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Is this an acceptable licence for use here? I've not met it before. There's a bit of an interchange about it based at User talk:Shravanshetty502 (involving socks, probable spam, AfD and a dubious image). Any chance of a quick look in? Peridon ( talk) 20:29, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I talked an editor into looking into WP:CP, and the first one they looked at, appeared trivial, but turns out to be a bit complicated.
The article is Arrowhead Refinery Company, which is a straight copy-paste. However, the source is an EPA site, which presumably is pd. That eliminates the easy G12, but I'm still working out what needs to be done.
Even pd material needs appropriate sourcing. I also thought we had some standard templates: I find Category:USGov copyright templates, but these seem to be for images.
Even if sourced, I think the article still is problematic, although it may no longer be a copyright issue. I don;t know if a Super fund site is inherently Notable, so we may have to consider Notability. Even if notable, it isn't good form, ever, to use a single source for an article, even when the source is the Federal Government. A well-written article would include discussions about the site in other references. However, I'm not sure to what extent these are suggestions suitable for a talk page comment, or requirement, that must be met to keep the article.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 21:32, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
Supposedly, the copyright of this page is so restrictive that you cannot reference it without consent. Am I correct that there is no way they can do that? At a minimum, referencing information would fall under fair use, right? Ryan Vesey 03:31, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure what to do about this. Please, take a closer look. Wikipedia:Copyright violations do not specifically address this sort of copy-paste situation. Altenberg Publishing was a major historical publishing house in Poland from 1880 until 1934. It would have been great to have it here. However, our new article is only a mechanical copy-paste job from machine translation by Google translate. Word for word from Polish Wikipedia, machine mistakes and all. I'm afraid, the copyright belongs to Google translate in this instance. What do you think? Poeticbent talk 04:20, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Poeticbent ( talk • contribs)
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Orlady ( talk) 08:02, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Could I get you to look at a somewhat unusual copyright case, linked above. Shortly after it was created, it was G12 tagged without a URL or other reference to the copyrighted material. The tagger subsequently said that s/he did so purely on the basis that the article looked like a cut and paste. I declined the speedy but copyvio tagged and listed the entire article on the basis that in disputing the G12 the page creator appeared to have admitted that a considerable part of it was taken from sources s/he had previously published. On understanding what was going on (the creator is a newcomer), the creator backed off on the admission somewhat and modified the parts s/he said had in fact been taken from the published sources. Since neither I, nor the CSD-tagger, nor anyone else has actually ever seen those published sources, I am inclined to AGF on the creator's assertions and remove the copyvio tagging, but I'd like your input as to what the right thing is to do. Best regards, TransporterMan ( TALK) 16:09, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Dear Moonridden Girl: Thank you for taking the time to consider this issue. We would very much like to get it taken care of in a timely manner. I am sure you can read all the history of the talk, but I would like to reiterate that I have never acknowledged that parts of what we wrote is or was a copyright violation. I did immediately acknowledge that I cut and pasted three sentences from an NSF grant proposal(that I wrote and for which I had never transfered the copyright). Upon further investigation after seeing the copyright violation tag, I determined that all but one of those sentences were removed and totally rewritten before submission. After the copyright violation tag, I also found two phrases that were worded very similarly to phrases in one of the papers we wrote for which I did transfer the copyright to the publisher. It is my understanding that two phrases does not represent a copyright violation. However, we have now revised so that all of the material is now entirely new, as far as we know. We are published authors who take copyrights and accusation of copyrights violation very seriously. Please let me know what further I can do to clear up this issue as soon as possible. Sincerely, ````ah1689 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ah1689 ( talk • contribs) 16:56, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl: Thank you addressing this. What started as a project for fun became a bizarre and intensely frustrating process. Since there never was copyright violation or even any evidence for copyright violation, can we get this talk page and the history page cleared of accusations of copyright violations? It is very troubling to me that a casual visitor may notice the prominent tags without taking the time to read the full story. If so, it would allow me to sleep better. Thank you again, 64.89.144.100 ( talk) 15:21, 8 August 2012 (UTC)ah1689
Dear Moonridden Girl: As you may remember, a page my co-author and I created, indium mediated allylation, was incorrectly marked as a possible copyright violation and it was marked that the creator acknowledged copyright violation. Both Gilderien and TransporterMan have acknowledged that the tags were placed there incorrectly. Since there never was copyright violation or even any evidence for copyright violation, can we get the talk page and the history page cleared of accusations of copyright violations? As a scientist and an academic, my reputation is very important and very sensitive to allegations of copyright infringement, so it is very troubling that a casual visitor may notice the prominent tags without taking the time to read the full story. Thank you,
Ah1689 (
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Thank you so much! We really appreciate it. Ah1689 ( talk) 20:13, 11 August 2012 (UTC)ah1689
Sorry to bother you again under your other hat - this is an absolutely zero-priority question, so ignore it if you are busy. See Talk:Phi Sigma Nu#Copyvio revdeletion. Am I right that, where the copyright holder is unlikely to object (in this case, a college fraternity copying from its own website into its article) we don't bother to rev-delete the history unless asked? Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 10:22, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
I know you don't specialize in images, but I don't do enough over at Commons yet to know anyone over there. I've reached the limits of my knowledge on a particular issue (see my discussion here and the actual photo in question here. If you (or someone else watching this page) can even point me to someone who might be able to help, I would appreciate it. Thank you. Don Lammers ( talk) 11:32, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
I recently nominated
Nawabs of Bengal & Murshidabad for GA but the review has still not started. We still have time. I would like you to edit the article and drive it to the path of GA. Please help me, it will be so kind of you. it will also add one number to the total number of GA article Wikipedia has. Please help me! If replying please leave me a talk-back template. I have also asked some other editors for the same. Thank you
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At least this time I don't want a no. :D
Meanwhile the Nizamat at Murshidabad became involved in heavy debts and several claims were made against the Nizamat and attachments were issued against his property. The Government of India thereupon moved into an action by a desire of freezing the Nawab and his property from suits and attachments and of discharging portions of the claims.... The title of Nawab of Bengal was abolished in 1880.
In his absence the Nizamat at Murshidabad became involved in debts and people started making several claims against him and as a result, attachments were issued against his property. The Government of India there upon moved into an action of freezing the Nawab and his property from suits and attachments. The government also moved upon of discharging portions of the claims. The title of "Nawab of Bengal" was abolished in 1880.
The Nawabs of Murshidabad represent the former ruling house of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. They had long ceased exercising any effective authority after Lord Clive secured the Dewani of these provinces for the East India Company from Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II in 1765.... they had little or no say in their collection or expenditure and ceased to control any significant administrative, legal or military forces.
Nawabs of Murshidabad were the representatives of the former Nawabs of Bengal. After Lord Clive secured the Diwani of Bengal from Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II in 1765 for the East India Company they did not have any effective authority. So they lavishly enjoyed their title, privileges alongside with the honours they received. They had little or no say in the expenditure from the share of the revenues collected from Bengal and ceased to control any significant administrative, legal or military forces.
A tag has been placed on Jennifer Psaki, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do.
If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Angelus Delapsus Talk 17:17, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
John D. Caputo Bibliography
John D. Caputo Bibliography • ( talk | logs | links | watch ) • [revisions]
Recently “John D. Caputo Bibliography” was deleted on the grounds of the overlap with a separate entry “John D. Caputo,” in which part of the same bibliography is contained. Unfortunately, a carefully constructed and accurate bibliography, containing over 150 articles and book chapters published since 1970 was deleted and no longer appears in Wikipedia. This section of the “Bibliography” was only available in the "Bibliography” and not in the separate entry. This is an unfortunate loss. I can certainly understand wanting to merge the two entries. I would have preferred it myself. In the grounds for the deletion, mention was made of possible copyright violations. That I cannot understand. This was a simple bibliography. The compiler simply put publicly available information in one place for the convenience of the readers of Wikipedia. Accordingly, I appeal to the editors to copy the “articles and book chapters” section of the deleted “John D. Caputo Bibliography” and include this section in the main article “John D. Caputo.” I agree that there is no need for a separate "Bibliography" entry. -Jdcaputo (talk) 23:35, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
I got this response from WP:Refund. I suggest you talk to user talk:Mark Arsten about John D. Caputo bibliography copyright concerns. Has this bibliography been published elsewhere before? If so if you mark that with CC-BY-SA-3.0 it will enable Wikipedia to make use of it. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 09:05, 14 August 2012 (UTC) Mark suggested I get in touch with you. Jdcaputo ( talk) 11:35, 14 August 2012 (UTC)John Caputo
I seem to remember that this happened once before, but I don't remember the cause.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 11:51, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl. An image I created has been listed at WP:PUF ( Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2012 August 11#File:Topological map of TFL rail systems.svg) for being a derivative of Transport for London's tube map. I made this map myself took the station locations from their nearly-300 Wikipedia pages and used Google maps and OpenStreetMap for line directions. After arranging them all (see File:London Underground and Rail geographically.svg) I created a schematic map of them with straight lines and 45- and 90-degree angles by manipulating and adjusting the lines and station locations.
I never used the official map as a source for mine, not even once. I used Template:LUL color and Tube map#Line colours to shade my lines (which have different hex values to TFL's Colour guidelines), my station positions and lines are geographically more correct compared to the TFL's map, both in direction and proximity to each other. I made stylistic decisions on how and where to display lines, in size, position relative to others, etc. The lines I drew, like the Circle line for instance (the yellow one), aren't even the same shape. I even included systems that the TFL don't, like the Tramlink in South London, London Overground's new line that will start operating in December 2012, and the Crossrail which isn't due to be opened until 2018. If I wanted to copy TFL's map I could have easily done that and not spend weeks on mine.
Surely, even with the copyright notice on TFL's official map, the TFL cannot claim copyright on all schematic diagrams of the train and tube stations in London, especially when TFL material is not referenced or even viewed while creating different map of the systems. There are only so many ways of presenting a schematic of the stations so of course they may end up looking similar, but I don't think the resemblance is significant, which is what was stated in the PUF nomination, or that it's an "obvious derivative". While reading the little I understand of derivative work, it seems to say that derivatives have to be based on a preexisting work, but I didn't do that.
Also, not to be pointy or anything, but if I can't create a map from original data, why is the Featured picture File:Madrid Metro Map.svg allowed to exist here? It's hard to find an old map of Madrid's system online because they all use Wikipedia's version, but this scan of the 2007 version as printed in Mark Ovenden's book from the same year clearly shows that it is a copy of Madrid Metro's old-style system map with recent route extensions tacked on ( the new official version doesn't have any 45-degree lines).
So I was wondering if you'd be able to help me out by explaining to me why they think it's a derivative, what makes it a derivative if it is, and also what I need to do to make it not a derivative and not a resemblance, when both maps are maps of the same stations and routes! I'm not touting my image as the Tube map, it is just a schematic of the same stations and lines. Someone said make it more geographically accurate.. it already is more geographically accurate than the offical map and to make it more geographically accurate than it already is would mean deviating from schematic practices of straight lines and few corners. I'd have lines looking like staircases all over the place and running off at various angles. I don't want to produce a map that is completely geographically accurate cos that's not what schematics are, and it would be impossible to fit station names into the map in the central part of it. They'd overlap with each other.
I'm not looking for you to go there and back me up, but from past encounters I know you'd be able to give me a better understanding and a clearer direction of what I would need to do, if in fact you do think it is a blatant copy, and why mine is bad and the Madrid one is acceptable.
Thanks, Matthewedwards ( talk · contribs) 17:44, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
If you haven't seen Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive239#Removal of topic ban then you probably should. Richard Arthur Norton is declaring the CCI cases finished. Uncle G ( talk) 10:08, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
After the Selena article was unprotected earlier today, an IP added a freely license picture of a promotional Selena poster ( File:Selena Poster.jpg). I highly doubt this picture was uploaded by the owner, can you look into this? Best, Jona talk to me 19:12, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Done
I think it's done (sans one file). I don't know how to close these, and I don't have the confidence to either, so I figured I'd run it by you. Cheers,
Sven Manguard
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05:41, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG - I did some final cleanup on this (although other users did most of the heavy lifting), and except for one where I had a question (see the one marked with the question mark, heh!), I think this is good to go. If you wouldn't mind doing the final paperwork...(which I really should learn to do myself, but I always like to have someone with more CCI experience than me do a final check!) Dana boomer ( talk) 14:16, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG (and stalkers!). I'm unsure what to do with Shah Qabool Aulia. It has obviously paraphrased several of the subpages of this website, which also appears to be its only source. Its history shows that it was once tagged as copypaste, but the tag was removed a month later with an edit summary saying "I think the text has been reworded to avoid infringement". I'm not convinved. Duplication detector only shows very short phrases still intact, but to me it looks like plagiarism. I thought of tagging with {{ Close paraphrase}}, but am not sure whether it's actually close enough for that.
I don't want to hit people with unjustified badges of shame, so I haven't tagged the article in any way, just placed {{ GOCEreviewed}} and explained my concerns on the talk page. Please could you have a look and tell me what I should have done / should do? Best regards, Simon. -- Stfg ( talk) 19:43, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi. SilverserenC recommended that I contact you about this issue. I'm a paid editor, and I've been hired by Cade McNown to make some changes to his page. While he has yet to be specific about the textual changes, he has indicated that he would prefer the picture to be something more relevant to his career than the current one (a picture of him from a team he never really played for). His best choice is this one:
I've read about the copyright issues on Wikipedia, and I *think* this would probably be okay under fair use, but I'm not sure.
I'd appreciate any guidance you could provide.
Thanks! Alex. Alexwillis ( talk) 02:18, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Yep, I'm definitely up-to-date on COI guidelines, but it never hurts to be reminded! Thanks for the info on copyright image. That helps a lot. I'll talk to Cade and see what he can come up with. I really appreciate your help! Alexwillis ( talk) 22:43, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
In addition to the LOC information re: UPI photos, I just ran into the following with an AP photo:
If someone searched for copyright info under AP, likely nothing would turn up as the holder is Columbia. Will share these at Commons also if you think they're important-these are permanent links at tinypic. We hope ( talk) 20:21, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl!! You know what?? Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad, which was significantly expanded by me (if to admit then I am the user with the maximum no, of edits to that article) was declared a GA!! I am overwhelmed with joy...hurrah!! Tamravidhir( ২০১২) 12:19, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
I wonder if you could weigh in on this. El emigrante (short story) went up on DYK early today. An IP user cut the text of the 4-word story from the article on the basis that it was a copyright violation. I restored it, and put an explanation on Talk:El emigrante (short story). Now another user has removed the text. It is a slightly odd case, a bit like quoting a Haiku from a collection of Haikus. Thanks, Aymatth2 ( talk) 17:10, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Sorry to ask this of you but as you know the history you seem the best person to ask. We're still having massive problems on this page and as a result I've just fully protected it for a week in an attempt to get updated, non-copyvio tables sorted on the talk page rather then the piece meal process on the article page which is so often resulting in copyvios. Any way I'm not going to have internet access for two and a bit weeks from tomorrow evening so would you mind keeping an eye on it? Dpmuk ( talk) 14:05, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Sorry it took me so long to get here but I wanted to tell you it was nice to meet you at Wikimania. Sorry we only got to chat for a few minutes. Happy editing. Kumioko ( talk) 00:13, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
If you have a moment, could you look at this article, or pass it on to someone who can do it? It seems to me that it replicates a great deal of data from Democracy Index 2011], which is marked as being copyrighted 2011 by the Economist Intelligence Unit Limited. The entire contents of Table 2, listing every country -- 167 of them -- evaluated for the quality of its democracy (or lack therefore), plus Rankings and Index Scores, is included, which I believe steps over the line into copyright violation territory. I was bending over backwards to get a small amount of this material into the Democracy article (the first 25 countries - "full democracies" - and their rankings, and the next 53 countries - "flawed democracies" - just their names in alphabetical order without rankings), so I was appalled to see the amount of stuff that was used in Democracy Index. Of course, this is tricky stuff, so I'd prefer someone of your knowledge to take a look, if you can. Thanks, Beyond My Ken ( talk) 04:00, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
See [2] and Talk:Nubia#User:Dougweller and his Eurocentric POV. I think the first sentence is clearly far too closely paraphrased from the source. I'd like a 2nd opinion before I get into further confrontation with an editor who doesn't seem to have edited this page before but is upset with me and two other editors who have been finding material in articles he created that doesn't seem to be in the source.
The 2nd is sourced to an image and I don't particularly care too much about it other than it oversimplifies the way Egyptian depicts Nubians. Dougweller ( talk) 15:41, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey MRG, long time no speak.
I stumbled upon this analysis on how the US court of appeals for the 9th circuit determined whether a fair use defense would stand in Monge v. Maya Magazines, Inc. I found it both brief and to the point, and thought I'd share.
Cheers, MLauba ( Talk) 08:31, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
How would a person provide attribution to Wikipedia if they wanted to take a non-notable article here and create a page on Wikia? If the article history is deleted here, there is no way to point to it there. Ryan Vesey 22:17, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Can you check the contribs of Mntwest and see if a contributor copyright investigation is necessary? Two of their articles were blatant copyvios. The rest appear to be copyvios (they are completely unsourced and written like copyvio material) but I cannot find any online sources. I'm worried that some of these may be copied from offline sources. Consider Ticaboo Resort. I can't find the exact wording anywhere, but my copyvio detector is going off. FAMA Method is even worse. Ryan Vesey 03:16, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure my explanation is rambling because it's rather late for me, but could you and/or one of your Friendly Neighborhood Talk Page Stalkers review my response at User talk:VernoWhitney#Copyright violation in Andranik Ozanian checking it for sanity and coherency (and accuracy, I suppose)? VernoWhitney ( talk) 05:50, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm trying to check out an item from 15 June, Williams Bros Brewing Co. The talk page says: "much of the text, though truncated, is a lift from the brewery website at http://www.williamsbrosbrew.com"
While I see some overlap, it is hardly surprising to see some commonality between an article on a subject and the official history, but I wouldn't call it a "lift". I'll be interested in your take. I want to take a reasonably hard line on paraphrasing (and the words of SandyGeorgia still echo in my head), but this isn't jumping out at me as egregious.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 13:55, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
You have blanked the pages of Culver Historic District and Lincolnshire Historic District for alleged copyright violations. The content in question is from publications written and owned by the Evansville Department of Metropolitan Development, and is used with full permission of this department. Therefore, as I understand Wikipedia's policies, it can be used. If additional steps need to be taken please let me know. The same can be said of changes you've made to FJ Reitz High School. Content on the history of that school is provided curtesy of the school corporation which owns it. If additional steps need to be taken please let me know.-- YHoshua ( talk) 01:51, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
He was, by appointment of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, a member of the Commissioner's Advisory Committee, and he has received six Certificates of Recognition from the Internal Revenue Service for contributions to the education of Internal Revenue Service personnel. Further, due to his contributions to the enactment of ERISA, he attended, at the invitation of President Ford, the signing of ERISA in the Rose Garden at the White House.
He was, by appointment of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, a member of the Commissioner's Advisory Committee, and he has received six Certificates of Recognition from the Internal Revenue Service for contributions to the education of Internal Revenue Service personnel. Further, due to his contributions to the enactment of ERISA, he attended, at the invitation of President Ford, the signing of ERISA in the Rose Garden at the White House.
You may want to comment. We hope ( talk) 15:55, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG - A few of us have been working on Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Babasalichai, and I think it's ready for a final check and close at this point. Thanks! Dana boomer ( talk) 17:25, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the Habermas situation, I wasn't sure how to handle it since I didn't know about the comparing software. ·ʍaunus· snunɐw· 17:21, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
Why did you delte the information related to SR -71 Blackbird Test pilot Bob Gilliland? It was disrespectful as all of the information set forth was correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.80.251.245 ( talk) 05:40, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi there. It's my understanding that you're the resident expert on copyright issues. I've got a strange one, in that I can't tell if it's a problem or not, or how to proceed with my editing. Look here for a detailed explanation. The essence of it is that I thought text in the cellular automaton article was a copyright violation, but now it looks like the book may have plagiarized Wikipedia without attribution. I also posted at WT:CP, and it was logged at Copyright problems/2012 August 29. I was told to place {{ Backwardscopy}} on the talk page with the Google books URL. Is that all that is needed? Would I basically be able to leave the text unchanged and just find other sources? Seems like I can't use the book to source the article if the article was written first. — Torchiest talk edits 15:05, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
No problem. If I'm tagging {{ backwardscopy}} I want to be pretty sure of what I'm saying. I have no idea if the authors credited Wikipedia somewhere (since the book is visible only partly), but if there's the remote possibility that I am indirectly accusing somebody of plagiarism, I'm careful. :/ I hate eliminating such a scholarly source, but, yes, I would keep the text and source it elsewhere. The source does look to be circular. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:07, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi. This is with respect to the concerns raised at the FLC for 59th National Film Awards. One of the reviewers has suspected the citations used in the article to be possible copyvio as those are 100% copy-paste case. One of the suggestions came up was to use the quotation marks ("") and reference each of them. Now, these award citations are taken from the official catalogue released and is referenced in the article. Will wrapping them with quotation marks solve the problem as whole catalogue is referenced? This is done to avoid WP:OVERCITE for each and every citation taken from same reference. I would appreciate if you can provide some inputs on this. - Vivvt • ( Talk) 18:01, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
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One more gone, and more importantly, a lot of people helped out on it. Hopefully it means more join the world of fighting copyright issues. -- Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:27, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia! Logical Cowboy ( talk) 17:10, 1 September 2012 (UTC) |
Mesha Stele#Description and translation seems to be copyvio. It's a very recent translation and given that it is the entire translation, with 566 words, it seems pretty clearly copyvio. So far I haven't found a clearly PD one, so - how much do you think it should be trimmed, or? Dougweller ( talk) 08:45, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
The translation you have used is absolutely different from the source given. The main difference is clearly the omission of the House of David as cited by Schmidt and all modern scholars.This was and this is the main question of Mesha stelte. Reading this kind of translation, creates falls conclusions on this subject, therefore I believe than this (miss)translation can not stand. The translation of 1878, when ancient Hebrew and Moabite languages were almost unknown are similar like using a medical lexicon of 1878 to provide details of treatment for any illnesses.
With respect
Tritomex ( talk) 18:27, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Yes but the omission of the "House of David"(one of two historical reference to David) do not represent any translation which are today widely accepted (Schmidt 2006, Rainey, Anson F. (2001),Lipiński, Edward (2006) Lemaire, Andre (2007) All of this translation points in different direction. As you certainly know the main historic importance of Moaboite stone lies in this one sentence relating to Davidic dynasty, which are now removed by outdated translation. Off course I understand copyright issues, yet I am sure that more updated free translation from at least 20th century can be found Thanks and all the best Tritomex ( talk) 18:55, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
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An early translation of the stele was published by James King (1878), based on translations by M. Ganneau and Dr. Ginsberg.[6] Line numbers added to the published version have been removed. <translation> There is no authoritative full edition of the Moabite inscription.[5] However, modern translations differ in interpreting the line King portrayed as "And as to Horonaim, the men of Edom dwelt therein, on the descent from old." Brian Schmidt (2006) translated it as "Now [as for] Hawronen, the Ho[use of Da]vid dwelt in it and...."(cite) This is in line with scholars such as name, name, and name.(cite cite cite) |
Can I use this translation? I am not sure if it is copyrighted.
Thanks for your time! Tritomex ( talk) 19:08, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
I am from India and there are many politician in India who don't have a wikipedia page but i want to create their wiki page. When ever i upload a image we have to fill a form. Recently i was uploading a Images of my collage Tolani College of Commerce and the image was from the official site of Tolani Collage but then too the image was deleted. But i stay near by my collage so it is not an issue i can take a Image from my mobile. But suppose if i want to upload some images of the politician what should i do. No one will allow me to go and click their images bec they have high security and some of them have their official website but if i will put that image from the official site then too wikipedia will delete so what can i do in this case. As per me all the Politicians should have wikipedia page with their full Background what they have done for the country. In India Internet is growing very fast and i want provide good information for my people in India Regards Vizr. Vizr 09:00, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi. A Google search on "list of episodes site:en.wikipedia.org" gives 121,000 hits. Many are fine -- lots of real-world stuff and either no plot summary or a very cursory description of the plot theme (like List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes). But some have very little else than rather expansive retelling of the story, in the same style as List of Zatch Bell! episodes (season 3). Is that kind of thing OK, or is it a derivative work? If the latter, given that I'm not going to rewrite that (snore!), is it enough to tag it with {{ Plot}}, or should I take some stronger action? Thanks for any advice. -- Stfg ( talk) 22:38, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Hey Moon, I noticed that Paterson, New Jersey has material directly copied from the five year strategic plan. Is there any reason that material would be public domain? In either case, it should probably be attributed in some manner. I just came across this while reading and my copyvio detector went off, there might be more. Ryan Vesey 23:50, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Aha. :) Some of the things I was seeing didn't make sense to me. But that series of edits was actually the restoration of content that had previously been deleted in December 2006. The material was actually added by an IP in December 2005: [6]. It was a copyright issue, all right, but not of that source - it took from [7]; see [8]. It may still be derivative of that source, although it's certainly changed over the years.
Several days later, another IP added another big chunk of text. Lots of errors in there, but notably some of the information is carried over into the strategic plan - for instance, "Riverside a larger section of Paterson as its name states this section is bound by the Passaic River to the north and east. Separating the city from Hawthorne and Fairlawn." in the article; in the source it says "Riverside is a larger neighborhood in Paterson and, as its name states, this neighborhood is bound by the Passaic River to the north and east, separating the city from Hawthorne and Fair Lawn. Riverside is a working-class neighborhood." This IP's edit was gradually polished, but it looks very much like original text to me. I did not find any matches to the original, unmodified text on the web (I look for first significant text edit and check the original text).
I feel very confident that you are right, that the Strategic Plan copied from us. Content should be checked against that older source, though. :/
Looking at the newer content. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:17, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
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While the specific issue of a potential libel was easily and quickly resolved, questions have since arisen. I think, or at least thought, that Wikipedians should be cautious with using words such as "hate group" in Wikipedia's voice, and that Wikipedians were in agreement to avoid potential libels. Yet about half a dozen editors have posted opinions on my talk page and at WP:WQA regarding the word "libel", while one editor has indicated that ignoring a potential libel is blockable, all without providing references. Most of these opinions are oriented toward disempowerment. While I suspect that disempowerment is not a policy-based viewpoint, I am not readily familiar with the relevant policy. Can you provide some links, or written statements of your opinion? Thank you, Unscintillating ( talk) 01:26, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Greetings most awesome one,
Oh! No, they aren't. Press releases are widely intended for reproduction, but not necessarily commercial reproduction or modification. :) See just below the table at WP:COMPLIC in our copyright FAQ. (And I did wonder why you were asking that. I figured surely you had encountered it before. :D) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:41, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
We have both a complete translation and a transcription at Tel Dan Stele#Text. Short, but complete. Does the length make it ok? I should know this but I haven't run into this problem before these 2 articles. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 13:42, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
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Another for your collection - I really appreciate your assistance and work on the Penguin Guide to Jazz copyvio issue and Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/List of notable albums DISEman ( talk) 08:31, 6 September 2012 (UTC) |
I know your alter-ego said that the legal team likely can't review licensing tags, so I thought I'd pick the volunteer-side of your brain as to whether this template needs revising. I know image licensing isn't really your thing, but you're at least familiar with the case law. It seems to me that this template needs some serious adjusting, since from the intern's brief it sounds like it becomes one of the messier required copyright analyses I've seen...or else it just becomes a completely unusable tag and each of the hundreds of concerned files needs to be reviewed and retagged as appropriate. Do you have any more input here?
And on a fairly unrelated topic, I was wondering if you (and any talk-page stalkers!) had any input about a proposed tweak in how the day-to-day copyvios are listed at
Wikipedia talk:Copyright problems#Template:Article-cv.
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You might want to correct the "publishing" date of his "book" from the wrong 2006 to the correct 2008in your note at the Jimi Hendrix page.
Regarding the Jimi Hendrix page and the Greenwich Village page from which he also pillaged wholesale for his rubbish book. This self-published plagiarist was discovered several years ago and it was highlighted on the Hendrix talk page. I now notice those old entries regarding this have been deleted. What is going on? I am also left wondering why this con-man is allowed his own page on Wiki when he is nothing more than a two bit chancer? What can be done to get him and his page off Wiki? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jameselmo ( talk • contribs) 21:07, 5 September 2012
Hello Moonriddengirl, I have a little request. Are you able to recreate an article for me I once wrote but then requested to be deleted? The article in question is List of Fussball-Bundesliga clubs eliminated from the DFB-Pokal by amateur sides. Could you copy it to User:Calistemon/Sandbox or move it into my userspace, if possible, for me to rework the article? That would be nice! It had some prose issues back then but I would like to address them now. Thanks, Calistemon ( talk) 03:55, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG, is Ebay useable as a source of images? Many postcards are listed on Ebay which are now clearly out of copyright. I've uploaded images from many postcards which I own to Commons, but was wondering whether or not Ebay could be used as a source. The problem is that listings dissapear after a time, and thus any attribution via a link to the listing will become useless in time. Is this something that can be overcome? If this discussion merits a wider audience (e.g. experts over at Commons), please feel free to copy this post and let me know where the discussion is. Mjroots ( talk) 07:41, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
I do the same thing with postcards. This category has a lot of postcards in it I uploaded, and what you see here are all Commons-uploaded postcards. This is where a lot of our television and older railroad images come from.
Hi. I'm having difficulty with Kadambas of Goa. Its port of Goapakapattna section contains close paraphrasing of Goa Through the Ages: An economic history, Volume 2, By Teotónio R. de Souza (starting from page 12), but I could probably deal with that in a copy edit. The main difficulty is its relationship with this page, which is not known to the Wayback Machine, so I cannot tell which is a copy of which. Here is a DupDet report comparing that with the first real version of our article. What do you reckon? -- Stfg ( talk) 13:36, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
A relief to have an explanation of this - I think Mr. Scholes was either guilty of plagarism himself (which I don't believe for a moment) or he actually wrote the article on the Bach family for E.B. 1911!!! He was already 34 at the time so by no means impossible, and from internal evidence I should say pretty certain. All the same I fear we need a modern article - outside the elegant but rather blinkered Scholes framework - entertaining a writer as he no doubt was. -- Soundofmusicals ( talk) 22:18, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, user Orlady has attempted to chastise me for removing Gyan references from articles here. I have referred her to a previous discussion on the subject, also on my talk page here supporting my actions. Unfortunately, she is re-adding the Gyan references to the articles. Would you weigh in? I think I am acting correctly, but if I am not, please tell me. Thank you. JanetteDoe ( talk) 16:55, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, I have and issue with the Christina Aguilera Discography page, an editor keeps deleting reliable sources of her worldwide sales. And he is not willing to discuss it. I ask your asistance please. -- XtinoFrost ( talk) 05:57, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:02, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG! Re this CCI, several of the articles have ended up at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 June 22. An examination of the first one, Vladimir III Igorevich, shows pervasive and foundational copyvio from The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146-1246. (Cambridge University Press, 2003) Given my past experience with the editor's other copyvios, I'm sure all his other articles using this source (and currently blanked) are the same. I'm inclined to simply rewrite all of them as brief referenced stubs on a temp page and leave it at that. Anything else is a complete time-sink. It's not like these are key topics and neither the editor nor the associated WikiProjects have lifted a finger since they were listed almost 3 months ago. What do you think? Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 17:53, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl, There is a case that you may want to look into further as you were the one that blocked the actual master account and you may know more about it. Please see
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pinut. Cheers,
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Hey MRG, need your help on something. Was planning on writing up Gene Bearden for my long-term project when, lo and behold, the text sounded suspicious to me. I plugged it in the duplication detector and found a copyvio, which became complete once I plugged in the very first revision from March 2004 (obit from associated press was copypasted, so no reverse copy). The question I have is, should I just delete it and start from scratch, or work with what I have and simply revdel the edits? I'm thinking the former just because of how engrained the text is; the only couple sentence I know are okay are the ones I just added. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:33, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
You haven't gotten rid of Drmies yet... ;-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:04, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG! A significant section of this article had been blanked for copyvio as it duplicated the list from here. (See Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 September 4). Following another query at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 September 12, I've looked into it. I read your reply to a query about it last August [14]). It seems to me that the original source was meant to be a complete list of publications and it is categorised only by obvious criteria, i.e. decade of publication. There is no commentary on the original list, just standard bibliographic information. On that basis, I removed the copyvio tag, added the source for the list, and put a note on the talk page. Voceditenore ( talk) 12:21, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
You may be hearing from the BGS or various people about Bedrock Geology UK North. I deleted it as a precaution, and tried to explain and referred them to you as a real expert (unlike me...). One of those simple cases involving someone saying permission has been given to someone, and involving fair use. You know the sort of thing... Peridon ( talk) 12:26, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi--we spoke before about an image for Cade McNown. He has located an image that he owns that he would like to use. Now, how do I go about getting it uploaded without running afoul of copyright issues. I've looked at the article about donating images, and I just want to make sure I'm clear. Since I'm working for his editor, can I upload it for him, or does it absolutely have to come from him? Even if he give me his proxy? I'd appreciate any help you can give me on this. Thanks! Alex. Alexwillis ( talk) 19:05, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
He does. He acquired the copyright from the UCLA Athletic Department, where he was playing at the time the picture was taken. Alexwillis ( talk) 03:43, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Okay, that's great. Not to seem stupid, but I just want to clarify, so I don't have to keep going back and forth. So if I take the text at Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries and modify it appropriately--send it to him with notes on what he needs to clarify (i.e., explanation of how he acquired the copyright), and then he sends it, with the image, to the email address specified, then we should be good on the copyright issues, right? (Barring any confirmation of identity, etc.). Will the email response team then make the image available in Wikipedia Commons? Or will I need to upload it separately? And if I need to do is separately, should I wait until after all this is cleared up? Thank you so much for all your help!! Alex. Alexwillis ( talk) 16:11, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I was wondering if you'd mind commenting at Talk:God_Forgives,_I_Don't#POV_changes? I'm having a dispute with an editor over his removal of review content that he perceives as negative. Basically a fan who doesnt want to communicate in good faith. Dan56 ( talk) 22:58, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
I know you don't know as much about images as text, but I'm curious as to your thoughts on this. Is every photograph taken by a sailor while at sea considered public domain or is the image only public domain if it is taken in that sailor's official capacity. Ryan Vesey 23:38, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Basically seems to be a copyvio archive. Ran into it when dealing with a pov editor, then found The Power of Nightmares which uses its copy of a BBC transcript as a major source. Used in maybe 13 articles and a number of talk pages [15]. Can we blacklist it do you think? Dougweller ( talk) 13:59, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Might I draw your attention to this exchange? Nostoc commune is the article in question. You are probably better at spotting plagiarism than I am... T. Canens ( talk) 19:50, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Checking a CCI for a dated article is so discouraging, because a search for a phrase brings up so many hits, most of which are forks or mirrors.
I'll ask the obvious—in fact, so obvious, I fear I've asked before and simply have forgotten the answer:
Wouldn't it be nice if we (on our own, or with help from Google) could create a customized search option which excludes all known mirrors and forks?
As a side benefit, it would be an easy way to identify new mirrors and forks not already in the list, but it would help identify whether a phrase exists in some source other than ones copied from us.
My guess is that you aren't involved in the technical side of things, so wouldn't be the right person to implement it, but if the subject has been kicked around, I assume you would have been notified, so I checking to see if you know of a discussion, which might persuade me it is harder than I think, and thus should be abandoned, or perhaps it is feasible, and just needs some support.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 14:19, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
this article has been copied word for word from the official website! I've CSD tagged it Moon -- Lerdthenerd wiki defender 16:59, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
Nice image, but doesn't seem to meet NFCC. Could you or one of the attending talk page stalkers have a look? J N 466 13:14, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello again! I have another questionable copyright issue. The article Resin bound paving is mostly a cut and paste of this article. I think it should be deleted and then redirected to Permeable_paving#Resin_bound_paving. Of course, the site may have copied it from here. :\ So I figured I would call a friend. Thanks!!-- intelati/ talk 21:13, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
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hello. Here again with a copyvio question. Not sure how to handle El Museo del Barrio which is lifted directly from their website. Specifically here. It's also far more promotional than an article should be . That said, don't know if G:11 or 12 apply to a long standing article. Do you have any guidance here? As it's not actually sourced I wouldn't mind wiping it and starting anew, but don't know if that's kosher in this situation. Thanks in advance for any guidance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Star Mississippi ( talk • contribs) 20 September 2012
Hi. If we suspect copyvio, run a Google search on a likely phrase, and a hit suggests it might be copy-pasted from an ISO standard that we can't afford to download, what's the best procedure to follow? Thanks. -- Stfg ( talk) 12:41, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
There are copyright issues regarding use of this image. I went to IRC and took some help. legoktm, stated that the material was copyrighted by govt. as it was used in 1997, however, we are not able to find any such policy by the govt of Pak. Your name was pointed out so would like to know your views regarding the issue. The main question is wheather the image should be included in the article or not? I'm planning for a FAC so the problem should be resolved and your help would be appreciated. Thanks! TheSpecialUser TSU 02:22, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
Well, after Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Examsguru was recreated 3 times, what was the point in "salting" it... for only 6 months? They just recreated Examsguru a 4th time when it expired, and they'll keep at it until the cows come home: Wikipedia is SEO gold, they say. "Salting" = permanent, not 6 months. 62.147.8.77 ( talk) 18:02, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Maggie,
I realize this is Copyright 101 for you, but I wanted to make sure that I had this right:
If I want to use an image from Commons that is GFDL only (uploaded pre-dual-licensing conversion), in a PowerPoint-type presentation at work (definitely commercial use, but not something being sold), is that okay? Do the GFDL images need to be handled differently than the dual-licensed images? Does it matter whether it's an internal presentation or "published" to customers or others? WhatamIdoing ( talk) 03:24, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Don't waste too much time trying to teach this new editor the ropes - he's actually been around for quite some time. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AlexLevyOne. JohnInDC ( talk) 14:33, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Could you opine on User talk:Tijfo098#Question? Thanks, Tijfo098 ( talk) 14:55, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
In Cherokee, a language which does not have a 'p' sound, the English "pussy" (meaning cat) became "wesa"; so the etymology is not all that far-fetched. -- Orange Mike | Talk 14:17, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
I have a feeling this was copied from somewhere, although maybe it was just written by a PR person. It contains writing like "APLS welcomes all those interested in exploring the intersection between politics and the life sciences; especially in the areas of: political behavior, public policy, and ethics. The APLS welcomes not only those who hope to further advance research and teaching in these vital new areas, but also those engaged in public policy." They read like some cut-and-paste from a mission statement from somewhere. It's not online though. Any ideas? It looks it was written by the webmaster of ALPS [16]. Tijfo098 ( talk) 17:30, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
User:Omdo came right off the block that you applied for edit warring that was raised at AN/I and went straight ahead to make his changes again to Sabah, again without a talkpage post, and without even edit summaries. Clearly the 24hrs did not leave an impression. CMD ( talk) 01:20, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG...Gerda Arendt and I have been working on Franz Kafka for two months and hope to take to FAC soon. While working on it, I was trying to find sources for several sections that had no source. I found many seemed to come from an ebook from eBookEden. I used it as a source thinking since it was a book it was ok. Then I became suspicious---did prior editors use it as a source or did the writer of the ebook use wiki as a source? Then during the peer review, which I just closed, Truthkeeper88 said she was suspicious of this too. We can't tell what's going on. See TK's part of the PR (at the bottom) and the Kafka PR thread at User_talk:Truthkeeper88. Gerda and I want this to be as good as we and helpers can make. We absolutely do NOT want it tainted in any way. My plan, unless you advise otherwise, is to rewrite sections using that source and find solid sources. Please put your final findings on the talk page of the Kafka article. I will help as much as possible, but I don't know for sure what to do and face it, I'm not an expert in this area. Can you help? Gerda, TK, and I would really appreciate it. PumpkinSky talk 23:29, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this asap? Someone's objecting to blacklisting on the spam blacklist. Thanks Dougweller ( talk) 18:18, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
This DYK nom is using a very small portion of text from the book. Is that kosher? I raised the question here. Ryan Vesey 21:37, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
On 21 May you removed a copyright violation from Pavitra Rishta. It's not clear to me what prior version of the page (if any) you reverted to. Do you recall? I am asking because this version (much of whose text persists in the current version of the article) contains the same text as http://hindiserials.tv/page/27/ which is dated 21 March 2012. Unless the restored version of the article predates this, it is probably itself a copyvio. I did many spot-checks of the article's history but could not find the suspicious text; perhaps the revisions were deleted. — Psychonaut ( talk) 10:30, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hi MRG: can you look at this possible issue: See TK's 00:47 edit at User_talk:Truthkeeper88#Kafka_PR. It'd be much appreciated. PumpkinSky talk 13:22, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
Monty 845 15:41, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. I should have reminded you about this [20] and pointed you to MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#wanttoknow.info where your comments might be useful in getting this blacklisted. Sorry I forgot, I couldn't expect you to remember with your busy talk page! Dougweller ( talk) 05:29, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
An article was tagged as G12. As I note on the talk page, I don't think this is right (although issues remain)
The purported source was this Google page. It clearly has a copyright notice, although the material is a copy of the patent application, which I believe is not subject to copyright, if I'm reading this source correctly:
Subject to limited exceptions reflected in 37 CFR 1.71(d) & (e) and 1.84(s) , the text and drawings of a patent are typically not subject to copyright restrictions.
I think the article SIM connector has other issues, but I'm guessing you have run into patents before - is it simply the case that Google is automatically slapping a copyright notice on all their pages? Can I ignore the copyright notice on the Google page, if it is plausible that the material came from the non-copyrighted Patent application? (I do realize there are referencing issues even with pd material, but want to get some feedback on the Google use of a copyright notice on their patent page.)-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 21:12, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
Is it my imagination or is this copyvio from [21]? See WP:FTN where GreenUniverse is mentioned, and Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/GreenUniverse. See also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BookWorm44. Dougweller ( talk) 12:06, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
No its not from answers.com i found the information on here article I am not "GreenUniverse", the user IRWolfie has already opened up an SPI against me apparently his evidence is that i spelt becuase wrong. I have tried to explain to him that I am trying to clear up some of the psi articles as many names appear red on them, that why I created the Ehrenwald one but he doesn't listen and is saying I am a duck of GreenUniverse and involved in copyright theft. I have only been on wikipedia a few days and all these wild accusation are stupid. Ghosts Ghouls ( talk) 12:26, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Ok. Thx a lot. -- Mika58 ( talk) 07:28, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Unfortunately your doctrinaire decision does not fit the circumstances. Most North American (well USA) readers will now once again come to the end of that page and say to themselves. "Yeah, just as we thought, its German". Daimler is, I believe, not even a recognized surname, but a variation coined by Gottlieb Daimler for himself. Now, mind if I change it back again?
I await your thoughts with much interest. Eddaido ( talk) 00:25, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Oh, you're on. Could you revdelete from this revision to this revision? For some reason my revdel button isn't working. Copyvio issues — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:38, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
FYI: Please see: user talk:Kudpung#Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 01:15, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
MRG, I started crafting a proposal for the talk page of Wikipedia:Copyright violations, but the more I wrote, the more I realize it would be good to get some feedback form you before posting this there. At a minimum, I'd like to make sure I have my history correct, and I'd like your insight on whether the whole proposal makes sense, or if there is another option.
Proposed post:
In the third to last paragraph of the section Dealing with copyright violations it states:
- If all of the content of a page appears to be a copyright infringement or removing the problem text is not an option because it would render the article unreadable, check the page history; if an older non-infringing version of the page exists, you should revert the page to that version.
I do not disagree, however, it is becoming more standard to revdel the offending versions. I don't think being Bold and making a change without discussion is appropriate for two reasons:
- This is a Policy, and other than obvious typos, I think all changes to Policies should arise form consensus, not a single editor's position.
- While it is my understanding that the practice to revdel is becoming more common, I don't believe it is universal, so I want to make sure we word any change carefully, especially in light of legal considerations.
Some issues to consider:
- Should it be policy to do so in all cases (which might be problematic, as I don't believe it is close to universal.)
- Should it be identified as a useful, but not mandatory practice? If so, how do we justify leaving copyvios in history?
- Should we articulate situations where it is required versus situations where it is optional?
- Should we simply remind admins that it is now an option? (Before revdel existed, the intervening copyvios could be removed, but it was much more arduous, so reserved for special situations; now that revdel exists, the process is easier.)
-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 15:09, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Please can you restore Triumph Owners Motor Cycle Club into my sandbox so that I can address the copyvio issues and re-publish the article? -- Biker Biker ( talk) 08:35, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I've just deleted a question and response on Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science [23], per Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm. I'm not sure of the best way to proceed further- whether it is necessary to contact the foundation over this one, whether the edits need redaction etc? ITtis probably just trolling, but I'm neither qualified nor empowered to make such judgements. Any thoughts? AndyTheGrump ( talk) 12:36, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I'm back again. Cade McNown sent the email as you recommended. Ticket#2012100110010847. The response was negative. I can copy the text of the whole email if you'd like to see it, but the important point was "We have not been able to validate this authorization at this time, because we are unable to be sure that you are the copyright holder of the file."
What would be your recommendation as a next step? The recommendations in the email included amending the website associated with the image (not relevant, as he doesn't have one) and registering the image with a copyright service (seems a little extreme). Are there any other avenues I could pursue?
I really appreciate all your help on this. Thanks! Alexwillis ( talk) 19:55, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
I'll check. Thanks! 03:17, 8 October 2012 (UTC) Alexwillis ( talk) 03:35, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Also.....can I ask again about "fair use"? He is retired, after all..... Alexwillis ( talk) 03:34, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
There's a discussion at Talk:Zoological_conspiracy_theories_(Israel_related)#Shark_rewrite whether linking to videoclips posted on the youtube channel of MEMRI is appropriate or not with respect to potential copyright violations by them. Perhaps you can help illuminate that aspect? Tijfo098 ( talk) 00:41, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
By the way, the last link you gave actually does say something about copyright, and it's what I expected:
“ | Why, Carmon was asked, does MEMRI copyright all the stories it translates, when most stories are written by Arab authors?
"Of course we copyright," Carmon told InFocus. "Once we translate a story into another language, it becomes ours, because it's our work." To test this theory in an American context, InFocus contacted The New York Times. "If you translate copy from the Times, it would still belong to us, because we originated it," said an employee of the Rights and Royalties Department who did not wish to be named. |
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No comment needed, assuming it's a real interview; that page you linked to looks like a copyvio itself, because I found [25]: "Lawrence Swaim is the Executive Director of the Inerfaith Freedom Foundation. He taught for eight years at Pacific Union College, and his academic specialities are American Studies and American literature. His column address current affairs from a progressive Christian and Interfaith perspective. His column is reprinted with permission of InFocus, California's largest Muslim newspaper" on another site. So apparently it was initially published in Southern California InFocus, which looks less creepy than that website you found. And this a bit of background on Swaim, in his own words, which makes it somewhat plausible that Carmon would have agreed to be interviewed/quoted by Swaim. Tijfo098 ( talk) 01:28, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Do you remember Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Conk 9? Well, a sock puppet of [[User talk:Conk 9 has returned as User talk:GoUrban.
I spent a long time cleaning up this guy's copyvios, and I'd hate to see him introduce more and more copyvios. Would you agree that we have a WP:DUCK here?-- GrapedApe ( talk) 23:02, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
First, thanks for the several resources you've assembled here.
I have a question concerning wikipedia's stance on the use of facsimile editions. As an example, a particular book ( Hariot's Virginia) was published in 1588. The History Book Club issued a facsimile edition (effectively a photographic reproduction of each of the pages of the 1588 edition) in 1951. There is no copyright notice in the 1951 edition.
Based on Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp., my understanding is that I'm able to scan both text and images from this book and upload them to Wikipedia as being in the public domain: the History Book Club did not add sufficient creativity (as defined by Bridgeman) in creating the facsimile, nor did I in creating a scan, for any copyright to accrue.
While I think this is a legally conservative position, I wanted to check in to see if this was Wikipedia policy as well.
I would appreciate any guidance you might offer.
Best,
Garamond Lethe 19:02, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl. I'm trying to help a bit with the backlog of WP:CP. Please, could you check out my contributions to the article Larix laricina and my reviews at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 August 4? I searched for help at various guidelines and sites, however, the scale of problems I encountered at WP:CP is broad and I would like to know if I can continue. I apologize for bothering you and wasting your time ... but I think your advice could help. -- Vejvančický ( talk | contribs) 09:28, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Since the last unblock, Omdo has continued to make changes without talkpage discussion. After I explicitly noted on their talkpage that they needed to discuss things, this conversation emerged. As can be seen, there's no actual discussion, and the English used is as obtuse as the English used in articles. This suggests to me a competence issue of some sort, possibly language-related, despite their being able to write well enough to make a few beneficial edits. In my opinion Omdo is well past the point of being disruptive, despite their blocks, something made a more frustrating as they edit in places very few people do. As an admin who has previously blocked Omdo, are you able to take action, or do I have to report to another forum? Regards, CMD ( talk) 11:17, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
I have made a few changes to this template of yours, so that it can be added to Twinkle. Hope it suits you. -- Ankit Maity Talk Contribs 05:23, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi can you send me a link to the copyvio material that caused this article to get deleted? It is hard for me to believe that this painting could have anything new written about it worth protecting, as it has been around so long and has been written about extensively for centuries. Thanks Jane ( talk) 16:26, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
This doesn't cut it, correct? It needs to be released under an applicable license. Can you explain the rules there? I don't think we should copy the material anyways, the article should be easy to write in the temp page. Ryan Vesey 14:01, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Can you take a look at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/QuiteUnusual#Oppose and remark on whether there is enough of a copyright issue that he should not be supported, or if there is a copyright issue at all? Ryan Vesey 01:41, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
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Is this an acceptable licence for use here? I've not met it before. There's a bit of an interchange about it based at User talk:Shravanshetty502 (involving socks, probable spam, AfD and a dubious image). Any chance of a quick look in? Peridon ( talk) 20:29, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I talked an editor into looking into WP:CP, and the first one they looked at, appeared trivial, but turns out to be a bit complicated.
The article is Arrowhead Refinery Company, which is a straight copy-paste. However, the source is an EPA site, which presumably is pd. That eliminates the easy G12, but I'm still working out what needs to be done.
Even pd material needs appropriate sourcing. I also thought we had some standard templates: I find Category:USGov copyright templates, but these seem to be for images.
Even if sourced, I think the article still is problematic, although it may no longer be a copyright issue. I don;t know if a Super fund site is inherently Notable, so we may have to consider Notability. Even if notable, it isn't good form, ever, to use a single source for an article, even when the source is the Federal Government. A well-written article would include discussions about the site in other references. However, I'm not sure to what extent these are suggestions suitable for a talk page comment, or requirement, that must be met to keep the article.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 21:32, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
Supposedly, the copyright of this page is so restrictive that you cannot reference it without consent. Am I correct that there is no way they can do that? At a minimum, referencing information would fall under fair use, right? Ryan Vesey 03:31, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure what to do about this. Please, take a closer look. Wikipedia:Copyright violations do not specifically address this sort of copy-paste situation. Altenberg Publishing was a major historical publishing house in Poland from 1880 until 1934. It would have been great to have it here. However, our new article is only a mechanical copy-paste job from machine translation by Google translate. Word for word from Polish Wikipedia, machine mistakes and all. I'm afraid, the copyright belongs to Google translate in this instance. What do you think? Poeticbent talk 04:20, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Poeticbent ( talk • contribs)
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Orlady ( talk) 08:02, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Could I get you to look at a somewhat unusual copyright case, linked above. Shortly after it was created, it was G12 tagged without a URL or other reference to the copyrighted material. The tagger subsequently said that s/he did so purely on the basis that the article looked like a cut and paste. I declined the speedy but copyvio tagged and listed the entire article on the basis that in disputing the G12 the page creator appeared to have admitted that a considerable part of it was taken from sources s/he had previously published. On understanding what was going on (the creator is a newcomer), the creator backed off on the admission somewhat and modified the parts s/he said had in fact been taken from the published sources. Since neither I, nor the CSD-tagger, nor anyone else has actually ever seen those published sources, I am inclined to AGF on the creator's assertions and remove the copyvio tagging, but I'd like your input as to what the right thing is to do. Best regards, TransporterMan ( TALK) 16:09, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Dear Moonridden Girl: Thank you for taking the time to consider this issue. We would very much like to get it taken care of in a timely manner. I am sure you can read all the history of the talk, but I would like to reiterate that I have never acknowledged that parts of what we wrote is or was a copyright violation. I did immediately acknowledge that I cut and pasted three sentences from an NSF grant proposal(that I wrote and for which I had never transfered the copyright). Upon further investigation after seeing the copyright violation tag, I determined that all but one of those sentences were removed and totally rewritten before submission. After the copyright violation tag, I also found two phrases that were worded very similarly to phrases in one of the papers we wrote for which I did transfer the copyright to the publisher. It is my understanding that two phrases does not represent a copyright violation. However, we have now revised so that all of the material is now entirely new, as far as we know. We are published authors who take copyrights and accusation of copyrights violation very seriously. Please let me know what further I can do to clear up this issue as soon as possible. Sincerely, ````ah1689 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ah1689 ( talk • contribs) 16:56, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl: Thank you addressing this. What started as a project for fun became a bizarre and intensely frustrating process. Since there never was copyright violation or even any evidence for copyright violation, can we get this talk page and the history page cleared of accusations of copyright violations? It is very troubling to me that a casual visitor may notice the prominent tags without taking the time to read the full story. If so, it would allow me to sleep better. Thank you again, 64.89.144.100 ( talk) 15:21, 8 August 2012 (UTC)ah1689
Dear Moonridden Girl: As you may remember, a page my co-author and I created, indium mediated allylation, was incorrectly marked as a possible copyright violation and it was marked that the creator acknowledged copyright violation. Both Gilderien and TransporterMan have acknowledged that the tags were placed there incorrectly. Since there never was copyright violation or even any evidence for copyright violation, can we get the talk page and the history page cleared of accusations of copyright violations? As a scientist and an academic, my reputation is very important and very sensitive to allegations of copyright infringement, so it is very troubling that a casual visitor may notice the prominent tags without taking the time to read the full story. Thank you,
Ah1689 (
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19:37, 10 August 2012 (UTC)ah1689
Thank you so much! We really appreciate it. Ah1689 ( talk) 20:13, 11 August 2012 (UTC)ah1689
Sorry to bother you again under your other hat - this is an absolutely zero-priority question, so ignore it if you are busy. See Talk:Phi Sigma Nu#Copyvio revdeletion. Am I right that, where the copyright holder is unlikely to object (in this case, a college fraternity copying from its own website into its article) we don't bother to rev-delete the history unless asked? Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 10:22, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
I know you don't specialize in images, but I don't do enough over at Commons yet to know anyone over there. I've reached the limits of my knowledge on a particular issue (see my discussion here and the actual photo in question here. If you (or someone else watching this page) can even point me to someone who might be able to help, I would appreciate it. Thank you. Don Lammers ( talk) 11:32, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
I recently nominated
Nawabs of Bengal & Murshidabad for GA but the review has still not started. We still have time. I would like you to edit the article and drive it to the path of GA. Please help me, it will be so kind of you. it will also add one number to the total number of GA article Wikipedia has. Please help me! If replying please leave me a talk-back template. I have also asked some other editors for the same. Thank you
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Tamravidhir(
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12:49, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
At least this time I don't want a no. :D
Meanwhile the Nizamat at Murshidabad became involved in heavy debts and several claims were made against the Nizamat and attachments were issued against his property. The Government of India thereupon moved into an action by a desire of freezing the Nawab and his property from suits and attachments and of discharging portions of the claims.... The title of Nawab of Bengal was abolished in 1880.
In his absence the Nizamat at Murshidabad became involved in debts and people started making several claims against him and as a result, attachments were issued against his property. The Government of India there upon moved into an action of freezing the Nawab and his property from suits and attachments. The government also moved upon of discharging portions of the claims. The title of "Nawab of Bengal" was abolished in 1880.
The Nawabs of Murshidabad represent the former ruling house of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. They had long ceased exercising any effective authority after Lord Clive secured the Dewani of these provinces for the East India Company from Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II in 1765.... they had little or no say in their collection or expenditure and ceased to control any significant administrative, legal or military forces.
Nawabs of Murshidabad were the representatives of the former Nawabs of Bengal. After Lord Clive secured the Diwani of Bengal from Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II in 1765 for the East India Company they did not have any effective authority. So they lavishly enjoyed their title, privileges alongside with the honours they received. They had little or no say in the expenditure from the share of the revenues collected from Bengal and ceased to control any significant administrative, legal or military forces.
A tag has been placed on Jennifer Psaki, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do.
If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Angelus Delapsus Talk 17:17, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
John D. Caputo Bibliography
John D. Caputo Bibliography • ( talk | logs | links | watch ) • [revisions]
Recently “John D. Caputo Bibliography” was deleted on the grounds of the overlap with a separate entry “John D. Caputo,” in which part of the same bibliography is contained. Unfortunately, a carefully constructed and accurate bibliography, containing over 150 articles and book chapters published since 1970 was deleted and no longer appears in Wikipedia. This section of the “Bibliography” was only available in the "Bibliography” and not in the separate entry. This is an unfortunate loss. I can certainly understand wanting to merge the two entries. I would have preferred it myself. In the grounds for the deletion, mention was made of possible copyright violations. That I cannot understand. This was a simple bibliography. The compiler simply put publicly available information in one place for the convenience of the readers of Wikipedia. Accordingly, I appeal to the editors to copy the “articles and book chapters” section of the deleted “John D. Caputo Bibliography” and include this section in the main article “John D. Caputo.” I agree that there is no need for a separate "Bibliography" entry. -Jdcaputo (talk) 23:35, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
I got this response from WP:Refund. I suggest you talk to user talk:Mark Arsten about John D. Caputo bibliography copyright concerns. Has this bibliography been published elsewhere before? If so if you mark that with CC-BY-SA-3.0 it will enable Wikipedia to make use of it. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 09:05, 14 August 2012 (UTC) Mark suggested I get in touch with you. Jdcaputo ( talk) 11:35, 14 August 2012 (UTC)John Caputo
I seem to remember that this happened once before, but I don't remember the cause.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 11:51, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl. An image I created has been listed at WP:PUF ( Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2012 August 11#File:Topological map of TFL rail systems.svg) for being a derivative of Transport for London's tube map. I made this map myself took the station locations from their nearly-300 Wikipedia pages and used Google maps and OpenStreetMap for line directions. After arranging them all (see File:London Underground and Rail geographically.svg) I created a schematic map of them with straight lines and 45- and 90-degree angles by manipulating and adjusting the lines and station locations.
I never used the official map as a source for mine, not even once. I used Template:LUL color and Tube map#Line colours to shade my lines (which have different hex values to TFL's Colour guidelines), my station positions and lines are geographically more correct compared to the TFL's map, both in direction and proximity to each other. I made stylistic decisions on how and where to display lines, in size, position relative to others, etc. The lines I drew, like the Circle line for instance (the yellow one), aren't even the same shape. I even included systems that the TFL don't, like the Tramlink in South London, London Overground's new line that will start operating in December 2012, and the Crossrail which isn't due to be opened until 2018. If I wanted to copy TFL's map I could have easily done that and not spend weeks on mine.
Surely, even with the copyright notice on TFL's official map, the TFL cannot claim copyright on all schematic diagrams of the train and tube stations in London, especially when TFL material is not referenced or even viewed while creating different map of the systems. There are only so many ways of presenting a schematic of the stations so of course they may end up looking similar, but I don't think the resemblance is significant, which is what was stated in the PUF nomination, or that it's an "obvious derivative". While reading the little I understand of derivative work, it seems to say that derivatives have to be based on a preexisting work, but I didn't do that.
Also, not to be pointy or anything, but if I can't create a map from original data, why is the Featured picture File:Madrid Metro Map.svg allowed to exist here? It's hard to find an old map of Madrid's system online because they all use Wikipedia's version, but this scan of the 2007 version as printed in Mark Ovenden's book from the same year clearly shows that it is a copy of Madrid Metro's old-style system map with recent route extensions tacked on ( the new official version doesn't have any 45-degree lines).
So I was wondering if you'd be able to help me out by explaining to me why they think it's a derivative, what makes it a derivative if it is, and also what I need to do to make it not a derivative and not a resemblance, when both maps are maps of the same stations and routes! I'm not touting my image as the Tube map, it is just a schematic of the same stations and lines. Someone said make it more geographically accurate.. it already is more geographically accurate than the offical map and to make it more geographically accurate than it already is would mean deviating from schematic practices of straight lines and few corners. I'd have lines looking like staircases all over the place and running off at various angles. I don't want to produce a map that is completely geographically accurate cos that's not what schematics are, and it would be impossible to fit station names into the map in the central part of it. They'd overlap with each other.
I'm not looking for you to go there and back me up, but from past encounters I know you'd be able to give me a better understanding and a clearer direction of what I would need to do, if in fact you do think it is a blatant copy, and why mine is bad and the Madrid one is acceptable.
Thanks, Matthewedwards ( talk · contribs) 17:44, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
If you haven't seen Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive239#Removal of topic ban then you probably should. Richard Arthur Norton is declaring the CCI cases finished. Uncle G ( talk) 10:08, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
After the Selena article was unprotected earlier today, an IP added a freely license picture of a promotional Selena poster ( File:Selena Poster.jpg). I highly doubt this picture was uploaded by the owner, can you look into this? Best, Jona talk to me 19:12, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Done
I think it's done (sans one file). I don't know how to close these, and I don't have the confidence to either, so I figured I'd run it by you. Cheers,
Sven Manguard
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05:41, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG - I did some final cleanup on this (although other users did most of the heavy lifting), and except for one where I had a question (see the one marked with the question mark, heh!), I think this is good to go. If you wouldn't mind doing the final paperwork...(which I really should learn to do myself, but I always like to have someone with more CCI experience than me do a final check!) Dana boomer ( talk) 14:16, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG (and stalkers!). I'm unsure what to do with Shah Qabool Aulia. It has obviously paraphrased several of the subpages of this website, which also appears to be its only source. Its history shows that it was once tagged as copypaste, but the tag was removed a month later with an edit summary saying "I think the text has been reworded to avoid infringement". I'm not convinved. Duplication detector only shows very short phrases still intact, but to me it looks like plagiarism. I thought of tagging with {{ Close paraphrase}}, but am not sure whether it's actually close enough for that.
I don't want to hit people with unjustified badges of shame, so I haven't tagged the article in any way, just placed {{ GOCEreviewed}} and explained my concerns on the talk page. Please could you have a look and tell me what I should have done / should do? Best regards, Simon. -- Stfg ( talk) 19:43, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi. SilverserenC recommended that I contact you about this issue. I'm a paid editor, and I've been hired by Cade McNown to make some changes to his page. While he has yet to be specific about the textual changes, he has indicated that he would prefer the picture to be something more relevant to his career than the current one (a picture of him from a team he never really played for). His best choice is this one:
I've read about the copyright issues on Wikipedia, and I *think* this would probably be okay under fair use, but I'm not sure.
I'd appreciate any guidance you could provide.
Thanks! Alex. Alexwillis ( talk) 02:18, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Yep, I'm definitely up-to-date on COI guidelines, but it never hurts to be reminded! Thanks for the info on copyright image. That helps a lot. I'll talk to Cade and see what he can come up with. I really appreciate your help! Alexwillis ( talk) 22:43, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
In addition to the LOC information re: UPI photos, I just ran into the following with an AP photo:
If someone searched for copyright info under AP, likely nothing would turn up as the holder is Columbia. Will share these at Commons also if you think they're important-these are permanent links at tinypic. We hope ( talk) 20:21, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl!! You know what?? Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad, which was significantly expanded by me (if to admit then I am the user with the maximum no, of edits to that article) was declared a GA!! I am overwhelmed with joy...hurrah!! Tamravidhir( ২০১২) 12:19, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
I wonder if you could weigh in on this. El emigrante (short story) went up on DYK early today. An IP user cut the text of the 4-word story from the article on the basis that it was a copyright violation. I restored it, and put an explanation on Talk:El emigrante (short story). Now another user has removed the text. It is a slightly odd case, a bit like quoting a Haiku from a collection of Haikus. Thanks, Aymatth2 ( talk) 17:10, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Sorry to ask this of you but as you know the history you seem the best person to ask. We're still having massive problems on this page and as a result I've just fully protected it for a week in an attempt to get updated, non-copyvio tables sorted on the talk page rather then the piece meal process on the article page which is so often resulting in copyvios. Any way I'm not going to have internet access for two and a bit weeks from tomorrow evening so would you mind keeping an eye on it? Dpmuk ( talk) 14:05, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Sorry it took me so long to get here but I wanted to tell you it was nice to meet you at Wikimania. Sorry we only got to chat for a few minutes. Happy editing. Kumioko ( talk) 00:13, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
If you have a moment, could you look at this article, or pass it on to someone who can do it? It seems to me that it replicates a great deal of data from Democracy Index 2011], which is marked as being copyrighted 2011 by the Economist Intelligence Unit Limited. The entire contents of Table 2, listing every country -- 167 of them -- evaluated for the quality of its democracy (or lack therefore), plus Rankings and Index Scores, is included, which I believe steps over the line into copyright violation territory. I was bending over backwards to get a small amount of this material into the Democracy article (the first 25 countries - "full democracies" - and their rankings, and the next 53 countries - "flawed democracies" - just their names in alphabetical order without rankings), so I was appalled to see the amount of stuff that was used in Democracy Index. Of course, this is tricky stuff, so I'd prefer someone of your knowledge to take a look, if you can. Thanks, Beyond My Ken ( talk) 04:00, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
See [2] and Talk:Nubia#User:Dougweller and his Eurocentric POV. I think the first sentence is clearly far too closely paraphrased from the source. I'd like a 2nd opinion before I get into further confrontation with an editor who doesn't seem to have edited this page before but is upset with me and two other editors who have been finding material in articles he created that doesn't seem to be in the source.
The 2nd is sourced to an image and I don't particularly care too much about it other than it oversimplifies the way Egyptian depicts Nubians. Dougweller ( talk) 15:41, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey MRG, long time no speak.
I stumbled upon this analysis on how the US court of appeals for the 9th circuit determined whether a fair use defense would stand in Monge v. Maya Magazines, Inc. I found it both brief and to the point, and thought I'd share.
Cheers, MLauba ( Talk) 08:31, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
How would a person provide attribution to Wikipedia if they wanted to take a non-notable article here and create a page on Wikia? If the article history is deleted here, there is no way to point to it there. Ryan Vesey 22:17, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Can you check the contribs of Mntwest and see if a contributor copyright investigation is necessary? Two of their articles were blatant copyvios. The rest appear to be copyvios (they are completely unsourced and written like copyvio material) but I cannot find any online sources. I'm worried that some of these may be copied from offline sources. Consider Ticaboo Resort. I can't find the exact wording anywhere, but my copyvio detector is going off. FAMA Method is even worse. Ryan Vesey 03:16, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure my explanation is rambling because it's rather late for me, but could you and/or one of your Friendly Neighborhood Talk Page Stalkers review my response at User talk:VernoWhitney#Copyright violation in Andranik Ozanian checking it for sanity and coherency (and accuracy, I suppose)? VernoWhitney ( talk) 05:50, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm trying to check out an item from 15 June, Williams Bros Brewing Co. The talk page says: "much of the text, though truncated, is a lift from the brewery website at http://www.williamsbrosbrew.com"
While I see some overlap, it is hardly surprising to see some commonality between an article on a subject and the official history, but I wouldn't call it a "lift". I'll be interested in your take. I want to take a reasonably hard line on paraphrasing (and the words of SandyGeorgia still echo in my head), but this isn't jumping out at me as egregious.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 13:55, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
You have blanked the pages of Culver Historic District and Lincolnshire Historic District for alleged copyright violations. The content in question is from publications written and owned by the Evansville Department of Metropolitan Development, and is used with full permission of this department. Therefore, as I understand Wikipedia's policies, it can be used. If additional steps need to be taken please let me know. The same can be said of changes you've made to FJ Reitz High School. Content on the history of that school is provided curtesy of the school corporation which owns it. If additional steps need to be taken please let me know.-- YHoshua ( talk) 01:51, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
He was, by appointment of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, a member of the Commissioner's Advisory Committee, and he has received six Certificates of Recognition from the Internal Revenue Service for contributions to the education of Internal Revenue Service personnel. Further, due to his contributions to the enactment of ERISA, he attended, at the invitation of President Ford, the signing of ERISA in the Rose Garden at the White House.
He was, by appointment of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, a member of the Commissioner's Advisory Committee, and he has received six Certificates of Recognition from the Internal Revenue Service for contributions to the education of Internal Revenue Service personnel. Further, due to his contributions to the enactment of ERISA, he attended, at the invitation of President Ford, the signing of ERISA in the Rose Garden at the White House.
You may want to comment. We hope ( talk) 15:55, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG - A few of us have been working on Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Babasalichai, and I think it's ready for a final check and close at this point. Thanks! Dana boomer ( talk) 17:25, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the Habermas situation, I wasn't sure how to handle it since I didn't know about the comparing software. ·ʍaunus· snunɐw· 17:21, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
Why did you delte the information related to SR -71 Blackbird Test pilot Bob Gilliland? It was disrespectful as all of the information set forth was correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.80.251.245 ( talk) 05:40, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi there. It's my understanding that you're the resident expert on copyright issues. I've got a strange one, in that I can't tell if it's a problem or not, or how to proceed with my editing. Look here for a detailed explanation. The essence of it is that I thought text in the cellular automaton article was a copyright violation, but now it looks like the book may have plagiarized Wikipedia without attribution. I also posted at WT:CP, and it was logged at Copyright problems/2012 August 29. I was told to place {{ Backwardscopy}} on the talk page with the Google books URL. Is that all that is needed? Would I basically be able to leave the text unchanged and just find other sources? Seems like I can't use the book to source the article if the article was written first. — Torchiest talk edits 15:05, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
No problem. If I'm tagging {{ backwardscopy}} I want to be pretty sure of what I'm saying. I have no idea if the authors credited Wikipedia somewhere (since the book is visible only partly), but if there's the remote possibility that I am indirectly accusing somebody of plagiarism, I'm careful. :/ I hate eliminating such a scholarly source, but, yes, I would keep the text and source it elsewhere. The source does look to be circular. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:07, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi. This is with respect to the concerns raised at the FLC for 59th National Film Awards. One of the reviewers has suspected the citations used in the article to be possible copyvio as those are 100% copy-paste case. One of the suggestions came up was to use the quotation marks ("") and reference each of them. Now, these award citations are taken from the official catalogue released and is referenced in the article. Will wrapping them with quotation marks solve the problem as whole catalogue is referenced? This is done to avoid WP:OVERCITE for each and every citation taken from same reference. I would appreciate if you can provide some inputs on this. - Vivvt • ( Talk) 18:01, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
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One more gone, and more importantly, a lot of people helped out on it. Hopefully it means more join the world of fighting copyright issues. -- Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:27, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia! Logical Cowboy ( talk) 17:10, 1 September 2012 (UTC) |
Mesha Stele#Description and translation seems to be copyvio. It's a very recent translation and given that it is the entire translation, with 566 words, it seems pretty clearly copyvio. So far I haven't found a clearly PD one, so - how much do you think it should be trimmed, or? Dougweller ( talk) 08:45, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
The translation you have used is absolutely different from the source given. The main difference is clearly the omission of the House of David as cited by Schmidt and all modern scholars.This was and this is the main question of Mesha stelte. Reading this kind of translation, creates falls conclusions on this subject, therefore I believe than this (miss)translation can not stand. The translation of 1878, when ancient Hebrew and Moabite languages were almost unknown are similar like using a medical lexicon of 1878 to provide details of treatment for any illnesses.
With respect
Tritomex ( talk) 18:27, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Yes but the omission of the "House of David"(one of two historical reference to David) do not represent any translation which are today widely accepted (Schmidt 2006, Rainey, Anson F. (2001),Lipiński, Edward (2006) Lemaire, Andre (2007) All of this translation points in different direction. As you certainly know the main historic importance of Moaboite stone lies in this one sentence relating to Davidic dynasty, which are now removed by outdated translation. Off course I understand copyright issues, yet I am sure that more updated free translation from at least 20th century can be found Thanks and all the best Tritomex ( talk) 18:55, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
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An early translation of the stele was published by James King (1878), based on translations by M. Ganneau and Dr. Ginsberg.[6] Line numbers added to the published version have been removed. <translation> There is no authoritative full edition of the Moabite inscription.[5] However, modern translations differ in interpreting the line King portrayed as "And as to Horonaim, the men of Edom dwelt therein, on the descent from old." Brian Schmidt (2006) translated it as "Now [as for] Hawronen, the Ho[use of Da]vid dwelt in it and...."(cite) This is in line with scholars such as name, name, and name.(cite cite cite) |
Can I use this translation? I am not sure if it is copyrighted.
Thanks for your time! Tritomex ( talk) 19:08, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
I am from India and there are many politician in India who don't have a wikipedia page but i want to create their wiki page. When ever i upload a image we have to fill a form. Recently i was uploading a Images of my collage Tolani College of Commerce and the image was from the official site of Tolani Collage but then too the image was deleted. But i stay near by my collage so it is not an issue i can take a Image from my mobile. But suppose if i want to upload some images of the politician what should i do. No one will allow me to go and click their images bec they have high security and some of them have their official website but if i will put that image from the official site then too wikipedia will delete so what can i do in this case. As per me all the Politicians should have wikipedia page with their full Background what they have done for the country. In India Internet is growing very fast and i want provide good information for my people in India Regards Vizr. Vizr 09:00, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi. A Google search on "list of episodes site:en.wikipedia.org" gives 121,000 hits. Many are fine -- lots of real-world stuff and either no plot summary or a very cursory description of the plot theme (like List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes). But some have very little else than rather expansive retelling of the story, in the same style as List of Zatch Bell! episodes (season 3). Is that kind of thing OK, or is it a derivative work? If the latter, given that I'm not going to rewrite that (snore!), is it enough to tag it with {{ Plot}}, or should I take some stronger action? Thanks for any advice. -- Stfg ( talk) 22:38, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Hey Moon, I noticed that Paterson, New Jersey has material directly copied from the five year strategic plan. Is there any reason that material would be public domain? In either case, it should probably be attributed in some manner. I just came across this while reading and my copyvio detector went off, there might be more. Ryan Vesey 23:50, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Aha. :) Some of the things I was seeing didn't make sense to me. But that series of edits was actually the restoration of content that had previously been deleted in December 2006. The material was actually added by an IP in December 2005: [6]. It was a copyright issue, all right, but not of that source - it took from [7]; see [8]. It may still be derivative of that source, although it's certainly changed over the years.
Several days later, another IP added another big chunk of text. Lots of errors in there, but notably some of the information is carried over into the strategic plan - for instance, "Riverside a larger section of Paterson as its name states this section is bound by the Passaic River to the north and east. Separating the city from Hawthorne and Fairlawn." in the article; in the source it says "Riverside is a larger neighborhood in Paterson and, as its name states, this neighborhood is bound by the Passaic River to the north and east, separating the city from Hawthorne and Fair Lawn. Riverside is a working-class neighborhood." This IP's edit was gradually polished, but it looks very much like original text to me. I did not find any matches to the original, unmodified text on the web (I look for first significant text edit and check the original text).
I feel very confident that you are right, that the Strategic Plan copied from us. Content should be checked against that older source, though. :/
Looking at the newer content. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:17, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
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While the specific issue of a potential libel was easily and quickly resolved, questions have since arisen. I think, or at least thought, that Wikipedians should be cautious with using words such as "hate group" in Wikipedia's voice, and that Wikipedians were in agreement to avoid potential libels. Yet about half a dozen editors have posted opinions on my talk page and at WP:WQA regarding the word "libel", while one editor has indicated that ignoring a potential libel is blockable, all without providing references. Most of these opinions are oriented toward disempowerment. While I suspect that disempowerment is not a policy-based viewpoint, I am not readily familiar with the relevant policy. Can you provide some links, or written statements of your opinion? Thank you, Unscintillating ( talk) 01:26, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Greetings most awesome one,
Oh! No, they aren't. Press releases are widely intended for reproduction, but not necessarily commercial reproduction or modification. :) See just below the table at WP:COMPLIC in our copyright FAQ. (And I did wonder why you were asking that. I figured surely you had encountered it before. :D) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:41, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
We have both a complete translation and a transcription at Tel Dan Stele#Text. Short, but complete. Does the length make it ok? I should know this but I haven't run into this problem before these 2 articles. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 13:42, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
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Another for your collection - I really appreciate your assistance and work on the Penguin Guide to Jazz copyvio issue and Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/List of notable albums DISEman ( talk) 08:31, 6 September 2012 (UTC) |
I know your alter-ego said that the legal team likely can't review licensing tags, so I thought I'd pick the volunteer-side of your brain as to whether this template needs revising. I know image licensing isn't really your thing, but you're at least familiar with the case law. It seems to me that this template needs some serious adjusting, since from the intern's brief it sounds like it becomes one of the messier required copyright analyses I've seen...or else it just becomes a completely unusable tag and each of the hundreds of concerned files needs to be reviewed and retagged as appropriate. Do you have any more input here?
And on a fairly unrelated topic, I was wondering if you (and any talk-page stalkers!) had any input about a proposed tweak in how the day-to-day copyvios are listed at
Wikipedia talk:Copyright problems#Template:Article-cv.
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You might want to correct the "publishing" date of his "book" from the wrong 2006 to the correct 2008in your note at the Jimi Hendrix page.
Regarding the Jimi Hendrix page and the Greenwich Village page from which he also pillaged wholesale for his rubbish book. This self-published plagiarist was discovered several years ago and it was highlighted on the Hendrix talk page. I now notice those old entries regarding this have been deleted. What is going on? I am also left wondering why this con-man is allowed his own page on Wiki when he is nothing more than a two bit chancer? What can be done to get him and his page off Wiki? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jameselmo ( talk • contribs) 21:07, 5 September 2012
Hello Moonriddengirl, I have a little request. Are you able to recreate an article for me I once wrote but then requested to be deleted? The article in question is List of Fussball-Bundesliga clubs eliminated from the DFB-Pokal by amateur sides. Could you copy it to User:Calistemon/Sandbox or move it into my userspace, if possible, for me to rework the article? That would be nice! It had some prose issues back then but I would like to address them now. Thanks, Calistemon ( talk) 03:55, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG, is Ebay useable as a source of images? Many postcards are listed on Ebay which are now clearly out of copyright. I've uploaded images from many postcards which I own to Commons, but was wondering whether or not Ebay could be used as a source. The problem is that listings dissapear after a time, and thus any attribution via a link to the listing will become useless in time. Is this something that can be overcome? If this discussion merits a wider audience (e.g. experts over at Commons), please feel free to copy this post and let me know where the discussion is. Mjroots ( talk) 07:41, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
I do the same thing with postcards. This category has a lot of postcards in it I uploaded, and what you see here are all Commons-uploaded postcards. This is where a lot of our television and older railroad images come from.
Hi. I'm having difficulty with Kadambas of Goa. Its port of Goapakapattna section contains close paraphrasing of Goa Through the Ages: An economic history, Volume 2, By Teotónio R. de Souza (starting from page 12), but I could probably deal with that in a copy edit. The main difficulty is its relationship with this page, which is not known to the Wayback Machine, so I cannot tell which is a copy of which. Here is a DupDet report comparing that with the first real version of our article. What do you reckon? -- Stfg ( talk) 13:36, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
A relief to have an explanation of this - I think Mr. Scholes was either guilty of plagarism himself (which I don't believe for a moment) or he actually wrote the article on the Bach family for E.B. 1911!!! He was already 34 at the time so by no means impossible, and from internal evidence I should say pretty certain. All the same I fear we need a modern article - outside the elegant but rather blinkered Scholes framework - entertaining a writer as he no doubt was. -- Soundofmusicals ( talk) 22:18, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, user Orlady has attempted to chastise me for removing Gyan references from articles here. I have referred her to a previous discussion on the subject, also on my talk page here supporting my actions. Unfortunately, she is re-adding the Gyan references to the articles. Would you weigh in? I think I am acting correctly, but if I am not, please tell me. Thank you. JanetteDoe ( talk) 16:55, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, I have and issue with the Christina Aguilera Discography page, an editor keeps deleting reliable sources of her worldwide sales. And he is not willing to discuss it. I ask your asistance please. -- XtinoFrost ( talk) 05:57, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:02, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG! Re this CCI, several of the articles have ended up at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 June 22. An examination of the first one, Vladimir III Igorevich, shows pervasive and foundational copyvio from The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146-1246. (Cambridge University Press, 2003) Given my past experience with the editor's other copyvios, I'm sure all his other articles using this source (and currently blanked) are the same. I'm inclined to simply rewrite all of them as brief referenced stubs on a temp page and leave it at that. Anything else is a complete time-sink. It's not like these are key topics and neither the editor nor the associated WikiProjects have lifted a finger since they were listed almost 3 months ago. What do you think? Best, Voceditenore ( talk) 17:53, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl, There is a case that you may want to look into further as you were the one that blocked the actual master account and you may know more about it. Please see
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pinut. Cheers,
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Hey MRG, need your help on something. Was planning on writing up Gene Bearden for my long-term project when, lo and behold, the text sounded suspicious to me. I plugged it in the duplication detector and found a copyvio, which became complete once I plugged in the very first revision from March 2004 (obit from associated press was copypasted, so no reverse copy). The question I have is, should I just delete it and start from scratch, or work with what I have and simply revdel the edits? I'm thinking the former just because of how engrained the text is; the only couple sentence I know are okay are the ones I just added. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:33, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
You haven't gotten rid of Drmies yet... ;-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:04, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG! A significant section of this article had been blanked for copyvio as it duplicated the list from here. (See Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 September 4). Following another query at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 September 12, I've looked into it. I read your reply to a query about it last August [14]). It seems to me that the original source was meant to be a complete list of publications and it is categorised only by obvious criteria, i.e. decade of publication. There is no commentary on the original list, just standard bibliographic information. On that basis, I removed the copyvio tag, added the source for the list, and put a note on the talk page. Voceditenore ( talk) 12:21, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
You may be hearing from the BGS or various people about Bedrock Geology UK North. I deleted it as a precaution, and tried to explain and referred them to you as a real expert (unlike me...). One of those simple cases involving someone saying permission has been given to someone, and involving fair use. You know the sort of thing... Peridon ( talk) 12:26, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi--we spoke before about an image for Cade McNown. He has located an image that he owns that he would like to use. Now, how do I go about getting it uploaded without running afoul of copyright issues. I've looked at the article about donating images, and I just want to make sure I'm clear. Since I'm working for his editor, can I upload it for him, or does it absolutely have to come from him? Even if he give me his proxy? I'd appreciate any help you can give me on this. Thanks! Alex. Alexwillis ( talk) 19:05, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
He does. He acquired the copyright from the UCLA Athletic Department, where he was playing at the time the picture was taken. Alexwillis ( talk) 03:43, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Okay, that's great. Not to seem stupid, but I just want to clarify, so I don't have to keep going back and forth. So if I take the text at Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries and modify it appropriately--send it to him with notes on what he needs to clarify (i.e., explanation of how he acquired the copyright), and then he sends it, with the image, to the email address specified, then we should be good on the copyright issues, right? (Barring any confirmation of identity, etc.). Will the email response team then make the image available in Wikipedia Commons? Or will I need to upload it separately? And if I need to do is separately, should I wait until after all this is cleared up? Thank you so much for all your help!! Alex. Alexwillis ( talk) 16:11, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I was wondering if you'd mind commenting at Talk:God_Forgives,_I_Don't#POV_changes? I'm having a dispute with an editor over his removal of review content that he perceives as negative. Basically a fan who doesnt want to communicate in good faith. Dan56 ( talk) 22:58, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
I know you don't know as much about images as text, but I'm curious as to your thoughts on this. Is every photograph taken by a sailor while at sea considered public domain or is the image only public domain if it is taken in that sailor's official capacity. Ryan Vesey 23:38, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Basically seems to be a copyvio archive. Ran into it when dealing with a pov editor, then found The Power of Nightmares which uses its copy of a BBC transcript as a major source. Used in maybe 13 articles and a number of talk pages [15]. Can we blacklist it do you think? Dougweller ( talk) 13:59, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Might I draw your attention to this exchange? Nostoc commune is the article in question. You are probably better at spotting plagiarism than I am... T. Canens ( talk) 19:50, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Checking a CCI for a dated article is so discouraging, because a search for a phrase brings up so many hits, most of which are forks or mirrors.
I'll ask the obvious—in fact, so obvious, I fear I've asked before and simply have forgotten the answer:
Wouldn't it be nice if we (on our own, or with help from Google) could create a customized search option which excludes all known mirrors and forks?
As a side benefit, it would be an easy way to identify new mirrors and forks not already in the list, but it would help identify whether a phrase exists in some source other than ones copied from us.
My guess is that you aren't involved in the technical side of things, so wouldn't be the right person to implement it, but if the subject has been kicked around, I assume you would have been notified, so I checking to see if you know of a discussion, which might persuade me it is harder than I think, and thus should be abandoned, or perhaps it is feasible, and just needs some support.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 14:19, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
this article has been copied word for word from the official website! I've CSD tagged it Moon -- Lerdthenerd wiki defender 16:59, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
Nice image, but doesn't seem to meet NFCC. Could you or one of the attending talk page stalkers have a look? J N 466 13:14, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello again! I have another questionable copyright issue. The article Resin bound paving is mostly a cut and paste of this article. I think it should be deleted and then redirected to Permeable_paving#Resin_bound_paving. Of course, the site may have copied it from here. :\ So I figured I would call a friend. Thanks!!-- intelati/ talk 21:13, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
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hello. Here again with a copyvio question. Not sure how to handle El Museo del Barrio which is lifted directly from their website. Specifically here. It's also far more promotional than an article should be . That said, don't know if G:11 or 12 apply to a long standing article. Do you have any guidance here? As it's not actually sourced I wouldn't mind wiping it and starting anew, but don't know if that's kosher in this situation. Thanks in advance for any guidance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Star Mississippi ( talk • contribs) 20 September 2012
Hi. If we suspect copyvio, run a Google search on a likely phrase, and a hit suggests it might be copy-pasted from an ISO standard that we can't afford to download, what's the best procedure to follow? Thanks. -- Stfg ( talk) 12:41, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
There are copyright issues regarding use of this image. I went to IRC and took some help. legoktm, stated that the material was copyrighted by govt. as it was used in 1997, however, we are not able to find any such policy by the govt of Pak. Your name was pointed out so would like to know your views regarding the issue. The main question is wheather the image should be included in the article or not? I'm planning for a FAC so the problem should be resolved and your help would be appreciated. Thanks! TheSpecialUser TSU 02:22, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
Well, after Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Examsguru was recreated 3 times, what was the point in "salting" it... for only 6 months? They just recreated Examsguru a 4th time when it expired, and they'll keep at it until the cows come home: Wikipedia is SEO gold, they say. "Salting" = permanent, not 6 months. 62.147.8.77 ( talk) 18:02, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Maggie,
I realize this is Copyright 101 for you, but I wanted to make sure that I had this right:
If I want to use an image from Commons that is GFDL only (uploaded pre-dual-licensing conversion), in a PowerPoint-type presentation at work (definitely commercial use, but not something being sold), is that okay? Do the GFDL images need to be handled differently than the dual-licensed images? Does it matter whether it's an internal presentation or "published" to customers or others? WhatamIdoing ( talk) 03:24, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Don't waste too much time trying to teach this new editor the ropes - he's actually been around for quite some time. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AlexLevyOne. JohnInDC ( talk) 14:33, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Could you opine on User talk:Tijfo098#Question? Thanks, Tijfo098 ( talk) 14:55, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
In Cherokee, a language which does not have a 'p' sound, the English "pussy" (meaning cat) became "wesa"; so the etymology is not all that far-fetched. -- Orange Mike | Talk 14:17, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
I have a feeling this was copied from somewhere, although maybe it was just written by a PR person. It contains writing like "APLS welcomes all those interested in exploring the intersection between politics and the life sciences; especially in the areas of: political behavior, public policy, and ethics. The APLS welcomes not only those who hope to further advance research and teaching in these vital new areas, but also those engaged in public policy." They read like some cut-and-paste from a mission statement from somewhere. It's not online though. Any ideas? It looks it was written by the webmaster of ALPS [16]. Tijfo098 ( talk) 17:30, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
User:Omdo came right off the block that you applied for edit warring that was raised at AN/I and went straight ahead to make his changes again to Sabah, again without a talkpage post, and without even edit summaries. Clearly the 24hrs did not leave an impression. CMD ( talk) 01:20, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi MRG...Gerda Arendt and I have been working on Franz Kafka for two months and hope to take to FAC soon. While working on it, I was trying to find sources for several sections that had no source. I found many seemed to come from an ebook from eBookEden. I used it as a source thinking since it was a book it was ok. Then I became suspicious---did prior editors use it as a source or did the writer of the ebook use wiki as a source? Then during the peer review, which I just closed, Truthkeeper88 said she was suspicious of this too. We can't tell what's going on. See TK's part of the PR (at the bottom) and the Kafka PR thread at User_talk:Truthkeeper88. Gerda and I want this to be as good as we and helpers can make. We absolutely do NOT want it tainted in any way. My plan, unless you advise otherwise, is to rewrite sections using that source and find solid sources. Please put your final findings on the talk page of the Kafka article. I will help as much as possible, but I don't know for sure what to do and face it, I'm not an expert in this area. Can you help? Gerda, TK, and I would really appreciate it. PumpkinSky talk 23:29, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this asap? Someone's objecting to blacklisting on the spam blacklist. Thanks Dougweller ( talk) 18:18, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
This DYK nom is using a very small portion of text from the book. Is that kosher? I raised the question here. Ryan Vesey 21:37, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
On 21 May you removed a copyright violation from Pavitra Rishta. It's not clear to me what prior version of the page (if any) you reverted to. Do you recall? I am asking because this version (much of whose text persists in the current version of the article) contains the same text as http://hindiserials.tv/page/27/ which is dated 21 March 2012. Unless the restored version of the article predates this, it is probably itself a copyvio. I did many spot-checks of the article's history but could not find the suspicious text; perhaps the revisions were deleted. — Psychonaut ( talk) 10:30, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hi MRG: can you look at this possible issue: See TK's 00:47 edit at User_talk:Truthkeeper88#Kafka_PR. It'd be much appreciated. PumpkinSky talk 13:22, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
Monty 845 15:41, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. I should have reminded you about this [20] and pointed you to MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#wanttoknow.info where your comments might be useful in getting this blacklisted. Sorry I forgot, I couldn't expect you to remember with your busy talk page! Dougweller ( talk) 05:29, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
An article was tagged as G12. As I note on the talk page, I don't think this is right (although issues remain)
The purported source was this Google page. It clearly has a copyright notice, although the material is a copy of the patent application, which I believe is not subject to copyright, if I'm reading this source correctly:
Subject to limited exceptions reflected in 37 CFR 1.71(d) & (e) and 1.84(s) , the text and drawings of a patent are typically not subject to copyright restrictions.
I think the article SIM connector has other issues, but I'm guessing you have run into patents before - is it simply the case that Google is automatically slapping a copyright notice on all their pages? Can I ignore the copyright notice on the Google page, if it is plausible that the material came from the non-copyrighted Patent application? (I do realize there are referencing issues even with pd material, but want to get some feedback on the Google use of a copyright notice on their patent page.)-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 21:12, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
Is it my imagination or is this copyvio from [21]? See WP:FTN where GreenUniverse is mentioned, and Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/GreenUniverse. See also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BookWorm44. Dougweller ( talk) 12:06, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
No its not from answers.com i found the information on here article I am not "GreenUniverse", the user IRWolfie has already opened up an SPI against me apparently his evidence is that i spelt becuase wrong. I have tried to explain to him that I am trying to clear up some of the psi articles as many names appear red on them, that why I created the Ehrenwald one but he doesn't listen and is saying I am a duck of GreenUniverse and involved in copyright theft. I have only been on wikipedia a few days and all these wild accusation are stupid. Ghosts Ghouls ( talk) 12:26, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Ok. Thx a lot. -- Mika58 ( talk) 07:28, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Unfortunately your doctrinaire decision does not fit the circumstances. Most North American (well USA) readers will now once again come to the end of that page and say to themselves. "Yeah, just as we thought, its German". Daimler is, I believe, not even a recognized surname, but a variation coined by Gottlieb Daimler for himself. Now, mind if I change it back again?
I await your thoughts with much interest. Eddaido ( talk) 00:25, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Oh, you're on. Could you revdelete from this revision to this revision? For some reason my revdel button isn't working. Copyvio issues — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:38, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
FYI: Please see: user talk:Kudpung#Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 01:15, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
MRG, I started crafting a proposal for the talk page of Wikipedia:Copyright violations, but the more I wrote, the more I realize it would be good to get some feedback form you before posting this there. At a minimum, I'd like to make sure I have my history correct, and I'd like your insight on whether the whole proposal makes sense, or if there is another option.
Proposed post:
In the third to last paragraph of the section Dealing with copyright violations it states:
- If all of the content of a page appears to be a copyright infringement or removing the problem text is not an option because it would render the article unreadable, check the page history; if an older non-infringing version of the page exists, you should revert the page to that version.
I do not disagree, however, it is becoming more standard to revdel the offending versions. I don't think being Bold and making a change without discussion is appropriate for two reasons:
- This is a Policy, and other than obvious typos, I think all changes to Policies should arise form consensus, not a single editor's position.
- While it is my understanding that the practice to revdel is becoming more common, I don't believe it is universal, so I want to make sure we word any change carefully, especially in light of legal considerations.
Some issues to consider:
- Should it be policy to do so in all cases (which might be problematic, as I don't believe it is close to universal.)
- Should it be identified as a useful, but not mandatory practice? If so, how do we justify leaving copyvios in history?
- Should we articulate situations where it is required versus situations where it is optional?
- Should we simply remind admins that it is now an option? (Before revdel existed, the intervening copyvios could be removed, but it was much more arduous, so reserved for special situations; now that revdel exists, the process is easier.)
-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 15:09, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Please can you restore Triumph Owners Motor Cycle Club into my sandbox so that I can address the copyvio issues and re-publish the article? -- Biker Biker ( talk) 08:35, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I've just deleted a question and response on Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science [23], per Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm. I'm not sure of the best way to proceed further- whether it is necessary to contact the foundation over this one, whether the edits need redaction etc? ITtis probably just trolling, but I'm neither qualified nor empowered to make such judgements. Any thoughts? AndyTheGrump ( talk) 12:36, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I'm back again. Cade McNown sent the email as you recommended. Ticket#2012100110010847. The response was negative. I can copy the text of the whole email if you'd like to see it, but the important point was "We have not been able to validate this authorization at this time, because we are unable to be sure that you are the copyright holder of the file."
What would be your recommendation as a next step? The recommendations in the email included amending the website associated with the image (not relevant, as he doesn't have one) and registering the image with a copyright service (seems a little extreme). Are there any other avenues I could pursue?
I really appreciate all your help on this. Thanks! Alexwillis ( talk) 19:55, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
I'll check. Thanks! 03:17, 8 October 2012 (UTC) Alexwillis ( talk) 03:35, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Also.....can I ask again about "fair use"? He is retired, after all..... Alexwillis ( talk) 03:34, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
There's a discussion at Talk:Zoological_conspiracy_theories_(Israel_related)#Shark_rewrite whether linking to videoclips posted on the youtube channel of MEMRI is appropriate or not with respect to potential copyright violations by them. Perhaps you can help illuminate that aspect? Tijfo098 ( talk) 00:41, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
By the way, the last link you gave actually does say something about copyright, and it's what I expected:
“ | Why, Carmon was asked, does MEMRI copyright all the stories it translates, when most stories are written by Arab authors?
"Of course we copyright," Carmon told InFocus. "Once we translate a story into another language, it becomes ours, because it's our work." To test this theory in an American context, InFocus contacted The New York Times. "If you translate copy from the Times, it would still belong to us, because we originated it," said an employee of the Rights and Royalties Department who did not wish to be named. |
” |
No comment needed, assuming it's a real interview; that page you linked to looks like a copyvio itself, because I found [25]: "Lawrence Swaim is the Executive Director of the Inerfaith Freedom Foundation. He taught for eight years at Pacific Union College, and his academic specialities are American Studies and American literature. His column address current affairs from a progressive Christian and Interfaith perspective. His column is reprinted with permission of InFocus, California's largest Muslim newspaper" on another site. So apparently it was initially published in Southern California InFocus, which looks less creepy than that website you found. And this a bit of background on Swaim, in his own words, which makes it somewhat plausible that Carmon would have agreed to be interviewed/quoted by Swaim. Tijfo098 ( talk) 01:28, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Do you remember Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Conk 9? Well, a sock puppet of [[User talk:Conk 9 has returned as User talk:GoUrban.
I spent a long time cleaning up this guy's copyvios, and I'd hate to see him introduce more and more copyvios. Would you agree that we have a WP:DUCK here?-- GrapedApe ( talk) 23:02, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
First, thanks for the several resources you've assembled here.
I have a question concerning wikipedia's stance on the use of facsimile editions. As an example, a particular book ( Hariot's Virginia) was published in 1588. The History Book Club issued a facsimile edition (effectively a photographic reproduction of each of the pages of the 1588 edition) in 1951. There is no copyright notice in the 1951 edition.
Based on Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp., my understanding is that I'm able to scan both text and images from this book and upload them to Wikipedia as being in the public domain: the History Book Club did not add sufficient creativity (as defined by Bridgeman) in creating the facsimile, nor did I in creating a scan, for any copyright to accrue.
While I think this is a legally conservative position, I wanted to check in to see if this was Wikipedia policy as well.
I would appreciate any guidance you might offer.
Best,
Garamond Lethe 19:02, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl. I'm trying to help a bit with the backlog of WP:CP. Please, could you check out my contributions to the article Larix laricina and my reviews at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 August 4? I searched for help at various guidelines and sites, however, the scale of problems I encountered at WP:CP is broad and I would like to know if I can continue. I apologize for bothering you and wasting your time ... but I think your advice could help. -- Vejvančický ( talk | contribs) 09:28, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Since the last unblock, Omdo has continued to make changes without talkpage discussion. After I explicitly noted on their talkpage that they needed to discuss things, this conversation emerged. As can be seen, there's no actual discussion, and the English used is as obtuse as the English used in articles. This suggests to me a competence issue of some sort, possibly language-related, despite their being able to write well enough to make a few beneficial edits. In my opinion Omdo is well past the point of being disruptive, despite their blocks, something made a more frustrating as they edit in places very few people do. As an admin who has previously blocked Omdo, are you able to take action, or do I have to report to another forum? Regards, CMD ( talk) 11:17, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
I have made a few changes to this template of yours, so that it can be added to Twinkle. Hope it suits you. -- Ankit Maity Talk Contribs 05:23, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi can you send me a link to the copyvio material that caused this article to get deleted? It is hard for me to believe that this painting could have anything new written about it worth protecting, as it has been around so long and has been written about extensively for centuries. Thanks Jane ( talk) 16:26, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
This doesn't cut it, correct? It needs to be released under an applicable license. Can you explain the rules there? I don't think we should copy the material anyways, the article should be easy to write in the temp page. Ryan Vesey 14:01, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Can you take a look at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/QuiteUnusual#Oppose and remark on whether there is enough of a copyright issue that he should not be supported, or if there is a copyright issue at all? Ryan Vesey 01:41, 18 October 2012 (UTC)