User talk:GK at CRG

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Gregory G. Curtin, Ph.D., JD

This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Gregory G. Curtin, Ph.D., JD, and it appears to include material copied directly from http://futureofgov.com/about-2/meet-gregory-curtin/.

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• @CRG Int'l: Hello! Unfortunately, because we can't independently verify that permission has been given, that material as it stands now is still a copyright violation. Because of the license Wikipedia publishes under, we need some more things done before before we can accept this text. Since Wikipedia releases its content under This Free License (which allows anyone anywhere to use, re-use, modify, parody, sell for a profit, or basically any purpose whatsoever), we must ensure that source material is similarly licensed. While the owners may permit this content to be used here, I imagine they don't want it changed, sold, or any of the other possibilities that our free license allows.
• So in order to use this text on Wikipedia, the source web page must release its content under the same license (which allows all those same uses I mentioned), or they can release just this text under that license (again with the same understanding of how it may be used by anyone). For instructions on how to do that, see This Link. That will entail some emailing to prove the owners of that text are in fact authorizing its release, and confirming they understand what that entails.
• In the meantime, the copyrighted text will probably have to be deleted, but can easily be re-added once permission is processed. Thanks for your contributions, Crow^Caw 23:01, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Gregory G. Curtin, Ph.D., JD

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Copyright

I'm sorry, but the text you imported is copyright and cannot be brought into Wikipedia. This is because Wikipedia is licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 and the GFDL for free reuse by anyone anywhere (including modification and commercial use), and copyright text is not compatible with this licence. Text that is licensed under these may normally be imported, but by licensing, the owner loses control of where the text may appear. Please see WP:COPYVIO. Licensing of the text may be done, but this must be done by the means given in that policy. We cannot accept an unverifiable claim on a talk page. I'm sure you can understand why we are rather keen on preventing any possible abuse. I would not advise licensing the text, as the wording is rather promotional in appearance in places ("is especially skilled at managing" for example), and this is not compatible with our neutral style. I would suggest reading WP:BIO and WP:RS and doing a rewrite (in a neutral encyclopaedic way, and steering well clear of the blog wording) in your user space. I can't provide a link for you to use, but this can be explained later. Peridon (talk) 12:43, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

CRG Int'l

Dear Peridon. Thank you for your thorough explanation and the advice. We were going to donate the text from the website under "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License by emailing to permissions-en@wikimedia.org as instructed on Wikipedia Declaration of Consent page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries). But, since you think the text of the article has a promotional "flavor" and is not neutral and you are advising re-writing an entirely new encyclopedic article we will take your advice. Question: "Since our User Name "CRG Int'l" has been blocked indefinitely, should we create another user profile/name for submitting a new article? do you have any other links or advises before we start? many thanks.

CRG Int'l (talk) 22:38, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Click on History at the top of the page, and then click on the date of my last edit in the list. Copy the 'spamun' template (it's one of the two white bits in the blocking notice - the other is 'unblock'), then come back to here and paste it. Oh, before you do this, chose a name not connected to the organisation (although something like 'Fred at CRG' is acceptable under the policy). Doesn't have to be a real life personal name, but don't chose something like 'Barack Obama'... When you've pasted and filled in, click Preview. You can then use the 'check availability' thing. When everything's OK, click save. Someone will review the request, and when you get a pale green box, go to WP:CHU and scroll down to Simple. All this is a lot less complicated than it looks, by the way. The change is very quick nowadays, too. When you make your new draft, put it at User:newname/DRAFT. Obviously, put your new name in there, then click and save. This gives you a subpage to work on with less hassle than going into article space. When it's sort of ready, ask for advice and opinion. We'll either launch it for you or, if you're autoconfirmed by then, tell you how to do it. Peridon (talk) 10:35, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

CRG Int'l

dear Peridon, thank you. following your instructions.

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

GK at CRG (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Requested username:

GK at CRG (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Accept reason:

Allowing username change to requested username. Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. PhilKnight (talk) 10:21, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

CRG Int'l

Dear PhilKnight thank you very much for accepting the request for name change. i have followed the instructions and and put in the request. CRG Int'l (talk) 17:33, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

== CRG Int'l == Legobot posted this message in response to my request for name change: "The request was made by CRG Int'l, not CRG Int'l; please login as CRG Int'l to request a name change" I was logged in as CRG Int'l when I made the request. So I logged out and logged in again and made teh request again. Legobot came back with the same response again: "The request was made by CRG Int'l, not CRG Int'l; please login as CRG Int'l to request a name change". I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Cpuld you please help or explain where i am making a mistake if i have actually made one. Thank you!CRG Int'l (talk) 18:30, 3 February 2015 (UTC)