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An article you recently created, National Rally Championship, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. CASSIOPEIA(talk)06:40, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by CASSIOPEIA was:
This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject. Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.
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The 2 sources you provided is affiliated with the subject which makes the sources not independent. What we need citing of at least 3 professional published journalistic or newspaper sources which are independent from the subject and deem reliable to verify the contain claimed where by the talk about the subject directly and not merely passing mentioned - see WP:GOLDENRULE. Sources from home page, facebook, pres releases, interviews, user generated sites and etc can NOT be use to demonstrate and contribute the notability requirements needed.
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Would you please check recent edits at Richard Jeremiah Walsh. An IP has made some claims that would be easier for you to evaluate. Assuming the IP is wrong, please revert, preferably with an edit summary that editors in the future can use to see that the information has been checked. By the way, the style for referring to people is to use their surname, see MOS:SURNAME. Instead of "Richard is a..." it should be "Walsh is a...". Johnuniq (talk) 05:04, 26 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
An article you recently created, List of Irish Motor Clubs, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. CASSIOPEIA(talk)08:31, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It is a list, referencing not one but two sources, there is simply no more in existence. Lists typically have no citations altoghether, could you substantiate your decision to move the list to draft. Wolfmartyn (talk) 10:02, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Wolfmartyn. Greetings to you. There is only 1 subject has a page in Wikipedia and the rest do not have a page. Wikipedia is not a WP:DIRECTORY. In addition, this source is like a info from the yellow pages. Stand alone list article do requirement independent, reliable sources just like any other article - see WP:STAND. By the way, you need to WP:Ping the editor who you send the message to so they would receive a notification. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA(talk)11:50, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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@Marchjuly:, I've added more information about the File:Vilkyciu trasa.jpg, could you please let me know if it makes sense and whether it is sufficient. I've another relevant question - if I needed to obtain a permission, where and how I would record the permission (i.e. the email)? Wolfmartyn (talk) 11:09, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The information you provided seems sufficient enough to verify the source of the file; so, I've removed the Template:nsd I added since it's no longer applicable. As for permission, you've uploaded the file under a public domain (PD) license which basically states that the file is too simple for copyright protection per c:Commons:Threshold of originality (TOO) and typically copyright holder permission is not needed in such cases simply because the file is considered to be not complex enough to even be eligible for copyright protection. However, in order for a file to be considered PD domain for such a reason for Wikimedia Foundation purposes, it needs to be below the TOO in both its country of origin (Lithuania) and in the United States (where the Wikimedia Foundation servers are located). This file is probably OK as PD per c:Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United States#Threshold of originality, but I'm not sure about Lithuania per c:Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Lithuania; so, you might want to ask about this at c:Commons:Village pump/Copyright or Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. If the file is OK as PD in both the US and Lithuania, there's no reason for it to only be hosted locally on English Wikipedia and it can be moved to Commons to make it easier to use by all Wikimedia Foundation projects (including other language Wikipedias).On the other hand, if the file is only PD in the US, then Commons cannot host it which means there are three possible ways to deal with the file: (1) re-license the file as non-free content for local use on English Wikipedia only which means each of the file's uses will need to satisfy Wikipedia's non-free content use policy; (2) re-license the file as Template:PD-USonly, which means the file will be treated as PD for local use on English Wikipedia only (i.e. it's not subject to the non-free content use policy); and (3) contact the original copyright holder as explained in c:Commons:OTRS and ask them to send a consent email to Wikimedia OTRS which clearly states that they agree to have the file uploaded to Commons per c:Commons:Licensing. Of the three options, (1) is the most restrictive, (3) is the most relaxed and (2) falls somewhere in between as explained in Wikipedia:Uploading images; moreover, options (1) and (2) would only allow the file to be used on English Wikipedia as a local file, while (3) will allow the file to be used by any Wikimedia Project as a global file. Does this answer you question about permission? -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:00, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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@Sphilbrick: why was this marked for speedy deletion rather than move to draft or special space? If you have not noticed this is a genuine and important page that is being created, it is not fair to treat it as junk and just bin it. Wolfmartyn (talk) 13:53, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Wolfmartyn, It wasn't treated as "junk". As explained above, it was a violation of our copyright policy and thus removed. I don't know whether this was the situation but I have noticed many new editors understanding that copyright violations are not acceptable, but thinking it is okay to copy some material from some of the source and then work on rewriting it. That is not the case. It is not simply the case that the current version of the article must be free of copyright violations, it is the case that all prior versions of any article must be free of copyright violations.
@JBW: could you please move the page to either draft or special space - there is a lot of work which I would not like to lose. I accept the point about copyright infringement and will resolve the issue. Wolfmartyn (talk) 13:53, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Sphilbrick:Could you guide me how to get email enabled please. Or can you post the text to my generic draft space (which will not become the article, hence will not infringe any copyright). Wolfmartyn (talk) 14:28, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Sphilbrick:Emailing from users enabled. I would really appreciate if you email me the script, or at least the infobox - I did a lot of work on it, and it definitely does not infringe anything! Wolfmartyn (talk) 17:10, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
If you post a copy of something on a publicly visible web site it does not somehow avoid being a copyright infringement by having some word such as "draft" or "user" at the top of the page. Copyright-infringing text must not be posted to any Wikipedia page, ever. There are no exceptions. JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson16:11, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@JBW: Copyright infringement is if I claimed the work, or copy-pasted work without citing it, whereas I merely quoted the source improperly. If it needs to be changed then it can be done in the draft space, not deleted, that's what draft space is for, it is temporary, unpublished, and not even searchable by search engines. So I don't appreciate you jumping on me like this, and again urge you to return article to draft space. Wolfmartyn (talk) 17:10, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Wolfmartyn, Your understanding of copyright is incorrect. You are not alone — I see many new editors who think that if the material is properly cited that eliminates copyright problems. That is not the case. Even properly cited material must be written in your own words (with the exception of short snippets that are in quotes, or material that is properly licensed). Sorry if it sounds like someone's jumping on you but you are doing things that are not just in violation of Wikipedia policies but probably in violation of the law and we are trying to protect you. S Philbrick(Talk)17:52, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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An article you recently created, 2019 Baltic Futsal Cup, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. CASSIOPEIA(talk)04:54, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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@Equineducklings: Hi, I noticed that you are creating the sports table scripts that probably make updating football tables easier. I am updating football pages in Lithuanian wikipedia, and finding that doing it manually is quite painful. Could you point me to help pages or other online resources to figure out how to create and maintain sports tables? Wolfmartyn (talk) 21:50, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Wolfmartyn, when you added the entry lists on 2021 Dakar Rally, you added both links to disambiguation pages (for example: Dmitry Pavlov, should be Dmitry Pavlov) and links to unintended topics (for example Alexey Titov, which links to a page about the composer by that name, while the intended destination is Alexey Titov). I've fixed all links to disambiguation pages, since those are easy to find, but there might still be links to unintended topics left on that page. In the future, could you please carefully check that every link you add directs where you want it to direct? Thanks! Lennart97 (talk) 21:30, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Lennart97:Thank you for correcting it. This was the first stage of work where I populated the names of participants, another day's work will be to go through spelling, correcting links, checking disambiguations, etc. Sometimes it is difficult to estimate whether the person is the same or not, in that case I leave the link and hope someone with knowledge will correct it if needed. Thanks again. Wolfmartyn (talk) 23:20, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Transfermarkt is not a reliable source, it's user-generated content. This has been discussed multiple times, most recently here, so please stop adding content sourced only to Transfermarkt or other non-reliable sources. Also, learn what vandalism is before accusing others of it- removing content sourced to unreliable sources is not vandalism. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:40, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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