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July 2007[edit]

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Company that produces the hexapod positioners in your gallery - "Hexapod"[edit]

Those are made by Faunc. The ones photographed are quite old, but I'd check the fanuc website. Sorry for the slow reply! Mike1024 (t/c) 10:10, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Request reason:

Which article?

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If I had to guess, perhaps the one mentioned right above your block notice? Kuru (talk) 16:24, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]


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Request reason:

There is no copyright. I just checked Theodore Tuttle Woodruff. You can't google the introductory summary, so it's not copyrighted.

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Being able to be found on Google is nothing to do with copyright - and I have just Googled the first words (as before Moonriddengirl's deletion of them) and found them on the midcontinent site. It's being published that counts. That text was published by being made available to be read online. It would count as published in a printed version too, or even nailed to a church door. There is no copyright notice on that site page but that doesn't mean it is free to use. More important, there is no notice saying that it is licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0. One doesn't have to put copyright notices on things (but it helps), but if there is no release for free reuse notice we assume copyright. Peridon (talk) 18:13, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]


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That's nice, thank you for checking Monnriddengirl's revision. Do you remember creating the article at Theodore Tuttle Woodruff? When you created it, did you copy material from any other sources? Kuru (talk) 17:16, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Request reason:

Is there a 10% rule regarding copyright?"therefore not infringed copyright if:- (a) you copy not more than 10% of the total number of bytes in that edition". I just lifted from the another webpage though. Assuming copyright infringement, how may I request to remove the block?

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Not that I'm aware of. Anyway, your account will be unblocked if you persuade us that you understand what you did wrong, and won't repeat the mistakes that led to your block. PhilKnight (talk) 21:40, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]


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Quotation from other places is allowed, but quotes must be brief, have a good reason (that is: things like an expression of someone important's opinion in his/her own words, or a definition by an important source), and be referenced to their source and placed in quotation marks. For example: [ The Bloggsco Dictionary defines twidget as "A small mechanical kitten; a tool used in extracting prumbles from greylets; a term of affection used by the fishing community of North Carolina.". Joe Frimp, however, uses it to mean a minor discrepancy in accounting. ]. In that example, Bloggsco are quoted directly, but Joe Frimp isn't. (The square brackets mark the text extracted from a fictional Wikipedia article, because I didn't want to use quote marks when discussing a quote...). Note that Bloggsco are given as the source of the brief quotation, which would be difficult to paraphrase and so is justified as part of a longer article about Joe Frimp, or twidgets (or something involving them). If the article consisted purely of the Bloggsco quote, it would not be justified here. All in all, it's safest to write your own text. Peridon (talk) 13:38, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Request reason:

Thank you. I have no intention of plagiarism but 10% is quite difficult to judge. Could I request for an unblock? In my defence, I would have like to point out that I have cited all sources, so due credit is given. It is not a copy-paste without a source. The original author can still be traced from the wiki.

Decline reason:

It's clear that you still don't understand how copyright works, and judging from this unblock request I have my doubts that you have even read Wikipedia's copyright policy. If you wish to be unblocked, you must show - not say - that you understand how copyright applies on Wikipedia. Any future unblock appeal therefore needs to explain:

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Request reason:

I've looked at the copyright policy. It does not explain it in the 4 points you mentioned Yunshui. Could it be added to the policy? That way no one else will end up with a copyright violation. Thank you.

Decline reason:

The answers to the first three questions are clear within the Wikipedia copyright policy pages; the fourth question asks what you intend to do. All four need to be answered satisfactorily before an unblock can be considered.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 12:49, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]


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  • I suspect Yunshui is asking you for your own thoughts on those points after you have read and understood copyright policy, not looking for you to simply quote stuff from policy. For example, "what you understand copyright to mean" is asking for *your* understanding (based on what you read). Also "what you intend to do in future to ensure that you comply with Wikipedia's rules regarding copyright" is also clearly asking what *you* personally intend to do, which the policy pages can't possibly answer directly. I've read Wikipedia's copyright policy pages, and there's certainly enough in them for me to be able to answer those four questions, and I think anyone with suitable aptitude for working on Wikipedia should be able to answer them too. I hope this is some help. Mr Potto (talk) 10:07, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Also, please forget about 10%. I can't remember seeing it anywhere here, and unless it's done as a direct quotation in marks and is necessary as such, it's regarded here as a violation - even if you cite it in a reference. Peridon (talk) 20:25, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

IP blocked[edit]

I have blocked 118.200.99.178 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) as the editor has contributed extenively from that address while logged out. This has added 80 more articles to the CCI case.

Regarding a 10% rule, there is no such rule. A better rule of thumb is to not copy three words in a row from a source. Distinctive words or phrases must always be paraphrased. There's more information on this topic at Wikipedia:Plagiarism. -- Diannaa (talk) 21:49, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Request reason:

Does everyone here know about the 4 points that Yunshui mentioned? Please forgive me, but I am a bit confused to hear that the 10% rule is not known. From what I understand about copyright, taking 10% of another person's work, be it in bytes or pages is legit, as in the law. Copyright is created the moment you publish an article, be it literary or some other form. I have not seen a 3-word rule of thumb before. Are Wikipedia's copyright rules self-made? May I ask if the Wikipedia copyright different from what is normally used?

Decline reason:

Your 10% number is not relevant, as described below. We are assumed to know about the points Yunshui mentioned; when we edit Wikipedia, we're bound by Wikipedia policies, and it's our responsibility to familiarize ourselves with them. Peridon below correctly describes the reality of th situtation. You need to commit to never again cutting and pasting copyrighted material; it would probably be best if you did not cut and paste at all. --jpgordon::==( o ) 13:28, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]


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Please see https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/copyright_myths about this. There is an accepted 'fair use' in educational establishments about copying purchased texts for student use only which is taken to be one chapter or 10% whichever is less, but that does not apply to places like Wikipedia, where the content is licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 and the GFDL for free reuse by anyone anywhere - including commercial use. The procedure for educational establishments is obviously not commercial use, but Wikipedia text can be bundled and sold. Attempts are occasionally made to log the usage in educational establishment, but from my view of it this is almost unworkable and probably costs more than would be recouped - plus the side effect of boosting the sales of other publishers' 'free to photocopy' material. That 'free to photocopy' material is not acceptable here because of our licensing - it is only free within the purchasing establishment and for student use only. (We would not have purchased a copy, and the readers of Wikipedia are not students here.) As to the law, Wikipedia is a private site and while stricter laws than our rules take precedence, laxer laws cannot overrule a stricter rule here. The community here can enforce a rule stricter than the law. We cannot enforce a lower level than the law prescribes. Peridon (talk) 11:48, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This blocked user is asking that their block be reviewed on the Unblock Ticket Request System:

Yeokaiwei (block logactive blocksglobal blocksautoblockscontribsdeleted contribsabuse filter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


UTRS appeal #16227 was submitted on Jul 27, 2016 18:31:15. This review is now closed.


--UTRSBot (talk) 18:31, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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).

Yeokaiwei (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

I think no one reviewed my unblock request. Yeokaiwei (talk) 08:56, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

It has been reviewed, please see above. 331dot (talk) 09:59, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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