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

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Cayetano painting.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. Please go to its page for more information if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Nilfanion (talk) 18:31, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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.

[edit] Nationalist People's Coalition - consistency

Hi! Following your template, should we keep the name Nationalist People's Coalition or change it to the Tagalog translation. Also, there is no Tagalog translation in the article. We also need to change Francis Escudero's political party for consistency. Please advice. --Pinay06|Talk|Email 02:54, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi! Based on the above, obviously, I was confused...I still am...Sorry...--Pinay06|Talk|Email 05:04, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. If it's not too much to ask, may I ask you to please add this info in the articles, too? I may not be able to "string" all this together. Thanks much! --Pinay06(Talk*Email) 20:35, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the contribution. Click: [1]--Pinay06 (Talk*Email) 21:11, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
BTW, if you can also provide the reference/citation, that will be cool. --Pinay06 (Talk*Email) 21:22, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Francis Escudero

Hey, good job! Thanks much. Maybe you can also check this article, and lend it your "expertise". Mabuhay! --Pinay06 (Talk*Email) 22:01, 17 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image:Lestrada2.gif

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Cayetano_official.jpg

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[edit] Thanks!

Thanks a lot for the Barnstar Award. I am really happy for it. It made me cheer-up! Well, about the Philippine President and Vice President Lists Barnstar, I am amenable to it. I would like to thank those people who really contributed to the near completion of the lists especially you. Again, thanks a lot!!! --- Kevin Ray 02:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Season's greetings

Merry Christmas!!! The real meaning of Christmas is thisand this... I also want you to enjoy this and this --Pinay06 (Talk•Email) 04:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of List of Philippine Presidents by last name

An editor has nominated List of Philippine Presidents by last name, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Philippine Presidents by middle name and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. Jayden54Bot 13:18, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I'm Furious, Uncontrollable, Convulsed and Keyed up to beat them

I have the same feeling with you Glenncando. I am really disappointed with my created articles that are up to deletion while those American and Canadian ones are enjoying freedom from AfDs! If ever it should qualify for deletion, then the following should also be deleted:

And now, I am really in this abbreviated condition:

  • Furious;
  • Uncontrollable;
  • Convulsed; and
  • Keyed up to beat them!

Don't worry, I have already posted in Tambayan about our concern. This would let them be aware of what outrage we are receiving from this biased people. -- Kevin Ray 06:03, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Presoffice1.jpg

Thank you for uploading Image:Presoffice1.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. bluemask (talk) 15:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wait, what's the deal?

I am really confused and a little annoyed that you removed those two pictures from Mokolii; there was nothing wrong with them. Then you replaced them with a picture of your own. There is nothing wrong with adding your own pictues, but deleting the others so that you can add your own is wrong, and negates all the work that I did to get them. If you want to add your picture to Mokolii, then perhaps you can make an image gallery at the bottom. SeanMD80talk | contribs 19:15, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Cayetano official.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Cayetano official.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

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[edit] Image:Lestrada2.gif

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