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Music For Dog People

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Soul Dogfood

I've moved your Soul Dogfood article to Draft:Soul Dogfood, since all of the other articles about this band and its albums are still in draft. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:58, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Draft:Blue Dogs

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Patrick Davis (musician) (January 3)

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Checked Billboard citation ref 4, Dixie Lullaby - Pat Green and Billboard citation ref 8, Where I'm From - Jason Michael Carroll and both link correctly to Billboard information referenced. Please advise?

Removed citation ref 24, The Gamecock Album - Patrick Davis. Could not verify Billboard placement info

Removed Facebook source reference for RJDMF Foundation

Jaxson1 (talk) 13:39, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Blue Dogs (band) (January 12)

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Thank you SeraphWiki I will come back to this Wiki entry once I have Patrick Davis completed Jaxson1 (talk) 19:46, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Patrick Davis (musician) has been accepted

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Thank you to the good folks at Wikipedia for your guidance and encouragement and most of all for your time and expertise Jaxson1 (talk) 21:44, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

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Thank you KingAndGod and all the good people that work behind the scenes for Wikipedia. Your work, guidance, and tireless efforts are very much appreciated to novice Wiki builders such as myself. (Jaxson1 (talk) 10:06, 16 May 2018 (UTC))

KingAndGod can I have the word (band) placed behind The Blue Dogs title at the top of the page please? It would then read The Blue Dogs (band) (Jaxson1 (talk) 10:29, 16 May 2018 (UTC))

Sure. I guess it helps distinguish the two topics better. KingAndGod 10:35, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you (Jaxson1 (talk) 10:51, 16 May 2018 (UTC))

KingAndGod when I copy the URL link and attempt to use the pasted link it seems to drop the last ")" which confuses the browser search engine. Can you think of a reason it would do this? (Jaxson1 (talk) 11:00, 16 May 2018 (UTC))

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I am not being compensated in any way, shape, or form. Thank you.

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Hello Diannaa, can you tell me what the copyrighted material sited above I added please?

Thanks Jaxson1 (talk) 18:02, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello Diannaa, I have addresses the copyright issue with the photo. The permissions have been added to the file page, is there anything else I need to do concerning this?

Thank you Jaxson1 (talk) 02:20, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in replying - I did not know you had sent me a message. Some of the content was copied from AllMusic, so I have removed it again. Some has no sources, and has been awaiting citations since 2009, so I removed it. Please don't re-add without citations.— Diannaa (talk) 12:14, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello Diannaa, I will work on this some more and repost once I have it recomposed. Thanks. Jaxson1 (talk) 12:44, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

When adding links to material on external sites, as you did to James Brown, please ensure that the external site is not violating the creator's copyright. Linking to websites that display copyrighted works is acceptable as long as the website's operator has created or licensed the work. Knowingly directing others to a site that violates copyright may be considered contributory infringement. This is particularly relevant when linking to sites such as YouTube or Sci-Hub, where due care should be taken to avoid linking to material that violates its creator's copyright. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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If the material is available on a different site that satisfies one of the above conditions, link to that site instead. Sundayclose (talk) 15:58, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

The linked site is an historical archive site for South Carolina, it makes no money and offers no services other than historical reference. James Brown was born in South Carolina so the link was to his page. I do not own any copyrights to his likeness or music but I did create the content posted on his page, (verbiage, videos, audio files, picture content. Will these conditions qualify a link under external links?

Thanks Jaxson1 (talk) 20:42, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

The problem is with this website that you linked in the James Brown article. That website copied the information word for word from from another website that has a copyright notice. So the website you linked violates copyright. That makes it inappropriate as an external link on Wikipedia. See WP:COPYVIOEL. Sundayclose (talk) 20:52, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

There were two authors for the Biography, I contacted them and got their permission to use what they had written for the historical website. I will not pursue placing a Link on this Wikipedia page.Thanks Jaxson1 (talk) 21:12, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

I don't think you understand the problem here. First, Wikipedia cannot link the historical website because it violates copyright. Again please read WP:COPYVIOEL. I don't see the value of your communicating with a website that can't be linked because of Wikipedia policy. Secondly, your private communications are entirely irrelevant for Wikipedia's purposes. Wikipedia needs verifiable permission directly from any person, publisher, website, etc. if it wants to place copyrighted information in an article. But that's really beside the point regarding an external link to a website that violates copyright. If you don't plan to link the website in any Wikipedia article, then this particular issue is settled. Thanks. Sundayclose (talk) 21:48, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

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Good evening NinjaRobotPirate,

I have read over your Wikipedia:Spam page and your Wikipedia: Guide to appealing blocks page, both in relation to the reason I was given for being blocked which was “You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is being used only for advertising or promotion.”

Could you please clarify on this so that I may better understand what advertising or promotion is being referenced? The website I link to the artists Wikipedia page is strictly an historical archive website that I maintain and run for the state of South Carolina. There is no money involved, no advertising, no promotions, it is strictly factual history.

I feel it is also important to note that using this same account I have built three Wikipedia pages for three South Carolina artists who did not have Wikipedia representation which offers the additional proof that I am contributing in a most positive way.

I do apologize if I am not understanding the issue clearly, I would never add anything to one of our states artist wiki pages of malicious content nor would I intentionally do anything to de-value or de-face their online representation. Thank you for your time, your work, and any help you can offer me.

Jaxson1 (talk) 19:35, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Mass-adding external links is often called link spamming on Wikipedia. It's always a bit suspicious when someone seems focused almost entirely on adding external links. You say the website is noncommercial, which is something I didn't realize when I blocked you. However, if everyone added their personal blog or fansite, Wikipedia articles would quickly end up with dozens of external links. One of the other problems is that people sometimes use Wikipedia to get their name into the world as an established expert on a topic or attempt to use Wikipedia gain a foothold for their fringe theory.

Thus, Wikipedia tends to take a broad view of promotion, potentially beyond where many other websites would draw the line. In this way, pretty much anything can be promoted: an idea, a noncommercial website, a political ideology, or, yes, a commercial product. If your resource is truly that useful, someone else will add it. See also Wikipedia's guideline on linking to blogs, which discourages these links unless they're written by a recognized authority. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:28, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

I guess we can agree to disagree, it's certainly not worth fighting for. Thanks again for your time and I wish you the best.

Jaxson1 (talk) 23:03, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Well, it doesn't have to be the end of the line. If you'd at least agree to use {{Edit COI}} to request that a link to your own website be added, you could be unblocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:53, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Request reason:

I added a link to an historical website for the history of music from the state of South Carolina. This link was not for advertisement or advertising, it was for educational purposes only relating to the history of a South Carolina music artist now deceased

Decline reason:

You seem to think the problem is a single link you added. That's not the case. Please reread your block notice. Yamla (talk) 11:44, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

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