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David Castle

Is there any way you could help me with this? Seriously, I'm not all that wiki savvy. I assure you that I got that image from his widow, but there really is very little I can do other than give you that assertion. I was on the phone with Mrs. Castle, and I asked for a picture that she had the rights to. I told her to please make certain that it was one that she had the rights to. I didn't want anything that was used for promotion of any sort. If you have one where he's sitting at the table at a diner with a plate of wings in front of him, that would be great. She sent me this picture. Is there any way you could do the edits on the file to make it within the guidelines, because I'm at a complete loss.Johnny Spasm (talk) 11:22, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

File:DavidCastlePiano.jpg. We need to have documentation from the copyright holder that shows they have given permission for the photo to be copied to this website and is compatibly licensed. Wikipedia has procedures in place for this purpose. Please see WP:Donating copyrighted materials for an explanation of how to do it. There's a sample permission email at WP:Consent. — Diannaa (talk) 13:02, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

She's supposed to email this to me? This is all so confusing.Johnny Spasm (talk) 21:12, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

No. The copyright holder sends their email directly to permissions-en@wikimedia.org — Diannaa (talk) 22:03, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

I'll get in touch with Mrs. Castle later today. She lives in California, so it's still a little early to bother her. Is it possible that Wikpedia can be a little patient with me getting this done?Johnny Spasm (talk) 14:47, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Files normally get deleted a week after being tagged. That said, it's easy to restore it when the required permission is received. — Diannaa (talk) 14:49, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Copyright takedown

My edit to the page Anti-defection law in India did not contain material from copyrighted sources. The content you removed is not copyrighted but derived from open Government of India reports and documents. Also the link [1] you quoted for the content does not own the content neither the content I had published was exactly same as on that link. I have re-edited the page more comprehensively. Please note that the content I have added is free. SillyLocation (talk) 06:25, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Works of the Indian government are not in the public domain, but enjoy copyright protection for 50 years from publication date.— Diannaa (talk) 11:24, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Message from Neith-Nabu

As a matter of urgency, please reply to your comment on my Talk Page, as your actions do not appear to be within the guidelines - for example, reverting deletions of text cannot possibly involve copyright violations. Neith-Nabu (talk) 09:18, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Edits to F.T.A. Page

Hi Diannaa, I'm curious why you deleted a substantial section from this article (F.T.A.) as "non-free content". It was all taken from secondary sources and cited. Please explain.JohnKent (talk) 16:09, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Normally we write Wikipedia articles in our own words rather than by stringing together a bunch of quotations. Excessive non-free content is a violation of our non-free content policy.— Diannaa (talk) 18:17, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I'll rewrite.JohnKent (talk) 20:34, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Dynamic tonality 2

OTRS agent (verify): Hi @Diannaa: Under Ticket:2020051810000964, OTRS has received and I have accepted permission for the document "X_System.pdf" under the dual licence of {{cc-by-sa-3.0}} and {{Gfdl}}. The deleted content can now be restored. --Ìch heiss Nat ùn ìch redd e wenig Elsässisch!^{Talk to me in EN, FR, PL, GSW-FR(ALS).} 06:25, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

 Done— Diannaa (talk) 11:12, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Copyvio assessment

Diannaa, you have removed content recently from Multi-stage flash distillation. The same editor has just restored much of the deleted content. I don't have access to the source text (Fundamentals of Flash Desalination) that you claimed the prior content copied, so I'll ask you to assess again, thanks! WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:29, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Done. Thanks WikiDan61.— Diannaa (talk) 15:45, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Copying within Wikipedia

72.255.58.50 (talk) 16:13, 18 May 2020 (UTC) Dear Diannaa, you have shared following message/ comment on List of Pakistani Peace Laureates 'Attribution: text was copied from Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on May 17, 2020. Please see the history of that page for full attribution.' Kindly guide me what do I need to do? I just copied a single sentence about Order of Merit of the Italian Republic only to introduce that award. If you want me remove that sentence then I can surely delete it. Please guide me.

You don't need to do anything for this edit - I have already added the required attribution. Please do it in the future though, if you copy within Wikipedia again.— Diannaa (talk) 16:20, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

72.255.58.50 (talk) 11:07, 20 May 2020 (UTC) Thank you really very much Diannaa for your help and support.

Mystic Messenger article

Did I miss the URL that you removed after I had removed one myself? If so, thanks!Wzrd1 (talk) 16:43, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Copyright Inquiry

Hi Diannaa, can you please advise on how wikipedia can accommodate our changes to Alex Prager's page? We are using trying to cite text from our own press release with Lehmann Maupin. Is there a way to use this text/information in a way that abides by Wikipedia’s copyright guidelines? Thanks! Alex Prager Studio (Bvpicts)

Thank you for your interest in working on Wikipedia. There are a couple of problems with your submission. You cannot post copyright material on Wikipedia even if you are the copyright holder, unless special licensing permissions are in place. That is because Wikipedia aims to be freely distributable and copyable by anyone, and all content must have the appropriate documentation in place before that can happen. Please see Wikipedia:donating copyrighted materials which explains how it works.

The second problem is conflict of interest. Writing an article about yourself or a client is strongly discouraged, as it is difficult to maintain the required neutral point of view. According to our terms of use, paid editors and people editing on behalf of their employer are required to disclose their conflict of interest by posting a notice on their user page or talk page. I have placed some information about conflict of interest on your user talk page. Regardless of the copyright issue, material that's worded like a press release is not the type of encyclopedic content we are looking for. — Diannaa (talk) 21:07, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Sidney Blumenthal

Regarding the Blumenthal article I still don't understand why the material from Vanity Fair is copyrighted? There are hundreds of examples of quotations from the New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, and the New Yorker-- the amount allowed is about 100 words. Why is this instance different? Also, INFORMATION ITSELF IS NOT COPYRIGHTED. How could it possibly be a copyright violation to paraphrse what the Vanity Fair article said.

This makes no sensse. Please explain before you revert material twice.

@Cathradgenations: There were no quotation marks. — Diannaa (talk) 22:44, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Dianna: Apologies. I'm a bit new to this. So if you use quotation marks, you are fine and not in a copyright violation? I did not realize that I left something out of quotation marks if I did that.

So its ok to cite a publication and quote from its article as long as quotation marks are used? And it is alright as well to paraphrase as long as you don't use quotation marks I assume. Thanks again for the guidance and assistance!

Normally we write Wikipedia articles in our own words rather than by stringing together a bunch of quotations. Excessive non-free content is a violation of our non-free content policy. So please re-write things using your own words. — Diannaa (talk) 23:30, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Dvaitadvaita

Hi @Diannaa: This is an astonishing 96% positive. [2]. Can you please expidite. scope_creep^Talk 14:38, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

It came from Previous revision of Kumāra Sampradaya— Diannaa (talk) 14:49, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Renaissance Workshop Company

At the end, everything about the Renaissance Workshop Company has been removed in favour of the Early Music Shop in Saltaire. As usual.

Fortunately, the truth will keep being the truth independently what is stated in the wikipedia.

Kind regards 81.34.79.85 (talk) 20:57, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

K-Rail (Kerala Rail Development Corporation)

Please could you have a look at the above page. I removed one probable copyvio but I think there are more.SovalValtos (talk) 11:34, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

 Done Thanks for the report— Diannaa (talk) 11:56, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your many actions. I am hesitant about making direct reports as I feel I should be able to deal with things myself. However experience has shown that my ponderous efforts requiring frequent checking with policies and guidlines are time consuming and still not done as well as hoped. So with your permission I will take advantage of the collaboration of an expert with procedures at their fingertips and I will refer more in future. Best wishes.SovalValtos (talk) 12:23, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Please feel free to post here, no problem. This one was actually pretty complicated. — Diannaa (talk) 12:26, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

I need your help

Help me sir "Jat people" have to get some correction in Wikipedia page. Have some data deleted Sunny 04:24, 21 May 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunny bharat (talk • contribs)

About the material I added to Maharajah Surajmal

No it was not directly copied from Other sites. I also cited the needed sources Ponia.sp (talk) 21:32, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Copyright Inquiry - Industrial espionage

Regarding the changes you made to Industrial espionage curprev 19:05, 21 May 2020‎ Diannaa talk contribs‎ 62,182 bytes -1,316‎ remove copyright content copied from https://www.history.com/news/industrial-revolution-spies-europe and quotations

I’ve already rewritten it once. I’ve cited all quotations (original sources and the article in question), plus I’ve checked against plagiarism in Grammarly. Happy to correct any issues if you point them out. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.69.127.135 (talk) 11:29, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Source document:

The Founding Fathers not only tolerated intellectual piracy, they actively encouraged it. The quickest way to close the technological gap between the United States and its former motherland was not to develop designs from scratch—but to steal them. In his 1791 “Report on Manufactures,” Hamilton advocated rewarding those bringing “improvements and secrets of extraordinary value” into the country. Under the Patent Act of 1793, the United States granted dubious patents to Americans who had pirated technology from other countries at the same time that it barred foreign inventors from receiving patents.

Your addition:

The Founding Fathers not only tolerated intellectual theft but they also actively encouraged it. The quickest and surest way to close the technological gap between the United States and the European Powers was not to develop designs from scratch but to steal them. American founding father and first U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in his report Report on Manufactures advocated rewarding those bringing “improvements and secrets of extraordinary value” into the United States. Under the Patent Act of 1793, the United States barred foreign inventors from receiving patents at the same time as granting patents to Americans who had pirated technology from other countries.

Overlapping content is highlighted in Bold. I also removed a quotation ( "As stated by the historian Doron Ben-Atar the United States 'emerged as the world’s industrial leader by illicitly appropriating mechanical and scientific innovations from Europe.'") — Diannaa (talk) 11:47, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Query regarding upload of a file

Hello, Diannaa. This is in regard to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography#Uploading policy – question. Aparna Rao died in 2005, and a quick search shows that there are just two copies (of her same pic) available online – coloured copy and black-and-white copy (see page no. 6) – both of which are copyrighted. User Мастер Шторм wants to upload the coloured copy. I guess it meets the WP:NFCC#1 and can be uploaded to this project. And I guess they can use the {{Non-free use rationale}} at the file page. But I want to crosscheck about it. So, is it fine to upload it here? - NitinMlk (talk) 17:06, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes. Please use the color version - it's likely the original. — Diannaa (talk) 18:01, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. Мастер Шторм, you can upload it to this project. - NitinMlk (talk) 18:04, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, NitinMlk and Diannaa. Thanks, Мастер Шторм (talk) 19:55, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello, NitinMlk and Diannaa. I have uploaded File:Aparna Rao (anthropologist).jpg. I request you to kindly go through the "summary" provided by me, and advice me if any change is required to be done to that. Thanks, Мастер Шторм (talk) 22:06, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello Мастер Шторм. Your formatting of the template and permissions is very well done. Thank you for taking the time to do that.— Diannaa (talk) 01:04, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Lake County wine copyright-infrinement

"(remove copyright content copied from https://www.lakecountywinegrape.org/region/lake-county-ava/kelsey-bench-ava/, https://www.lakecountywinegrape.org/region/lake-county-ava/kelsey-bench-ava/)" I thought I referenced the material from these documents correctly and reread the Wiki guidelines. Apparently, I should further reword the text while still conveying similar information. Thanks for noting this though I wished I could view my exact entries for comparison. Ciao. --Aspenbear (talk) 19:47, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

No that is not correct. Normally we write Wikipedia articles in our own words rather than by stringing together a bunch of quotations. Excessive non-free content is a violation of our non-free content policy.— Diannaa (talk) 21:31, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

I will send you the removed material via email. Please make sure that the content is re-written completely. — Diannaa (talk) 12:33, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Content Copied From Other Website

Thanks for your response to a recent edit attempt. Indeed I cut and paste from one primary site. Though I referenced the link, I now get that I should have put it in quotes and footnoted. That correct?

Thanks again for your help!

Seattle98121-3881 (talk) 20:40, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

No that is not correct. Normally we write Wikipedia articles in our own words rather than by stringing together a bunch of quotations. Excessive non-free content is a violation of our non-free content policy.— Diannaa (talk) 12:30, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Recent edits on St. Edward's School, Shimla

You undid edits made by User:Petrolhead 838 from the article St. Edward's School, Shimla asit was copied. But actually it is the official website of the school and the owners do not have any issues regarding it being used in Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by UlaBrita 838 (talk • contribs) 22:32, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

The school's website is marked as "© Copyright 2017 All rights reserved" so no, we are not allowed under Wikipedia policy to host the content here. If the copyright holder wishes to release this material under a compatible license, please see WP:Donating copyrighted materials for an explanation of how to do it. There's a sample permission email at WP:Consent.— Diannaa (talk) 22:38, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

UPLB Museum of Natural History

What were you trying to do here?

{{Cite web|title=UPLB Museum of Natural History|url=https://university-museums-and-collections.net/philippines/museum-of-natural-history|last=|first=|date=|website=Worldwide Database of University Museums and Collections|url-status=lhighlighive|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 14, 2020}}

Brianjd (talk) 13:48, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

It's just a typo. I have fixed it. Thank you, — Diannaa (talk) 14:13, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Copyrights issue

72.255.58.50 (talk) 13:58, 25 May 2020 (UTC) Dear Diannaa, thank you very much were notifying the copyrights issue. According to your instructions, I have updated the description and have added revised references to those 3 posts from the page List of Pakistani Peace Laureates and have removed previous references urls (timesofyouth.com, radio.gov.pk, and peacekeeping.un.org). New references and new descriptions have been added. Once again thanks for your guidance. Kindly check the page and re-confirm if everything is OK now.

No it is not. You re-added the same text, while citing a different source. The material is still copyright. Please stop.— Diannaa (talk) 14:12, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

72.255.58.50 (talk) 14:25, 25 May 2020 (UTC) Dear Diannaa, I have changed the text and have written all the details in my own words now. Please check and re-confirm once again. Thank you for your kind cooperation and guidance.

Please see your talk page.— Diannaa (talk) 14:29, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Pulahan

Regarding the recent removal of copyrighted removal from Pulahan, I am confused as to what exactly was the problem? A lot of material from that source still seems to be there. I wrote in my own words, I paraphrased the source. The only 1:1 copy is a quote, and quotes obviously should be copied and not paraphrased, but this quote is still there. I don't know where to find the iThenticate report. I would like to know what the -804 deleted bytes of material is and how to resolve the situation. Thanks. Glennznl (talk) 16:26, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Your addition was flagged by a bot as a potential copyright issue and was assessed by myself. Here is a link to the bot report. Click on the iThenticate link to view the overlap.— Diannaa (talk) 16:30, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

@Diannaa: Thanks for the reply Diannaa. I carefully re-added the part, rewriting as much as I could of it. I hope the issue has been revolved. Glennznl (talk) 17:35, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

The new version is still very close to the source, being only superficially paraphrased, and someone has removed it.— Diannaa (talk) 17:46, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

@Diannaa: That other person has since undone his reversion. I further changed the text as much as I could without deleting actual facts necessary for the reader. Glennznl (talk) 18:01, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

But I already said that it's still too close to the source, being only superficially paraphrased. So it needs more work please.— Diannaa (talk) 20:06, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

It presents the same ideas in the same order using almost the same wording. In a chronological account some similarity is inevitable, but it still needs more work. — Diannaa (talk) 20:12, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

@Diannaa: I expanded the article and changed a lot of the still problematic parts. I believe it should be resolved now. Glennznl (talk) 23:15, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes, okay now; very good work. Thank you for taking the time to do that.— Diannaa (talk) 23:25, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you too. Glennznl (talk) 23:36, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Minor edit copyright query

Thanks for your feedback, I've read the 'Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources' as requested. Could you could please let me know was this addition removed due to the copied website link sources? I'm a bit confused where I went wrong. Thanks so much Killim (talk)Killim (talk) 18:18, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

"Your addition to Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder'Killim (talk) 18:18, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page.— Diannaa (talk) 20:45, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Ah I see, thanks so much for clarifying, best wishes Killim —Preceding undated comment added 12:10, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

3DB /2UE - a follow-up.

Dear Diannaa,

Thanks for your comments re using material from the 3DB page in the 2UE page. As I clearly explained in my earlier response, the material on the 3DB page was originally submitted my me! In fact I started the 3DB page and have supplied the majority of the material therein - a check of the "history" of the 3DB page will confirm this.

I do hope that this clarifies the matter, but if you still have queries please don't hesitate to contact me.

Yours Albert Isaacs (talk) 23:31, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

I think I should have known that; sorry for the irrelevant notice. — Diannaa (talk) 23:34, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your last comment. YoursAlbert Isaacs (talk) 23:28, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	Thanks for the patrolling for CopyVio and other concerns. I saw one of your edits warning one of the #AfLibWk participants, and really appreciate using the less aggressive messaging. If you find folks who are not paying attention to your concerns, let me know and I can highlight them to the organizers. Sadads (talk) 15:50, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you!— Diannaa (talk) 18:27, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Sadads. I am finding a lot of copyright issues with the content added with the tags #AfLibWk #1Lib1Ref. I would appreciate it if you could please have a word with the organizers that the participants need to be told about our copyright policy and expectations. Thank you!— Diannaa (talk) 12:19, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Examples from the last 2 days: Human rights in Zambia; ZCCM Investments Holdings; Asunafo North Municipal District; National Assembly of Zambia; Education in Nigeria; Afe Babalola.— Diannaa (talk) 12:30, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

I put a response in my professional capacity on the communications front with AFLIA: at User_talk:FNartey_(WMF)#African_Librarians_Week. Long and short answer: they are updating info to participants, we plan on doing more training in the future, and most of the editors seem to be learning well in the process. Thanks for the examples; we expect a lot of the activity to slow down over the weekend. Sadads (talk) 14:20, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

copying from fandom

Hi. I hope you are doing well. To put the question in short and simple: can we copy text from fandom if we attribute it to them in the edit summary? Not a blatant copy-paste, more like, with shallow re-wording. TPS too, are welcome for comment :) —usernamekiran (talk) 08:02, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

It's okay to copy from fandom/Wikia pages as long as you provide attribution. In addition to the edit summary, please leave an attribution template or statement on the page itself. There's a template {{cc-notice}} or you can leave a notice at the bottom of the page like I did here. But remember that Wikia/fandom pages are wikis and are not considered as reliable sources for most purposes, so please be selective about using them.— Diannaa (talk) 10:28, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Copyrights Violation

Nawab Afridi (talk) 08:47, 27 May 2020 (UTC) with reference to your allegations about my recent copyrights violation that made you believe I am someone else. I was not expecting silence from your side; also I was waiting for your action against my recent edits which really probably proved me a copyrights violator. Till today, you have not taken any action against those edits, so it means your allegations were certainly false. Anyways, this is only to mention here that wikipedia is a common place for admins and new commers and being a learner, I expect decency and cooperation of admins and editors, instead of false allegations and threats. Take Care (y)

Replied on your talk page.— Diannaa (talk) 10:33, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Revdel request

Hi there, not sure if you can do revdel or not, but as I do know you work in copyvios, thought it might be likely. Do you think this is bad enough? its in the lead of a BLP (its been reverted twice already) [3] thankyou. Curdle (talk)

Done. Thank you for the report.— Diannaa (talk) 13:16, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Copyright of Godzilla 3-D (2007)

Where on the content source page does it say that the text is licensed under a CC BY-SA license? I tagged this page for speedy deletion because the website seemed to contain no copyright notice at all (and is therefore assumed to be all-rights-reserved). Passengerpigeon (talk) 12:54, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Their copyright policy is located at https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Wikizilla:Copyrights. — Diannaa (talk) 13:13, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

W. P. Andrew Lee page edits

Hi, I'm curious why the "Honors and Awards" and "Society Leadership" sections were removed from Dr. W. P. Andrew Lee's wikipedia profile? I worked with him personally to confirm the information is accurate. Can we please add it back? Thank you! RobertTBateman (talk) 22:23, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

We need independent sources for each award listed in the encyclopedia. If you are working on the article on behalf of the subject, you have a conflict of interest. If you are being paid to do so, you need to say so. I've posted some information on these topics on your user talk page.— Diannaa (talk) 22:26, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Advice is needed

Hi, it seems you are an eerie expert in history of the Dritte Reich. I'd like to ask your professional opinion on what needs to be done to successfully nominate "Ribbentrop" for GA? --Esperanto97 (talk) 10:35, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Here's how I do it: Make sure each fact has a citation. Check all the sources in the article and make sure they actually support the content. If I can't access the source book, I locate an alternate source. I see what books are available in my area or on inter-library loan and go through the article top to bottom, making sure all the main points are covered and everything has a source that I have personally checked so I can defend my choices to my GA reviewer. If I can't locate sources for the topic, I can't go to GA. All the images need to be checked for copyright status and appropriateness. Now might not be a good time for a GA nomination as the libraries are still closed and inter-library loans are not available either. Wikipedia:Good article criteria lists the actual GA criteria but I will typically go beyond this, formatting all the citations using citation templates and Harvard style references using the {{sfn}} template and making sure everything is super organized both inside and out. — Diannaa (talk) 10:57, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Reliable source

Hi Diannaa,

You're very good about preventing copyright infringement and such. I've made multiple articles about governmental nominees and appointments. One such is Leora Levy. I've used the White House website as a source, as that's where any nominee's initial biography is seen. I've used it multiple times as it relates to any nominee, now I'm being told by a user it's not a WP:RS and my edits are being reverted, especially as it pertains to Leora Levy. Is the White House website a WP:RS? Snickers2686 (talk) 15:18, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

That's a question better asked of the person who said so, or ask at the WP:RSNB.— Diannaa (talk) 21:06, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Bootleg Family Band

I invite related editors @Tobyjamesaus: (WP article creator) and @Dunks58: (Milesago article creator), to contribute to this discussion if they wish to.

I notice that, back in July 2016, you redacted some of Bootleg Family Band's early content with an edit summary, "remove copyright content copied from http://www.milesago.com/Artists/bootleg.htm". The website's copyright owner, Duncan Kimball, had previously released his contributions via this statement.

I have recently edited the WP article and added content referenced to Kimball's site but I can't tell if its any of the material which you redacted. Could you explain, why you believe that it is a copy violation? If so, I'll happily remove it.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 19:59, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

On July 9, 2016 (the date I removed the content), the website did not have the compatible license attached. Archived version dated March 10, 2016; archived version dated August 19, 2016. If you want to look at the August 19, 2016 archived version, the content that was identical was the prose starting "The band toured the USA with Cadd in May 1974" and proceeding to the end of the document. None of that content is present in the version that's released under license, so we can't copy it here. — Diannaa (talk) 21:16, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. Keep up your good work.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 00:31, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Additionally, I just noticed that Kimball's site had this Archived version, dated 18 October 2009. Does this change the situation?shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 00:40, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

By the way, this notice is only on the "front page" of the website but not on individual pages.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 00:42, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

The copyright notice releases "all text of which I (Duncan Kimball) am the copyright owner" under license. In my opinion we have to assume that pages that do not have the license statement are not released under license. In other words, we can't assume that pages that are unidentified as his are available for us to copy. Regardless, the pages are available as sources of information; we just can't copy the prose.— Diannaa (talk) 09:40, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Without being a copyright lawyer, I read the first and second points to mean that if there is no separate direct attribution on a page then its content belongs to Kimball. That content is subject to the third point and its release for CC attribution-sharealike 3.0 applies. In any case, thanks for your advice.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 11:28, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Respectful Appeal of Recent Notice About Vandalism

Hello, you recently claimed the Ebi page was vandalized by me when, rather, I asked for citations to contentious sources, when I removed self-published material and citations, when I removed clearly self-promoting and marketed material that was not encyclopedic nor sourced after asking for citations for over a week, and then, unfortunately, ignored the vandalism removing my addition of cited references to documented and (now archived) videos and publish major news source articles about the BLP subject. Please provide any proof that WikiPedia guidelines were not being followed so that I can become a better editor. IMHO, the page is being manipulated by the promoters/marketing agents of the subject individual in the BLP via false reports of BLP violations by me. They are trying to use the WikiPedia article as a promotional material instead of how it is supposed to be used. How can I best address these issues in your opinion? Thank you.

I did not use the word vandalism. What I did was warn you not to post defamatory material about living people. Such material requires impeccable sourcing, not blogs, Twitter quotes, and YouTube videos as sources.— Diannaa (talk) 09:32, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Potential Copyvio

Hello Diannaa, Earwig's Copyvio Detector shows a high probability of possible copyright content in the article Low head hydro power. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 14:19, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Supposed copyright problem on Béla Uitz

You put the following on my talk page: "Content you added to the above article appears to have been copied from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00043249.1993.10791493 (visible at https://monoskop.org/images/b/b8/Botar_Oliver_AI_1993_From_the_Avant-Garde_to_Proletarian_Art.pdf), which is not released under a compatible license. Copying text directly from a source is a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the content had to be removed. Content you add to Wikipedia should be written in your own words. Please leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions. — Diannaa (talk) 13:29, 29 May 2020 (UTC)"

This is untrue. The material was not copied directly from any source and your claim that I have violated Wikipedia's copyright policy is untrue. It is also untrue that the material had to be removed for copyright reasons. All the content I added was in my own words. Indeed your comment when you removed the material was "too-close paraphrasing", indicating that you recognise that he material was not copied directly from the source that you suggest, and indeed that it was written in my own words. Please could you explain precisely why you felt my edit constituted close paraphrasing and how it ran foul of Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing.Leutha (talk) 15:44, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Copying from Wikipedia

You added this null edit to Marine viruses with the edit summary: "Attribution: some of the text in this article was copied from Virus. Please see the history of that page for full attribution". This explanatory supplement says: "you can copy parts of one Wikipedia article into another, but you must link to the source article in your edit summary". I think I have being doing that, as in this example. Was your edit summary intended as a prod to me to make fuller attributions? Should my brief "from virus" be expanded to "copied from virus", or further to "text copied from virus", or to the fulsome "text copied from Virus. Please see the history of that page for full attribution"? It's never been really clear to me what would be best practice, or at least adequate practice, both from the standpoint of practical editing and copyright law. — Epipelagic (talk) 18:51, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Albert Doja

I understand your objection and motivation for speedy deletion. The draft is about my own page and there is no copyright infringment. If there is any problem, you may delete unsuited sentences or paragraphs, but please do not delete the page. Otherwise, there is no progress at all. I am sure that the page can and should be improved, but there must be a start. Hope you understand (if though I am not sure if there is here and if this is the right way to talk to you). 176.138.21.59 (talk) 19:19, 29 May 2020 (UTC)