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Behcet's Disease modifications

Dear Diannaa,

I thank you for your warning, as you can see it's the first time I try to contribute to Wikipedia so I was not aware of all the rules to follow. This notwithstanding, the article I linked and quoted on the page regarding Behcet's Disease is an Open Access pubblication of which I am author. Does this make any difference or do I still have to reword/rephrase the paragraph? Thanks for the advices

Lorenzo — Preceding unsigned comment added by LorenzoM88 (talk • contribs) 05:51, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

"Open access" means the prose is available online and we are able to read the article without having to pay a fee. However, this is not the same thing as being released under a compatible license. If you are the copyright holder and wish to release this material to Wikipedia under license, please see the instructions at WP:Donating copyrighted materials. There's a sample permission email at WP:Consent. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:05, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Copyright problem on Rauvolfia serpentina

Hi there Diannaa, Yes - the content was lifted from a third party. However, the current article contains nothing of the risks that can be associated with rauvolfia serpentina, and whilst appearing neutral, appears to offer positive support to using it in medication. This is not my field, but I suggest that you or another editor do something quickly to remedy the lack of substantive medical information that we have about the rauvolfia serpentina. (20040302 (talk))

Please don't add copyright material to this wiki no matter how urgent you believe it to be to get the info out there. I suggest you contact the Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine and suggest the article needs work as I am not a medical person either. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:08, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

I have requested permission from the copyright holder. They may well be happy to give it to WP. Yes, and I deserve a slapped wrist. I've been an editor for 13 years, and I know better. (20040302 (talk) 14:25, 22 June 2017 (UTC))

Copy-pasting of large chunk of text

Hello again Diannaa. When you have time, could you take a quick look at this edit and give me your view on whether a quote that long violates copyright rules? Thanks in advance! Cordless Larry (talk) 09:57, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi Cordless Larry. I think it was too much, and it wasn't made clear where the quotation ended, and no citation was provided. I have shortened it a great deal and added a proper citation. Thanks, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:13, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Diannaa. Cordless Larry (talk) 12:20, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Careful with the G8 deletions

You just deleted the talk page redirect from my bot's page to my talk page with your recent G8 deletion blitz. I might suggest going back through those deletions you just made to make sure they all fit G8 policy. You made nearly 30 deletions in 60 seconds. 2 seconds per deletion is a bit fast. IronGargoyle (talk) 01:35, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Sorry. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 11:38, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

copyright on Battle of Emmendingen

Battle of Emmendingen has been static for a while, until I tweaked some of the text about the battle and put it into GA consideration. I've tweaked it more (bringing it down to 59%), but I suspect it is more likely the copyright vio goes the other way. auntieruth (talk) 14:11, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

@Auntieruth55: The edit that triggered the bot report was this addition. Does that material appear in older revisions somewhere? — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:14, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

• I have no idea. The material is in my lecture notes, though, and that section has now been substantially reworded. auntieruth (talk) 14:18, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

• and when I compared this version 644295036 in earwig, I still get 43 percent or so. The bot is telling me that the consistencies are in directions, dates, people involved, etc . I don't know how to change that. auntieruth (talk) 14:19, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

The content in the terrain section does appear in an old revision, added by you in this diff, where you cite the web page in question as your source (it's been on the source webpage since 2009, at which point our article did not exist yet). It's got to be fixed. The rest is now adequately paraphrased. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:27, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School re-copyvio

Thanks for nuking the prior installment of copy-pasting from this school's website. An IP came along today and reintroduced content from here: [1]. I reverted solely based on the meaninglessness of the promotional content, perhaps thinking someone would have learned a lesson about copyright. It appears to me that all edits postdating your revdel are now tainted by copyvio yet again. Thanks as ever for your assistance! - Julietdeltalima (talk) 19:24, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Done. Thank you for the report. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 11:56, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

SoundSpectrum Wiki page

Hi Dianna,

I work at SoundSpectrum Inc. and have permission to update a very old and inaccurate Wiki! Perhaps I am just not aware of the correct way for us here at SoundSpectrum to take more responsibility for the content on Wikipedia. Can you point me in a good direction for legitimizing our edits?

Brandon SoundSpectrum— Preceding unsigned comment added by Artisinformation (talk • contribs) 19:12, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

There are a couple problems with your submission. You cannot post copyright material on Wikipedia even if you are the copyright holder, unless special licensing permissions are in place. That is because Wikipedia aims to be freely distributable and copyable by anyone, and all content must have the appropriate documentation in place before that can happen. Please see Wikipedia:donating copyrighted materials which explains how it works. There's a sample permission email at WP:Consent.

The second problem is conflict of interest. Writing an article about your own organisation or that of a client is strongly discouraged, as it is difficult to maintain the required neutral point of view. According to our terms of use, paid editors and people editing on behalf of their employer are required to disclose their conflict of interest by posting a notice on their user page or talk page. I have posted some information about conflict of interest on your user talk page. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:22, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Asher Crispe

I have the feeling you made some kind of mistake on Asher Crispe. Speaking only for myself, why was the edit in which I added a category removed? Debresser (talk) 20:35, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Sorry for the mistake. I have struck out the incorrect warning (edit warring) and added a correct warning (copyright violation). Your edit was not removed, but it was revision deleted, because in order to completely remove the copyvio from the history, all revisions from the point of addition to the point of removal have to be hidden. The category you added is still in place on the article. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:41, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

I see. Thanks for the explanation. Debresser (talk) 21:10, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Marc-Louis Solon Clarification Requested

Hi there,

In regards to the Marc-Louis Solon page, I think I might have added or changed a couple of words here and there, but I didn't copy and paste any text from an outside website into this wikipedia page. I had never even seen the website you linked. I was only trying to make the page flow better since previously all of the career information was contained in the introduction. Now I am remembering that I think I added in some extra information from an existing wikipedia page, pate-sur-pate, is that the text you are referring to? Is adding information from another wiki page not allowed? That page also discuses Solon's life, and hasn't been edited for a while, so I thought it was fair information to use. I believe I even changed the language so that it wasn't a direct copy from the pate-sur-pate page. Can you please clarify? The website you linked, http://jansantiques.com/Lot/jac1896.php, looks like a literal copy and paste from the pate-sur-pate Wikipedia page. It is not the website owner's own words, it is only copy and pasted text from an existing wikipedia page.

Also, why is this my final warning? I'm new at this editing thing so there will likely be some trial and error, but I've never repeated the same mistake, and I am personally trying to improve these pages and not doing anything with malicious intent.

Thank you. --Olivia4nier (talk) 13:34, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Sorry for the mistake, the bot does not check the wiki and I did not spot that it was internal copying rather than from elsewhere on the web. What you need to do when copying from one article to another is to mention in your edit summary where you got the prose from. In fact such attribution is required under the terms of our license. Please see WP:copying within Wikipedia for more information on this topic. I've re-added the material and provided the required attribution in the edit summary. The reason you received a final warning is because you've already received two previous warnings regarding copyright violations, one in 2013 and one in June of this year. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:03, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! I'm sure it didn't help that the external website was just a copy and paste of wikipedia text. I will add if I am using internal information in my future edit summaries. Is there a way for me to add this kind of information to my past edit summaries? And thanks for clarifying the warning, I thought there would have to have been more of a pattern in a short time frame to be blocked from all editing on wikipedia, but I guess not. Will this last violation be removed from my "record"? Thank you. --Olivia4nier (talk) 15:58, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

You can go back and add attribution by making a tiny inconsequential (but useful) edit to the page and saving it with an edit summary that provides attribution. Here is an example. I have already posted on your talk page noting that this was a false positive. Regarding tolerance for copyvio, since adding copyright content is against the copyright policy of this website, a policy with legal implications for both the website and the person who adds it, we don't have any flexibility. Please be more careful in the future. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:02, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Copyvios

Hi. I was recently led into believing that a COPYVIO programme you and TonyBallioni are working on automatically checks new articles for blatant copyvio in the way that the Coren bot used to. Maziar Heidari, a new page I just came across, seems to be evidence that this is not so. If there is something I'm missing, please let me know. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:15, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Kudpung, I come across a fair amount of stuff in the new pages feed that I fix on my own using Earwig. CopyPatrol is my late night stress relief (weird as it sounds), so I don't often use it around the same time I do NPR. From what I can tell as someone who works both, CopyPatrol is generally better at picking up copyright violations introduced after the initial creation of the article. It will pick up things that are brand new creations as well, but I generally have better luck with Earwig on these. Diannaa is certainly more familiar with the program than I am, so I'd be interested to hear her views. TonyBallioni (talk) 05:44, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Another one, TonyBallioni, is Limitless lmc 2008. It was so blatant (99%) that immediately after tagging it I decided to delete it myself. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:34, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi Kudpung. The bot checks all additions to the wiki that are over a certain size. It checks both new page creations and ongoing edits. I don't know why particular edits or page creations do not get flagged. The documentation at User:EranBot states that it runs eight times per day; if that's still the case perhaps these copyios were detected manually shortly after they took place and prior to the next bot run. The best person to ask about the workings of the tool is User:ערן (Eran), the primary creator and maintainer of the tool. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:13, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Generally the bot scans all edits with size +500 bytes (after removing wikicode) - including new pages. I don't have access to the deleted page to check if it above this certain threshold. However, I checked the history of previous catchs, and it seems that the last suspected new page was Special:Diff/785663495 (2017-06-14) - which seems suspicious as the bot recently (06-14!) changed its input source (not using IRC RC, but rather EventStream). I need to check it more closely, but this seems very suspicious. Eran (talk) 20:52, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

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Aging (journal) and sockpuppet investigation

Thank you for your work on Aging (journal). Please see [5] for a sockpuppet investigation I have opened regarding recent edits on that page. -Dan Eisenberg (talk) 16:18, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Diannaa. You have new messages at Anand.abhishek73's talk page.
Message added 21:48, 26 June 2017 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

You are ruining my day here. Kindly respond and do the needful asap. Anand.abhishek73 (talk) 21:48, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Respond again please. - Anand.abhishek73 (talk) 22:57, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

LGBT rights in communism

Hello, the information you removed from LGBT rights in communism page was from Encyclopedia of Homosexuality, Volume 2 - Marxism, per the citation. http://dyneslines.blogspot.ca/2013/02/c10.html had copied and pasted it onto his blog. Could you reinstate my edit? --Plasticaxes (talk) 00:40, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Encyclopedia of Homosexuality is a book published in 1990 and edited by Wayne R. Dynes. dyneslines.blogspot.ca is his blog. Books from 1990 are still under copyright, so I won't be able to restore your edit. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:42, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

== Your A10 Speedy ==

Hi, Diannaa - Just curious... are admins unable to delete articles such as in the case of Marian Veevers? I'm thinking maybe DGG, as with me, didn't realize Anna Dean was a duplicate except for the mention of her pen name. There's no valid reason it shouldn't be a redirect, so why are we wasting time at AfD? ^{Atsme📞📧} 17:42, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

I don't consider he notable under either name. DGG ( talk ) 17:59, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

I nominated for A10 speedy, and another admin declined, as it is a plausible redirect. Not sure what you expect me to do now; I am not going to delete as A10 under those circumstances. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:15, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, I totally missed seeing the decline, but upon review, the admin did suggest a #Redirect, so can any editor do that or is that action frozen until the AfD closes? ^{Atsme📞📧} 20:02, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Redirect is a possible outcome at the AFD, so I think it is best to wait until closure. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 23:09, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

June 2017

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like you to assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not do on Union Public Service Commission. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. The use or WP:RD1 is not suitable as seen in the redaction done on https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Union_Public_Service_Commission&direction=prev&oldid=787408078 version of the page. Multiple good-revisions are redacted with this commit of yours. Use appropriate methods for such cases. Anand.abhishek73 (talk) 19:59, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

The revision deletion appears to me to abide by the policy, as no non-infringing material was removed, and no attribution of non-infringing contributors was hidden or removed. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:03, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	For bearing with me while I may have had gone grumpy. Anand.abhishek73 (talk) 23:03, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Vincent Rue

Thank you for your comments.Wikicotilla (talk) 00:30, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Copyright problem on Thubactis

Hi Diannaa

Yes Some statements have been copied, but not completely quote and some statement have been corrected and write properly.

http://www.mfzly.com/en/index-php-en (web page) link, you can add it as the quote — Preceding unsigned comment added by Enaro (talk • contribs) 11:50, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Your addition was flagged by a bot as a potential copyright violation and was assessed by myself. Here is a link to the bot report. Click on the iThenticate link to view the overlap. This is too much to add as a quotation in a tiny article like this. The material will have to be re-written in your own words please. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 11:55, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Mass creation of copyvio articles

Alerting of of this situation since you're online and every article Jaxhks has created seems to be a G12 copyvio of the presidents of Davidson College. I tagged seven myself as G12, and am going to spot check non-creation edits now. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:23, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi Tony, I had to go to work; back now. The remaining edits look to be okay. Thanks for your help. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 18:54, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

No, thank you for being a good second pair of eyes. I didn't see anything other than the creations, either. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:17, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Man overboard

what ????? i have cited the publication the artacal appeared in year and month as advised to do when i asked on the editor irc channel and used an extract of that,lengthy piece that is over 50 years old ,Yes people can go to the navy archives and read the whole thing and that is to give a flavour of the information in that archive .

As to punctuation "" , ect, Not a collage kid i am an ex member of the service the RNMSW became the RNXS However i am dislexic and have to read thought it dozens of time to correct such errors as i have been doing and you just destroyed all that work ....thanks

All in all this has been a pretty disappointing experience, i see no point in continuing trying to help update wiki as requested in there mission statement.when it come to an historical entry's, as this is.Where very little information survives, you even deleted the Winston Churchill entry that was correctly attributed in HANSARD this over the top approach to this "Alleged" CR infringement" over something printed over 50 years ago is detrimental to wiki`s mission statement, .i used an "extract from what are lengthy piece in the navy news, cited dated and that not good enough, the recruiting posters 0ver 50 years old and PD as per the copywrite rule i used

strangely i was discussing getting the page updated from a stub given the amount of new information added when the message appeared from you i guess --Dixon hill (talk) 19:56, 28 June 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dixon hill (talk • contribs)

Hi Dixon hill. Since our servers are located in the United States, we are required to follow the copyright law of the United States. Please see the Hirtle chart which can be used to determine the copyright status of the source article. For works first published outside the U.S. between 1923 and 1977, the term of copyright is 95 years after publication date, unless the article was in the public domain in its home country on 1 January 1996 (the URAA date). It's not possible for the article to have been in the public domain as of 1 January 1996, since the copyright law of the UK at the time the article was published in 1955 was life of the author plus 50 years. 1955 + 50 = 2005. The article may have been in the public domain in the UK as of 2005 if the author died that very year (1955), but does not enter the public domain in the US until 95 years after publication. Sorry. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:35, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

The artical was printed in the NAvy news in 1952 {{PD-UKGov}}) the site you had the link to copied the same artical they dont have copywrite as it was in the navy news {{PD-UKGov}}) so not sure what your objection is --Dixon hill (talk) 20:49, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

In that case I can restore it. I will do that right away and add the appropriate attribution. Sorry I did not realize the Navy News was a UK government publication. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:54, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you i appreciate the quick resolution --Dixon hill (talk) 21:05, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

As i mentioned i was on the IRC channel asking if this could be upgraded from a stub given the amount of new information , i was directed to the wiki entry to do that, but i cant make heads nor tales of it (thats my dislexia) would you agree that enough information has been added to remove the stub and if so i think from my understanding an editor has to do it but it does not make clear (to me anyway) what kind of editor one like me or a approved editor ?--Dixon hill (talk) 21:21, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

To be honest I think we have a bot that removes the stub tag from articles over a certain size. This one is no longer a stub, so it's okay for you to remove the stub tag. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 21:26, 28 June 2017 (UTC)still learning i will get there .can i mention the discription you removed from the flag

Circular Yellow Cable surmounted by Naval Crown and Panel inscribed R N X S Enclosing Mine Exploding in Heraldic Sea against Blue background1954-1962. 

This is actually a important bit ,it relates to the way the flag was official diesined by the navy using heraldic imagery this flag was altered in 1962 for the amalgamation and renaming to rnxs when the service was renamed this design specification proves navy providence ie that they are the same flag with a name changed approved under Royal warrant --Dixon hill (talk) 21:38, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

The caption will be a little long since I reduced the size of the image, but it's ok to re-add it if you think it's important. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 21:40, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for resizing the image i wanted to but could not figure it out ,i will add it back and see how it looks on the page ,i might just put a section related to the flag in the text for this entry and the RNXS entry that has the unpdated flag and description of its Navy design specs seems like a good compromise ? --Dixon hill (talk) 22:23, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner; I been busy. A lot of articles have a short subsection on the insignia; for example 1st Infantry Division (United States)#Insignia. Good idea — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:33, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Nazi Germany

You've truly done a lot of work on Nazi Germany.

But do you also enjoy the old-fashioned Germany? [6]

-New account 2 (talk) 22:34, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Transcending OPAC

If they haven't already been implemented at your library, take a look at Vufind or Encore. -New account 2 (talk) 22:42, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Copyright issue with List of birds of Nunavut

Thanks for adding what you did. But I thought I covered the issue in the edit summary of the Ducks, geese, and waterfowl section, the first edit which inserted text from other pages. Craigthebirder (talk) 22:51, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi Craigthebirder. You need to add the attribution every time you copy from one article to another please. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:40, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Category pages?

Last December you deleted several tracking category pages I was setting up. (Such as "M_0".) As near as I understand, this was for reason "C1: Empty category (TW)". Or perhaps it was because I may not have added the proper headers. At any rate, I hope there is no objection to restoring them. These are for tracking various uses of a template ({{M}}), some of which are rather obscure and likely not to be seen for some time. (All the more reason to track them, so we can see when they are used.) If being empty is a potential problem, is there any way to flag the category page to prevent it from being deleted? ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 04:59, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

I have no objection to these being re-created. I found Template:Possibly empty category which might be the solution to keeping them from getting deleted when empty. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:38, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I didn't know about that template (there's soooo many of them!); I'll try it out. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 18:48, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Talk:1.8 Series

permission via OTRS ticket.Dlohcierekim (talk) 19:53, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Moreira Chonguica

I apologise for not doing this correctly but I did do the original post and I am his official representative and publicist so all that was written was in my own words and I have the authority to edit it where I see fit. It was just very outdated and I am attempting to update it. Please can you re-instate what I did because it took a while! Regards, Lesley Wells 165.145.204.209 (talk) 15:45, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your interest in Wikipedia. There are a couple of problems with your submission. You cannot post copyright material on Wikipedia even if you are the copyright holder, unless special licensing permissions are in place. That is because Wikipedia aims to be freely distributable and copyable by anyone, and all content must have the appropriate documentation in place before that can happen. Please see Wikipedia:donating copyrighted materials which explains how it works.

The second problem is conflict of interest. Working on an article about your own organisation or that of a client is strongly discouraged, as it is difficult to maintain the required neutral point of view. According to our terms of use, paid editors and people editing on behalf of their employer are required to disclose their conflict of interest by posting a notice on their user page or talk page. I have already placed some information about conflict of interest and paid editing on your user talk page. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:42, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

User:Johnny Brockman

I noticed you left a notice on User:Johnny Brockman's talk page, regarding 2024 and 2028 Olympic article issues. He also persists in removing or moving the copyvio template on Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics despite being warned to leave it alone. He doesn't seem to think the massive plagiarism is from a number of sources, notably the Los Angeles Times, is any big deal, and has repeatedly removed the template to make edits to the article. He's been referred to the Copyright problems page, but if he's doing anything to remove or otherwise address the plagiarism, it's not being communicated to other editors via the article talk page or edit summaries. I'm put a couple warnings on his talk page, but so far, it's done no good. He'll respond, but he's determined to have his own way. I've just reverted another mass of edits with a template move, and warned him to work with other editors not just do what he wants, but thus far, it hasn't penetrated. I'm dropping this here as a heads up; if he persists, a time-out for disruptive editing might be in order. ----Dr.Margi ✉ 18:27, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Hello D. This edit may indicate WP:CIR issues for this editor. MarnetteD|Talk 18:42, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

I've seen a number of similar edits, where he's altered dates from 2024 to either 2028 or the two without any changes to sources. He seems to have taken the position that LA has conceded 2024 to Paris and is now actively seeking 2028, which couldn't be further from the truth. So not only does the disregard for the plagiarism remain an issue, now he's disregarding the date of the bid in sources, and simply changing 2024 to 2028, or adding 2028. I agree with MarnetteD regarding competence issues with this editor, particularly given his long-standing unwillingness to improve his editing. ----Dr.Margi ✉ 19:03, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

As a solution to the template removal at Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, I have started the copyvio clean-up, but after an hour of work I am nowhere near finished. I have to go to the gym now and will complete the cleanup over the next day or two. Most of the copyvio appears to have been added by Mmkjc717. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:58, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

You've undertaken a Herculean labor so far. Once you're done, ping me, and I'll smooth out the writing and get rid of those silly pseudo-PR headings. ----Dr.Margi ✉ 08:21, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, will do! We will may need a lot fewer headings too, as most of the content is copyvio and will be gone. I am trying to save some of the more important bits — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:26, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

@Drmargi: Okay, ready for copy edits and clean-up. Thanks, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 15:14, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Benjamin Millepied Conflict of Interest

Hello there,

Thank you for reaching out re: my edit's to Benjamin's page. I believe I cited all my sources correctly and the changes I made were correcting inaccurate information. I would like to make some additional changes as well. FOr instance, Benjamin is a US citizen now which is not mentioned on the page. The page said he had two brothers which is not accurate. I do work with a company associated with him but I am not spreading misinformation, just trying to correct a few things. As far as adding copyrighted material, I'm not sure what that could be referring to. Can you please let me know. I didn't upload anything.

Thanks! Ilafatu4 (talk) 20:27, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

The copyright material prose was copied from http://www.benjaminmillepied.com/. Prose you find online is almost always copyright, and cannot be copied here; it's against the law to do so. All prose must be written in your own words. There's more information about copyrights and how it applies to Wikipedia at Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright. Copyright law and its application are complex matters, and you should not edit any more until you have taken the time to read and understand our copyright policy. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:51, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Alavi Bohras

Hello Editor,

Thank you for your suggestions. I have send a request to change my username from "TeamAlavi" to "NoorAlavi".

Regarding the copyright issue, I have never copied any matter from other sources, but if any I have written reference or linked to the external source. I simultaneously edit the website www.alavibohra.org. which is my community website and I have been granted permission to do this task by the Spiritual Head. It might be possible that some words or phrases could have unknowingly got repeated here in Wikipedia. As per your opinion the only way is to donate to Wikipedia my copyrighted material. I have no issue regarding this.

--TeamAlavi (talk) 16:20, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi TeamAlavi. The donation has to be formally recorded via the OTRS ticket system. If you are the copyright holder and wish to release this material to Wikipedia under license, please see the instructions at WP:Donating copyrighted materials. There's a sample permission email at WP:Consent. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:22, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Diannaa, I have followed the due instructions of OTRS and received the copyright email from Wiki. Thanks --NoorAlavi (talk) 04:08, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Did you receive an ID number? — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 11:30, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

mistake on copywrite claims

Hi, I think you made a mistake with your copywrite claims for the diagram I drew for the page Electron paramagnetic resonance. I didn't actually get the diagram from that book but you will find that diagram in a lot of EPR textbooks (another notable one being this one). Please could the diagram be replaced in the article. Kind regards EvilxFish (talk) 19:56, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

? I didn't remove any diagrams, just prose, which a bot discovered was mostly copied from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-92948-3_1. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:12, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Sorry my bad forgive me I am quite tired so missed the fact the diagram is actually still there but the text is missing. I did try and rewrite it in my own words but obviously not well enough, what do you suggest as the information is quite important as without it one cannot gain a complete understanding of the function of the cavity? EvilxFish (talk) 20:37, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Here is a link to the bot report. Click on the iThenticate link to view the overlap. The way to do it is to leave out the less important details and re-write the remainder in your own words. How about

A consequence of resonance is the creation of a standing wave inside the cavity meaning no microwaves are reflected back to the detector. Electromagnetic standing waves have their electric and magnetic field components exactly out of phase. This provides an advantage as the electric field provides nonresonant absorption of the microwaves, which in turn increases the dissipated energy and reduces Q. To achieve the largest signals and hence sensitivity the sample is positioned such that it lies within the magnetic field maximum and the electric field minimum. Because the microwaves are reflected rather than absorbed, the impedance of the cavity is changed, which results in an EPR signal.

References

Sounds good except may I change the last sentence to the following: "When the magnetic field strength is such that an absorption event occurs, the value of Q will be reduced due to the extra energy loss. This results in a change of impedance which serves to stop the cavity from being critically coupled. This means microwaves will now be reflected back to the detector (in the microwave bridge) where an EPR signal is detected." I propose this change as microwaves are absorbed when the magnetic field strength is of the right value and it is this absorption that subsequently leads to the reflection back to the detector where an EPR signal is detected (as it serves to destroy the standing wave in the cavity). EvilxFish (talk) 12:54, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Also do I need to put the reference as I have referenced this text earlier in the section? thanks EvilxFish (talk) 12:56, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

I think your new suggested version is different enough that it is not a copyright violation so it's okay to use it. Regarding the citation, the source is a journal article titled "Basics of Continuous Wave EPR" that appeared in the journal Quantitative EPR so the way I formatted the citation is better (I used cite journal rather than cite book, include the DOI, and include the article title as well as the journal title). There is information as to how to use the same citation multiple times at Help:Referencing for beginners#Same reference used more than once if you don't already know how to do that. Adding: Each paragraph should have at least one citation. Every new content addition should have at least one citation. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:07, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for helping me sort this out, I will add in the new version and will check out the links you posted. Kind regards EvilxFish (talk) 14:24, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

From Baby Driver Poisoning Victims

From Baby Driver Poisoning Victims

Diana: I am the source. Mother and I were poisoned pre-filming of Baby Driver, on the same tracks Baby Driver is filmed near our home. Neither Local nor national media are reporting this documented event; however, I possess medical records; 911 and Norfolk Southern National Emergency Records may be available as NS Railroad Police is a private law enforcement agency Wikipedia provides a platform to notify the general public and my community of the dangers and disregard of Sony-Tristar for the safety of their employees and the public. The public is welcome to contact me; If you have any further questions, please contact me. PDH (talk) 21:26, 1 July 2017 (UTC). PDH (talk) 21:31, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Sorry but personal testimonials are not considered a reliable source for Wikipedia, as the material cannot be verified. We require write-ups in sources such as newspapers, magazines, or books. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 21:59, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Hello, I have just removed a large chunk of the above article which seems to be a copy-vio of the Dept's. website. I have warned the user, but I presume that edits may need revdel? I'm afraid I have made some subsequent edits to tidy up refs. etc. Regards, Eagleash (talk) 02:15, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Revdel done. Thanks for the report. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 11:09, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Eagleash (talk) 11:11, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Possible libel on talk page?

Do the same considerations about libel/defamation that exist for BLPs also exist for their talk pages? I came across this unsourced allegation, and was wondering. 32.218.42.219 (talk) 03:21, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) I've removed it. — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:19, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

The material has now been oversighted as well. Thanks all — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 11:36, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Entry on VWI (2 July 2017)

Dear Dianaa, I do not understand why the entry is "unsourced" or even "off-topic" as you wrote 13 June. What is the difference between the Simon Wiesenthal Center in LA and the VWI which was founded by Wiesenthal himself. What references, quotes, sources does the entry need, so t can be kept - like in all other language varieties of Wikipedia? Would a magazine article on the institute enough?

Sincerely — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruce Jans (talk • contribs) 14:52, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

You added content to Simon Wiesenthal, which is a Good article, where all content is sourced to reliable independent sources such as books, magazines, and reputable websites. Any additions to the Wiesenthal article need to hold to the same high standard for sourcing so as to ensure the article retains its Good Article status. You can identify appropriate sources for Wikipedia editing by reading Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources. Regardless of the sourcing issue, my opinion is that since the only link to Wiesenthal is that he was "personally involved in designing the concept" and you don't have a source for that, that the material does not belong in his biography article. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 18:32, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Copying licensed material requires proper attribution

Hi, thank you for your warning. I will be more correct in the future. --Joetaras (talk) 15:16, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Your Not notable album comment concerning Sun Red Sun (Lynch Mob album)

Diannaa,

This was my first real contribution, and I worked rather hard on it. So I have some questions. I noticed your comment on the history for the page. I'm curious why any original musical effort by a talented, respected, and well known musician would be considered "not notable content" by someone. It received very good reviews in many more publications than I listed, and out of the 11 tracks on the album, 7 of them were original and not found on any other of the bands releases. The other 4 tracks were remastered from their Sound Mountain Sessions EP. Given the original and unique content found only on on this album, it makes me wonder what exactly would qualify as "notable content" considering all the other band's albums are on Wikipedia. Note that I have "undone" the erasure of the content and (and the incorrect link to murder by Lynching that replaced it) in hopes that you can see that it is notable content posted by a newbie. (Note I changed it from being an LP to an EP.) Here are some additional links to look at:

[7] [8] [9]

Best regards,

Metalwind — Preceding unsigned comment added by Metalwind (talk • contribs) 17:25, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

The notability guideline for albums can be found at Wikipedia:Notability (music)#Albums. I don't think the album meets the criteria as there's not in-depth coverage in multiple sources. I have marked the page as unreviewed so that another person can assess. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 18:19, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Ordeal of Queen Emma

Re: source of The Ordeal of Queen Emma - the source I used was from Herbert Reid, 1885, and out of copyright - and I paraphrased Reid's version - I was not aware of The Fall of Orthodox England and did not borrow any material from it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Epinoia (talk • contribs) 18:05, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Sorry but I did not notice the publication year included in your citation. I have restored the material and added attribution, since some of the cotnent is copied from Reid. In the future you can do this yourself when copying from public domain sources: simply add the template {{PD-notice}} after your citation. Please do this in the future so that our readers will be aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself. Thanks, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 18:15, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Quotations and paraphrasing

Thank you for notifying me here about my failure to adequately paraphrase the quoted text as I don't want to be found in breach of copy-right law in future again. But I see that you reserved part of the text I had quoted from the source which is an indication that that part was adequately paraphrased. Can I ask if you use a particular application to identify those parts that are not adequately paraphrased and hence in breach of copy-right law? If so I'd like to use the app to check my texts before posting them in Wiki articles as well as to check the texts I have quoted from Skocpol in a few other articles. Thank you! --Expectant of Light (talk) 19:54, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Hello Expectant of Light. The copyright violations were detected by a bot and assessed by me. The main tool I use is https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/ but it's not possible to check your edits using this tool until after you save the page. Since we are not allowed to add copyright content to this wiki, not even temporarily for editing, it's not very useful for the purpose you propose to put it to. General suggestions: Content has to be written in your own words and not inclusive of the source material at all. It's been suggested that not so much as three words should be together in the same order as the source. One thing I find that works for me is to read over the source material and then pretend I am verbally describing the topic to a friend in my own words. Stuff should also be presented in a different order where possible. Summarize rather than paraphrase. This will typically result in your version being much shorter than the source document. There's some reading material on this topic at Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing and/or have a look at the material at Purdue or study this module aimed at WikiEd students for more help in writing for Wikipedia without plagiarism or copyvio issues. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:00, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

question

hi, I added [10] and [11] from Internet_Archive to my sandbox (for reference), just wanted to make certain theres no copyright violation, or anything, thanks--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 23:10, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

I don't see any problem with linking to these documents. Just don't copy over any of the prose! — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 11:35, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

thank you--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:09, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Jekaterinburg or Yekaterinburg ? (and Yerusalem) ?

Hello Diannaa ! Hope all is well ! I just came across the Yekaterinburg article. (Where the Romanov Tsar Dynasty met their murderers). It has obviously been spelled "Jekaterinburg" by us earlier, which in my mind at least, is a more clear spelling (also in English). And the pronounce of this city in the Ural mountains begin with a consonant sound followed by a vowel. Just as Jerusalem (or Yerusalem in a few years perhaps) ? Yericho ? Yapan ? Iwo-Yima ? Rio de Yaneiro ? or even possibly Yesse Yames .. (: joke, the last one.

But there are quite a lot cities as well as countries, that through "J -> Y changes" has become difficult, to see what they actually are. Like "Yemen" and "Yugoslavia" and I'm waiting for Swedish Jönköping to become Yönköping here - these are not local names in the English language, like Vienna instead of "Wien" or Cologne instead of "Köln" or Copenhagen instead of "København" etc - but simple "English-ifications" (in writing) of one single letter, which hardly can be of any help for people who are native in English either. Or am I wrong here ? (Yumbo-Yet, yeans, yoystick, New Yersey, Yubelee Line (a London underground line), Yimmy Carter, yellyfish, yazz music etc)- I'm just trying to say , the J-letter is necessary also in the English language, so why

If you possibly know, if these are our (Wikipedia) work - or whether they have formal support in the very best of English dictionaries. Also, and if possible, am I eager to see what your sharp brain believes about this.

*

And by they way, I happened to notice that I (a few years back) thanked you for something by writing approximately "May the sun shine bright on Manitoba" , and I had both before that, as well as later, "twice discovered" you are from Alberta. A huge blunder made by me. And I'm truly sorry for that. I guess I was thinking of The Guess Who, and a the LP-cover of their So Long, Bannatyne record. Now, on a LP vinyl cover is this by far much easier to see (rather than "to find"), but please just have a look at this external page [12]

- and then look at the top of the number plate on the car - it really says "Sunny Manitoba" , doesn't it ? I bought this album in the early 1980's (and still have got it), then something in my brain connected or "computed" wrong. The build up for my horrific error did begin with this "Sunny Manitoba number plate" - and some 30+ years later I briefly recalled this number plate, and initially believed it was fine to write "May the sun shine bright on... Manitoba" - to you, who lives in Alberta. And I am honestly very sorry, of being guilty of this silly attempt, to move you away from your Alberta home (all across Saskatchewan) and even further, to Manitoba. Could you possibly forgive me for this clumsiness ? Boeing720 (talk) 01:18, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Well as you may know I am quite knowledgeable about Nazi Germany topics but only slightly less well known is this: I also know quite a bit about Russian history, especially the Romanov dynasty and the last tsar and his family. I have grown accustomed to seeing it spelled Ekaterinburg because that's the way Massie spells it in his books. The Russian wiki spells it Екатеринбург and according to Russian alphabet Е is pronounced like the y in "yes" so it looks to me like Yekaterinburg is more correct than Jekaterinburg. Be careful not to get caught up in any lame edit wars over this matter!

Regarding Manitoba, the capital city of which has been memorialized in this memorable song by The Weakerthans, I would be surprised if life there is much different or less boring than it is here in Edmonton. So I accept your apology. I would love someday to move to the Bow Valley which is much prettier and still in Alberta. But I have a really nice little house and have always lived in this part of the province so it would be hard to do in some ways — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:21, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks ! And what a great song, thanks again ! It even doesn't matter that I never mentioned Winnipeg specifically. I've been aware of my huge geographical mistake for a rather long time. But before I really could apologize, did I feel a certain need to know how this "Manitoba and sunshine" idea ever came in to my mind. It went very fast at the time. But then time just passed on. Until I suddenly, as I was packing things down, in order to prepare for a move, had I a look at the mentioned LP-Cover. And then suddenly the coin fell down.

Just for sake of it, noting else, did I follow our (poorly sourced) Ru-alphabet article, which gave me "Екатеринбург" = "Yekatyereoorg" ):

And isn't the English "J" pronounced as English consonant "Y" anyway ? So I just thought, if possible, could you perhaps find some English litterature, older maps or globes even (in English), just to see the English original spelling before the Communists ? (That's only if such objects are very easy for you to find, of course.) But I gather, if this city had not been renamed Sverdlovsk (between 1920's to 1990's, I suppose), that it still would be spelled "Jekaterineburg" or quite possibly "Ekaterineburg".

Edward (later Duke of Windsor), Nicholas II, Alexei, and Prince George at Osborne House, 1909

Given what you told me about the Romanovs, might I assume that you already also know that the Tsar-Mother Princess Dagmar survived, and managed to escape to her birth country, Denmark ? For some 70 years she was buried in the Roskilde Cathedral (which our article fails to mention, but I intend to make an effort there), until a re-burial was made for about 10 years ago or so. It was a somewhat notable event in Scandinavia then, as well as in Russia, I should think. She is now resting by Alexander III's side at St Petersburg somewhere. By the way, about World War One related matters, I believe that King George V, Tsar Nicholai II and Emperor Wilhelm II all were cousins - what a troublesome family they must have been ! Luckily are Trump and Putin lacking all what so ever family ties, I hope ! (: Cheers! Boeing720 (talk) 00:14, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

(*Diannaa knows all*) Maria Feodorovna's sister was Alexandra of Denmark who was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and mother of King George V. George and Nicholas were almost identical in appearance. Kaiser William was first cousin of Nicholas's wife Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) (Nicky, George, William, and Alix were all grandchildren of Queen Victoria). "Y" and "J" are not pronounced the same in English, not unless one has a Swedish accent!! I am not kidding — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:14, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Nice picture you found ! And I do most certainly not doubt you ! Not the least, however it's sometimes not possible to see the woods, due to all the trees, someone has said - and even the sun has its spots. Are you not kidding about any "J/Y" ? I mean obviously is "Y" in English used both as a vowel and as a consonant. For instance in "you" as a consonant, but in "why" a clear vowel, correct ? So from now on, I disregard "Y as vowel". But do you then say that for instance "j" in "jet" differs from "y" in "yet" ? And that it's always a very simple matter to hear in just one word (outside any context)? In some other cases have I got "a feeling" that it possibly sooner is depending of how the vowel that follows a "j" or "consonant -y" is pronounced ? Solely "j" vs "y" and "from the Shetlands to Hawaii" ? Always simple and clear ? A brutal example (indeed brutal) - "Jesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away.." - wouldn't Beatles have sounded the same, even if the spelling was like that ? :)Boeing720 (talk) 19:22, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Federation of Small Business

Hi,

You recently corrected some of my edits on this article and have locked out access to my last revision.

I can confirm this is/was a "Work in Progress" and i am working to re-write the offending bits and cite further sources. It just barrel rolled out in to a larger and larger job and every time i find the right bit to cite two more things that needed including where there.

Would you please provide access to my last edits so i can address the issues and expand it further.

thanks adam

Sorry but we can't host copyright material on this wiki, even temporarily for editing. I can send it to you by email if you like. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:16, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

not at my desk now, but yes please as per profile email. Adam — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.148.84.210 (talk) 16:06, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

 Done — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:00, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017

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Edit change

Hello Diannaa,

I work at the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) and I have permission to update an old and inaccurate article that already exists in Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Security_and_Defence_College). However, I have edited the old article twice, and every time it is deleted because of copyright issues. I also experience the same problem with the logo picture of the college. Could you perhaps point me in a good direction for legitimizing our edits? Thank you. Katchr (talk) 08:16, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

If the copyright holder wishes to release this material to Wikipedia under license, please see the instructions at WP:Donating copyrighted materials. There's a sample permission email at WP:Consent. A second problem: While we welcome most contributions to the encyclopedia, people who work for an organisation are discouraged from editing the article about that organisation. Notable people are asked not to edit their own articles or articles where they may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject. I have placed some information about conflict of interest on your user talk page. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:18, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Help needed

User:Anandmoorti is removing sourced content from wikipedia to hide the disgusting views about women and their victimisation by rape of his political boss. Please reinstate the text and ban the shill. 43.239.208.130 (talk) 08:32, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Sorry I am not a content adjudicator. Consider posting WP:3RRNB or discussing the removal on the article talk page. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:27, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Mi general, Augusto Pinochet

It's the complete lyrics with an English translation. It says ""Mi general, Augusto Pinochet"" is a Chilean Dictatorship song honoring Augusto Pinochet, the Chilean dictator from 17 December 1974 to 11 March 1990. The lyric and music writers are unknown." Although I suspect it will be deleted for lack of notability, it seems to me it's a copyright violation as we have no evidence otherwise. Thoughts? Doug Weller talk 16:29, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Nominated as G12 by Bishonen; I concur and have deleted. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:03, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Belated thanks. Doug Weller talk 14:22, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

RD1

Do you mind using WP:RD1 to the undone edits on Kim Foxx, where copyrighted material was added? Thanks. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:44, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

 Done. Thank you for the report. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:47, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

unnecessary removal of flora and fauna sections from Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park

I will argue that the removal of the flora and fauna sections from Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park was unnecessary. Most of the information was data, and the reiteration of facts are not subject to copyright in Canada. You might note that the species names matched links in wikipedia and not those of ParksBC.

While wikipedia must be vigilant in protecting copyright, I respectfully submit that wikipedia must continue to present facts. Please restore the removed sections.

Extemporalist (talk)

The content was copied from http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/myra/nat_cul.html#wildlife and http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/planning/mgmtplns/myra_bellevue/myra_bellevue_mds_sept_2005.pdf. The first one is marked as "Copyright © 2017, Province of British Columbia. All rights reserved". The second one does not have a copyright notice, but it doesn't have to, because under current copyright law, literary works are subject to copyright whether they are tagged as such or not. No registration is required, and no copyright notice is required. So please always assume that all material you find online is copyright. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 21:31, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

wiki mixmaster

Thanks for your welcome message. For me, Wiki is not intuitive. I am struggling to figure out how to add a photo to my sandbox page and how to ask for approval to post it all to the greater community. Have you done a tutorial page like the "...for Dummies" books I used to read? BrotherBob49 (talk) 17:32, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Wikipedia:Picture tutorial may help. Please make sure the image is not a violation of copyright before posting.--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:37, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Canada govt copyright

Are govt works of Canada in PD like in the US? According to this it appears they are NC-ND but I'm not sure. The reason I ask is Webb National Wildlife Area which is copy pasted from here. I've left the user a final warning as this has been going on for long now. Just want to know if this should be deleted or just add in-page attribution like we would do when we copy from US govt sites. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 14:06, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Government works in Canada are NOT public domain; they are copyright or available only for non-commercial use, which is not a compatible license. There is probably enough copyvio for G12 deletion but the article could be rescued if you have the time to re-write. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:11, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

It is unfair that I was not given time to respond or rewrite the article, especially since it was not a pure copy-paste as accused. I spent so much time in creating it. At this rate, Wikipedia will probably be left with sysops and spammers and no one in between. coffeecup89 (talk) 18:01, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen.jpg

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