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any lawyers here on copyright-themes?

Hi, dear all. I'm currently writing an article on the artist George Pusenkoff. In 1995 he had a copyright dispute with the photographer Helmut Newton, which Pusenkoff won. For my german article in which i refer to this lawsuit i found two kind wikipedians, who knew all about rightholderissues and could proofread my passage on this subject, whether i explained everything not only in "normal language", but also did use the "legal terms" correctly. I would be glad if i could find someone here, who is able to do the same for the english legal terms, once i've translated it. Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 18:19, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: copied to project page. Eagleash (talk) 18:34, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Eagleash, i'm deeply sorry that i posted it on your page, i was in a hurry - and one shouldn't work in a hurry. Sorry for the stress for you! Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 21:04, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Accidental page disruption - help requested

Hello anyone. A few minutes ago I was adding a response to a query about an allegedly incorrect photo in an article. At first I got an edit conflict, on my second attempt the entire Help Desk seems to have lost all content between 14 September and today, leaving only a subsequent query concerning the title "Esquire" visible, which seems to have error notices on it which I don't understand – possibly this query has somehow caused a problem. I tried reverting my own last edit but this hasn't worked – can someone with more Wiki-fu please try to sort out the problem? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.208.172.36 (talk) 06:58, 18 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The problem was created by unterminated ref tags in this edit shortly before yours. Corrected by another editor soon afterwards. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:36, 18 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Persistent_WP:CIR_issue

ANI thread currently open about Srbernadette, one of the help desk's regular question askers. See also previous context at Wikipedia_talk:Help_desk/Archive_12#What_is_the_Help_Desk?. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 13:21, 22 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Which is now archived without resolution...... Joseph2302 (talk) 13:24, 30 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help desk Categories

Not that it's earth-shatteringly important, but at the bottom of the Help desk Project page is a box showing that the page is in two categories, to wit: "Categories: Wikipedia help forums | Wikipedians in Hong Kong" Is there a good reason for the latter? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.221.81.75 (talk) 10:37, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's because of one of the infoboxes in the most recent section, Wikipedia:Help desk#Userboxes. The page will drop out of that category when that section is archived in a few days' time. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:42, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. I hadn't opened the 'Extended content' box that contains the relevant infobox, so wasn't aware of it. Thanks, David. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.221.81.75 (talk) 10:43, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I just want to open it Awubakkar (talk) 22:57, 30 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Awubakkar: Hello, this is the talk page relating to the help desk. It is not clear exactly what your question may be but if it relates to editing Wikipedia, please post it at the project page. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 23:21, 30 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 October 2018

It is requested that an edit be made to the semi-protected project page at Wikipedia:Help desk. (edit · history · last · links · protection log)

This template must be followed by a complete and specific description of the request, that is, specify what text should be removed and a verbatim copy of the text that should replace it. "Please change X" is not acceptable and will be rejected; the request must be of the form "please change X to Y".

The edit may be made by any autoconfirmed user. Remember to change the |answered=no parameter to "yes" when the request has been accepted, rejected or on hold awaiting user input. This is so that inactive or completed requests don't needlessly fill up the edit requests category. You may also wish to use the {{ESp}} template in the response. To request that a page be protected or unprotected, make a protection request.

Hello - on the Dallas Symphony's Wikipedia page, the box on the right says "Principal Conductor (vacant)". I'm asking if someone can change the title to be "Music Director" and change "vacant" to be "Fabio Luisi". We are seeing this box populate on Google, and its info is in error. Thank you! 12.14.8.195 (talk) 14:21, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]