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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Lowercase sigmabot III (talk | contribs) at 04:09, 16 June 2019 (Archiving 6 discussion(s) from User talk:Sphilbrick) (bot). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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Marasuchus revert

Hello, I saw that you had reverted one of my recent edits, claiming that I had plagiarized an Encyclopedia Brittanica article. I agree that there is a portion of the description section which evidently copies that source, although it is cited. However, I should inform you that I did not add this information, it was added on March 31st, 2016 by a user named Paleocemoski. My edit was composed of original descriptions of anatomical features as well as some reformatting and citing. I did not remove the offending information because I did not know it was plagiarized. It seems that your reversion, though well-meaning, actually removed all of my (non-plagiarizing) material while retaining the plagiarized info. So the problem is not solved, and my work has been erased. I'm asking you to restore my version of the page, and I'll make sure to remove the plagiarized info that was present prior to my edit. Fanboyphilosopher (talk) 15:17, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Fanboyphilosopher, I ended the revision deletion and reverted my own edit. Please let me know when you are done so that I can do a revision deletion on the encyclopedia Britannica text. S Philbrick(Talk) 15:29, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for the assistance, I have removed or rewritten all of the plagiarized content. Let me know if I've missed anything. Fanboyphilosopher (talk) 16:41, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Fanboyphilosopher, Looks fine, thanks. S Philbrick(Talk) 16:49, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello! New user could use some tips

Hi there! I'm a new user to Wiki and I just noticed you deleted my article for copyright. I'm guessing that was because I quoted some poetry. I had thought this would be alright if properly cited and marked as a quote, but if this is not the case I can easily take these bits out. I also used a number of other sources and wrote the rest of the article in my own words. Please advise on how I can fix the article to comply with copyright. I thought I had it right last time but I'm happy to change it! Always learning — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacquie.ra (talk • contribs) 18:45, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Jacquie.ra, This page: Wikipedia:Quotations
Should have some useful information.
You are on the right track to think that including in quotation marks and properly citing is critical, but that's not sufficient in the case of overly long quotes. the most common example is that editors want to include the lyrics of a song. In general, with the obvious exception of lyrics that are in the public domain or in rare cases lyrics that have been properly licensed, we revert the inclusion of lyrics in articles. The same principle applies to poetry.
It's my observation that are accepted length "rules" (not explicitly stated as far as I know but based upon practice) are more stringent than other publications allow. I commonly see newspapers and blogs excerpting hundred word or more passages, identifying them (hopefully) with block quotes and citations, but we generally want shorter passages.
The language on the page I quoted does not give firm rules it relies on statements such as "limited in extent".
This answer is insufficient I can check with another copyright expert who has more experience with quotation issues. S Philbrick(Talk) 19:06, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification. I didn't find any firm rules on length of quotations either - which is why I assume longer ones would be alright. However, I should be able to make the same points using smaller (perhaps one line) citations from these poems. Would this satisfy copyright rules? Either way, I'm happy to take the quotations out entirely for now, since the rest of the article was in my own words, and I would love to reinstate those unrelated/uncontested edits. Jacquie.ra (talk) 19:11, 22 April 2019 (UTC) Jacquie.ra

Yes, shorter excerpts (quoted or block quoted) with citations should be fine.--S Philbrick(Talk) 19:22, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

I just updated the page to include shorter block quotes. Let me know if there is still an issue and I'll be happy to change it again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacquie.ra (talk • contribs) 14:48, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Rama Arbitration Case

You were recently listed as a party to a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rama. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rama/Evidence. Please add your evidence by May 10, 2019, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rama/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, -- Amanda (aka DQ) 19:41, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

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Previous listing as a party

My apologies for the above section stating that you are a party. You are not, I made a mistake with the template. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 19:51, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

DeltaQuad, Thanks for the correction. S Philbrick(Talk) 19:57, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

WNBA rosters

Hi. I wonder if you can weigh in on this proposal. Recent discussion started here. Thank you either way. -SusanLesch (talk) 14:33, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

International Martial Arts Federation

Hi,

Can you undo your reversion of the updated portions I created on this page? You also deleted some other pertinent information. I am the one of the administrators for IMAF and the page has not been updated for some time.

Thanks

My removal was due to the fact that the edits were copyright violations, so no I cannot undo them. (No, I did not miss that you are associated with IMAF.)--S Philbrick(Talk) 21:47, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
Please also read, and comply with the requirement of Wikipedia:Conflict of interestS Philbrick(Talk) 21:49, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
If you sign your posts see Wikipedia:Signatures, you will get a notification when I reply.--S Philbrick(Talk) 21:50, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

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Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, in Lexington KY

Hi, if you might recall, there was a past draft article Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning (redlink), about which I have come across some more info, in beginning a new article on architect Herman L. Rowe. This was a draftspace article originally perhaps, or perhaps it was in mainspace. I suspect i was involved in an AFD about it? Maybe I was interested in there being a list of literacy centers? Or a Category:Literacy centers, I don't recall exactly. Anyhow it was deleted eventually by you, and there was User:Doncram/Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning also deleted eventually by you. I don't know why a userspace draft would have been deleted, actually, although I do understand it is okay and perhaps necessary that drafts in draftspace get deleted if they're not progressing, eventually.

I do think the building is likely notable as a Carnegie library and a work of Rowe, and it is in fact in continuing use as a literacy center. The building is mentioned in the Lexington Public Library article as it was the original public library in Lexington; I tend to think it would be useful as a separate article. Could you restore it again to my userspace, hopefully with its complete edit history intact, for me to look at it again, please? --Doncram (talk) 21:27, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

There is this National Park Service page about the building, which mentions it is in NRHP-listed Gratz Park Historic District. So a separate article about the building would legitimately have a NRHP infobox for it being a contributing building. I really don't recall what the slant of the previous article was, or what sources I had found, but this is adding up to suffiency for an article. --Doncram (talk) 21:38, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Doncram, We are permitted to delete drafts when they go unedited for more than six months. That's what happened. I restored it. S Philbrick(Talk) 21:39, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for restoring it. Hmm, i don't like the idea that drafts in my own userspace might be being deleted without me knowing about it. It can take me longer than that to get back to something. The draft was in fact a weird hodge-podge, including that I had found a photo of a different Carnegie library to add to the page. Now I think i can probably find a pic of the actual building, and add a lot more. I see i had created it "with copy-paste text from Wikipedia:Requested articles/Business and economics/Organizations. I had not figured out it was a contributing building in a historic district. Anyhow, again thanks. --Doncram (talk) 22:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Doncram, I have user space drafts that haven't been touched in years and hope (possibly naïvely) that I will get to someday. if someone deleted them might be less than happy myself. However, I'm not interested in tracking down why and how this one got deleted because asking for it to be restored is close to automatic so it isn't worth my time to think through a modification to our procedures. S Philbrick(Talk) 23:34, 4 May 2019 (UTC)


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Scouts Royale Brotherhood

The article is a Draft AfC and not yet submitted for review. The article is still under construction, please do consider not to be deleted, thanksWakowako (talk) 14:01, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Wakowako, We don't permit copyright violations. Being under construction does not change this policy. S Philbrick(Talk) 14:13, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

thank you!Wakowako (talk) 14:37, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Which material do you mean? The text I added was taken from a blog post that I wrote. Do you need some kind of permission from me for publishing it on Wikipedia? BenLinders (talk) 13:48, 4 May 2019 (UTC) BenLinders (talk) 17:53, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hi BenLinders. According to our copyright policy, text content on Wikipedia must be either officially released into the public domain or under a compatible free license (usually CC-BY-SA or GFDL). As the copyright holder, you can do so by following the instructions at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials, specifically the section on donating text content that is already online. Usually the quickest way is to add a copyright release notice to your blog post. Alpha3031 (t • c) 03:58, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Climate change task force

Hello Sphilbrick,

You are currently noted as a participant of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment/Climate change task force. With much of the activity in this task force about ten years ago, I think it's time for a revival. Global warming is getting a lot of attention in the media now and it's therefore important our articles are up-to-date, accurate and neutral.

I've updated the task force page and the to do list and invite you to have a look at the page again, add something to the TO DO list or start collaborating by improving one of our many articles. If climate change has lost your interest, feel free to remove your name from the participants list.

Femke Nijsse (talk) 16:32, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Femkemilene, Thanks for the notice. I'm a bit overwhelmed at the moment but I will try to return to this in a few days. S Philbrick(Talk) 16:49, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
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