User talk:DavidDelaune/Archive/2019/August

Copyright violation warning

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In Wikipedia, there are only a handful of serious rules; not many. Copyright violation is one of them. If you violate copyright and edit war over it too, you may lose your editing privileges permanently. Copying and pasting contents from another source, like what you did in List of Microsoft Windows components is copyright violation. Please see WP:COPYPASTE for details.

Oh, and one more thing: In Wikipedia, the word "official" is taboo. "Official" in Wikipedia usually signals primary sources.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 07:21, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Lisa, I am indeed a primary sources for the Delivery Optimization windows system service. How do I go through the official channels? Do I need to send an e-mail to info-en-qwikimedia.org ? DavidDelaune (talk) 19:10, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

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About charges of vandalism, edit-warring, etc.

Hm. I was going to bring up something re the start of your recent exchanges with @Codename Lisa:, but then decided "nah, don't stir the pot further". But since she brought the point up very recently, I feel justified in providing a bit of amplification of a point she raised with this edit:

Please, in the future, be not only more careful about copyright... but also more careful about charges of WP:VANDALISM. If you will read that article (which is part of WP:POLICY), you will see that that term has a very distinct meaning here. It refers only to deliberate attempts to harm the encyclopedia. It is a very serious accusation!

At WP:VANDALISM you will find numerous examples of what is considered vandalism, and other examples of what is not so considered. Codename Lisa's edits to your edits were quite certainly in the latter category.

Also note that an edit made in good faith to improve the encyclopedia, even if it turns out to be a mistake of some sort, is not vandalism.

And that "Mislabeling good-faith edits as vandalism can be considered harmful."

I hope that makes sense. In any case it's how we try to operate here. Thank you for your consideration. Jeh (talk) 09:30, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Oh, and: That wasn't even close to an edit-war, either. Just a dispute. Jeh (talk) 09:34, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

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@TonyBallioni: Thanks. I have nominated the article at T:DYK/Q but I forgot to add a source to the DYK template. Do you know how to edit it and add a source? DavidDelaune (talk) 22:30, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

I've added lines in the source text for you to cite the source where it is found. Also note that the fact needs to be cited directly in a sentence in the article for a hook, not just the end of a paragraph. Easy to fix, just thought I should let you know. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:34, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

@TonyBallioni: Thanks again. Even though I have been a member here for over a decade I am somewhat new at participating. I am having trouble understanding the wiki-nomenclature you are using. Could you expand more on the phrase "The fact needs to be cited directly in a sentence in the article for a hook, not just the end of a paragraph". I'm reading all of the DYK documentation now. There are a lot of sources for this James Willing article. I am having a blast researching this one. :) DavidDelaune (talk) 23:50, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

The hook is the fact that will be on the main page. You should have a citation so <ref></ref> directly in the sentence in the article that contains the fact. TonyBallioni (talk) 23:54, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

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@ShakespeareFan00: It took me two weeks and several e-mails to get that image released. The file has been released into public domain by Dr. Rupert Hochleitner at the Museum Reich der Kristalle in Germany. I contacted him directly and asked him to donate the image to Wikipedia. He released the image under Creative Commons. Could you explain what I need to do to get this image verified and into the encyclopedia? I am somewhat new to participating and I am trying to follow all of the rules. DavidDelaune (talk) 16:04, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

See WP:COPYREQ, You need to send confirmation of the permission into the relevant queue, and update the source details. Are there likley to be more images of this nature that could be released? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:07, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

@ShakespeareFan00: Thanks. Yes, they have other photographs I am hoping to obtain. I am trying to add some of the missing images on Wikipedia in many of the paleontology articles. I need to learn how to do this properly because I am working with a few state agencies in my attempt to get photographs of rare specimens. I've even contacted North Dakota trying to get permission to use their photograph of the extremely rare Teredo-Bored Petrified Wood which is the only missing state rock. Can you believe we don't even have a picture of their state rock? Ironically North Dakota declined my request to use the photograph of their state rock. DavidDelaune (talk) 16:22, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

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DYK for James Willing

On 17 July 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Willing, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that James Willing raided British forts, plantations, and other properties belonging to loyalists during the American Revolutionary War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Willing. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, James Willing), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 01:12, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

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