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Dear Strange Passerby, I'm facing some troubles that i think you can solve. I created the english version of the page dedicated to the artist Aldo Mondino. The photo from that page has been deleted for copyright reasons. My question is: what's the procedure to put some artist's works on wikipedia? how to deal with the copyright? shall i contact the owner of the works?
another problem: my wikimedia account has been deleted, could that have happened for that copyright reason? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Teoporta ( talk • contribs) 09:36, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
see Wikipedia_talk:Featured_list_criteria#Remove_citation_as_criteria JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 17:32, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Anirudh, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of our essay (imo, it should be a policy, but hey) on close paraphrasing, which is related to copyrights. This is regarding the recent events that saw you being blocked, but also about your post to WP:ITNC#Russian Duma condemns Katyn massacre since.
You suggested the blurb:
The Duma has declared that the "Katyn crime" in 1940 was ordered by the Soviet dictator and other Soviet officials.
The BBC article:
Russia's lower house of parliament has condemned Joseph Stalin by name for the mass execution of Poles at Katyn during World War II. The Duma declared that the Soviet dictator and other Soviet officials had ordered the "Katyn crime" in 1940.
Your suggested blurb is almost a word-for-word copy of that second paragraph. Just so you know, if you used your suggested line in an article, and went on to reword other sentences just like that, you would still be in violation of copyright.
Please treat copyrights and close paraphrasing seriously as it could get you into more trouble as it is.
Best regards. Strange Passerby ( talk • contribs) 14:51, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
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The Public Domain Astronaut Award |
For helping Wikipedia by killing off copyvios. -- Anirudh Emani ( talk) 17:09, 26 November 2010 (UTC) |
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-- HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:35, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
I admit I messed when I used twinkle I guess I didn't stop to think about how to correctly do it for a second, I will endeavor to learn from my mistake. sorry for any problems that I may have caused you and thanks for fixing it. TucsonDavid ( talk) 20:33, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated List of 1936 Winter Olympics medal winners for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JeepdaySock ( talk • contribs) 16:06, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
Gosh no of course I didn't mind - on the contrary, thank you for being so diligent AND then sending me a nice note! No, I agree the behaviour is, er, unusual and I fear it's perhaps just a tick-box on someone's little research chunk in their essay, but I thought I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. (While also suggesting they should maybe stop) ... but if it continued as disruptive behaviour I'd be in the front row with torches and pitchforks; it's just that I'm hoping it's Mostly Harmless! Thanks again, have a good one. DBaK ( talk) 15:17, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
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I try my best with a daily life between 3 languages, so free sarcasms are less appreciate than questions and encouragements. Yug (talk) 21:11, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
Can you send me the article on "But For Bunter" that you deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterbruce01 ( talk • contribs) 23:08, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for the message, I will look into it in due time. Right now, with the little time that I have, I'm working on an article that I would like to finish. I also want to thank you for looking into "BLP", your work is truly appreciated. Tony the Marine ( talk) 20:38, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Please do not use {{
BLP unreferenced}}
on articles that have a source such as
Mike Ball (politician). For articles that don't seem to be sourced well enough, but do have a source of some kind, use {{
BLP sources}}
. Improper tagging like this creates more work for other editors.
Gigs (
talk)
20:14, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
The point was which SEA country is MOST influenced by China, doesn't have to be absolute, it's all relative. Would you say Vietnam or any other SEA country is more Chinese-influenced? The term "Chinese" includes all aspects of Chinese culture, not just PRC-related influences. (In which case, LKY's policies are very China-oriented anyway.)
You changed the article back to Vietnam.. I don't see how Vietnam is more Chinese-influenced than Singapore in any way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.21.177 ( talk) 00:27, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
I can point at some pages with information for you. They are in swedish, though. But Google translate can be your best friend in situations like this, I guess. :-) obituary: http://www.svenskafans.com/hockeyzon/90234.aspx Hockey stats: http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=28495 SOK: http://www.sok.se/5.7a959f3610ab70abcb080006835.html Player stats in swedish national team : http://www.swehockey.se/ImageVault/Images/id_537/ImageVaultHandler.aspx, more at http://www.swehockey.se/Om-forbundet/Historikstatistik/Tre-Kronor/Spelarna/ http://www.swehockey.se/ImageVault/Images/id_542/ImageVaultHandler.aspx Swedish champs: http://www.swehockey.se/ImageVault/Images/id_550/ImageVaultHandler.aspx Hammarby player: http://www.hammarby-hockey.se/holger-nurmela/ Hammarby manager: http://hifhockeyhistoria.se/Historia/fakta/ledare.html Hammarby history: http://www.hifhistoria.se/ see for example http://www.hifhistoria.se/Historia/1947.html, Hogge is part of teams in icehockey and football that year (26 years old) or http://www.hifhistoria.se/Historia/1956.html http://hifhockeyhistoria.se/Historia/1947.html Football: http://www.bolletinen.se/sfs/allsvenskan/varen1940.pdf http://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/se/aktuellt/artiklar/?articleid=25242 http://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/se/lagen/a-laget/spelare/?playerid=460&teamId=177 Handball: http://www.hammarby-if.se/web/Historia.aspx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Durator ( talk • contribs) 09:26, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
I noticed that you tagged an article about me here on Wikipedia, and I actually am in complete agreement of your rationale. I believe that a lot of the sources it originally used are gone, and were never cited properly. Also, the article is rather outdated and it does not reflect my current career. This is particularly frustrating for me, since I cannot ethically edit an article about myself. I too agree that I am not especially noteworthy as far as "celebrities" go. Maybe when I was an "Internet model," but definitely not now. So, if you decide to tag it for deletion, know that I, the subject, am in complete agreement of your decision.
Vaslittlecrow ( talk) 04:33, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
...for the revert on my alternate talk page. Much appreciated. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:33, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
I appreciate the "hatting". I wanted to put an end to the blather on the nomination, and since it has never been my style to drag people to some forum about incivility, it seemed best to pull the plug. Your action will hopefully seal the deal; much obliged. Jusdafax 02:59, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for contributing to this week's issue! I have replied to your suggestion in the Newsroom. Regards, HaeB ( talk) 04:22, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
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--Thanks, and thank you for reverting the crap on my unprotected talk page recently, as well. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:26, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey SP, just a quick note, I would recommend you remove the "holier than thou" comment. No real need for that (although I wholly sympathise with you sentiments...) let's get on to encouraging people to be positive in the review process! Hope you understand where I'm coming from... The Rambling Man ( talk) 19:26, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
I've reworded the blurb using your suggestion, timer has been reset to when I originally updated ITN. It seemed to me that getting the story on the MP was more important that sorting out exact wording. ITN is not my usual area, hence I'm a bit rusty. Mjroots ( talk) 06:55, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
Actually the first non chinese COA was T J Campell (or rather CDF) [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxhound66 ( talk • contribs) 13:59, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for picking up on that error, I fixed it.-- NortyNort (Holla) 03:30, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
According to the infobox, it's primarily reality television, so I don't see it as qualifying under db-web. If you try a prod or AFD, I'll not complain. Nyttend ( talk) 05:10, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Jus
da
fax has bought you a whisky! Sharing a whisky is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the
WikiLove by buying someone else a whisky, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Enjoy!
Say, thanks for hatting that section, which was wise. We can agree to disagree and move on, I trust. Best wishes, Jus da fax 11:04, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
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— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Well the story is being carried by several websites, in addition to the two I provided, maybe you can find a different more appropriate place for it instead of deleting it?-- Tallard ( talk) 11:41, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
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-- tariqabjotu 16:03, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
NONE of the references you included under role state that that was a role of recent CDFs. They stated thre accomplishments under which those people did. That is NOT a ROLE; that is a actionthey undertook. I am reverting it. You did not contribute to the CDF talk page. Other dictionaries are better ( talk) 09:43, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Can you please help with the page? I write now in Egypt voting and using my phone to edit the page but its very hard to do. I need all the help I can get so if you know anyone who can help please ask them too. thanks. -- The Egyptian Liberal ( talk) 08:59, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
Need your support here -- The Egyptian Liberal ( talk) 09:24, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
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-- tariqabjotu 02:01, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
I've tried to answer all your queries, please take a look; and thanks a lot for your suggestions. Bill william compton Talk 15:04, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm not sure why you bothered to post on my talk. You just went ahead and did it anyway. While you're at it, why not do the same to 2011 Miyagi earthquake. It is an identical situation. Of course, you might want to enter into the discussion with the several other editors on this very matter first at Talk:2011 Miyagi earthquake. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 10:59, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 12:29, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey, just to let you know I've addressed all your comments, so whenever you've got a spare moment I'd appreciate it if you'd have a another look at the list. Cheers NapHit ( talk) 15:45, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
I wrote: "a more useful alternative might be for someone to politely explain what these icons are customarily used to indicate on a userpage, and ask him to make some changes".
I changed my mind because:
I've been careful not to touch anything related to the content dispute while editing through the lock, which is entirely appropriate according to the policy. However, since you raised this up, I'll stop editing the article altogether until the lock expires. (PS: I understand what you mean by "not kosher", however as a Christian I don't approve your metaphorical use of this phrase.) -- Der yck C. 23:49, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
You are removing correct content. TJD Campbell was a Teacher seconded to the Ministry of Interior and Defence. Vij was fromthe civil service and the finance ministry. Deputy CGS was the same as in carge of the army as well as second in command of the armed force. Go look thorugh the ST archives. I've enough of you reverting correct information. Adn since you are based in Singapore, you can virw all the articles in the National Library. Don't rly on just MINDEF articles and don't Singaporeanise the page. Other dictionaries are better ( talk) 13:25, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Any particular reason you removed !votes from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cause For Revelation? If it's just a slip of the finger, fine, but it might look like vandalism to others. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 17:37, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Please strikeout comments instead of deleting them when they are made by indef-blocked accounts. This might avoid a few misunderstandings. -- Blanchardb -
Me•
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19:07, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
You may have relevant opinions on Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Janil Puthucheary ... in particular, the cited source "The Online Citizen" uses some very strange wording in the cited article, but I'm not really sure whether this is because it's wildly biased or just a style of writing with which I'm not familiar. -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 20:32, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Well, I guess it turned into an article after all. Pity we had to go through all those keystrokes with you defending the redirect you made. I do hope next time you will leave such stubs for more than an hour before redirecting them. Also, I do hope your future arguments in justification will be less obfuscated.
By the way, you're welcome for the wikilove I sent.
(In case I'm not being clear: It sucked having my article redirected, wasting keystrokes replying in opposition to that action that was made on erroneous grounds, responding to a defense made in an obfuscating manner, conceding, offering an olive branch while being the offended party, not having the offer responded to, and then seeing the article rightly being recreated. Just so that it's clear.) :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 14:52, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
A small word of thanks for helping to cleanup the above article. Meanwhile, vote wisely! :D-- Huaiwei ( talk) 15:10, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
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-- RxS ( talk) 22:02, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
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-- RxS ( talk) 14:53, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
I have opened up a new discussion on WikiProject Multi-sport, about appointing a new coordinator. Please leave your thoughts there. Thank you. [4] Intoronto1125 Talk Contributions 03:36, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Strange Passerby,
The user is not a SPA ..but a twofold indef-blocked and community banned user. I have reported this to WP-ANI
[5]--
Nmate (
talk)
11:20, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi StrPby, after following your and other users' valuable comments over the accompanying prose of the article, I've made some changes. I request you to take a look there and be a part of nomination procedure, right now I'm running busy in real life but will address all the concerns brought up there. I'm hoping a full cooperation from your side, thanks. — Bill william compton Talk 14:18, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
I would comment that it is permissible for the nominator to !vote "as nominator" in the discussion, giving more detailed or other rationales. The second vote on the page should be noted as such. I suggest that simply noting the multiple votes would suffice. LessHeard vanU ( talk) 11:36, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
What about these two , I was going to nominate them also but as I have some dispute with the uploader I left them, what do you think about them, the facebook screen grap appears only to show ridicules of the subject http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vivian_Balakrishnan_fb_screenshot.jpg - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_New_Paper_Gay_MP.png - Off2riorob ( talk) 15:48, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
It was reflective of the criticism of him at the time. It was a screenshot first uploaded by The Online Citizen [6]. Normally I edit quite conservatively, but what I am most concerned about is a continual whitewashing by YoungPAP members (they are often anonymous and leave no edit summaries), eager to make large scandals sound like really small incidents. Furthermore I don't know what is particularly wrong with the comments I cropped in (the original screenshot is much longer), in so far as it is not libelous (it represents opinion, and makes no assertion about facts), and it reflects the general mood online at the time, and you could very well argue that he was indeed "homophobic" and indeed "scared of gays" -- this is indeed, what the government-independent press essentially said.
In 2006 we didn't have this problem because the government ignored Wikipedia. I tried to maintain a balanced article -- see the views I took from his webpage and the summary of his legislative resume which I created. Nevertheless, among Singaporeans connected to the internet, the first thing that comes to mind when Balakrishnan is mentioned is probably "the gay incident". In America, if a a politician had made similar remarks, and continued to make similar remarks, and continued to attack his opponents in that manner, that would probably earn him a very large section in his biography. Elle vécut heureuse à jamais ( be free) 04:42, 17 May 2011 (UTC)