are welcome to try, if you think that you can explain it more thoroughly. Uncle G ( talk) 05:36, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm trying to research Nathan Hale (Resistance) and James Heller (Prototype), both listed at Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2012_May_23.
Both were copied from a Wikia site, but that site claims CC-BY-SA, except when otherwise indicated. However, both fail to properly attribute the content. I thought it might be easier to AfD, not being a gamer, but a quick glance indicates there are a lot of references, if not exactly the NYT.
I know that when material is copied from another site with an allowable license, we often use Category:Attribution templates. However, I'm not sure if those are only used when the source has been vetted, to make sure it complies with copyright law, or if we AGF, until evidence proves otherwise.
I also see an INUNIVERSE problem, as contrasted to Resistance: Fall of Man, but have no experience with this issue. I see our MOS says not to do it, but I don't know whether doing it triggers an AfD reason, or a cleanup template.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 14:02, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Relevant ticket: 2012061810006954 Article: Mamod
At issue are approximately 35 photos of steam models (plus the logo, which may have different issues)
If this was the US, I think we would conclude that if there was no copyright symbol on pre-1976 models, the item itself would be pd, and the photo would be the copyright of the photographer. (same for 76–89 if not filing made). But it isn't the US it is UK. According to this copyright extends to 70 years after death of creator. While the emphasis is on literary creations, I think model designs would be included?
While there may be some question about whether models are covered as works, I assume there is no question abut the logo and it is squarely covered.
However, when I read Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights, it sounds like I can apply US standards, leaving the onus on a reuser in the UK to know that they cannot reproduce this page.
(The more I learn about copyright, the more I realize how much there is to know.)-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 13:25, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Just in case your head hasn't exploded after reading that, note that you've now got to determine whether Spokessmann ( talk · contribs) is a EEA national (CDPA 1988 §12(6)) and which Plymouth is "Plymouth".
Uncle G ( talk) 16:56, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I assume the photographer is an EEA national. I assume the Plymouth in question is the one in the UK.
§52 looks intriguing, although I suspect it is intended to refer to physical reproductions, not photographs, although it would be odd if you could make a physical copy after 25 years, but couldn't use a photo for far longer.
Thanks for the relevant links -- SPhilbrick (Talk) 18:05, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
If you have remaining questions after slogging through the reading, here's what I'd recommend (because it's what I'd do): head over to WP:MCQ or to Commons:Commons:Village pump/Copyright, link up the images, explain the complication, and ask them. If none of the images of the completed models are retainable, we may be able to keep one or two under WP:NFC? Again, that's not my comfort zone. But it's what I'd look into. And I'm sure it goes without saying, that I'd do my best to make the poor uploader feel better, since he has obviously worked very hard on this article and will be understandably disappointed if we can't retain some of these images. :/
Uncle G, if my recommendations sounds off base to you, please let me know. I'm comfortable with most text issues, but when images enter can start to feel a bit shaky. :) If it were text, my answer would be " WP:C says we can't take chances and if there is any doubt we need to rewrite. So I'll help rewrite, and all will be well." It's not that easy with non-text media. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:08, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
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Quelitu (computer operating system) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) was created by Green2424 ( talk · contribs) in his or her user space by copying Bodhi Linux, swapping out the proper nouns and screenshots, and adding a "Latest Version" section", then moving the final product into Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Quelitu (computer operating system). Is this sufficiently different to be acceptable, or does it violate attribution requirements?
Also, I can't help but be suspicious, because:
Something about this seems off, but I don't know enough about either the primary or secondary concerns to judge properly. What do you think? -- Calton | Talk 07:44, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello there. Sorry to bother but can you please help me here? I am patrolling new pages at the moment and have come across this new article, and I'm not sure whether to tag it for CSD G12 or not. I know what source the text appears to be copied from, but as it's a list, and that the WP:Copyright in lists guide varies in what content you can keep and what you can't, I am confused and not sure what to do. Minima © ( talk) 13:48, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
The Socratic Barnstar | ||
Thank you for your help on the ANI board. I put up a request to block and I.P. address because of consistent vandalism and you described so eloquently why this I.P should not be blocked. I am happy that such contentious admins like you are still on Wikipedia. Good day! keystoneridin! ( talk) 18:48, 21 June 2012 (UTC) |
Hi. Sorry to drop this on you personally, but I have no time to spare right now and I don't know the appropriate venue. I came across an unblock request at User talk:Druidhills, and took a closer look. They've made a lot of edits, and the first couple I looked at were clear copyvios - but would take a bit of time to unravel. (For example, this contains text that can be found at a number of bloggy places, like here dated 2008). Their article additions are all in very good English, but their talk page English is very poor, so I think there's a strong chance that everything they have added is a copyvio. Not sure what needs to be done. -- Boing! said Zebedee ( talk) 18:26, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
American Association of Adapted Sports Programs is an interesting knot to unravel, incidentally. Some of the content was contributed by Tommie Storms ( talk · contribs), who is almost certainly the Tommie Storms who is COO of the organization and named in the article. But, conversely, there's an OTRS ticket commons:ticket:2011040710018315 that edit summaries imply is a copyright violation complaint by the organization. Moonriddengirl, can you see Commons OTRS tickets?
Hi Moon (and Moon's talk page lurkers!) I know you are probably up to your eyeballs in copyvios but nevertheless, if you (lurkers included) could help me with the copyvio issues at User talk:Judgesurreal777, I'd be much obliged. There are 80 articles shown through Soxred's tools but a few are from page moves so I'd guess there are 75 in all. The whole story is there, but I've scrubbed four articles so far, and checked another ten which appear okay (though with this its hard to be sure; webpages die and the Wayback Machine is spotty. One thing to note, it appears that for most of them, the infringed source was either listed as a reference or an external link. I have done nothing to check whether there were copyvios added to articles that were not created by the user.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 04:18, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
I appreciate the help you and the other admin are providing in cleaning up some articles I have contributed to since 2006. I would very much like to help, and I am curious if you have a tool that you use to scan for such problems. You see, copy editing has not been my strength, so I often had to eyeball the text to see if it was totally in my own words or not. But you and the other admin seem to be scanning at a rate much faster than that! Please let me know, as I am eager to fix any issues and avoid any in the future, I love Wikipedia! Thanks, Judgesurreal777 ( talk) 15:48, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
Are there any rules regarding the amount of a article that can contain quotes? I am reviewing Mermaid (Roy Lichtenstein) for GA. There a lot of quotes in the article, plus many extensive quotes in the citations. A similar situation is Drowning Girl.
Eleven of these short articles on Lichtenstein's work using extensive quotes from the same sources passed GA today.
At what point does quoting become questionable or actual copyvio? For example, in Look Mickey, there are several lengthy quotes in the references cited Bader, Graham. "Donald's Numbness". In Girl with Ball there are long quotes from Waldman, Diane (1993). "Comic Strips and Advertising Images" and other sources. Another is Brushstrokes series.
At what point does using extensive quotes from the same sources, even in one article, nevermind many, actually appropriating the work of another? Regards, MathewTownsend ( talk) 21:01, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm interested in Moonriddengirl's opinion of the amount of quotation in Look Mickey#Notes. In some cases there appears to be more quoted material in the citation than there is prose that it is supporting.
Uncle G ( talk) 22:43, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
I failed in my goal to come out of the discussion with a clear guideline. Someday, we'll have to try again to get a clear guideline, but there may be some useful information in the discussion.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 14:26, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
This is just one of the quote examples (from "Notes"):
"his reputation lies completely within the fine arts. He has shown no interest in reaching a wider audience, even on appropriate occasions. For instance, his Mermaid (1979), an outdoor sculpture installed in Miami Beach as part of the Art in Public Places program, is not notable for addressing a wider audience than usual. The Mermaid with a hank of blonde hair, bouncing on three waves under the stylized metal rays of the sun, is geographically apt, but it has more to do with Lichtenstein's paintings of the preceding two years than with the community. This is not said as a complaint, but as a corrective to the idea that an artist who quotes the mass media can only have mass audiences in mind."
Am I off base in being concerned about this? Thanks! MathewTownsend ( talk) 17:12, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
I know this is rather sudden and out of the blue (it kinda is for me too), but per this section, Michaeldsuarez would like to nominate me for adminship. I was wondering if you would be okay with being a co-nominator? You're always the first person I think of when I have a question or a request. :P (Sorry about that!) I hope you aren't too busy. I can find someone else if you are. Silver seren C 00:50, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Karin Magnussen (born February 9, 1908 in Bremen, † February 19, 1997 ibid) was a German biologist and teacher, who propagated the Nazi racial theories. At the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute examined her eyes of murdered prisoners from the Auschwitz concentration camp who were sent to her from the concentration camp doctor Josef Mengele.
Dear Madam, I am writing to ask if you could make a post on this important nazi scientist, Karin Magnussen. I had to go to Deutsche wikipedia and google translate the bio in order to obtain the information on this little-known, unprosecuted nazi. Obviously this is of historical importance to wikipedia readers. I don't know what your policies are regarding deutsche wikipedia, but there must be some way to include something of this scientist's bio.
Sincerely,
Paolosilv 74.239.209.92 ( talk) 07:37, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Could you perhaps take a quick look at File_talk:The_Genealogy_of_Bharata.png. You may wish to comment. - Sitush ( talk) 19:34, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
— TransporterMan ( TALK) 14:53, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
You wrote at WP:ANI#Deleted article: KHOKHAR RAJPUTS A BRIEF INFO that the deleted content was previously published at Facebook and implied at User talk:X-Zaynab-x#Avoiding copyright problems that the user committed copyvio. While I think you're right in that the page creator copied the text from there and did not think about (or did not care about) copyright issues, the Facebook content is actually an unacknowledged copy of our Khokhar article, specifically this revision of November 1, 2011. Thus, Mike 7's speedy-deletion rationale was on the dot, and the page creator's protestation that "only the name was matching but the information was differnet" implies incompetence or dishonesty. -- Lambiam 17:28, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Allenroyboy/Archive and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Trabucogold/Archive. These two are IMHO pretty obviously the same editor, and I am finding copyvio from the puppetmasters and socks in various articles. Quite a bit is copied from one Terry Mortenson, not at all a reliable source. [30] is an example of a source that has been used in several articles, or rather copied to several articles. Each article I've seen so far has had more than one sock edit it. Dougweller ( talk) 17:49, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl. By all accounts, you seem to be the resident copyright expert, so I was wondering if you could give me your opinion of Herb Cohen (Negotiator) versus [32]. It looks like a close paraphrase to me, but I'm not all that confident of my ability to detect such things, so I was hoping you could give me your ideas on it (and any pointers, too!) Thanks. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 13:28, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
He lectured at many educational institutions and corporations, which include - The Harvard Negotiating Project, Yale Law School, The Kellogg School, Wharton, University of Wisconsin, University of California-San Diego, McGill University, UBC and the Columbia University and Chicago University Schools of Business[1]. During the cold war, he served with the U.S. Army, 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment on the East-West Border in Germany
Since then, Mr. Cohen has lectured at many educational institutions and enterprises including: The Harvard Negotiating Project, Yale Law School, The Kellogg School, Wharton, the University of Wisconsin, the University of California-San Diego, McGill University, UBC and the Columbia University and Chicago University Schools of Business. During the Cold War, Herb Cohen served with the U.S. Army, 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment on the East-West Border in Germany.
Hi, Moonriddengirl . I just read the potential copyright violation with respect to the contents in David J. Schwartz (Author). Kindly help me with some suggestions for the page in question, and other two pages (see below) I m contributing to avoid potential copy vio.
Please suggest me a solution for page - David J. Schwartz (Author). I would highly appreciate if an edited version is kept, instead of deleting the whole page. So it could serve as a reference for future edits. Jean Julius Vernal 14:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
As you can see in the revision page for The Magic of Thinking Big - I removed few mins back some potential copy vio quotes and passages
Kindly share some insights on the usage of passages or quotes from revision 499569759 ? ( Any possibility to keep some bare minimum lines or passages?) Pls see revision comparison in ques Jean Julius Vernal 14:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Any suggestions? Jean Julius Vernal 14:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanking you in advance. Jean Julius Vernal 11:47, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
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Hi. The Nandini Satpathy article was originally mostly close paraphrasing (or possibly worse, I wasn't sure) of http://www.snsmt.org/Smt.htm. I have done a rewrite of the text that should resolve the problem, as far as I can tell - I don't think there's a sentence in there that I didn't rewrite, and the tone, etc is quite different; feel free to double-check it, of course - you know a lot more about what's too-close paraphrasing than I do! One thing that the various dealing-with-copyright pages does not make clear is what else should be done in the situation of an article being rewritten - I am guessing that at least some older versions of the page need to be hidden. Is there an applicable noticeboard that I can bring this up to? Thanks very much! Allens ( talk | contribs) 15:35, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I've seen you dealing against copyvio problems, so perhaps you can help me figure out this problem. Does close paraphrasing within Wikipedia is allowed? A few months back I created a GA Tonga at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, and today I found out an almost similar article Bangladesh at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, created on May 8, and within one day it's a GA. So again, is it allowed on Wikipedia? thanks and regards. — Bill william compton Talk 10:30, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Not urgent, but could you take a look at 2012041610011026 at some time. I mentioned you, though not by name, and promised to bring this to your attention. You were also, no surprise, involved in the original removal of material.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 22:28, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
hi i am having trouble renaming this image File:Scan 3.jpeg. can u pls rename it to something better? sorry if i disturbed u. Kailash29792 ( talk) 09:11, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Moonriddengirl, a week ago I revised Antony Polonsky in the light of your comments. Please let me know if it's an improvement. Best, Mick gold ( talk) 09:19, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
As you might guess, I'm a bit annoyed about the D&D thing. That said, I am curious. I think your copyright argument for deletion would also apply to something like [1] yes? Am I missing some key difference? I'm suspecting my annoyance with this is coloring my view, but I really do think this argument will lead to the deletion of a lot of our navigational lists on fiction. Given it looks like this close will be sustained, I'm trying to figure out where it leads us. Thanks for your thoughts Hobit ( talk) 13:12, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
I'm going to bed in a little bit, but when I get up in the morning, I was thinking about starting the help I promised you with CCI. Where should I start? Silver seren C 06:38, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Yes. Sorry, it's late. :) I always just check to make sure that he or she was given the bot notice. That may be enough. Sometimes, especially if they made any effort at all to address the issue, I'll leave them a personal note. I've been using {{ uw-copyright-new}} a lot lately. Again, though, the bot notice may be fine, especially if you suspect a drive-by editor. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:33, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Do you have time for a quick peek at Talk:Muhammad#Copy and paste? To me, it seems potentially serious, and as a precaution I'd like to take it back to the version that passed GA until all the Britannica citations (and there are a number) and other sources are checked. But I have to log off now, and maybe I'm over-reacting. Your thoughts would be appreciated. -- Anthonyhcole ( talk) 16:01, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Please cast you eyes over the activities of an editor [ [2]] who has made a large number of edits at RAF Jurby amoungst others, mainly Isle of Man related. Another editor and I were convinced that the text was being copied verbatim from a published book and now that we have obtained a copy our suspicions have been confirmed. There is a strong chance that all of his aviation and maritime edits over recent months have been similarly sourced from various published books.
I have suggested on his talk page that he reads Wikipedia:Copyright violations before adding any further edits, but how do we deal with his back catalogue? Any advice or help appreciated. 21st CENTURY GREENSTUFF 20:39, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at 2012033110007077 I did not respond, I wrote a draft response in a note. I think I am right, but want another opinion on the substance, as well as the style. It may take more than a minute, but it has got to be quicker than anything with Mohammed in the title :)-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 00:58, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl,
I am contacting you because I want to ask you to please send me a copy of the deleted article "Sponge Balls". I know it has been transwikied, but I do not know where it has been transwikied to or if it is okay for me to have the copy of the page. I am not very familier with Wikipedia so I do not know if this article is okay for me to receive a copy of.
Sincerely,
Colosiant ( talk) 02:59, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I saw that you blocked User talk:Dadjan once! And this user is back by deleting contents and references in articles on Wikipedia and it's completely impossible to track these users again and again! You may be surprised to know that many IP users and this fellow have vandalized an article with the name: Kya Huaa Tera Vaada and Bade Achhe Lagte Hain. I got to know about them after nearly 7 or 10 days when some one put a notability tag there! And I have been asking many admins to protect those pages and they are doing a good job. Now, I am here begging you to block this user so that I get some time to better these articles than reverting vandalism again and again. And whenever replying please leave me a Tb template and please see this Dadjan ( talk · contribs · count). Thank you in advance. Yours faithfully, -- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 04:31, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
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I award you this barnstar for your continued efforts in keeping WP free from copyvios! — Vensatry (Ping me) 06:41, 13 May 2012 (UTC) |
Best. Voceditenore ( talk) 18:22, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Sorry for the late reply and I am understanding that what are you meaning actually then I was to anxious about those articles. Others did not have patience, before I could add any reliable sources they would delete the whole content so I was forced to write that. Sorry and thank you for your notification, in the future, before doing such I may think twice....-- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 03:50, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
For Your Information (no action required):
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wtshymanski
Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Wtshymanski
-- Guy Macon ( talk) 18:28, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Did you mean to close out Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 May 1 as far as I can see none of the copyright regulars have looked at the above article and from the talk page I think we may have problems. It seems that they are saying works of the Indian government are PD. I seem to have vague memories of some previous discussion of this but can't remember the result. As such it's possible you've looked at this and decided it was all OK but I wanted to double check. Dpmuk ( talk) 00:52, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
This user- Dadjan is continuously deleting references from Wiki article like these: Bade Achhe Lagte Hain and Kya Huaa Tera Vaada, I have warned him four times, not only me but more users, but in vain. These pages are protected but he's taking advantage of being an autoconfirmed editor. I suggest to block him. When replying, please leave me a Tb template. -- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 08:01, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
hello,
could you say whether this book and other similar with the same content are copied and pasted to our article Fyodor Dostoyevsky or vice versa? I am confused because it looks like they copied our article, but on each site they wrote that it is copyrighted. Thanks.-- GoP T C N 11:20, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
This just looks like wholesale plagiarism, as I've mentioned in the AFD discussion. No sensible writer writing original prose would write like that, but one lazily copying and pasting someone else's literary analysis wholesale into Wikipedia would. I'm coming up empty so far, though. Perhaps you, or indeed anyone else reading this with good access to books and plagiarism checkers, can succeed where I have not. Uncle G ( talk) 10:40, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi! Today is my b'day and I thought of sharing this sweet gift with you!! Arnesh( ২০১২) 06:16, 16 May 2012 (UTC) |
Thank you! Happy birthday! :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:10, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
as an admin, can u pls delete this non-free image File:Veerapandiya Kattabomman Poster.jpeg which is not being in any articles? Kailash29792 ( talk) 10:53, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed that last time someone added large amounts of text to James D. Martin, you reverted them as being contributions from a blocked editor. I don't know much about this whole situation, but it may be happening again, so I thought I'd bring it to your attention in case any action was required. Canadian Paul 14:56, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
The copyvio material you removed from Deborah Lurie has been restored by the same editor who placed it there in the first place. Niteshift36 ( talk) 18:26, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
I have cleared up the issue with Permissions - Wikimedia Commons [permissions-commonswikimedia.org] and have 2012051310002101 which states "Texts permissions". Can you please help me reinstate all the texts? Thank you. Drkup(IMJ) ( talk) 05:06, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Sorry to keep pestering you, but I'm trying to whittle down the OTRS backlog. Good progress, but some of the remaining ones are less than routine. We have a request to sign off that there are no copyright issues in a particular instance. While I have learned enough about copyright to answer many specific questions, I'm uncomfortable making a blanket statement in this case. Could you take a glance at 2012042710012264? Not urgent.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 15:20, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
I am not 100% sure, but I might have stumbled upon a case where an editor was unfairly accused of copyvio, left the project in annoyance, and public domain material was removed. Somebody with more experience in copyvio should take a look at this. Links: User_talk:Piotrus#58th_New_York_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment, talk page archive with numerous copyvio notes), 142nd Infantry Regiment (United States) (sample affected article). If I am right, there is content to restore, and an editor to apologize to... -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 20:54, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I rewrote the content of my previous posting, but the title remains the same. Please advise.
Thank you, Padizar ( talk) 00:14, 19 May 2012 (UTC)Padizar
RU123 ( talk · contribs) is adding this site to multiple articles. There's a clear COI, but I just want to see if people agree it's copyvio free. If it is, it looks good. Dougweller ( talk) 05:42, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
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Dear Moonriddengirl,
The "Sponge Ball" article I was talking about actually meant the prop that the magicians use to perform certain tricks, and not the jargon used to discrip a weapon. I would like to have this message posted on my talk page and not yours, if possible.
Sincerely,
Colosiant ( talk) 15:29, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Depending on what you think about this, I may start a larger discussion. I am concerned that information taken from the US Army Center of Military History website is not considered free content under Wikipedia's policies. Wikipedia:Non-free content describes free content as "content that does not bear copyright restrictions on the right to redistribute, study, modify and improve, or otherwise use works for any purpose in any medium, even commercially" (emphasis in the original, some emphasis removed). The privacy and security page for the website states that "Unless otherwise noted, information presented on CMH Online is considered public information and may be distributed or copied for non-commerical purposes" (emphasis added). I decided to check a parent site of the website and found the security page of The Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. That page simply states that "Information presented on this site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is required". I also don't believe that works by the US government have some exception where we are allowed to use it if it is not allowed to be used commercially. This is due to the third bullet at Wikipedia:Public domain#U.S. government works. The inherent copyright issue with those was that commercial re-use of those problems were prohibited. After examining all of this, I believe that a community discussion should occur at which point I believe that {{ ACMH}} should be deprecated, all transclusions of {{ ACMH}} should be examined and all copied material removed or refactored. Afterwards the template should be deleted. Do you have any reason to believe, in light of what I have found, that the material is still free to use? Ryan Vesey Review me! 05:08, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
As a past official with a similar Army managed facility - the material is under most circumstances in the public domain. However, best to contact the Center of Military History in DC to confirm and how they might want their material cited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.34.21.170 ( talk) 14:52, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
I have responded with more information and I will see what they say. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:42, 22 May 2012 (UTC)We will double check with our website operations and our publications department, but we believe that this message is on our website because not all photos or documents that appear on our website are works of the US Federal Government. Because of this, some photos and works may be under copyright and we prefer that users request permission from us so that we can verify whether a work is in the public domain or not.
Hi, can you please let me know what happened to the BMW N63 article? I am new and haven't seen old edits greyed out before, what does this mean? Is there a way to access them, in case there is some useful text to be gained from them? Thanks, 1292simon ( talk) 11:29, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
A “derivative work” is a work based upon one or more pre-existing works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a “derivative work”.
Dear Moonriddengirl,
Here is the link to the deleted article "Sponge Balls".
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Sponge_Balls&action=edit&redlink=1
Sincerely,
Colosiant ( talk) 11:52, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello MRG. I've tagged a section of Supriya Sule in the normal way, but I think it needs more than the usual process and may need revdel because of the following. Only the first paragraph of the tagged section is actually copyvio, but it discusses an allegation that was due to go to court in January this year, and it hasn't been brought up to date. Also, the rest of the section, while not copyvio as far as I know, only puts the accuser's side of the case, and is poorly cited -- if the one citation even covers everything after the 1st paragraph. In my view it's a biassed presentation and thus an attack. Best, -- Stfg ( talk) 12:10, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
I asked the following question of Cirt (as closing admin for the 2010 AfD of this article), and was directed here, so I'll lay out the situation again.
List of Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of Scotland was AfDed back in 2010, and interestingly enough, the creator of this article, User:Craigy144, was, subsequent to the AfD, indef blocked for persistent copyright violation. I didn't find this out until after posting the AfD this time (I couldn't notify the creator due to talk page protection because of an indef ban), but since I'm nominating this time around for a total lack of sources, I think it's fair to assume that the list was originally taken off the Grand Lodge's website (and that page is totally gone), not from the 1987 book that was falsely cited. Is that enough circumstantial evidence to pull the AfD and go for a CSD G12? MSJapan ( talk) 16:17, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I'm Gary Schreckengost, author of Wheat's Tigers and would like to allow my work that I posted on Wiki. I like Wiki. Anyway, I don't really understand what I have to do. Can you make it simple? Like a link that I can fill out a form? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pzrschreck ( talk • contribs) 18:28, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Terrible bio, but looking at the edits by the most prolific editor there, [9], they look like a paraphrase of [10] - my question is whether the paraphrase is distant enough from the original not to be copyvio. I'm not sure, as although there are a lot of different words, it is recognisably similar. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 18:20, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
Hullo - we've corresponded about Joseph Farey, and you know who I am!!
I've hit a problem that I can't resolve. I've lost my password for Wikisource, and posted the following message about it on the WS Adminstrator's Bulletin Board. Its followed by the reply from
Jeepday(Sock) I've put the same message on the help page of w:Wikipedia:Unified login, but so far with no response. Do you have any thoughts on how I might resolve this. Whom might I contact? I am sure I am not the only person this has happened to, and there is a simple solution. many thanks,
Apwoolrich (
talk) 11:24, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Info on common login w:Wikipedia:Unified login
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I hereby affirm that I, Gary Schreckengost, am the creator and sole owner of the exclusive copyright of The 1st Louisiana Battalion: Wheat's Tigers in the Civil War (McFarland, 2008). I have placed excerpts from that book on Wikipedia into the article Louisiana Tigers, http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Louisiana_Tigers&oldid=480321215.
+ I agree to publish those excerpts under the free licenses "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0" (unported) and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).
+ I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.
+ I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.
+ I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me.
+ I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.
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Thanks for protecting our work...but I do like Wiki... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pzrschreck ( talk • contribs) 11:33, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
You are invited to contribute to the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Plagiarism#Large-scale constructs. Aymatth2 ( talk) 23:14, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello talk page stalkers! If you'd care to cast an eye over the contributions histories to find anything that I've missed, it would be appreciated. Uncle G ( talk) 12:20, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Late breaking news that you might like to look into: Köln-Düsseldorfer was originally copied from this WWW page. Uncle G ( talk) 12:20, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
sorry, Moonrider, but "permissions-enwikimedia.org" seems to be a broken link. I'd like to send this form off--we need an easier process. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pzrschreck ( talk • contribs) 15:08, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Axiomamnesia ( talk · contribs)} states that [15] has no copyvio (his edit summary says "no COI and no copyrighted materials are on the site. Files obtained DIRECTLY from FL St Atty's Office via FTP download". I have no idea why he claims no COI, but do others agree there is no copyvio on this site? Thanks . Dougweller ( talk) 12:03, 26 May 2012 (UTC) The site is a member of the media, which is how the files were obtained directly from the Florida State Attorney's Office. On a page discussing the shooting of Trayvon Martin, it would seem prudent to included the witness interviews in their entirety. The mainstream media is releasing only clips of the witness testimony, and this does not allow people to hear what the witnesses said in their entirety--the actual source of these clips being played in the media. There is no copyright on the witness audio recordings, because they are public information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Axiomamnesia ( talk • contribs) 22:05, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
So... do we get to see an MRG-written album article soon? I was snooping — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 13:09, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
An IP has added this to the article: "NOTE: Most of this article is lifted directly and without attribution from Jack Dempsey's biography "Thomas Morton: The Life & Renaissance of an Early American Poet" (Scituate MA: Digital Scanning 2000)." I can't find the alleged source. What's more annoying is that I've run into this before and can't find either the editor Jack Dempsey or reference to his website Ancientlights.org although I know I've run into both before. And my faded memory tells me this accusation of copyvio is probably correct. A post to the article's talk page says "Aside from being largely citation-free in the manner of a personal essay, this article suddenly includes a briefer article-within-the-article about Morton at the end. What's up with that? Is it some vestige of the original article posted by someone else?". If anyone can find the original we can remove any copyvio. Otherwise I'm tempted to stub it. Dougweller ( talk) 13:47, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Just found James West Fraser. It's apparently been tagged G12 for two months, and I've only just found it. I live in CSD, and I'm sure the category has been empty at least one point recently..... It seems to have had a licensing email sent that wasn't up to standard - if it still isn't properly licensed, should it be deleted? And where (and how) has this thing been hiding? Peridon ( talk) 16:04, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl! I'm trying to find new areas of Wikipedia to build my knowledge in and copyright concerns is something that interests me. I've stated by checking listings at Wikipedia:Suspected copyright violations but would like to make sure I'm doing things right. So far I have cleared out the remaining articles at Wikipedia:Suspected copyright violations/2012-05-11. Could you check my work and let me know if I've got it right so far? Thanks for your time. Pol430 talk to me 20:04, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan was shot and killed while commanding his forces from a Howdah in a fierce confrontation, and on the following day Muzaffar Jang and Chanda Sahib victoriously entered Arcot. Chanda Sahib became the de-facto Nawab of the Carnatic. While Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan's son Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah fled south to Trichinopoly, where he hid and sought the assistance of the British.
Anwar-ud-Din was killed in the battle, and on the following day Muzaffar Jang and Chanda Sahib entered Arcot. Chanda Sahib became the de-facto Nawab of the Carnatic, but Anwar-ud-Din's son Muhammed Ali escaped from the disaster and fled south to Trichinopoly, where he prepared to fight on.
Muzaffar Jang soon found allies to support his claim and among those was Chanda Sahib, the son-in-law of Dost Ali Khan a previous Nawab of the Carnatic, and a prisoner since 1741. With the help of Joseph François Dupleix the French governor based in the city of Pondicherry, Chanda Sahib was released.
Muzaffar Jang soon found allies to support his claim. While attempting to gain allies amongst the Marathas he found Chanda Sahib, the son-in-law of a previous Nawab of the Carnatic, and a prisoner since 1741. With the help of the French governor of Pondicherry, Joseph Dupleix, Chanda Sahib was released.
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(talk) 12:38, 28 May 2012 (UTC)Since a lot of people who are interested in copyright work come by, I just wanted to let you all know that I am seriously considering leaving WP:CP (at least for a while) and turning my attention to WP:CCI. I don't want to give up on copyright work altogether - it's very important to me - but I cannot keep up with the backlog there. Last weekend I was highly encouraged by a burst of spare time (family left me to myself for most of the weekend); this weekend I have a lot of family obligations, and the backlog is as bad as it was before. :/ It feels like a treadmill I can't keep up with, and it's pretty demoralizing. At least if I work on CCI, I might feel like I'm making progress and can even consider doing something fun sometimes, like writing articles. :) The backlog at CP makes me feel compelled to catch up, and I can't. So it just winds up consuming all my free time and leaving me feeling drained and somewhat desperate.
I'm telling y'all this so you don't wonder what happened if I suddenly cut it loose and also in case you have any ideas for what we can do to make the situation better. This is not a thinly veiled plea for you to do it. :) I swear. I really just don't have any fresh ideas on how to bring in enough hands to make that workload tolerable. We've created non-admin clerks and advertised, and there are still only a handful of us who work over there. :/
Oi. Anyway, off to sleep on it. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 03:04, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl I am getting mad!!! This guy, Dadjan is continuously going on vandalizing an article, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, even after two blocks and several warnings. Please I beg...I beg to block him indefinetly, increase the protections span of the article and also protect the article Dekha Ek Khwaab, as that is also been vandalized, but by auto patrolled users..so semi-protection will not be enough. Its protection level must be increased. If you want you can see the edit(s) done by Dadjan and reverted by me in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, here. And for the history of Dekha Ek Khwaab you can go through the history of that article too. Please do not overlook this, I am struggling a lot to better these article and here are they who vandalize them daily. Please I sob. cry, beg...I'm helpless!!!!!!!! When replying please reply on my talk page. Thank you -- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 16:22, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading File:Lennie Tristano.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude ( talk) 04:07, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl, We had communicated some months back about an article on my father's life which you had edited and I wanted to help re-construct. In the meantime, I became involved in a serious diplomatic crisis in Pakistan now known as Memogate (see http://www.newsweekpakistan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=609&Itemid=53 for details of what this case was all about). During the past week or so, as the Judicial Commission comes closer to releasing a report that will confirm everything I said was true and uses forensic analysis of my computers and blackberry devices to prove that point, the antagonist in the matter, former Amb. Husain Haqqani, has become overly active in using proxies (David Frum, Peter Bergen, Harlan Ullman and others) to vandalize my Wikipedia article. Statements have been made that are not true -- they are resorting to the tried and tested journalistic formula of slandering in another forum and transferring that data without challenge to vandalize my article and malign me in front of anyone reading about me on Wikipedia. We have fought long and hard to maintain objectivity in my Wiki article through the many issues I have faced in public diplomacy over the years. As I do tough things, they generate controversy. So, before I have to start taking legal steps against Wikipedia for allowing slander to be propagated against my person through their article, I thought I would contact you and ask you to intervene and make sure objectivity remains the bane of the article. In fact, virtually every word of the recent additions have been addressed clearly, concisely and with balanced reporting and sourcing of content in other sections of the article. Mr Frum and his associates want to be able to say I fabricate, when I do not -- ever. His problem is that he knows we know the truth about him and that is why he is making pre-emptive hits on my article to try and create a fabricated record of false statements that he himself promulgates about me to retaliate against me and my lawyer in Pakistan for what my lawyer did in his duty as an officer of the court. I seek your help in maintaining the objectivity of the article and not allowing slander and defamatory statements to be made. Since I cannot objectively edit the article myself, I can certainly provide you with the information required to do the same. Thank you. 88.209.71.203 ( talk) 10:02, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Moonriddengirl I am getting mad!!! This guy, Dadjan is continuously going on vandalizing an article, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, even after two blocks and several warnings. Please I beg...I beg to block him indefinetly, increase the protections span of the article and also protect the article Dekha Ek Khwaab, as that is also been vandalized, but by auto patrolled users..so semi-protection will not be enough. Its protection level must be increased. If you want you can see the edit(s) done by Dadjan and reverted by me in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, here. And for the history of Dekha Ek Khwaab you can go through the history of that article too. Please do not overlook this, I am struggling a lot to better these article and here are they who vandalize them daily. Please I sob. cry, beg...I'm helpless!!!!!!!! When replying please reply on my talk page. Thank you -- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 16:22, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
I am getting madder day by day...............-- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 10:24, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
The only debate that there has been over who coined the term "Horrorcore" is whether Russel Simmons (the owner of the label that released "Flatlinerz U.S.A and the uncle of Redrum of the Flatlinerz) created it or if Redrum created it. Either way the phrase "Horrorcore" still came from the Flatlinerz and neither you or anybody else can present a "source" that can prove that it was in use before the Flatlinerz.
So instead of you presenting a secondary "Source" which is inaccurate and misleading (seemingly done for some intentional purpose which needs the truth misconstrued), why not just use the fact the the term Horrorcore was first introduced on the Flatlinerz album "Flatlinerz U.S.A". And untill you can find a legitamite "Source" that proves otherwise, why not stick wit the "Facts" that remain unless you have an ulterior motive? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horrorcore1992 ( talk • contribs) 14:22, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Can you please reply to this message? Best, Jona yo! Selena 4 ever 22:11, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl. Sorry to trouble you with this, but I've always seen you as the go-to guy (gal) for copyright issues... I've recently uploaded this file, which I believe is acceptable under fair use. However, my experience of image copyright is somewhat limited, and I'd appreciate a more skilled pair of eyes to just check that I've got it right. The image dates from the 1940s, so I don't think it's public domain (although it originated in India, and I don't know what the PD rules are like there...). No rush (unless of course it is a copyright violation, in which case it needs prompt deletion - maybe there is a bit of urgency after all?). Cheers, Yunshui 雲 水 10:34, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
I recently crated the article, Tourism in West Bengal. Some except me have edited it or reviewed it and I want you to review it and notify me about the missing points on its talk page or my talk page. When replying please leave me a Tb template on my talk page. Thank you.-- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 12:16, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
..but don't worry, this is my own article and the only one doing major editing to it. I'm just trying to get your opinion.
The article Geek a Week is about a card series of famous "geeks" drawn up as trading cards. The selection of who is drawn is a combination of who they can actually get (as the process includes a podcast interview with said person) as well as possibly some personal opinion by those involved. They've done this for an initial 52 card set, plus 2 sets of 15 afterwards. Normally if this was something like Magic the Gathering cards, it would be pointless to list them all out but because nearly each one listed is a notable (WP standards) person, its more navigational than that.
But that said, I'm torn over whether this is truly a creative list or not. If it is, that's not a problem since I can strip the list from the article to leave behind more than sufficient notability along with pointers to where the artist himself lists these out. I just need a second opinion in light of the recent issues. -- MASEM ( t) 21:56, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
I want your help! As I have a privacy concern can you please hide the revisions of my user page from 07:24, 31 December 2011 till 10:50, 31 May 2012 . After this I would like to rename my account.-- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 10:45, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
( talk page stalker)A Bengali name perhaps.. Or write your name in anagram or use any other word trick.. I have another suggestion: you can try Homo sapiens wikipedian or try Homo superior (you need to read story The Hampdenshire Wonder written in 1911 to learn what is Homo superior-- Tito Dutta ✉ 12:38, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
"I have a privacy concern. Recently I indefinetly blocked many vandals and I am afaraid that they may turn up to take revenge and secondly, Jagadhatri is a name of a Hindu Goddess so it is very common."-- Jagadhatri( ২০১২) 12:51, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
The good news is that you don't have to start over. :) That's WP:CLEANSTART, which is something a bit different. A username change " moves your contributions and userspace pages to a new name, while preserving your account preferences." Look, for example, at this user. While you can tell by looking at her talk page that she used to use the former name (because of her signature), you can't tell by looking at her edit history. Everything looks like it was done by the current account. But you shouldn't need to ask, Jagadhatri. Remember, you're required to read Wikipedia:Changing username before you make your request. If they think you have not, the bureaucrats might decline your request. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:54, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
Can you have a go at geting KIRILL95 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to use edit summaries ? Mt king (edits) 12:43, 31 May 2012 (UTC) NB : I have asked you as the admin at the top of my watchlist. Mt king (edits) 12:43, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
G'day,
In regards to the 'copyright violations" on this particular article, Ferries of Sydney (www.ferriesofsydney.com) is my own site - so I guess I can give myself permission to paraphrase myself :)
cheers,
Lance Lyon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blacklord ( talk • contribs) 03:16, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for that, appreciated. I've modified the copyright notice on my main page and replaced it with the suggested license - will that do the trick? -- Blacklord (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:57, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks to both of you for your help. -- Blacklord (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:46, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG! I've mentioned you at Wikipedia talk:Close paraphrasing#RfC: Should this be a guideline ? Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 09:12, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG, could you have a look at this image I uploaded yesterday File:Isaac Holden.jpg To me it appears to meet {{ PD-art}} as the artist died in 1896. However the extended details claim it is in copyright to Bradford Museums and I'm wondering if this is a generic claim placed on every file they are dealing with (see [18] for details) or whether I've misread the copyright rules. If it is a copyvio - I'll hold my hands up to that and it can be deleted without any protest on my part. NtheP ( talk) 11:23, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello - need some advice regarding a copyright issue please. I added a widely-published screenshot that demonstrates the origin of the name of this malware, specifically, the names of some of its code modules. The image has been nominated for deletion at Commons on account of copyright violation. The author of this source code is widely believed to be one or more government intelligence agencies - no-one expects them to ever come forward and accept responsibility, let alone claim copyright. How their commercial interests have been affected is a stretch of the imagination. How this code snippet can be used by anyone else is also unclear, as it contains only function names, rather than their implementations. Thanks Socrates2008 ( Talk) 11:40, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
It seems that they've been doing merges without proper attribution for a while now. There's a complaint at WP:A/R/C about five of them in late April, and I've found at least one from early March on a cursory look through their contribs, so I'm suspecting that we'll need to do a more systematic check. What's the usual protocol for this kind of situation? Creating a new CCI case? Is that usual for CWW violations as opposed to external copyvio? T. Canens ( talk) 13:50, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl, I resolved a recent copyvio problem but need your help on a final step. Can you RevDel Royal Society of Canada revision 496154617 on June 5 by user Rsc src? This are copyvios from http://rsc-src.ca/rscinfo_what.php http://rsc-src.ca/rscinfo_history.php. I have also put a COI message on his/her talk page. Thanks, SchreyP ( messages) 19:31, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
As i wrote this i have a preview of the edit in my userpage with the "semi-retired" banner.
Don`t get me wrong i still love Wikipedia, i haven`t lost a bit of faith on the project, its just that the hunger, the drive to edit has faded, for a few months now i have only made like 100 edits a piece, and it certainly it isn`t for a lack of things to do.
It`s just that, well i assessed maybe 9, 000 albums articles, and upgraded over 6, 000, not that anyone cares, and it went to nothing, when i started, i still remember you taught me how to rate properly, there wer over 37, 000 articles, after all my work, there are over 35, 000, there are so many stubs that need only 5 minutes to be starts, but i no longer have the drive to dedicate those thankless minutes.
The barnstars you gave me are my most treasured things in all the Wiki, last time i got discouraged you told me to change activity and i did, i started creating articles and that got me going for a while, i started adding images to articles and adding reviews templates, but it`s just so much and no one notices, it`s not that i do this for the fame or anything but... i just got tired that`s all.
I still check my watchlist several times a day, specially for assessment request (habits die hard jejeje); retirement is not in sight, at least not in the foreseable future as far as i know the drive could be back tomorrow.
Lastly, and i can't put too much emphasis on this, ANYHTING you need, you let me know, an assessment, a RFC, a review, move the sofa up the stairs (you know, if i`m in town), anything; you let me know.
Until next time my Dear mentor. Sincerely yours Zidane tribal ( talk) 20:32, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
PS: Did i use the "Whom" correctly in the headline?
Seems aptly named, as it looks as though virtually ever edit by Iamnotcreative ( talk · contribs) (and this editor is editing right now) is copyvio. Can't find them all and only reverted one so far, but there's clearly a problem. I've just posted to xhe's talk page about this. Dougweller ( talk) 12:54, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
In any event, what this needs is more eyes. I have left a pretty stern warning on their talk page but, not being an admin, would require assistance if it needed implementation. - Sitush ( talk) 23:10, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Could you please comment here [20]? KC9TV is seeking to have me blocked because of my edits to the Cigarette holder talkpage. Chillllls ( talk) 21:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
See User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 107#Plagiarism and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederick William Sanderson. Uncle G ( talk) 18:37, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Having said that, the non-creating edits are definitely worth reviewing, alas. This edit to Drink driving (United Kingdom) adds the text "you should contact us for expert professional advice" and "Again you should seek our help when you go to court" to a Wikipedia article. Clearly it's copied wholesale from a law practice's WWW page. The copied texts both from the original creation and the later edit still form the body of the current revision of the article.
Hello there! Your name is one that I have seen mentioned everywhere wrt copyvio, so I hope you don't mind me approaching you directly regarding article copyvio issues? The article is Flowers Brass Band, and since creation it has been almost entirely a copy of the bands website history page. It has been updated periodically, again with content that is basically a direct lift from the website ( see http://www.flowersband.co.uk/content/history ). I'm not sure if it should be blanked/deleted/tagged or rewritten(beyond my capabilities), anyway can I leave it in your capable hands? best regards 94.195.187.69 ( talk) 01:00, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
hello,
I am writing to you as you are always a help. ;) Last time the article List of churches in Moscow failed the featured list nomination as it was against 5b as there is no freedom of panoarama in Russia and I am not allowed to put the pictures without attributing to the living architect. So I ask you, was the decision really correct? If it was, what exactly should I do to meet this criteria? Should I contact the architect and ask if it is possible to use it here under a specific rationale? Regards.-- GoP T C N 13:08, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy | |
Thank you for stepping in to close a long RfC at Deaths in 2012 which others shied away from, and for your diplomatic summary of the discussion! Your help has made it possible for us to move forward on the article. Thanks! — Jess· Δ ♥ 08:37, 13 June 2012 (UTC) |
Hiya MRG, it's been a while.
Need a revdel at 2012 Asian Beach Games on a copyvio from here. Only two revisions involved.
Having asked you in the past about copyvios at similar multi-sport event articles, I'm wondering if it may have come from the same user? Is it worth looking through his past contributions for copy-and-paste material and opening a CCI? — Strange Passerby ( talk • cont) 15:17, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Please see my comments on Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/GreenUniverse I have reverted the articles back to what they were, I have fixed the problem I dont see why I should be on the copyright list any longer. GreenUniverse ( talk) 20:27, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello. GreenUniverse did not write "most of the article" xyrself. I speak as the person who actually did write that content in several edits back when Interdimensional hypothesis ( AfD discussion) was nominated for deletion in 2009. Uncle G ( talk) 20:52, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
The Friends Hospital page has been blocked for cutting and pasting issues. I have the written (email) consent of the media person at Friends Hospital, as well as two other closely related organizations to be able to copy and paste their materials to the page. How do I go about fixing the problem on the site? Who can I forward the emails too? I know it says to put it on the talk page, but do I delete the comment that is there about plagiarism? Is there someway to respond to it? Any help is helpful
AlysonFerguson ( talk) 21:15, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
And aim higher, too. ☺ There's a whole book on the hospital's early history by Patricia D'Antonio, ISBN 9780934223829 published by Lehigh University Press, that could give you a far better history of the place than a mere three bullet points for 1813, 1817, and 1827 copied and pasted from a WWW site.
Copying and pasting isn't writing. Uncle G ( talk) 21:40, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
I am highly concerned by edits like this. That building is not in the US, it is in France, and photographs of it are not protected by any freedom of panorama, as that template strongly implies. Furthermore, that template places the image in free content categories, when, for our purposes, it is non-free. Can I ask why you are making these edits? J Milburn ( talk) 14:52, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Just FYI, that almost certainly was Uboater, but it was also block evasion. See User_talk:Boing!_said_Zebedee#U-8047_article for background. Best regards, TransporterMan ( TALK) 16:08, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
I notice that g12s are now blanked. I don't think it is happenstance, so wondering if there's a change in process I missed?-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 21:04, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
I quite boldly split the noticeboard itself, previously at Wikipedia:Copyright problems, to Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Noticeboard. For a complete explanation, see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive237#Copyright problems noticeboard new location. Aside from the bot (which I only realized updates the page afterward, and have left a request at the operator's page to please update it), you were the predominate editor there, so I wanted to leave you a note. Let me know if you have any concerns, or if you want to... yell at me... as I'm expecting some people will do. Thanks. Equazcion (talk) 08:19, 16 Jun 2012 (UTC)
Hello there, MRG. First, I want to thank you for your years of service to the project, especially CCI and your work for the WMF. The thing I really appreciate is that you care about the project and the people and I sincerly appreciate that. I hope you didn't mind my suggestion a short while ago possibly adding to your workload becuase I know you're busy as well as being one of the hardest working Wikipedians here.
I really hate asking for a bunch of deleted articles, but I'm hoping you might find time to help. I was hoping to get this list of articles added to another wiki so they can be worked on there. There is an automated tool here that will copy any article (that's in article space) over to that wiki and the tool automatically includes a list of previous contributors for attribution purposes. You've helped that Wiki before, so I'm hoping you'll help again. I'd like to think the process would be as easy as undeleting, using the tool and redeleting, but as an IP I don't have experience with undeletion. Also. some of these articles may have confused article histories being created, deleted, recreated, moved, redirected and so forth, so it might be more invloved. Perhaps you could do a few articles at a time over a period of weeks, but I know you busy so if you can't help I'll understand. Thanks very much for any help you can provide and thanks for being part of our project here. Kind regards. 64.40.54.97 ( talk) 10:49, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
"wow, that's a lot."Yes, I apologize for asking for so many. With your permission, I will go through the transwiki list you set up and comment on the ones that have been userfied so that they can be skipped. Thanks again for all your help. 64.40.54.97 ( talk) 14:05, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi again MRG. I've been updating the transwiki list, I hope you don't mind. This is far more time consuming than I initially thought, so I'd like to pause this request for a while to see if I can trim this thing down to a much more reasonable size. I'll be back with something more reasonable. Thanks again for the help. 64.40.54.97 ( talk) 15:54, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
(outdent)Thanks very much, Sphilbrick. I really appreciate the help. Thanks also to Moonriddengirl, Dcoetzee and WereSpielChequers. I certain appreciate everbodies generous help with this task and I must thank each of you for your gracious efforts. Kind regards. 64.40.54.160 ( talk) 21:18, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
The Shining Star Award | ||
There are certain people that make our community shine. These are kind and gracious souls that not only improve our encyclopedia, but they also help others with their generous support. Although their number is small, they shine so brightly that they make the whole project glow. Moonriddengirl, you are certainly one of those shining stars and I am very grateful for the support you have given me. Thank you so very much for your help. 64.40.54.160 ( talk) 21:57, 16 June 2012 (UTC) |
Just thought you'd like to know banned User:Billy Hathorn is still editing. He has been editing James D. Martin here by adding an obscure 1993 local article by Billy Hathorn called "A Dozen Years in the Political Wilderness." Then he moved to J. Lister Hill here with that same IP adding another by Billy Hathorn article called "James Douglas Martin and the Alabama Republican Resurgence." And then that IP added another Billy Hathorn article called "The Frustration of Opportunity: Georgia Republicans and the Election of 1966" to Peter Zack Geer. This IP (72.191.52.222) is also making similiar edits today. Easy to track just search "Billy Hathorn" to see the more 100 wiki articles he added his name to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VLARKer7 ( talk • contribs) 04:04, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
We hope ( talk) 13:54, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG. Please could you check Supriya Sule from the 21st May page once more? You appear to have just removed the copyvio notice but not the violating material itself, and the BLP problem may have survived because of that. (There's stil a /div at the end of the problem part too.) Best, Simon. -- Stfg ( talk) 19:54, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl's talk page stalkers! There's a noticeboard discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive237#Copyright Infringement in direct quoting and a final warning to the editor who started it at User talk:Kazemita1#Plagiarism and copyright violation. It seems a good idea to nip this behaviour in the bud, lest we get to have another contributor copyright investigation months or years from now where we have to go over every article where this person has copied entire paragraphs of non-free-content writing. That person is in response asking to have the concept of writing in xyr own words explained to to xem, again. You are welcome to try, if you think that you can explain it more thoroughly. Uncle G ( talk) 05:36, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm trying to research Nathan Hale (Resistance) and James Heller (Prototype), both listed at Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2012_May_23.
Both were copied from a Wikia site, but that site claims CC-BY-SA, except when otherwise indicated. However, both fail to properly attribute the content. I thought it might be easier to AfD, not being a gamer, but a quick glance indicates there are a lot of references, if not exactly the NYT.
I know that when material is copied from another site with an allowable license, we often use Category:Attribution templates. However, I'm not sure if those are only used when the source has been vetted, to make sure it complies with copyright law, or if we AGF, until evidence proves otherwise.
I also see an INUNIVERSE problem, as contrasted to Resistance: Fall of Man, but have no experience with this issue. I see our MOS says not to do it, but I don't know whether doing it triggers an AfD reason, or a cleanup template.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 14:02, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Relevant ticket: 2012061810006954 Article: Mamod
At issue are approximately 35 photos of steam models (plus the logo, which may have different issues)
If this was the US, I think we would conclude that if there was no copyright symbol on pre-1976 models, the item itself would be pd, and the photo would be the copyright of the photographer. (same for 76–89 if not filing made). But it isn't the US it is UK. According to this copyright extends to 70 years after death of creator. While the emphasis is on literary creations, I think model designs would be included?
While there may be some question about whether models are covered as works, I assume there is no question abut the logo and it is squarely covered.
However, when I read Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights, it sounds like I can apply US standards, leaving the onus on a reuser in the UK to know that they cannot reproduce this page.
(The more I learn about copyright, the more I realize how much there is to know.)-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 13:25, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Just in case your head hasn't exploded after reading that, note that you've now got to determine whether Spokessmann ( talk · contribs) is a EEA national (CDPA 1988 §12(6)) and which Plymouth is "Plymouth".
Uncle G ( talk) 16:56, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I assume the photographer is an EEA national. I assume the Plymouth in question is the one in the UK.
§52 looks intriguing, although I suspect it is intended to refer to physical reproductions, not photographs, although it would be odd if you could make a physical copy after 25 years, but couldn't use a photo for far longer.
Thanks for the relevant links -- SPhilbrick (Talk) 18:05, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
If you have remaining questions after slogging through the reading, here's what I'd recommend (because it's what I'd do): head over to WP:MCQ or to Commons:Commons:Village pump/Copyright, link up the images, explain the complication, and ask them. If none of the images of the completed models are retainable, we may be able to keep one or two under WP:NFC? Again, that's not my comfort zone. But it's what I'd look into. And I'm sure it goes without saying, that I'd do my best to make the poor uploader feel better, since he has obviously worked very hard on this article and will be understandably disappointed if we can't retain some of these images. :/
Uncle G, if my recommendations sounds off base to you, please let me know. I'm comfortable with most text issues, but when images enter can start to feel a bit shaky. :) If it were text, my answer would be " WP:C says we can't take chances and if there is any doubt we need to rewrite. So I'll help rewrite, and all will be well." It's not that easy with non-text media. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:08, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
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help)Sorry to bother you, but I came across some close paraphrasing which may -- or may not -- be a violation.
Quelitu (computer operating system) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) was created by Green2424 ( talk · contribs) in his or her user space by copying Bodhi Linux, swapping out the proper nouns and screenshots, and adding a "Latest Version" section", then moving the final product into Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Quelitu (computer operating system). Is this sufficiently different to be acceptable, or does it violate attribution requirements?
Also, I can't help but be suspicious, because:
Something about this seems off, but I don't know enough about either the primary or secondary concerns to judge properly. What do you think? -- Calton | Talk 07:44, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello there. Sorry to bother but can you please help me here? I am patrolling new pages at the moment and have come across this new article, and I'm not sure whether to tag it for CSD G12 or not. I know what source the text appears to be copied from, but as it's a list, and that the WP:Copyright in lists guide varies in what content you can keep and what you can't, I am confused and not sure what to do. Minima © ( talk) 13:48, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your help on the ANI board. I put up a request to block and I.P. address because of consistent vandalism and you described so eloquently why this I.P should not be blocked. I am happy that such contentious admins like you are still on Wikipedia. Good day! keystoneridin! ( talk) 18:48, 21 June 2012 (UTC) |
Hi. Sorry to drop this on you personally, but I have no time to spare right now and I don't know the appropriate venue. I came across an unblock request at User talk:Druidhills, and took a closer look. They've made a lot of edits, and the first couple I looked at were clear copyvios - but would take a bit of time to unravel. (For example, this contains text that can be found at a number of bloggy places, like here dated 2008). Their article additions are all in very good English, but their talk page English is very poor, so I think there's a strong chance that everything they have added is a copyvio. Not sure what needs to be done. -- Boing! said Zebedee ( talk) 18:26, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
American Association of Adapted Sports Programs is an interesting knot to unravel, incidentally. Some of the content was contributed by Tommie Storms ( talk · contribs), who is almost certainly the Tommie Storms who is COO of the organization and named in the article. But, conversely, there's an OTRS ticket commons:ticket:2011040710018315 that edit summaries imply is a copyright violation complaint by the organization. Moonriddengirl, can you see Commons OTRS tickets?
Hi Moon (and Moon's talk page lurkers!) I know you are probably up to your eyeballs in copyvios but nevertheless, if you (lurkers included) could help me with the copyvio issues at User talk:Judgesurreal777, I'd be much obliged. There are 80 articles shown through Soxred's tools but a few are from page moves so I'd guess there are 75 in all. The whole story is there, but I've scrubbed four articles so far, and checked another ten which appear okay (though with this its hard to be sure; webpages die and the Wayback Machine is spotty. One thing to note, it appears that for most of them, the infringed source was either listed as a reference or an external link. I have done nothing to check whether there were copyvios added to articles that were not created by the user.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 04:18, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
I appreciate the help you and the other admin are providing in cleaning up some articles I have contributed to since 2006. I would very much like to help, and I am curious if you have a tool that you use to scan for such problems. You see, copy editing has not been my strength, so I often had to eyeball the text to see if it was totally in my own words or not. But you and the other admin seem to be scanning at a rate much faster than that! Please let me know, as I am eager to fix any issues and avoid any in the future, I love Wikipedia! Thanks, Judgesurreal777 ( talk) 15:48, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
Are there any rules regarding the amount of a article that can contain quotes? I am reviewing Mermaid (Roy Lichtenstein) for GA. There a lot of quotes in the article, plus many extensive quotes in the citations. A similar situation is Drowning Girl.
Eleven of these short articles on Lichtenstein's work using extensive quotes from the same sources passed GA today.
At what point does quoting become questionable or actual copyvio? For example, in Look Mickey, there are several lengthy quotes in the references cited Bader, Graham. "Donald's Numbness". In Girl with Ball there are long quotes from Waldman, Diane (1993). "Comic Strips and Advertising Images" and other sources. Another is Brushstrokes series.
At what point does using extensive quotes from the same sources, even in one article, nevermind many, actually appropriating the work of another? Regards, MathewTownsend ( talk) 21:01, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm interested in Moonriddengirl's opinion of the amount of quotation in Look Mickey#Notes. In some cases there appears to be more quoted material in the citation than there is prose that it is supporting.
Uncle G ( talk) 22:43, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
I failed in my goal to come out of the discussion with a clear guideline. Someday, we'll have to try again to get a clear guideline, but there may be some useful information in the discussion.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 14:26, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
This is just one of the quote examples (from "Notes"):
"his reputation lies completely within the fine arts. He has shown no interest in reaching a wider audience, even on appropriate occasions. For instance, his Mermaid (1979), an outdoor sculpture installed in Miami Beach as part of the Art in Public Places program, is not notable for addressing a wider audience than usual. The Mermaid with a hank of blonde hair, bouncing on three waves under the stylized metal rays of the sun, is geographically apt, but it has more to do with Lichtenstein's paintings of the preceding two years than with the community. This is not said as a complaint, but as a corrective to the idea that an artist who quotes the mass media can only have mass audiences in mind."
Am I off base in being concerned about this? Thanks! MathewTownsend ( talk) 17:12, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
I know this is rather sudden and out of the blue (it kinda is for me too), but per this section, Michaeldsuarez would like to nominate me for adminship. I was wondering if you would be okay with being a co-nominator? You're always the first person I think of when I have a question or a request. :P (Sorry about that!) I hope you aren't too busy. I can find someone else if you are. Silver seren C 00:50, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Karin Magnussen (born February 9, 1908 in Bremen, † February 19, 1997 ibid) was a German biologist and teacher, who propagated the Nazi racial theories. At the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute examined her eyes of murdered prisoners from the Auschwitz concentration camp who were sent to her from the concentration camp doctor Josef Mengele.
Dear Madam, I am writing to ask if you could make a post on this important nazi scientist, Karin Magnussen. I had to go to Deutsche wikipedia and google translate the bio in order to obtain the information on this little-known, unprosecuted nazi. Obviously this is of historical importance to wikipedia readers. I don't know what your policies are regarding deutsche wikipedia, but there must be some way to include something of this scientist's bio.
Sincerely,
Paolosilv 74.239.209.92 ( talk) 07:37, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Could you perhaps take a quick look at File_talk:The_Genealogy_of_Bharata.png. You may wish to comment. - Sitush ( talk) 19:34, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
— TransporterMan ( TALK) 14:53, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
You wrote at WP:ANI#Deleted article: KHOKHAR RAJPUTS A BRIEF INFO that the deleted content was previously published at Facebook and implied at User talk:X-Zaynab-x#Avoiding copyright problems that the user committed copyvio. While I think you're right in that the page creator copied the text from there and did not think about (or did not care about) copyright issues, the Facebook content is actually an unacknowledged copy of our Khokhar article, specifically this revision of November 1, 2011. Thus, Mike 7's speedy-deletion rationale was on the dot, and the page creator's protestation that "only the name was matching but the information was differnet" implies incompetence or dishonesty. -- Lambiam 17:28, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Allenroyboy/Archive and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Trabucogold/Archive. These two are IMHO pretty obviously the same editor, and I am finding copyvio from the puppetmasters and socks in various articles. Quite a bit is copied from one Terry Mortenson, not at all a reliable source. [30] is an example of a source that has been used in several articles, or rather copied to several articles. Each article I've seen so far has had more than one sock edit it. Dougweller ( talk) 17:49, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl. By all accounts, you seem to be the resident copyright expert, so I was wondering if you could give me your opinion of Herb Cohen (Negotiator) versus [32]. It looks like a close paraphrase to me, but I'm not all that confident of my ability to detect such things, so I was hoping you could give me your ideas on it (and any pointers, too!) Thanks. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 13:28, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
He lectured at many educational institutions and corporations, which include - The Harvard Negotiating Project, Yale Law School, The Kellogg School, Wharton, University of Wisconsin, University of California-San Diego, McGill University, UBC and the Columbia University and Chicago University Schools of Business[1]. During the cold war, he served with the U.S. Army, 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment on the East-West Border in Germany
Since then, Mr. Cohen has lectured at many educational institutions and enterprises including: The Harvard Negotiating Project, Yale Law School, The Kellogg School, Wharton, the University of Wisconsin, the University of California-San Diego, McGill University, UBC and the Columbia University and Chicago University Schools of Business. During the Cold War, Herb Cohen served with the U.S. Army, 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment on the East-West Border in Germany.
Hi, Moonriddengirl . I just read the potential copyright violation with respect to the contents in David J. Schwartz (Author). Kindly help me with some suggestions for the page in question, and other two pages (see below) I m contributing to avoid potential copy vio.
Please suggest me a solution for page - David J. Schwartz (Author). I would highly appreciate if an edited version is kept, instead of deleting the whole page. So it could serve as a reference for future edits. Jean Julius Vernal 14:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
As you can see in the revision page for The Magic of Thinking Big - I removed few mins back some potential copy vio quotes and passages
Kindly share some insights on the usage of passages or quotes from revision 499569759 ? ( Any possibility to keep some bare minimum lines or passages?) Pls see revision comparison in ques Jean Julius Vernal 14:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Any suggestions? Jean Julius Vernal 14:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanking you in advance. Jean Julius Vernal 11:47, 28 June 2012 (UTC)