User talk:TDJankins

Merger

Good day, you are invited to this merger discussion. Lbertolotti (talk) 22:20, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Wais4 example question.jpg

File Copyright problem

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You cannot copyright license that which has no copyright. Did you not see the comment to file? It explicitly states: "This is a single questionnaire item which is considered a functional device and thus has no copyright (see 37 C.F.R. 202.1(b) and (c))." I find it a little hard to believe that this issue has never come up before, especially since, as you say, "Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously." Anyhow, maybe you can get Wikipedia's administrators to add this option to the license menu, but no need to rush on my account, it's not a big deal to me either way.--TDJankins (talk) 08:35, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Merger

You are invited to the discussion. Lbertolotti (talk) 16:10, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your input, you are invited to this discussion as well. Lbertolotti (talk) 15:11, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

History Section on SAT Page

Hi, TDJankins. That's a reasonable suggestion, thank you, perhaps the tie-in is clearer to me than the reader. My thinking is: This is one part of the article where a discussion of somewhat peripheral information is hard to avoid; after all, it concerns the history of the SAT and (as in particular, the few sentences in question) how it came to be, before the SAT itself existed. Erjwiki (talk) 18:10, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Universities are colleges, correct?

Hi. I started a discussion on talk:SAT about the understanding that universities are in the category of colleges, so I propose a rewording that got reverted. Will you please give us your input on this, and perhaps revert the reversion? Thanks! Thayve Sintar (talk) 04:16, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thank you. You succeeded where I had failed. Archived articles (talk) 05:30, 23 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Cal Poly name

Hi TDJankins and thank you for your edits to both Cal Poly articles. There have been various discussions in the past about the use of the name "Cal Poly" in the Cal Poly Pomona article talk page, in the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo article, and in the in the Cal Poly (disambiguation) talk page. These discussion go back well over a decade now and the general consensus is that for academic pages, "Cal Poly" is an ambiguous term that may refer to either college. For example, Cal Poly Universities Rose Float is the name of the rose float both universities put together and it's not referred to the "Cal Poly and Cal Poly Pomona Rose Float". For sports contexts CPSLO trademarked the term "Cal Poly" and CPP trademarked "Cal Poly Pomona" and "CPP", hence the pages Cal Poly Mustangs and Cal Poly Pomona Broncos. The ultimate, third party (and legal owner of the term "Cal Poly") is the CSU Chancellor's office which, in its Branding Standards Guide uses "Cal Poly San Luis Obispo" for California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and "Cal Poly Pomona" and "CPP" for California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. I hope this clarifies why I will revert some of your edits. Regards, Chlorineer (talk) 16:07, 9 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, the term Cal Poly is owned by Cal Poly and not just for sports purposes, but for general education purposes as well. See:

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:onrzzr.2.5

and

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:onrzzr.2.3

The second one clarifies who "The Trustees of the California State University" is, if the address didn't already make it abundantly clear ("The Trustees of the California State University AKA California Polytechnic State University").

Cal Poly has never referred to Cal Poly Pomona since Cal Poly Pomona's inception in 1966. The Pomona campus was only called Cal Poly when that real estate was part of Cal Poly between 1949-1966. Cal Poly Pomona explicitly says to never refer to it as just Cal Poly. https://www.cpp.edu/~graphicstandards/identity/nomenclature.shtml --TDJankins (talk) 02:40, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

These arguments don't really address the reasons that editors have seen the necessity for disambiguation here: if an entire page of the Cal Poly Pomona website is needed to address the question, it strongly suggests that Wikipedia users need guidance on this question as well. But more immediately, please take note that a WP:Proposed deletion tag may be placed on an article only once, and may not be restored if it has been removed by another editor for any reason (or even for no reason). And WP:Proposed deletion may not be used when the article has been subject to a previous deletion discussion, as this one was in 2014, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cal Poly. Accordingly, I have removed the prod notice you improperly replaced here. You can start a new discussion at WP:Articles for deletion if you want, but if you do so, please try to respond directly to the points raised above and in the prior AfD. --Arxiloxos (talk) 08:04, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard could give Wikipedia contributors the impression that you may consider legal or other "off-wiki" action against them, or against Wikipedia itself. Please note that making such threats on Wikipedia is strictly prohibited under Wikipedia's policies on legal threats and civility. Users who make such threats may be blocked. If you have a dispute with the content of any page on Wikipedia, please follow the proper channels for dispute resolution. Please be sure to comment on content, not contributors, and where possible make specific suggestions for changes supported by reliable independent sources and focusing especially on verifiable errors of fact. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 07:46, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Notifying Wikipedia of a potential legal issue, namely secondary liability for trademark infringement, is not me threatening suit. Notifying Wikipedia administrators is the correct route for unambiguous copyright infringements, so why would it not be the correct route for unambiguous trademark infringements? Threatening to block me for notifying Wikipedia of an IP infringement is an intimidation tactic that won't work and shows a great deal of hubris.--TDJankins (talk) 01:42, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Since you seem to have no idea how trademarks work, let's start with the entry from my old copy of The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual:

trademark A trademark is a brand, symbol, word, etc., used by a manufacturer or dealer and protected by law to prevent a competitor [emphasis added] from using it; AstroTurf, for a type of artificial grass, for example.

Unless you have evidence that Wikipedia is using the "Cal Poly" name to fool consumers into thinking that it's associated with a particular California-based university or is deriving some commercial benefit from using the name without authorization -- maybe selling "Cal Poly Wikipedia coffee mugs? -- your claim of "IP infringement" is pure nonsense. --Calton | Talk 04:18, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If that's what you're hung up on, I specifically pointed out on the Administrator's Noticeboard the fact that Wikipedia has been, and is, profusely used for hidden advertising (see here). Are you in denial about that consideration? Regardless, that consideration doesn't magically go away just because you'd like to ignore it.--TDJankins (talk) 06:44, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hidden advertising (AKA native advertising) is what gets Wikipedia content, which is what gets it prominence, which is what gets it donations from the hidden advertisers wishing to keep their Wikipedia advertisements high up on search engines. That's Wikipedia's whole business model. A recent summary of the rapidly expanded law regarding secondary liability for trademark infringement can be found here. Further, it's important to remember that a trademark owner is required to police its trademark or jeopardize losing it. Given that the subject page is a very straightforward trademark infringement, it's highly suspicious that Wikipedia's administrators have been so adamant about attributing Cal Poly's trademark to another company, even going so far as to block someone who points out the risk of secondary liability for trademark infringement.--TDJankins (talk) 01:29, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

February 2018

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistently making disruptive edits.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. NeilN ^{talk to me} 03:29, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You were explicitly warned to drop the pseudo-legal warnings. Your attempts to intimidate other editors into supporting your edits by doing the same thing here is not acceptable. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 03:35, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You blocked me for notifying Wikipedia of a potential legal risk. Bravo.--TDJankins (talk) 06:45, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's very suspicious that Wikipedia's administrators are so adamant about attributing one company's trademark to another company (i.e., secondary liability for trademark infringement) to the point that they're willing to block someone who points out the potential legal risk.--TDJankins (talk) 06:53, 25 February 2018 (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).

TDJankins (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

No Wikipedia approved reason for the block occurred and no Wikipedia approved reason for the block is cited.

Decline reason:

You still think that you were right and everyone else wrong, and I have no reason to think that your disruptive editing will stop if you are unblocked. Doug Weller talk 12:01, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Given the editor sees nothing wrong with their editing and has continued the pseudo-legal warnings warned against here, I would recommend not unblocking. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 07:15, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you have a Wikipedia approved reason for the block then cite it. You having a personal vendetta or dislike is not a qualifying reason.--TDJankins (talk) 07:25, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your constant attempts to intimidate other editors by inventing legal consequences is disruptive editing. You can take up legal issues by emailing info-en-c@wikimedia.org. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 07:40, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You are clearly the only one inventing things. Nowhere did I attempt to "intimidate other editors by inventing legal consequences." Your inability to cite a Wikipedia approved reason for blocking me proves you had no actual reason for blocking, but are instead just trying to manipulate Wikipedia's policies for your own personal preferences. Wikipedia is not censored.--TDJankins (talk) 11:35, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There's no consensus to redirect Cal Poly to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. It has been discussed for over a decade and was recently re-discussed because of your pseudo-legal warnings and threats. The consensus is to maintain the DAB page.--Chlorineer (talk) 00:49, 26 February 2018 (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).

TDJankins (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

No Wikipedia approved reason for the block occurred and no Wikipedia approved reason for the block is cited. Ample opportunity has been given to cite a Wikipedia approved reason for the block and none has been given. NeilN is not the arbiter of what people can discuss in talk and has instead chosen to censor what he simply doesn't like. It is inappropriate for Doug Weller to be the administrator reviewing the unblock request. Doug Weller knows very well he has a conflict of interest and some kind of personal vendetta as proven by his edits here and here where he accused me of making a personal attack and copyright infringement neither time including a diff because neither instance ever occurred. It's very dishonest of him to jump in and be the administrator to review the unblock request given his history of making up unfounded accusations and putting them on my talk page. When I requested he support his made up claims (here and here), he was no where to be found.

Decline reason:

Disruptive Editing was cited immediately above this section. I would read the guide to appealing blocks before making another request. SQL ^{Query me!} 02:21, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

I was blocked for mentioning the risk of secondary liability for trademark infringement on the Cal Poly talk page. Please someone direct me to that Wikipedia rule. This is such an embarrassment to Wikipedia.--TDJankins (talk) 03:22, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]