This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
Edit of the University for Peace page
Hello Minimac, we at the University for Peace noticed that you have undone additions that we are making to the University for Peace page. The reason for your changes is copyright material. We hold the copyright to the material, so there should not be any problem. Please let us know in case there are still issues. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.200.49.225 (talk) 17:34, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
Removal of material from Wales, NY
While you are correct in removing copyright violations, you also removed half the article. Please be more careful in the future Stepp-Wulf (talk) 05:00, 11 July 2011 (UTC).
Thanks for help. I did it. Sisman Yanko (talk) 14:14, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
Scotch College, Melbourne
Hi Minimac,
I would like to take the chance to explain my recent edits to Scotch College, Melbourne. There are unintentional puns in the article, and therefore I deemed it necessary to illuminate them so people who view the page are alert to this. But I do understand how my edits may have been construed as obstructive. Is there a more discreet way in which "pardon the pun" can be inserted? Perhaps as a footnote? Cheers PunPolice (talk) 07:40, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
No problem, I actually noticed it a couple of days ago and meant to ask you, but I forgot! :) --BelovedFreak 18:13, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Talkback
Hello, Minimac. You have new messages at Shsefue's talk page. Message added 23:52, 16 July 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Better explanation of what I mean there, now. :) --Moonriddengirl(talk) 11:20, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
:) Please feel free to come by my talk page if you have any questions. I am not as swift to answer at the moment as I have been and will be once my work contract expires, but I have awesome talk page stalkers, and I do eventually get to everything. :D (I hope!) --Moonriddengirl(talk) 12:18, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Barnstar of Diligence
Thanks for reverting the blanking of my userpage - dunno who did it or why! Chrissyboi (talk) 17:35, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you kindly
Thank you for your support
Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. I shall endeavor to meet your and the community's expectations as an admin. And now I'm going to have to hunt down those other admins whose names start with Q and block them, because, in the end, there can be only one. Qwyrxian (talk) 07:24, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Energy in Afghanistan
Hi. Unless I'm missing something, which is always possible, I'm not aware of the reasons for this edit - you reinserted material which is identical to the sources, or, in one case, very closely paraphrased. It looks very much like a copyright violation, which is why I originally removed the text. - Bilby (talk) 12:04, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
That makes sense and was a good idea, but unfortunately every edit was copyvio, from multiple sources, which is why I was forced to revert all of Seair21's edits on that article. So when you restored the bulk of the edits, you also accidentally restored the bulk of the copyvio that Seair21 had added. Anyway, I've removed it again, so all should be good, and accidents happen. :) I've also been through all of Seair21's edits since the editor started editing, and removed everything that was copied, so hopefully the editor will catch up on copyright policy - presuming they wish to return. It was one of those cases where a few people had picked up on copyright problems with some of the edits, but no one seems to have spotted the extent of the problem until now. :( I considered opening a CCI, but with only 400 edits, it seemed easier just to handle it and not add to the backlog. - Bilby (talk) 01:04, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
CP Board
Hey Minimac, great to see you clerking at CP. I just wanted to drop by the let you know that it's best to address articles which have been listed 5 or more days first before the earlier listings. When the article is tagged, five days are allotted for editors to propose a rewrite or get OTRS permission. After 7 days, an administrator can delete the article is substantial problems still exist. I find addressing the older entries is more beneficial as a percentage, although small, require little attention when I review it.--NortyNort(Holla) 09:54, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
Thank you
Hi Minimac, I thank you for your comments at ANI. I do though wish you'd reviewed those edits closer. I've left a more detailed answer at ANI. Thanks again, ROBERTMFROMLI | TK/CN 09:17, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Drvandertramp
The article name was the same as the username that created it, which led me to believe the article was promotional in nature. Anyway, I'll take the name to UAA. 21655T/01 05:00, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for finding the mess there. :P I've cleared the plot summaries to make way for clean, put hidden notes at each episode to remind that plot summaries must be written from scratch, and put an edit notice on the page warning contributors about it. Nevertheless, there's a really high chance that the content will make its way back. I've watchlisted the article in case this becomes an issue and I need to take further steps (like semi-protecting the article), but would be grateful if you could watch it, too! --Moonriddengirl(talk) 14:56, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Talkback!
Hello, Minimac. You have new messages at Avicennasis's talk page. Message added 06:02, 29 August 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Avicennasis @ 06:02, 29 Av 5771 / 06:02, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Further investigation into user block enquiry
Dear Minimac,
There is further responses to actions you commented on regarding Warring by User:Tony0106. Tony has since posted a rude and negative reply following his 24 hours block. It may be worth noting too, that the same user has received numerous warnings since 2006 for copyright violations, and even a warning for warring back in 2008.
Hi Minimac! I've come to you because I saw that you are a copyright clerk. Could you please help me out with the article Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly? Even though there are 43 articles in queue, I request you to take a look because this article was supposed to to be featured on DYK and I would really be obliged if you helped me out here. Regards, Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 05:29, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi again! Thanks again for trying to help me out. Anyways, I prepared a /Temp. Maybe you would like to have a look and then publish it. Regards, Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 10:02, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
I created a temp page because the info you removed in your 2 edits were valuable, so I thought of making a temp page so that the copyvio issue is resolved and the info is kept. Thus, I request you to review the temp page, and if the issue is sorted, change the text to the text of the page. Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 17:50, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
Further, I believe we can delete the tag after replacing the info and add the "cleaned" note on 2011 August 31. Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 17:52, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
I noticed you blanked the copyright violation material on Otate no Ran, but all of the copyrighted material is still in the history - shouldn't that be rolled back to remove it from wikipedia? --Sgtkabuki (talk) 18:16, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
my vague understanding of the process is that if copyrighted material is posted to Wikipedia it also needs to be removed from this history. I guess I thought this was done by "rolling back" to a previous version, which eliminates all of the copyrighted material from the history. Basically, if copyrighted material is still in the history, it is still on wikipedia, and still a copyright violation, yes? --Sgtkabuki (talk) 14:49, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I completely rewrote a new plot summary for Atlantis: The Lost Empire to replace the copyvio plot and posted it on the article's talk-page. I was wondering what the steps were now as to implementing it within the article. Do I have to wait for an admin to remove the tag or can I remove it and replace it with my summary? Thanks for your help and advice. DrNegative (talk) 11:49, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm new to wikipedia and I need your help with my article which you tagged as a Copyright Violation, the article is the World Nuclear University. You were right because I basically copied and pasted information from my own website but I didn't think that obviously Wikipedia didn't know I was the same person. What I would like to do now is to start it anew as also the title needs to be changed - I forgot to put spaces between the words.
The article was marked as a copyright violation on Wednesday September 28th, will it be deleted after 7 days (that means this Wednesday 5th October) if nothing happens? Will it disappear with all the history?
Let me know if you have any other more sensible solution.
link=User talk:<Minimac>Hello, Minimac. You have new messages at [[User talk:<Minimac>|User talk:<Minimac>]]. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Thank you very much!I already have a new version of the article, I think I created a temporary page with the version of it ready to be published, I just have to wait for approval isn't it? or do I have to notify somebody I rewrote it? I also have a technical question I hope you can answer: how can I insert in my article a table on the right at the top of the page with a logo and some info? (to be clearer: like the one you find in the pages related to the different countries). I hope you can help me, if not thank you anyway for your help so far! WNU (talk) 12:02, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
link=User talk:<Minimac>Hello, Minimac. You have new messages at [[User talk:<Minimac>|User talk:<Minimac>]]. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Hi Minimac, sorry to bother you again but last week I rewrote my article, I was waiting for approval (even if I probably didn't notify anyone) and now it disappeared from my contributions, actually the section MyContribution is empty now. My article is still on though with the Copyright warning saying that I can't modify it until an administrator or a copyright clerk resolves the issue. Can you do something about it? or you can tell who should I contact? Thank you very much! WNU (talk) 09:41, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
Sorry Minimac, I understood why my history has been cleared, I asked to change my username as the previous one was thought to be representing a group and everything has been moved under the new username. also my rewritten article (User:KodolaOx11/World Nuclear University),but what shall I do to get it published and have the WNU page with the copyright warning deleted?! Thank you very much KodolaOx11 (talk) 12:49, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Minimac. Please check your email; you've got mail! It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.
Hello Minimac/Archive6! The WMF is currently developing new tools to make new page patrolling much easier. Whether you have patrolled many pages or only a few, we now need to know about your experience. The survey takes only 6 minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist us in analyzing the results of the survey; the WMF will not use the information to identify you.
If this invitation also appears on other accounts you may have, please complete the survey once only.
If this has been sent to you in error and you have never patrolled new pages, please ignore it.
Please click HERE to take part.
Many thanks in advance for providing this essential feedback.
You are receiving this invitation because you have patrolled new pages. For more information, please see NPP Survey
A barnstar for you!
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Great work during today's vandalism surge. ItsZippy(talk • contributions) 18:21, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
about Cluebot, and N.American schools vandalising, that you put in {{vandalism information}}
Where tid you find these two facts out? You put in {{vandalism information}} that Cluebot was down and North American schools were vandalising. Where did you find this out? Also, by Cluebot, do you mean ClueBot NG, or one of the other (and inactive) Cluebots? Thank you—ᐅcan't see character?(see my contributions) 22:59, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for reverting all the vandalism to my user pages from this IP. I am not sure what the connection is, it looks like I have never crossed paths with this IP before, but it is probably an IP WP:SOCK for some other user. Thanks again, glad you are on the midnight shift on Wikipedia! - Ahunt (talk) 10:26, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Newfoundland banking crash of 1894
Hi. I'm not seeing "copy and paste" text in Newfoundland banking crash of 1894. It does look to me as if the text has been sufficiently rewritten, in the article creator's own words. Can you point to any passages in the article that are particularly problematic? thanks, Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:55, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
I see you've changed it to close paraphrase. Great. I've suggested to the article creator that he continue to develop and rewrite the article. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:05, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
Talkback
Hello, Minimac. You have new messages at Talk:Eric Koloko. Message added 14:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Hi! I've been helping out a bit at WP:SCV recently and am still learning my way around. I'm curious as to why you tagged Charles Henry McKiernan with a "cut and paste" copyvio tag rather than blanking it for CP investigation, which is, I think, what I would have done. It seems to me that there's been a little tinkering here and there with the words, but it appears to be a clear violation of the 1979 copyright material (which is reproduced by permission) on the public library website. Here's the Duplication Detector report. Could you have another look? If I've made a mistake, please let me know.--CharlieDelta (talk) 06:50, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
People from this site still vandalise wikipedia, even after your last warning. However, the IP belongs to a school. What is the procedure in these cases? -- Zz (talk) 16:09, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Thank you, Minimac, for !voting at my successful RFA; I am humbled that you put your trust in me. I grant you this flower, which, if tended to properly, will grow to be the fruit of Wikipedia's labours. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:33, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Talkback
Hello, Minimac. You have new messages at Riley Huntley's talk page. Message added 06:18, 17 June 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Thank you very much for the barnstar. Yes that was quite a project. Right up a wikignome's alley. I appreciate your gesture. Have a great weekend and cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 16:21, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
The Cano page seems to need a disambiguation page. Hopefully, this would keep vandals away. Just a suggestion. If I have time, I will do it someday. Thanks for your involvement in this article. --Popol0707 (talk) 01:00, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thanks for participating in my RFA! I appreciate your support. Zagalejo^^^ 06:36, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
July 2012
Gdansk-Vote [4] : "In biographies of clearly German persons, the name should be used in the form Danzig (Gdansk) and later Danzig exclusively. In biographies of clearly Polish persons, the name should be used in the form Gdansk (Danzig) and later Gdansk exclusively. Persons controversial follow the guidelines according to the applicable period as decided above. Similar applies to other place names in the region that shares a history between Poland and Germany." The decision was for Danzig during the period of 1308 to 1945. The nationality issue of Copernicus is well documented in the article [5].
We are talking of the period between 1308 to 1945: "The first reference of one name for Gdansk/Danzig in an article should also include a reference to the other name, e.g. Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) or Gdansk (Danzig). All later occurrences of the name follow the rules for the periods as voted above."[6] and "For locations that share a history between Germany and Poland, the first reference of one name should also include a reference to other commonly used names, e.g. Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) or Szczecin (Stettin)."[7]Enforcement: "Violations against the rule established by the outcome of this vote can be reverted exempt from the 3RR rule. In more complex edits, only the place names can be reverted exempt from the 3RR rule according to the outcome of this vote, additional changes fall again under the 3RR rule. The reverted user should receive a note or link of the vote results on this page. Persistent reverts in violation of the outcome of this vote despite multiple warnings may be dealt with according to the rules in Wikipedia:Dealing with vandalism." please do NOT revert ⇒ [8]--IIIraute (talk) 08:28, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Regarding your nomination for deletion, please note that per WP:NRVE, topic notability is based upon the availability of significant coverage in reliable sources, rather than whether or not sources are present in articles. See also WP:IMPERFECT and WP:PRESERVE. Please strongly consider following the source searching suggestions listed at section D of WP:BEFORE prior to nominating articles for deletion. Thank you for your consideration, and happy editing! Northamerica1000(talk) 20:28, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
I owe you a drink!
I appreciate your removing that unmentionable garbage posted earlier today on my User page by an IP whose similar vandalism was reverted by me yesterday evening. So much for posting a warning on the IP's talk page!
The content there has been copied almost fully from a third party website — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.169.15.91 (talk) 05:45, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
I kindly ask you to take more care in what you are doing instead of sending annoying messages that are totally unrelated to my person (Measuring instrument???).
Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.254.62.95 (talk) 18:44, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
Please change a page title -- can you do that?
Hi Minimac; I saw that you changed a page I created, Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences, into a redirect page to Fairfield College of Arts and Sciences. I'm an Associate Dean of Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences and have been trying to get the Wikipedia page that was created long ago with the wrong name -- there is no "Fairfield College of Arts and Sciences" -- to have the correct page title. I still haven't figured out how to do that. Can you assist?
Manyulim (talk) 16:02, 2 March 2013 (UTC)Manyulim
For the barnstar. I really resent the time I have to waste clearing up copyvio. Especially when the editor denies it. Dougweller (talk) 18:07, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for leaving comments at my RfA. This is just a friendly notice that I have replied to them. Regardless of your vote, and your decision to continue this conversation or not, I appreciate you taking your time to vote in the the first place. Cheers, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:12, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
My talk page
Your removal of others' comments from my talk page was unwarranted and unwelcome. Please do not do that again. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:11, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
JP White wiki
Hi,
I created the wiki page for a friend a year ago. The friends career really was of little to know consequence and most of the information on the wikipedia page was beefed up. He really doesn't warrant having his own wiki as he's not known outside of his former band Vains Of Jenna. He is no longer working in entertainment (he is now a trucker and wannabe tattoo artist), thus as said above, does not warrant his own wiki page. I only helped him make the the wiki page last year to help him garner more credibility towards a work endeavor. His page should be a re-direct to Vains Of Jenna, like the other band members are. I think Lizzie Devine may have his own entry, but he was the only member who was noticeable outside of the band, and has done further work in the music industry since leaving the band. A trucker who once played bass in a marginally famous band, on the other hand does not need his own wikipedia entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.110.69.178 (talk) 04:53, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey, dude. I have an offer to talk about the issue in TALK. What else should I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sigiheri (talk • contribs) 20:24, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
RFA / UFAA
Hi Minimac. Firstly, thank you so very much for supporting my RFA. I was curious, since you generously opted to support my candidacy with out my answer, and now that it's over, how did I fare in answering it? Thanks once again, Mkdwtalk 17:51, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
