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Reaching me
I am not on Wikipedia as often as I'd like to be. My goal is to check my page, at least, daily, but I often fall short of that goal. If you have an urgent note for me here, please consider alerting me via email at mdenniswikimedia.org. (This is my work email address, and I do not mix work and volunteering, but mailing that address makes sure I will see it promptly, usually within a day.) If not urgent, I'll come by as soon as I can, and I heartily welcome talk page stalkers. :)
Copyvio?
Is Ansan_Cultural_Center a copyvio of [1]? --166.104.240.101 (talk) 02:54, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, it looks like it was. Thank you. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:01, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
I don't think this was properly followed up. I stumbled up on it when I realized at least one para is from a fortunately PD LoC source (I referenced it). Someone should probably take a closer look at the article; I don't think all sources listed there as being copied from are PD :( --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:55, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
- PS. Incidentally, I stumbled upon another plagiarism report at Talk:Taxation in Armenia. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:08, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Hi, User:Piotrus. I've cleaned up what I found in the first article and deleted the second. I've also left a note for the author of the second asking if there are other issues, as this is a person who was temporarily indeffed in 2010 for copyvios. The article predates, but if there's one outstanding issue there certainly could be more. :( I'm out of time - User:Crow, I hate to bug you, but any chance you could poke at me if you see a response at User_talk:Thricecube#Copyright_problem:_Taxation_in_Armenia? I'm afraid he won't ping me and that I'll forget. I don't have time to proactively check if we need a CCI. That can take hours. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:54, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
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- Thank you so much, User:Crow. :) I'm traveling again next week and really don't want to miss it. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:27, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Authority for organization copyright permission
Maggie, I've got a representative of a corporate organization who wants to give Commons and WP permission to use some images created as works-for-hire for the organization which, of course, means that the organization owns the copyright to the images. I've figured out how they submit the permission, but I'm unsure who at the organization Commons will recognize as having the right to provide and submit the permission for the organization. I note at the Commons Interactive Release Generator it allows someone to represent that they are the organization's "appointed representative". Is that enough (provided, of course, that it is true)? Will they have to provide proof of appointment by board resolution or something? Can an officer give permission without such proof? Other employees? (The reason I ask: I know from practicing corporate law for many years that determining who has the right to do something for an organization — sign a contract or sell a motor vehicle, for example — is by far most often simply determined by someone at the organization simply claiming that they have the right to do it and the recipient accepting that claim without further proof. Occasionally, a recipient will want more and ask for a second signature by another employee attesting to the first employee's authority, a certificate of authority, or a certificate of a board of directors resolution approving the transaction and giving a named employee specific permission to carry it out, with either of those certificates issued by the organization's corporate secretary.) Best regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 03:47, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
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- (talk page stalker) As an aside, make sure they realize that they can't just give WP and Commons permission, but they're also giving anyone anywhere the irrevocable right to re-use, modify, parody, sell for profit, etc, that material, as long as they credit the source. CrowCaw 22:40, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
- Hi, User:TransporterMan. I haven't processed permissions letters for Commons for a while, but it is generally just somebody sending in the email from an official address and asserting that they are in fact authorized to do this. In case of legal challenge, they may be liable for misrepresentation. :) (And User:Crow is exactly right - it's a common bounce-back for permissions.) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:00, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Possible copyvio that might need blanking
Hi, I think I just came across a major copyvio at M. S. Ramaiah, an article currently up for deletion (discussion here). User:Webmaster.cg appears to have added a lot of promotional material to the article (a possible explanation for the promotional tone) from an online ad [2]. I brought this issue here on BlueMoonset's recommendation, as the article may need to be blanked if my suspicion is true. Thanks, Sainsf <^>Feel at home 03:26, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
- Resolved by David Eppstein on AfD discussion. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 05:07, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
- I'm glad to hear it, User:Sainsf. :) Thanks for keeping an eye out of copyright issues! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:54, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 2 May 2016
Barry-Wehmiller page
Hello,
I have a few questions. I'm the web designer for Barry-Wehmiller and I have been asked to put some updated information on our company's Wikipedia page since it's pretty outdated. The first time I tried doing this, the information was deleted as promotional information or something like that. However, nothing that I'm adding is promotional. I'm just trying to put some facts out there so people can know who Barry-Wehmiller actually is. I know this is useful because it was the first place I went when I was looking for a job here and the Wikipedia page didn't really help me at all. Like I said, I'm just trying to put some facts out there that are easily verified on the company's website. We're a 2.4 billion dollar company, we're not making any sales from Wikipedia, so it's not really promotional :) This is just for people who are curious what we do to find out.
Also, just now you deleted information I put about our divisions which they asked me to add to the page, but you cited it as a copyright issue.
I guess my question is, how can I get this information on the Wikipedia page without it being removed? Can I be made an admin of it or something? Please advise, because I'm getting pressure from my leaders to get this page at least representative of who the company is.
Any advise would be helpful! Thanks! David — Preceding unsigned comment added by Onionknight3 (talk • contribs) 17:03, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello. Since my block in 2010, I have gone over all the rules and regulations of Wikipedia, and I can assure you that nothing since my unban has been copyrighted material. Thricecube 20:14, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
- Honestly, I can't remember much about my edits that far back. It wouldn't suprise me if there were more that broke the copyright violation. Thricecube (talk) 17:22, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
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- Thank you, User:Thricecube. I will check to see if there are outstanding issues sufficient to warrant a cleanup effort. I have found two so far, but am out of time today: History of Cameroon and Geography of Argentina. It seems like the category of problem may be geographical and national material. Do you know if copied content into any other kinds of articles? --Moonriddengirl (talk) 01:07, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
Request upload OK for Linda McCartney
Hi MRG - would you mind considering a suggestion I made for a non-free to replace the DR commons image under discussion? Thanks. --Light show (talk) 17:38, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
- Light show , I've deleted the image you uploaded to Wikipedia at File:Linda McCartney close-up2.jpg under G5 - an upload by a banned user in violation of his ban. If the ban against your uploading images has been lifted, please show me where, and I will restore it with due apologies. After your request to lift your ban was declined in March 2015, you violated your ban. Now it looks like you have done it again. Can you link to a ban discussion where you have permission to upload images? --Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:48, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
- Here.--Light show (talk) 01:47, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
- As Masem notes on your talk page, he may be willing to upload the image. But you cannot. One person saying an image is okay does not lift your indefinite ban on image uploads. As you well know, this is not Commons - whatever restrictions may exist there, the ban here does not share them. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:51, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
- What are the steps to get this ban lifted? I'll obviously never be able to prove that I know the correct due diligence before uploads etc., if I can't upload. Why not a pre-approval condition for a period as in the Commons? Just tell me who to ask. --Light show (talk) 03:44, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
- You ask at WP:AN. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 09:44, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
- On a personal level, then, since the investigation, the subsequent RfC, and bans were all initiated by you, on what new basis could I even ask? From the last request, there were no clear or specific suggestions by anyone about what I should do in the future. There were no questions to me. There were no "do you agree to do this, or will you do that?" type questions.
- Would you personally accept a probation period, with a pre-approval condition? Do you have any specific questions that would imply you were at least willing to move forward? --Light show (talk) 18:54, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
Essay moved from user space to mainspace contra MfD result?
A user’s essay in mainspace was submitted to MfD and the result was that it should be “userfied”. [3]
It was then moved to user space accordingly, [4] after which the user retitled it.[5] There’s a notice on the talk page re. the MfD result.
Recently another user returned the essay to mainspace and restored the pre-MfD title. [6]. Does the move contravene the MfD result? If so, I don’t know the corrective procedure. Maybe you do?
- Put it up for MfD if you do not like it. But you should note your apparent animus towards me in the past on many occasions, and note that you were an editor on the essay. [7] is an "interesting edit". [8] has Writegeist adding "and/or as a strategy to denigrate someone else's when they run to more than a couple of lines and thereby outstrip your limited comprehension skills." which seemed to be a rather pointy exercise.
- [9] has a serial plagiarist writing "The person who ends posts with "Cheers" is usually cheerless" which sets off a snark alarm, I would think.
- And the collegiality expressed in "Tsk.Tsk. No need to curse. The fact that I don't like you should have no bearing on counting my vote. I have approached you countless times overe four years with my hand extended in reconciliatory fashion. Each time you rejected it. I don't want to get rid of this essay. I want to get rid of you. If anything is toxic to Wikipedia it is you. ```Buster Seven Talk 19:49, 9 November 2012 (UTC)"
- In short, what matters to me here is that the same people who have repeatedly harassed me in the past seem to think that when I am not present that can say anything about me they damn well want to. Kindly tell them where to go. Thank you. Collect (talk) 20:50, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
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