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Can't really find what was copied from University of Cambridge, wrong article? --Muhandes (talk) 14:39, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
I think the history section might be largely copyvio.104.163.159.237 (talk) 19:05, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
This seems like a candidate for revdel. Can you help? 32.218.40.151 (talk) 22:03, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
A (short) while ago (21 April 2018) I spotted what I thought was likely to be a copyvio on Rodney Brooks, but I couldn't identify what it was a copy of. In what felt to me was almost no time at all, (it was actually 20 hours), you'd identified the source. Could I bother you to tell me what tool(s) you used to identify the source? With thanks in advance, Pdfpdf (talk) 07:28, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello!.I have now understand and I think Soon Valley and Soan Sakaser Valley are both same article.Please check it.If these are same, then Delete one of them.Thanks.--PakEditor (talk) 14:08, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa
Recently, you requested that my articles be speedily deleted. I have rewritten them extensively in my own words and made them much shorter. Could you please revisit them and accept? I'm sorry for the original mistake - I am new to Wikipedia and still learning. Thank you very much.
Kind regards, Mockby 123 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your attention to the UVU Wikipedia page. As noted in the comment with the edit, the content reverted is a required disclosure that UVU must include with any statement regarding its accreditation under the standards of the accreditor and US federal law. That text must be used verbatim and in its entirety under the NWCCU Institutional Advertising, Student Recruitment, and Representation of Accredited Status Policy any time the university discloses its accreditation status, and the address and telephone number must be included under 34 CFR 602.23(d). As an act of legal compliance by the university official editing the page, it is not meaningfully subject to copyright. 161.28.198.47 (talk) 19:35, 3 May 2018 (UTC)Jeff Johnson
Hi Diannaa , thank you for pointing out my mistakes concerning use of copyrighted material in the Academic tenure article .I have adjusted the United Kingdom section using material from the Lecturer article , and adding new material .
Thank you . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loneather (talk • contribs) 20:25, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa
I just notice that World Conference on Science was deleted because of a copyright infringement, see User talk:Susan Schneegans#Speedy deletion nomination of World Conference on Science. I think that the text actually came from an open license source and was deleted incorrectly. Would you be able to check and see if there is an open license source given for the text? And if so reinstate it?
Thanks
John Cummings (talk) 17:03, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello , I received your message in my talk page in few minutes ago, I need help (Mr.Mani Raj Paul (talk) 17:04, 5 May 2018 (UTC))
A bit of Puppy Love | |
Thanks for your help last year, I still appreciate it. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 17:47, 5 May 2018 (UTC) |
Thank you for the puppy! so cute ;) — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 18:03, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
Yrs, Narky Blert (talk) 01:41, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
—TripWire________ʞlɐʇ 09:39, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi - could you check this diff and see if it needs to be deleted as a copyright vio? Thanks, Marianna251TALK 13:17, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
I saw your message - thank you for taking the time to let me know about my idiot revert and bone head move had Bob not already let me know about it... I appreciate it a lot, and it's good to know that someone will say something so that I can fix it. I wish you a great rest of your weekend and (of course) happy editing ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 16:14, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
This message has been sent to you to inform you that a case involving FreshCorp619 has been filed at SPI, and it has come to my knowledge that you may have prior history with this user. As such, your input may assist with the case. That case can be found at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/FreshCorp619. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 16:33, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa. Would you mind taking a look at User talk:Marchjuly#typo and see if anything further cleanup needs to be done with respect to some content added to Story of Seasons? — Marchjuly (talk) 10:33, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa. I wonder could you have another look at the recent edits at this article? Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:45, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
I noticed that you removed the content from The Incredible History of India's Geography from the article Genetic studies on Gujarati people. I apologize for this edit. I was not aware that it would lead to a copyright issue. Is it possible for me to readd this information in the article by adding the content from "In 2010" to "Bronze Age" on page 24 of this book in block quotes?[1] A145029 (talk) 14:15, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
References
Hi,
Do you reckon that the closely paraphrased text of this source in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Deathlycrane is a copyright violation? Thanks. Adam9007 (talk) 19:51, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa. You added some text to a copyright violation I think I found and while I agree that they copied WP, I don't understand what you're suggesting I do. (First timer w/© stuff) Could you be more clear about what I should do next? (If anything)
Riventree (talk) 22:15, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa. I received the permission for public usage of this image and sent an email with its copy to Permissions email. Let me know if any other actions needed. Thanks, bpkosh Bpkosh (talk) 05:00, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
On April 25th, you warned editor বাক্যবাগীশ about attribution when copying within Wikipedia. Unfortunately, the editor concerned had created Arts of West Bengal earlier on the same day and made many copyright violations in the process. Three come up when I check with the Earwig tool, but there is a lot more information copy/pasted from Maria online and its subpages. I'm leaving this in your capable hands! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:57, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Dsiaf (talk) 21:09, 8 May 2018 (UTC) Hello Diana. You apparently deleted my draft page called John L. Volakis. I know that I am not supposed to coppy directly from elsewhere, however this eas just a draft for me so I can have a sense of what I am supposed to write in the next weeks. Is it possible to recover the article? Thank you Dsiaf (talk) 21:09, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa, How would I use copyrighted material in an article that I do have permission to use? In other words, how do I show that I have permission to use that text?
Artsandstuff1 (talk) 21:37, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Diannaa, you deleted 1,844 characters as a clean up and copy edit. "Removing unsourced material and puffery." The material was sourced and "puffery" is subjective. Please relook at the edits. I would like to resolve the difference collaboratively. --Mediazeitgeist (talk) 02:43, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
You deleted some material that I posted stating "addition(s) have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder." This is not possible, the material was a summary by my associate that was written for wikipedia specifically. There was no copied material nor copyright material in a list stating the books that were published by the author- with a small summary of the content. Please revert the material. (talk) 20:53, 8 May 2018 (PST)
Diannaa, you make a claim of Conflict of Interest with my post on Chatelaine. While flattered, I am a constant student of media, always searching to expand my knowledge base to better my skills as a business professional, creative, and mentor. I have no association with Chatelaine personally, nor does family, friends and employment organization. I don't work for or with magazines. I do have a love of media and a passion for history and iconic brands. Please amend. --Mediazeitgeist (talk) 16:25, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Could you unprotect Ronnie Johnson? I want to create an article on Ronnie Johnson the basketball player. ~EDDY (talk/contribs)~ 18:37, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi,
Do you reckon that this file is actually free? The content on that website is licensed under CC-BY 3.0, but I wasn't sure if that applies to the logo, so I assumed it doesn't (I know Wikipedia's logo is licensed under the same licence that its content is, but I didn't think it wise to assume that that is also the case here). Was I right to do this? Should I perhaps ask there? Thanks. Adam9007 (talk) 02:02, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
With regards to Greater Western Sydney Giant and your action of removing this edit. I am going to rewrite this factual historical truth about the history of Greater Western Sydney Giant in my own words. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.107.62.230 (talk) 08:01, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Dianaa. In RFC section of the talk page of the article Dawenkou culture, there is a user (User Zanhe) who does not know anything about the topic of the RFC, but has jumped in to make an opposing vote and attack me. When being asked to explain why a connection between the Austronesian and the Dawenkou culture (in the present-day Shandong, China, c. 4100 – c. 2600 BC) is unreasonable and give sources to prove that. This user can't even write a word. In that case, is such an opposing vote invalid ? there is another user (Kanguole) who is the original opponent of the RFC and has keep silent until that moment suddenly jumped in to cite WP:BURDEN seemingly to save user Zanhe from having to explain the connection between the Austronesian and the Dawenkou culture since that is a very difficult thing to do and requires a deep knowledge of this topic. My understanding of a RFC is that: a voter in a RFC should have a certain knowledge of the topic concerned. If he/she is clueless about the topic but he/she still makes a vote, then his/her vote is invalid. Is that correct ? As I don't know about WP:BURDEN, so it'd be better to ask you.
Both user Kanguole and user Zanhe seem to back each other, where the former seems to know about the topic of the RFC, but the latter seems to be clueless about the topic.Gustmeister (talk) 09:13, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
(cur | prev) 22:19, 8 May 2018 Diannaa (talk | contribs) . . (24,454 bytes) (-863) . . (remove copyright content copied from https://www.middlebrowcanada.org/Magazines/Chatelaine/tabid/3193/language/en-GB/Default.aspx) Hi Diannaa, I spoke with MiddleBrowCanada.org, the facts shared on Wiki and used on the MiddleBrow site is in the public domain. Perhaps an edit is required. Can you reinstate the post and I can amend to ensure there is no perception of infringement in any way and only the sourced facts are used? Many thanks in advance. I'm still learning! --Mediazeitgeist (talk) 20:44, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Will do. Thanks --Mediazeitgeist (talk) 16:09, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa I am new to Wikipedia editing so not clear on what you have laid out as your rationale. I do know that a big chunk of what you have deleted was my own writing from my own website and the supporting PDF email reference was from my personal emails. So both the email quoted and the introductory text preceding and following it were from my own website and my own composition. I can see that you would not know that from just my user name. So can you clarify more please? Thanks Yoga1008 (talk) 16:39, 11 May 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoga1008 (talk • contribs) 14:53, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Dianna. The article about Frank Benton was deleted. I understand the reason, I tried to change sentences but there is so little info about Benton. I'll rewrite the article with my own words. But before that can I show you the text for approval? I really don't want to have a problem with that article. Benton did great things in his life and i think there should be an article in Wikipedia about him for sure. Thank you in advance!
Zetalion (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:24, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
He goes by "Kenneth Beadles" now. BTW, Backendgaming is also a promotional name, which violates username policy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.22.122.180 (talk) 22:29, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diaane, on the Near Death Experience page I made a few edits. These were reverted.
I tried to engage the editors on the talk page but it was to no avail (do you want me to send you the Diffs?) Nobody would jump in and discuss
I read through the dispute resolution guidelines but all the methods proposed require you to thoroughly discuss the issue on the Talk Page. Now since this some not seem possible, what am I supposed to do?
Thank-you in advance for your help Best Josezetabal (talk) 07:01, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
Thank-u Diaane, I have left a note on the IP's talk page [2]. I will wait a few days and then revert the deletion if no answer. Best Josezetabal (talk) 03:23, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Apparently, you deleted my draft on Taxation in Turkey. Which part is the problem? Is it the table that I received from "http://www.invest.gov.tr/en-US/investmentguide/investorsguide/Pages/Taxes.aspx" web page. Because if so, how can I put some statistical table. Also I cited to that web site. Also, I took some other statistics from other pages and put them on table. If the table is the only problem(I still don’t understand how can I use statistics otherwise), I will delete them and write the same article again. Looking forward for your answer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ŞahinTaha (talk • contribs) 18:36, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
I removed a couple of copyvio paragraphs; they've reappeared in slightly modified form - you might like to have a look and see whether they're still too close a paraphrase of http://www.presbyterianireland.org/Utility/About-Us/Structure-Leadership/The-Moderator.aspx . Thanks. PamD 23:15, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
You warned Morrister (talk · contribs) but nothing has changed. I suspect that almost all of his edits including article creations are copied without attribution. In doing so he's not just copying text without checking the sources but in copying the sources not taking across enough information to verify the sources. There's a big problem also with copying and not actually checking the sources. I quickly found (as I thought originally he'd copied from a webpage and added sources) that one source didn't back the text it was meant to source. I've found to often going back to check sources in articles that the source originally related to relevant text but that somehow, perhaps because the text was deleted or new text added before the source, no longer verified the text. I shudder to think of how many sources may be in articles that no longer back the cited text. I wish we didn't allow editors to copy from other articles without verifying the sources themselves, although I realise that can be difficult. Doug Weller talk 09:43, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Diannaa 🍁 (talk)I'm confused as to why you removed information that never had anything to do with Georgetown University. This article is about Michael Sonnenreich only and never referenced any information from that source " https://linknovate.com/affiliation/georgetown-university-615/all/?query=product+direct+cost ." Content that has been added has been in my words too except for the one quote I stuck in at the bottom. Please feel free to contact me directly at - User:Lemonpasta (talk). —Preceding undated comment added 13:41, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
I disagree with the assertion that my edit to Train horn was a copyright violation, can you explain why specifically it was?--The Navigators (talk)-May British Rail Rest in Peace. 03:18, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa, could you revdel the last 2 large additions to this article please? My copyvio check crashed (Internet connection is terrible these days), but the content was obviously copypasted from an external dissertation. Thank you in advance for your help. GermanJoe (talk) 12:52, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the catch of the copyvio on this; I've nominated it and a sister article citing COPYVIO and being thin and contextless in general, also mentioning your removals of the COPYVIOs. Nate • (chatter) 19:39, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
Hey, I could use a 2O/input over at my talk page, if you wouldn't mind terribly. Thanks! Primefac (talk) 11:39, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing—Criminal Behaviour Order—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. WPCW (talk) 11:43, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
I know that you know the rules better than I do. The gentle reminder is only that you have arguably become an involved administrator and should go ahead and delete and redact any more copyright violations but leave any block to another administrator. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:03, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Doctor Papa Jones • (Heeya!) 17:24, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa,
I noticed multiple sentences were copied from the reference source themselves. Feel free to take a look for yourself. — Lbtocthtalk 22:16, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa, I meant to get back to you thanking you for welcoming me here, but just didn't have the time to get around it. What do you prefer to be called anyway? Diana or specifically Diannaa? You may call me by this name only as that's what I prefer to go by here. Have a good evening.--Posuydon (talk) 02:00, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Dianna, only certain parts is a copy from Sarawak Report and not the whole part. What you have cancel off is almost more than 50 changes done. Please kindly revert back all the changes and I will edit it within 24 hours. Thanks. Please consider this. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Veron4best (talk • contribs) 12:23, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Can I restore the speedy deleted content if I get the copyright permission from external website admins? Vinoj Varghese (talk) 08:25, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa, I got the permission from the website to use thier contents to wikipedia...I forward the mail to wikipedia for use that contents..But I didnt get any replay mails from wikipedia..Is there any another process to get the permission to use that contents??? Vinoj Varghese (talk) 07:06, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
I've put a template on Talk:Blood management regarding permission received by OTRS. Based on the URLs you put in the edit summary, I'm not sure it is sufficient to restore the content, but I'm notifying you if you want to check. The source URL with permission is listed in the template. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:52, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Ashokml (talk · contribs) just pasted a big chunk from here into the Nagarathar article. I have reverted and warned but it could use a revdel, please. - Sitush (talk) 14:21, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Di. I think you're meant to be the wise one. Something tells me you may have to have a look here. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:25, 19 May 2018 (UTC) or maybe not, it seems.
Just to let you know he was a sockpuppet. Doug Weller talk 14:49, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
I know now that l cant copy and paste it, i will try to write with my own words, thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nemrud91 (talk • contribs) 23:59, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi again, if l made it wrong again please dont remove it, tell me what to change. l have used my own words now and l have also quoted, l think l have permission to use it.
Regards Nemrud — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nemrud91 (talk • contribs) 02:47, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the RD1 for 5 edits for it. I declined the CSD as the topic is savageable and notable. Hope you won't mind. Improved it with RS already. Will warn the user for copyvio (single used for newcomer) --Quek157 (talk) 13:01, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
I usually know to wait before editing over a possible disputed edit. I didn't think of it this time. SlightSmile 14:38, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, a new contributor massively expanded Gulabi Gang last September, mostly in one edit, but appears not to be active now. I'm really concerned about it, as noted at Talk:Gulabi_Gang#Close_paraphrasing. Any chance that you could spare a few minutes to take a look? - Sitush (talk) 15:42, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa. I've noticed your message on the SOKO Super Galeb's talk page (when I was visiting it today) and his editing habits (viz. unattributed copypasting from other articles, rarely an edit summary, editing generally similar topics, some quirks of spelling etc.) strangely reminded me of HMAS onslow (currently indefinitely blocked, and itself a sock of ARA SANTA FE). I'm nearly sure that this account will turn out to be another sock puppet, but I have no experience with initiating a sock puppet investigation. I'm not asking you to initiate it, as it can be premature - I've read on sockpuppet investigation, but what's still not entirely clear to me - and what I'd like to ask you - is what amount of evidence is generally required to open the investigation? I do not want to start acting without sufficient evidence - on the other hand I was one of editors who attempted to make some sense of HMAS onslow's edits, and I'd like not to go through similar thing again, at least not for so long. --ז62 (talk) 16:26, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa -- I'm Marshall Miller; I'm a WMF product manager working on an improvement to the Articles for Creation process. I know you commented on this effort a few weeks ago, but I wanted to check in again because we're currently thinking about some copyvio questions, and I think you would have valuable opinions. The plan is to add AfC drafts to the New Pages Feed, and to score all pages in the feed with copyvio and quality scores. We're running into some technical challenges around copyvio, and the engineers on the WMF could use opinions from people experienced with it to help guide us. It would be really helpful if you could take a look at my most recent project update and leave your thoughts on the talk page. Thank you! -- MMiller (WMF) (talk) 00:36, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
Hey Diannaa! I was wondering if you could protect Braydon Coburn. I requested protection last night but there seems to be a huge backlog. I thought it was safe to sleep but after reverting this this morning I think protection is still necessary. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 11:03, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
Now that I think of it, would you also be willing to investigate June 2013 Egyptian protests? In addition to being relatively inexperienced in early 2014, I remember being frustrated with the AfD back then, so I might have resorted to close paraphrasing here and there in order to expand it and save it from deletion. I made a minor cleanup a while later, but I always keep forgetting about this issue.
Also, did you check Ottoman-Portuguese War? Would it be okay if I started merging some of it into Ottoman-Portuguese confrontations? I'll probably reword most of it anyway. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 01:43, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
Note that the last two contributions of this editor to [[Economy of Nazi Germany][] have had the effect of emphasizing the "Socialism" in "National Socialism", which could be indicative of the current right-wing crusade to get Nazism re-classified as left-wing and not right-wing.
I filed an SPI on HG1000 and Soapbox Sam recently, and Bbb23's conclusion was "Possible socks. A bit more likely meat".
I think it's worthwhile keeping on eye on both for attempts to skew articles to the "Nazism is left-wing" direction.
Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:24, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
I tried to update Judge Elmer Gordon’s Wikipedia page. Most come from news paper articles back in 1992. My question is, when a person wikis him some vile and hateful things come up. They are the first thing the reader sees. The edits have been removed but for some reason they still show up upon his wiki search. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!! Po Campo (talk) 12:32, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa,
The Peter H. Raven article contains a number of lengthy quotes that seem to border on copyright violation. Most were added here on October 2, 2017. Although tagged with a WP:Quotefarm template in March 2018, the quotes remain. What do you say? Woodlot (talk) 13:39, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa,
Just a heads up that I re-created the page Anna Luna (actress) which you had once deleted because it actually referred to a different actress, Yam Concepcion. Anna Luna is a different individual who has recently received increasing critical attention, so I wanted to create an article on the subject. Hoping everything I've done here is in order.
Thanks, - Alternativity (talk) 16:36, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
Copyvio from Prothomalo to Shaykh Abdur Rahman. - Mar11 (talk) 19:19, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa. Sorry re the violation on the Alan Hinkes article. I thought, having read some Good Articles, that it was good practice to add relevant quotes into a reference/citation so the reader doesnt have to always open the reference? Can I use any quotes in a wiki article (even if cited and referenced)? Or was it the length of the quotes? Do I have any chance of restoring some of these ? Sorry to bother you but this article was a mess and vandalised previously, hence my desire to upgrade the standard of referencing and fact base. Thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 15:03, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
Britishfinance (talk) 15:03, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
Okay, I understand now. Some of the issues in this article are contentious (and the topic has attracted a degree of vandalism because of that). If you don't mind, I would like to restore some of the quotes but will only do so where it is essential ? Thanks again. BF Britishfinance (talk) 16:03, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, I have no idea what text you deleted. I am completely re-writing a page on key new technology that had no useful information two weeks ago. If you see copyrighted text that I have not re-written, I would appreciate a note rather than a deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hawerchuk (talk • contribs) 20:35, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
Can you recover the deleted page for me so that I can fix it? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hawerchuk (talk • contribs) 20:44, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
Ok, email should be enabled now, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hawerchuk (talk • contribs) 04:32, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
Diannaa -- So just to be clear (in fewer words than the library item you pasted on my talk page), you wanted me to put my changes in quotes? They were clearly not too long to violate 'fair use' doctrine, and they were taken (as footnotes said) from US gov press releases. BTW, such press releases did NOT show any copywright mark. Or were you hoping I'd figure out something else from the library item? Player4747 (talk) 22:32, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello Dianna!
Thank you for the trouble you have taken! However, you have it backwards, sorry: the source http://www.rigathisweek.lv/object/tourism-info/others-sights/mikhail-chekhov-riga-russian-theatre-rrt/1089 has taken the text from our homepage www.trd.lv/en (and it is even indicated above the text section). I work at this theatre, and I am actually the author of this very text. :) Moreover, I am dealing with copyrights there, too, so I have no intention to use anything I have no right to use. May I return the removed text, or should I provide any proof of my authorship first? --Ailinaline O (talk) 22:14, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your copyright flag regarding the Honeywell/GE merger. I am working on rephrasing it without losing the actual core of the argument.
More importantly, a whole section on Airplane emissions under Examples seems to have disappeared yet I don't see it reflected in the Edit History. Google refreshed its cache after it was deleted, the Wayback machine hadn't archived it yet so I can't restore it from there and once text is published on Wikipedia I tend not to keep local backups. I spent an evening researching it, collecting sources and working on the text and it is all gone. Any idea what happened and how to get it back? I will keep local backups from now on. --LeoVeo (talk) 22:42, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Hate to bug you, but during NPP, I came across a slew of new articles, such as List of first women lawyers and judges in New York. The info is being split off from List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States. I left a note on Montgomery28's talk page asking him to ensure he got the citation correct, and in addition asked him to leave a note in the edit summary showing where the info was copied from, which they began doing. That was correct, right? I'd hate to think I told a newbie to do something, and they followed that instruction, which was incorrect. Onel5969 TT me 12:57, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
I find myself in an access issue for an article that, while likely to be reverted to an old version, might also require a revdel or two. If you have access, could you please check http://sk.sagepub.com/reference/urbanstudies/n120.xml against Mark Gottdiener? Nothing obvious is flagging on Earwig but that's the source listed as the copyright violation. Cheers. Primefac (talk) 18:01, 30 May 2018 (UTC) (please do not ping on reply)
Hello mrs Dianna, i changed the name of Piranshahr to Mahabad, West Azerbaijan, the two cities are not the same but since they were previously the same county, i would like to change the name of Piranshahr to Mahabad, West Azerbaijan in English wikipedia, it was reverted at the beginning but now it is saved and i hope it will not be reverted to Piranshahr, it is true it is not neutral in POV but many people consider the two cities as being one city. Thank you --Zana.daneshian (talk) 01:54, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
The New Page Patroller's Barnstar | ||
Thank you for patrolling new pages! Your work is appreciated. Keep up the good work. — Masum Ibn Musa Conversation 03:33, 31 May 2018 (UTC) |
Hi Diannaa. I have a rather odd question. The Wikipedia Copyright policy is quite clear when we are trying to attribute content to references. However, what is our policy on the exact reverse of this? I will give a better example here which is the article Ranbir Singh (general). I created and contributed most of the article about 6 months ago. Now, I came across a source published today which seems to have copied large parts of this article word to word ([3]). I am aware that Wikipedia is open-source and thus we cannot stop them from copying us and that is not my concern. My worry is that someone (say another editor) comes by tomorrow and claims that I am the one who has committed CV and tries to remove the content, than how do we deal with this. The answer is indeed simple, that this is provable given the timestamps on the page and the article, but as admins do you check that detail. Sorry, if this sounds like a stupid concern. And is this indeed documented to ensure other editors do not make this mistake? Thanks. Adamgerber80 (talk) 04:37, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
((backwardscopy))
template on the talk page of the article involved. That way you have documentation in place that they copied from us rather than the other way around. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 10:39, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for your flag on Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, but the alleged copyright holder the you provided http://www.gordonbanks.com/gordon/family/2nd_Site/geb-p/p101.htm is wrong. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is the owner of the referenced material. I have already begun the process of rephrasing the flagged sections and plan to add more material referenced from elsewhere so the article can stand up to scrutiny.
Sincerely, Margalant (talk) 15:48, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
I'm sure this is already on your radar, but see Special:Contributions/JuniorChui. /wiae /tlk 02:59, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa, Thank you for dropping a note on my wall! I would like to learn more about editing Wiki as I assist brands and personalities to "correct" information on their behalf, of course based on proper citations. I have gone through a number of links you provided, but here are some questions I'd like answers to: 1. For information based on the official website of the brand (in this case, Sunway College), you mentioned to cite only a short sentence and to quote it to show a direct copy and paste - however most of the information needed to be on wikipedia, based on other college's Wiki, are found on the website. You also mentioned i have to write it on my own words - however upon checking other college's descriptions, one can note that it is written not as an "opinion" but a matter of fact. My question is, how do i properly edit the college's wiki to show at least the important elements of the college, especially the right logo, description and courses?
2. For editing other personality pages, such as Datuk Wira Lee Chong Wei, what are the best practices to do to show that we have written the biography based on facts, and not hear says? Is there a template i can refer to? Thank you for your help. Your assistance is appreciated, and i do not want to be banned by Wiki for not doing anything wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christock (talk • contribs) 07:35, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa, when you have a chance, could you give this a look? At least one entire section, that of key works, appears to have been copied form a museum website. Thank you, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 13:25, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
How do you get that Maple leaf in your signature? Thegooduser Let's Chat 02:26, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
— [[User:Diannaa|Diannaa]] <span style="color:red">🍁</span> ([[User talk:Diannaa|talk]])
File:Senate Flag Canada.png ......should it be removed from articles now - or after deletion?--Moxy (talk) 13:46, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Diannaa, thanks for your note regarding my changes to the Myers Park (Charlotte) Wikipedia Page. The text I added was not copyrighted material, and I'm knowledgeable on the restrictions on same. I am a Board Member of the Myers Park Homeowners Association (MPHA) for our Myers Park Neighborhood here in Charlotte NC. I am responsible for communications and content for the MPHA. The text I added was directly from our documents and website and is material we own, although it is not copyrighted. I would appreciate your replacing what you removed or freeing me up to do it. I appreciate your efforts to assure copyrighted material is protected. Fwardell
Fwardell (talk) 19:56, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
I understand copyright violations are taken seriously, but i would greatly appreciate some more assistance than copyright strikes. Some advise on how to handle info before the copyright strikes and threats of being blocked would be very helpful. I did plan on editing the information further, but i don't understand why the information has to be removed entirely. If you have experience on copy-editing, then maybe instead you could modify or paraphrase the information until its suitable and then give me some pointers on what to avoid. It would be a better alternative than removing the info, and striking me IMHO.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 11:02, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
@Blue Pumpkin Pie: I don't want this to sound like piling on, but I also don't want you to have the impression that one particular editor has it out for you. I tried to do some copyright issue review every day, but I do far less than Diannaa, and I find the volume I work on exhausting — frankly I don't know how Diannaa does it. As she mentioned, there are far too many incidents each day to expects reviewing editors to fix each of the problems.
I'd also like to make a comment based on my observation of how many new editors work. I don't know whether this applies to you, but based on reviewing thousands of incidents, there is no doubt it applies in some cases. Many new editors may be aware that they can't leave a copyright violation in an article, but edit in a way that suggest they think it's okay to start with copyrighted material and then rewrite it until it is no longer problematic. However, it is not the case that the current version of the article must be copyright violation free. The software is deliberately design so that you can look at the status of an article at any point in its history. If any of those versions contains a copyright violation, it is a problem and must be addressed, even in old versions.
It isn't even good practice to start with copyrighted material and rewrite it — but if you must do so, it should be done off-line, ensuring that it is free of copyright violations before the first addition of the material into Wikipedia.--S Philbrick(Talk) 13:10, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
The User, Special:Contributions/OxfordLaw continues with disruptive behaviour at Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen articles. Please care to check its log.Mr.User200 (talk) 22:44, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
Diannaa, thank you for pointing out the copyrighted material. I thought when I uploaded I gave credit to the author. However, it was done incorrectly. I am not sure if there another way to notify me out side of having the entire deleted when only the image was uploaded incorrectly. Especially, when the it was not approved to be published yet and was still in my sandbox. Just an FYI. Maybe you can assist new contributors and little more softly. Thanks agian, I will be more careful with images I upload. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ddstellito (talk • contribs) 23:52, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
Dear Diannaa, I made the following edits on the Near Death Experiences page lead section
1st attempt [4] which was reverted to [5] by user [6]
At the same time, this same user refused to pursue discussions with me saying “…Happy editing though, I will not waste anymore of my time on this.“ [7]
2nd attempt I made again the following edit [8] which was promptly reverted [9]
I tried to engage discussion on the talk page [10] but user [11] never bothered to reply
3d attempt I tried again [12] and again the edit was reverted [13] by an IP [14]
I tried again to engage discussion on the talk page [15] but never got an answer
4th attempt I made yet another attempt [16] which was again reverted [17] by user [18] who had already reverted my 1st attempt and had also previously said on the talk page “…Happy editing though, I will not waste anymore of my time on this.“
So what do you advise me to do?
Wikipedia states that “Talk page discussion is a prerequisite to almost all of Wikipedia's venues of higher dispute resolution.” but in my specific situation any discussion seems impossible and I say this not because of lack of trying
Thank-you in advance for your kind response
Best Josezetabal (talk) 03:47, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Can you please take a look at the restoration of material I removed on May 31? This is the website that has the material. Thanks!--Bbb23 (talk) 13:16, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
I notice back in 2016 you reverted a lot of added external links to WWII Normandy articles by Denton19 on the basis that what he had added were spammy links and the use of google maps might be copyvio. Hes just re-added 50 or so similar external links which now appear to use bing maps. If you deem these copyvio and spammy links I will start to revert him but I wonder if you have the supernukem thing which can do it in one click? Lyndaship (talk) 18:16, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello all, Denton19 here. I write in response to Diannaa's note concerning copyright violation and non-pertinent content. First, Bing maps is sourced on the page (via the Details tag next to the Cesium Ion) and I have a Bing key on the website as well. Moreover, each map source data is similarly sourced, so if the user changes to another overlay, the sourcing changes as well. What else should I do to satisfy your concerns about copyright? Second, I feel the links are pertinent to Wikipedia as in each case the user is directed to the topic of the Wikipedia article. For example, the external link I added to the the Regiment de la Chaudiere topic places the user on the beach where the Regiment de la Chaudiere landed on June 6 in 1944 (www.virtualhistoryproject.com/dataInput.php?pid=3&uid=464&dt=1944-06-06T08:00:00Z). The information displayed one the website is only primary and secondary sourced information, with sources and whenever possible links to the original historical documents. If I understand better your concerns about the website's poor quality, I will address them. Thank you. Denton19 (talk) 14:31, 12 June 2018 (UTC)Denton19
Hi Diannaa,
I am being paid by an organization to update their Wikipedia page. This will be a weeks-long project, and I would like to draft my content before it goes public. How should I go about doing this such that it won't be scrutinized by editors until it's finished?
Additionally, my content has been flagged for copyright. But, it is the intent of my organization to have its language on Wikipedia. How do I avoid copyright issues considering this?
Thanks!
Jackplosh (talk) 20:33, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa. Would you mind taking a peak at WP:BLPN#Fiona Graham? I may have mistakenly re-added some copyrighted content to the article Fiona Graham which had been blanked for a kind of WP:IDONTLIKEIT type of reason. Multiple revdels might be needed because it appears the content was originally added quite some time ago.
There is one thing though in that an ((OTRS talk)) tenmplate was added to the article's talk page, and it makes reference to the court case being discussed in the removed section. I'm not sure what that template means, but I'm wondering if it means that permission was received to allow the content in the source to be used verbatim within the article. Anyway, I wouldn't have re-added the content if I recognized it as a copyvio. The content might possibly be rephrased and re-added if there's a consensus to do so, but I'll put off working on that until the article history has beeen cleaned. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:06, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
RationalWiki is kind of trying to figure out a problem with some of our sources becoming inaccessible due to the new EU GDPR laws, and we figured that you guys might be having a problem with it and that we'd take our cues from Wikipedia. Do you have any suggestions? RoninMacbeth (talk) 04:32, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
Dear Diannaa
This is in reference to the article "Education marketing" submitted for review. I have duly noted the suggestions given by you. I will make sure that the content does not violate any copyright considerations, would re-structure the content like an encyclopedia flow and then re-submit for approval. Please do not delete the article.
Best, Engineer2018 (talk) 14:01, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, this ip 112.206.197.5 may have added a great deal of copyvio. Hes recently readded some that was revdeleted and a lot of his large insertions look possible copyvio, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 20:37, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
Sorted 5 IPv4 addresses:
Total affected |
Affected addresses |
Given addresses |
Range | Contribs |
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32K | 32768 | 5 | 112.206.128.0/17 | contribs |
8192 | 4096 | 2 | 112.206.160.0/20 | contribs |
4096 | 3 | 112.206.192.0/20 | contribs | |
2051 | 1 | 1 | 112.206.162.202 | contribs |
1 | 1 | 112.206.173.170 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 112.206.197.5 | contribs | |
2048 | 2 | 112.206.200.0/21 | contribs | |
5 | 1 | 1 | 112.206.162.202 | contribs |
1 | 1 | 112.206.173.170 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 112.206.197.5 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 112.206.203.213 | contribs | |
1 | 1 | 112.206.205.67 | contribs |
@Atlantic306: Thank you for the report. I've checked back to the middle-ish of May and think I've got the bulk of it removed. I've added the above range to my virtual tickler file and will monitor for further copyvio. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 22:38, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
Recently you deleted content added to Brush (electric) page due to copyright violation and so I can't find a way to review it.
Is it possible to view (maybe in private) my specific committed changes?
This is to better understand my contribution errors and be able to paraphrase the original text or alternative to ask for permission. SkarmoutsosV (talk) 08:17, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
We have some revision that need deleting at New Spain from here by User:46.22.220.30 -- Moxy (talk) 14:29, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
It was my recollection that material covered under a Crown Copyright was not free enough for use in Wikipedia. By that, I mean if the material is identified as covered by Crown copyright with no further licensing information.
This edit is flagged by CopyPatrol as coming from this source. While the source has a crown copyright, it also has a licensing statement "All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated". This is my first experience (to my recollection) dealing with that specific license. At first blush, it seems fairly broad — specifically allowing noncommercial use for example, and the main restriction seems to be attribution which is typically acceptable. The one passable caveat is that it indicates a desire to link to the specific license. On the one hand, one could argue that it's simply an additional, reasonable element of the attribution requirement. One could also note that it's short of mandated, both of which support accepting it. I'm inclined to accept it, but suspect you have specific experience so I'm looking for your input.--S Philbrick(Talk) 19:14, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
(There's more than one version of the license, so watch out for that.) Then I place the following blurb on the editor's talk page:
==Copying licensed material requires attribution==
Hi. I see in a recent addition to Randomness you included material from a webpage that is available under an Open Government Licence. That's okay, but you have to give attribution so that our readers are made aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself. I've added the attribution for this particular instance. Please make sure that you follow this legal requirement when copying from compatibly-licensed material in the future. ~~~~
— Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 22:54, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
Many years ago, when Moonriddengirl was active in copyright issues, I often asked her advice on sticky situations. One of those situations involved with which he declared to be her least favorite copyright subject. That said, the main take away I recall was the key concept was originality. So, for example, a list of the top 10 states by population couldn't be subject to copyright. In addition, while the top 10 movies by gross revenue was not an original list, the top 10 movies as determined by our staff is an original list and was subject to copyright.
That lesson has served me well but I'm noticing a common type of edit that gives me pause. It is not uncommon, as in this edit, to add a bibliography. Arguably, if it is a complete bibliography, is completely unoriginal and acceptable, but it often is a selected bibliography, and more often than not, whether it is complete or selected is not identified. I tend to think this type of edit should be treated as acceptable, but I'd like your feedback before I start handling edits of this type.--S Philbrick(Talk) 21:15, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I have just redacted a huge chunk of copy/paste on a talk page with this edit. Does it need to be revdeleted? - Sitush (talk) 12:24, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I recently created an article for "Danielle Sofer," which was previously automatically redirecting to a television persona. The information I added has nothing to do with the TV series but you deleted my page for copyright infringement. Since it was deleted, I cannot see what elements were flagged, but since all of this material was written by me, I am unsure what copyright violations were there. I also referenced all sources. Is there anyway to reinstate the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supermusicolo (talk • contribs) 13:50, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
The usual. When you have a chance. Thank you, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 16:00, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi you,
Based on what fact did you remove the name of the actual co-founder of the Sarwanam Theater in nepal? Do you need just words of mouth or the actual facts? Please read the book (not written by this desperate man, Ashes Malla) who just wants his name up there as a founder and not give credits to anyone else! AlexArrun (talk) 19:49, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
hi dianna,
i received a message from you and admit i am new to using wikipedia. i work for the company that manages peter rowan and his website, so therefore, things quoted from his website should not be considered plagiarism, correct? is there a way to somehow denote this in the future so things don't get flagged?
thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kateatrain (talk • contribs) 22:36, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Is this okay ? :
Z75SG61Ilunqpdb (talk) 03:12, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
I hereby affirm that I represent Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of attached images, and have legal authority in my capacity to release the copyright of that work. I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the free license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.
Яковенко Юрій (Yakovenko Uyri) Appointed representative of Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky 11.06.2018
The second type of Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after Mykhailo Tugan-Baranovsky (DonNUET) official logotype — Preceding unsigned comment added by Юрій Яковенко (talk • contribs) 13:27, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for flagging me the potential copyright issue.Icould not retrieve the texts that were removed. Is there anyway I could review it to avoid same from happening ? Though I recall that I should have made changes from original quotes. Thanks. Xiaomao8788 15:33, 11 June 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xiaomao8788 (talk • contribs)
I got the permission form the youth website for using the content "https://theyouth.in/2017/08/25/indian-proves-western-philosophy-on-life-wrong-gives-a-new-chapter-to-the-theory." and " http://theyouth.in/2017/05/20/indian-prof/ " to wikipedia. And the same content is on the Zee news website " http://zeenews.india.com/science/indian-professor-from-kerala-claims-he-can-prove-charles-darwins-theory-of-evolution-wrong-watch-video-2007857.html ". So there is no need to take permission to use that content to wikipedia. So Diannaa Please approve the Draft:Evolution from solar system to first cell and from first cell to solar system .Vinoj Varghese (talk) 06:08, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, which text in particular do you believe is a copyright violation?Ijustwannabeawinner (talk) 13:54, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks very much for pointing that out Dianna. I will use my own words and add back any needed material. Thanks again. Circlecubed (talk) 13:55, 12 June 2018 (UTC)Circlecubed
Hi again Diannaa, did you purposefully hide as many as 60 diffs of the Eugénie Brazier article? Whose edits did you remove/which parts? ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 15:26, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
The edits that were reverted were close paraphrases of sources that were cited. How were these copyright violations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel Power of God (talk • contribs) 23:50, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa, You left me a message ref copywrite of the image of Colonel Sherwood Dixon which I uploaded. Believe I errored in my initial sourcing. I had not previously uploaded. The photo is a work of a U.S. Army employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. I added context of this to the Author and Permission section. Thank you for catching the error, I am very new to Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RDixon1967 (talk • contribs) 10:02, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi. My only "addition to Tutankhamun" is the "In popular culture" section. What addition you are talking about?--Lê talk-contributions 13:12, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa, I've removed a mess of awful content here, all of which I suspect was copied. Pending verification, would you do the rev/deletion honors? Thank you, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 03:02, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi please check the recent changes I made to the article antibiotic are now OK.
ThanksSacconea (talk) 15:06, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I believe recent changes being made to James Kasler by this IP may be the work of BooksNash again. There are several new edits, all without summaries or sourcing. Books Nash and one of his socks both previously added a lot of material to this same page, all of which you had to remove. At any rate, I see this is also showing on Copypatrol, so I know you will eventually see it. Just thought I would give you a heads up. Thanks! Roam41 (talk) 19:42, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Maybe you should ask ScrapIronIV on why they have reverted the same reference on the Battle of Dunkirk article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.111.19 (talk) 21:15, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa. Since you are helping with copyright related matters I thought about first asking here before more public copyright-related pages or RSN. It's possible that this would also be of interest to OTRS which I have no experience with. This is not about copyrighted text as part of articles.
I recently noticed that a book[1] appeared to contain significant material from another one.[2] Although Google books points to the Michigan Christian DPH organization for its publisher,[3] I have the impression that this may be an error, since the book itself points at an Indian address.[4] Possibilities:
References
Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 05:11, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
I rolled back your edit at Golden Gate High School by mistake. I had to take the article back to an earlier version to remove all of the problem edits. Sorry about any implication that your edit was disruptive. - Donald Albury 14:02, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello Dianaa, Would you please send me a link to the relevant bot report or reports, so I can find out what copyrighted material was inappropriately used? I need to use this as a learning experience. Thank you ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Backwardlook (talk • contribs) 14:48, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for the bot link and thank you for the specific clarification. Your help is edifying.```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Backwardlook (talk • contribs) 17:35, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
Grateful for your help and guidance on this. When this article was created in 2007 the service history text was I think taken from https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3423.html, certainly wayback shows this text in existence there at 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20030210122818/https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3423.html. The mispelling of Skudenes and the lack of a hyphen in one of the trawler numbers M1806 are give aways. I think the source given at the end of the para only relates to the claim of a Do 17 being shot down. It is possible but I think unlikely that it all was copied from the Rnsubmuseum page which is now offline. How to proceed? Lyndaship (talk) 18:35, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for improving the citation format in the article Reinhard Heydrich. However, in this case it may become counterproductive because I was citing the German edition of the book (I don't have the English one) and somebody revert-happy may find out that the pagination is not correct, i.e. that the cited page in English version probably does not contain the cited information. --Honzula (talk) 12:54, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello, thank you for your notice on the photo copyright "Eddie St.James" I have put the cc 4.0 copyright notice plus the source info., on the photo page. I don't know what else there is to do. Please tell me exactly what and where the info. is missing? Or if the source Info. box should contain any certain type of information that may be missing. thank you. Schüchtern (talk) 15:47, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa, I removed some obvious travel guide prose that was copied--in addition to rev/deletion, perhaps you can run a quick check to see if there's any remaining problem content. Thank you very much, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 16:34, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
We have some old copyright problems on East African Revival dating back to this this edit in September 2013. I've removed all the content, but I'm not sure which revisions can be revdelled. Can you take a look at it? Thanks. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 19:45, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa, we have some issues on this article which is featured on the news page currently. It is in desperate need for a third party administrator edit review which I think you would be tremendously helpful with. There are multiple issues and edit wars going on which are discussed on the talk page but with no general consensus. If you have time, please check it out. Its honestly sad to see such badly copyrighted articles on news feature with edit warring going on too. Will greatly appreciate your help! Wikiemirati (talk) 10:09, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Good morning, hope you're well. Would you consider blocking the following accounts for their activity at Kronecker graph: Sksla3467 and Changyeol-Lim? They've been warned multiple times but continue to edit war to insert copyrighted content into the article. There's also Brentoh1030, but they haven't been edit-warring so perhaps a block is not necessary for that account. I'd request semi-protection, but one of the accounts is autoconfirmed so I'm not sure it would do much to prevent the disruption. Thank you! /wiae /tlk 11:55, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article BitShares is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BitShares until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 20:39, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your input. Really grateful for it and have taken points on board. I have added a few lines to deal with the Inquiry Report which I hope covers the points I felt worth highlighting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GD1 (talk • contribs) 20:45, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I have visited the place myself and it is a renowned temple in Guwahati. I have read a few articles in the internet and based on my personal experience have written the description. A sentence or 2 may look like same in some blog but these were not copied. As you can notice the significant part of the content is original. If a cat is black, everyone will write that the cat is black. I hope that will not mean copying the content. To avoid copyright issues, I cannot say that the cat is white! Its an appeal to restore the content as it will be valuable for the Wikipedia community. If necessary, I can change the wordings in some sentences which you think look almost similar to some other blog. Let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saumya.purkayastha (talk • contribs) 20:42, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Sure, I will change the wordings of the content which was removed and add it back later. Anyways the article is currently in Drafts and will need some more sources to be approved. So, this may take some time. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saumya.purkayastha (talk • contribs) 18:20, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Hey, I apologize for placing copyrighted content onto wikipedia. I'm still new here and I want to thank you for bringing the rules to my attention. I've gone through and rewritten/paraphrased the removed content on Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Please check through it and let me know if there are any remaining issues. Thanks! Cxristopher (talk) 21:14, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
I take it that there is no WP:Copyvio issue regarding the Sexual consent article? Stating this here on your talk page in case you prefer that I ask you about these things out in the open. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:48, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at User:Kudpung/What do admins do?. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:25, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for cleaning up the copyright violations on Battle of Al Hudaydah. ❤️
Matt Heard (talk) 06:35, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for reviewing my changes to the entry for Kallistos Ware. But as far as I can recall, all of the material that you removed (the entire section on Ecumenical activities) is information in the public domain, even if it was taken from the source that you identified: the fact that the Subject was a member of this or that organisation or commission, or chaired or chairs this or that body is hardly copyright material. Is it possible to name Elizabeth II as "Queen of England" because this infringes a royal copyright? How to correct? Thank you. Metamor — Preceding unsigned comment added by Metamor (talk • contribs) 16:25, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments. However, I said that the information (membership on various commissions etc.) is in the public domain (=general knowledge in academic terms), not that the source itself is in the public domain (I assisted in editing parts of this book, including this particular entry, so I know it well). I will re-phrase and provide a reference to the book. Thanks. Metamor Metamor (talk) 13:31, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
I understand your objection, but I believe you have not searched thoroughly and just confined yourself to finding out the death year of the author. As far as I could search, there is no trace of any copyright on this popular song that anyone sings in Genoa and surrounding areas without fear of being fined by our copyright control agency. I will inquire with them and get back to you as soon as I get an answer. You just suppose that it is under copyright but have no proof whatsoever. In the 1920's you were not used to put songs under copyright in Italy, especially folks songs. Luenséin (talk) 08:13, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello. I noticed a user, User:Astro relic, who has been inactive for four years, after prolific WP:COPYVIO contributions. His userpage consists chiefly of a copy-paste from [19] (which is cited at the end of his page) so it is not free for Wikipedia use. IP users such as myself are unable to edit other users' pages, so I cannot blank it. I just wanted to make you aware. 2600:8800:1880:91E:5604:A6FF:FE38:4B26 (talk) 01:26, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa, Thank you for your clarifications on those articles. I was in a hurry since we had to make 20 wikipedia entries (each about 25% of the article) for an assignment in my university. If I may ask how much would be a small amount to quote a text? A partner of mine saw many articles where people would nearly just copy and paste the plot/synopsis into the article with a citation, so we assumed it would be alright if we did the same. So if I understand correctly, I could rewrite the articles which I made but I would have to make the whole plot nearly into my own words so that it would be accepted? If that is the case I will definitely try and do that because now I've already submitted those entries to my professor, which will be reviewed (hopefully) next week. Thank you in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tohu0004 (talk • contribs) 02:58, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Can you do the revdel on this article please. Suspect there might be other articles by this editor too Lyndaship (talk) 08:42, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Dianaa, the material you deleted as violating copyright was, I think, in quotation marks. I thought there was an exemption for short extracts of copyright material? Perhaps I just need to make the attribution more explicit? Also, you (or somebody) appear to have used revision deletion so I can't actually look back and check what I had put in previously, and that revision deletion also covers three unrelated edits. I'm not sure why... Rhanbury (talk) 14:12, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
I have rewritten to incorporate the additional information in my own words. I hope that fixes it. Rhanbury (talk) 14:33, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Dianna,
I contact you following to your last message. I tried to update the wikipedia page of the company I work for (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outhere - https://www.outhere-music.com/en). All the texts that I added have been produced internally by/for us. Do I need to add a link to our website to source all these texts? We would really like to update our wikipedia page as the infos included for the moment are completely outdate.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Tzairi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tzairi (talk • contribs) 15:28, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
This was one I cleaned some time back before I knew of the need for revdel. The copyvio was introduced by Dawkeye on 17 Jan 2011 and came from here. I suspect that other landing ship articles will have the same text introduced so maybe keeping a record of how you handled this might be an idea. Thanks again Lyndaship (talk) 16:01, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Content i added to the above article was not copied from http://ebook.eurohandball.com/2015-regulations-MCL/6_2015_16_MCLRegulations_FINAL.pdf. The same content exists on every previous EHF Champions league - Group stage article, like here 2017–18 EHF Champions League for example. Those were rules for classification. You cant describe rules with your own words, you just quote them as they are released by EHF. — Dellux mkd (talk) 19:46, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Diannaa! I hate to bother you with this, but it happened to be you who did the revdel at Tiến Quân Ca earlier today, so here I am. The lyrics are back again, added again by the same editor, Учхљёная, who, judging from his talk-page, has been doing the same all over the place (looks as if ScrapIronIV may know something about all that). This seems to be another of those pestilential things that just won't go away – see Talk:Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic for yet more lawyering – but perhaps you can deal as you think best with that one combative editor. Best regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:46, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
You gotta see this. https://www.facebook.com/latelateshowcbs/videos/2262522967097719/
I have permission from the copyright holder, can I use the text? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gordondobie (talk • contribs) 19:29, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | |
Thank you for your assistance/guidance with adding of photo onto wiki. Email sent. Boldgo (talk) 07:02, 23 June 2018 (UTC) |
Hi Diannaa. I see you have written on user talk:Учхљёная. Could I ask you review this: Talk:Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic#Discuss inclusion of lyrics?--Nø (talk) 08:47, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
Looks like I missed an attribution in an edit summary. No idea how that happened, lots of possibilities, but interested in how you found it. Cheers, · · · Peter (Southwood) (talk): 18:24, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
Responsive to copyright issues, I think this applies to the history section (attributed to "ct_olr_report" reference, https://www.cga.ct.gov/2000/rpt/2000-R-0873.htm Connecticut OLR research report, 2000-R-0873 (9-Nov-2000), I think)... Thank you for removing questionable material.
Some of the "history" sub-section was old material transferred from the introductory paragraph of the article. I went in to re-insert that old material (but in a "history" sub-section), but my display of the article again shows the full history section. The idea is that I could then review the entire deleted portion to clean up that text to remove copyrighted material (and to avoid the appearance of copyright violation). (It may not be possible to re-insert the reference to "California tests", unless we can locate an independent source to demonstrate that term was not limited to the CT OLR Research Report. It is very possible that the term "California tests" was used colloquially, but only reduced to formal reports in the CT OLR Research Report. If that is the case, the term should not be used.) There is also the possibility that the overall history is a product of the CT OLR Research Report; however, we also have the actual NHTSB reports, which reduces the recent history to documented facts.
I removed the part of the material describing "California tests".
(Also note that some of the non-NHTSB publications incorporate substantial portions of non-copyrighted NHTSB material.)
In any case, I'm not trying to circumvent the deletion of the copyrighted material in the "History" section, and not trying to re-insert material that another user (User:Diannaa) questioned as a copyright violation. My "day job" is intellectual property law, and (while I object to some aspects of intellectual property restrictions) I respect the present status and specifically respect Wikipedia's copyright policies.
Oh... Thanks for checking on this. Unitacx (talk) 17:27, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
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Hello Diannaa, could you revdel the recent copypaste additions from this article please (all 2405.* additions from today)? Apparently the content was copypasted from https://www.caclubindia.com/articles/goods-st-gst-concept-impact-24617.asp or some other mirror for this content. I left the IP 2 messages and hope they'll stop now. GermanJoe (talk) 06:42, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello D. Three years ago there were problems at The Great Movies (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). Moonriddengirl took care of them. An IP restored the list today. When I alerted M about this I discovered that she hasn't edited since May so I wanted to pass on what I found to you. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD|Talk 17:43, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Do you use Earwig's tool? Was wondering why it didn't show up on my report when I ran it. Onel5969 TT me 21:23, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
Sorry that I added my message on my talk page first. I didn't read what you said to the end before I sent it. Here's what I wrote: I understand my Virgo Cluster and Evidence of common descent edits, I made those before I new that there were copyright rules. But I don't understand what I did in my Red Nuggets draft. Was it my use of "ancient relics" without using an inline citation? Is there any way I can get my work back on my draft and fix it? Thanks for helping me figure out how to edit Wikipedia. --Wyrm127 (talk) 22:37, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
Sorry again. I thought you had deleted my draft like you deleted my added information in the part I added to "Endogenous retroviruses". I will try to fix how I said things. Thanks again! --Wyrm127 (talk) 22:37, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
I redid my section. Is it ok now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wyrm127 (talk • contribs) 01:11, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Is this not a copyvio Wabash_Cannonball#Lyrics, I've never come across lyrics before, at least none I remember. - FlightTime (open channel) 23:42, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
As a new page patroller I check for copyright issues in (almost) all the articles I check. Could you please clarify whether copy/pasting text from a website without attribution is a copyright violation even if the source has a licence compatible with Wikipedia. What prompted this query is Dance Deewane, where the whole of the second paragraph is copied from YouTube and I don't know what the copyright stratus is of material posted to YouTube. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:25, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
((PD-notice))
can be used. For CC-by licenses, you can use ((CC-notice))
or you can make your own, like I did here. For Open Government license, you can use ((OGL-attribution))
, or you can make your own, like I did here. Please afterwards take the time to educate the user as to how to do it themselves in the future, like I did here.To determine the copyright status of a YouTube page, click on "Show more" to see the license. This one has a standard YouTube license, which is not a compatible license, as seen in section 5B of their Terms of Service. Copying material that is licensed under the standard YouTube license is a copyright violation. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:47, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
I have another question. I'm wanting to get more involved with copying files to Commons, the first image that caught my is File:9M-AGE at BTJ, September 2017.jpg according to the copy to Commons tag, attribution and copyright (obviously) needs to be in order. According to the source's terms of use, section 6 this file at best is insufficiently attributed and at worse no proof of permissions. Do you agree ? (I guess I just need a second opinion as to my research processes) No rush on a reply, I'll wait before I proceed. Thanx and as I said "You rock" :) (please mention me on reply; thanks!) - FlightTime (open channel) 12:35, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
And I just noticed this file has been reviewed by another editor, but my concerns remain. - FlightTime (open channel) 12:39, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa, this needs a lot of rev/deletion, and general de-spamming. Anything you can do will be appreciated. Thanks and cheers, 2601:188:180:11F0:CDA0:623:849E:B032 (talk) 19:43, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks Diannaa! I see you updated Henderson v. United States (2013), is there anything missing still in terms of acknowledging public domain content was copied? I will read over the policies carefully :) Shushugah (talk) 20:48, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Greetings. I see you recently rev-del'ed copyvio additions by User:Classyinfusion to this article. This account isn't (yet) blocked, but a new account, User:Aclassicinfusion, has just popped up to re-add the same content. I'll file an SPI about the sockery, but at the very least another revdel appears to be in order. Thanks. --Finngall talk 01:49, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, could you share with me how i can update information on this page, as there are more details that are not on it, as per the Raffles Hotel page. Do i have to paraphrase it? But i already cited the source. Thanks! User:Finngall — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aclassicinfusion (talk • contribs) 02:51, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello Diannaa, I've been looking at edits to Parklands College made today by User:Casandradevos. I see you dealt with a similar situation last November. There are a number of MOS issues I can cleanup. What has my head spinning are the copyright problems. Chunks of [21], [22], [23], and [24] from the college website were added. I suspect there is more I haven't found. I'm tempted to restore the version prior to her/his edits and request revdel. I doubt I can surgically remove the copyright material and leave a readable article. Suggestions? Gab4gab (talk) 15:33, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Diannaa, the Lebanese Jamaicans article is an almost verbatim copy of thus source, a copyrighted newspaper article. The article is fairly short, so a rewrite is possible, but rewriting in my own words is not one of my editing strengths. Should the article simply be deleted as a copyvio? Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 04:40, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
three page as see here.....user warned.--Moxy (talk) 12:00, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa, regarding the awards on Kurt Mueller-Vollmer page, I now added the source. The CV is public and linked to on his stanford page, so it should be a valid source. Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by L1b3rtas 4E (talk • contribs) 19:58, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
Hey Diannaa, sorry I keep forgetting to post the copyvio problems to the appropriate log. Sorry about that. Canterbury Tail talk 13:01, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
Hey Diannaa - I edited the page Draft:Sam Roweis I created so that it is in my own words. Can the speedy deletion tag be removed and the article reconsidered? (ArtificialOctopus (talk) 16:28, 29 June 2018 (UTC))
Hi Diannaa. I’m far from an expert on non free images so I’m looking for your input. In this edit a user is adding an image with a non free license. Am I right in thinking in this case the image can’t be used on this article as that isn’t what it’s licensed for? I’m fine to deal with the edits either way, I just wanted to check if my understanding was correct or not. Thanks. Canterbury Tail talk 12:10, 30 June 2018 (UTC)