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Hi Moonriddengirl. Would you revision delete the copyright violations Supergpzc (talk · contribs) added to Tinkers (novel)? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 18:47, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Done. :) Thanks for cleaning it up! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:50, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you! Cunard (talk) 19:15, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi MRG, I started expanding our article on The Shirelles, but I have noticed that User:MR. MOTOWN inserted a copyvio from Allmusic in this edit in 2006. Could you remove the revisions and Revdelete the versions with copyvio? (It looks like a mess, as there have been constructive edits since then. Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:23, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm afraid I can't do that at this point as the current article continues to infringe on that source. :/ It's a massive derivative work. I have, however, blanked it to permit interested contributors time to rewrite it and listed it at WP:CP. What a mess. :( This kind of thing is so disheartening, as this has set the article back years in development, wasted tons of time for subsequent volunteers, and the contributor was warned about copyright the day before he dumped the text into Wikipedia. From his talk page, I can see he didn't stop there. I'll glance at other articles to see how widespread this issue might have been. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:02, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I've found a few other issues (including the one already cleaned). I suspect that there is more than I can find, but there is not enough that I can find to justify a WP:CCI and with suspicious content like this taken from an inaccessible book, I cannot determine if it should be removed. :/ --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:34, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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- Mine's good to go, just needs to be copied to article space. Is it okay if I do that? Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:11, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- The other editor's work. I note that you started your rewrite with the old article as a base. You need to be 100% sure that text added by him is not retained or used as a base for any material in yours. Once you double check that, you should be able to put it in article space. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:12, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- That was a nice surprise to come home to; thanks a lot! I hope his more recent edits have been a bit more productive than the two 2006 copyvios we've found so far. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:04, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
hello,
have you got any example letters that ask for permission to use a copyrighted text under public domain? I would like copy and paste the text from this site. Thank you.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫Heyit's meI am dynamite 10:47, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, we do. :) However, note that you don't have to ask them to release it into public domain. It just needs to be compatibly licensed. I believe that people are more likely to license the content than to relinquish their copyright entirely. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission and especially Wikipedia:Example requests for permission. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:47, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
i have edited the article Socio-economic issues in India and this time i have written it myself completely. i would be grateful if u could just review it before anybody else finds some mistake and deletes it.
thank you
Ds731992 (talk) 10:35, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you for your note. I've replied at your talk page. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:45, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I am extremely sorry for putting up my note right on the top. Anyways thanks a lot for reviewing the article and leaving some very useful tips. As per your suggestions i have re edited the article and made it more relevant in the indian sense. i also want to thank u for putting up the under construction tag.
thanks alot! Ds731992 (talk) 19:03, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As you were the admin banning David r I thought I ought tell you that at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Johann Hari sockpuppetry I've raised the possibility that one of his socks is still operating almost-instinct 16:46, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you. I don't do much with sock puppetry, so I will probably leave that to the admins who work that area. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:16, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- That's ok. The consensus there seems to be that I'm barking up the wrong tree, so I'll leave it for now anyway almost-instinct 18:27, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Could tell me please if it is free for anyone to just go ahead and "delete all substantive contributions from a user presumptively", if he or she thinks it apropriate, or are there certain procedures to be followed? If so what are they? thanks. S711 (talk) 17:07, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you for your note. I've replied at your talk page. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:14, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for your answer. I would like to point out that the four examples given of my violations of copyright date back to around 2007, when my user name was S710. I admit when I began writing on wikipedia, I was very careless, indeed. In more recent years, when my user name was S711, I have created 225 articles and I have been very scrupulous to reference all information. I was completely surprised, especially reading: "For this reason, all substantive contributions from this user are being deleted presumptively. This is unfortunate considering that many other users have since improved these likely copyvios, but there is no other way to remove all infringing content. Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:38, 16 September 2011 (UTC) "on [1] I completely understand your concerns for keeping the guidelines, but I hope you will be very carefull and not whosale delete everything. thanksS711 (talk) 18:46, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Hello, Yes, ofcourse I'm aware that referencing itself is not the problem. What I meant was that, when I use a quote, I indicate it as such. In topic 11 above you write that you support Calliopejen in now deleting all my contributions indiscriminately as the only solution. If you think it is better to look at it case by case, would you please let her know? I am curious how the claim is substantiated apart from the four examples given on the board. Was your decision completely on the basis of those four? Is the decision all yours, or are there any other users or administrators involved in it? ThanksS711 (talk) 13:59, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- One more question about the CCI. I hope you don't mind. I saw that the "important notice" remains on the board. Can now any wikipedia user take down any contribution I made in the past, without explanation?S711 (talk) 13:15, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I've tagged the image on Commons for deletion and given him a block caution there. If he keeps it up, we should report him to their administrators' noticeboard for user issues for that community to address. :/ If you notice him keeping at it and want assistance, please let me know. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:54, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Right after your post at Bahamut's talk page, TomStar81 gave a posthumous barnstar. Is there some way to elegantly include that in a prominent location on his userpage? I ask you since as a normal user I cannot edit his userpage, given it's being preserved in his memory. CycloneGU (talk) 23:44, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't really know. :/ I'll ask about it at the administrators noticeboard. It's not exactly an administrator matter, but it does require tool use, so it seems like it'll serve. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:15, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I decided to put the question at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Posthumous_barnstars. I can't help but think that Bahamut would have been very happy with those barnstars, but I want to be sure that the action has community support, since people's feelings can be very much involved. I myself would think it sweet, but I don't know that everybody would. Let's see what the community thinks about the idea. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:50, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Good stuff, I shall comment there. Thanks for doing that. =) CycloneGU (talk) 03:49, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hey MRG. Could you tell where to find the template where you recommend and IP create an account? I think I've seen it before but I can't remember where. Jayy008 (talk) 11:57, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Hi. :) There's a handy compilation of these at Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace. The specific one you want is probably {{Register}}, but, if not, there are others that might work down in the "new user" subsection of "Miscellanea". --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:02, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- That's perfect. Thank you! Jayy008 (talk) 12:06, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your vote of confidence, which led to a beautiful barnstar appearing on my talk page today. I appreciate it. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:45, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm so happy she launched the program, and I'm glad that she recognized your contributions. I meant what I said wholeheartedly. :) I've admired your work for some time. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:21, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Copyright violation. Revision Delete, please?--intelatitalk 03:36, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Second found Padmanabha Tirtha :) Thanks!! intelatitalk 03:57, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- As a former smart child in Missouri, I strenuously protest the state's providing care for devourers of such children. Deor (talk) 04:11, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- LOL! How Swiftian. I've revision deleted and given the first contributor a note. That's an important part of the process, to make sure that (a) they don't continue copying content, and (b) if they do, we know they have a history. :) (No reason to give a note to an IP that made an edit almost 2 years ago. :/) Thanks for finding those, intelati! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:18, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've recently stumbled upon this issue. It appears that copyvio material is being added at an alarming pace. From what I see on the talk page, the ambassadors are basically saying that nothing can be done because "this problem is unlikely to be limited to India. Many students, in US, will plagiarize, often, without knowing what they are doing is wrong." I see in your archive that the situation has been brought up in the past. I feel like 5-6 editors would need to contribute most of their time watching their course watchlists for changes and checking each for a copyvio. I don't even know where to take a discussion on addressing this issue. I've gone through the watchlist of two courses and already feel that the problem is quite large. I've gone through a list of ambassadors and see that in most cases, they're just as new to WP as the students. What do we do? I think the program's goals are great but so far, the problems are vast. OlYellerTalktome 18:25, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I suggested something based on feedback from the foundation liaison and one ambassador (see here). I figured explaining it in those simple terms with examples might help and the tracking table would be useful too as it makes copvyio searching easier but more importantly provides feedback on the other issues we've faced. However, I think they've decided to go a different approach -- the ambassadors were to check for copyvios prior to them pushing it out to mainspace, but I'm not sure that's working in practice. Sadly, it's taking away volunteer time from other copyvio activities (we currently have 12 open CCIs impacting WP:India articles, and one can only do copyvio cleaning for a certain amount of on-wiki time!). —SpacemanSpiff 19:43, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Hey, User:OlYeller21 thanks for pointing out this issue once again, as already discussed we tried our level best to explain importance of copyvios to each and every student of almost every class. I am pretty sure that students have taken this issue seriously, and even if they violate copyvios again their grades will be affected. Do get in touch with me or any other CA if you still find some more issues. Thanks. Rangilo Gujarati (talk) 20:41, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, I've heard that most of the students have had the Fear of Fluffernutter put into them (apparently many of them would like to meet me, just so they can punch me in the nose. First time I've ever gotten to be the bogeyman for anyone!) with regard to copyright violations...the frequency has dropped to almost nothing in the past week or so in the class I monitor. Ambassador intervention might be working after all, just a little bit later than we had hoped. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 20:46, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I feel better knowing that so many people are on it. I had a little freak out session when the first three articles I found contained copyvios then found the list of courses. I think the project is really cool and I don't want to discourage anyone but the discussion I saw on the talk page of the project sort of made me think the issue was being shrugged off.
- @SpacemanSpiff, thanks for the the info. The articles I've passed seem to have appeared from no where (weren't moved from userspace or copy/pasted from userspace). I like the idea of articles being checked before making it into namespace but worry that the courses may be asking students to make articles for subjects that don't warrant an article or already have an existing article. That issue is probably best suited for their course and possibly WP:N though.
- @Rangilo, thanks for helping with the issue. I feel more confident that it will be worked out with time now. I'll let you know if I see anything.
- @Fluffernutter, I'm glad the frequency has dropped. It looked like, from talk pages entries, that there was a flood of sorts a month or so ago. I only found three articles today which isn't too bad.
- I'll keep patrolling new pages like I always do and do my best to help the IEP project as well as addressing copyvios as usual. OlYellerTalktome 02:36, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks so much for keeping an eye out for this, OlYeller (and you, too, Rangilo Gujarati!). I am glad that things are getting better. Have to admit my heart dropped when I saw the header here. I'm really hoping that we can help make this program successful...even if that means waving A fluffernutter sandwich around. ;) (Bogeymen have value!) (Spiff, please don't let your copyright ideas fall off the radar; I'm particularly interested in the one related to processing open CCIs. I worry, though, that my devoting weekends primarily to copyright cleanup will stretch things to the point that they slip my mind. :() --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:29, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It's copied and the material is copyright, but the question is how much can we use and in how many articles. I've left this [2] at the moment, but deleted this [3]. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 20:54, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't believe we can justify using it. I note that one of the sources cited has actually reproduced it from elsewhere; the second one doesn't clarify where it came from (though it may have been another LDS owned source). I've removed it from the remaining article and from the talk page. :/ --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:23, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks, I was worried I was going too far. Dougweller (talk) 14:45, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! Sorry to bother you, but I'm not sure of my way around meta, and I figured as this was your area of expertise you would be well worth checking in with. I'm having a bit of a discussion on Wikiversity about the existence of pages containing nothing but copyrighted text, but which seem to be claimed as ok under fair use. Ignoring various problems with that claim, if they are to be claimed under fair use, I presume they would need an exemption per the Foundation's licensing policy. But I'm not sure who to ask to confirm that they could be included under an exemption and/or if an exemption is required. Do you have a suggestion as to who to follow this up with? Thanks heaps. - Bilby (talk) 01:31, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I see that User:Philippe (WMF) is on this. That's ideal; he'll know who to run it by. :) I'll watch that one with interest; such content would not be usable on Wikipedia, but I guess Wikiversity is a bit less concerned about such things. :/ --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:18, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I would have thought it couldn't be used on Wikiversity either, especially given licensing issues. I'm glad he picked up on it, and thanks for your time. :) - Bilby (talk) 11:32, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- As an aside, you may be interested in this discussion. If the point of publication, and hence the point where copyright is determined, is to be considered to be the place where the material is hosted, it will have wider ramifications. I don't know US law well enough to comment, (I'm much better with the AU situation), but I doubt it is a clear case. - Bilby (talk) 14:47, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Maggie. This morning I received this email from MediaWiki mail (wiki@mediawiki.org).
"Someone from the IP address 218.249.8.227 requested that we send you a new login password for the English Wikipedia.
The new password for the user account "Mathsci" is "<redacted>". You can now log in to Wikipedia using that password.
If someone else made this request, or if you have remembered your password and you no longer wish to change it, you may safely ignore this message. Your old/existing password will continue to work despite this new password being created for you.
~Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org"
How could such a request be made on wikipedia? IPs in China have been used in the past by Mikemikev to evade his various bans, so my guess is that this is more disruption from Mikemikev.
How can I stop this happening in the future? Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 07:13, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- (My guess is that anybody can try to login as Mathsci and then activate the "email a new password" option.) Mathsci (talk) 07:21, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- (lurking) Yes, anyone can, at the moment, but the good news is that it doesn't block you from using your old password. This could be a false alarm, or a good faith attempt by someone else who thinks they have the username. The password will only be sent to the email address that you registered when you created your Wikipedia account. Once this happens, you can either ignore it, or you can log in with the temporary password, and create a new permanent password.
- Immediately check the registered email address in Preferences.
- If it really was an attack, I suggest changing your email account password and Wikipedia account password, but avoid using wireless connections or insecure or unknown networks while doing this.
- Generally avoid using non-WPA2 wireless networks, or unknown networks, and I suggest using SSL encrypted Wikipedia access: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Main_Page . These precautions will provide maximum protection against snooping.
- HTTPS: For Gmail, set your Google settings to always use HTTPS to prevent possible snooping in future. There is also a Firefox plugin called "HTTPS everywhere" which always tries to use the secure HTTPS version of a webpage, if one exists.
- Optionally create a Wikipedia:Committed identity. Committing to your Wikipedia identity with a cryptographic hash makes it possible to always regain control over an account if it is ever hijacked. You type a looooong phrase which only you know, but can easily remember, and it's converted to a hash which you post somewhere in your User space. Read about it, and its instructions, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:User_committed_identity
- In the most pessimistic scenario, the attacker already has your email open, is waiting to see the new Wikipedia password, which is why I suggest changing your email password first. If it's GMail, look at the bottom right corner. If you see "Open in 1 other location Details", click Details; there, you can log out all other sessions, then change your password. --Lexein (talk) 08:16, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Addendum: "burn off" each temporary password by using it. They are disabled after use. (Do they time out and stop working if unused? I do not know.) --Lexein (talk) 13:59, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- <clap, clap> (/deeply impressed with this answer. :)) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:57, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- (I sorta owed you, after the "covers" incident.) --Lexein (talk) 13:59, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I think the request was not the result of snooping off-wiki because of geographical locations. I have no worries about my accounts or email accounts off-wikipedia which are well protected in France and the UK. (I do not use gmail for wikipedia.) Mikemikev has been mentioned by other users in connection with the compromised admin account Spencer195 (talk · contribs), which was discovered in the course of an SPI I filed. Mathsci (talk) 12:27, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Very interesting! Glad your accounts are well covered. If you anticipate further attacks (who doesn't?), do consider committed identity as a recovery method. I'm not convinced committed identity must trackback to a real name or assets owned under that real name, by the way, just to unique assets "owned" by your existing Wikipedia identity. --Lexein (talk) 13:59, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to bother you again but I am having problems trying to improve Paul S Farmer. The response to my asking how I could remove the OR template was to re-gain another you had said I could remove earlier! I appreciate that this is all very trivial for someone as in demand as you, but any further guidance would be much appreciated.--Paul Stephen Farmer (talk) 11:32, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- It's not trivial at all; I'm actually looking at it right now. I usually work my talk page from the bottom up and had only just gotten to your note. :) I hope to have a better answer for you soon. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:33, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I've left some comments at the article's talk page.
- First, I'm sorry your question at that talk page was not answered more politely. :/ I've asked at WP:COIN for input of uninvolved editors. As with any enterprise involving volunteers, we don't always get quick feedback and sometimes don't get feedback at all, but if nobody responds within a few days I do have other options. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:15, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- The article seems to me to be NPOV. I would like to see a date of birth. I am appalled by the discourtesy shown to PSF. Kittybrewster ☎ 12:25, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks again Moonriddengirl (have also responded on my discussion page) and thanks Kittybrewster - will fix DOB now.--Paul Stephen Farmer (talk) 13:19, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Double thanks Kittybrewster as have only just taken in your edits. --Paul Stephen Farmer (talk) 13:26, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I strongly agreed with your comments to Stephen Farmer. We have a similar situation with User_talk:Andrewlees who is a potentially valuable contributor but needs to be treated with kindness and courtesy rather than templates. Please can you sort it out? Kittybrewster ☎ 18:10, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Hi. Thanks for letting me know. :) I'll go take a look and see if I can help him out. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:49, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm sorry; I had an unexpected family emergency come up. :/ (Nothing really bad; just massively time-eating and annoying.) I will help him out, but I won't be able to do it until tomorrow. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:28, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
User:Kartikkaul1 expanded Harish-Chandra by copying a long section from a (copyrighted) web site, which I have removed, and a quick look at a few of his other contributions suggests that this is not an isolated problem. I don't plan to do anything further about this myself, but I thought I should let you know in case you are running out of copyright problems to deal with... r.e.b. (talk) 01:44, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello
Hello Moonriddengirl,
I'm the webmaster of Paul Polansky's website and wikipedia page. We exchanged an email few weeks ago but a medical emergency came and I had to have surgery and finally I'm back. Can you please tell me what do I need to do to remove the notices on Paul Polansky's wikipedia page? Thank you "very" much for your help and consideration, I really appreciate it. Best Regards, Marco
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