User talk:CraigWilliamsPDX

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June 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Beverly Cleary School has been reverted.
Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. I removed the following link(s): http://www.facebook.com/BeverlyClearyK8School.
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Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Beverly Cleary School has been reverted, as it appears to have removed content from the page without explanation. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Quinxorin (talk) 00:52, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Beverly Cleary School

Hi there, I've removed some of the material from the article on Beverly Cleary School because a lot of the material was cut and pasted from another website and/or document. Wikipedia does not allow republishing content without express permission, and in general, it should not be done anyway. Please read the policy on copyright and Wikipedia here. Thanks! --Esprqii (talk) 22:17, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can't cut and paste text from the PPS website, even if you provide a reference. That's basically plagiarism. Please, please, read Wikipedia's copyright policy before making further edits. Click the "talk" link next to my signature at the end of this line if you'd like to ask me any questions. I really would love to have this article written, but you can't go about it by cutting and pasting from their website. --Esprqii (talk) 00:25, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Esprqii, thanks for reviewing the entry. I'm confused why you've deleted some entries and left others, since everything has been duly referenced. In fact, some of the stuff you deleted was information that I wrote for the BCS website, which I administer! Most of the PPS info I referenced was written by the principal of the school specifically for the PPS site. So, I'm not sure really why any of that stuff was deleted. The information about the history of the buildings is scarce and very hard to find; after your initial editing I went and reviewed and cleared out 75% of what was there and left in references. If necessary, I can just leave that information as external links at the end, but I would really like it to be in the article. How does one go about getting and showing permission to use such information? Do I just have to let you know if I get permission from PPS to use the facilities information?CraigWilliamsPDX (talk) 14:48, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My methodology was not perfect. I removed what I could find that was obviously copied from the BCS website. And I certainly get where you are coming from, that you wrote it and of course it's OK with you to reuse it on Wikipedia. However, you did publish it there, and from Wikipedia's perspective, that makes it copyrighted text and we don't really have any proof that you are not just copying it. There is a process for obtaining permission on the donating copyrighted material page.

However, I would suggest a different path. First, I suggest you familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's 5 pillars if you have not done so already. Then I'd suggest that the way you wrote the text for the BCS webpage is different from how it would be written in an encyclopedia. So, it should be rewritten to have a neutral point of view, and then each statement made in the WP article should have a citation, not only to the BCS website, which is acceptable, but more preferable, to third-party reliable sources, such as newspapers and other media.

So for example (and to use inelegant language to make the point), the website might say, "BCS has a great science program with six beakers and four Bunsen burners", the encyclopedic article might say, "BCS has been noted for its science program, but due to state funding cuts in 2010, BCS's science program has been reduced from twelve beakers to six chipped ones and four temperamental Bunsen burners." Then you would provide references to both the BCS website and the Oregonian article about budget cuts and how they have affected BCS.

Hopefully that makes sense. One more thing, I should caution you that there is an ongoing debate within Wikipedia as to whether articles about elementary schools that are not somehow "notable," as defined by Wikipedia, should exist at all. So there is definitely a possibility your article would be deleted, or more likely, merged with the Portland Public Schools article. I have no idea if that will happen, but it's a possibility. There is one discussion about the article going on on the Wikipedia Oregon project discussion page here, and I invite you to weigh in on the discussion. --Esprqii (talk) 17:05, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Go ahead and reply here, I'll watch the page.

I replied over at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Oregon#Beverly_Cleary_School. Please don't give up on the article, it's a great start! --Esprqii (talk) 00:29, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion nomination of Beverly Cleary School

I have nominated Beverly Cleary School, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beverly Cleary School. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. tedder (talk) 15:49, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock?

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Request reason:

Not sure why I was blocked, as I never got any notification. There doesn't seem to be a reason shown on my talk page.

Decline reason:

Not blocked directly Ronhjones ^(Talk) 20:38, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Block message:

Long-term abuse: {{checkuserblock}}; hardening block

Blocking administrator: MuZemike (talk • blocks)

Accept reason: The range block has been modified to allow registered users to edit. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 12:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You are caught in a rangeblock, I will ask the Blocking admin to review your case. Ronhjones ^(Talk) 20:42, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you are caught in a rangeblock you need to follow the instructions in the message you get when you try to edit. Otherwise there is no way for an administrator to find the relevant autoblock and deal with it. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:59, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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