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helpme

Please reopen the helpme once you ask the question. Cheers, Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 13:00, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

please let me know how to change the title of a topic; especially change from 'franchising' to 'franchise', Thanks. ````ipsofacto````

You simply "move" the article to the correct name. There should be an option, just to the left of the search box, with a dropdown list and a few options, one of which is move. If this isn't clear, let me know and the name of the article and I'll do it for you.--SPhilbrickT 14:32, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Your contributed article, Guarantees and warranties

Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Guarantees and warranties. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as yourself. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Warranty. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Warranty - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

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   on the talk page of the author. 

There is an implied notice that I am copying from other pages in Wikipedia in construction of my subject. The subject I am working on is not found in Wikipedia. The article is going to be about "process" warranties and how they are best expressed in engineering contacts ( also,not on English Wikipedia" with methods of calculating them. I may make reference to Wiki-articles or consult them so that I do not repeat their message.

I have conributed several articles starting 2006-7 and the article " Royalties" -about 85k in length - has received B in quality and a high "priority" from Wiki editors. I have also worked on the Royalties page in the last few days and am also constructing "Technology alliances and Partnerships", a portion of which is almost repeated by Wikipedia in the Royalties page.

I have also consulted with UNIDO and developed the information I am contributing here.

I hope I am Clear. Ipsofacto (talk) 13:56, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Franchising

Thank you for the additions you are making. Please be aware though that, no matter what your personal expertise is, wikipedia articles must be made verifiable by the citation of published reliable sources. In the case of the Franchising article, the generally sad state of the article might be misleading, but the policy is still applicable. If you need help with the mechanics of citing sources please don't hesitate to ask. User:LeadSongDog come howl 06:02, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

I welcome your comments! If 30 refs are not enough, the original article should take its place. If the article 'in sad shape' help to improve it. May be there are editors or robots who can do this. Please let me know how a citation differs from a reference. I see it in no other article. If the article is repulsive of your sentiments, please remove it and do the readers a favor.Quoting from on a Wipedia 'citation' is: - Citation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Broadly, a citation is a reference to a published or unpublished source (not always the original source). More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation - Cached - SimilarIpsofacto (talk) 15:01, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Joint venture

Hello. I was looking over your contributions to joint venture. I deleted the sentence in the introduction which stated that joint venture is a company acting under company law, as joint ventures aren't necessarily companies. Also the bit about Chinese law is minutia and probably shouldn't be included in the introduction. Perhaps you could put the latter in another section? Finally, I'm not sure some of the sections are necessary within the Wikipedia article. The article's intent should be to describe joint ventures as a legal and economic entity, but some of the sections make it seem like a how-to on getting a joint venture started, which isn't very encyclopedic. Let me know what you think. Thanks Oore (talk) 12:54, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Oore for your comments. Before you put in your version of the JV, please note that the term is mostly used now in India and China (which make up half the world!)and is starting to make inroads into Africa. It was originally used in the USA and almost stopped after WWII. England and France consider the term included in Company Law and not separate from it. In fact they frown on it in seminars. Please check the point. You are using the term loosely and perhaps with the American (ancient) perspective. China is the only country which has defined the JV and has a JV Law and hence the detail. The country is growing and needs foreign help in technology and management. So too India and Africa. The Indian Government permits such association ( I should know) and independent existence (so too China now, WFOE). If a JV is formed following the contours of the JV, it has to be in China, India and Africa (mostly). They will model it in time. The US and UK are not yet seeking Indian, Chinese and African technology, but they will. The article is written to aid further investment in China, India, Brazil and Africa where investments are flowing. I appreciate that the UK and the US are in dire need of funds. They will get some through said JVs. If you have deleted any sentences in my original article, please provide a reference but not your reasoning. I am sorry if I sound caustic but you are talking to an Expert. At the same time, you are welcome to delete the whole article and do Jimmy Wales a favor! Ipsofacto (talk) 14:40, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Close paraphrasing

Hi. I'm afraid the Royalties article you contributed to may be a copyright infringement of [1], since the text is closely paraphrased. While facts are not copyrightable, creative elements of presentation – including both structure and language – are. For an example of close paraphrasing, consider the following:

• This high proportion is because new products require "basic foundation development" (R&D, refining/defining business processes and more.).

The article says:

• This high proportion is because new products require "basic foundation development" (R&D, refining/defining business processes, etc.).

There are other passages that similarly follow quite closely.

As a website that is widely read and reused, Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously to protect the interests of the holders of copyright as well as those of the Wikimedia Foundation and our reusers. Wikipedia's copyright policies require that the content we take from non-free sources, aside from brief and clearly marked quotations, be rewritten from scratch. So that we can be sure it does not constitute a derivative work, this article should be revised to separate it further from its source. The essay Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing contains some suggestions for rewriting that may help avoid these issues. The article Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches, while about plagiarism rather than copyright concerns, also contains some suggestions for reusing material from sources that may be helpful, beginning under "Avoiding plagiarism".

Please let me know if you have questions about this. --Chealer (talk) 22:50, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

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