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Here's the link I was talking about, if you want to look or act yourself.--Elvey(t•c) 22:34, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Dusti. This message is part of a mass mailing to people who appear active in reviewing articles for creation submissions. First of all, thank you for taking part in this important work! I'm sorry this message is a form letter – it really was the only way I could think of to covey the issue economically. Of course, this also means that I have not looked to see whether the matter is applicable to you in particular.
The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered.
If you don't do so already, I'd like to ask for your to help with this problem by taking on the practice of performing a copyvio check as the first step in any AfC review. The most basic method is to simply copy a unique but small portion of text from the draft body and run it through a search engine in quotation marks. Trying this from two different paragraphs is recommended. (If you have any question about whether the text was copied from the draft, rather than the other way around (a "backwards copyvio"), the Wayback Machine is very useful for sussing that out.)
If you do find a copyright violation, please do not decline the draft on that basis. Copyright violations need to be dealt with immediately as they may harm those whose content is being used and expose Wikipedia to potential legal liability. If the draft is substantially a copyvio, and there's no non-infringing version to revert to, please mark the page for speedy deletion right away using ((db-g12|url=URL of source)). If there is an assertion of permission, please replace the draft article's content with ((subst:copyvio|url=URL of source)).
Some of the more obvious indicia of a copyvio are use of the first person ("we/our/us..."), phrases like "this site", or apparent artifacts of content written for somewhere else ("top", "go to top", "next page", "click here", use of smartquotes, etc.); inappropriate tone of voice, such as an overly informal tone or a very slanted marketing voice with weasel words; including intellectual property symbols (™,®); and blocks of text being added all at once in a finished form with no misspellings or other errors.
I hope this message finds you well and thanks again you for your efforts in this area. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC).
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Would you be willing to let an administrator review this AfD you closed? Given the widely varying opinions that are evenly split, and the narrow focus and readership of the media cited, I believe an administrator, preferably one who does not identify as part of the article subject's community, should review the evidence. I am asking per instructions on the deletion review page. Thanks. BruinsR4eva (talk) 16:40, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Administrators#Non-administrator_arbitrators. Thanks. — ((U|Technical 13)) (e • t • c) 20:48, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Not sure if linking to your user page automatically informs you that you've been mentioned on a page, but I thought you ought to be made aware that I believe User:Lukejordan02 has violated the 0RR restriction against him with this edit. I don't think the content of Luke's edit was necessarily wrong, but the fact that he openly and aggressively reverted User:Qed237's edit is cause for concern. IMO, Luke isn't really getting the message about the proper way to behave on Wikipedia. – PeeJay 19:41, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Dusti, thanks for the heads up. Regards.--Bbb23 (talk) 06:34, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you, certified lifeguard with a colorful user page, for welcoming users and dealing with articles for deletion, for being willing to serve as arbitrator and mentioning "spirit" and "we should all be happy to see" in an answer, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (6 May 2010)!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:01, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
He served in the State Senate . I therefore removed the speedy tag. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DGG (talk • contribs) 04:05, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
I have reversed your closures of the Rod Fontana and Gracie Glam AFDs. Both discussions were closed well short of the standard XFD discussion periods, both were based on good faith deletion rationales which reflect positions held by a nontrivial segment of the commenters in related discussions, particularly in the extensive RFCs regarding PORNBIO, and both were tainted by the quite dubious comments of Rebecca1990, an SPA whose comments in previous AFD discussions have been repeatedly criticized, to the point of being characterized as "bad faith" and "appalling" by two admins in an AFD earlier this year [1]. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo) (talk) 19:19, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
i made the importance for the page this time — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gojirafan91 (talk • contribs) 03:02, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dusti, I hope you are doing well. I happened to notice this and this, and just wanted to mention that aside from being a bad idea generally, it is against the rollback policy to use the rollback tool to edit-war with a good-faith editor – much less on their own talk page. I understand that you are just trying to help (and I agree 100% that that page should be archived) but those reverts were not at all an appropriate use of the rollback tool, and I hope you will not do something like that again. Let me know if you have any questions. 28bytes (talk) 21:10, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dusti. I've declined the speedy deletion of that article. Though it was difficult to find, there was at least an indication of significance there. I hate to sound like a NPP grump about this ("Seems, madam? Nay, it is.") but do remember it is also for improving new articles as well as identifying which ones should be deleted. Thanks, mate. --Shirt58 (talk) 04:20, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello, wikipedia user. Recently, you added a pro deletion to a deletion nomination for an article Rytlock's Critter Rampage. The article has been greatly improved since then, and I would like you to reconsider your vote. The user who added the deletion tag, has re-added it (with your pro delete vote) even after said article has been improved, and I would like to see if you still agree if the article should be deleted or not. If you do, please let me know what you feel the article is missing so that I will be able to help retain its place here on the wiki -Robtalk 04:01, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
Somebody I cannot figure out how to reply to deleted the page, but not for the reasons you stated. Yes, I accidentally submitted when I just meant to preview. So, since I did not know how to move it out of published space, I quickly edited to address your concerns. However, then, as soon as I went back to beef up, expand, etc, this other person deleted it for "unambiguous copyright violation." That's balderdash, as the section (I guess - he did not say) he refers to (a) I cited the source, (b) contains only info readily available in many sources, and so was not even original with that source, and (c) I paraphrased. The photo is public domain. Please give me my code back so that I can finish this article and not have to start over again from scratch. Obviously, this guy, who has contributed little but deleted thousands, jumped the gun. Jpournelle (talk) 22:39, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
Yes, Bbb23, on your own talk page, which I figured out how to access after posting here, you've already made it abundantly clear that I am unwelcome in wikispace. Enjoy the electrons. They are all yours now. I shan't be using them again. I have no desire to feed trolls. And you might consider reading Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers. I as doing my best, and you treated me like dirt. Jpournelle (talk) 22:12, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
Greetings,
Regarding your closure of the discussion: Are you sure you made the right decision? The source(s) brought upon by TopGun are invalid, and they still fail to establish independent notability for the subject. The article also violates the WP:GEOFEAT criteria, which clearly suggest that a building's mere existence does not automatically make it notable for a Wikipedia article, and a trivial mention of the tower in one source won't help. Would you kindly re-read the discussion and revert your closure to give it more time? Regards, Fitzcarmalan (talk) 05:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
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I think you deserve this because so far as I can tell there isn't any sort of barnstar specifcally appropriate to someone who has the courage to put himself in a position where even the optimun desired outcome is one which many people would not unreasaonably consider something that may be more trouble than it might be worth to them individually. Thank you for having made yourself a candidate, and for the level of interest and dedication to the project that doing so indicates. John Carter (talk) 19:57, 17 December 2014 (UTC) |
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Per WP:NAC, such actions should not be taken prior to the end of the standard deletion period, and you acted nearly a day early, vefore I would comment. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo) (talk) 20:18, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for your run in Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2014, and thanks for posting on the talk page after the election. You said that you might like to explore other areas of Wikimedia community involvement. I do not know what your interests are, but you might consider looking at specialized community groups like the chapters, away-from-keyboard community organizations, or interest groups like meta:Wikimedia LGBT/Portal. Participation in Wikimedia projects can go in many different directions. Moderation including adminship and arbitration is just one branch of dozens of established options. I checked your global contributions and saw that you already have explored other language Wikipedians and other Wikimedia projects. There is a lot to follow.
If you ever want to chat about LGBT stuff in the Wikimedia community then contact me. I am going to participate in Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride in summer 2015. Blue Rasberry (talk) 00:23, 20 December 2014 (UTC) |
Hi Dusti,
I was simply updating information found on the wiki pages of the people listed under Lelong. Initially, wiki redirected "Lelong" to "Pierre Emile Lelong". So, I added "Pierre Lelong" (the mathematician) and added the birth and death years from the wiki pages.
-Anon 00:23, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dusti, thanks for your communication. I proceeded to change the content of the page "Through the wolf's eyes: Through the eyes of the wolf" eliminating every possible criticism and contrary to the rules of wikipedia. That said, the place is a normally approved information from wikipedia (just look at all the title of the novels present on wikipedia) so it would be counterproductive to delete: objectively, if this item is useless, then all entries with titles of novels would be unnecessary and delete (otherwise is discrimination). I could understand if you want to delete a reference that could be considered commercial (there are none), but deny information that are subjectively (and not objectively or for the opinion of the whole community) considered irrelevant, I think we can create a discriminatory situation. Greetings 00:23, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
You have completely ruined the page by taking out a load of up-to-date information that most was done by me either on this or through my Wiki account (77.99.114.76 (talk) 18:01, 20 December 2014 (UTC))
Thanks, what would you like references for? (77.99.114.76 (talk) 18:12, 20 December 2014 (UTC))
Hello Dusti! Thank you for keeping an eye on this article and the note you left on IP's discussion page. He/she has tried numerous edits (there must be hundreds) in various military history articles (e.g. Battle of the Utus, all of them under the same mindset of original research. I don't think he/she will stop but hope dies last. Regards.--Dipa1965 (talk) 20:24, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Note I restoring the message that Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi deleted . Bgwhite (talk) 01:49, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
I didn't place protection on the page as this is a content dispute. I did revert the IPs last edits as they do appear not to be supported by the ref currently in the article. The reference (www.timaticweb.com) appears dubious to me. Not sure if a travel site is the best for visa requirements. Might want to find a better source. Also, I'm not sure how old that document is. Visa requirements are in a constant state of flux, especially for Middle Eastern Countries.
I'm off to bed in another hour. If the IP reverts again, don't do anything. Don't get caught in a 3RR. I'll look at the edit and see if blocking is warranted. Ping me if you need something. Bgwhite (talk) 1:11 am, Today (UTC−7)
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Hey Dusti. I wanted to ask if you might be interested in mentoring one or more editors during our pilot of the mentorship space called the Co-op. We plan to run the pilot in late January for about one month. The idea is that mentors will be doing one-on-one teaching based on how an editor wants to contribute, and it's not some huge commitment to teach/learn comprehensively about Wikipedia. We also want to make to easier for new editors to find mentors as well. Your experience in welcoming new editors, knowing how AfD works, and reviewing articles at AfC will all be very valuable. If you're interested, please sign up here and feel free to peruse, make suggestions, or ask questions about how the Co-op will work. Thanks a bunch (and Happy New Year!), I, JethroBT drop me a line 04:22, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dusti. I was trying to split the Droid Maxx and Droid Ultra pages, as they are two different phones. Any assistance you can give on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! --averagejoe (talk) 20:10, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
What was this? Misclick? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:20, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
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You can close the ticket. The user who is making accusations is outright lying and just experiencing sour grapes. Nothing to see here, move along. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 02:25, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
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— Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:46, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello Dusti,
I'll be putting out a formal update sometime soon, but I wanted to inform you that I've decided to push our start date back to mid-February rather than in January. There are number of reasons for this, but the biggest factor is that we are now facing the hard work of implementing our designs on the Mediawiki interface. It's a limiting environment to work with from a web-building perspective, and the team that worked on the Teahouse can offer similar testimonials to these challenges. We also want to make sure there is time for us and for you to test the environment out, ask questions at our project's talk page, and give us a little time to make any last changes before we start inviting editors to the space. If some of you know you will be unavailable during this time, it's totally fine if you need to bow out for the pilot. But we do need all the mentors we can get, so even if you can take the time to mentor just one or two editors, that would be fantastic.
Thanks a bunch,
I, JethroBT drop me a line on behalf of Wikipedia:Co-op.
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Hey Dusti, it's been a while. The Co-op team has been hard at work during over the winter, so let's get right into what's been happening:
Thanks to all of the new mentors who have joined over the past few months. Big thanks to Missvain to posting about our little project here to the gendergap-l mailing list. I, JethroBT drop me a line 00:47, 13 February 2015 (UTC) on behalf of Wikipedia:Co-op.
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REALLY REALLY REALLY Sorry about what happened in the IRC channel. Its ok if you delete this. Bobherry talk 04:17, 17 February 2015 (UTC) |