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[[:toollabs:copyvios|Earwig's Copyvio Detector]] came up with a result of 39,4% for the article. Unlikely to be a violation so far, but I'd be cautious. [[Special:Contributions/80.221.159.67|80.221.159.67]] ([[User talk:80.221.159.67|talk]]) 03:25, 23 October 2016 (UTC) |
[[:toollabs:copyvios|Earwig's Copyvio Detector]] came up with a result of 39,4% for the article. Unlikely to be a violation so far, but I'd be cautious. [[Special:Contributions/80.221.159.67|80.221.159.67]] ([[User talk:80.221.159.67|talk]]) 03:25, 23 October 2016 (UTC) |
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I'll deal here with the "Primary sources" and "Overly detailed" issues. Please remember that, per [[User talk:Diannaa/Archive 48# |
I'll deal here with the "Primary sources" and "Overly detailed" issues. Please remember that, per [[User talk:Diannaa/Archive 48#Copyright violations in Retrospect (software) article|this section]] on Diannaa's talk page, I have no connection with Retrospect Inc. other than as a long-time, fairly-satisfied software customer. |
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It helps here to know a bit about the recent history of Retrospect, which I've learned from the few articles about it (see the links in the article) and reading between the lines—because Retrospect Inc. won't discuss it publicly. EMC decided in 2007 that Time Machine was going to replace Retrospect |
It helps here to know a bit about the recent history of Retrospect, which I've learned from the few articles about it (see the links in the article) and reading between the lines—because Retrospect Inc. won't discuss it publicly. EMC decided in 2007 that Time Machine was going to replace Retrospect |
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SwisterTwister talk 07:17, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
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Wikipedia and copyright
Hello DovidBenAvraham. All or some of your addition(s) to Retrospect (software) has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.
- You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
- Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:54, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
Managing a conflict of interest
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October 2016
I have removed your recent additions to the article, as the material appears to have been copied from the copyright web pages http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1306619&start=40 and https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1307101&start=40. Both of these are marked as © 2016 Condé Nast. All rights reserved and © Ars Technica 1998-2016. Please don't add any further copyright material to this wiki. You risk being blocked from editing. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:09, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
@Diannaa: There is nothing inherently wrong with works being copyrighted, as long as they are freely licensed to allow Wikipedia to use the work. 80.221.159.67 (talk) 03:20, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
You have edited this article recently quite a lot, but also introduced multiple issues to it:
{{MOS}}
{{Overly detailed}}
{{Primary sources}}
Please note that Wikipedia is not for exhaustive logs of software updates. I was about to borderline nominate the article for deletion, but I'll give the article some time if the issues are fixed.
Earwig's Copyvio Detector came up with a result of 39,4% for the article. Unlikely to be a violation so far, but I'd be cautious. 80.221.159.67 (talk) 03:25, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
I'll deal here with the "Primary sources" and "Overly detailed" issues. Please remember that, per this section on Diannaa's talk page, I have no connection with Retrospect Inc. other than as a long-time, fairly-satisfied software customer.
It helps here to know a bit about the recent history of Retrospect, which I've learned from the few articles about it (see the links in the article) and reading between the lines—because Retrospect Inc. won't discuss it publicly. EMC decided in 2007 that Time Machine was going to replace Retrospect
DovidBenAvraham (talk) 06:47, 23 October 2016 (UTC)