User talk:Awesomeness.Esq

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! 〜 Adflatuss • talk 18:32, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Superintendencies of Indian Affairs

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A tag has been placed on Superintendencies of Indian Affairs requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.theindianreporter.com/shaynedel/2018/journal4087.pdf. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Crazy. I was not aware of those archives of the Indian reporter. I got the idea from a wiki on https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Superintendencies_of_Indian_Affairs and googled its language, which took me https://catalog.archives.gov/id/52214054.

It appears the author of the page you cited also used the national archives page. Much of the information I used was cut and pasted from the national archive. I did not see any copyright claims on the national archive that would cause a copyright infringement for the information I used since it is merely a descriptive list of governmental entities. Awesomeness.Esq (talk) 01:08, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The documented you cited included the acknowledgement that the text was a copy of "Subject Files of the Superintendents - The National Archives Catalog" Moreover, the Indian Reporter documents includes links to FamilySearch.org. I had thought I had removed all the text unique to FamilySearch.org's page. Awesomeness.Esq (talk) 01:23, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think we're all square now, but please be aware that copying, even from freely licensed sources, should only be done if you're very careful to adhere to policy. WP:FREECOPY covers most of it. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 16:00, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]