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This user, User talk:TheRedPenOfDoom, has been constantly vandalising Bade Achhe Lagte Hain by deleting information and references. He tells new articles as unreliable and calls it as un-encyclopaedic. He is in no mood to listen to me. Please have a look at this. Thank you. -- Tamravidhir ( talk) 12:18, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
"just because someone calls themselves a "news" site does not mean they are one or meet the Wikipedia reliable sources. Please stop turning the Wikipedia article into a giant promotional blurb and fan page . -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:29, 8 April 2014 (UTC)"
Please you intervene. I need your help. Help me...-- Tamravidhir ( talk) 12:40, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
Please tell @ Tamravidhir: that they need to stop edit warring to remove tags until the issues have been addressed.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:01, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
such wonderful nuggets as "Kapoor had to introduce the five-year leap" (oh really? had to because of a court order? had to because of a gun to her head? ) You tell me Moonriddengirl, what to do? I just can't make the user understand, I am fed up! -- Tamravidhir ( talk) 12:13, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex 16:15, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
Can you give me some advice on the copyright status of banknotes? Just seen an editor scan and add them to an article, I vaguely remember this was not acceptable so I've reverted the addition as a precaution. W C M email 19:47, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl, Thank you. I do not recall copying and pasting, there are only so many ways one can write about laws. I did wonder if using them as a source was OK. I figured someone would come along and inform me. I have learned how to respond to comments, which is nice. Julia Clark ( talk) 20:06, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
Ok I understand I just didn't like being threatened with being blocked as I am new to editing and didn't mean to,
Dear Moonriddengirl, please do not blank out harvington school. There is no copyright infringement. If you have any queries, please contact the school.
As you noticed last week, User:Dromeaz or User:TheLongestRoadToIndiaGate was back on the Robert Garside page as an IP address. Now he is on the Jesper Olsen page. Rather than engage him, I thought it best just to signal here, since you are familiar with this particular user. CanadianLinuxUser ( talk) 09:24, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
Thanks for you help the other day with Belle. I was just copyediting Spinning Around, which is on the main page and wanted to check something so I followed a link to one of the sources. The article text is very close to the source in wording and structure, but I didn't want to remove it as suggested on the copyright page since the article is today's featured article. You seem to be well up on the ins and outs of copyright infringement on Wikipedia so I thought I'd ask your advice..
Here's the text in the article:
British artist and photographer Katerina Jebb came across the hotpants in a flea market where she purchased them for fifty pence. She gave them to Minogue, who wore them in a photo shoot for her website and then to a fancy dress party. One night before the shoot for the video, a last-minute search through Minogue's wardrobe was conducted to find a suitable outfit and the gold hotpants were singled out. The media attention the clothing piece would garner had not been expected by Minogue, who said "I never imagined what impact a 50p pair of hotpants would have."
and here is the source:
Legend has it that these now iconic hotpants were discovered by photographer Katerina Jebb at a flea market and cost just 50p. Kylie wore them in a photo shoot for her website and then to a fancy dress party, before they were re-discovered in a last-minute search through her wardrobe the night before the video was to be shot. The amount of attention this garment attracted was unexpected. As Kylie says, "I never imagined what impact a 50p pair of hotpants would have ..."
Bellemora ( talk) 14:08, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
. . . continued from
here. I am still trying to report it to Wordpress team, and they are saying, my full contact details including phone number will be forwarded to the abuser. Good then, why not embedding a Google Map and mark my residence in the report? Looks like, I am inviting them for my wedding. They have no scope for individuals. I may surely share my full contact details including mobile number, but will their team give me security if I face harassment later? — that's the question I have asked now.
Thank you very much that you don't threaten to forward all contact details to the abuser when someone comes to report any simple and clear copyright violation to you. I know where the shoe pinches. --
Tito☸
Dutta
02:52, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello — could you peek at an article built from
copy-and-paste content which might not cross the
threshold of originality for copyright? An external Website posted a page listing model numbers of equipment, simple lists of bare model numbers. A Wikipedia contributor used some of that external content, made minor changes in format, and created a Wikipedia article from it. Such a minimal stub has a variety of obvious issues, but the copyright question isn't quite so obvious. Are model numbers, or plain lists of them, too obvious and unoriginal to be covered by copyright? The article in question is
List of heavy equipment equivalents, created in 2012. Thanks for any time you can spare.
50.181.30.121 (
talk)
07:28, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl:
Many thanks for those corrections in the WIKIPEDIA article on me. However, one item got lost between the cracks:
The entry PHILOSOPHY speaks in line 7 of “medieval and late Arabic logic.” The expression “and late” should be deleted. All the texts I dealt with were medieval.
Note that this is just a correction. Do please arrange to have it made.
Many thanks, Nicholas Rescher — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rescherpa ( talk • contribs) 13:23, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I wonder if I could ask for your non-lawyer, no responsibility advice about something?
I'm getting quotes from several professional medical illustrators for an anatomy image I'll be commissioning. I explained that I would want the image to be released under a Wikipedia-compatible license. The first quote has come in and at the end of the letter they said "Please note that we retain the copyright to all created work, but that you may use the illustration as you see fit." If they release it under CC-BY-SA, do they still, technically, retain copyright? (I presume so, since they would be retaining the right to attribution, and control over sharing.) -- Anthonyhcole ( talk · contribs · email) 16:40, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
An administrator Dana Boomer recently deleted my file File:Omotola Jalade Ekeinde's Signature.jpg claiming WP:F9 which it's not. Please look into this and the other unjustified deletions she made. And I want to know why this is being nominated for deletion while this can stay. Thanks.-- Jamie Tubers ( talk) 20:14, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
This now includes a full copy from the New International Version which is copyright, not sure if there's a solution. I don't know about the Hebrew as it isn't sourced, but that is probably out of copyright (it says original Hebrew which led me to discover that our article on the Book of Exodus doesn't even mention the earliest texts of it). Thanks Dougweller ( talk) 18:18, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
The last time this came up was some time ago, and the standard that was applied was across articles, not in a single article. So far as I know, we haven't received much guidance on this from the legal team, although I could put on my work hat and ask for a meta:Wikilegal analysis if you'd like to request one. But Mike Godwin, when he was our attorney, did have us remove content from the DSM (some version) when the publisher complained about the cumulative impact across articles, for what that's worth. (That was painful.) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:55, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl. A few weeks or months ago I came across a post, almost certainly by you, explaining that it is a mistake for administrators to apply temporary blocks to serial copyright violators, and that blocks should instead be indefinite. The post explained that this was because, unless and until the blocked user gave any indication that they understood the problem, they were likely to continue the copyright violations, which would often get overlooked for months or years. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find this post. If it was you who made it, or if you know who did, could you help me locate it? Since reading it I've seen at least a couple temporary blocks of completely uncommunicative copyright violators, and I would like to show it to the blocking admins. — Psychonaut ( talk) 21:03, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi MRG - I've worked Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Madhuric down to the last five articles, and can't make up my mind whether they're copyvio or not (being my normal indecisive self with regards to presumptively removing text...) Would you mind taking a look? Thanks in advance, Dana boomer ( talk) 23:30, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
The article First Aid Kit (band) has been deleted and restored a few times. Last time it was restored, previous revisions that were restored included copyright violations deleted as such [3], as well as many early revisions pertaining to a completely different band of this name (which, if they were notable enough for an article after all, should probably be at a different location from the band now covered in the article). As for the copyvio material, it was restored to the article after its last undeletion in this edit. Some of its DNA may still be in the current text, although successive changes seem to have washed most of it away.
Please deal with this in any way you feel suitable. -- Hegvald ( talk) 10:18, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
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The CCI at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20140301 is complete with the exception of a single article, Bijan Abdolkarimi. The only possible copyvio would be a faithful translation from the Persian-language sources, but I don't speak Persian and so can't verify this. Do you think it would be better to remove the text presumptively, or to ask a Persian-speaking Wikipedian to have a look? ( Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Iran is a possibility, though it looks pretty dead.) — Psychonaut ( talk) 12:19, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Moonriddengirl. As always, you are doing truly yeoman's work on copyright problems. I noticed this edit in which you removed the 4/20 page and added the 4/21 page to the main page list. There is one unresolved issue on the 4/20 page, which nominator TheGGoose asked me about on my talk page. (I guess I fooled him into thinking I know what I'm doing around here. 笑) I wasn't sure if you made a mistake, or I just failed to discern your intent. Happy editing, Cnilep ( talk) 05:16, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Sorry to disturb you once again but User talk:TheRedPenOfDoom is back with edit warring. I am asking the user not do delete information from the article Bade Achhe Lagte Hain but the user says that it is pure promotional blurb. I have also asked the user to discuss on the article's talk page first but there's no response from the user's side. The user's literally harassing me. I am going to look out for a third opinion but I would also need your guidance. Please help! Thank you! -- Tamravidhir ( talk) 04:18, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I am adding reliable sources in that article but those are deleting. Zeijani ( talk) 10:14, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Why is it that you deleted the page titled "Ebrahim Bawany" in 2010?
Hackery21 ( talk) 19:02, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Ok. He is my grandfather, So am I permitted to write about him?
Hackery21 (
talk)
00:14, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Hope you remember Mushroom9 ( talk · contribs) whom you blocked in April 2012 for several instances of copy-vio. I have come across a user Rajraowiki ( talk · contribs) whose edits are very similar. This account was created a few months after Mushroom9's indef block. Please use the ping template when you respond to my message :) — Abhishek Talk 13:51, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
There are a lot of new files for this CCI. Have tagged everything that I thought might be questionable. Think George had been doing this a while back but it looks like he's been tied up with college. Didn't realize just how many there were until this. We hope ( talk) 15:10, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
User:Masem, some of the uploads originate with wire services such as AP and UPI. Library of Congress tried to determine the copyright status of their photo holdings from the services and posted the following information for both. AP UPI :
We have some post-1963 wire service photos here; these have been deleted in the past at Commons. We hope ( talk) 14:35, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
My name is Rob White and I am the Business Administrator at World Impact Ministries, USA.
In context of the "History" section of the Wikipedia entry under Peter Youngren, there are several misrepresentations of facts. Some, though sourced, are possibly libelous.
First of all, the "copyrighted" content that was deleted is now in the public domain from the website PeterYoungren.org. Please see the updated notice on the website that this material is not copyrighted ( http://www.peteryoungren.org/impact/about_peter/ ).
Also, please note the following errors:
1. Peter Youngren's first marriage did not end in divorce in 1982. 2. The report of Youngren fathering a child has been reported to the appropriate Authorities/Police as libelous and unsubstantiated. 3. Youngren did not step down as President of Open Bible Fellowship due to any discovery of fathering a child. 4. Youngren's Wife Taina Youngren has not been sentenced to payment of 49,000 Euros nor did she receive a jail sentence. This matter was dealt with in Lahti District Court in Finland, August 2013 and all criminal charges were removed.
We have been seeking legal advice regarding the sources. Thank you for your consideration.
My request is that you undo your last two edits ...
Kind Regards,
WorldImpactMinistries ( talk) 19:42, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hi there, I would also like to add that the constant changes in the bio of Peter Youngren is violating some terms in wikipedia's own words on BLP's in that it's "not a tabloid" or place for spreading "titillating claims about people's lives."
"Biographies of living persons ("BLP"s) must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives; the possibility of harm to living subjects must always be considered when exercising editorial judgment. This policy applies to any living person mentioned in a BLP, whether or not that person is the subject of the article, and to material about living persons in other articles and on other pages, including talk pages.[3] The burden of evidence for any edit rests with the person who adds or restores material."
Thanks, UsernameRachel ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 12:24, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
On a trip down memory lane I noticed that Poznan Science and Technology Park, an article I axed a while back of copyright grounds, was recreated. Not usually a big deal, our policies allow for that, however I got concerned when i went to see what the differences were and found at least two paragraphs from the deleted copyvio version that appear to at or near verbatim recreated in the new version. I'm not sure how close an article has to be to its formerly copyrighted self to be an issue here, but I'm concerned about it, so I thought I'd ask someone to look into it. TomStar81 ( Talk) 09:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi
I'm the person who documented the routine plagiarisation of DramaWiki by Wikipedia articles on Korean dramas a few months ago, with examples which you then deleted. I just found that the article My Tutor Friend 2 has a "Plot" section entirely lifted from its second *cited* reference (the harsh 'Korea Times' review).
(FYI, the critic's right - the movie's pretty bad.)
Joe Bernstein joe@sfbooks.com
128.95.134.57 ( talk) 05:02, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
{{
subst:cclean|url=DramaWiki}}
(or whatever source is used). That will let people know why you removed it. :) You can see
Wikipedia:Copyvio101 for more about this and other options. :) --
Moonriddengirl
(talk)
11:29, 13 May 2014 (UTC)Hi Moonriddengirl,
The Spectra Energy Wikipedia page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectra_Energy) has some outdated information. I was hoping you could please let me know the best way to have this page updated.
Would the best way be for me to provide you with the updated information (and sources) here? or is there another way to do so?
Thanks in advance for your guidance.
64.95.214.18 ( talk) 20:47, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello dear Moonriddengirl, it's me Invertzoo, asking for your insight again. Here is a discussion copied from my talk page, many thanks for any light you can shed:
"Thanks for the thanks! Just a small point, is it right for me to quote a description exactly from an original description, as I do in Plocamopherus maculapodium - citing the source. The original paper also gives details of internal anatomy and radula plus more details. I'm trying to create a resource for getting a quick look at the species in each genus, plus hoping we will get an image for each. Rudman's Sea Slug Forum is no longer active and I think Wikipedia has a great role to play interfacing the people out there taking photographs (lots of them now) with the scientific papers plus accumulating knowledge of distributions. There are many undescribed species, Gosliner's team added about 91 last year alone. The taxobox structure provides such a neat navigation system. BernardP (talk) 20:40, 8 May 2014 (UTC)"
"I've been on copyright classes and there is the clause of "fair usage". It seems to me that part of a species description within a paper describing the species and several others might well come under that heading. Such descriptions are quite precise and it is really not sensible to be rewriting them if they are good and no new information is available, as in the cases where I've used them. Is there a way of tagging Moonriddengirl into this discussion? There is also the consideration of whether there is copyright in this case as the paper itself is freely available. [7]. With some scientific journals moving to a free access model I suspect that such copying may be permissible. BernardP (talk) 07:32, 9 May 2014 (UTC)"
Thanks again MRG and all my best wishes to you,
Invertzoo (
talk)
13:23, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Number 04267 reads "guided tissue regeneration--nonresorbable barrier, per site, per tooth" but could have read "regeneration of tissue, guided by nonresorbable barrier, one site and tooth per entry". Or "use of barrier to guide regeneration of tissue, without regard to the number of sites per tooth and whether or not the barrier is resorbable". The first variation is linguistic, the second substantive; in each case the decision to use the actual description is original to the ADA, not knuckling under to an order imposed on language by some "fact" about dental procedures.
Thanks so much MRG for your very detailed and helpful reply. I don't know if Bernard has read it yet, but I left a note on his talk page telling him you had replied at length. Thanks again, and all good wishes, Invertzoo ( talk) 16:23, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
OK, thanks. I'll change those places where I've made direct quotes. BernardP ( talk) 20:22, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
At WP:AN#Proposed topic ban for 2 editors there is discussion of an article whose original form may have been related to something published by the revisionist Institute of Historical Researh (pardon me while I go vomit) by the Holocaust Denier Mark Weber. See Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2014 May 9 where I've added a link to a discussion with a comparision of the article and the material it may be copied from. This is an issue which has involved a large number of editors and hundreds of hours I'd guess and 2 AfDs. Thanks Dougweller ( talk) 20:59, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
OK, thanks for that Jimfbleak - talk to me? 17:12, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello, you have deleted a page recently for copyright issue, the page of Francois Raffoul. If there is redundancy or duplicate text with an attached link to his university public page, why not delete that link? Would that not resolve the problem, if indeed there is some duplicated text? 201.192.97.154 ( talk) 21:14, 15 May 2014 (UTC)Thank you...
Extend PC time? -- George Ho ( talk) 04:04, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
I saw your call to arms for the return of the Bots, have you considered the one click archiver? -- kelapstick( bainuu) 15:35, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I'm constructing a list of collegiate societies and noticed that you deleted a page for Tau Sigma Delta on some copyright concerns. May I see it? I'd like to correct the problem, as it is a legitimate society for Architecture and Allied Arts, part of the ACHS, and clearly is notable as there are many, many similar societies with WP pages. Really, just for curiosity, what could they have done that caused you to delete them? I'm unaffiliated with them, but intrigued now. Jax MN ( talk) 19:03, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Had recently gone through copyright.gov to check on this File:June taylor dance 1958.JPG taken in 1958 by the Detroit News and found the paper didn't renew its older issues. So--that relates to File:Mike Todd - 1956.jpg this 1956 photo taken by the paper. I've changed the license to PD-not renewed and listed the results of the copyright.gov search. Does the "Do Not Copy to Commons" tag stay on this one or not? Thanks, We hope ( talk) 13:32, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
Hoping you can clarify a few questions and apparent contradictions related to copyright and commons.
Do you know who designed the Wp:CP page?
I'm concerned that we are not being as responsive as we should be to Category:Requested edits. While I have some thoughts on how to proceed, I'd like to discuss them with some of the "regulars" and it isn't trivial to even identify them.
If we had a lightweight version of the Copyright problems page, with the key features being that items would be added to the page automatically (driven by the {{ Request edit}} template), and we closed items by adding an icon indicating the resolution, with a signature, we would have the ability to identify who is working on them, and how they are resolved. It would be easier to thank those who help if I know who is helping.
I don't have the coding expertise to do it myself, but I'd like to find out who does, to see if CP would be a good model.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 12:49, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
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MER-C 11:44, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl! In 2009 you seem to have deleted Constantine of Berat on the grounds of copyrights infringement. I immagine that the relative article of Robert Elsie was copied mot-a-mot. Can you please give me a copy of that article so that I can check whether there is anything I can save from it before I start it myself? Thanks! Regards. -- Dojumatufeps ( talk) 18:25, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the copyvio cleanup on this article. I felt sort of ambivalent about it. Someone went to the trouble of putting that info there, and it was helpful. OTOH, as I make my living doing this (Japanese>English translator), it bothers me to see the words of someone else used without credit. Maybe when I get some time I can go back to that article and try to recreate a summary with proper attribution. Anyway, thanks again. I think this is my second interaction with you, and you were quite nice the last time too. (Also thanks for the Signpost message -- I wasn't even aware of that. I'm going to look and see if I can get it delivered to me too.) Margin1522 ( talk) 00:09, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
This [14] seems to be copied from [15]. I've already deleted a lot of material copied from an article by his ex-wife. I'm sure the editor has a COI but what is interesting, ignoring the copyvio, is the use of "fake" journals as sources (journals on Beall's list of questionable, scholarly open-access publishers), an issue I've raised at the AfD. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 18:23, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
His Linkedin profile says
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Given that the editor added blatant copyvio before, I'm assuming this went Linkedin to us, but just wanted another comment. This is all pretty flagrantly promotional.
Dougweller (
talk)
13:04, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
short quote, but I might be wrong... ( t) Josve05a ( c) 14:55, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
As I mentioned at the Admin coaching page, now I have applied for the third time meta:OTRS/Volunteering#Titodutta. I don't know why my application gets rejected everytime and no one comments there. I do not inform anyone about my application. Tito☸ Dutta 17:35, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
On my talk page, I uploaded an image of a product of which I did the photography. File:Grands canned biscuits.jpg Are we really forcing all products to go under fair use? This doesn't seem right but a tagger is very persistent in stating so. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 13:34, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
It doesn't strip the photographer of his rights - they just don't extend to the copyrighted elements of his picture. This is an issue of derivative work - the new photograph attracts copyright of its own, but the underlying item retains its own copyright. Canned biscuit could be shown without copyright concern, but not with copyrighted elements - for instance, without a label - such as in Sardine (food). The can itself is a utility item. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:27, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
Paul Stephen Farmer ( talk) 17:58, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I'm sorry to do this but I have to revert what you have did to the edits of user:121.97.142.144, when he/she reverted the edits of User:124.6.181.166. The revision of the first anon is valid since the latter is a longterm vandal. User:124.6.181.166 has been adding the category "programs acquired by GMA News TV" on several Korean drama articles, while in reality, they have not been acquired, since GMA News TV is a news channel, and not a general entertainment network. - WayKurat ( talk) 14:48, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi user Mitko pi4a70 is vandalising and blanking WWE pages at a rapid rate please help. Lukejordan02 ( talk) 21:25, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Thank you so much. Lukejordan02 ( talk) 21:31, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, MRG, and nice to hear from you again. I had tried to post my comment under the notice at WT:CRIC but I started a separate section for any discussion about cricket articles. Certainly those two Bangladesh history ones look as if they've received a copy-and-paste and I'll review them soon. Thanks and all the best. Jack | talk page 11:58, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Dear editors I have created this page SEDS APSN article on order by SEDS-India to spread the awareness of space science and the importance of Student group this cannot be fulfilled by SEDS original page so a new page is required as per the present situation here. I wanted that students must create their own groups for polling their knowledge and for that campaign I require Tis page - SEDS APSN . But I cannot understand why the editors don't understand the psychology of general public of North-East India where space science is justa joke to great extend and people only know Space means NASA. Such a closed view. Bishalbaishya2012 ( talk) 08:40, 6 June 2014 (UTC)Bishal Baishya
I assume that you have seen this [16]. We hope to start development soon. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:29, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
Hey, Moonriddengirl. You likely got a ping via WP:Echo here. I take it that this matter is nothing to be concerned about copyright-wise? Or have you simply not looked into the matter yet? As always, I appreciate your help. Flyer22 ( talk) 13:25, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl. I have seen you be independent thoughtful and cautious about copyright issues. Can you please share your thoughts on the copyright issues? here? It boils down to whether content explicitly released "without"/"free of" "restrictions" should be seen to be implicitly restricted <sic> to non-derivative use. It seems to me that a release with no restrictions means no restrictions. I asked you here about a bunch of state PD stuff but didn't hear back. --{{U| Elvey}} ( t• c) 23:58, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
P.S. Where I'm coming from: I suggested the Maryland one be deleted, and created others. I've taken a close look at the law and I am convinced it's on the side of keeping/restoring this template/tag. --{{U| Elvey}} ( t• c) 00:05, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
Maggie, can you catch me on IRC if you're around. I have a project I am working on and your help was recommended.--v/r - T P 22:37, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
An editor stopped by my talk page asking about the deletion of their draft article for copyright reasons and I believe I am handling their questions related to that. However, they brought up a concern that the History and Tours sections of Old Mission Beach Athletic Club RFC may be a copyright violation as the Club's history webpage matches the Wikipedia article. However, I think this might be a case of OMBAC copying the Wikipedia article versus the other way around. I did some checking with the Internet Wayback Machine and the club's history page was quite different back in 2013, while the material on the Wikipedia article was added back in 2007. I told the editor that I would have another admin whom specializes in copyright issues confirm my findings. So I thought of you. =) Can you check into it and see whom might have copied whom? Thanks. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 06:45, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
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[23] | In the past, OMBAC has toured Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, England, Scotland and Wales. OMBAC has also hosted a number of foreign touring sides including the French National Champions of 1991, Toulouse; and Llanelli, the runner-ups to the Welsh Club Champions of 1990 and Welsh Club Champions in 1992 and '93. In 1994 OMBAC hosted and defeated such world powers as the Orrell Rugby Football Club from England and the Brothers RFC from Brisbane, Australia. In 1995 OMBAC was on the losing side in a very physical game with another top English side, the Sale Rugby Club. In 1996 OMBAC played host to one of Argentina's top club sides, Cuidad Universidad de Buenos Aires (CUBA). | In the past, OMBAC has toured Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, England, Scotland and Wales. OMBAC has also hosted a number of foreign touring sides including the French National Champions of 1991, Toulouse; and Llanelli, the runner-ups to the Welsh Club Champions of 1990 and Welsh Club Champions in 1992 and '93. In 1994 OMBAC hosted and defeated such world powers as the Orrell Rugby Football Club from England and the Brothers RFC from Brisbane, Australia. In 1995 OMBAC was on the losing side in a very physical game with another top English side, the Sale Rugby Club. In 1996 OMBAC played host to one of Argentina's top club sides, Cuidad Universidad de Buenos Aires (CUBA). |
Hi there,
I'm not sure how to proceed with this, but I've found that user Doc thompson has been adding copyrighted material (as well as a lot of original research) to the Gardner Fox page. I'm in the process of removing this, but I thought that an admin should be alerted, and as you're the one who blocked him previously you seemed the logical choice. Please let me know how we should best proceed. Euchrid ( talk) 03:19, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar |
Call me asap Recob ( talk) 09:14, 19 June 2014 (UTC) |
Could you have a look at this article. I recently did a little editorial cleaning up work, but became suspicious that the bulk of the text has been copied and pasted from another site. Sometimes it is difficult to know whether other sites are merely mirroring Wikipedia, but I guess that this is probably not the case here. Many thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 16:58, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
Another data point supporting the notion that copyright is hard. If even the US Chamber of Commerce gets it wrong, no wonder some editors struggle.
As a bonus, the article invokes Wikipedia, as part of the correction of their error.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 19:02, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
I wanted to ask you about a troublesome CCI article, but before pinging you, I decided to see what you were working on which led me to the GregBard issue. By bad luck, the first entry I looked at had several problems, which colored my views. My subsequent reviews haven't turned up more copyright issues, although I found problems with uncited claims, bare urls, and other reference issues. I see the indef block, and some discussion about what should be in an unblock request. I have two thoughts, which I want to run by you in case there is any merit.
Hi MRG, re the notice placed on WT:CRIC. I've looked at the cricket articles in the list and I believe the only one presenting a problem is the Bangladesh history, but that has now been resolved. The "dateline" was certainly a copy-and-paste from another site which may or not be entirely reliable. The other cricket articles listed need more sources but I haven't seen anything that looks suspicious. The information seems to be correct and I don't have any issues. All the articles are within the scope of CRIC and I would hope they will be improved in due course. I'll put a list of them on WT:CRIC. May we therefore conclude that the cricket part of the investigation is complete?
Looking at the wider investigation, I have no interest in rugby league but I notice that many of the listed articles are about British RL clubs and grounds. I've browsed some of these and they generally show a distinct lack of sourcing despite containing quite a lot of information which must have come from somewhere. Some of the stuff I've read creates the impression of original research because of subjectivity and I would say that there is a lack of literature about rugby league and that contributors are writing from their own knowledge. Cricket has a huge advantage here as there is a massive cricket literature and online presence. One RL book which is mentioned in a few places is The Grounds of Rugby League by Trevor Delaney (1991) and, for your purposes, it would probably be worth running a comparison with that if it is obtainable. I would suggest application of WP:V across British rugby league articles to try and encourage the RL project to dig out more references. Jack | talk page 05:08, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello:
La expresión "El Médico" (o "El Doctor") es un nombre común en español para referirse a los médicos. Que el cantante Reynier Casamayor Griñán use como apodo dicha expresión, no creo que sea suficiente para apropiarse de una denominación común de todos los médicos, por eso trasladé la biografía del cantante a su nombre original. Además, hay otros productos culturales con la misma denominación:
En mi opinión el artículo "El Médico" debería ser de desambiguación, para indicar que es una expresión común para referirse a los médicos en general, y que numerosos actividades artísticas lo han utilizado como título, incluyendo el apodo del cantante Reynier Casamayor Griñán. Un cordial saludo:-- Raimundo Pastor ( talk) 17:52, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
The term "El Médico" (or "El Doctor") is a common name in Spanish to refer to the physicians. The singer Reynier Casamayor Griñán I use this term as a nickname not think it's enough to appropriate a common name for all doctors, so I moved the biography of the singer to his original name. There are other cultural products with the same name:
In my opinion the article "El Médico" should be disambiguation, to indicate that it is common to refer to physicians in general expression, and numerous artistic activities have used it as a title, including the singer's nickname Griñán Reynier Casamayor. Regards-- Raimundo Pastor ( talk) 18:51, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello! I am terribly unfamiliar with DCM policy and procedure and have a user with some questions. I see you are actively involved with copyright issues on WP and thought you would be a good person to ask. Would you be so find as to come to User_talk:Kvihill#Mediation_.28statistics.29 and provide input? Thank you! EvergreenFir ( talk) 23:10, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
A copyright issues has arisen at the above address. As our resident expert, would you care to comment, one way or the other? BMK ( talk) 02:41, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
I took your advice and opened a discussion on WP:MCQ, which I think you might find interesting. It's here. Best, BMK ( talk) 02:26, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for the help with the copyright question with the article. I have removed the two sections in question. Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. I've been really busy for the past week. Thanks again! -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 04:22, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
I was hoping you could help in updating the Spectra Energy wikipedia page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectra_Energy) with the following edits. I have provided sources for each suggested update. Thank you in advance for your assistance!
EDIT 1: First sentence of first section from: Spectra Energy Corp is a S&P 500 company headquartered in Houston, Texas, that operates in three key areas of the natural gas industry: transmission and storage, distribution, and gathering and processing.
to: "Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE), a FORTUNE 500 company, is one of North America's leading pipeline and midstream companies. Based in Houston, Texas, the company’s operations in the United States and Canada include more than 22,000 miles of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil pipelines; approximately 305 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas storage; 4.8 million barrels of crude oil storage; as well as natural gas gathering, processing, and local distribution operations. Spectra Energy is the general partner of Spectra Energy Partners (NYSE: SEP), one of the largest pipeline master limited partnerships in the United States and owner of the natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil assets in Spectra Energy’s U.S. portfolio. Spectra Energy also has a 50 percent ownership in DCP Midstream, the largest producer of natural gas liquids and the largest natural gas processor in the United States."
sources: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/spectra-energy-issues-2013-sustainability-131500805.html or http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=SE
EDIT 2: The second sentence of the first section from: Spectra was formed in late 2006 from the spin-off from Duke Energy.
to: Spectra Energy was formed in 2007 from the spin-off from Duke Energy.
sources: http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/01/02/businesspro-spectraenergy-spinoff-dc-idUSN0234024620070102
EDIT 3: The information box should be updated with the following:
Revenue should be changed from: 5.351, to: 5.518 operating Income should be changed from: 1.763, to: 1.666 Net Income should be changed from: 1.184, to: 1.038
sources: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=SE&annual
EDIT 4: The last sentence in the HISTORY section from: In 2011, Spectra Energy achieved record net income and surpassed its earnings target by more than 7 percent. And, in 2011, the company increased its annual dividend to $1.12, representing a nearly 8 percent increase.
to: In 2013, Spectra Energy achieved net income from controlling interestes of $1.04 billion, or $1.55 diluted EPS, compared with $940 million, or $1.43 diluted EPS in 2012. Ongoing 2013 net income from controlling interests was $1.10 billion, or $1.64 diluted EPS, compared with $938 million, or $1.43 diluted EPS, in the prior year.
sources: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140204-905069.html
EDIT 5: At the bottom of the OPERATIONS section, please add:
Spectra Energy also operates The Express-Platte Pipeline System which begins in Hardisty, Alberta and terminates in Wood River, IL. It includes the Express and Platte crude oil pipelines.
sources: http://pipelineandgasjournal.com/spectra-energy-acquire-express-platte-pipeline-system
EDIT 6: Under the LEADERSHIP section, the first sentence from: Gregory L. Ebel (born 1964 in Ottawa, Canada) is president and chief executive officer of Spectra Energy Corp and a member of the company’s board of directors.
to: Gregory L. Ebel (born 1964 in Ottawa, Canada) is president and chief executive officer of Spectra Energy Corp and chair of the company’s board of directors.
sources: http://www.rttnews.com/2302208/spectra-energy-names-gregory-ebel-chair-of-board.aspx
64.95.214.18 ( talk) 15:58, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
{{request edit}}
. Please use the curly brackets and all. This will attract the attention of interested editors, who will evaluate the content for appropriateness. Most of these look pretty straightforward, so I would imagine there will be no issues. --
Moonriddengirl
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13:08, 18 June 2014 (UTC)Thanks for your guidance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.95.214.18 ( talk) 20:47, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Quick question about a possible WP:COPYVIOEL on the page Rape fantasy.
I came across the link http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/19887428/647252236/name/Specific_Sexual_Fantasy_Themes.pdf in one of the references and noticed the DOI matched up with the landing-site journal publication at http://psycnet.apa.org/?&fa=main.doiLanding&doi=10.1037/0022-3514.48.2.472, so I removed the full-text link and kept the official publication (containing only an abstract of the study).
Flyer22 and I aren't sure if it's actually a WP:COPYVIO to link to it: we had a brief discussion on her page and she directed me here. She thinks it might be okay to still link to it/use it as a reference for the article. What's your take on this matter? Is it okay to restore the full-text link? meteor_sandwich_yum ( talk) 04:48, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
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Call me asap Recob ( talk) 09:14, 19 June 2014 (UTC) |
We have an article Global Eugenics: Using Medicine to Kill, now at AfD. I removed Global Eugenics: Using Medicine to Kill from the article as it links to a page where you can see the video which is a mass of copyright YouTube videos, eg CNN, thus copyvio. Random checks 45 seconds in and 32 minutes in show news broadcasts. I see someone has also added [27]. to the AfD, which allows you to download it. What's your take on these links? Dougweller ( talk) 11:08, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
Per a comment by an editor that he "mainly copy and paste" from other articles here, can you review Easy Goer? I was trying to help this editor clean up his writing, but now that I realize he was probably copying verbatim, I don't want to get caught up in a mess. Plag tracker flagged more than just wikipedia here, if that helps. I'm hesitant to take action directly because this user is already mad at me for trying to clean up "his" work. Montanabw (talk) 22:08, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I know persian and I want to let pages which they are about Persia have audio pronounce. Now I'm asking you for any suggestion about this. If there is a special article which needs Persian pronunciation I will be happy to do.-- Freshman404 Talk 15:17, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
Its official check this link again. Check the registrant information. [28] — Preceding unsigned comment added by UserANONYMOUS17 ( talk • contribs) 09:00, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
A user page (see hatted section titled "words of wisdom") contains large sections of copy-paste from a book series that is explicitly copyrighted by these copyright holders. I have notified the user here, but they claim (a) they have only used short quotes and (b) the material is in public domain, both of which I think are obviously not true. Since userspace content is covered under the same copyright violation policies as article space, how to proceed? Thanks. - LuckyLouie ( talk) 12:52, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
I ended up here after a roundabout session of link clicking.
It started with a Google StreetView session looking around the site of the Ottawa Science Museum, trying to follow train tracks through the Ottawa area. This led me to ask "what's that big radar dish?' which Google informed me was an "FPS-20". That led me back here to the Wiki, where I found something like a dozen articles on variations on this design, which I've spent some time cleaning up to make the single Bendix AN/FPS-20.
While searching for other links that might point to one of these many duplicates, I somehow ended up here, and I followed it because the text in the article in question seemed to be assembled from other sources without any editing. Looking at the history on that page led me here.
So there you go, train tracks to you. Small world!
If I am reading that page correctly, my concerns about these articles are shared about 5000 times. But when facing a task list that long, what is one to do? I am mildly concerned that the material in question forms the backbone of many of the topics I'm personally interested in, the history of electronics and avionics in the 1940s to 60s. Removing them wholesale seems like a bad idea, but so does leaving them "wholesale", as they appear largely to be material one can easily find in Google. I certainly don't have time to edit them all, I've written perhaps 7500 articles in total in 12 years, it would take me another 10 to get through this list!
I'm open to any advice you might have. Or pointers to better places to discuss these issues.
Maury Markowitz ( talk) 18:42, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
{{
copyvio}}
(with reference to the source and a link to the CCI, if possible) and list them at
WP:CP. That will probably result in the articles being stubbed, if interested editors don't help with clean up. They have generally a week, sometimes more based on backlog. If you feel like it, you can also just reconstruct the article yourself, bypassing
WP:CP altogether. (I'm more likely to go the
WP:CP route when there are obviously interested editors.) The longer unusable content remains in those articles, the more time our volunteers will waste polishing what we can't keep. I hate having to go in to an article where somebody has been working hard only to have to tell them that the base they've been working on is corrupt and we've wasted their time. :( --
Moonriddengirl
(talk)
14:00, 30 June 2014 (UTC)Was adding a bit here today and came across this website which pretty much took the first paragraph of Songwriting and composing as a copy and paste. The site has copyright notations. According to the page, it was last changed there April 27, 2012. A look at our article page for April 1, 2012 shows the text was here at the time. I tried the Wayback Machine for older versions of this page, but the site has not been crawled by them. Could you please leave a note at the talk page to indicate that they "borrowed" from us and not the other way around? Thanks! We hope ( talk) 21:38, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Per your instructions I have made a statement at the bottom of the Ronald Kirklin page www.qmfound.com/Ronald_Kirklin.htm on the Quartermaster Foundation website indicating that the Wikipedia page of the same name is not in violation of copyright. Ehrentitle ( talk) 22:52, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering why the page on Otto Hirschler was deleted? He was my grandfather. I understand it may have been for copyright violations, so if you can point out the problem, perhaps I or someone else can fix it.
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Docman52 ( talk • contribs) 18:34, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi MRG. Been there a long time but contributions look fishy, esp. the big one. Could you please take a look? LeadSongDog come howl! 02:48, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi MRG! I would like to ask your advice about Draft:Catfish Hodge - Blues Musician which has text substantially taken from [29]. The source text states it has been reproduced on Oldies.com from a book (The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin) which according to Oldies.com is licensed from Muze. I was trying to work my head around this logically, but its been a long day and I just confused myself even more. I am unsure who the copyright owner is and how reproducing this on Wikipedia sits with our licensing conditions. Any help would be very much appreciated. Bellerophon talk to me 20:50, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm working on the Tanzania article which contains the image File:Amani-TT4798.jpg. I just wanted to confirm that the permission was given by the artist/copyright holder. (In my experience, when people see folk/naive/primitive paintings, sometimes their copyright alarm bells don't go off -- just want to be sure everything is legit.) Thanks! Calliopejen1 ( talk) 17:27, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
In this case the translation is very short, 90 words. Is that ok? Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 16:38, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I want to thank you that you have not deleted the article but revised it, although only 5% of the original article are left. In my opinion, it's now missing a few important facts relating to the band. I'll see if I attach this again, but Justlettersandnumbers has already proposed the page again for deletion, sometimes I wonder if he would just annoy people? But that's a different story.
Thanks, with friendly greetings -- Irukandji85 ( talk) 09:09, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
Could use another opinion. Do not feel any obligation to support my tentative position, I'd be happy to hear that the article is OK.
Number 04267 reads "guided tissue regeneration--nonresorbable barrier, per site, per tooth" but could have read "regeneration of tissue, guided by nonresorbable barrier, one site and tooth per entry". Or "use of barrier to guide regeneration of tissue, without regard to the number of sites per tooth and whether or not the barrier is resorbable". The first variation is linguistic, the second substantive; in each case the decision to use the actual description is original to the ADA, not knuckling under to an order imposed on language by some "fact" about dental procedures.
I will summarize my problems. I do not see noticeboards specialized for civility at dispute rezolution. You can find the dispute arbitrated by another IP# here (86.x.x.x).
Please answer on my talk page. It iz faster that way, because I do not need to poll your page, or even know that you are awake. If I do poll your page, and I am on a different IP#, then I can look closely at colours. Also, I get one piece of spam every three months or so, and it's not because of filters. Bohgosity BumaskiL 75.152.119.10 ( talk) 12:49, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
Sorry for my mistake asking a duplicate discussion here and Commons, since I didn't know you are not active on Commons like here. My concern is a serious problem, which can significantly affect WMF's licensing policy and the first clause of WP:NFC#UUI. see this page. -- Puramyun31 ( talk) 21:33, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this article, which you appear to have cleaned up a while back? It looks suspiciously like a copyvio once again. Regards, -- Ohc ¡digame! 08:56, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi MRG. Based on your participation in this discusssion Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Philately/Archive 8#Catalog numbers as references 3+ years ago you may want to comment on a renewed duscussion on the same topic. ww2censor ( talk) 12:59, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
I know you haven't posted to this article but knowing your attention to detail can you resolve or address this issue. The registered user insists on using the term "pinch" in the article for the device used which is a slang term but he keeps wanting to include the link to the actual physical process not to the actual device itself which is actually called a z-pinch (major ownership issues with this guy moonridden. I love the movie but do not agree with showing links to incorrect info. He needs to either correct the link or don't use a link in my opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.180.88.186 ( talk • contribs) 22 July 2014
Hi,I've fixed the FreeNOS page : /info/en/?search=Talk:FreeNOS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rayeshman ( talk • contribs) 22 July 2014
Procedurally, how do I handle this?
I see Edwin Andrews Air Base at WP:SCV. I that User:BrownHairedGirl has identified it as a CP, so I was tempted to use the template in SCV to mark that it was at CP. However, at CP, I see it in the bot list for 2 July, but not in the standalone list.
I think the process is that we can archive an SCV date when everything has been handled, and adding it to CP counts as being handled, but I'm concerned that if I mark it as handled at SCV, it will fall through the cracks.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 20:32, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello again. I am in the process of creating a new article for this blues pianist. However, I noted the following message when trying to open a new article page - 11:59, 9 May 2009 Moonriddengirl (talk | contribs) deleted page Kelley Hunt (Listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems for over seven days: http://web.archive.org/web/20070809031636/http://kelleyhunt.com/biography.html).
Am I all right to proceed ? (The proposed article is presently in my sandbox). Regards,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 17:55, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
Looking at the history of this article, I see you were instrumental in cutting off the last bout of disruption. The IP's are now back, tossing around unsubstantiated accusations on the talk page. I've tried to put a halt to it but I don't think that will be the end of it. Can you please have a look? -- NeilN talk to me 14:56, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Can you please grab the other IP? [32] -- NeilN talk to me 17:18, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
I will be more careful next time. I had edited the last article which was mentioned and removed copyright material from that. Sulaimandaud ( talk) 01:40, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
Em really sorry for that i thought i was removing, might have been got stuck some where else and then forgot... believe me em really really sorry Sulaimandaud ( talk) 01:56, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
I have been looking for the information on how to move an article for years. Sometimes it is just essential that an article be moved. Thanks for the pointer to Help:Move. For some reason I had not found that. Perhaps I was using the wrong search terms. It is such a relief to me to finally know how to do it. Perhaps you know how I can communicate a response to comments such as yours, which [ posted to the bottom of my talk page.] The only way I know is this way, i.e. posting a new comment on your talk page. Is this the correct (best) way to do this? Nick Beeson ( talk) 11:03, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
The page I have copied from( http://freenos.org/about), has a licence of by-nc-saV2 is it really incompatible with wikipedia? Rayeshman ( talk) 04:05, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
It's (potentially) a big enough deal that I'll tease it by linking without explaining. OK, got ahead of myself. Lawsuit filed, I thought it was lawsuit won.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 19:52, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
I wouldn't be surprised if RojBlakeLiberator ( talk · contribs) is Scatcat2009 ( talk · contribs). Flyer22 ( talk) 00:03, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for cleaning up & restoring History of Syracuse, New York! More help needed on Syracuse, New York, if you're in the mood. Edits needed for the latter may actually be fewer than for the former. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld ( talk) 18:43, 1 August 2014 (UTC) |
Note. -- NeilN talk to me 20:16, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
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I have just reverted the above four articles to just before a copyright violation (from the respective schools' own websites) occurred. Or in the case of Bernard Mizeki College, I have merely excised the offending text. It seems that the policy now is to oversight the intervening changes. Could I ask you please to do the honours? Regards, -- Ohc ¡digame! 09:35, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi Moon, The potential copyright issue with http://cns.upf.edu/gustavo/ has been resolved by rewriting the flagged paragraphs under the Training section. Would you kindly remove the notice and restore to the new, changed version. Many thanks in advance. 07:15, 6 August 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MLKringelbach ( talk • contribs)
Could you userfy the deleted article
Patricia Ainsworth, please. All the best:
Rich
Farmbrough, 00:42, 2 August 2014 (UTC).
Hello,
I hope you are in a good health and spirit by the grace of God. I uploaded a couple of images at Facebook. My own image, taken by me. Now, I want to upload one of those two images at Commons to use at my userpage. Can I upload directly? Thank you in advance if you reply to it and double thank you if you don't
--
Tito☸
Dutta
18:48, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl, I was sent here by Dougweller (Cf. our discussion, here and here). He brought to my attention that there are copyvio problems with my earlier articles on WP. Many of these were created at the very beginning of my editing here, and I realise that I should've gone back to them after I had a better grasp of the copyvio rules, but alas. I'd like to help clean up this mess (as much as time permits, I'm afraid I've been very busy with studies lately and have barely logged in on WP). How do you think we can move forward from here? Many thanks, Yazan ( talk) 19:35, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl. As you are expert of copyright issues, maybe you could look the Coal gasification article? That article was marked for an investigation of potential copyright issue and it is listed here and discussed also at the article's talk page. For me it seems a backwards copy case, but I appreciate if more experienced people in this field could voice their opinion.
I am also disturbed about comments copied from my talk page and discussing me instead of the topic, and I am wonder if there is a valid basis to remove it from here and here.
Just to be clear I disclosure my role in this issue. I was the editor who back in 2009 split the coal gasification topic from Coal and Coal gas articles. Relevant text was moved from these articles and not sources outside of Wikipedia. Concerning text from Coal the relevant notification tags were put on the talk pages. Unfortunately it was not done about text from Coal gas article back then (it is done now). I thought (and still think) this as a technical action as I did not added any new text from outside Wikipedia. The moved text was (that time and still is) largely unsourced and it was correspondingly tagged by me. However, by my understanding this is not a reason not to split articles as we have separate policies WP:V and WP:RS to deal with unsourced text. Therefore, I was confused when notification tag was put on my talk page implying that I have added copyrighted text into Wikipedia, instead of original authors. I have also a feeling that {{ Copyvio}} needs some redesign. First of all, it creates welcoming text for newcomers which I think is not suitable for five years old cases or editors being active for eight years. Second, for persons not dealing with these issues frequently it is not very clear where the discussion is going on. Right now it is under filling instructions (as editing link) but it would be probably more useful if there will be also a bolded link to the discussion at the top of template (similar to AfD, CfD etc templates). I have to admit and I am sorry that I did not find the relevant discussion page before several days later another editor pointed to it, and therefore asked clarification at my talk page. Consequently, it created more misunderstandings.
Adding this information here is only for a full disclosure of my interests about that article. If you think this is inappropriate, please remove it. Beagel ( talk) 11:14, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
Hey Moon! I was just curious if you have any take on the issue raised in my last paragraph here. I remember a discussion about this once, but can't put my finger on it. When I have a thorny/nuanced copyright thought my first thought of who to bounce it off of resolves on you, but please feel free to tell me you're sick of being everyone's go-to copyright sounding board.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 22:54, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
Ok, I understand. Thank you. I will try to write my words on all the articles. I have a question: if I want to write the words of a company, artist etc., how should I do this without being copyrighted? SicaSunny ( talk) 05:52, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
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This user, User talk:TheRedPenOfDoom, has been constantly vandalising Bade Achhe Lagte Hain by deleting information and references. He tells new articles as unreliable and calls it as un-encyclopaedic. He is in no mood to listen to me. Please have a look at this. Thank you. -- Tamravidhir ( talk) 12:18, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
"just because someone calls themselves a "news" site does not mean they are one or meet the Wikipedia reliable sources. Please stop turning the Wikipedia article into a giant promotional blurb and fan page . -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:29, 8 April 2014 (UTC)"
Please you intervene. I need your help. Help me...-- Tamravidhir ( talk) 12:40, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
Please tell @ Tamravidhir: that they need to stop edit warring to remove tags until the issues have been addressed.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:01, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
such wonderful nuggets as "Kapoor had to introduce the five-year leap" (oh really? had to because of a court order? had to because of a gun to her head? ) You tell me Moonriddengirl, what to do? I just can't make the user understand, I am fed up! -- Tamravidhir ( talk) 12:13, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex 16:15, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
Can you give me some advice on the copyright status of banknotes? Just seen an editor scan and add them to an article, I vaguely remember this was not acceptable so I've reverted the addition as a precaution. W C M email 19:47, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl, Thank you. I do not recall copying and pasting, there are only so many ways one can write about laws. I did wonder if using them as a source was OK. I figured someone would come along and inform me. I have learned how to respond to comments, which is nice. Julia Clark ( talk) 20:06, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
Ok I understand I just didn't like being threatened with being blocked as I am new to editing and didn't mean to,
Dear Moonriddengirl, please do not blank out harvington school. There is no copyright infringement. If you have any queries, please contact the school.
As you noticed last week, User:Dromeaz or User:TheLongestRoadToIndiaGate was back on the Robert Garside page as an IP address. Now he is on the Jesper Olsen page. Rather than engage him, I thought it best just to signal here, since you are familiar with this particular user. CanadianLinuxUser ( talk) 09:24, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
Thanks for you help the other day with Belle. I was just copyediting Spinning Around, which is on the main page and wanted to check something so I followed a link to one of the sources. The article text is very close to the source in wording and structure, but I didn't want to remove it as suggested on the copyright page since the article is today's featured article. You seem to be well up on the ins and outs of copyright infringement on Wikipedia so I thought I'd ask your advice..
Here's the text in the article:
British artist and photographer Katerina Jebb came across the hotpants in a flea market where she purchased them for fifty pence. She gave them to Minogue, who wore them in a photo shoot for her website and then to a fancy dress party. One night before the shoot for the video, a last-minute search through Minogue's wardrobe was conducted to find a suitable outfit and the gold hotpants were singled out. The media attention the clothing piece would garner had not been expected by Minogue, who said "I never imagined what impact a 50p pair of hotpants would have."
and here is the source:
Legend has it that these now iconic hotpants were discovered by photographer Katerina Jebb at a flea market and cost just 50p. Kylie wore them in a photo shoot for her website and then to a fancy dress party, before they were re-discovered in a last-minute search through her wardrobe the night before the video was to be shot. The amount of attention this garment attracted was unexpected. As Kylie says, "I never imagined what impact a 50p pair of hotpants would have ..."
Bellemora ( talk) 14:08, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
. . . continued from
here. I am still trying to report it to Wordpress team, and they are saying, my full contact details including phone number will be forwarded to the abuser. Good then, why not embedding a Google Map and mark my residence in the report? Looks like, I am inviting them for my wedding. They have no scope for individuals. I may surely share my full contact details including mobile number, but will their team give me security if I face harassment later? — that's the question I have asked now.
Thank you very much that you don't threaten to forward all contact details to the abuser when someone comes to report any simple and clear copyright violation to you. I know where the shoe pinches. --
Tito☸
Dutta
02:52, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello — could you peek at an article built from
copy-and-paste content which might not cross the
threshold of originality for copyright? An external Website posted a page listing model numbers of equipment, simple lists of bare model numbers. A Wikipedia contributor used some of that external content, made minor changes in format, and created a Wikipedia article from it. Such a minimal stub has a variety of obvious issues, but the copyright question isn't quite so obvious. Are model numbers, or plain lists of them, too obvious and unoriginal to be covered by copyright? The article in question is
List of heavy equipment equivalents, created in 2012. Thanks for any time you can spare.
50.181.30.121 (
talk)
07:28, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl:
Many thanks for those corrections in the WIKIPEDIA article on me. However, one item got lost between the cracks:
The entry PHILOSOPHY speaks in line 7 of “medieval and late Arabic logic.” The expression “and late” should be deleted. All the texts I dealt with were medieval.
Note that this is just a correction. Do please arrange to have it made.
Many thanks, Nicholas Rescher — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rescherpa ( talk • contribs) 13:23, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I wonder if I could ask for your non-lawyer, no responsibility advice about something?
I'm getting quotes from several professional medical illustrators for an anatomy image I'll be commissioning. I explained that I would want the image to be released under a Wikipedia-compatible license. The first quote has come in and at the end of the letter they said "Please note that we retain the copyright to all created work, but that you may use the illustration as you see fit." If they release it under CC-BY-SA, do they still, technically, retain copyright? (I presume so, since they would be retaining the right to attribution, and control over sharing.) -- Anthonyhcole ( talk · contribs · email) 16:40, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
An administrator Dana Boomer recently deleted my file File:Omotola Jalade Ekeinde's Signature.jpg claiming WP:F9 which it's not. Please look into this and the other unjustified deletions she made. And I want to know why this is being nominated for deletion while this can stay. Thanks.-- Jamie Tubers ( talk) 20:14, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
This now includes a full copy from the New International Version which is copyright, not sure if there's a solution. I don't know about the Hebrew as it isn't sourced, but that is probably out of copyright (it says original Hebrew which led me to discover that our article on the Book of Exodus doesn't even mention the earliest texts of it). Thanks Dougweller ( talk) 18:18, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
The last time this came up was some time ago, and the standard that was applied was across articles, not in a single article. So far as I know, we haven't received much guidance on this from the legal team, although I could put on my work hat and ask for a meta:Wikilegal analysis if you'd like to request one. But Mike Godwin, when he was our attorney, did have us remove content from the DSM (some version) when the publisher complained about the cumulative impact across articles, for what that's worth. (That was painful.) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:55, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl. A few weeks or months ago I came across a post, almost certainly by you, explaining that it is a mistake for administrators to apply temporary blocks to serial copyright violators, and that blocks should instead be indefinite. The post explained that this was because, unless and until the blocked user gave any indication that they understood the problem, they were likely to continue the copyright violations, which would often get overlooked for months or years. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find this post. If it was you who made it, or if you know who did, could you help me locate it? Since reading it I've seen at least a couple temporary blocks of completely uncommunicative copyright violators, and I would like to show it to the blocking admins. — Psychonaut ( talk) 21:03, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi MRG - I've worked Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Madhuric down to the last five articles, and can't make up my mind whether they're copyvio or not (being my normal indecisive self with regards to presumptively removing text...) Would you mind taking a look? Thanks in advance, Dana boomer ( talk) 23:30, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
The article First Aid Kit (band) has been deleted and restored a few times. Last time it was restored, previous revisions that were restored included copyright violations deleted as such [3], as well as many early revisions pertaining to a completely different band of this name (which, if they were notable enough for an article after all, should probably be at a different location from the band now covered in the article). As for the copyvio material, it was restored to the article after its last undeletion in this edit. Some of its DNA may still be in the current text, although successive changes seem to have washed most of it away.
Please deal with this in any way you feel suitable. -- Hegvald ( talk) 10:18, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
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The CCI at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20140301 is complete with the exception of a single article, Bijan Abdolkarimi. The only possible copyvio would be a faithful translation from the Persian-language sources, but I don't speak Persian and so can't verify this. Do you think it would be better to remove the text presumptively, or to ask a Persian-speaking Wikipedian to have a look? ( Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Iran is a possibility, though it looks pretty dead.) — Psychonaut ( talk) 12:19, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Moonriddengirl. As always, you are doing truly yeoman's work on copyright problems. I noticed this edit in which you removed the 4/20 page and added the 4/21 page to the main page list. There is one unresolved issue on the 4/20 page, which nominator TheGGoose asked me about on my talk page. (I guess I fooled him into thinking I know what I'm doing around here. 笑) I wasn't sure if you made a mistake, or I just failed to discern your intent. Happy editing, Cnilep ( talk) 05:16, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Sorry to disturb you once again but User talk:TheRedPenOfDoom is back with edit warring. I am asking the user not do delete information from the article Bade Achhe Lagte Hain but the user says that it is pure promotional blurb. I have also asked the user to discuss on the article's talk page first but there's no response from the user's side. The user's literally harassing me. I am going to look out for a third opinion but I would also need your guidance. Please help! Thank you! -- Tamravidhir ( talk) 04:18, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I am adding reliable sources in that article but those are deleting. Zeijani ( talk) 10:14, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Why is it that you deleted the page titled "Ebrahim Bawany" in 2010?
Hackery21 ( talk) 19:02, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Ok. He is my grandfather, So am I permitted to write about him?
Hackery21 (
talk)
00:14, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Hope you remember Mushroom9 ( talk · contribs) whom you blocked in April 2012 for several instances of copy-vio. I have come across a user Rajraowiki ( talk · contribs) whose edits are very similar. This account was created a few months after Mushroom9's indef block. Please use the ping template when you respond to my message :) — Abhishek Talk 13:51, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
There are a lot of new files for this CCI. Have tagged everything that I thought might be questionable. Think George had been doing this a while back but it looks like he's been tied up with college. Didn't realize just how many there were until this. We hope ( talk) 15:10, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
User:Masem, some of the uploads originate with wire services such as AP and UPI. Library of Congress tried to determine the copyright status of their photo holdings from the services and posted the following information for both. AP UPI :
We have some post-1963 wire service photos here; these have been deleted in the past at Commons. We hope ( talk) 14:35, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
My name is Rob White and I am the Business Administrator at World Impact Ministries, USA.
In context of the "History" section of the Wikipedia entry under Peter Youngren, there are several misrepresentations of facts. Some, though sourced, are possibly libelous.
First of all, the "copyrighted" content that was deleted is now in the public domain from the website PeterYoungren.org. Please see the updated notice on the website that this material is not copyrighted ( http://www.peteryoungren.org/impact/about_peter/ ).
Also, please note the following errors:
1. Peter Youngren's first marriage did not end in divorce in 1982. 2. The report of Youngren fathering a child has been reported to the appropriate Authorities/Police as libelous and unsubstantiated. 3. Youngren did not step down as President of Open Bible Fellowship due to any discovery of fathering a child. 4. Youngren's Wife Taina Youngren has not been sentenced to payment of 49,000 Euros nor did she receive a jail sentence. This matter was dealt with in Lahti District Court in Finland, August 2013 and all criminal charges were removed.
We have been seeking legal advice regarding the sources. Thank you for your consideration.
My request is that you undo your last two edits ...
Kind Regards,
WorldImpactMinistries ( talk) 19:42, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hi there, I would also like to add that the constant changes in the bio of Peter Youngren is violating some terms in wikipedia's own words on BLP's in that it's "not a tabloid" or place for spreading "titillating claims about people's lives."
"Biographies of living persons ("BLP"s) must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives; the possibility of harm to living subjects must always be considered when exercising editorial judgment. This policy applies to any living person mentioned in a BLP, whether or not that person is the subject of the article, and to material about living persons in other articles and on other pages, including talk pages.[3] The burden of evidence for any edit rests with the person who adds or restores material."
Thanks, UsernameRachel ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 12:24, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
On a trip down memory lane I noticed that Poznan Science and Technology Park, an article I axed a while back of copyright grounds, was recreated. Not usually a big deal, our policies allow for that, however I got concerned when i went to see what the differences were and found at least two paragraphs from the deleted copyvio version that appear to at or near verbatim recreated in the new version. I'm not sure how close an article has to be to its formerly copyrighted self to be an issue here, but I'm concerned about it, so I thought I'd ask someone to look into it. TomStar81 ( Talk) 09:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi
I'm the person who documented the routine plagiarisation of DramaWiki by Wikipedia articles on Korean dramas a few months ago, with examples which you then deleted. I just found that the article My Tutor Friend 2 has a "Plot" section entirely lifted from its second *cited* reference (the harsh 'Korea Times' review).
(FYI, the critic's right - the movie's pretty bad.)
Joe Bernstein joe@sfbooks.com
128.95.134.57 ( talk) 05:02, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
{{
subst:cclean|url=DramaWiki}}
(or whatever source is used). That will let people know why you removed it. :) You can see
Wikipedia:Copyvio101 for more about this and other options. :) --
Moonriddengirl
(talk)
11:29, 13 May 2014 (UTC)Hi Moonriddengirl,
The Spectra Energy Wikipedia page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectra_Energy) has some outdated information. I was hoping you could please let me know the best way to have this page updated.
Would the best way be for me to provide you with the updated information (and sources) here? or is there another way to do so?
Thanks in advance for your guidance.
64.95.214.18 ( talk) 20:47, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello dear Moonriddengirl, it's me Invertzoo, asking for your insight again. Here is a discussion copied from my talk page, many thanks for any light you can shed:
"Thanks for the thanks! Just a small point, is it right for me to quote a description exactly from an original description, as I do in Plocamopherus maculapodium - citing the source. The original paper also gives details of internal anatomy and radula plus more details. I'm trying to create a resource for getting a quick look at the species in each genus, plus hoping we will get an image for each. Rudman's Sea Slug Forum is no longer active and I think Wikipedia has a great role to play interfacing the people out there taking photographs (lots of them now) with the scientific papers plus accumulating knowledge of distributions. There are many undescribed species, Gosliner's team added about 91 last year alone. The taxobox structure provides such a neat navigation system. BernardP (talk) 20:40, 8 May 2014 (UTC)"
"I've been on copyright classes and there is the clause of "fair usage". It seems to me that part of a species description within a paper describing the species and several others might well come under that heading. Such descriptions are quite precise and it is really not sensible to be rewriting them if they are good and no new information is available, as in the cases where I've used them. Is there a way of tagging Moonriddengirl into this discussion? There is also the consideration of whether there is copyright in this case as the paper itself is freely available. [7]. With some scientific journals moving to a free access model I suspect that such copying may be permissible. BernardP (talk) 07:32, 9 May 2014 (UTC)"
Thanks again MRG and all my best wishes to you,
Invertzoo (
talk)
13:23, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Number 04267 reads "guided tissue regeneration--nonresorbable barrier, per site, per tooth" but could have read "regeneration of tissue, guided by nonresorbable barrier, one site and tooth per entry". Or "use of barrier to guide regeneration of tissue, without regard to the number of sites per tooth and whether or not the barrier is resorbable". The first variation is linguistic, the second substantive; in each case the decision to use the actual description is original to the ADA, not knuckling under to an order imposed on language by some "fact" about dental procedures.
Thanks so much MRG for your very detailed and helpful reply. I don't know if Bernard has read it yet, but I left a note on his talk page telling him you had replied at length. Thanks again, and all good wishes, Invertzoo ( talk) 16:23, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
OK, thanks. I'll change those places where I've made direct quotes. BernardP ( talk) 20:22, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
At WP:AN#Proposed topic ban for 2 editors there is discussion of an article whose original form may have been related to something published by the revisionist Institute of Historical Researh (pardon me while I go vomit) by the Holocaust Denier Mark Weber. See Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2014 May 9 where I've added a link to a discussion with a comparision of the article and the material it may be copied from. This is an issue which has involved a large number of editors and hundreds of hours I'd guess and 2 AfDs. Thanks Dougweller ( talk) 20:59, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
OK, thanks for that Jimfbleak - talk to me? 17:12, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello, you have deleted a page recently for copyright issue, the page of Francois Raffoul. If there is redundancy or duplicate text with an attached link to his university public page, why not delete that link? Would that not resolve the problem, if indeed there is some duplicated text? 201.192.97.154 ( talk) 21:14, 15 May 2014 (UTC)Thank you...
Extend PC time? -- George Ho ( talk) 04:04, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
I saw your call to arms for the return of the Bots, have you considered the one click archiver? -- kelapstick( bainuu) 15:35, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I'm constructing a list of collegiate societies and noticed that you deleted a page for Tau Sigma Delta on some copyright concerns. May I see it? I'd like to correct the problem, as it is a legitimate society for Architecture and Allied Arts, part of the ACHS, and clearly is notable as there are many, many similar societies with WP pages. Really, just for curiosity, what could they have done that caused you to delete them? I'm unaffiliated with them, but intrigued now. Jax MN ( talk) 19:03, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Had recently gone through copyright.gov to check on this File:June taylor dance 1958.JPG taken in 1958 by the Detroit News and found the paper didn't renew its older issues. So--that relates to File:Mike Todd - 1956.jpg this 1956 photo taken by the paper. I've changed the license to PD-not renewed and listed the results of the copyright.gov search. Does the "Do Not Copy to Commons" tag stay on this one or not? Thanks, We hope ( talk) 13:32, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
Hoping you can clarify a few questions and apparent contradictions related to copyright and commons.
Do you know who designed the Wp:CP page?
I'm concerned that we are not being as responsive as we should be to Category:Requested edits. While I have some thoughts on how to proceed, I'd like to discuss them with some of the "regulars" and it isn't trivial to even identify them.
If we had a lightweight version of the Copyright problems page, with the key features being that items would be added to the page automatically (driven by the {{ Request edit}} template), and we closed items by adding an icon indicating the resolution, with a signature, we would have the ability to identify who is working on them, and how they are resolved. It would be easier to thank those who help if I know who is helping.
I don't have the coding expertise to do it myself, but I'd like to find out who does, to see if CP would be a good model.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 12:49, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
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MER-C 11:44, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello Moonriddengirl! In 2009 you seem to have deleted Constantine of Berat on the grounds of copyrights infringement. I immagine that the relative article of Robert Elsie was copied mot-a-mot. Can you please give me a copy of that article so that I can check whether there is anything I can save from it before I start it myself? Thanks! Regards. -- Dojumatufeps ( talk) 18:25, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the copyvio cleanup on this article. I felt sort of ambivalent about it. Someone went to the trouble of putting that info there, and it was helpful. OTOH, as I make my living doing this (Japanese>English translator), it bothers me to see the words of someone else used without credit. Maybe when I get some time I can go back to that article and try to recreate a summary with proper attribution. Anyway, thanks again. I think this is my second interaction with you, and you were quite nice the last time too. (Also thanks for the Signpost message -- I wasn't even aware of that. I'm going to look and see if I can get it delivered to me too.) Margin1522 ( talk) 00:09, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
This [14] seems to be copied from [15]. I've already deleted a lot of material copied from an article by his ex-wife. I'm sure the editor has a COI but what is interesting, ignoring the copyvio, is the use of "fake" journals as sources (journals on Beall's list of questionable, scholarly open-access publishers), an issue I've raised at the AfD. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 18:23, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
His Linkedin profile says
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Given that the editor added blatant copyvio before, I'm assuming this went Linkedin to us, but just wanted another comment. This is all pretty flagrantly promotional.
Dougweller (
talk)
13:04, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
short quote, but I might be wrong... ( t) Josve05a ( c) 14:55, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
As I mentioned at the Admin coaching page, now I have applied for the third time meta:OTRS/Volunteering#Titodutta. I don't know why my application gets rejected everytime and no one comments there. I do not inform anyone about my application. Tito☸ Dutta 17:35, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
On my talk page, I uploaded an image of a product of which I did the photography. File:Grands canned biscuits.jpg Are we really forcing all products to go under fair use? This doesn't seem right but a tagger is very persistent in stating so. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 13:34, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
It doesn't strip the photographer of his rights - they just don't extend to the copyrighted elements of his picture. This is an issue of derivative work - the new photograph attracts copyright of its own, but the underlying item retains its own copyright. Canned biscuit could be shown without copyright concern, but not with copyrighted elements - for instance, without a label - such as in Sardine (food). The can itself is a utility item. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:27, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
Paul Stephen Farmer ( talk) 17:58, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I'm sorry to do this but I have to revert what you have did to the edits of user:121.97.142.144, when he/she reverted the edits of User:124.6.181.166. The revision of the first anon is valid since the latter is a longterm vandal. User:124.6.181.166 has been adding the category "programs acquired by GMA News TV" on several Korean drama articles, while in reality, they have not been acquired, since GMA News TV is a news channel, and not a general entertainment network. - WayKurat ( talk) 14:48, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi user Mitko pi4a70 is vandalising and blanking WWE pages at a rapid rate please help. Lukejordan02 ( talk) 21:25, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Thank you so much. Lukejordan02 ( talk) 21:31, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, MRG, and nice to hear from you again. I had tried to post my comment under the notice at WT:CRIC but I started a separate section for any discussion about cricket articles. Certainly those two Bangladesh history ones look as if they've received a copy-and-paste and I'll review them soon. Thanks and all the best. Jack | talk page 11:58, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Dear editors I have created this page SEDS APSN article on order by SEDS-India to spread the awareness of space science and the importance of Student group this cannot be fulfilled by SEDS original page so a new page is required as per the present situation here. I wanted that students must create their own groups for polling their knowledge and for that campaign I require Tis page - SEDS APSN . But I cannot understand why the editors don't understand the psychology of general public of North-East India where space science is justa joke to great extend and people only know Space means NASA. Such a closed view. Bishalbaishya2012 ( talk) 08:40, 6 June 2014 (UTC)Bishal Baishya
I assume that you have seen this [16]. We hope to start development soon. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:29, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
Hey, Moonriddengirl. You likely got a ping via WP:Echo here. I take it that this matter is nothing to be concerned about copyright-wise? Or have you simply not looked into the matter yet? As always, I appreciate your help. Flyer22 ( talk) 13:25, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl. I have seen you be independent thoughtful and cautious about copyright issues. Can you please share your thoughts on the copyright issues? here? It boils down to whether content explicitly released "without"/"free of" "restrictions" should be seen to be implicitly restricted <sic> to non-derivative use. It seems to me that a release with no restrictions means no restrictions. I asked you here about a bunch of state PD stuff but didn't hear back. --{{U| Elvey}} ( t• c) 23:58, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
P.S. Where I'm coming from: I suggested the Maryland one be deleted, and created others. I've taken a close look at the law and I am convinced it's on the side of keeping/restoring this template/tag. --{{U| Elvey}} ( t• c) 00:05, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
Maggie, can you catch me on IRC if you're around. I have a project I am working on and your help was recommended.--v/r - T P 22:37, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
An editor stopped by my talk page asking about the deletion of their draft article for copyright reasons and I believe I am handling their questions related to that. However, they brought up a concern that the History and Tours sections of Old Mission Beach Athletic Club RFC may be a copyright violation as the Club's history webpage matches the Wikipedia article. However, I think this might be a case of OMBAC copying the Wikipedia article versus the other way around. I did some checking with the Internet Wayback Machine and the club's history page was quite different back in 2013, while the material on the Wikipedia article was added back in 2007. I told the editor that I would have another admin whom specializes in copyright issues confirm my findings. So I thought of you. =) Can you check into it and see whom might have copied whom? Thanks. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 06:45, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
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[23] | In the past, OMBAC has toured Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, England, Scotland and Wales. OMBAC has also hosted a number of foreign touring sides including the French National Champions of 1991, Toulouse; and Llanelli, the runner-ups to the Welsh Club Champions of 1990 and Welsh Club Champions in 1992 and '93. In 1994 OMBAC hosted and defeated such world powers as the Orrell Rugby Football Club from England and the Brothers RFC from Brisbane, Australia. In 1995 OMBAC was on the losing side in a very physical game with another top English side, the Sale Rugby Club. In 1996 OMBAC played host to one of Argentina's top club sides, Cuidad Universidad de Buenos Aires (CUBA). | In the past, OMBAC has toured Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, England, Scotland and Wales. OMBAC has also hosted a number of foreign touring sides including the French National Champions of 1991, Toulouse; and Llanelli, the runner-ups to the Welsh Club Champions of 1990 and Welsh Club Champions in 1992 and '93. In 1994 OMBAC hosted and defeated such world powers as the Orrell Rugby Football Club from England and the Brothers RFC from Brisbane, Australia. In 1995 OMBAC was on the losing side in a very physical game with another top English side, the Sale Rugby Club. In 1996 OMBAC played host to one of Argentina's top club sides, Cuidad Universidad de Buenos Aires (CUBA). |
Hi there,
I'm not sure how to proceed with this, but I've found that user Doc thompson has been adding copyrighted material (as well as a lot of original research) to the Gardner Fox page. I'm in the process of removing this, but I thought that an admin should be alerted, and as you're the one who blocked him previously you seemed the logical choice. Please let me know how we should best proceed. Euchrid ( talk) 03:19, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
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Call me asap Recob ( talk) 09:14, 19 June 2014 (UTC) |
Could you have a look at this article. I recently did a little editorial cleaning up work, but became suspicious that the bulk of the text has been copied and pasted from another site. Sometimes it is difficult to know whether other sites are merely mirroring Wikipedia, but I guess that this is probably not the case here. Many thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 16:58, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
Another data point supporting the notion that copyright is hard. If even the US Chamber of Commerce gets it wrong, no wonder some editors struggle.
As a bonus, the article invokes Wikipedia, as part of the correction of their error.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 19:02, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
I wanted to ask you about a troublesome CCI article, but before pinging you, I decided to see what you were working on which led me to the GregBard issue. By bad luck, the first entry I looked at had several problems, which colored my views. My subsequent reviews haven't turned up more copyright issues, although I found problems with uncited claims, bare urls, and other reference issues. I see the indef block, and some discussion about what should be in an unblock request. I have two thoughts, which I want to run by you in case there is any merit.
Hi MRG, re the notice placed on WT:CRIC. I've looked at the cricket articles in the list and I believe the only one presenting a problem is the Bangladesh history, but that has now been resolved. The "dateline" was certainly a copy-and-paste from another site which may or not be entirely reliable. The other cricket articles listed need more sources but I haven't seen anything that looks suspicious. The information seems to be correct and I don't have any issues. All the articles are within the scope of CRIC and I would hope they will be improved in due course. I'll put a list of them on WT:CRIC. May we therefore conclude that the cricket part of the investigation is complete?
Looking at the wider investigation, I have no interest in rugby league but I notice that many of the listed articles are about British RL clubs and grounds. I've browsed some of these and they generally show a distinct lack of sourcing despite containing quite a lot of information which must have come from somewhere. Some of the stuff I've read creates the impression of original research because of subjectivity and I would say that there is a lack of literature about rugby league and that contributors are writing from their own knowledge. Cricket has a huge advantage here as there is a massive cricket literature and online presence. One RL book which is mentioned in a few places is The Grounds of Rugby League by Trevor Delaney (1991) and, for your purposes, it would probably be worth running a comparison with that if it is obtainable. I would suggest application of WP:V across British rugby league articles to try and encourage the RL project to dig out more references. Jack | talk page 05:08, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello:
La expresión "El Médico" (o "El Doctor") es un nombre común en español para referirse a los médicos. Que el cantante Reynier Casamayor Griñán use como apodo dicha expresión, no creo que sea suficiente para apropiarse de una denominación común de todos los médicos, por eso trasladé la biografía del cantante a su nombre original. Además, hay otros productos culturales con la misma denominación:
En mi opinión el artículo "El Médico" debería ser de desambiguación, para indicar que es una expresión común para referirse a los médicos en general, y que numerosos actividades artísticas lo han utilizado como título, incluyendo el apodo del cantante Reynier Casamayor Griñán. Un cordial saludo:-- Raimundo Pastor ( talk) 17:52, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
The term "El Médico" (or "El Doctor") is a common name in Spanish to refer to the physicians. The singer Reynier Casamayor Griñán I use this term as a nickname not think it's enough to appropriate a common name for all doctors, so I moved the biography of the singer to his original name. There are other cultural products with the same name:
In my opinion the article "El Médico" should be disambiguation, to indicate that it is common to refer to physicians in general expression, and numerous artistic activities have used it as a title, including the singer's nickname Griñán Reynier Casamayor. Regards-- Raimundo Pastor ( talk) 18:51, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello! I am terribly unfamiliar with DCM policy and procedure and have a user with some questions. I see you are actively involved with copyright issues on WP and thought you would be a good person to ask. Would you be so find as to come to User_talk:Kvihill#Mediation_.28statistics.29 and provide input? Thank you! EvergreenFir ( talk) 23:10, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
A copyright issues has arisen at the above address. As our resident expert, would you care to comment, one way or the other? BMK ( talk) 02:41, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
I took your advice and opened a discussion on WP:MCQ, which I think you might find interesting. It's here. Best, BMK ( talk) 02:26, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for the help with the copyright question with the article. I have removed the two sections in question. Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. I've been really busy for the past week. Thanks again! -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 04:22, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Moonriddengirl,
I was hoping you could help in updating the Spectra Energy wikipedia page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectra_Energy) with the following edits. I have provided sources for each suggested update. Thank you in advance for your assistance!
EDIT 1: First sentence of first section from: Spectra Energy Corp is a S&P 500 company headquartered in Houston, Texas, that operates in three key areas of the natural gas industry: transmission and storage, distribution, and gathering and processing.
to: "Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE), a FORTUNE 500 company, is one of North America's leading pipeline and midstream companies. Based in Houston, Texas, the company’s operations in the United States and Canada include more than 22,000 miles of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil pipelines; approximately 305 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas storage; 4.8 million barrels of crude oil storage; as well as natural gas gathering, processing, and local distribution operations. Spectra Energy is the general partner of Spectra Energy Partners (NYSE: SEP), one of the largest pipeline master limited partnerships in the United States and owner of the natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil assets in Spectra Energy’s U.S. portfolio. Spectra Energy also has a 50 percent ownership in DCP Midstream, the largest producer of natural gas liquids and the largest natural gas processor in the United States."
sources: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/spectra-energy-issues-2013-sustainability-131500805.html or http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=SE
EDIT 2: The second sentence of the first section from: Spectra was formed in late 2006 from the spin-off from Duke Energy.
to: Spectra Energy was formed in 2007 from the spin-off from Duke Energy.
sources: http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/01/02/businesspro-spectraenergy-spinoff-dc-idUSN0234024620070102
EDIT 3: The information box should be updated with the following:
Revenue should be changed from: 5.351, to: 5.518 operating Income should be changed from: 1.763, to: 1.666 Net Income should be changed from: 1.184, to: 1.038
sources: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=SE&annual
EDIT 4: The last sentence in the HISTORY section from: In 2011, Spectra Energy achieved record net income and surpassed its earnings target by more than 7 percent. And, in 2011, the company increased its annual dividend to $1.12, representing a nearly 8 percent increase.
to: In 2013, Spectra Energy achieved net income from controlling interestes of $1.04 billion, or $1.55 diluted EPS, compared with $940 million, or $1.43 diluted EPS in 2012. Ongoing 2013 net income from controlling interests was $1.10 billion, or $1.64 diluted EPS, compared with $938 million, or $1.43 diluted EPS, in the prior year.
sources: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140204-905069.html
EDIT 5: At the bottom of the OPERATIONS section, please add:
Spectra Energy also operates The Express-Platte Pipeline System which begins in Hardisty, Alberta and terminates in Wood River, IL. It includes the Express and Platte crude oil pipelines.
sources: http://pipelineandgasjournal.com/spectra-energy-acquire-express-platte-pipeline-system
EDIT 6: Under the LEADERSHIP section, the first sentence from: Gregory L. Ebel (born 1964 in Ottawa, Canada) is president and chief executive officer of Spectra Energy Corp and a member of the company’s board of directors.
to: Gregory L. Ebel (born 1964 in Ottawa, Canada) is president and chief executive officer of Spectra Energy Corp and chair of the company’s board of directors.
sources: http://www.rttnews.com/2302208/spectra-energy-names-gregory-ebel-chair-of-board.aspx
64.95.214.18 ( talk) 15:58, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
{{request edit}}
. Please use the curly brackets and all. This will attract the attention of interested editors, who will evaluate the content for appropriateness. Most of these look pretty straightforward, so I would imagine there will be no issues. --
Moonriddengirl
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13:08, 18 June 2014 (UTC)Thanks for your guidance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.95.214.18 ( talk) 20:47, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Quick question about a possible WP:COPYVIOEL on the page Rape fantasy.
I came across the link http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/19887428/647252236/name/Specific_Sexual_Fantasy_Themes.pdf in one of the references and noticed the DOI matched up with the landing-site journal publication at http://psycnet.apa.org/?&fa=main.doiLanding&doi=10.1037/0022-3514.48.2.472, so I removed the full-text link and kept the official publication (containing only an abstract of the study).
Flyer22 and I aren't sure if it's actually a WP:COPYVIO to link to it: we had a brief discussion on her page and she directed me here. She thinks it might be okay to still link to it/use it as a reference for the article. What's your take on this matter? Is it okay to restore the full-text link? meteor_sandwich_yum ( talk) 04:48, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar |
Call me asap Recob ( talk) 09:14, 19 June 2014 (UTC) |
We have an article Global Eugenics: Using Medicine to Kill, now at AfD. I removed Global Eugenics: Using Medicine to Kill from the article as it links to a page where you can see the video which is a mass of copyright YouTube videos, eg CNN, thus copyvio. Random checks 45 seconds in and 32 minutes in show news broadcasts. I see someone has also added [27]. to the AfD, which allows you to download it. What's your take on these links? Dougweller ( talk) 11:08, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
Per a comment by an editor that he "mainly copy and paste" from other articles here, can you review Easy Goer? I was trying to help this editor clean up his writing, but now that I realize he was probably copying verbatim, I don't want to get caught up in a mess. Plag tracker flagged more than just wikipedia here, if that helps. I'm hesitant to take action directly because this user is already mad at me for trying to clean up "his" work. Montanabw (talk) 22:08, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I know persian and I want to let pages which they are about Persia have audio pronounce. Now I'm asking you for any suggestion about this. If there is a special article which needs Persian pronunciation I will be happy to do.-- Freshman404 Talk 15:17, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
Its official check this link again. Check the registrant information. [28] — Preceding unsigned comment added by UserANONYMOUS17 ( talk • contribs) 09:00, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
A user page (see hatted section titled "words of wisdom") contains large sections of copy-paste from a book series that is explicitly copyrighted by these copyright holders. I have notified the user here, but they claim (a) they have only used short quotes and (b) the material is in public domain, both of which I think are obviously not true. Since userspace content is covered under the same copyright violation policies as article space, how to proceed? Thanks. - LuckyLouie ( talk) 12:52, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
I ended up here after a roundabout session of link clicking.
It started with a Google StreetView session looking around the site of the Ottawa Science Museum, trying to follow train tracks through the Ottawa area. This led me to ask "what's that big radar dish?' which Google informed me was an "FPS-20". That led me back here to the Wiki, where I found something like a dozen articles on variations on this design, which I've spent some time cleaning up to make the single Bendix AN/FPS-20.
While searching for other links that might point to one of these many duplicates, I somehow ended up here, and I followed it because the text in the article in question seemed to be assembled from other sources without any editing. Looking at the history on that page led me here.
So there you go, train tracks to you. Small world!
If I am reading that page correctly, my concerns about these articles are shared about 5000 times. But when facing a task list that long, what is one to do? I am mildly concerned that the material in question forms the backbone of many of the topics I'm personally interested in, the history of electronics and avionics in the 1940s to 60s. Removing them wholesale seems like a bad idea, but so does leaving them "wholesale", as they appear largely to be material one can easily find in Google. I certainly don't have time to edit them all, I've written perhaps 7500 articles in total in 12 years, it would take me another 10 to get through this list!
I'm open to any advice you might have. Or pointers to better places to discuss these issues.
Maury Markowitz ( talk) 18:42, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
{{
copyvio}}
(with reference to the source and a link to the CCI, if possible) and list them at
WP:CP. That will probably result in the articles being stubbed, if interested editors don't help with clean up. They have generally a week, sometimes more based on backlog. If you feel like it, you can also just reconstruct the article yourself, bypassing
WP:CP altogether. (I'm more likely to go the
WP:CP route when there are obviously interested editors.) The longer unusable content remains in those articles, the more time our volunteers will waste polishing what we can't keep. I hate having to go in to an article where somebody has been working hard only to have to tell them that the base they've been working on is corrupt and we've wasted their time. :( --
Moonriddengirl
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14:00, 30 June 2014 (UTC)Was adding a bit here today and came across this website which pretty much took the first paragraph of Songwriting and composing as a copy and paste. The site has copyright notations. According to the page, it was last changed there April 27, 2012. A look at our article page for April 1, 2012 shows the text was here at the time. I tried the Wayback Machine for older versions of this page, but the site has not been crawled by them. Could you please leave a note at the talk page to indicate that they "borrowed" from us and not the other way around? Thanks! We hope ( talk) 21:38, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Per your instructions I have made a statement at the bottom of the Ronald Kirklin page www.qmfound.com/Ronald_Kirklin.htm on the Quartermaster Foundation website indicating that the Wikipedia page of the same name is not in violation of copyright. Ehrentitle ( talk) 22:52, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering why the page on Otto Hirschler was deleted? He was my grandfather. I understand it may have been for copyright violations, so if you can point out the problem, perhaps I or someone else can fix it.
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Docman52 ( talk • contribs) 18:34, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi MRG. Been there a long time but contributions look fishy, esp. the big one. Could you please take a look? LeadSongDog come howl! 02:48, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi MRG! I would like to ask your advice about Draft:Catfish Hodge - Blues Musician which has text substantially taken from [29]. The source text states it has been reproduced on Oldies.com from a book (The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin) which according to Oldies.com is licensed from Muze. I was trying to work my head around this logically, but its been a long day and I just confused myself even more. I am unsure who the copyright owner is and how reproducing this on Wikipedia sits with our licensing conditions. Any help would be very much appreciated. Bellerophon talk to me 20:50, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm working on the Tanzania article which contains the image File:Amani-TT4798.jpg. I just wanted to confirm that the permission was given by the artist/copyright holder. (In my experience, when people see folk/naive/primitive paintings, sometimes their copyright alarm bells don't go off -- just want to be sure everything is legit.) Thanks! Calliopejen1 ( talk) 17:27, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
In this case the translation is very short, 90 words. Is that ok? Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 16:38, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I want to thank you that you have not deleted the article but revised it, although only 5% of the original article are left. In my opinion, it's now missing a few important facts relating to the band. I'll see if I attach this again, but Justlettersandnumbers has already proposed the page again for deletion, sometimes I wonder if he would just annoy people? But that's a different story.
Thanks, with friendly greetings -- Irukandji85 ( talk) 09:09, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
Could use another opinion. Do not feel any obligation to support my tentative position, I'd be happy to hear that the article is OK.
Number 04267 reads "guided tissue regeneration--nonresorbable barrier, per site, per tooth" but could have read "regeneration of tissue, guided by nonresorbable barrier, one site and tooth per entry". Or "use of barrier to guide regeneration of tissue, without regard to the number of sites per tooth and whether or not the barrier is resorbable". The first variation is linguistic, the second substantive; in each case the decision to use the actual description is original to the ADA, not knuckling under to an order imposed on language by some "fact" about dental procedures.
I will summarize my problems. I do not see noticeboards specialized for civility at dispute rezolution. You can find the dispute arbitrated by another IP# here (86.x.x.x).
Please answer on my talk page. It iz faster that way, because I do not need to poll your page, or even know that you are awake. If I do poll your page, and I am on a different IP#, then I can look closely at colours. Also, I get one piece of spam every three months or so, and it's not because of filters. Bohgosity BumaskiL 75.152.119.10 ( talk) 12:49, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
Sorry for my mistake asking a duplicate discussion here and Commons, since I didn't know you are not active on Commons like here. My concern is a serious problem, which can significantly affect WMF's licensing policy and the first clause of WP:NFC#UUI. see this page. -- Puramyun31 ( talk) 21:33, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this article, which you appear to have cleaned up a while back? It looks suspiciously like a copyvio once again. Regards, -- Ohc ¡digame! 08:56, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi MRG. Based on your participation in this discusssion Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Philately/Archive 8#Catalog numbers as references 3+ years ago you may want to comment on a renewed duscussion on the same topic. ww2censor ( talk) 12:59, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
I know you haven't posted to this article but knowing your attention to detail can you resolve or address this issue. The registered user insists on using the term "pinch" in the article for the device used which is a slang term but he keeps wanting to include the link to the actual physical process not to the actual device itself which is actually called a z-pinch (major ownership issues with this guy moonridden. I love the movie but do not agree with showing links to incorrect info. He needs to either correct the link or don't use a link in my opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.180.88.186 ( talk • contribs) 22 July 2014
Hi,I've fixed the FreeNOS page : /info/en/?search=Talk:FreeNOS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rayeshman ( talk • contribs) 22 July 2014
Procedurally, how do I handle this?
I see Edwin Andrews Air Base at WP:SCV. I that User:BrownHairedGirl has identified it as a CP, so I was tempted to use the template in SCV to mark that it was at CP. However, at CP, I see it in the bot list for 2 July, but not in the standalone list.
I think the process is that we can archive an SCV date when everything has been handled, and adding it to CP counts as being handled, but I'm concerned that if I mark it as handled at SCV, it will fall through the cracks.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 20:32, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello again. I am in the process of creating a new article for this blues pianist. However, I noted the following message when trying to open a new article page - 11:59, 9 May 2009 Moonriddengirl (talk | contribs) deleted page Kelley Hunt (Listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems for over seven days: http://web.archive.org/web/20070809031636/http://kelleyhunt.com/biography.html).
Am I all right to proceed ? (The proposed article is presently in my sandbox). Regards,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 17:55, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
Looking at the history of this article, I see you were instrumental in cutting off the last bout of disruption. The IP's are now back, tossing around unsubstantiated accusations on the talk page. I've tried to put a halt to it but I don't think that will be the end of it. Can you please have a look? -- NeilN talk to me 14:56, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Can you please grab the other IP? [32] -- NeilN talk to me 17:18, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
I will be more careful next time. I had edited the last article which was mentioned and removed copyright material from that. Sulaimandaud ( talk) 01:40, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
Em really sorry for that i thought i was removing, might have been got stuck some where else and then forgot... believe me em really really sorry Sulaimandaud ( talk) 01:56, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
I have been looking for the information on how to move an article for years. Sometimes it is just essential that an article be moved. Thanks for the pointer to Help:Move. For some reason I had not found that. Perhaps I was using the wrong search terms. It is such a relief to me to finally know how to do it. Perhaps you know how I can communicate a response to comments such as yours, which [ posted to the bottom of my talk page.] The only way I know is this way, i.e. posting a new comment on your talk page. Is this the correct (best) way to do this? Nick Beeson ( talk) 11:03, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
The page I have copied from( http://freenos.org/about), has a licence of by-nc-saV2 is it really incompatible with wikipedia? Rayeshman ( talk) 04:05, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
It's (potentially) a big enough deal that I'll tease it by linking without explaining. OK, got ahead of myself. Lawsuit filed, I thought it was lawsuit won.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 19:52, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
I wouldn't be surprised if RojBlakeLiberator ( talk · contribs) is Scatcat2009 ( talk · contribs). Flyer22 ( talk) 00:03, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for cleaning up & restoring History of Syracuse, New York! More help needed on Syracuse, New York, if you're in the mood. Edits needed for the latter may actually be fewer than for the former. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld ( talk) 18:43, 1 August 2014 (UTC) |
Note. -- NeilN talk to me 20:16, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
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I have just reverted the above four articles to just before a copyright violation (from the respective schools' own websites) occurred. Or in the case of Bernard Mizeki College, I have merely excised the offending text. It seems that the policy now is to oversight the intervening changes. Could I ask you please to do the honours? Regards, -- Ohc ¡digame! 09:35, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi Moon, The potential copyright issue with http://cns.upf.edu/gustavo/ has been resolved by rewriting the flagged paragraphs under the Training section. Would you kindly remove the notice and restore to the new, changed version. Many thanks in advance. 07:15, 6 August 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MLKringelbach ( talk • contribs)
Could you userfy the deleted article
Patricia Ainsworth, please. All the best:
Rich
Farmbrough, 00:42, 2 August 2014 (UTC).
Hello,
I hope you are in a good health and spirit by the grace of God. I uploaded a couple of images at Facebook. My own image, taken by me. Now, I want to upload one of those two images at Commons to use at my userpage. Can I upload directly? Thank you in advance if you reply to it and double thank you if you don't
--
Tito☸
Dutta
18:48, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
Dear Moonriddengirl, I was sent here by Dougweller (Cf. our discussion, here and here). He brought to my attention that there are copyvio problems with my earlier articles on WP. Many of these were created at the very beginning of my editing here, and I realise that I should've gone back to them after I had a better grasp of the copyvio rules, but alas. I'd like to help clean up this mess (as much as time permits, I'm afraid I've been very busy with studies lately and have barely logged in on WP). How do you think we can move forward from here? Many thanks, Yazan ( talk) 19:35, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Moonriddengirl. As you are expert of copyright issues, maybe you could look the Coal gasification article? That article was marked for an investigation of potential copyright issue and it is listed here and discussed also at the article's talk page. For me it seems a backwards copy case, but I appreciate if more experienced people in this field could voice their opinion.
I am also disturbed about comments copied from my talk page and discussing me instead of the topic, and I am wonder if there is a valid basis to remove it from here and here.
Just to be clear I disclosure my role in this issue. I was the editor who back in 2009 split the coal gasification topic from Coal and Coal gas articles. Relevant text was moved from these articles and not sources outside of Wikipedia. Concerning text from Coal the relevant notification tags were put on the talk pages. Unfortunately it was not done about text from Coal gas article back then (it is done now). I thought (and still think) this as a technical action as I did not added any new text from outside Wikipedia. The moved text was (that time and still is) largely unsourced and it was correspondingly tagged by me. However, by my understanding this is not a reason not to split articles as we have separate policies WP:V and WP:RS to deal with unsourced text. Therefore, I was confused when notification tag was put on my talk page implying that I have added copyrighted text into Wikipedia, instead of original authors. I have also a feeling that {{ Copyvio}} needs some redesign. First of all, it creates welcoming text for newcomers which I think is not suitable for five years old cases or editors being active for eight years. Second, for persons not dealing with these issues frequently it is not very clear where the discussion is going on. Right now it is under filling instructions (as editing link) but it would be probably more useful if there will be also a bolded link to the discussion at the top of template (similar to AfD, CfD etc templates). I have to admit and I am sorry that I did not find the relevant discussion page before several days later another editor pointed to it, and therefore asked clarification at my talk page. Consequently, it created more misunderstandings.
Adding this information here is only for a full disclosure of my interests about that article. If you think this is inappropriate, please remove it. Beagel ( talk) 11:14, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
Hey Moon! I was just curious if you have any take on the issue raised in my last paragraph here. I remember a discussion about this once, but can't put my finger on it. When I have a thorny/nuanced copyright thought my first thought of who to bounce it off of resolves on you, but please feel free to tell me you're sick of being everyone's go-to copyright sounding board.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 22:54, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
Ok, I understand. Thank you. I will try to write my words on all the articles. I have a question: if I want to write the words of a company, artist etc., how should I do this without being copyrighted? SicaSunny ( talk) 05:52, 17 August 2014 (UTC)