User talk:Glenncando

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[edit] Fresh start

Let's start again. First, you can sign your posts using four tildes, like this: ~~~~, which will produce your name and the time and date. I find it exciting to contribute to Wikipedia too! As soon as I can explain a few things to you, you can get back to editing. I'm going to start basic, so let me know if this is too simple for you.

In general, you shouldn't copy what someone else writes and pretend it's yours. This is called plagiarism, and it is unethical; that is, it is widely considered dishonest and not nice. It's kind of like stealing someone else's work. If I read a book, and copy part of what the author says into my paper for school, it's plagiarism, and if my teacher finds out, I will fail. There are also some laws that prevent people from copying other people's work, whether it's writing, art, music...even if they say where they got it. Copyright means that people retain the rights to things they create, and therefore can control how they are used, with some limitations. So if I read an interesting magazine article and type it up and put it on my web site, even if I say I got it from the magazine, I am using their work without permission and would be breaking the law. It's OK to copy one or two sentences, as long as it's in quotes ("") and it's clear that you're using their work. In the same way, if I make copies of my favorite U2 CD and give it (or sell it) to a bunch of my friends, even if I tell them it's U2's CD, I would be breaking copyright laws and could be sued—the same goes for downloading music. Not everything can be copyrighted. Facts cannot be copyrighted, but creative works can be.

Glenncando, when you copy something directly from another web site (or book, or newspaper, or magazine, etc.) and paste it here, you are violating copyright laws. You don't have their permission to use their words, their language. And it puts Wikipedia in a dangerous position. The person or organization who wrote the material could sue Wikipedia and perhaps win a lot of money from us, which would be devastating. When you copy it like that, you are doing two bad things. One, by pretending it's your writing, you are being dishonest. Two, even if you say where you got it from, you are using their work without their permission, which is illegal. I know you don't intend to do this, which is why I wish to explain.

Although the way the words are written is copyrighted, the facts themselves are not. What you should do is read other sources, and then use the material you've learned to write your own words. Rewrite it in your own words. Then list the source at the bottom of the article, in the "References" section. Let me give an example. The following is the second paragraph of a space.com article:

Using the Submillimeter Array, or SMA, a network of radio telescopes located in Hawaii, astronomers found that Pluto’s average surface temperature was about 43 K (-382 degrees F) instead of the expected 53 K (-364 degrees F), which is what the temperature of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, is.

If I read this, I might add the following to the Pluto article: "Although astronomers expected Pluto's surface temperature to be around 53 K, recent work using Hawaii's Submillimeter Array radio telescope network suggests that Pluto's surface is actually around 43 K." And I would list the URL of the web page in the reference section.

Does you understand so far? What doesn't make sense? — Knowledge Seeker দ 05:51, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] On your userpage

I would suggest that you remove your email from your userpage, as other websites are free to copy all of Wikipedia's data to their own servers. This could get you A LOT of spam. --M1ss1ontomars2k4 ^{(T | C | @)} 04:53, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion.. --Glenncando 04:54, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Democrat Party" article

Hello. Someone has written a "Democrat Party" article that dignifies this perjorative term. The correct name of the party, of course, is "Democratic Party." Wikipedia is considering deleting the Democrat Party (United States) article. I hope you will weigh in on the topic here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Democrat_Party_(United_States) I believe an article about this perjorative term doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. Griot 00:31, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Cayetano painting.jpg

Please do not remove content from Wikipedia, as you did to Sergio Osmeña. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Lithpiperpilot 05:44, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks a lot

I would like to thank you for helping me in the President of the Philippines' lists articles. I hope you'll continue your goodwill unto others... HEHEHEHE!! ---Kevin Ray 04:31, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Let's vote for Mariano Trias

Hey there Glenncando! I would like to ask for your vote for the article of Mariano Trias in Wikipedia's Article Creation and Improvement Drive.

I believe that this article still needs a bit of clean-up and expansion. I hope you would vote for the article in this link.

Thanks a lot!!! ---- Kevin Ray 08:29, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Democrat Party

Back in June, you participated in a wiki discussion about deleting an article called “Democrat Party (United States).” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Democrat_Party_%28United_States%29). It was agree to delete this article and redirect it to Democratic Party (United States) -- the real name of the Democratic Party. However, someone has revived the Democrat Party article. Would you care to weigh in on this at that article’s Talk page? I think a redirect is in order in accordance with the decision we reached last June.