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Ian.thomson (talk) 17:41, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Also according to Moxy's edit summary, Moxy explains that your addition was plagiarism, which is why the first message on this page is here. Plagiarism is stealing, and Misplaced Pages does not support that. Furthermore, Moxy points out that that content was not appropriate for the intro of the article, which is supposed to summarize the rest of the article, which is about the whole band, not just Levene. Looking over the rest of the article, it already mentions Levene, so I'm not sure what you intended to accomplish. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:44, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Ian -These are Keith's words relating his experiences first hand as a founder member of the Clash. Not another writer's regurgitation of same As you probably know if you are a fan of the Clash Keith has been portrayed as a mere apostrophe in the history of the band. He wants to get the record straight and he is furious that he continues to hit dead ends everywhere including here on Misplaced Pages.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Kathydi1977 (talk • contribs)

If I assume your claims here are true (which I actually am OK with doing), that still means you added material that was copyrighted by you and Levene -- You need to paraphrase it instead of posting sections of the book.

And honestly, calling people Nazis and trying to threaten them does not make one come across as reasonable adult that anyone would want to work with. If he wants people to work with him, he needs to be willing to work with others. That's not ancient wisdom, that's bloody kindergarten. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:04, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Ian - I said at the beginning it was a SYNOPSIS not a cut and paste job. Where are you getting it is a cut and paste job?

I'm getting the feeling everything I say you will find a problem with. Therefore what is the point of even contributing?

He's livid. Keith has dealt with this since he was 17 and left the Clash. this is his history and his recollection of events. It's not going to appear anywhere else. It's not taken from the NME or anywhere else. I'm the co-author with Keith. I don't know what else I can say at this point. Please reconsider in the name of setting the record straight. Thanks much, Kathy

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Hello. It is my understanding that Moxy removed the section because he concluded I engage din plagiarism.

I am he co author of the book cited. My submission is a synopsis of my published work.

I wrote the "Meeting Joe: Joe Strummer, the Clash and Me" book with Keith Levene the subject of the piece I submitted.

Keith can confirm this information if need be. His website is www.teenageguitarist76.com. His email is teenageguitarist76@gmail.com.

I am respectfully requesting that the information be reinstated.

Regards,

Kathy DiTondo

Your addition was a copied word-for-word from the second paragraph of this site. Citing a different source does not excuse what is clearly plagiarism. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:12, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Ian - if this was taken word for word from another source then they have plaigairzed me. Please tell me exactly where you found it in the other work please. This is what I wrote and cited to the Meeting Joe book.

Guitar virtuoso Keith Levene was also a founder member of the Clash. In late 1975/early 1976 17 year old Levene migrated from his home in North London to West London where he was introduced by his friend Alan to Mick Jones. Levene and Jones agreed to start a band together. Jones suggested Paul Simonon to serve as their bassist although Simonon did not know how to play bass at first. It was agreed that Joe Strummer - who was then the front man for the 101ers - should be approached and recruited to serve as Clash front man. Levene accompanied by Clash manager Bernard Rhodes went to a pub where the 101ers were playing. Levene asserts that the story that Rhodes demanded an answer within 24 or 48 hours as to whether Strummer would join the Clash is unmeritorious. According to Levene Strummer was his own man and would not have been pushed around like that by Rhodes or anyone else. Moreover Strummer was the leader of the 101ers and would not have dropped his friends in the band who also lived with him at the communal squat which the 101ers was named after without some serious consideration. Levene approached Strummer after the gig and the two spoke for a while. Levene then suggested that Strummer come to Levene's squat on Davis Road to discuss the possibility of joining up with the Clash. The following Saturday Strummer did just that. Levene played guitar to Strummer to show him he could play all kinds of music. Strummer hesitated at first but then ultimately agreed to give the Clash a shot after Levene played a 101'ers tune "Keys To Your Heart" to Strummer. Levene remained with the Clash, contributed to the early sound of the band, wrote the Clash tune "What's My Name" while on stage at a Clash/Sex Pistols gig in Sheffield, and played at all live gigs with the Clash through September 1976.

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Re your book, and also re plagiarism

• It is recommended that you do not add anything relating to yourself to article space, and it is expressly forbidden to use Misplaced Pages to promote anything about yourself. -- This means that you should probably avoid citing a book you co-wrote.

If you did co-author a book, surely you'd understand the concept of structure, right? ALl Misplaced Pages articles follow the clear structure of:

• Introduction - Introducing the whole concept at its essence by summarizing the body.

-then-

• Body - Going into the chronology and component parts of the subject.

...However, your addition was about a specific part of the band (not the whole of it), and a select portion of its chronology (the origin), rather than its overall essence (and certainly not just summarizing the article, which I have to ask if you even read) -- And yet you placed your addition right at the beginning, before the intro. Does that make any sense?

Also, your addition was clearly taken from the second paragraph from this article. Surely, as a co-author, you don't support plagiarism. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:11, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

I just spoke with Keith. He is trying to correct the record. You obviously are censoring him and is extremely upset. He has stated that he will tweet and Facebook what you have done. Leave it out. Thank you.

He is at @missingchannel on twitter.

Please see WP:Assume good faith. We're just trying to make sure that our site does not violate any copyright violations and is not used for self-promotion by anyone, it has nothing to do you or Levene in particular, so claiming that we're trying to censor him in particular is just paranoid. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:34, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

No it's not. He's just tweeted what happened and intends to mention you by name in his upcoming interview Friday night and thereafter. He is absolutely furious. First you said I plaigairzed it word for word form another source which I clearly did not. and then it's another issue.

https://twitter.com

Keith's tweet is already getting responses. He's absolutely livid over this censorship Ian.

https://twitter.com/kinsellawarren/status/565625522282319875

A sane grown-up would have tried to demonstrate how the NME source (already linked here repeatedly) ripped them off (not the other way around), or just changed their wording, and not have to resort to silly threats in a childish tantrum.

A sane grown-up would understand that Misplaced Pages has to protect itself from any potential copyright violations and self-promotion, and that these protection measures are not specifically targeting them.

And someone who is famous should be able to consider the possibility that a fan of theirs will cite the book later on.

Would you and Keith like to be sane grown-ups? It's very simple: all you have to do is re-write the addition, and put it in a part of the article where it makes sense. Did that possibility even occur to y'all? Did either of y'all ask "what is a reasonable and mature approach to solve this?"

Hey, did either of you bother to actually read the article? Levene's roll in the band is already clearly explained in the "Origins: 1974–76" section.

Ian.thomson (talk) 21:46, 11 February 2015 (UTC)