User talk:Joe29162

November 2023

Hello, I'm Philipnelson99. I noticed that in this edit to Fawn Pedalino, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Philipnelson99 (talk) 03:53, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Removed content because it was a copyright infringement. David notMD (talk) 22:43, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The picture is https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1453408917 and is not copyrighted. I checked with the state. Joe29162 (talk) 23:42, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I did not intend to remove the picture. However, the texts of the paragraphs supported by referenes #9 and #10 are verbatim from the references, which are copyright protected. David notMD (talk) 01:30, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. That does not sound right. These are reports specifically written for public relase and media. I will contact the offices and verify in the A.M. -Thanks 69.80.93.31 (talk) 01:45, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

At bottom of each states copyright. According to Copyright status of works by subnational governments of the United States, South Carolina gov't can copyright protect documents. The issue can be avoided by phrasing the facts in your own words rather than copying. David notMD (talk) 02:05, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the copyright content, and I have nominated the photo for deletion at the Commons. Please don't add copyright material to Wikipedia. — Diannaa (talk) 13:25, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Its from the state. I checked with that Rep. Its not. https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1453408917 69.80.93.31 (talk) 14:41, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Under current copyright law, creative works such as photographs are subject to copyright whether they are tagged as such or not. No registration is required, and no copyright notice is required. So we have to assume that all material online is copyright.

Are you in contact with the subject of the article and editing it on her behalf? If you are, you have a conflict of interest. If you are being paid to edit, you must post a notice on your user page stating that. See below for more information.

Why did you state that you are the author of the photograph? Did you actually take the photo, or did you copypaste it from the website, or obtain it from the subject of the article in some other way? — Diannaa (talk) 14:50, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is so crazy. So i am not related or paid. I emailed her just as you could do to make sure its not copyrighted as i did not see copyright on the site as most sites have that are. I wanted to be safe because i was told there was uninformed people on here and that would flag this type of stuff. I was informed it was a public picture paid for by the state, meant for stuff like this. I am new on here. I am interested in state politics so i want to contribute and add more facts and pictures of our leadership in the state. 69.80.93.31 (talk) 15:32, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Joe29162. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Fawn Pedalino, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template);
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 14:50, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is so crazy. So i am not related or paid. I emailed her just as you could do to make sure its not copyrighted as i did not see copyright on the site as most sites have that are. I wanted to be safe because i was told there was uninformed people on here and that would flag this type of stuff. I was informed it was a public picture paid for by the state, meant for stuff like this. I am new on here. I am interested in state politics so i want to contribute and add more facts and pictures of our leadership in the state. 69.80.93.31 (talk) 16:01, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your denial of paid or COI here is sufficient. (Emailing her with a copyright query is not enough to call it COI.) Dianaa is the opposite of uninformed. She is an expert on copyright issues and a Wikipedia Administrator. The photo will be deleted from Commons which will trigger a removal from the article. Again, the text was removed, but you can add bakc the information as long as not copied or closely paraphrasing the reference content. David notMD (talk) 01:48, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. 69.80.93.31 (talk) 02:41, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A small thing, but for article editing, always log into your account. Editing the same article logged in and not logged in - latter appearing as IP numbers or numbers and letters - is considered sockpuppetry (WP:Sockpuppet), which deeply offends Wikipedia Admins, and can result in being indefinitely blocked. David notMD (talk) 14:20, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]