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Citation ethics

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Well, I could recon the reasons for pushing through the article your version of vz. 52 pistol designation, but I could not understand why you've changed also the title of the reference? That's something I would call a falsification, hadn't been forced to assume good faith. --ja_62 12:08, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

June 2010

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Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories

Your recent edits to the article were reverted with the comment "We're not sourcing to birther websites". Please look through the WP:RS policy to understand why this is correct. The site you used is not going to be considered a reliable source for information. Ravensfire (talk) 19:10, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

July 2010

Orphaned non-free image File:Climategate.jpg

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Misplaced Pages page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. NW (Talk) 18:45, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

The article only states "(dubbed "Climategate" in the media)". Their is not a section as to the Etymology, yet there is over 2 million hits on Google. NFCC #1&8 states, "significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding." The screenshot clearly illustrates the media (FOX News) using of the phrase. So if there is no written section about the media "dubbing" the Incident it can only be represented by a photo, how are we to get one that is for free/fair use (Note: that almost half of the ref used in the article use the word climategate). As far as Contextual significance Climategate became very controversial and garnered lots of media coverage, a screenshot of that term in news coverage would likely be appropriate.--Duchamps_comb MFA 22:33, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Repeated copyright violations

You have just re-uploaded File:Climategate.jpg, which was speedily deleted on 30 November 2009 as a blatant copyright violation. Please do not do this again, as repeated copyright violations are likely to lead to an automatic indefinite block. -- ChrisO (talk) 18:47, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Climategate image

Hi can you tell me why the file Climategate.jpg had a copyright violation? I took the screen shot myself. Also can you tell me why you speedy deletion the file? File added on 18:37, 23 July 2010 deleted on 18:50, 23 July 2010 looks like the file lasted a whole 13 minutes? --Duchamps_comb MFA 19:29, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

OK, I'll explain this for you. There is a long policy page at Misplaced Pages:Non-free content and a set of criteria at Misplaced Pages:Non-free content criteria which you should read but I'll give you the gist of them.

Fair use images are permitted on Misplaced Pages but only in certain very limited circumstances. In the case of television screen shots, they are acceptable for critical commentary about television. An example might be a screenshot from a particular TV show, which is used in an article about that show. However, the usual presumption is against using any fair use images where a free alternative might be available. In the case of your Climategate.jpg image, it failed Misplaced Pages:Non-free content criteria, specifically criterion 1 - that the information it contained (which in this case was just the text of the chyron) could be represented in the article text. When it was deleted on 30 November 2009 by User:Black Kite, he wrote: "F7: Violates non-free use policy: Screenshot which will never pass WP:NFCC#1, any information can be given in text." NuclearWarfare deleted it under the same rationale, but he could just as easily have deleted it as a re-created version of a previously deleted file. Restoring deleted copyright violations is strictly not allowed. -- ChrisO (talk) 19:52, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

ChrisO I was not seeking your answer. Please do not post again on my talk page regarding this issue as you seem to be on a point making mission that is hounding and stalking me. You comments will thus only fall on deaf ears. I will await NW's answer as well as other admins who would like to answer.--Duchamps_comb MFA 21:04, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry you feel that way and I apologise if I've given you that impression. I'm simply trying to give you some advice and pointers to Misplaced Pages policy, since I've been involved for many years in dealing with copyright issues on Misplaced Pages. I don't think NW or any other admin would be likely to tell you any differently. -- ChrisO (talk) 21:39, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I agree with ChrisO's original statement of 19:52, 23 July 2010 (UTC). You may wish to ask User:Stifle or User:Fastily for a third opinion, both those admins have been uninvolved entirely with climate change as far as I know and also work in NFCC enforcement. NW (Talk) 22:38, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Korean armed resistance in the Los Angeles riots

Hello. I'm writing to let you know that I found copyright issues on this new article. There are whole sentences copied from a New York Times article. This really isn't OK. We must use our own words. I want to give you a chance to fix the problem before anything else is done. We must not have major portions of articles that duplicate the contents of their sources. Dawnseeker2000 17:10, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

I see something other than direct quotes as the problem. These two sentences are a direct copy of the New York Times article:

One of the most gripping and, increasingly, controversial television images of the violence was a scene of two Korean merchants firing pistols repeatedly from a military stance. The image seemed to speak of race war, and of vigilantes taking the law into their own hands.

We must use our own words. I see that there's a history of copyright problems with your additions. Thanks for your invitation to work on the article but I must say that I'm not interested in helping out there. I'm only interested in keeping the articles tidy and to build this encyclopedia by the book. Can you please re-write the problem areas using your own words? Dawnseeker2000 17:28, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Question

Is the Korean armed resistance during 1992 L.A. riot necessary? It's covered in the riot's article. B-Machine (talk) 15:01, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Second Revolution flag for deletion

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Deletion of Second Revolution flag

• The article was renominated Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Second Revolution flag (2nd nomination) and I closed it. However, I don't see that you were notified of the second nomination, so I've undone the deletion, for now. Mandsford 16:18, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I've brought the discussion to Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2011 March 28. Mandsford 16:48, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Based on that outcome, it's back on the table at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Log/2011 March 30. Mandsford 20:48, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories

I've modified your Obama-related topic ban, as discussed at the AN thread you initiated. Your topic ban from all articles and discussions related to Barack Obama will expire 1 April 2015. Due to repeated near-identical unban requests, showing a lack of understanding of the problem, you are limited to one unban appeal per year. To avoid a Catch-22, this decision to limit unban appeals can be appealed directly to ArbCom at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Amendment without falling afoul of the limitation on unban requests. But the AN thread is closed, and I will consider it a violation to post to it further. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Steve Pieczenik

Hi Du - please don't edit anything in to the article about Pieczenik that you don't reliably source. I'm reverting your latest set of edits, because any contentious claims absolutely require sourcing (and those are contentious claims, because both me and the other people looking at the AfD have failed to find any evidence for them and doubt their veracity.) Please edit it in if you can find any confirmation that he *did* work for the state department in that capacity or that the clancy characters were in fact based off of him, but only if you can cite it to a reliable source that is intellectually independent of Pieczenik. Kevin (talk) 15:54, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Korean armed resistance in the Los Angeles riots

The article Korean armed resistance in the Los Angeles riots has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Most info directly lifted from source material. Merge to 1992 Los Angeles riots and delete

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Climatic Research Unit email controversy

You've just tried to introduce material defaming scientists using an unreliable source, and then a blog source. This clearly violates WP:BLP policy and contravenes the WP:ARBCC sanctions which apply to the article. You'll also note that the article is under a 1RR restriction as highlighted by a banner above the editing box. Please don't edit war to introduce fringe views, present your proposals on the article talk page with reliable sources for discussion. Thanks, dave souza, talk 22:49, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

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CIreland (talk) 23:20, 10 December 2011 (UTC)