User talk:VernoWhitney

Claude Pollard

Thank you for your attention to the above-referenced article. I have re-written it so it is no longer a copyvio. Can you please look and confirm? If you agree, I would ask that you remove the copyvio notice.

Best regards, Argos'Dad 12:42, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Verno. Given your vacation, I went ahead and addressed this. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:31, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Goa Chitra Museum Images

Hi Verno: You were extremely helpful in resolving the copyright issue relating to the text in the article. Now I have run into copyright issue of the images I attempted to upload. The copyright holder gave his consent in the following language: "Here are some pics of Goa Chitra.. You are free to use these pictures as, where and when you want...". When uploading, I did not select any tag from the "License" window, but instead stated that "Permission to use the image was granted by Victor Hugo Gomes [copyright holder] on July 09, 2010. What copyright tag should I select? All confused! (Dommartin (talk) 03:28, 11 July 2010 (UTC)).

Well, they need to be explicitly released under a free license by the copyright holder. It would be good if you could have him provide us with a clear statement via email (either directly or you could forward it to us) that he is releasing this content for redistribution under an allowable license. The email template at Wikipedia:CONSENT can be used to avoid ambiguity. VernoWhitney (talk) 15:01, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the tip. I have asked the copyright holder to submit his consent directly to wikipedia with a cc to me. Upon receipt of same, I am sure, I will ask for your kind assistance on how to proceed from there. (Dommartin (talk) 16:47, 11 July 2010 (UTC)).

The copyright holder of the pictures has granted authorization for use of the pictures via email sent directly to wikipedia @ permissions. A copy of the authorization was cc'd to me and can be reviewed on my talk page. Please advise if I need to do anything further, and once again, thank you for your assistance with this. (Dommartin (talk) 20:25, 12 July 2010 (UTC)).

Help with page that's been marked AfD

Excuse me for being a newbie... but I'm not sure who to turn to at this point. You helped verify the copyright use of an article we started on Friday No Limit Kids It's now been marked as an Article for Deletion. Not sure why the nominator decided to focus on our new film... but he has. I've responded (I think correctly) in the discussion page suggesting to Keep the page, but I'm not sure. He's not advanced the discussion at this point and at least from where we stand, his claims of non-notable when you consider the folks involved in the film, etc is not warranted. He's also marked our Elevating Entertainment page as well with similar claims of non-notable when the principals of this company are major award winners and established professionals in the music entertainment industry. Simply linking to them is not a COI? As our response on both AfD pages suggest, we don't agree with his claims and he's stopped discussing it - while it leaves our pages in limbo with the terrible header saying it's marked for deletion. And as I understand it, that can stay there for a while until it's resolved.

My question is how or to whom can I request a "speedy keep"... if it's possible. Or what other choices do I have to try to resolve this issue soon. After so much effort to develop a couple of articles, it's frustrating especially when the process is a little foreign to us. Sorry to bother you, and I appreciate your help if you can? Thanks! Lrcee (talk) 01:42, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Well, to start with you can't request a "speedy keep"; if you convince the nominator that it's notable (as well as anyone else who weighs in on the discussion), it could be closed early as a "keep", but that decision is left to someone else. And yes, the header saying that it's marked for deletion has to stay there until the discussion is concluded (usually in a week), so that anyone who passes by the article in the meantime can chime in at the discussion if they wish. Now that that's out of the way, the reason the articles were nominated appears to be due to a lack of reliable sources establishing notability for the film or the company. The arguments you made at the AfDs don't really address that issue, because while the movie/company are associated with notable folks, that doesn't necessarily make them notable, because in general notability is not inherited. As far as the COI and related comments, that can be fixed with editing, to make them read more like encyclopedia entries, and less like just a list of awards/reviews. Other kinds of facts would be good.

I haven't looked at the sources so I'm not going to join the discussions, but to address the particular issues with the articles, No Limit Kids may pass the threshold for notability if The Dove Foundation and KIDS FIRST! Film Festival are "nationally known critics", so if they are, point that out. If they aren't nationally known, then see if it meets any of the other criteria at Wikipedia:Notability (films). I doubt the ratings at IMDB matter. As far as Elevating Entertainment, the sources in the article appear to be discussing the movies, not the company, so you need to find sources which actually talk about the company itself, specifically sources that would indicate that it passes the bar set at Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). I hope that clears things up some, if you have more questions, feel free to ask. VernoWhitney (talk) 14:00, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia topic : Poswon

i dont believe it is fair that the page "poswon" be deleted simply because I am the artist known as poswon. The information i have provided is completely my own and honest. Please allow me to keep the page, no infringmant has taken place. the information is mine and is valid. No infringment has taken place. The information is valib and honest. Thankyou. Viadonnie (talk) 07:51, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Your article was not deleted as a copyright infringement, as I did notice that you had asserted permission, it was deleted because it did not indicate how or why you were notable. If you want to recreate the article you should read the notability guidelines at WP:GNG and WP:MUSICBIO and ensure that you use third-party reliable sources which indicate notability. If you wish to use the text which you have previously published again, you should also follow the steps at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials so that we can confirm you are the copyright-holder to the original material. I hope this explains the situation for you. VernoWhitney (talk) 15:57, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your help with my caricature pic! Qfl247 (talk) 15:15, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

No problem, I'm glad it got cleared up. Cheers! VernoWhitney (talk) 15:22, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

SCV

Hey, two things, I have intergrated the t paramteter from your CPC template into the SCV one, and if this is OK, will also add w. This is so other users can see all the options they have to use directly on the SCV template. Also, I am going to be bold and removed the SCV d parameter, I cannot see its purpose with the new speedy parameter and the fact there is no need to template listings of articles that have already been deleted. Also, SCV is now up to date, apart from one article, Jonathan Isaby, which I'm not sure what to do with. I would be grateful if you could provide your help with this. Thanks (and have a nice holiday),Acather96 (talk) 18:46, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Well, I didn't create {{CPC}} - all I did in that area was make {{CP}} as a giant conglomeration of everything (feel free to use it if you'd like) - and I don't see how there would be any problems with adding more parameters to {{SCV}}, just remember to update the documentation. Your new 's' parameter serves the same purpose at SCV as the 'd' parameter, so that should be fine, but I'd recommend making 'd' be another alternate parameter for 's' instead of removing it entirely, otherwise someone who's used to the old keys may start leaving malformed messages unintentionally. As far as Jonathan Isaby goes, I didn't see any copyvio on that page, but I haven't looked elsewhere yet and I did tag it as a repost of an article deleted via AfD, so it may be moot. VernoWhitney (talk) 18:54, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Ah, found the copyvio on Isaby (and tagged for speedy deletion), it was just scattered bits from the source CSBot identified, but almost the whole article is copied. VernoWhitney (talk) 19:16, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Kart Kvaran

Hi!

You removed this text from the Karl Kvaran article.

My text:

Kvaran studied at the Iceland Academy of the Arts (Listaháskóli Íslands) in Reykjavík under Þorvaldur Skúlason[2] in 1943-45, at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi), Copenhagen, and at the private school of Peter Rostrup Bøyesen (1882-1952).[3]

Source text:

Karl Kvaran was born in Borðeyri in western Iceland. He studied at the Icelandic School of Art and Crafts in Reykjavík in 1943-45, at the Kunstakademi, Copenhagen, and at the private school of Peter Rostrup Bøyesen (1882-1952). The influence during 1942-52 of French art can be seen in the strongly composed, post-Cubist paintings, in which regular and abrupt brushstrokes create a sculptural, hammered surface texture. Around 1951 Kvaran turned from figurative art to geometrical abstraction, and he remained committed to two-dimensional geometric art employing pure and uniform colour forms without reference to depth.

I can't see how this text violates any copyright. It is phrased differently than the source, names have been updated and I've added information from other sources.

Ebben (talk) 00:11, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

It's not a straight copy/paste, but it is a close paraphrase. Comparing just the sentences at issue with the common words bolded, we have the removed text:

Kvaran studied at the Iceland Academy of the Arts (Listaháskóli Íslands) in Reykjavík under Þorvaldur Skúlason in 1943-45, at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi), Copenhagen, and at the private school of Peter Rostrup Bøyesen (1882-1952).

and the source:

He studied at the Icelandic School of Art and Crafts in Reykjavík in 1943-45, at the Kunstakademi, Copenhagen, and at the private school of Peter Rostrup Bøyesen (1882-1952)

While facts are not copyrightable, creative elements of presentation - including both structure and language - are. The essay Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing contains some suggestions for rewriting that may help avoid these issues. The article Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches, while about plagiarism rather than copyright concerns, also contains some suggestions for reusing material from sources that may be helpful, beginning under "Avoiding plagiarism".

I hope that clears up the situation for you. VernoWhitney (talk) 00:37, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Re: Copyright problem: Evergreen Cooperatives (Message left on my talk page)

I understand your concern about copyright infringement, but I didn't have time to correct the problem within 7 days. Is there any way I can retrieve the text of the article you deleted? I would like to rewrite it, but I can't find it anywhere--it even seems to have disappeared from my list of contributions, and I didn't save it on my computer. I put in quite a bit of work on it. In fact, I thought the text was already rewritten enough so as not to be a copyright infringement. Can you tell me what exactly needs to be met in order for it not to be deleted again? Can you tell me which parts seemed like a violation to you? Did you really think there was nothing at all in the article that wasn't a violation or that was worth saving? Maybe that's true, but since I have no way to look at the text now, I don't know how to fix it.

Please at least send me or let me access my original article. If it's possible, I would also like to recover the text I wrote on the discussion page, just for me to see at least. Thank you, GreatBigCircles (talk) 04:04, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

I have replied at your talk page. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 01:06, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Charles-Amable Lenoir

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:02, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Welcome back

And congratulations on the DYK. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:32, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I appreciate you keeping an eye on things while I was away. Now I'm just working my way through my watchlist to see what's happened since I left :) VernoWhitney (talk) 14:35, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Yay! Now I don't have to worry about an SCV backlog anymore. ;D Theleftorium ^(talk) 15:19, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

speedy deletion of Economy of the Soviet Union/deleted revisions

Hi, could you userfy this [1] for me, when it gets deleted? There is still some text in that section which is copy vio but which could be rewritten and included into the regular article, that I haven't had time/access to sources to get to. If you're not the right person to ask this, do you know whom I should ask? Thanks!radek (talk) 03:04, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I didn't notice it was still being edited and have removed the speedy tag. Any admin (I'm not one) should be able to userfy it for you, and probably should so that it isn't left hanging around in article-space. VernoWhitney (talk) 03:11, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Alright, thanks.radek (talk) 03:13, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Shopping in Karachi

Thanks for your stern message of copyright violations. I did not know about Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. I will try by best to avoid any infractions in the future. AlphaGamma1991 (talk) 16:19, 26 July 2010 (UTC)