User talk:Coren/Archives/2010/January

EE topic bans

I'm surprised by Martintg's statement that Mass killings under communist regimes doesn't fall under the EE topic ban.[1] I feel that the article obviously belongs to the topic area "Eastern Europe, broadly constructed." Second, this is one of the specific articles where the ArbCom found that disruption occured. For example, according to FoF 14A, Martintg took part in the canvassing campaign on this specific article (it was previously called Communist genocide). The purpose of the remedies was to prevent disruption in the topic areas where it previously took place, so if Martintg is right and the article does not belong to that group, then this seems really odd. Offliner (talk) 05:57, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Mass killings under communist regimes has significantly changed since Communist genocide and is an international topic of general scope that also includes subsections on China, North Korea and Cambodia, as well as a general discussion on communist ideology as a factor. I've attempted to adhere to the spirit and letter of the EE topic ban and have kept well away from any EE sub-topic within this article. Some clarification would be most helpful here as I would like to expand the non-EE subsections in this article, particularly North Korea (which I am currently reading up on over the Christmas break). --Martin (talk) 06:02, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, this is out of context: could you point me at the relevant discussion, please? — Coren ^(talk) 16:36, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

I believe Offliner linked the discussion above. In a nutshell the question here is this: does this EE topic ban exclude me from expanding non-EE specific sections in the article Mass killings under communist regimes? On a practical level I would like to expand the section on Ethiopia (having found an interesting book that does a comparative study of the mass killings of both the Cambodian and Ethiopian regimes), in addition to North Korea and other non-EE sub topics. --Martin (talk) 20:31, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

The topics you describe are not under the ban, but (and that is a big but) they hover close because of the unavoidable association with Soviet Russia's politics. Thread carefully, and avoid disputes. — Coren ^(talk) 00:44, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Coren, I certainly will. --Martin (talk) 02:46, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Vir Singh (author)

I am in the process of making "Vir Singh" a disambiguation page, and that requires my putting the current "Vir Singh" page into a new page called "Vir Singh (author)". This is why there is currently a duplication of page: "Vir Singh". Thank you.Virsingh (talk) 00:29, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Molpadiida

CorenSearchBot has tagged an article I just wrote (Molpadiida) as a copy of an article here. This site appears to be a wikipedia mirror, and links directly back to the wikipedia article. The text is original to me! Anaxial (talk) 11:22, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Best Wishes for 2010, FloNight♥♥♥♥ 12:00, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Washboard Chaz

Hi Coren,

I am the webmaster and son of Washboard Chaz. I used his bio from his website which I maintain to create his wiki page. I'll edit it a bit so that it looks different. Thanks for bearing with me while I get this page up and working.

Jed —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jedpaulson (talk • contribs) 02:06, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Confusion

The article Big Bad Love (lyrics) is not back nowhere. Is there any chance it gets deleted somehow even CorenSearchBot is wrong? I hope the answer.*FranklinG* (talk) 02:45, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Song lyrics are subject to copyright. If you want to use lyrics that aren't public domain or licensed under a compatible free license, you will need show that they can be used under a claim of fair use – see WP:NFCC. There are only very, very few circumstances where I can think a valid claim for the full lyrics of a song can be made, but certainly not for lyrics of a contemporary pop song. In fact, we even usually need to avoid linking to a page displaying the lyrics if the external page isn't showing the text in compliance with copyright.
Kind regards, Amalthea 03:37, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Saoirse (Fenian)

(I've ignored "Before you leave a message about CorenSearchBot leaving a template on your talk page:")
(Probably final) response at User talk:Jerzy#Saoirse (Fenian).
--Jerzy•t 07:19, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Information moved from Caroline Kennedy (singer).

I have moved this information, and redirected Caroline Kennedy (singer) to Caroline Kennedy-McCracken. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jyf.wong13 (talk • contribs) 08:17, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Learc 1980

Hi Coren

All the information is within the public domain. Permission has been granted for any possible infringement by the club authorities.

However, any infringements, if found will be removed/altered.

Learc1980 (talk) 19:58, 2 January 2010 (UTC) 2nd January 2010.

Commented on this at the user's talk page. Franamax (talk) 20:09, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

aimt, greater noida

hii, i am not doing the promotional activites for aimt and is not getting paid for this. i have just mentioned few information about aimt because it was not listed on the wikipedia --annu- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Annuyadav (talk • contribs) 08:09, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Coren removing CSD tag

Hi there. Thought you might be interested to see this CSD tag removal. Is it a bug? Basket of Puppies 01:53, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

My guess is that the bot experienced (and edited through) an edit conflict. Extremely difficult to do, but even when you're rolling a 1 million sided die, you have to get a 1 sometime... --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 01:54, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

That looks like that was it. Occasionally, Mediawiki seems to not notice an edit conflict despite both editors having had valid edit tokens; I've always suspected it was possible if the edits started at exactly the same time (the cookie seems to be based on a timestamp). It's a very unlikely fluke, but it will always remain possible without complicated logic to double check the article history to make sure it matches what CSBot expected the edit to result, and rolling back if it didn't, but I very much doubt it's worth the added complexity or resource drain. — Coren ^(talk) 18:19, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Possible topic ban appeal

I am considering appealing my topic ban. I believe the best manner for me to approach this is to understand your perspective on the EEML case, as you were the first to propose and advocate for my total one year ban based on your assessment: "given the continuing disruption". At your convenience, please provide your rationale in the form of specific points regarding on-Wiki disruption for which you believe I am responsible which can be addressed and discussed in an evidentiary manner. Your response some time in the next several weeks while your thoughts on the case are still fresh would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  17:50, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

I would have thought it fairly self explanatory: your participation in the mailing list was putting your fingers on the scales to cheat the normal editorial process. Continued off-wiki coordination was, in my view, in furtherance of continuing that pattern, although my colleagues assumed copious amounts of good faith given the very partial excerpt we had seen. Personally, I would have expected every member of that mailing list to cease further off-wiki coordination completely and immediately — if only to avoid even the appearance of impropriety — and I have a hard time reconciling continued email coordination with the possibility that you understand, let alone acknowledge, that you did, in fact, behave poorly.

Until and unless that happens, the chances of an appeal not being simply rejected is insignificant — especially unless you have several months of problem-free editing under your belt. You still treat the project as a battlefield rather than the collaborative project it is meant to be; until you demonstrate your ability to work with people holding a point of view opposite yours — rather than against them — restricting you away from the troublesome area is a measure I feel is necessary. — Coren ^(talk) 18:15, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Coren, thank you for your response. I still believe the conclusions you have drawn regarding my intent and conduct are gravely mistaken. I will consider your points.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  05:04, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

New submission

Hi Coren,

The content for the new submission on the West Harlem Art Fund, Inc. is standard text which the organization controls. There has been no copyright violation.

Thanks.

Savona Bailey-McClain —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbaileymcc (talk • contribs) 17:21, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

WATA WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TRAVEL AGENCIES

WATA is the oldest association of travel agencies, created in 1949 by Daniel V. Dedina from Paris with 7 European travel agents, with the aim to create a network of inbound-outbound agencies who would work together, exchange clients, in all trust and knowing each other. WATA is celebrating 60 years of existence and is represented in more than 80 countries worldwide. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WATA NETWORK (talk • contribs) 14:24, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Please read the guide to requesting and formalizing permission to use copyrighted works on Wikipedia. Note that, in addition to copyright requirements, the article must still comply with notability guidelines, advertising prohibition and avoid conflicts of interest. — Coren ^(talk) 17:24, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Coren, The content i have just submitted for 'Regional Institute of English' is indeed from the website www.riesi.co.in. Please note there has been no copyright violation as i am indeed writing about that institute. I work for them and am also the webmaster for that site. Please do let me know what i need to do in oder to build up that article to be more elaborate. Thanks. Shendrew Balendran —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shendrew (talk • contribs) 17:30, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Lisduff (County Cork)

Hi. CorenSearchBot tagged Lisduff (County Cork) as copied due to it spotting the article whilst I was in the middle of a split operation on the article Lisduff. As far as I can tell, I've followed all the requirements in WP:SPLIT including adding the {{split-to}} and {{splitfrom}} templates although they are rather confusing. I don't suppose there is any way for CorenSearchBot to know that the intention is a split. Or maybe a specific sequence for me to follow on the split avoid this in the future? Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 19:31, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Untitled

Hi Coren, The content i have just submitted for 'Regional Institute of English' is indeed from the website www.riesi.co.in. Please note there has been no copyright violation as i am indeed writing about that institute. I work for them and am also the webmaster for that site. Please do let me know what i need to do in oder to build up that article to be more elaborate. Thanks. Shendrew Balendran

Please read the guide to donating your own copyrighted material to Wikipedia. Note that, in addition to copyright requirements, the article must still comply with notability guidelines, advertising prohibition and avoid conflicts of interest. — Coren ^(talk) 23:54, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

William Neal

Complied. I'd appreciate if you removed the tag on the article if you'll see no copyright infringement. Thanks for your appreciation, Krenakarore (talk) 19:26, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Michael M. Cernea

http://www.his.com/~mesas/irr_model/cernea_bio.htm

Hi - I think it is OK and not copied it is referenced and substantially different. List of publications is the same though. Best wishes ! (Msrasnw (talk) 21:09, 6 January 2010 (UTC))

WASA (Wilson's Aeronautic's and Space Administration)

Hi - I have asked for permission to extract text from the official WASA site [2] through the creators (Kes Daood) Permission, which you can email via the contact information given on the site (kesdaood@hotmail.com) I will also ask Kes to add a link to the article on Wikipedia onto the site.

Karim Bacchus —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karimjb (talk • contribs) 19:35, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Buzz and Bite

Hello,

I was not aware that you could not take text from your own web site. I have made substantial changes to the text and I will re post.

Thank you,

jcdickin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cressmj (talk • contribs) 19:52, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Coren- It seems I need to resubmit the Transcendental Painting group entires. The text in question comes from a source I cited. But it seems I over-used the source. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Apfineart (talk • contribs) 23:33, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

CSB II plans update

Hi Coren,

Happy new year, and belated congratulations on the re-election.

We've broached the topic of CSB II (for newly patrolled revisions) a couple of times, and I have tried to start a discussion on features at WT:C. Despite the overall apathy in terms of responses, I'm still firmly convinced that we need to have bot assistance to help with revision patrolling, and further that this may be the right gradual step to start cracking down on the probably thousands of copyvios that keep sneaking into live articles.

Best, MLauba (talk) 15:45, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Nagarjuna G. article

Your bot says that the content was taken from http://fkft.eu/2008/speakers/31.en.html, but the content of the article was taken from this page: http://selfproject.eu/en/project/whoiswho. The content of that site is under a compatible license (GNU FDL): http://selfproject.eu/en/copyleft

Could you remove the Copyright infringement notice that the bots added? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vektorman (talk • contribs) 17:47, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

• Replied on user's talk page. Note that GFDL-only sources are no longer validly licensed for use on Wikipedia. MLauba (talk) 18:01, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

District of Columbia Department of Transportation

The one-sentence description of DDOT at http://www.mwcog.org/ITSArch/SH2.htm is not even close to the 10,634-byte article on DDOT which was created. The text at mwcog.org is itself stolen from the DDOT Web site's "About" page (footnoted on the Wiki article). - Tim1965 (talk) 20:16, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

why i cant paste a profile of tradekey

there are other similar business . Please give a good reason —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hassan.safdar414 (talk • contribs) 10:28, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

New article on "Bruce Chase"

I just posted a new article on composer and music arranger Bruce Chase, which was flagged as being too similar to a biography at www.stephaniechase.com/Bruce_Chase_Biography.doc, to which I own the copyright. I have just placed a "copyleft" giving explicit permission to reuse this material without conditions, and have placed the same notice on the version found at www.stephaniechase.com/BruceChase.htm. Thanks. Wrestplank (talk) 21:22, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Klein Tools

User:Typhoon created Klein Tools, and cited the history section from the website. [3] However, it does not appear to be a copyvio. Hope if helps further CorenSearchBot. NativeForeigner ^Talk/_Contribs 05:32, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Topic ban violations

Recently Tymek violated his WP:EEML topic ban at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Tylman (3rd nomination): [4].

However, I'm unsure whether to file a report, since it seems that everyone who reports topic ban violations gets attacked. When Russavia reported Vecrumba's topic ban violations ([5][6][7]) to Sandstein, Vecrumba responded by making accusations against Russavia: User_talk:Vecrumba#Your_recent_edits_to_EE-related_topics. To be completely honest, I feel these topic ban violations may be intended as "traps"—whoever reports them will be accused of stalking and battleground behaviour. Therefore I'm asking for your advice on what to do. Should we just ignore these occasional topic ban violations and allow them to go on? Or should everything be reported? Let's say I reported Tymek's edit to WP:AE. Would you personally regard this as battleground behaviour on my part? Sorry for this latest WP:EEML mess. Offliner (talk) 20:02, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

I have already settled matters on my edits with Sandstein and indicated I have no interest in exploring the limits of my topic ban. If editors who presented against me at the EEML proceedings

1. refrain from responding to my questions to ArbCom and
2. refrain from invoking "EEML!" on article talk pages where I and others are banned from participating,

there will be no need (my perspective) for conflict. If I violate some code of conduct, I'm sure editors other than my antagonists will notice and deal with it.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  22:31, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

History of Ranchi

Hello! The article History of Ranchi was created by me from the history content of the Ranchi article. The section of history of Ranchi article made the article too lengthy. So, I decide to move the content into a new article named History of Ranchi to make the Ranchi article less lengthy and more readable. But, I didn't know that the content was copyrighted as I had just moved it from one wiki article to a new one.

However, I have re-written the article completely and provided references. You may verify the content for yourself. WorLD8115(TalK) 17:01, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Fruitbats & Crows

The information from http://www.2feetmusic.com/releasepage.php?album=SSCD%20524 has been donated to the article on Wikipedia by 2Feet Music. The information was compiled on both sites by Brett Schewitz.

Schwepps (talk) 15:01, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Lemon liqueur copyvio false positive

Hi. The bot generated copyvio alert on Lemon liqueur is a false positive. The web page in question appears to be derived from the Wikipedia article Limoncillo, and Lemon liqueur includes some content removed from Limoncillo. --Una Smith (talk) 17:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Replying at your talk. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:02, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Might the bot skip content created by autoreviewers? --Una Smith (talk) 20:43, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I think that would be a bad idea. I've seen several articles (containing copyright violations) at WP:SCV that have been created by autoreviewers. Theleftorium 20:48, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

And, indeed, even admins. Few people are truly familiar with the sometimes baroque complexities of following law and licenses, and it's fairly clear that — in the long run — the occasional inconvenience of having to remove a templated false positive is worth the added protection. In slightly more than two years of running, CSBot has ferreted out over 35000 probable copies, of which some 26000 were unsalvageable copyvios that had to be deleted (some repeatedly!) — and much of the others it found were stubbed or rewritten. — Coren ^(talk) 21:02, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

What is the false positive rate? --Una Smith (talk) 21:27, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

That depends what you mean, exactly, by "false positive". The true false positive rate (thinking that X is a copy of Y when it cannot be) is well below one percent. What you probably meant is what is the rate of taggings on copies which would have been legitimate: that's around 4-5%, I'd guess, mostly around well-done splits, track listings (those look like prose to CSBot, but obviously need to remain verbatim), and sources that have permission but that the bot cannot guess at. — Coren ^(talk) 23:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I withdraw the suggestion! I forgot admins get the autoreviewer bit by default.

I have often thought granting admin editors automatically the perks that must be earned by content editors is a mistake. It sends the wrong message to both admin editors and content editors. Also, in my opinion, too many admin editors have too little experience as content editors. --Una Smith (talk) 21:26, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Untitled

Hi Coren,

Thank you for your instructive comments on my page. First and foremost, I am Jack Furlong, and since I own the copyrights to my page, I hereby approve of using my own material for the time being during the creation process. Secondly, I plan on revising the page to the point where it is substantially different as to not infringe on copyright laws, even if I own the original page. If there is a certain process I need to go through in order to legally maintain this, I am more than happy to do so.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me.

Best,

DieKenny23 (talk) 22:10, 13 January 2010 (UTC)Jack Furlong

Please read the guide to donating your own copyrighted material to Wikipedia. Note that, in addition to copyright requirements, the article must still comply with notability guidelines, advertising prohibition and avoid conflicts of interest. — Coren ^(talk) 23:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Coren

The Dark Nebula

There is no copyright issue regarding the re-use of the comixpedia article of the same name as I also provided that information. It's 100% accurate as I also hold the copyright for The Dark Nebula.

Tad Pietrzykowski —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Dark Nebula (talk • contribs) 02:48, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Just in case you didn't know

CorenSearchBot has been down since January 14. Theleftorium 14:55, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Gah! No, I didn't. Imma go give it a swift kick in the diodes. — Coren ^(talk) 15:36, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Berber flag

This is my own translation of the French Wikipedia article. Goustien (talk) 06:30, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Nouveau iDEA

Hello Coren,

I'm the founder and executive director of Nouveau iDEA and there will be no copy rights issue as I have full rights to its website content and have every intention of adhering to Wikipedia's editorial policies.

Please advise how we may include this on to Wikipedia?

Thank you in advance.

Best,

Tushar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tunadkat (talk • contribs) 11:28, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Note

I made a change to the filter. The old version was never going to catch anything. Triplestop x3 04:24, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

That's odd. It worked with user_name too when I tested it against accounts I knew should match. — Coren ^(talk) 16:50, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

And it also does with your change. I suppose both keywords are synonymous.  :-) — Coren ^(talk) 16:52, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, it turns out that accountname and user_name work the same when a logged out user is making the account. But when a logged in user is doing it, user_name is the name of the user making the account and accountname is the account being made. Triplestop x3 17:57, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Aha! Gotcha. Thanks. — Coren ^(talk) 18:17, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Your Arbcom logo

By the way, delighted you initiated the idea of changing logo — not something that would have crossed my mind ... but pondering designs (whether any are ever chosen LoL) can generate useful insights. Thank you. Proofreader77 ^(interact) 21:13, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, it's not mine by any stretch of the imagination; I just found it on commons and requested an SVG version. — Coren ^(talk) 00:08, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, let's put it this way. Only you (and now I) link to it. :-) Proofreader77 ^(interact) 00:44, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Community de-Adminship - finalization poll for the CDA proposal

After tolling up the votes in the revision proposals, it emerged that 5.4 had the most support, but elements of that support remained unclear, and various comments throughout the polls needed consideration.

A finalisation poll (intended, if possible, to be one last poll before finalising the CDA proposal) has been run to;

• gather opinion on the 'consensus margin' (what percentages, if any, have the most support) and

• ascertain whether there is support for a 'two-phase' poll at the eventual RfC (not far off now), where CDA will finally be put to the community. Matt Lewis (talk) 01:03, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Pedro Lasarte

Pedro Lasarte began his studies at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería in Lima Peru. He later moved to the United States where he received an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas and a doctorate in Hispanic Literatures from the University of Michigan. He is the recepient of various research grants, among them a John Carter Brown Fellowship. He is currently Professor of Spanish at Boston University. His publications focus mainly on early Spanish America and he is the author of Lima satirizada (1598-1698): Mateo Rosas de Oquendo y Juan del Valle y Caviedes (Lima: PUCP, 2006), Sátira hecha por Mateo Rosas de Oquendo a las cosas que pasan en el Pirú, año de 1598. Estudio y edición crítica (Madison: HSMS, 1990) and a number of essays and reviews in literary journals. Pedro Lasarte is Associate Editor of Calíope and serves as a member of the editorial boards of Colonial Latin American Review and Revista Iberoamericana. He is a member of the Peruvian Academy of Language (correspondiente). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paolo199949 (talk • contribs) 13:33, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Girls Gone By Publishers

I have submitted this page to Clarissa Cridland and Ann Mackie-Hunter (founders of GGBP) and they have approved it)

BTP51 (talk) 19:01, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

John Price Durbin

Please note that I have added the references to the original sources upon which this biographical sketch is based. Most are from histories of Dickinson College however the Life of John Price Durbin is the most exhaustive reference.

Viscount Flesym (talk) 22:23, 18 January 2010 (UTC)User:Viscount FlesymViscount Flesym (talk) 22:23, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Monica Maimone

What I need to do to confirm that I had the copyright to publisher that page? Thanks --Guido Bellix (talk) 10:17, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

If you are the author or own the copyright, please follow the instructions at WP:DCM. If you believe you can obtain permission, follow WP:PERMISSION instead. MLauba (talk) 10:20, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Peterhof palace

Peterhof Palace : here is the problem !!!!! "If the original source was itself a copy of Wikipedia text: Reusing the text is probably okay, but make sure you link back to the original article to comply with attribution requirements. If the site CSBot found is a Wikipedia mirror, you may want to notify me so I can add it to the list for the future." what should i do for my work not to be destroyed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sosoev (talk • contribs) 16:55, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Six Bells Colliery Disaster

I have attempted a re-write. Surely these are facts? Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:30, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

thank you for the re-write. Indeed they are facts. However, I rewrote the entry but I was still asked to do further "polishing". I decided to delete the whole entry. I received a response that my action may be vandalism. I am concerned. I do have the right to delete something I created completely (no one else added anything, except the changes by one of you staff). It is not vandalism, right? I will try to write another one, in a better fashion, and more complete. OK?Callisto1999 (talk) 12:23, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

I was wholly unaware of any earlier efforts, Callisto (and cannot see in your history?). The current version is my second attampt. My own page blanking of my first attempt triggered the article's removal, as expected. If you can improve the current version, please go ahead. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:16, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

2d Airborne Command and Control Squadron

This is the second time this 'bot has placed this warning on an Air Force unit page I created. The supposed "copywrited text" page (http://www.ranger95.com/airforce/airborne_cmd_control/2nd_accs.html) has nothing besides a logo patch of the unit. I took the information from an official government source page (Air Force FOIA reading room), and placed it into a Wikipedia Military Unit template - there was no copyright violation, nor blantant plagarism. Why does the bot think any information on an Air Force unit is pulled from the www.Ranger95.com website? TDRSS (talk) 15:33, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

There are site which actually present contents differently depending on whether an interactive web browser or an automated process tries to access it. This page is one of those cases, and presents a copy of the government source to 'bots (presumably in order to try to pump up pagerank). It's slimy, but the only way around it would be for my bot to lie about being a bot to the web servers which is just as slimy. — Coren ^(talk) 16:30, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Sino-German Center for Research Promotion

Removed the copyrighted contents, so pls remove the notice --Daomaster (talk) 08:13, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Arb activity

Coren, forgive me if this is not the proper way to bring this up. You are currently listed as inactive here but have been voting on new cases recently. Would you like to remain listed as inactive or be moved back to active? -MBK₀₀₄ 03:07, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

I remain inactive for the most part as I have more limited availability than normal, but some of the current matters are divisive and important enough that it's important that as much of the committee as possible rouses to activity. I suppose "inactive on all cases where I do not explicitly vote" is the best description. — Coren ^(talk) 11:25, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying that. I was a little confused seeing you voting on almost everything yet were listed as inactive, not to mention being listed as active on Tothwolf but not having cast any votes on the proposed decision. -MBK₀₀₄ 01:22, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I should probably be marked inactive there. That BLP mess has sucked up what little on-wiki time I had available and my votes there would not materially change anything anyways. — Coren ^(talk) 02:47, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

BLP

Please read my argument, just added there. [8] You are moving much too fast. DGG ( talk ) 17:22, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

You're missing my point, DGG. I agree that it is possible, indeed highly desirable, to save as many of those articles as possible; but even if there were 50 skilled editors spending only 10 minutes per article to fix them, that all 50 could work 8 hours a day exclusively on this, and even presuming absolutely 100% efficiency and no coordination overhead, it would still take a month to go through them all. That's not tenable. — Coren ^(talk) 18:10, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

A month to clear a three year backlog is quite reasonable. It might not even take that long if we can get more than fifty editors involved. Jehochman ^Brrr 18:40, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Except that you won't get 50 editors, few or none of them will be able to contribute 8 hours a day nonstop, it will take much more than 10 minutes per article, and you'll never reach anywhere near perfect efficiency. In practice, those unsourced biographies would still be around a year hence, or two, and more will pile up in the meantime which will likewise get at best partial coverage and monitoring. — Coren ^(talk) 18:47, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

The N.O.

One line from the page was borrow from www.the.no.org.nz which was their "mission" I am happy to either quote this or remove it. Are you able to reinstate the content of The N.O.

The previous "Dear Editor" text from www.theedge.co.nz was written by myself, bit I had removed that to comply with wikipedia rules. --Nixxxi (talk) 17:34, 21 January 2010 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Nixxxi (talk • contribs) 17:31, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Draft

Replied on my talk page.--Tznkai (talk) 19:45, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Content deletion

This is my own article in Wikipedia. I own the website and it's content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumithmeegama (talk • contribs) 10:49, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Responded at his or her talk page. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:18, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Bernard Bragg

Hello, I am write to find out why it isnt aavailable to show name "Bernard Bragg" I have his permission to put his info into wiki because he request me to do his biography about his life on theater in wiki. can you be more helpful. I have his contact information and he can talk to you. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ASLumabas (talk • contribs) 11:22, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Responded at his or her talk page. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:15, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Kristian Ireland

Dear Coren,

Please remove the copyright comments attached to the Kristian Ireland page, which was blanked by me - Mus10. These comments are unnecessarily negative and misleading. I am the author of the text on this page, and I am also the author of the text on the linkedin profile which is cited in reference to this page by the Coren bot.

I will do my best to re-word the Kristian Ireland page and re-submit.

Sincerely, Kristian —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mus10 (talk • contribs) 07:58, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Responded at his or her talk page. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:07, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

ashashyou

Thanks for the note, i have modified the page to avoide copyright violation.--Ashashyou (talk) 11:15, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Please remove the copyright tag

Please remove the copyright tag (user : kishoremanelkar)since the source is my own linkedin profile.

Thanks --Kishoremanelkar (talk) 11:27, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Will speak to contributor at his or her page. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:58, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Repeated error

Once again, your bot has detected my quotation of military award citations that http://www.theaerodrome.com/ claims are copyrighted. I have temporary cites showing that it appears in the London Gazette. I often also find these citations in other archives.

Any suggestions as to how to avoid these false alarms?

Georgejdorner (talk) 00:46, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

FABIANA MASILI

The content of the page "Fabiana Masili" is a biographical fact and it will obviously look similar to another website because they can be only one fact about the same person. The facts were based on a one on one interview with the person we were writing about (FABIANA MASILI).

The words are different and in our own words and additional information added as well. Please advise on how we can resolve this copyright misunderstanding.

Sincerely,

TENZING CHEMEY —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lordtenny (talk • contribs) 02:07, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Leslie Hoffman

I am Leslie Hoffman. Therefore I give myself permission to use my own words to write this bio on myself that is connected to Nightmare on Elm Street. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuntrek (talk • contribs) 06:29, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Gabrielle Davis

This page has now been corrected in line with requirements of your tag. The sentences found by your bot were mostly a properly cited and credited quotation in a blockquote, but that has now been removed to prevent further hassle. Thank you.--Storye book (talk) 17:06, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

~~mzilikazi1939~~

New article on the Network of Buddhist Organisations

Your machine warns that the statement of NBO's aims are copyright material from its own website. In fact these aims are stated at the start of its constitution and as such are therefore in the public domain. The aims are cited often on the web. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mzilikazi1939 (talk • contribs) 21:14, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Donal O'Connor

Please remove copyright tags as this info has originally been taken from my Myspace profile and is owned by me. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tradhead199 (talk • contribs) 18:07, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

this brand has to be on Wiki, in the way you think is best, but let's not delete as page. As person , who knows about this brand a lot, we can create a nice Page for neri karra brand. thank you, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Furniturestorenyc (talk • contribs) 04:52, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Gsautter

The text used in the articles stems from a scientific publications (the references). As a pure description of nature, these pieces of text do not qualify as intellectual property and therefore are not copyrightable. The copyright notice in the referenced pages clearly states this.

The purpose of the texts being replicated in Wikipedia is to

• make them available to a wider audience
• have them embedded in Wikipedia's greater network of the knowledge of mankind

Therefore, please allow the article to stay online even though the texts are replicated from another source.

Gsautter (talk) 17:30, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Intelligent Transportation Society of Michigan

I am the webmaster of http://www.itsmichigan.org. Material I copied off the aforementioned site was flagged as "copyright" material. I am the author of the website material and I added it to the Wikipedia site as the original Wikipedia Author for the Intelligent Transportation Society of Michigan as offCopyright material. Charlesmoore03 (talk) 23:31, 27 January 2010 (UTC)Charles Moore -csjmoore@gmail.com

Patrick Simmons

Hi, I have looked upon this issue. I have removed the copied text. Holiday56 (talk) 07:28, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Feed the Children Vallarta

I last worked on a Wikipedia entry about 5 years ago. That time no problem. I work with Feed the Children Vallarta and tried to completely rewrite the information so as to be completely new. It is a non-profit group doing work here in Mexico. It is hard to write the facts about any topic without having some similarities. I will request a permission form from Wikipedia if you have any concerns. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomdlandry (talk • contribs) 15:37, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

The Lighting Practice Copyright Text

Text I added to my wiki entry has been flagged for copyright issues. The text is identical to the text I entered on our company LinkedIn profile. It is not copyrighted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebrightguy (talk • contribs) 19:10, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

About me newly created page "Janjua Jatt"

I would like to share that this site has got GNU license, and it is clearly stated that anybody can reuse, redistribute the content of this Page. kindly see the link below:

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.txt

Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doublejay08 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

SHAWN CHAPMAN HOLLEY

Hello: Re copyright issues, I wrote Shawn's bio on kwikalaw.com therefore it is not copyrighted, right? Also, re her noteability, there are many other attorneys on wikipeidia like Laura Wasser & Mark Geragos (just to name a few). Please tell me why the are more noteworthy then her. Thank you!

Jentry71 (talk) 18:33, 29 January 2010 (UTC)jentry

New post moved here from middle of page

I Dr. Paul Burns am the copy write holder on any informaiton found on my website probably being the reason why the website and the articals match. Please disregard this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CharlieHustleProductions (talk • contribs) 19:15, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Origin of data for article "Mauricio Morais"

The CorenSearchBot is associating my "Mauricio Morais" article with text from a Facebook page and a website biography, both of which I myself authored. I am not aware of any copyrighted material, as I did not copyright anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laroldc (talk • contribs) 21:08, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

New Article Christina Paxson

Hi - I rewrote what I say about Paxson, which I hope will be adequate to stop triggering a potential copyright infringement. Thanks. Anne Case —Preceding unsigned comment added by AnneCase (talk • contribs) 18:53, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Insan (2005) page

I wanted to say that I didn't copy the text on that page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Malika-BW (talk • contribs) 11:02, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

History of Pencubitt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencubitt_House This page was deleted suspected copyright issues. No copyright issues exist. The necessary statements are now in place on the external source page. Pencubitt (talk) 14:30, 31 January 2010 (UTC)