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Request

Dear MERC-C, If you could spare some time, would mind doing some checking at the Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/S710? I would be very grateful. I personally do not think that these articles present any problems, but I am the author, you know, who would say such things. Greetings S711 (talk) 20:33, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, I don't have oodles of spare time like I used to. To put it into context -- there are about 85000 articles in the CCI backlog, of which less than 0.5% are yours and I can count the number of volunteers at CCI on one hand. It'll get done... eventually. That said, I'll take a look the next time I work at CCI. MER-C 13:49, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Question

I have been on vacation and busy with a big trial in the past month, and thus unable to edit Wikipedia with typical frequency. Upon returning I noticed you had "accepted" something here: [1] What does that mean and how do I proceed to wrap things up and bring it to a close?--YHoshua (talk) 01:41, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Accepted means the opening of the CCI. I did this because the "behind the scenes" option isn't practical with low activity. Whether you choose to help out at the CCI is up to you but if you attempt to but do not sufficiently address the concerns you will only make everyone's job harder. The limiting factor is the availability of other editors (whether this is checking you've cleared the copyvio out or removing copying altogether) and there's not much you can do about that. MER-C 11:51, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Neat trick

I noticed your sig trick at this edit. Very clever, I may have to borrow that. LeadSongDog come howl! 20:00, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work

on S710. I've been away from that one, will try to return soon.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 12:56, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I agree that this should be a priority (S710 is getting a little impatient, see above). Unfortunately I just opened a 1500 article CCI today (plus my tools broke). MER-C 13:48, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I filed a couple of requests for improvement of your crosswiki linksearch tool, which is so useful. [2][3] --Nemo 09:53, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MER-C. I had read what the clerks have to do regarding the issues and I think that I can help around. Still, if there are any flaws in my editing, can you point them out as I was hoping to request my name on the talk page. Thank you. TheSpecialUser TSU 00:51, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What experience do you have with dealing with copyvios? MER-C 06:16, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As MER-C says, whileit's nice to see the enthusiasm, there's really little involved in clerking, and what we need are people actually tackling the copyright investigations. I haven't seen you at any of them yet. If there's any you want to tackle but aren't sure where to start, let me know and I can guide you through. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 17:55, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

i want to update the version only in Adobe InDesign wiki page.

Hi, MER-C,

this link is already on wiki page, i didn't add any link in wiki page. i want to update only version of IndicPlus. you can check my contribs.

Thanks Pushpendra

Response: [4]. MER-C 12:30, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CCI: I can help if ...

Hi. Thanks for creating the Olivarries CCI page. On it, in reply to my "it's a problem if Wikipedia is expected to host simple tabulations", you said, "That would make it ineligible for copyright." Does that mean that simple tabulations (in this case, of people elected in local elections) are always ineligible for copyright protection? If that is the case I'd be able to place {{n}} against 48 of the articles in the CCI, subject to quite quick checks that I'm willing to carry out. Please would you confirm my understanding?

Also, what I really meant was that it might be a problem for Wikipedia if we are expected to host the results of local and regional elections. So I'm considering sending those 48 articles to AFD. Not a trivial task, so I'm hoping for a second opinion. Would you please take a quick look at, say, this one, which is a case in point. I think it comes up against at least WP:TRANSIENT, as well as guidelines like WP:RECENT and WP:NPS. I'm happy to do the spade work, but would appreciate advice first. Thanks. --Stfg (talk) 11:45, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The relevant concept is the threshold of originality. I don't see how reproduction of simple facts can be eligible for copyright; it is how it is presented, if sufficiently original, that matters. As for whether the articles should exist in the first place, I can offer you this observation --- articles about local government around my city only talk about mayors. The detail seems a bit excessive to me; that's what the council website is for. MER-C 12:02, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, that's what I needed. --Stfg (talk) 12:49, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(←) I've done that. I would also be able to go through articles with names of the form X, Ubay and X, Ubay, Bohol quite quickly, as I know the main source of copyvio when it occurs in these, and the absence of permission has been established. But I need to understand something before I do: I would be able to delete text copied from that source and put {{cclean}} on the talk page. I would also be able to make best efforts to check that there's no more CV, by means of source spotchecks and googling for suspicious phrases. My question is: are these best efforts sufficient to check off entries, or is something more needed? Rgds, --Stfg (talk) 15:16, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

>[A]re these best efforts sufficient to check off entries?
Yes. MER-C 09:26, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CCI clerk request

Wikipedia talk:Contributor copyright investigations#Clerking. For obvious reasons, I think, your input there would be invaluable. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:20, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Refspam

I noticed you warned a user about refspamming Clixie; it seems User talk:94.168.216.36 is a big fan too. — Pretzels Hii! 12:51, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am already aware of this IP address and will continue to monitor the domain for further spamming. Thanks for the notification anyway. MER-C 13:09, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

hi Merc-c

Dear, MER-C

i on behalf of sglivebet.com are trully sorry for the incovenience my staff are causing you. i assure you that we will stop spamming or editing script which is not suppose to be.

on the other hand can we place put our website at sbobet external link representing as sbobet agent. we here are supermaster agent for sbobet and casino.sbobet. Or maybe may we make our own wiki profile?

thank you for the attention and sorry for the trouble.

Regards, SGLIVEBET.com

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.178.109.6 (talk • contribs)

can we place put our website at sbobet
No.
our own wiki profile?
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. An entry in an encyclopedia is called an article. You're thinking of a corporate profile like the one on your own website, which is an appropriate dumping ground for the promotional crap that you'll likely be passing off as an encyclopedia article.
Read User:MER-C/SmartQuestions before you even think about replying. MER-C 05:49, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For the unheralded work you do...

A Tshirt!
I thought that you deserved something a bit extra for all of the amazing work you've done for the project.
I've nominated you for a gift from the Wikimedia Foundation!

-- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:34, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! MER-C 13:20, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mobileye

Hi

I recently updated the Wiki page associated with the company I work for "Mobileye" the changes I made were addition of our websites in other languages links to our social media pages and removal of old and no longer valid info such as an VP which is no longer employed by us.

I then noticed ,y page was reverted to its former condition and all the updates I had made were removed, I received a link to contact you with this regard.

I must admit I am new to using Wiki however all the info I updated was simply company info and not promotional

I would appreciate it if you would explain the issue to me and perhaps return my added info to the page.


Sincerely

Daniel Rosenfeld Online Marketing Manager Mobileye daniel.rosenfeld@mobileye.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikimobileye (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It goes without saying that any form of "Online Marketing" or promotional search engine optimization is absolutely prohibited. Your excessive use of external links has no encyclopedic purpose and hence is clearly promotional SEO. Your company has abused Wikipedia for promotion for at least 2 years. Do not restore the promotional content otherwise your editing privileges will likely be revoked. MER-C 23:57, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]


I see, I added links as I was under the impression that it is what I was supposed to do, meaning based on what I read, My intention is strictly to make sure that WIKI has the correct info about our company and that it is up to date. most of the links I added were to our websites, is that not allowed? or were you refereeing to the YouTube links? we have many promotional outlets, Wiki is not one of them, we simply want to be accurately represented. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.74.97.128 (talk • contribs)

Adding external links inline to the text is pure spam (no conceivable encyclopedic purpose, stinks of SEO) and is inexcusable. Also, articles typically contain about 1 official link; any more also stinks of SEO.MER-C 08:52, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I understand your concern, however in this case you are mistaking lack of knowledge with malicious intent. We have no need for WIKI for SEO, but as a Wiki page about Mobileye it should have the correct information and the company itself is the best source, this is a page about our company, it only makes sense that we would place our info their and want to make sure its accurate. If I am not supposed to add links to YouTube that I can understand however we have over 7 websites in different languages that's the main thing I wanted to add. I can see you are passionate about keeping wiki spam free, and I think that's great, but that is not at all what I was doing. ( at least not intentionally) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikimobileye (talk • contribs)

however in this case you are mistaking lack of knowledge with malicious intent.
Duck test. When I see someone add an in-text link, 99.9% of the time they are spamming.
the company itself is the best source
No, it is not. I'm sure you're familiar with PR bullshit...
I suggest you draft a neutral article somewhere, including any criticism, and referenced to articles with significant coverage of the company in independent reliable sources (see WP:42) and present it for review at WP:COIN. MER-C 11:58, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:FPCArchiveBar

I had an idea for simlifying this, that also makes it good for the next 6 years. (This length is arbitrary). =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:27, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. MER-C 11:44, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CCI update

Another one done! Hope all is going well with you. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:14, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

--Wizardman 17:33, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CCI process documentation

Thank you for your recent contact regarding collaborating on improving the documentation of the CCI process. Thank you for pointing out some errors in recent edits. I was not aware of the CCI process until recently. Reviewing the documentation on the process, I believe it could be clearer. I look forward to working with you further on this.

>You are probably already aware that I reverted a edit to the above page stating that "this is mostly wrong".

You know, speaking for myself, that's a edit summary I don't ever see myself supplying. I tend to try to preserve the right part.

>I'm inclined to revert every one of your edits...

My understanding is that reverting edits solely on the basis of who made them is discouraged. What is your understanding? Thanks.

>I hope you realise that this ... annoys those who will be working on your CCI

My understanding is that those who work on CCis will do so within wp copyright policy. If this is not correct, please expand. Thanks. Hugh (talk) 04:35, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Season's tidings!

To you and yours, Have a Merry ______ (fill in the blank) and Happy New Year! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 01:04, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And to you to. MER-C 08:21, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dear MER-C

I would like to inform you that I have not added any spam on Wikipedia. I added *Canadian Payroll Tax Calculator site on external links sections of various pages because I believe ankray’s Canadian Payroll Tax Calculator is helpful to Canadian business community. Ankray provides it’s Calculator free to it’s users. I had no intention to spam Wikipedia pages. You can verify the calculator by visiting *Canadian Payroll Tax Calculator. If you have further question, please do not hesitate to write to me.

Regards, Hardeep

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