User talk:Questionables

Hello. This is Questionables, posting a link to . . . myself. Feel free to look at the pages I have made/edited, and send a message if you want. Please include your name if you want me to contact you back, or I won't be able to! --Questionables (talk) 10:00, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Welcome!

Hello, Questionables, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! • Gene93k (talk) 22:32, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please respect copyrights

Please do not add copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder, as you did to Jamaica Train. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Please cite your sources, don't copy and paste them to Wikipedia. • Gene93k (talk) 22:32, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problems: Jamaica Train

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Jamaica Train, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741500703/norbert_rillieux.html. As a copyright violation, Jamaica Train appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Jamaica Train has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:

If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Jamaica Train and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Jamaica Train with a link to where we can find that note.
If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Jamaica Train.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you. • Gene93k (talk) 22:32, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I did not intentionally copy from MSN Encarta; I copied from Wikipedia

Hello, Gene93k. It may be that the text on my article, "Jamaica Train", is similar to that on MSN Encarta, but I assure you that I did not copy from MSN Encarta. In fact, I copied the text from the Wikipedia article on Norbert Rillieux, after noting that there was no page explaining what the Jamaica Train was, but its description was almost right underneath it, in the same paragraph as the action=edit link. Therefore, I saw no harm in copying material within the website and pasting it onto the action=edit page, and if you had read the summary, you would have found this out previously. I think that, seeing as the information I used was actually copyrighted, but it came from another article within Wikipedia, I believe it is not I who is at fault here, but whoever wrote this article.
Thank you very much. I hope you haven't taken up too much of my time.
Questionables (talk) 09:22, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, just copying and pasting from sources is discouraged, even from Wikipedia. The CorenSearchBot would have tagged the article if I didn't. Duplicating Wikipedia content is a practice called forking. It is not necessary. In fact, the deleting admin saw no loss in removing Jamaica Train. Second, always cite your sources. Even if your source is public domain or freely licensed (like Wikipedia), you should credit the source per Wikipedia copyright policy. Finally, I will refer the Norbert Rillieux article for investigation. It will need a cleanup at the very least. Jamaica Train can probably be done as a redirect page. When writing for Wikipedia, please compile facts from multiple reliable sources, cite them, and write the facts in your own words. • Gene93k (talk) 12:58, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]