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Is calling a drunken sailor a "drunken sailor" a personal attack? If so - I apologize. Have a wonderful day. -- Suplemental ( talk) 18:09, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
This isn't quite the case to which F11 applies. The criterion applies to images taken by one individual and uploaded by another: for example, if I contact the Flickr uploader by instant message and obtain permission for the free license, it's not good enough. Since the local uploader is the Flickr uploader, rather than a different person who got permission to use the cc-by-sa-2.5, this isn't applicable. Nyttend ( talk) 01:53, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
please about the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Maldonado , reconsider the disambiguation sonic 14 created., i think its more appropiated., these people (football-musician) are same age. music lovers are as important as football lovers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.140.62.130 ( talk) 07:00, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
For the article Mary and John Gray Library I don't understand how my rewording of information constitutes copyright infringement. If the sentences are completely reworded there is no copyright infringement. Please explain or the information will be restored. ThomasHorn7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomasHorn7 ( talk • contribs) 19:32, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
For the article Mary and John Gray Library I don't understand how my rewording of information constitutes copyright infringement. If the sentences are completely reworded there is no copyright infringement. Please explain or the information will be restored. ThomasHorn7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomasHorn7 ( talk • contribs) 19:34, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
The larger room is named the Spindletop Room, in commemoration of the 1901 oil discovery that ushered in the modern petroleum industry era. The smaller room is named the Lamar Room, in honor of Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second President of the Texas Republic and "Father of Education" in Texas. The large reading room or reception area that leads to the two rooms on the 8th floor is named in honor of Miss Julia Plummer, who served as head librarian for 31-years.
The larger of the two is named the Spindletop Room, in commemoration of the 1901 oil discovery that ushered in the modern petroleum industry era. The smaller of the two is named the Lamar Room, in honor of Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second President of the Texas Republic and "Father of Education" in Texas. The large reading room/reception area that fronts the two banquet/meeting rooms on the 8th floor is named in honor of Miss Julia Plummer, who had a distinguished 31-year career as Head Librarian at Lamar.
I would like to nominate you for administrator. I hear that you would like to be one. Approximately 80% of users with an edit count like yours pass for administrator. Additionally, you meet all of the qualities listed at
Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship. If you don't want to accept this nomination, you can post something here. On the other hand, if you do want to run for administrator, read
Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship and
Wikipedia:What adminship is not.
hidividedby5 (
talk) 18:41, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
By the way, if you ever decide you wish to go through the process, I would more than happy to nom / co-nom as you see appropriate. Thanks, Acather96 ( talk) 14:30, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
Can you help me insert links and citations in the text of the article? I'd appreciate that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.172.39 ( talk) 04:32, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks for the heads-up. I find that with many of the templates which suggest notifying the author these days, a bot has already done the job by the time I get there. It's hard keeping track of which templates have been superseded and which haven't. dramatic ( talk) 05:51, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
Just as an FYI, because I don't remember if you already know, I have some form letters that I use as the basis for frequent communication. They aren't quite templateable, but come up often enough that I don't want to rewrite them from scratch every time. :) You are welcome to cut and paste any pieces of these that may prove useful to you without attribution: User:Moonriddengirl/form letters. I most frequently wind up recycling User:Moonriddengirl/form letters#Rewrite doesn't fix the problem, which I use at either the article's talk page or the contributor's (and, recently, yours :D). -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:43, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
I've thoroughly reviewed International Association of Certified Home Inspectors. I don't see any duplication at [1]. I've run it through the copyright violation detector and, by pieces, the plagiarism checker. I've spot checked the official website. I haven't found anything except a "review" from 6/18 that, when I click on it, tells me it doesn't exist. ( [2]; [3], but it comes up repeatedly.)
Do you see anything wrong there, other than a clear COI? Am I missing something? -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:33, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
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All Around Amazing Barnstar | |
I keep seeing your edits all over my watchlist, and not only in the text copyright areas. Your contributions are of great value to Wikipedia and I'm amazed by all the work you do. Keep it up! Theleftorium (talk) 20:15, 28 June 2010 (UTC) |
I have left a comment on the talk page. Likelife ( talk) 20:15, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Verno. Are you able to find anything to help me determine the age of http://www DOT astrologyfree DOT co DOT cc/ (spam filtered)? I suspect that Astrology and computers, but I cannot prove it at this point. Looking for evidence. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 01:22, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
13:24, 23 June 2010 VernoWhitney (talk | contribs) moved protection settings from "Moldovan Identity Card" to "Template:New page" (Moldovan Identity Card moved to Template:New page: wtf)
Dont understand the question or reaction.
Yep. That should do the trick. Sometimes wiki makes more complicated than usual, but I guess rules are rules. Thanx for the info. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xeex ( talk • contribs) 18:05, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
-- Xeex ( talk) 18:43, 29 June 2010
If you would pause your work for ~30 minutes, I'll sort them for you into linked lists, subdivided by flags, maps, graphics/logos, and photographs. Yes? -- Hammersoft ( talk) 18:34, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
Henri-Pierre Picou at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! (I like your image above this posting area by the way) =)-- φ
OnePt618
Talk φ 05:56, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Pleae could you have a look at this, I think this may be better than the current {{subst:SCV|d}} parameter. Thanks, Acather96 ( talk) 18:17, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
First of all, apologies for the length of time I took to reply. In regards to the merger of templates, I think this a good idea, as it would simplify the process. I also see what you mean about the blue arrow, and there are a substantial amount of occasions where SD tags are removed. I'll have a look for a better one, for now I will use the template simply for ease but I will try and find a more appropriate image ASAP. Lastly, I've never really understood the d parameter. Why do CP concerns still exist if the article has been concerned, and I dom't think the red X is fitting, simply because if the article is deleted, the problem is solved? Thanks, Acather96 ( talk) 17:48, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Good, I'll give it a go. And I like the new edit notice to :) Acather96 ( talk) 19:52, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi there Verno. Sorry about the slow progress of VWBot's BRfA, I haven't been giving it as much time as I feel it deserves, and think you are doing a great job with this bot. Unfortunately, I will not be able to keep contributing to the BRfA until I return from Sweden, near the end of July. I would be very happy to continue with the BRfA I return, but I would suggest that you'd be better off getting another BAG member to keep this going, as waiting a month is unlikely to help your motivation, which thus far has been great btw :). The tasks we've trialled so far look pretty good, and ready for approval, although task #4 seems to have picked up a few errors (which you also seemed to have done a good job of dealing with), so it may be worth keeping a close eye on that, or possibly running another trial (maybe one outside of the userspace...?) Anyway, obviously since this is all packed into one request, we should wait until we've got everything sorted. In some ways this actually makes it easier, because then the bot isn't doing a load of unrelated edits making it difficult to find the trial edits :). Anyway, basically I'd suggest you ask someone else on the member list to take over from me. Cheers, - Kingpin 13 ( talk) 19:42, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
I noticed you tagged the plot section of this article as being copied and pasted from imdb but I'm not seeing it. I'm not even seeing any close paraphrases which could be problematic and all that I get when I search for different phrases from the plot are Wikipedia mirrors. Any chance you could enlighten me as to what made you think it was copied and pasted? VernoWhitney ( talk) 20:20, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Your feedback is appreciated. I have emailed the permission to use the text per Wiki guidelines. Please advise if all is in order or if I missed out on anything. Thanks. ( Dommartin ( talk) 14:28, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).
Thank you for resolving the copyright issue.( Dommartin ( talk) 01:24, 2 July 2010 (UTC)).
Thanks, I didn't notice I left out the astr. GregJackP Boomer! 20:18, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
Please delete the article so I can create a new one with different content
-- Swamisatyadevanand ( talk) 21:01, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
I've restored the image. I've removed the db-f3 tag, but to ensure that it doesn't go for ages without any license, I've tagged it with {{ nld}}. Please remove that tag when you add the license tag granted by OTRS. Nyttend ( talk) 15:01, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi, following your comment in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Loofus5 : "Since both accounts I'm aware of are recent creations I feel checkuser may be warranted to find older accounts. " , I have a slight feeling that Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Storm Rider may answer your question about older accounts. The suspected accounts in that case are also primarily interested in LDS articles, participated in the same AfD, and also participate in discussions in talkpages of religion-related articles, notably " Criticism of the Catholic Church" (see [4] and [5]) and other primarily religious-based topics. Cheers, Maashatra11 ( talk) 15:10, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello
I am the owner Sahimrobot . I wonder. What I'm closed. sahim ( talk) 18:37, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Sorry Verno, I realize now that I made a mistake in the Template. I'll try to undo the harm by fiing the template. When I'm wrong, I admit it. Tony the Marine ( talk) 21:54, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
This new one is going to be quite a chore. :/ -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:09, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
I have re-written the article here: Sydenham Wells Park/Temp. Likelife ( talk) 11:29, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
I've been told you may be able to provide advice regarding my issue. I'm having a bit of a dispute with a member over File:ACC-Uniform-combination-CLM.PNG. He claims that my image is too large and violates the low resolution provision of the fair use guidelines, while I maintain that the provision does not provide an explicit maximum resolution and that the way he reduces my image, to such a tiny resolution, makes it impossible to see the details in the image, which goes against the licensing, which states the image is used "to illustrate the sports team in question." My contention is that if the image is made too small, as he rather totalitarian-ly keeps reverting it to (and accuses me of vandalism when I try to revert it, even though he has yet to prove me wrong and is doing it unilaterally), then the details aren't legible and thus, the image stops being useful as a means to illustrate the sports team. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Kevin W. 23:51, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
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The Hats Off Barnstar | |
This Hats Off Barnstar is awarded to VernoWhitney for his continuing contributions to PRSHPO images added to the PD. The Sorting of these Images by VernoWhitney greatly contribute to current and future Puerto Rican related articles in the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico. My Hats Off to you VernoWhitney Quazgaa ( talk) 14:53, 6 July 2010 (UTC). |
The change was not discussed on the talk page. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck... -- chbarts ( talk) 17:55, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
I undid your warning as the text is no more copy pasted. Check yourself. Userpd ( talk) 14:15, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Copy-paste
«it is probably still better to write the article yourself in your own words, and just cite the source you want to copy from.»
That's what I will do with copyrighted sentences (though I already edited the text so it won't resemble text of the source to what I give reference)
Userpd (
talk) 14:36, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
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The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar |
For your diligence in copyright cleanup and your amazing results, specifically in this instance on the completion of this, this, this, this, this and this. Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:25, 7 July 2010 (UTC) |
Thanks for finishing that CCI. I was really getting bored of it. :-) Theleftorium (talk) 21:31, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
So in other words, I should stop feeling so guilty? :) I'm derelict of duty! I am for the first time ever refusing to help a contributor because it's gotten to be so much. :/ (I'm trying very hard to teach him how to get help from others, because I suspect that it will just keep going on.) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:03, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
I am probably only going to have a few minutes to edit tomorrow (family obligations), and there may be some more action necessary here. If you get a chance, can you take a look to see if you can get a feel for the parameter of the problem? I've tagged a couple of sources and dropped some pretty extensive examples at the article's talk page. At this point, all evidence would suggest that this is a matter of unfamiliarity with close paraphrasing concerns. I've addressed the contributor, but not looked at all at other articles. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:49, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi VernoWhitney. Hope all is well. Just wanted to ask - what was the outcome of [[ this discussion? I read through the whole thing but wasn't exactly clear on what was going on. Regards, FASTILY (TALK) 19:54, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
Excuse me for being a newbie... but I'm not sure who to turn to at this point. You helped verify the copyright use of an article we started on Friday
No Limit Kids It's now been marked as an Article for Deletion. Not sure why the nominator decided to focus on our new film... but he has. I've responded (I think correctly) in the discussion page suggesting to Keep the page, but I'm not sure. He's not advanced the discussion at this point and at least from where we stand, his claims of non-notable when you consider the folks involved in the film, etc is not warranted. He's also marked our
Elevating Entertainment page as well with similar claims of non-notable when the principals of this company are major award winners and established professionals in the music entertainment industry. Simply linking to them is not a COI? As our response on both AfD pages suggest, we don't agree with his claims and he's stopped discussing it - while it leaves our pages in limbo with the terrible header saying it's marked for deletion. And as I understand it, that can stay there for a while until it's resolved.
My question is how or to whom can I request a "speedy keep"... if it's possible. Or what other choices do I have to try to resolve this issue soon. After so much effort to develop a couple of articles, it's frustrating especially when the process is a little foreign to us. Sorry to bother you, and I appreciate your help if you can? Thanks! Lrcee ( talk) 01:42, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Verno: You were extremely helpful in resolving the copyright issue relating to the text in the article. Now I have run into copyright issue of the images I attempted to upload. The copyright holder gave his consent in the following language: "Here are some pics of Goa Chitra.. You are free to use these pictures as, where and when you want...". When uploading, I did not select any tag from the "License" window, but instead stated that "Permission to use the image was granted by Victor Hugo Gomes [copyright holder] on July 09, 2010. What copyright tag should I select? All confused! ( Dommartin ( talk) 03:28, 11 July 2010 (UTC)).
i dont believe it is fair that the page "poswon" be deleted simply because I am the artist known as poswon. The information i have provided is completely my own and honest. Please allow me to keep the page, no infringmant has taken place. the information is mine and is valid. No infringment has taken place. The information is valib and honest. Thankyou. Viadonnie ( talk) 07:51, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with my caricature pic! Qfl247 ( talk) 15:15, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your attention to the above-referenced article. I have re-written it so it is no longer a copyvio. Can you please look and confirm? If you agree, I would ask that you remove the copyvio notice.
Best regards, Argos' Dad 12:42, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Hey, two things, I have intergrated the t paramteter from your CPC template into the SCV one, and if this is OK, will also add w. This is so other users can see all the options they have to use directly on the SCV template. Also, I am going to be bold and removed the SCV d parameter, I cannot see its purpose with the new speedy parameter and the fact there is no need to template listings of articles that have already been deleted. Also, SCV is now up to date, apart from one article, Jonathan Isaby, which I'm not sure what to do with. I would be grateful if you could provide your help with this. Thanks (and have a nice holiday), Acather96 ( talk) 18:46, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi!
You removed this text from the Karl Kvaran article.
My text:
Kvaran studied at the Iceland Academy of the Arts (Listaháskóli Íslands) in Reykjavík under Þorvaldur Skúlason[2] in 1943-45, at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi), Copenhagen, and at the private school of Peter Rostrup Bøyesen (1882-1952).[3]
Source text:
Karl Kvaran was born in Borðeyri in western Iceland. He studied at the Icelandic School of Art and Crafts in Reykjavík in 1943-45, at the Kunstakademi, Copenhagen, and at the private school of Peter Rostrup Bøyesen (1882-1952). The influence during 1942-52 of French art can be seen in the strongly composed, post-Cubist paintings, in which regular and abrupt brushstrokes create a sculptural, hammered surface texture. Around 1951 Kvaran turned from figurative art to geometrical abstraction, and he remained committed to two-dimensional geometric art employing pure and uniform colour forms without reference to depth.
I can't see how this text violates any copyright. It is phrased differently than the source, names have been updated and I've added information from other sources.
Ebben ( talk) 00:11, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Kvaran studied at the Iceland Academy of the Arts (Listaháskóli Íslands) in Reykjavík under Þorvaldur Skúlason in 1943-45, at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi), Copenhagen, and at the private school of Peter Rostrup Bøyesen (1882-1952).
He studied at the Icelandic School of Art and Crafts in Reykjavík in 1943-45, at the Kunstakademi, Copenhagen, and at the private school of Peter Rostrup Bøyesen (1882-1952)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 18:02, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
I understand your concern about copyright infringement, but I didn't have time to correct the problem within 7 days. Is there any way I can retrieve the text of the article you deleted? I would like to rewrite it, but I can't find it anywhere--it even seems to have disappeared from my list of contributions, and I didn't save it on my computer. I put in quite a bit of work on it. In fact, I thought the text was already rewritten enough so as not to be a copyright infringement. Can you tell me what exactly needs to be met in order for it not to be deleted again? Can you tell me which parts seemed like a violation to you? Did you really think there was nothing at all in the article that wasn't a violation or that was worth saving? Maybe that's true, but since I have no way to look at the text now, I don't know how to fix it.
Please at least send me or let me access my original article. If it's possible, I would also like to recover the text I wrote on the discussion page, just for me to see at least. Thank you, GreatBigCircles ( talk) 04:04, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
And congratulations on the DYK. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:32, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi, could you userfy this [6] for me, when it gets deleted? There is still some text in that section which is copy vio but which could be rewritten and included into the regular article, that I haven't had time/access to sources to get to. If you're not the right person to ask this, do you know whom I should ask? Thanks! radek ( talk) 03:04, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your stern message of copyright violations. I did not know about Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. I will try by best to avoid any infractions in the future. AlphaGamma1991 ( talk) 16:19, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your guidance re: 2020 Olympic thread. It was my first attempt at editing a Wiki page and I've learnt a lot in the process. Cheers! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Infoperson9900 ( talk • contribs) 20:18, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
I would like to clean this up (from the original on the website) and upload it as a jpeg. Should I just e-mail it to you when I'm finished so you can take care of deleting the old file? Viriditas ( talk) 22:44, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm trying to access your page you gave me earlier to understand how to establish a copyright: Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials I can't seem to access it properly. I inputted the information into the search panel and it won't accept. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Berek Halfhand ( talk • contribs) 04:53, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
( talk page stalker) If that doesn't work, try typing WP:DCM into the searchbar :) Acather96 ( talk) 20:17, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello VernoWhitney,
This refers to : "ticket 2010072710028675". I am writing to you as "the user who added this template to the page".
I originally uploaded the image in question. I have now emailed the author of the work, inviting her to complete the "Declaration of consent for all enquiries", and send it directly to permissions@enwikimedia.org, if she chooses to do so.
I noted a concern that "the email address that the permission came from is not associated with the location where the content was originally published", and I wished to comment on that before the declaration arrives at Wikipedia (if ever).
The person has changed the host for her blog, since uploading the picture.
Please see: http://punkprincezz16.blogspot.com/
This contains the photo under discussion, and also the statement: "please check out my new blog www.missoliviaaa.blogspot.com"
From here, click on "contact me" and one arrives at: "My E-mail:olivia167yahoo.com
bye
Oojamaflip2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oojamaflip2 ( talk • contribs) 11:23, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
I can see how Information and belief might rise to the level of copyvio, but I don't agree that the paraphrase in praeter legem constitutes a copyvio. I'm hoping you'll reconsider that one. Thanks. Andrew Gradman talk/ WP:Hornbook 19:57, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I've put the article submission on hold. I saw that there are quite a number of external links. External links should not exist in the article itself. You can convert them to citations or internal links(if they have a wikipedia article). You can also have a external links section but please make sure they comply to the guidelines here. Under the sources section I noticed that there are links under 'Surfing Organistions/Controlling Bodies', 'Newspapers', 'Online Surfing Publications', and 'Sponsors'. What are they for? Also, citations to Wikipedia articles are not reliable sources. It'll be great if you can change them. Bejinhan talks 05:20, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I had a good run of internet connectivity today, which just fritzed out on me, but let me back on swiftly. It's been so frustrating. :P I've been having trouble managing to keep on top of my work e-mails (the ones I get paid for), much less Wikipedia. I am getting a new modem on Tuesday, which my internet company seems to think will clear up my problem. But I'm wondering if in the meantime you can kind of keep an eye out for copyright questions at my talk page? I've got the notice on top, but I know a lot of people won't notice that. I worry that if I'm a long time coming on, people will despair. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:58, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Verno, would you mind having a quick look at a thread on my talk page regarding image copyright. Thanks, Acather96 ( talk) 06:15, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
- FASTILY (TALK) 03:47, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi VernoWhitney,
I just wanted to write here directly to let you know that I really am sorry that I was casual with copyright in my recent articles. A longer explanation is at Wikipedia:Contributor_copyright_investigations.
Ordinarily, I would say: tag any article with {{ Copyviocore}}, and I will immediately remedy it. However, I'm on an enforced wikibreak, and I won't be checking my talk page or watchlist. So, if any any articles get deleted via this process, please identify them on my talk page; and in a few weeks or months, I'll have an administrator show me the history, and I'll try to re-assemble a non-infringing text.
Thanks for your understanding, and I'm sorry to have troubled you (and burdened Wikipedia). user:Agradman editing as 167.10.240.1 ( talk) 18:16, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. :) Given my nasty internet issues (today has been miraculous! knock wood!), can you keep an eye out for a few days at Joe Coulombe? I believe it is an unusably close paraphrase and have explained to the contributor why, but he may be confused, since he seems to believe there is some "30% change rule", beyond which close paraphrasing is no longer an issue. I've asked User:MLauba to keep an eye, but I know MLauba is not always available. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:27, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Talk to me at <redacted> and tell me whyyou put in a link of st andrews business whilst I am a non profit site for St Andrews TELL ME!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.131.217.75 ( talk) 23:19, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
As Bülent Şenver is my college instructor, he just gave me the material to update the page. So, there is no copyright problem. If you have any suggestions about it, please let me know.
Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Murattasci ( talk • contribs) 15:12, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello VernoWhitney,
Thank you for your message at the discussion page. I was not aware of violating copyright rules because it was such a small part with general knowledge (and also because it is my own work). I will study the license policy. Thank you for the weblinks.
One question. The German text is made yesterday and not published on my own website. Is a literally translation also a violation?
Kind regards,
Berkh ( talk) 16:52, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello VernoWhitney, Thanks for your helful answer. I first try to set things right for the version in my native language Dutch. Kind regards, Berkh ( talk) 05:37, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Verno. :) If you're not too busy, could you check OTRS for a permission email about the text in BIPAC? Thanks, Theleftorium (talk) 20:58, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
You may find the verification of the copyright from Bulent Senver. He kindly requests the article to be published.
Best,
Murat
<email redacted for privacy> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Murattasci ( talk • contribs) 13:45, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Mr. Senver sent a mail to permissions-en@wikimedia.org about the copyright verification, for your information.
Best,
Murat
-- Murattasci ( talk) 14:58, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
In your comment on 10 Aug, which I've only just seen, you said "in the absence of further evidence". I am willing to provide evidence if I know what you need. If I have come across as frosty, please allow for the fact that I'm really unhappy that my content has been taken in this way and the way the emails to me have been written has not been designed to engage with me in a constructive fashion. So I'm not at my most warm and cuddly at the moment. However, I will take a deep breath and if somebody is willing to have a constructive conversation with me on this, I'll endeavour to be my normal charming and constructive self.
Let me use the Rhodesian GP as an example as that's the one I know best. I suspect that some of the people who have looked at this case assume that the data on my page is pretty much as it appears in some contemporary publication. Anyone used to F1 results would make that assumption and understandably so as F1 results tend to tell you everything. It is quite different when you get to national series, especially those in countries that did not have a specialist motor racing press - such as Canada and South Africa. In those cases, we have to piece things together as best we can from a number of sources. For example, the top three (sometimes top 6) in a race might appear in a results section in a newspaper and we can get those newspapers from Colinwood. The other runners might be mentioned in the report if something interesting happened to them (if they led, if they crashed, if their car burst into flames) but the majority of backmarkers don't get mentioned. So there we have to get a bit creative. We can use information of the entry list - assuming we can find someone with the original program - and add their names as people whose result isn't known. Then we might see that someone significant (Ian Scheckter in this case) wasn't present because we know he was racing in England or had broken his leg or similar. As Scheckter could have won if present, it's worth adding his name as a "did not appear". Sometimes the report might even say he didn't turn up because he couldn't get his car ready or similar reason. But that is a decision we make; there is no such judgement used in the construction of a directory. It's worth mentioning that there may have been other runners in that race; we can't be certain we've picked up everybody.
So that gives finish positions, drivers name, some race times and maybe the winner's speed. Still not enough to be worth publishing. Next we work out what cars they were driving. The newspapers we used were Bulawayo Chronicle mc 1700 11 Jun 1976 p5 and 5 Jul 1976 and the Rhodesian Herald 1 Jul 1976 p16, 2 Jul 1976 p15, 3 Jul 1976 p1 and 5 Jul 1976 p1. They might give us the basics by saying Klomfass drove a Ralt and Nieman was in Alex Blignault's car but they probably won't give the model and definitely won't give the chassis number. We know Klomfass had a RT1 because his name appears in Ralt production records but much of the history we have constructed for this car depends on the fact that it was the only RT1 built with a centre post rear wing. In the case of John Gibb's Chevron, we only know anything about it because of a report in a UK magazine that the Rapid Movements team had sold their car to John Gibb.
Not all cars have a clear identity. In the case of Mike Domingo's Modus M3 we call it 022(A) because there's another car which was also derived from the same original car which we call 022(B). The identities 022(A) and 022(B) are ORC creations; they will not be found in any contemporary source.
I can go on but I see I've already written plenty. Is this the sort of thing that helps? What else do you need to know. Allen Brown ( talk) 13:52, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Having said all that, I should comment on Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service because that seems to be the basis of believing my page can't be copyrighted. I think the relevant part of the article is the judgement:
I hope we would agree that my page is, _at the very least_ a "collection" of information. The question then is whether it has that "minimal degree" of creativity. I don't have to establish that my page is wholly creative or even mostly creative; I just have to demonstrate a "minimal degree" of creativity. Surely I have done that. This set of race results does not appears anywhere else in this form, with these things included/excluded, the information about car types and models, etc, etc, so its originality cannot really be disputed.
The article goes on say:
So my third point is that that NigelPorter copied every aspect of the data, including what was included/excluded and the order. In that respect he has breached Wikipedia's own guidelines on this (which I can't now find or would link to them).
Fourthly and, you'll be relived to know, lastly, there is the issue of jurisdiction. The pages that were copied were published in the UK, not in the US, so Wikipedia's own guidelines say that national law should be taken into account (again, I've lost the exact reference). The "sweat of the brow" doctrine is specific to US law and both UK law and European law take the opposite view (see Threshold of originality).
Happy to discuss this - in detail if necessary. Allen Brown ( talk) 14:23, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Mr. Brown, the reference to international copyright to which you refer is in our copyright policy (specifically, it says, "The Wikimedia Foundation is based in the United States and accordingly governed by United States copyright law. Regardless, according to Jimbo Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, Wikipedia contributors should respect the copyright law of other nations, even if these do not have official copyright relations with the United States. [8]"), but as Verno notes that policy and Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights both specify that US law is sovereign. For a recent situation with similar implications, consider the National Portrait Gallery copyright conflicts. Under U.S. copyright law, straightforward images of public domain paintings do not receive new copyright protection, while in the U.K. they may. Though the National Portrait Gallery contends that the copyright considerations of the large number of their images copied on Commons should be tried in the U.K., they have not yet successfully launched such a suit, and the attorney for the defendant maintains staunchly that the Wikimedia Foundation is in the U.S. jurisdiction (as is, here, the uploader). Those images still remain on Wikimedia Commons, in spite of communications from the NPG to the Foundation. (Whether they would remain if the NPG elected to request take down under DMCA, I don't know. However, that could be an expensive proposition for the NPG, so I understand their reluctance to exercise that option. If they are then challenged and lose, it would effectively mean an open market on NPG imagery in the U.S.) At this point, at least, WMF's position on jurisdiction is clear.
Given that, if you wish to challenge the inclusion of the content as copyright owner, you will need to follow the procedures at Wikipedia:CP#Copyright owners. As an OTRS agent, I can see that you've already requested immediate removal and been denied; hence, contacting our designated agent and requesting removal under OCILLA would be your next step. Once it's in the attorney's hands, we volunteers have nothing further to do with it.
Alternatively, where cases are unclear, copyright evaluation works (like everything else on Wikipedia) by community consensus. Determining creativity in lists can be more challenging than some other copyright concerns, and I have more than once launched community discussions about such matters accordingly. In terms of the degree of creativity involved, your arguments above and at the talk page of the article are very well formulated and show a good understanding of copyright application to lists, but, being very little familiar with racecars, I'm not entirely sure myself the degree of creativity involved in your assemblage of information. It's an important distinction to make, unless we are simply to to rearrange the material and retain it. You've already basically launched such a discussion at Talk:1976 Lady Wigram Trophy. This can be publicized at WT:C and WT:CP, if you like, and we can watch it a week to see if consensus develops. Please note that if your position does not receive support, your only option then would be to pursue the issue as a copyright owner, as two administrators have already declined to remove the material via OTRS. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:40, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Alternatively, where cases are unclear, copyright evaluation works (like everything else on Wikipedia) by community consensus. Determining creativity in lists can be more challenging than some other copyright concerns, and I have more than once launched community discussions about such matters accordingly. In terms of the degree of creativity involved, your arguments above and at the talk page of the article are very well formulated and show a good understanding of copyright application to lists, but, being very little familiar with racecars, I'm not entirely sure myself the degree of creativity involved in your assemblage of information. It's an important distinction to make, unless we are simply to to rearrange the material and retain it. You've already basically launched such a discussion at Talk:1976 Lady Wigram Trophy. This can be publicized at WT:C and WT:CP, if you like, and we can watch it a week to see if consensus develops. Please note that if your position does not receive support, your only option then would be to pursue the issue as a copyright owner, as two administrators have already declined to remove the material via OTRS.
Although you haven't said so, I have courtesy listed the discussion. I will note, though, that your continued appeals to Jimbo are only likely to introduce a distraction into the discussion. Content that is found to be not creative is not going to be deleted through the copyright problems board unless you manage to overhaul policy...which you can't do via that forum. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:45, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Sir, in the Bhurshut article I copied just two lines from an website which is in free domain with no copyright whatsoever and if any copyright has been violated then that can be applicable for those two lines but half of the article have been kept under this pretext by editor Ragib for personal reasons and I request you to check into the matter and do the needful! 117.254.79.137 ( talk) 18:23, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Previously you help explain some "Fair use image" use in a list rules to myself and other. Therefore, I know you understand the rules better then I do. So I wanted to ask you a question.
I am working on a different list, and the lack of images in this one section is extreamly noticeable. So I was thinking of placing an internal link to the image, instead of the image itself.
This is an example of what I mean, using a PD image instead.
Name | Date | No. | Notes | |
Image | Milo Andrus | January 1, 1848 | 11 | Andrus was one of the members of Zion's Camp |
Is something like this allowed under Fair use rules?-- ARTEST4ECHO talk 19:36, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I created the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award page. It is not a copyright violation as I had permission and am on the committee. I see that the last three-four edits have been to remove sections that aren't cited or possible copyright infringement. I have permission to make the page and had permission to copy information from the press releases. It is a brand new award, so there aren't many places I can cite some of the information, as some of it is directly from my emails. I am not sure how to approach this. Should I undo the edits? Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by L8ralig8rs ( talk • contribs) 23:52, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the note, I'll expand my section. I used Wikipedia:Clerks as a source, perhaps you would consider adding to that page?-- SPhilbrick T 02:17, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. After conversation with Aymatth2 at my talk page, I've made some changes to the Bot notices: Template:Csb-pageincludes, Template:Csb-notice-pageincludes and Template:Csb-notice-pageincluded. I'd really appreciate feedback on that, since I don't have the option of talking to Coren about it (he hasn't answered my recent e-mail; hope all is well with him!). The conversation is at User_talk:Moonriddengirl#Request for Comment. The changes were implemented to try to help soften the blow of false positives, because all of us who read Coren's talk page know how very irritating they can be to people. The Bot is important, but we don't want it biting any more than necessary. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:13, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Verno. Can you help me oversee any new edits made by Ardfern ( talk · contribs)? I've unblocked him after a discussion at his talk page. Feel free to comment there if you see any problems. Thanks, Theleftorium (talk) 20:43, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
I notice this article has been tagged "Possible copyright infringement", but has not been listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Cheers Androstachys ( talk) 06:45, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Okay, I've marked the request as approved, sorry yet again for taking so long :D. Thanks for never losing interest, and for your great coding. Make sure you wait until the bot is flagged before running it (won't take long), and be careful while moving task 3 out of the user space :). That's all! Hope to see you around - Kingpin 13 ( talk) 17:12, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
I wrote both the footnoted and the Wikipedia version the Illinois River Trail (Oregon). I do not see a copyright infringement on my previous writing. Where do we go from here? Lhammer610 ( talk) 18:00, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Do the instructions seem clear at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Banglapedia (source)? I'm going to go ahead and take care of the files now so that we won't have to worry about them. Once I do that, I'd like to plead for assistance from the Wikiproject. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:50, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi VernoWhitney, I think in the image case, you are supposed to use if the file is ok, but I noticed you marked your responses with
. --
Ragib (
talk) 03:30, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello there! As you can see, I was on a long vacation and had forgotten about editing. Since the last book is near to be released, I need your help to gather information about minor characters and their importance in the books. I don't have any book right now, and I will appreciate what you can help. Thanks! (e.g. Lester Dixon: sacrificed his life) --FDJoshua22 16:06, 18 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by FDJoshua22 ( talk • contribs)
to apologise for my inactivity at SCV recently, I've been busy in real life and with an AFD. I'm really sorry, and will start helping again ASAP. Thanks, Acather96 ( talk) 19:28, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I know you're busy saving the world (hooray for you and your amazing bot abilities!), but I wanted to ask your feedback about Jehovah's Witnesses and civil liberties in the United States. Am I missing something really obvious? Does ( Ticket:2010081210007017) that sound like the name of a legal representative? I'm tempted to bounce this to legal, but in case I'm missing a flashing "HELLO, MOONRIDDENGIRL, LOOK HERE FOR COPYVIO!" I wanted to get your opinion. Between "real" work and Wikipedia lately, I've been pretty frazzled. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
- FASTILY (TALK) 21:13, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, VernoWhitney. In writing with reference to this: can you shed any light on the OTRS confirmation for Ticket 2010073010043697? I presume the contents are confidential and I'm not asking you to reveal them: the issue is simply that User:Sallyfitzgibbons has been granted OTRS permission to use material from http://etnies.com/team/girl/sally-fitzgibbons even though she(?) states she is not Sally Fitzgibbons. If (s)he is not Sally Fitzgibbons but, say, is affiliated with http://etnies.com, the AFC request should probably have been turned down for the COI and the article is probably be deletable WP:CSD#G11. On the other hand, if the editor has no connection with Etnies or Fitzgibbons and Etnies has simply granted her permission to use the text from the site then there likely isn't any problem. Are you in a position to confirm which it is? Cheers. -- Rrburke ( talk) 01:49, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks but no thanks, I am most specifically asking about policy rather than specific users.
If you wish to help me phrase it better so that is more clear and help me navigate the system of positing it on the correct page, I would appreciate it.-- Triton Rocker ( talk) 01:32, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Verno. I just wanted to drop by and ask you if there's a specific reason you aren't taking action on the pending at CCI. Of course, you're not the only clerk, but I thought I'd ask in case there's something more than just "I've been busy". If you don't think they're actionable, we need to perhaps refine our process for declining. (As for me, I don't feel I should evaluate the oldest request there, since I am tangentially involved. I haven't look at the most recent, but I seem to be in the process of finding us a brand new one, unless edits are limited. :/) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:30, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello VernoWhitney! Thank you for notifying me about the copyright problem. The original source from which I copied it was actually written by me as well, but after more research about the license policy I understand that I would need to donate my copyright material in order to use it on Wikipedia. I'm wondering if you can offer me any advice on how many more secondary sources it would require for the organization to meet notability guidelines. I have added external links to several official university websites with information about our programs, as well as entries and articles on the organization mentioned on NCWO's website (an umbrella organization for women's non-profits) and the EPA's website. These all seem to be reliable secondary sources, is there something further I need to do to have the entry deemed "notable?" Thank you so much for your help! SydneyHolt ( talk) 19:04, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Verno i just wanted to tell you that the movie Unos Pocos con Valor can be with this url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unos_Pocos_con_Valor_(2010_film) instead with the old one, i try to redirect first but then it was a mess. i deleted and put it with the new one. And then i found out that i can move the page but it was too late already. Maybe you can help me on this.
Thanks. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Jhn504 (
talk •
contribs) 00:46, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
There is a misunderstanding, the article with the title is already on the one i tell you here. with the (2010 film) In case that you didn't check if exist.
If is posible you can moved to the original that is with the (2010 film) please.
Jhn504 ( talk) 02:20, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Is for profesional look, but if there's no way to change this by this reason/s just leave it like that. Thanks for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhn504 ( talk • contribs) 22:33, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
FYI - you probably could use
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to transclude the day pages automatically rather than having VW Bot do it, if you want. ~ Qwerp Qwertus Talk ツ 02:11, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}
can't describe a specified page, other than the current one - that could've worked. Oh well. :)
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Qwerp
Qwertus
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Please review Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/LouisPhilippeCharles. It appears that while this case is awaiting review the contributor, having been repeatedly notified and yet declining to assist in identifying or cleaning up his problematic contributions as requested, has actually accelerated generation of additional material without regard to its potential violative nature: He has, in the last several days, made hundreds of edits similar to those of which the complaint speaks. They appear to be potentially violative either because they 1. are article moves made in violation of WP procedures, thereby recklessly damaging or destroying article and discussion page histories, 2. populate articles with substantial portions of text that appear to be copyvios, and/or 3. uploaded photos that appear non-compliant with standards for use in WP. Please consider taking immediate steps to assess, prevent and reverse these ongoing abuses. FactStraight ( talk) 08:12, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
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Is calling a drunken sailor a "drunken sailor" a personal attack? If so - I apologize. Have a wonderful day. -- Suplemental ( talk) 18:09, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
This isn't quite the case to which F11 applies. The criterion applies to images taken by one individual and uploaded by another: for example, if I contact the Flickr uploader by instant message and obtain permission for the free license, it's not good enough. Since the local uploader is the Flickr uploader, rather than a different person who got permission to use the cc-by-sa-2.5, this isn't applicable. Nyttend ( talk) 01:53, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
please about the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Maldonado , reconsider the disambiguation sonic 14 created., i think its more appropiated., these people (football-musician) are same age. music lovers are as important as football lovers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.140.62.130 ( talk) 07:00, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
For the article Mary and John Gray Library I don't understand how my rewording of information constitutes copyright infringement. If the sentences are completely reworded there is no copyright infringement. Please explain or the information will be restored. ThomasHorn7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomasHorn7 ( talk • contribs) 19:32, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
For the article Mary and John Gray Library I don't understand how my rewording of information constitutes copyright infringement. If the sentences are completely reworded there is no copyright infringement. Please explain or the information will be restored. ThomasHorn7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomasHorn7 ( talk • contribs) 19:34, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
The larger room is named the Spindletop Room, in commemoration of the 1901 oil discovery that ushered in the modern petroleum industry era. The smaller room is named the Lamar Room, in honor of Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second President of the Texas Republic and "Father of Education" in Texas. The large reading room or reception area that leads to the two rooms on the 8th floor is named in honor of Miss Julia Plummer, who served as head librarian for 31-years.
The larger of the two is named the Spindletop Room, in commemoration of the 1901 oil discovery that ushered in the modern petroleum industry era. The smaller of the two is named the Lamar Room, in honor of Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second President of the Texas Republic and "Father of Education" in Texas. The large reading room/reception area that fronts the two banquet/meeting rooms on the 8th floor is named in honor of Miss Julia Plummer, who had a distinguished 31-year career as Head Librarian at Lamar.
I would like to nominate you for administrator. I hear that you would like to be one. Approximately 80% of users with an edit count like yours pass for administrator. Additionally, you meet all of the qualities listed at
Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship. If you don't want to accept this nomination, you can post something here. On the other hand, if you do want to run for administrator, read
Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship and
Wikipedia:What adminship is not.
hidividedby5 (
talk) 18:41, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
By the way, if you ever decide you wish to go through the process, I would more than happy to nom / co-nom as you see appropriate. Thanks, Acather96 ( talk) 14:30, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
Can you help me insert links and citations in the text of the article? I'd appreciate that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.172.39 ( talk) 04:32, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks for the heads-up. I find that with many of the templates which suggest notifying the author these days, a bot has already done the job by the time I get there. It's hard keeping track of which templates have been superseded and which haven't. dramatic ( talk) 05:51, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
Just as an FYI, because I don't remember if you already know, I have some form letters that I use as the basis for frequent communication. They aren't quite templateable, but come up often enough that I don't want to rewrite them from scratch every time. :) You are welcome to cut and paste any pieces of these that may prove useful to you without attribution: User:Moonriddengirl/form letters. I most frequently wind up recycling User:Moonriddengirl/form letters#Rewrite doesn't fix the problem, which I use at either the article's talk page or the contributor's (and, recently, yours :D). -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:43, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
I've thoroughly reviewed International Association of Certified Home Inspectors. I don't see any duplication at [1]. I've run it through the copyright violation detector and, by pieces, the plagiarism checker. I've spot checked the official website. I haven't found anything except a "review" from 6/18 that, when I click on it, tells me it doesn't exist. ( [2]; [3], but it comes up repeatedly.)
Do you see anything wrong there, other than a clear COI? Am I missing something? -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:33, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
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I keep seeing your edits all over my watchlist, and not only in the text copyright areas. Your contributions are of great value to Wikipedia and I'm amazed by all the work you do. Keep it up! Theleftorium (talk) 20:15, 28 June 2010 (UTC) |
I have left a comment on the talk page. Likelife ( talk) 20:15, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Verno. Are you able to find anything to help me determine the age of http://www DOT astrologyfree DOT co DOT cc/ (spam filtered)? I suspect that Astrology and computers, but I cannot prove it at this point. Looking for evidence. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 01:22, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
13:24, 23 June 2010 VernoWhitney (talk | contribs) moved protection settings from "Moldovan Identity Card" to "Template:New page" (Moldovan Identity Card moved to Template:New page: wtf)
Dont understand the question or reaction.
Yep. That should do the trick. Sometimes wiki makes more complicated than usual, but I guess rules are rules. Thanx for the info. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xeex ( talk • contribs) 18:05, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
-- Xeex ( talk) 18:43, 29 June 2010
If you would pause your work for ~30 minutes, I'll sort them for you into linked lists, subdivided by flags, maps, graphics/logos, and photographs. Yes? -- Hammersoft ( talk) 18:34, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
Henri-Pierre Picou at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
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Hello, Pleae could you have a look at this, I think this may be better than the current {{subst:SCV|d}} parameter. Thanks, Acather96 ( talk) 18:17, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
First of all, apologies for the length of time I took to reply. In regards to the merger of templates, I think this a good idea, as it would simplify the process. I also see what you mean about the blue arrow, and there are a substantial amount of occasions where SD tags are removed. I'll have a look for a better one, for now I will use the template simply for ease but I will try and find a more appropriate image ASAP. Lastly, I've never really understood the d parameter. Why do CP concerns still exist if the article has been concerned, and I dom't think the red X is fitting, simply because if the article is deleted, the problem is solved? Thanks, Acather96 ( talk) 17:48, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Good, I'll give it a go. And I like the new edit notice to :) Acather96 ( talk) 19:52, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi there Verno. Sorry about the slow progress of VWBot's BRfA, I haven't been giving it as much time as I feel it deserves, and think you are doing a great job with this bot. Unfortunately, I will not be able to keep contributing to the BRfA until I return from Sweden, near the end of July. I would be very happy to continue with the BRfA I return, but I would suggest that you'd be better off getting another BAG member to keep this going, as waiting a month is unlikely to help your motivation, which thus far has been great btw :). The tasks we've trialled so far look pretty good, and ready for approval, although task #4 seems to have picked up a few errors (which you also seemed to have done a good job of dealing with), so it may be worth keeping a close eye on that, or possibly running another trial (maybe one outside of the userspace...?) Anyway, obviously since this is all packed into one request, we should wait until we've got everything sorted. In some ways this actually makes it easier, because then the bot isn't doing a load of unrelated edits making it difficult to find the trial edits :). Anyway, basically I'd suggest you ask someone else on the member list to take over from me. Cheers, - Kingpin 13 ( talk) 19:42, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
I noticed you tagged the plot section of this article as being copied and pasted from imdb but I'm not seeing it. I'm not even seeing any close paraphrases which could be problematic and all that I get when I search for different phrases from the plot are Wikipedia mirrors. Any chance you could enlighten me as to what made you think it was copied and pasted? VernoWhitney ( talk) 20:20, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Your feedback is appreciated. I have emailed the permission to use the text per Wiki guidelines. Please advise if all is in order or if I missed out on anything. Thanks. ( Dommartin ( talk) 14:28, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).
Thank you for resolving the copyright issue.( Dommartin ( talk) 01:24, 2 July 2010 (UTC)).
Thanks, I didn't notice I left out the astr. GregJackP Boomer! 20:18, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
Please delete the article so I can create a new one with different content
-- Swamisatyadevanand ( talk) 21:01, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
I've restored the image. I've removed the db-f3 tag, but to ensure that it doesn't go for ages without any license, I've tagged it with {{ nld}}. Please remove that tag when you add the license tag granted by OTRS. Nyttend ( talk) 15:01, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi, following your comment in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Loofus5 : "Since both accounts I'm aware of are recent creations I feel checkuser may be warranted to find older accounts. " , I have a slight feeling that Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Storm Rider may answer your question about older accounts. The suspected accounts in that case are also primarily interested in LDS articles, participated in the same AfD, and also participate in discussions in talkpages of religion-related articles, notably " Criticism of the Catholic Church" (see [4] and [5]) and other primarily religious-based topics. Cheers, Maashatra11 ( talk) 15:10, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello
I am the owner Sahimrobot . I wonder. What I'm closed. sahim ( talk) 18:37, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Sorry Verno, I realize now that I made a mistake in the Template. I'll try to undo the harm by fiing the template. When I'm wrong, I admit it. Tony the Marine ( talk) 21:54, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
This new one is going to be quite a chore. :/ -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:09, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
I have re-written the article here: Sydenham Wells Park/Temp. Likelife ( talk) 11:29, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
I've been told you may be able to provide advice regarding my issue. I'm having a bit of a dispute with a member over File:ACC-Uniform-combination-CLM.PNG. He claims that my image is too large and violates the low resolution provision of the fair use guidelines, while I maintain that the provision does not provide an explicit maximum resolution and that the way he reduces my image, to such a tiny resolution, makes it impossible to see the details in the image, which goes against the licensing, which states the image is used "to illustrate the sports team in question." My contention is that if the image is made too small, as he rather totalitarian-ly keeps reverting it to (and accuses me of vandalism when I try to revert it, even though he has yet to prove me wrong and is doing it unilaterally), then the details aren't legible and thus, the image stops being useful as a means to illustrate the sports team. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Kevin W. 23:51, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
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This Hats Off Barnstar is awarded to VernoWhitney for his continuing contributions to PRSHPO images added to the PD. The Sorting of these Images by VernoWhitney greatly contribute to current and future Puerto Rican related articles in the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico. My Hats Off to you VernoWhitney Quazgaa ( talk) 14:53, 6 July 2010 (UTC). |
The change was not discussed on the talk page. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck... -- chbarts ( talk) 17:55, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
I undid your warning as the text is no more copy pasted. Check yourself. Userpd ( talk) 14:15, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Copy-paste
«it is probably still better to write the article yourself in your own words, and just cite the source you want to copy from.»
That's what I will do with copyrighted sentences (though I already edited the text so it won't resemble text of the source to what I give reference)
Userpd (
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The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar |
For your diligence in copyright cleanup and your amazing results, specifically in this instance on the completion of this, this, this, this, this and this. Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:25, 7 July 2010 (UTC) |
Thanks for finishing that CCI. I was really getting bored of it. :-) Theleftorium (talk) 21:31, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
So in other words, I should stop feeling so guilty? :) I'm derelict of duty! I am for the first time ever refusing to help a contributor because it's gotten to be so much. :/ (I'm trying very hard to teach him how to get help from others, because I suspect that it will just keep going on.) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:03, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
I am probably only going to have a few minutes to edit tomorrow (family obligations), and there may be some more action necessary here. If you get a chance, can you take a look to see if you can get a feel for the parameter of the problem? I've tagged a couple of sources and dropped some pretty extensive examples at the article's talk page. At this point, all evidence would suggest that this is a matter of unfamiliarity with close paraphrasing concerns. I've addressed the contributor, but not looked at all at other articles. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:49, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi VernoWhitney. Hope all is well. Just wanted to ask - what was the outcome of [[ this discussion? I read through the whole thing but wasn't exactly clear on what was going on. Regards, FASTILY (TALK) 19:54, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
Excuse me for being a newbie... but I'm not sure who to turn to at this point. You helped verify the copyright use of an article we started on Friday
No Limit Kids It's now been marked as an Article for Deletion. Not sure why the nominator decided to focus on our new film... but he has. I've responded (I think correctly) in the discussion page suggesting to Keep the page, but I'm not sure. He's not advanced the discussion at this point and at least from where we stand, his claims of non-notable when you consider the folks involved in the film, etc is not warranted. He's also marked our
Elevating Entertainment page as well with similar claims of non-notable when the principals of this company are major award winners and established professionals in the music entertainment industry. Simply linking to them is not a COI? As our response on both AfD pages suggest, we don't agree with his claims and he's stopped discussing it - while it leaves our pages in limbo with the terrible header saying it's marked for deletion. And as I understand it, that can stay there for a while until it's resolved.
My question is how or to whom can I request a "speedy keep"... if it's possible. Or what other choices do I have to try to resolve this issue soon. After so much effort to develop a couple of articles, it's frustrating especially when the process is a little foreign to us. Sorry to bother you, and I appreciate your help if you can? Thanks! Lrcee ( talk) 01:42, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Verno: You were extremely helpful in resolving the copyright issue relating to the text in the article. Now I have run into copyright issue of the images I attempted to upload. The copyright holder gave his consent in the following language: "Here are some pics of Goa Chitra.. You are free to use these pictures as, where and when you want...". When uploading, I did not select any tag from the "License" window, but instead stated that "Permission to use the image was granted by Victor Hugo Gomes [copyright holder] on July 09, 2010. What copyright tag should I select? All confused! ( Dommartin ( talk) 03:28, 11 July 2010 (UTC)).
i dont believe it is fair that the page "poswon" be deleted simply because I am the artist known as poswon. The information i have provided is completely my own and honest. Please allow me to keep the page, no infringmant has taken place. the information is mine and is valid. No infringment has taken place. The information is valib and honest. Thankyou. Viadonnie ( talk) 07:51, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with my caricature pic! Qfl247 ( talk) 15:15, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your attention to the above-referenced article. I have re-written it so it is no longer a copyvio. Can you please look and confirm? If you agree, I would ask that you remove the copyvio notice.
Best regards, Argos' Dad 12:42, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Hey, two things, I have intergrated the t paramteter from your CPC template into the SCV one, and if this is OK, will also add w. This is so other users can see all the options they have to use directly on the SCV template. Also, I am going to be bold and removed the SCV d parameter, I cannot see its purpose with the new speedy parameter and the fact there is no need to template listings of articles that have already been deleted. Also, SCV is now up to date, apart from one article, Jonathan Isaby, which I'm not sure what to do with. I would be grateful if you could provide your help with this. Thanks (and have a nice holiday), Acather96 ( talk) 18:46, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi!
You removed this text from the Karl Kvaran article.
My text:
Kvaran studied at the Iceland Academy of the Arts (Listaháskóli Íslands) in Reykjavík under Þorvaldur Skúlason[2] in 1943-45, at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi), Copenhagen, and at the private school of Peter Rostrup Bøyesen (1882-1952).[3]
Source text:
Karl Kvaran was born in Borðeyri in western Iceland. He studied at the Icelandic School of Art and Crafts in Reykjavík in 1943-45, at the Kunstakademi, Copenhagen, and at the private school of Peter Rostrup Bøyesen (1882-1952). The influence during 1942-52 of French art can be seen in the strongly composed, post-Cubist paintings, in which regular and abrupt brushstrokes create a sculptural, hammered surface texture. Around 1951 Kvaran turned from figurative art to geometrical abstraction, and he remained committed to two-dimensional geometric art employing pure and uniform colour forms without reference to depth.
I can't see how this text violates any copyright. It is phrased differently than the source, names have been updated and I've added information from other sources.
Ebben ( talk) 00:11, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Kvaran studied at the Iceland Academy of the Arts (Listaháskóli Íslands) in Reykjavík under Þorvaldur Skúlason in 1943-45, at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi), Copenhagen, and at the private school of Peter Rostrup Bøyesen (1882-1952).
He studied at the Icelandic School of Art and Crafts in Reykjavík in 1943-45, at the Kunstakademi, Copenhagen, and at the private school of Peter Rostrup Bøyesen (1882-1952)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 18:02, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
I understand your concern about copyright infringement, but I didn't have time to correct the problem within 7 days. Is there any way I can retrieve the text of the article you deleted? I would like to rewrite it, but I can't find it anywhere--it even seems to have disappeared from my list of contributions, and I didn't save it on my computer. I put in quite a bit of work on it. In fact, I thought the text was already rewritten enough so as not to be a copyright infringement. Can you tell me what exactly needs to be met in order for it not to be deleted again? Can you tell me which parts seemed like a violation to you? Did you really think there was nothing at all in the article that wasn't a violation or that was worth saving? Maybe that's true, but since I have no way to look at the text now, I don't know how to fix it.
Please at least send me or let me access my original article. If it's possible, I would also like to recover the text I wrote on the discussion page, just for me to see at least. Thank you, GreatBigCircles ( talk) 04:04, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
And congratulations on the DYK. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:32, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi, could you userfy this [6] for me, when it gets deleted? There is still some text in that section which is copy vio but which could be rewritten and included into the regular article, that I haven't had time/access to sources to get to. If you're not the right person to ask this, do you know whom I should ask? Thanks! radek ( talk) 03:04, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your stern message of copyright violations. I did not know about Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. I will try by best to avoid any infractions in the future. AlphaGamma1991 ( talk) 16:19, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your guidance re: 2020 Olympic thread. It was my first attempt at editing a Wiki page and I've learnt a lot in the process. Cheers! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Infoperson9900 ( talk • contribs) 20:18, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
I would like to clean this up (from the original on the website) and upload it as a jpeg. Should I just e-mail it to you when I'm finished so you can take care of deleting the old file? Viriditas ( talk) 22:44, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm trying to access your page you gave me earlier to understand how to establish a copyright: Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials I can't seem to access it properly. I inputted the information into the search panel and it won't accept. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Berek Halfhand ( talk • contribs) 04:53, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
( talk page stalker) If that doesn't work, try typing WP:DCM into the searchbar :) Acather96 ( talk) 20:17, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello VernoWhitney,
This refers to : "ticket 2010072710028675". I am writing to you as "the user who added this template to the page".
I originally uploaded the image in question. I have now emailed the author of the work, inviting her to complete the "Declaration of consent for all enquiries", and send it directly to permissions@enwikimedia.org, if she chooses to do so.
I noted a concern that "the email address that the permission came from is not associated with the location where the content was originally published", and I wished to comment on that before the declaration arrives at Wikipedia (if ever).
The person has changed the host for her blog, since uploading the picture.
Please see: http://punkprincezz16.blogspot.com/
This contains the photo under discussion, and also the statement: "please check out my new blog www.missoliviaaa.blogspot.com"
From here, click on "contact me" and one arrives at: "My E-mail:olivia167yahoo.com
bye
Oojamaflip2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oojamaflip2 ( talk • contribs) 11:23, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
I can see how Information and belief might rise to the level of copyvio, but I don't agree that the paraphrase in praeter legem constitutes a copyvio. I'm hoping you'll reconsider that one. Thanks. Andrew Gradman talk/ WP:Hornbook 19:57, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I've put the article submission on hold. I saw that there are quite a number of external links. External links should not exist in the article itself. You can convert them to citations or internal links(if they have a wikipedia article). You can also have a external links section but please make sure they comply to the guidelines here. Under the sources section I noticed that there are links under 'Surfing Organistions/Controlling Bodies', 'Newspapers', 'Online Surfing Publications', and 'Sponsors'. What are they for? Also, citations to Wikipedia articles are not reliable sources. It'll be great if you can change them. Bejinhan talks 05:20, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I had a good run of internet connectivity today, which just fritzed out on me, but let me back on swiftly. It's been so frustrating. :P I've been having trouble managing to keep on top of my work e-mails (the ones I get paid for), much less Wikipedia. I am getting a new modem on Tuesday, which my internet company seems to think will clear up my problem. But I'm wondering if in the meantime you can kind of keep an eye out for copyright questions at my talk page? I've got the notice on top, but I know a lot of people won't notice that. I worry that if I'm a long time coming on, people will despair. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:58, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Verno, would you mind having a quick look at a thread on my talk page regarding image copyright. Thanks, Acather96 ( talk) 06:15, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
- FASTILY (TALK) 03:47, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi VernoWhitney,
I just wanted to write here directly to let you know that I really am sorry that I was casual with copyright in my recent articles. A longer explanation is at Wikipedia:Contributor_copyright_investigations.
Ordinarily, I would say: tag any article with {{ Copyviocore}}, and I will immediately remedy it. However, I'm on an enforced wikibreak, and I won't be checking my talk page or watchlist. So, if any any articles get deleted via this process, please identify them on my talk page; and in a few weeks or months, I'll have an administrator show me the history, and I'll try to re-assemble a non-infringing text.
Thanks for your understanding, and I'm sorry to have troubled you (and burdened Wikipedia). user:Agradman editing as 167.10.240.1 ( talk) 18:16, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. :) Given my nasty internet issues (today has been miraculous! knock wood!), can you keep an eye out for a few days at Joe Coulombe? I believe it is an unusably close paraphrase and have explained to the contributor why, but he may be confused, since he seems to believe there is some "30% change rule", beyond which close paraphrasing is no longer an issue. I've asked User:MLauba to keep an eye, but I know MLauba is not always available. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:27, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Talk to me at <redacted> and tell me whyyou put in a link of st andrews business whilst I am a non profit site for St Andrews TELL ME!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.131.217.75 ( talk) 23:19, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
As Bülent Şenver is my college instructor, he just gave me the material to update the page. So, there is no copyright problem. If you have any suggestions about it, please let me know.
Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Murattasci ( talk • contribs) 15:12, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello VernoWhitney,
Thank you for your message at the discussion page. I was not aware of violating copyright rules because it was such a small part with general knowledge (and also because it is my own work). I will study the license policy. Thank you for the weblinks.
One question. The German text is made yesterday and not published on my own website. Is a literally translation also a violation?
Kind regards,
Berkh ( talk) 16:52, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello VernoWhitney, Thanks for your helful answer. I first try to set things right for the version in my native language Dutch. Kind regards, Berkh ( talk) 05:37, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Verno. :) If you're not too busy, could you check OTRS for a permission email about the text in BIPAC? Thanks, Theleftorium (talk) 20:58, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
You may find the verification of the copyright from Bulent Senver. He kindly requests the article to be published.
Best,
Murat
<email redacted for privacy> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Murattasci ( talk • contribs) 13:45, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Mr. Senver sent a mail to permissions-en@wikimedia.org about the copyright verification, for your information.
Best,
Murat
-- Murattasci ( talk) 14:58, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
In your comment on 10 Aug, which I've only just seen, you said "in the absence of further evidence". I am willing to provide evidence if I know what you need. If I have come across as frosty, please allow for the fact that I'm really unhappy that my content has been taken in this way and the way the emails to me have been written has not been designed to engage with me in a constructive fashion. So I'm not at my most warm and cuddly at the moment. However, I will take a deep breath and if somebody is willing to have a constructive conversation with me on this, I'll endeavour to be my normal charming and constructive self.
Let me use the Rhodesian GP as an example as that's the one I know best. I suspect that some of the people who have looked at this case assume that the data on my page is pretty much as it appears in some contemporary publication. Anyone used to F1 results would make that assumption and understandably so as F1 results tend to tell you everything. It is quite different when you get to national series, especially those in countries that did not have a specialist motor racing press - such as Canada and South Africa. In those cases, we have to piece things together as best we can from a number of sources. For example, the top three (sometimes top 6) in a race might appear in a results section in a newspaper and we can get those newspapers from Colinwood. The other runners might be mentioned in the report if something interesting happened to them (if they led, if they crashed, if their car burst into flames) but the majority of backmarkers don't get mentioned. So there we have to get a bit creative. We can use information of the entry list - assuming we can find someone with the original program - and add their names as people whose result isn't known. Then we might see that someone significant (Ian Scheckter in this case) wasn't present because we know he was racing in England or had broken his leg or similar. As Scheckter could have won if present, it's worth adding his name as a "did not appear". Sometimes the report might even say he didn't turn up because he couldn't get his car ready or similar reason. But that is a decision we make; there is no such judgement used in the construction of a directory. It's worth mentioning that there may have been other runners in that race; we can't be certain we've picked up everybody.
So that gives finish positions, drivers name, some race times and maybe the winner's speed. Still not enough to be worth publishing. Next we work out what cars they were driving. The newspapers we used were Bulawayo Chronicle mc 1700 11 Jun 1976 p5 and 5 Jul 1976 and the Rhodesian Herald 1 Jul 1976 p16, 2 Jul 1976 p15, 3 Jul 1976 p1 and 5 Jul 1976 p1. They might give us the basics by saying Klomfass drove a Ralt and Nieman was in Alex Blignault's car but they probably won't give the model and definitely won't give the chassis number. We know Klomfass had a RT1 because his name appears in Ralt production records but much of the history we have constructed for this car depends on the fact that it was the only RT1 built with a centre post rear wing. In the case of John Gibb's Chevron, we only know anything about it because of a report in a UK magazine that the Rapid Movements team had sold their car to John Gibb.
Not all cars have a clear identity. In the case of Mike Domingo's Modus M3 we call it 022(A) because there's another car which was also derived from the same original car which we call 022(B). The identities 022(A) and 022(B) are ORC creations; they will not be found in any contemporary source.
I can go on but I see I've already written plenty. Is this the sort of thing that helps? What else do you need to know. Allen Brown ( talk) 13:52, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Having said all that, I should comment on Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service because that seems to be the basis of believing my page can't be copyrighted. I think the relevant part of the article is the judgement:
I hope we would agree that my page is, _at the very least_ a "collection" of information. The question then is whether it has that "minimal degree" of creativity. I don't have to establish that my page is wholly creative or even mostly creative; I just have to demonstrate a "minimal degree" of creativity. Surely I have done that. This set of race results does not appears anywhere else in this form, with these things included/excluded, the information about car types and models, etc, etc, so its originality cannot really be disputed.
The article goes on say:
So my third point is that that NigelPorter copied every aspect of the data, including what was included/excluded and the order. In that respect he has breached Wikipedia's own guidelines on this (which I can't now find or would link to them).
Fourthly and, you'll be relived to know, lastly, there is the issue of jurisdiction. The pages that were copied were published in the UK, not in the US, so Wikipedia's own guidelines say that national law should be taken into account (again, I've lost the exact reference). The "sweat of the brow" doctrine is specific to US law and both UK law and European law take the opposite view (see Threshold of originality).
Happy to discuss this - in detail if necessary. Allen Brown ( talk) 14:23, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Mr. Brown, the reference to international copyright to which you refer is in our copyright policy (specifically, it says, "The Wikimedia Foundation is based in the United States and accordingly governed by United States copyright law. Regardless, according to Jimbo Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, Wikipedia contributors should respect the copyright law of other nations, even if these do not have official copyright relations with the United States. [8]"), but as Verno notes that policy and Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights both specify that US law is sovereign. For a recent situation with similar implications, consider the National Portrait Gallery copyright conflicts. Under U.S. copyright law, straightforward images of public domain paintings do not receive new copyright protection, while in the U.K. they may. Though the National Portrait Gallery contends that the copyright considerations of the large number of their images copied on Commons should be tried in the U.K., they have not yet successfully launched such a suit, and the attorney for the defendant maintains staunchly that the Wikimedia Foundation is in the U.S. jurisdiction (as is, here, the uploader). Those images still remain on Wikimedia Commons, in spite of communications from the NPG to the Foundation. (Whether they would remain if the NPG elected to request take down under DMCA, I don't know. However, that could be an expensive proposition for the NPG, so I understand their reluctance to exercise that option. If they are then challenged and lose, it would effectively mean an open market on NPG imagery in the U.S.) At this point, at least, WMF's position on jurisdiction is clear.
Given that, if you wish to challenge the inclusion of the content as copyright owner, you will need to follow the procedures at Wikipedia:CP#Copyright owners. As an OTRS agent, I can see that you've already requested immediate removal and been denied; hence, contacting our designated agent and requesting removal under OCILLA would be your next step. Once it's in the attorney's hands, we volunteers have nothing further to do with it.
Alternatively, where cases are unclear, copyright evaluation works (like everything else on Wikipedia) by community consensus. Determining creativity in lists can be more challenging than some other copyright concerns, and I have more than once launched community discussions about such matters accordingly. In terms of the degree of creativity involved, your arguments above and at the talk page of the article are very well formulated and show a good understanding of copyright application to lists, but, being very little familiar with racecars, I'm not entirely sure myself the degree of creativity involved in your assemblage of information. It's an important distinction to make, unless we are simply to to rearrange the material and retain it. You've already basically launched such a discussion at Talk:1976 Lady Wigram Trophy. This can be publicized at WT:C and WT:CP, if you like, and we can watch it a week to see if consensus develops. Please note that if your position does not receive support, your only option then would be to pursue the issue as a copyright owner, as two administrators have already declined to remove the material via OTRS. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:40, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Alternatively, where cases are unclear, copyright evaluation works (like everything else on Wikipedia) by community consensus. Determining creativity in lists can be more challenging than some other copyright concerns, and I have more than once launched community discussions about such matters accordingly. In terms of the degree of creativity involved, your arguments above and at the talk page of the article are very well formulated and show a good understanding of copyright application to lists, but, being very little familiar with racecars, I'm not entirely sure myself the degree of creativity involved in your assemblage of information. It's an important distinction to make, unless we are simply to to rearrange the material and retain it. You've already basically launched such a discussion at Talk:1976 Lady Wigram Trophy. This can be publicized at WT:C and WT:CP, if you like, and we can watch it a week to see if consensus develops. Please note that if your position does not receive support, your only option then would be to pursue the issue as a copyright owner, as two administrators have already declined to remove the material via OTRS.
Although you haven't said so, I have courtesy listed the discussion. I will note, though, that your continued appeals to Jimbo are only likely to introduce a distraction into the discussion. Content that is found to be not creative is not going to be deleted through the copyright problems board unless you manage to overhaul policy...which you can't do via that forum. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:45, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Sir, in the Bhurshut article I copied just two lines from an website which is in free domain with no copyright whatsoever and if any copyright has been violated then that can be applicable for those two lines but half of the article have been kept under this pretext by editor Ragib for personal reasons and I request you to check into the matter and do the needful! 117.254.79.137 ( talk) 18:23, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Previously you help explain some "Fair use image" use in a list rules to myself and other. Therefore, I know you understand the rules better then I do. So I wanted to ask you a question.
I am working on a different list, and the lack of images in this one section is extreamly noticeable. So I was thinking of placing an internal link to the image, instead of the image itself.
This is an example of what I mean, using a PD image instead.
Name | Date | No. | Notes | |
Image | Milo Andrus | January 1, 1848 | 11 | Andrus was one of the members of Zion's Camp |
Is something like this allowed under Fair use rules?-- ARTEST4ECHO talk 19:36, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I created the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award page. It is not a copyright violation as I had permission and am on the committee. I see that the last three-four edits have been to remove sections that aren't cited or possible copyright infringement. I have permission to make the page and had permission to copy information from the press releases. It is a brand new award, so there aren't many places I can cite some of the information, as some of it is directly from my emails. I am not sure how to approach this. Should I undo the edits? Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by L8ralig8rs ( talk • contribs) 23:52, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the note, I'll expand my section. I used Wikipedia:Clerks as a source, perhaps you would consider adding to that page?-- SPhilbrick T 02:17, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. After conversation with Aymatth2 at my talk page, I've made some changes to the Bot notices: Template:Csb-pageincludes, Template:Csb-notice-pageincludes and Template:Csb-notice-pageincluded. I'd really appreciate feedback on that, since I don't have the option of talking to Coren about it (he hasn't answered my recent e-mail; hope all is well with him!). The conversation is at User_talk:Moonriddengirl#Request for Comment. The changes were implemented to try to help soften the blow of false positives, because all of us who read Coren's talk page know how very irritating they can be to people. The Bot is important, but we don't want it biting any more than necessary. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:13, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Verno. Can you help me oversee any new edits made by Ardfern ( talk · contribs)? I've unblocked him after a discussion at his talk page. Feel free to comment there if you see any problems. Thanks, Theleftorium (talk) 20:43, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
I notice this article has been tagged "Possible copyright infringement", but has not been listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Cheers Androstachys ( talk) 06:45, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Okay, I've marked the request as approved, sorry yet again for taking so long :D. Thanks for never losing interest, and for your great coding. Make sure you wait until the bot is flagged before running it (won't take long), and be careful while moving task 3 out of the user space :). That's all! Hope to see you around - Kingpin 13 ( talk) 17:12, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
I wrote both the footnoted and the Wikipedia version the Illinois River Trail (Oregon). I do not see a copyright infringement on my previous writing. Where do we go from here? Lhammer610 ( talk) 18:00, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Do the instructions seem clear at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Banglapedia (source)? I'm going to go ahead and take care of the files now so that we won't have to worry about them. Once I do that, I'd like to plead for assistance from the Wikiproject. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:50, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi VernoWhitney, I think in the image case, you are supposed to use if the file is ok, but I noticed you marked your responses with
. --
Ragib (
talk) 03:30, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello there! As you can see, I was on a long vacation and had forgotten about editing. Since the last book is near to be released, I need your help to gather information about minor characters and their importance in the books. I don't have any book right now, and I will appreciate what you can help. Thanks! (e.g. Lester Dixon: sacrificed his life) --FDJoshua22 16:06, 18 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by FDJoshua22 ( talk • contribs)
to apologise for my inactivity at SCV recently, I've been busy in real life and with an AFD. I'm really sorry, and will start helping again ASAP. Thanks, Acather96 ( talk) 19:28, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I know you're busy saving the world (hooray for you and your amazing bot abilities!), but I wanted to ask your feedback about Jehovah's Witnesses and civil liberties in the United States. Am I missing something really obvious? Does ( Ticket:2010081210007017) that sound like the name of a legal representative? I'm tempted to bounce this to legal, but in case I'm missing a flashing "HELLO, MOONRIDDENGIRL, LOOK HERE FOR COPYVIO!" I wanted to get your opinion. Between "real" work and Wikipedia lately, I've been pretty frazzled. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
- FASTILY (TALK) 21:13, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, VernoWhitney. In writing with reference to this: can you shed any light on the OTRS confirmation for Ticket 2010073010043697? I presume the contents are confidential and I'm not asking you to reveal them: the issue is simply that User:Sallyfitzgibbons has been granted OTRS permission to use material from http://etnies.com/team/girl/sally-fitzgibbons even though she(?) states she is not Sally Fitzgibbons. If (s)he is not Sally Fitzgibbons but, say, is affiliated with http://etnies.com, the AFC request should probably have been turned down for the COI and the article is probably be deletable WP:CSD#G11. On the other hand, if the editor has no connection with Etnies or Fitzgibbons and Etnies has simply granted her permission to use the text from the site then there likely isn't any problem. Are you in a position to confirm which it is? Cheers. -- Rrburke ( talk) 01:49, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks but no thanks, I am most specifically asking about policy rather than specific users.
If you wish to help me phrase it better so that is more clear and help me navigate the system of positing it on the correct page, I would appreciate it.-- Triton Rocker ( talk) 01:32, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Verno. I just wanted to drop by and ask you if there's a specific reason you aren't taking action on the pending at CCI. Of course, you're not the only clerk, but I thought I'd ask in case there's something more than just "I've been busy". If you don't think they're actionable, we need to perhaps refine our process for declining. (As for me, I don't feel I should evaluate the oldest request there, since I am tangentially involved. I haven't look at the most recent, but I seem to be in the process of finding us a brand new one, unless edits are limited. :/) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:30, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello VernoWhitney! Thank you for notifying me about the copyright problem. The original source from which I copied it was actually written by me as well, but after more research about the license policy I understand that I would need to donate my copyright material in order to use it on Wikipedia. I'm wondering if you can offer me any advice on how many more secondary sources it would require for the organization to meet notability guidelines. I have added external links to several official university websites with information about our programs, as well as entries and articles on the organization mentioned on NCWO's website (an umbrella organization for women's non-profits) and the EPA's website. These all seem to be reliable secondary sources, is there something further I need to do to have the entry deemed "notable?" Thank you so much for your help! SydneyHolt ( talk) 19:04, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Verno i just wanted to tell you that the movie Unos Pocos con Valor can be with this url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unos_Pocos_con_Valor_(2010_film) instead with the old one, i try to redirect first but then it was a mess. i deleted and put it with the new one. And then i found out that i can move the page but it was too late already. Maybe you can help me on this.
Thanks. —Preceding
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There is a misunderstanding, the article with the title is already on the one i tell you here. with the (2010 film) In case that you didn't check if exist.
If is posible you can moved to the original that is with the (2010 film) please.
Jhn504 ( talk) 02:20, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Is for profesional look, but if there's no way to change this by this reason/s just leave it like that. Thanks for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhn504 ( talk • contribs) 22:33, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
FYI - you probably could use
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to transclude the day pages automatically rather than having VW Bot do it, if you want. ~ Qwerp Qwertus Talk ツ 02:11, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
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can't describe a specified page, other than the current one - that could've worked. Oh well. :)
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Please review Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/LouisPhilippeCharles. It appears that while this case is awaiting review the contributor, having been repeatedly notified and yet declining to assist in identifying or cleaning up his problematic contributions as requested, has actually accelerated generation of additional material without regard to its potential violative nature: He has, in the last several days, made hundreds of edits similar to those of which the complaint speaks. They appear to be potentially violative either because they 1. are article moves made in violation of WP procedures, thereby recklessly damaging or destroying article and discussion page histories, 2. populate articles with substantial portions of text that appear to be copyvios, and/or 3. uploaded photos that appear non-compliant with standards for use in WP. Please consider taking immediate steps to assess, prevent and reverse these ongoing abuses. FactStraight ( talk) 08:12, 28 August 2010 (UTC)