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USC Institute of Armenian Studies

Dear Diana, I am a worker at the USC Institute of Armenian Studies and I am trying to build our wikipedia page. None of the photos are copyrighted as I have full permission to use them and the photo of the institute was actually taken with my phone and there is no reason to remove them from the site. Also, our mission is very important to describe who we are and what we work towards. We are not a corporate company, we are a non-profit research institution under the branch of the University of Southern California. Zavenz (talk) 07:54, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

You cannot post copyright material on Wikipedia even if you are the copyright holder, unless special licensing permissions are in place. That is because Wikipedia aims to be freely distributable and copyable by anyone, and all content must have the appropriate documentation in place before that can happen. Please see Wikipedia:donating copyrighted materials which explains how it works.

Another problem is conflict of interest. Writing an article about your own organisation or that of a client is strongly discouraged, as it is difficult to maintain the required neutral point of view. According to our terms of use, paid editors and people editing on behalf of their employer are required to disclose their conflict of interest by posting a notice on their user page or talk page. I've provided some more information on this topic on your talk page. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 11:53, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Copyvio draft

Hi Dianna. I came across Draft:Jewish superstitions and I noticed whole paragraphs to be copyvios from online sources such as Jewishmag and Myjewishlearning. Whenever you have the time, you can check this out. Thank you. Dr. K. 19:07, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

I have done some revision deletion. The current version is okay. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:57, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Dianna. Dr. K. 21:01, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with File:James Jarvaise's Man in the Room Series, 1959.jpg

Hi Diannaa,

This is a painting owned by Jarvaise LLC of which I am a member and have full rights to use. I do not understand how this image would fall under the derivative category since it is an abstract painting of an Anonymous figure. Can you please give me more details, and if possible point me in the direction to find the correct copyright tag for this? Thank you very much.

Jean Jarvaise

The problem is that we can't take your word for it that you have rights to this image. If you are the copyright holder and wish to release the image to Wikipedia under license, please see WP:donating copyrighted materials. There's a sample permission email at WP:consent. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:46, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Non-free use of File:James Jarvaise.jpg

Hi Diannaa,

This is a photo of my father who was is the painter James Jarvaise and was member of Jarvaise Fine Arts LLC of which I am am a member as well. The LLC has full rights to use these photos. Can you please give me an indication of the correct tag to use in this matter? Thank you very much.

Jean Jarvaise

This image does not meet our non-free content requirements, as it has never before been published outside Wikipedia. If you are the copyright holder and wish to release the image to Wikipedia under a compatible license, please see WP:donating copyrighted materials. There's a sample permission email at WP:consent. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:48, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Diannaa, This image has been published before, in Louis Sterns Book "James Jarvaise and the Hudson River Series" of which I gave permission to use. Please see: http://www.louissternfinearts.com/james-jarvaise-shop Additionally the Man in the room and Hudson River school paintings that were removed were both included in this book and therefore published as well. Can you please give me information to return these images to this site? Thank you again.

Jean

Okay I've found the book at WorldCat. Can you get me page numbers where each image appeared, if it's not too much trouble? @Jean Jarvaise: Adding:

• Why then did you originally say that File:James Jarvaise.jpg had never before been published, and you got it from your father?
• Why did you say the images of the paintings were available at www.Jarvaise.com, when they are not? And they're not at http://www.louissternfinearts.com/james-jarvaise-featured-works either. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 18:17, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Diannaa , Thank you so much for taking the time to look into this. The Images were on the webpage, it is just that it is now being reconstructed, they will be there again soon. I will ge t you the page numbers of the images in the book when i get home tonight. I also did as you suggested and requested permission from Wikimedia. Thank you again.

Contesting a "speedy deletion" ??

I am trying to create a wiki for the electronic music artists Cubicolor, and so I copied and pasted the Anjuna press release text into a wiki yesterday (my first time) but then it was "speedily deleted" (by you?) -- So I want to ask, is the text of a press release copyrighted, especially when the exact same text appears in various places (YouTube, SoundCloud, etc) or if the text had been attributed to its source, would that have solved the problem?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jams333 (talk • contribs) 10:32, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Under current copyright law, literary works are subject to copyright whether they are tagged as such or not. This includes press releases, stuff on Facebook and LinkedIn, and stuff on YourTube. No registration is required, and no copyright notice is required. So please always assume that all material you find online is copyright. Exceptions include works of the US Government and material specifically released under license. Even then, proper attribution is required. Have a look our copyright policy for more information, especially the section Wikipedia:Copyrights#Using copyrighted work from others. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:50, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

User name

D -- I know you advised User talk:6millionOranges to change his user name given he has been "editing" on Nazi topics (which I agree with you on); what about this editor's user name I came across recently: User talk:Dee fuhrer ? He edited on Volksgemeinschaft, so I believe it would be the same for him. What do you think? Kierzek (talk) 14:17, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

It looks like a vandalism-only account as well. Blocked, thanks for reporting. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:29, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Sardinian people page

Hello again, Diannaa. There is a long-lasting conflict between me and some other users on one side, and a guy operating under several IPs on the other one, as you can see on the proper talk page and the history section. I'm sightly confused: were it something involving only me and him/her (that is, only two parties disagreeing on something), I would have asked for a third opinion without esitation, but other people have intervened over the (long) time we've spent on the "controversial" point, all supporting my view (basically, it's about simply changing part of the introduction with "Sardinians are a native and indigenous ethnic group"). The guy is also an edit-warrior who refuses to listen to other people's opinions, belittling them and the sources to be "nationalist", and it's not the first time that the page has been protected to avoid disruptive editing. This thing is, I don't know what to do anymore. It's not that I've run out of arguments, quite the contrary, but I've got the impression that the anonymous guy won't listen to me anyway, just keeping on with his reverting attitude through several IPs with the intention of wearing the others out in the process. I'm lost. I (that is, we, taking also into consideration the other users) could keep talking over with him / her to no end without ever going anywhere. The edit I'm in favour of ain't nothing "revolutionary", God forbid, it's just meant to be more specific with regard to the ethnic group to which the page, the sources, and the infobox all refer. What could I possibly do, in your honest opinion?--Dk1919 (talk) 11:37, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

What I always do when faced with an intractable content dispute is start an RFC to draw more editors to the page. See Wikipedia:Requests for comment. Follow the instructions carefully so as to ensure random people are invited to the discussion. Make sure your question is neutrally worded and clear. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:17, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Diannaa. As of now, there is a majority of users having expressed themselves to be in favour of the edit, in spite of the edit warrior. But, were the situation to deteriorate, I'll call in other users abiding by that route you mentioned. In the meantime, if you don't mind, would you keep an eye on that page? Thank you again.--Dk1919 (talk) 13:31, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Query, I can't move pages via menu?

Hi Diannaa,
You reviewed a redirect I created via a page move to D.B.S. Post Graduate College ,Kanpur. This prompted me to look at that pages' original creators' edits,and found a new page Integrative Oncology Center,Noida that I thought should be moved back to its earlier title Integrative Oncology Center.

However I then found that "Move page" was not present on the "Page" (or any other) menu. I was able to move the page by reverting the edit.

Any idea why the 'Move page' function is missing? Regards 220 of ^Borg 01:49, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Well, almost 12 hours later and the "Move page" function is back! Very odd. 220 of ^Borg 13:14, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

I don't know why that would have happened. I might be the wrong person to ask regardless, because page move behaves differently for admins. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:42, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Meh! I only 'stuck' you with the query because (per above) you reviewed a redirect I 'made', that then led to me discovering I couldn't move a page, directly anyway.
Software bug? - 220 of ^Borg 14:07, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Concluding hastily

Hello Diannaa

Your deleted some of my additions to the page African Regional Intellectual Property Organization. I was still working on the edits and still had to fit in references. Some of these additions are my works. Intellectual Property aand copyright is my domain and I know a lot about it. This approach discourages new commers like us.AminouT 15:25, 10 November 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by AminouT (talk • contribs)

Sorry, but we can't host copyright material here, not even temporarily while you work on it. If you are the copyright holder and wish to release the material to Wikipedia under license, please follow the instructions at WP:donating copyrighted materials. There's a sample permission email at WP:Consent. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 15:41, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Comet Ping Pong ‎

Please take care of the vandalism on Comet Ping Pong. 2602:306:3357:BA0:25C1:53C9:4BC9:E63B (talk) 23:30, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Semi'd for a week. Thank you for reporting. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 23:34, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Green University of Bangladesh

Hi, Diannaa, you rev/deleted copyright violations here a few months ago, and the issue seems to be cropping up again, from another promotional account. Thanks for any assistance you can offer, 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 01:46, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Okay i will have a look — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 01:51, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Cheers, 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 02:26, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Copyright Question

Hello Diannaa could would you be willing to look at Talk:Patrol Music a user expressed a concern that the article was a direct translation of a website that is in another language, and that it could be a copy right issue. Thanks! --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 05:24, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt

You wrote: "Song lyrics from 1942 are likely still under copyright, so we can't include them here." Please check the article link - the author, Hirsh Glick, died in 1944. This makes the lyrics public domain in countries with 70-year or less rules; according to List of countries' copyright lengths this is the case in Lithuania. Also compare Zog nit keyn mol. Thanks, --QEDquid (talk) 15:55, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Since our servers are located in the United States, we also have to comply with US copyright law, which has a different set of rather complex rules. Please see commons:Commons:Hirtle chart, specifically the section "Works Published Abroad Before 1978". — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 15:59, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, AFAICS none of the cases under "Works Published Abroad Before 1978" apply - The work was not "published" in the US by the definition linked from the chart, and it is in the public domain in Lithuania. If you disagree, please point out exactly why you believe PD does not apply, not just by linking a table. --QEDquid (talk) 16:09, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

So are you saying that it was published without compliance with US formalities, and in the public domain in its source country as of URAA date? If so, the content can be restored. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:12, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm PRehse. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Mills Tower, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Peter Rehse (talk) 22:54, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Rebate plane vs Rabbet plane

Dear Diannaa

I attempted to swap the pages for "Rebate plane" and "Rabbet plane". You corrected this because my method would mess up the page history. (Thank you for that correction). Per your suggestion I tried to move the pages, but I don't have the required privilege to move a page to another existing page.

My reason for trying to make "Rabbet plane" the page with the content and have the "Rebate plane" be redirected to it is that "Rabbet plane" is the more correct term. Please go to wiki page "Rabbet" to confirm that a rabbet is a particular groove cut in wood. A rabbet plane is a tool to make such a groove. Manufacturers of planes (i.e. experts) also refer to it as rabbet plane. The term "rebate plane" is also used by people, particular in England, so it should be mentioned as a synonym in the article.

If you agree that the term "rabbet plane" is more appropriate, please swap the pages.

Thanks,

Rijkbenik (talk)rijkbenik —Preceding undated comment added 23:27, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

It's not for me to decide which title is more appropriate, since I don't know anything about this topic. Please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved to the new title. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:10, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Material for revdel

material for rev-del (possibly). 104.163.141.108 (talk) 04:47, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for reporting, and for helping with copyvio clean-up. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:23, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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Copyright issue

Hello Diannaa. As you're a copyright expert, perhaps you could advise on the course of action at Felsham. An editor has pasted the contents of a copyrighted website onto the article, but says he is the copyright owner (in an edit summary). Number 57 20:48, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Will do, be right there. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 21:02, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Great, many thanks for sorting that out! Number 57 21:20, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

I have watchlisted the article and the user's talk page and will help with follow-up if need be. Thanks for reporting, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 21:21, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

MikeSAdams

Hi, I am attempting to re-edit. You have removed sourced content from the articleBenkenobi18 (talk) 21:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

I have sent you the removed content vial email so that you can work on it offline. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 21:35, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Can you please be more specific as to what exactly you consider copyvio next time so we can avoid all this hassle? Thank you. I've rewritten the passage, which - btw, I didn't take from the site. It might have been obvious to you but not to me. Thank you for your time. Benkenobi18 (talk) 22:23, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Sorry for being a jerk. Benkenobi18 (talk) 22:33, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the apology. The edit was reported by a bot as being a copyright violation, as the bot found identical prose elsewhere online, specifically in the webpage http://www.summit.org/about/faculty-bios/Gnew/. The same material appears at two other locations online (here and here), and appears to be a biolerplate bio that Adams provides when he is hired somewhere for a speaking engagement. In addition to the paragraph I sent you by email, there was the unique phraseology "in the wake of the 911 terror attacks", "In addition to lecturing on the First Amendment, Adams is actively involved in legal challenges to campus censorship", and "Adams, then an atheist and a Democrat, was hired by UNC-Wilmington to teach in the criminal justice program."

How to avoid copyright violations: Content has to be written in your own words and not inclusive of the source material at all. It's been suggested that not so much as three words should be together in the same order as the source. One thing I find that works for me is to read over the source material and then pretend I am verbally describing the topic to a friend in my own words. Stuff should also be presented in a different order where possible. Summarize rather than paraphrase. This will typically result in your version being much shorter than the source document. There's some reading material on this topic at Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing and/or have a look at the material at Purdue. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 22:38, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Notification of reporting to AN/I

I am notifying you of a report taken to AN/I. Obliterating the wiki history is an abuse of your administrative privileges. Benkenobi18 (talk) 21:53, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Diannaa_Abuse_of_administrative_privileges

Rudolf Höss

Hi Dianna. As an expert in this area, could you possibly check recent edits in this article? Thank you. Dr. K. 00:28, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

The user is currently engaged in two edit wars: Auschwitz concentration camp and Rudolf Höss. I have reverted on both articles (3 times on Auschwitz) and left a warning on their talk page. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:40, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Dianna. I agree that his edits are not of good quality and need to be reverted. Dr. K. 00:49, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Law enforcement in New York

Hi Diannaa, I know you are very good with copyright issues. Would you have a moment to look at Law enforcement in New York? It seems to be a big cut-and-paste from here. I'm not sure how to deal with it. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 01:03, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

I have removed the text of the laws from the articles. I found nothing to indicate that the laws of the State of NY are in the public domain and can be reproduced here. Thanks for reporting. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:00, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Copyright violation at Bitcoin

Hi, and thank you for your prompt resolution of the recent issue. FYI, the user inserting it to the article has been served the final warning by Fuhghettaboutit here. Ladislav Mecir (talk) 06:30, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

We wonder WHO this editor ("Fughet") might be :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.17.27.232 (talk) 07:28, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Ladislav Mecir: I have blocked the user for persistent copyright violations. Thanbk you for reporting. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:26, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

File:Clan Buchanan Society International coat of arms.jpg

Hi, Diannaa! It looks like you deleted this file recently. We now have an VRTS ticket # 2016110810005117 that includes a statement of permission from the author. Could you reinstate? Thanks! KDS4444 (talk) 09:06, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

I have restored the file. I do not have OTRS access, so if you could please check and make sure the license on the file matches what you have in the permission email, that would be perfect. Thanks, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:08, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

How to deal with a vandal IP

Hi Diannaa, do you remember the thing going on in the Sardinians page? Now that it's been protected for a while (it turned out the IP has been doing all this not on the basis of a content debate, but just for the sake of internet flame), the ever-changing-IP anonymous has started to revert other random things as his target, making gratuitous edits like this and this. I think the vandal is operating on purpose to make me break the three revert rule (which I did, unfortunately). I don't know what you Administrators could do when dealing with such things, maybe you could block the IP but he/she's always changing it to escape any sanction. Anyway, it can be expected that the guy operating like this will get back on the Sardinians page to vandalize it, once the protection expires. So, I've been wondering what it takes for a page to be indefinitely semi-protected for autentified users only, since the IP guy has been acting like that for years. Thanks in advance for the reply!--Dk1919 (talk) 13:29, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

The word "vandal" should probably not be used, as the person thinks he is helping, not harming. This appears to me to be a content dispute, not vandalism, but I don't know enough about the subject matter to say for sure. The reason the user's IP keeps changing is because it's a dynamic IP, which may mean he is editing from a cell phone or other mobile device, and his internet service provider is assigning a new IP each time he uses the device. It is unlikely that he is doing it intentionally to avoid scrutiny. It's difficult to communicate with dynamic IPs since by the time you post a talk page message, their service provider has assigned them a new IP. I suggest you post remarks regarding his edits and why you think they're incorrect on the talk page of the article concerned. Indefinite semi-protection is only used when short-term protection has failed. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:48, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

I am not a vandal. I am only trying to keep Wikipedia.en neutral from a user @Dk1919 who is clearly trying edits after edits to impose its point of view. Please @Diannaa could you have a look of his edits agenda? He uses nationalist blogs to source his info and he intentionally translates differently Italian and Sardinian laws to justify its edits. He is a single-purpose user. And about the page Sardinians he used IPs and sockpuppets to trigger an edit war and after pretending to be the moderate user and imposing and editing that, after several attempts during the last years.--93.36.5.39 (talk) 13:57, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

As I said, if you think I've provided "nationalist" sources for the page and even used sockpuppets, I already invited you to report the thing to an Administrator that'll investigate on the matter. I've got nothing to hide, anyway. :) Surely, these are not things proving your point, it seems more like an unpleasant personal dispute than anything else. In the meantime, please create an account of your own. --Dk1919 (talk) 14:05, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I also suggest you create an account, so as to make communication easier. There's other advantages, such as access to a watch-list, the notification service, and the email service. Please see Wikipedia:Why create an account? for more information. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:08, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

I created my wikipedia account. I am the IP.--Norax93 (talk) 22:16, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Great! I just sent you a "thank you" via the notification system, and another person has placed a Welcome template full of useful links on your talk page. Some things to try: Add a few pages to your watch-list. Or go to Preferences→Gadgets and activate Navigation popups; you will then be able (if you are logged in) to preview pages by hovering over wikilinks. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 22:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Copyvio

Hi I believe you are the expert on copyright. FYI, this is one. Pyrusca (talk) 18:18, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Yes, that's a copy vio. I have done a revision deletion. Thanks for reporting. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 21:13, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

November 2016

You currently appear to be engaged in multiple edit wars. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing.--Logicalgenius3 (talk) 02:46, 15 November 2016 (UTC)