User talk:Glenncando

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Contents 1 Fresh start 2 Thanks a lot 3 Let's vote for Mariano Trias 4 Nationalist People's Coalition - consistency 5 Francis Escudero 6 Thanks! 7 Season's greetings 8 I'm Furious, Uncontrollable, Convulsed and Keyed up to beat them 9 Image:RP_airports.PNG 10 Scorecard for 2008 US Presidential Elections 10.1 Republican 10.2 Democratic 11 Tagalog Wikipedia

[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] 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] 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] 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] 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:

• United States Presidential trivia (Discuss)
• Children of the Prime Ministers of Canada
• Parents of the Prime Ministers of Canada
• List of United States Presidents by previous occupation

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:RP_airports.PNG

Thanks for making a map of Philippine airports. However, I think there are a few errors that you should be aware of:

• Iloilo International Airport is in Cabatuan, Iloilo, 19 kilometers NE of Iloilo City. Mandurriao Airport on the other hand is now closed. At present, both airports are spaced too close to each other.
• Laguindingan International Airport and Lumbia Airport, both in Cagayan de Oro City, are spaced too close to each other. By virtue of name, Laguindingan airport is in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental.
• Legazpi City International Airport and Legazpi Airport (I think) are spaced too close to each other. LCIA is located in Daraga, Albay.

Thanks! --Sky Harbor 10:51, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scorecard for 2008 US Presidential Elections

[edit] Republican

Position	Candidate	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	John McCain	34	13	4	51
2	Mitt Romney	11	12	9	32
3	Mike Huckabee	8	14	13	35
4	Ron Paul	0	12	17	29
5	Fred Thompson	0	1	2	3
6	Rudy Guiliani	0	0	2	2
7	Duncan Hunter	0	0	1	1

[edit] Democratic

Position	Candidate	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Barack Obama	31	22	0	53
2	Hillary Clinton	22	30	1	53
3	John Edwards	0	1	4	5
4	Dennis Kucinich	0	0	1	1

(The Party Presidential Nominees are highlighted)

[edit] Tagalog Wikipedia

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Finally, Wikipedia is the 7^th most visited site in the Philippines. Then why is it that the Tagalog Wikipedia, the Wikipedia in your own language remains unknown to most of the Filipinos? The mission of this campaign is to change that. Will you join us?

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