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A page you started (The Consortium Agreement of 1954) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating The Consortium Agreement of 1954.

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Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:26, 24 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Cockatoo Hotel

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A tag has been placed on Cockatoo Hotel 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://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2009/03/20/the-cockatoo-inn-former-south-bay-hot-spot-fell-on-cold-times/. 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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ITN recognition for 2019 Iran floods

On 4 April 2019, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2019 Iran floods, which you created. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.

– Muboshgu (talk) 16:58, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your addition (COPYVIO)

I reverted your addition to Jimmy Carter's engagement with Khomeini. While I understand you tried to improve/expand the article, large parts of your additions violated WP:COPYVIO. You need to rephrase the information you want to add in your own words. If you have further questions, please let me know. - LouisAragon (talk) 21:33, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Likewise for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. This is your ~~second~~ third and final warning about that. We can't have repeated copyrights violations continue. Making sure these sort of things don't proliferate is essential to the survival of the Wikipedia project. Thanks in advance. El_C 22:47, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Messages are left at user talk pages, not user pages. Anyway, you did more than paraphrase. You need to write your own prose. El_C 00:38, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Block

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for copyrights violations (you were warned 3 times).

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El_C 14:40, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Modesikuwasi (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I was blocked for citation when I edited Mohamad Reza Pahlavi achievements section. However, the content I added was not copyright I completely rephrased and reordered information from sources. Every time he cited my copyright I went back and changed it. I even changed the prose yet El_C still cited my work as copyright and banned me. He clearly did not bother rereading my work or comparing it to my sources.

Decline reason:

The block was within policy. Contrubuting to Wikipedia requires an understanding of, and respect for, copyright and licensing matters. It is not sufficient to closely paraphrase source material by changing a few words here and there to "make it yours." Uninvited Company 20:06, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

This user was warned about inserting (and reinserting) copyvio multiple times, yet they continue to deny they engage in this. Example (from the first sentence):

shah’s rapid modernization programs quickly raised the standard of living in Iran and paved the way for their the social and economic mobility of their children. [includes the typo — bold is my emphasis]

Copyvio of shah.tv-o.link/. El_C 00:52, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I did a copyvio check with a random revision from his contributions and found this. Not sure of who copied from the other, but the most recent version has only a 30.6% chance ([1]). Jannik Schwaß (talk) 05:15, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm not inclined to unblock based on that. From the beginning, too much of the content was also on shah.tv-o.link. The fact that even the typo remained throughout all this time is pretty convincing to me. We are not robots and those tools have their limits. El_C 09:08, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. The Earwig tool is very useful as a first clue, but indications of accuracy to 1 decimal place are to be entirely disregarded, and matches must be examined by humans. I've seen blatant copyright violations where the tool gave a very low match - it's based on algorithms which clearly sometimes don't work well with some texts. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:04, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]