User talk:DonDeigo

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I was blocked by: Yamla

The exact reason given above for my block: Long-term vandalism

My IP address (as provided by this page): 192.91.173.36

An explanation as to why I believe my block is unfair:

Please remove my block...I don't know why I've been blocked, I have not recieved any comments or warnings of anything I have written relative to a possible violation that would necessiate a block...please advise, and remove the block. I had one possible copyright infringement issue, but WIKI cleared it up accordingly... thank you....

Don, your account was blocked as a result of the collateral damage from the blocking of another user. We'll try to get it straightened out. Sorry for the disruption. -Will Beback · † · 19:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

Welcome!

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Californio

Thank you for your suggestion regarding Californio! When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. Argyriou (talk) 22:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rancho San Pedro

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Rancho San Pedro, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a direct copy from http://www.dominguezrancho.com/history/, and therefore a copyright violation. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:

If you have permission from the author leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Rancho San Pedro and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Rancho San Pedro with a link to where we can find that note;
If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Rancho San Pedro. Alternatively, you may create a note on your web page releasing the work under the GFDL and then leave a note at Talk:Rancho San Pedro with a link to the details.

It is also important that the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and that it follows Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at Talk:Rancho San Pedro/Temp. Leave a note at Talk:Rancho San Pedro saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! ^Blank ^Verse 00:57, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rancho San Pedro

I have written excerps from several copyrighted sources for citation / validation purposes to relate the facts as best I can, to reach as many people as I can, about the early days of california....I think it's imperative that this information, from copyrighted sources, be explained in this Wikipedia format. I don't believe I've been in violation of any copyright laws, because like pictures, history is public domain and passed along through documents that are public record. Several sources site all the info I have stated in creating the Rancho San Pedro article, and I've put forth a lot of effort researching this material. The copyright law states that you can not entirly copy one's work, but if you copy a few sentences, and are not doing so for personal profit, then you are within the law. Please consider this arguement, as I would feel that like so much of California's rich history has been convoluted, and passed over, this article should remain, and be edited and discussed accordingly... DonDeigo 14:21, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Except for the one short paragraph that I left in the article, everything in the Rancho San Pedro article was copied verbatim from http://www.dominguezrancho.com/history/. That is a direct copyright violation that is much too large to qualify for a fair use exemption according to the US copyright laws.

Also:Look at the bottom of that page: "©2007 Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum. All Rights Reserved." Those last three words are very important. It means "no copying, period!". The underlying information on that webpage can't be copyrighted, but that specific arrangement of the facts definitely can be. For that webpage, the copyright status couldn't be clearer.

Since the basic facts can't be copyrighted, all you need to do is completely rewrite the information and it will no longer be a copyright violation. It would be best to cite two or three different sources for your information.

The photo on the page, however, is no longer copyrighted since it's older than 1923, and is therefore in the public domain (unless it had never been published before). To be safe, however, I'd try to find the same or similar photo on the LA County Library website, or the Library of Congress website. The LOC website, especially, is usually very good about providing information on the copyright status of an image, as well as other information on the image like the name of the copyright registrant.

Note: When you do exerpt a small amount of text from a source and use it verbatim, you should always use quotes for the text, and include the reference directly after the text.

Finally: Because it is a copyright violation, it needs to be removed from wherever you've copied it on the Wikipedia. It is still a copyright violation when it is on Talk:Rancho San Pedro, instead of directly in the Rancho San Pedro article. Please quite adding verbatim copies of the text from the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum website. ^Blank ^Verse 03:41, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edited Rancho San Pedro

Copyright violation deleted. Please see http://www.dominguezrancho.com/history/ for one account of the history of Rancho San Pedro and the Dominguez Rancho Adobe. ^Blank ^Verse 03:43, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia

DonDeigo - Welcome to Wikipedia! The energy, enthusiasm and kind-heartedness that you've shown here so far will take you a long way!

If I could make one request . . . standard format here is to spell out numerals that are the first word in a sentence.

May I request that you write: "Thirty-seven years later . . ." instead of "37 years later . . ." Of course, you still use numerals (over number 12 or so) in the middle of a sentence, but I'm practically positive that the standard format on Wikipedia is to use words to spell out all numerals which are the first word(s) in a sentence.

Again, a very warm welcome, and may your edits be many! NorCalHistory 01:04, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ambiguous link

Thank you for your recent edit to Battle of Cañoncito. Your edit included one or more links to the page American, which is a disambiguation page. This type of page is intended to direct users to more specific topics. Ordinarily we try to avoid creating links to disambiguation pages, since it is preferable to link directly to the specific topic relevant to the context. You can help Wikipedia by revising the links you added to Battle of Cañoncito to refer directly to the most relevant topic. (This message was generated by an automatic process; if you believe it to be in error, please accept our apologies and report the error to help us improve this feature.) --Russ (talk) 18:57, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of D&D Precision Tools

An article that you have been involved in editing, D&D Precision Tools, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D&D Precision Tools. Thank you. —Snigbrook 22:50, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that you tried to nominate this page for reconsideration at Wikipedia:Deletion review. Your nomination managed to break the proper functioning of some other sections of the page and was reverted. I've attempted to move the nomination to the correct place. Please return to Deletion review and make sure that everything was moved correctly. (If it still shows under the 6 November header, you may need to purge your page cache. It should show under the 12 November header.)
I would also encourage you to more explicitly provide evidence that this company meets Wikipedia's generally accepted inclusion criteria for companies. D&B and the other sources you cited merely demonstrate their existence and are unlikely to be considered sufficient to support a proper encyclopedia article. Thanks. Rossami (talk) 01:01, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merger of Battle of Santa Fe and Battle of Cañoncito

Hi. I've proposed a merger of Battle of Santa Fe and Battle of Cañoncito. If you want to participate in the discussion, it's here. —JerryFriedman (Talk) 06:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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