User talk:Wikiaddict8962
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[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:School Mascot.jpg)
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[edit] Krio people category
Hi there,
I am not sure that the Krio people category can be substantiated. Do you have a source saying that each of them is Krio? I wrote several of the articles you tagged with it and one specifically, Thomas Peters, does not fit. Krio were the descendants of freed slaves that settled in Sierra Leone. Thomas Peters, however, founded Freetown and died shortly thereafter.--Thomas.macmillan 21:43, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Nova Scotian Maroons
Welcome to Wikipedia editing! See welcome message above. Some of our rules may not be obvious, but we don't use other people's copyrighted work. It appears that some or all of the article Nova Scotian Maroons that you posted on 28 February 2007 is copied from "The Jamaican Maroons" on the official web-site of the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia. If you have a valid license to the material: First you need to put the hangon template on the article so that it won't get deleted. See the instructions at the top of the article. Second you need to present the GNU Free Documentation License or the author's release into the public domain to the Wikipedia administrators. See, for starters Wikipedia:Copyrights#Using copyrighted work from others. Normally the easiest way to establish valid licensing is to have the author place on his or her website one of the licensing release statements. See also, Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission and especially What to do when permission is confirmed. --Bejnar 17:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- I'm sorry Bejnar I tried to rephrase the information I gathered from the website and added some words of my own-I do apologize for any indiscrepancies I may have caused over an article I believe will improve wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wikiaddict8962 (talk • contribs) 17:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC).
- I agree that an article on the Jamaica maroons who were taken to Nova Scotia and then Sierra Leone would be a valuable addition to the Wikipedia and I appreciate the effort that you have gone to. I would stress, however, the words of the template: "Note that simply modifying copyrighted text is not sufficient to avoid copyright infringement — it is best to write the article from scratch." It is also good to get information from multiple reliable sources when writing an article. Often this means book research (not original research) in a university library with access to published periodical indexes. It is seldom a good idea to write an article just from Internet available sources. Lastly, I would not that some of the sentences in the original article such as "The Maroons proved themselves to be excellent fighters" are classic POV statements, and if they are to be used in an encyclopedic article, they require direct citation to a specific, reliable source. See Wikipedia:Reliable sources and especially Exceptional claims require exceptional sources. Good luck. --Bejnar 18:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- Please follow the rules. The copyright violation notice said expressly "Do not edit this page until an administrator has resolved this issue. To write a new article without infringing material, follow this link to a temporary subpage." Yet today you removed the copyvio template and edited the page. Are there extenuating circumstances? You may answer here. --Bejnar 02:03, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] categories
Hi, I have taken the liberty of standardizing the category you created at "Sierra Leonean Hospitals]]" and moving the occupants to Category:Hospitals in Sierra Leone. Also, please do not create articles that do not have substantially new content (such as History of Freetown, Sierra Leone) or do not provide enough context for someone not already familiar with the subject to figure out what it is about (such as Sherbro Culture). Such articles may fall under Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion and will probably be at least merged so that there is only one short article, rather than many super-short articles on the same general topic. Please read Wikipedia:Stub#Ideal stub article when considering making a new stub. Thanks, BanyanTree 16:31, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Edit to Category: Sherbo People
You blanked a CFD template from this category. I have reverted this edit, since the CFD is still open. If you object, discuss it on a talk page. Removing the template is a violation of Wikipedia policy.--AgentCDE 04:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Copyright violation
You may not use the words from "The Jamaican Maroons" article that came from the official web-site of the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia. If you want to write a new article "from scratch", write it at Temporary Nova Scotian Maroons, as per the instructions. Do not remove the copyvio template. An administrator will move your new article at Temporary Nova Scotian Maroons to Nova Scotian Maroons after review. I repeat, do not continue to edit Nova Scotian Maroons. --Bejnar 19:40, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Copyright violation? Balderdash
I never copied anything off any website, do you take me for a fool? I copied it off the headline Nova Scotia Maroons in the article Sierra Leone Krio people. Now please stop this sillyness and allow me to do what I love researching on various topics, thank you Bejnar. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wikiaddict8962 (talk • contribs) 21:31, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
- Thank you. I have marked your Wikipedia source, Sierra Leone Krio people#Nova Scotia Maroons, as a copyvio. I do not take you for a fool. Please do not edit Nova Scotian Maroons until the copyright status analysis is complete. --Bejnar 22:56, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The problem goes deeper...
It is a copyvio, but it isn't Wikiaddict's fault. The basis of the page Sierra Leone Krio people is a large copyvio put in by User:86.146.15.73 last year. That page needs a massive overhaul because of it - and since the Nova Scotian Maroons page is based on it it will also need an overhaul. Grutness...wha? 22:55, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] No accusation of you copying
There was no accusation of you copying directly from "The Jamaican Maroons" article, just of your using the material from that site, and ignoring the instructions on the copyright violation template. --Bejnar 23:31, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia. Thanks for contributing. It would be appreciated if you could add an edit summary, particularly when your changes are repetitive across several articles. It would save time on the part of others who watch for vandalism and undesirable edit. Thanks.--Appraiser 13:58, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Shekou Thomas
Please stop removing the speedy delete template from this article. If you do not agree that it should be deleted then please follow the instructions on the notice. This article currently does not meet the criteria at WP:BIO or WP:A. PC78 18:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wayne Rooney
Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to Wayne Rooney. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --Ytny (talk) 06:38, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] School nickname "see also" articles
I've noticed you've posted several new articles that are basically "See (name of school article)". The proper procedure is to make this nto a redirect, which automatically takes viewers from one article to the other. Simply put this as the text of the article:
- #REDIRECT [[Name of article to go to]]
It makes things simpler for everyone. Realkyhick 22:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] AfD nomination of Maple Grove Crimson and Osseo Orioles rivalry
An editor has nominated Maple Grove Crimson and Osseo Orioles rivalry, 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/Maple Grove Crimson and Osseo Orioles rivalry 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 17:20, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] History of the Krio People
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions to the History of the Krio People article, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.
Feel free to re-submit a new version of the article. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.
If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later."
You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here. You can also leave a message on my talk page. Garion96 (talk) 10:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
