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RAF Merryfield & possible copyvio
I went to the RAF Merryfield article to try to add some references and found much of the text is very similar to this site. It was added to wp in 2007 (diff) but I have no idea whether wp or the other site had the text first - should I add a copyvio label?— Rod 21:49, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi. :) A quick search suggests that website is rather new (), but that's not definitive, because it could have come from somewhere else (meaning the website - they do sometimes move. :D). Their "About Us" page suggests that may be the case, as they claim to have been around since 2001. Given that, I want to take a look at the evolution of the content to see if I can tell which came first. --Moonriddengirl 12:59, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
- Okay, typo at insertion point ("to he built") suggests it was either transcribed from a book or developed here naturally. That error is not on the external site. Excellent sign minutes later with small changes such as camp->airfield and August 24->24 August. The external site uses both of them. The "Ahhot" typo is a little concerning, though, as that kind of thing usually indicates a poorly digitized source - the scanner misreads the lower line of the "b". Also note "2$" for 26 and "September &" for "September 6". Here's more of that: "Ramshury" instead of "Ramsbury". But again a change is made ("with Merryfield" becomes "with the station"). I think the source you spotted copied from us, but if I could get inside of it, I'd be looking at UK Airfields of the Ninth, the source, for matches. :/ I don't suppose you have a copy of that book, do you? I'd love to eliminate that concern. Unfortunately, the contributor who added the article does have an early history of issues (see 1 and 2, for instance. There are other CSB notices, but I'm not checking those, having verified these two). I need to make sure that the content was not copied and that, if it was, the content is PD and properly attributed per current plagiarism guidelines. --Moonriddengirl 13:24, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for looking. I don't have the UK Airfields of the Ninth book but did get the Berryman one out of the library - which prompted my interest in the article. Your expertise and tenaciousness in these queries is brilliant.— Rod 13:34, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks. I've had a lot of practice. :D I guess I'll start with WP:REX. They can sometimes help. --Moonriddengirl 13:07, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
- Check back at REX, me. --Moonriddengirl 13:07, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
- Hey there. I saw this discussion as I've still got Skinny's page watchlisted. I have got Airfields of the Ninth, and I'm afraid to say that when I was using it for work purposes a few months ago, I noticed that of the ones I looked at, almost every article on airfields that are in that book, contains copyvios of varying sizes (RAF Thruxton and RAF Stoney Cross are memorable, plus a dozen others). The book is at work, but I'll check it tomorrow and give you some examples. Sorry, I only just remembered this issue - it's quite big, but was of low priority when I was reading the book as the work came first! Seeing this thread has just reminded me... Ranger Steve 13:51, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
- Will do. Be warned though that there's dozens of airfields in the book. I'll probably do it on a county basis, as the book does, and it may take a while. Ranger Steve 14:00, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah. If anyone else has a copy of the book, it might be handy. By the way, something weird with your sig datestamps above (March 2014?). Ranger Steve 14:21, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
- Yes. :) I was hoping not to forget this one. Thanks, Crisco, for pointing out the activity - as focused on the little copyright investigation as I've been, I think I would have missed it altogether. One thing I might suggest, @Ranger Steve:, if you don't mind - can you check to see if there's a pattern in who added the problematic content? If so, we can do this as a regular WP:CCI. If it's been copied by multiple people (the way Banglapedia has been), it's a far different problem. If it's one person and there's at least five problematic articles, I would open a CCI for him. If you would prefer, if you can just list for me maybe 5-10 articles that are clearly copied from that source, I'll be happy to do the investigation. :) --Moonriddengirl 15:13, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
- Will do. I'll shove it all in a sandbox and then you can decide where best to put it. Looking above, I think you've already identified the main source of the problem, but I'll confirm this more definitively tomorrow. Ranger Steve 16:48, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi both. I've started a summary of one article at User:Ranger Steve/Sandbox3, to give a flavour of the issues. There are 62 articles in Airfields of the Ninth; I've randomly looked at a few and made some comments. I'm afraid that's all I've got time for today. I fear it may take some time to ascertain how deep this issue goes; it might be worth contacting the editor in question directly and seeing if he'll take on the work... Ranger Steve 07:54, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you very much, Ranger Steve. I've done so, leaving him a note in the existing section for copyright concerns on his talk page. --Moonriddengirl 13:19, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
- Just to give scope here, I have gone ahead and run the CCI: User:Moonriddengirl/CCI sandbox. I randomly spot-checked the first article on the top of the fourth page. It was an article on a song, and it was copied from a website but cleaned long ago. I popped in on an article midway down page 7, Jamie Colby, and find the following passage added to the article (among others):
While waiting to take the Bar Examination, she was asked to fill in at a television station for an anchor who was on maternity leave. She enjoyed it so much that she decided to seek a future in Journalism, although she did later take and pass the bar....
Since the passage cites IMDB, I checked IMBD, where i find:
While waiting to take the Bar (to become a lawyer), she was asked to fill in at a television station for an anchor who was on maternity leave. She enjoyed it so much that she decided to seek a future in Journalism, although she did later take and pass the bar.
This was added in December 2011. I haven't checked the other sources for copying. That's about all I have time for right now. @Wizardman:, I already pinged you on his talk page, but your thoughts here would be welcome. --Moonriddengirl 14:02, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
- Ugh. And. Uuuuggh. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:08, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
- Ouch. I was going to list all the airfields in my sandbox and start summarising the extent of copyvio in each, but I suspect it might not be necessary? Anyway, I've taken a random airfield again; RAF Balderton. Again, whilst its not a direct copy and paste, a lot of content is very very similar. A summary will appear in my sandbox shortly. Also, I have a concern about the black and white images used in most of these airfield articles. The photos themselves, most of which were taken by the RAF between 1942 and 1946, are presumably out of copyright. However, notice the runway numbers and north arrow? They're exactly as they appear in the book and are most likely modern annotations. Would they therefore be copyright of the author/publisher? Milhist would hate to lose these images, but I thought I'd better mention it. Ranger Steve 14:42, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
- Ooh, images. This is where I prove a little more useful than just pinging people. Based on my look, it's probable that the numbers at File:Balderton-18apr44.jpg, for instance, would not pass the threshhold of originality needed to claim a new copyright (although I note that the UK does have a lower threshhold than the US, so at worse this would have to be hosted on Misplaced Pages). Doubt the directional arrow would be PD, though, unless it was in the original. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:47, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
- I've opened it at Misplaced Pages:Contributor copyright investigations/20130819. He's been actively working on cleanup, I'm happy to say, and I'm going to go in and annotate which articles he's cleaned, but, @Ranger Steve:, it would be really helpful if you could first take a look at a couple of them to see if the cleanup has addressed the problem. Maybe , , and ? If those four are okay, then I think I can generalize that the cleanup is going well. --Moonriddengirl 13:50, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
- Can do tomorrow (been out of the office today). Ranger Steve 16:46, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry, been hectic for a few days and I won't be around for another ten days. Looking at those 4, they seem to be fine now. I haven't read all 4 in minute detail, but I can't see any evidence of block passages. I have noted that the cleanup has been quite blunt on some other articles, basically hacking almost all of the content out, which might include other, non-copyvio, contributions. I'll have to check later. Ranger Steve 11:07, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
Unblock conditions
I wanted to ask you about a troublesome CCI article, but before pinging you, I decided to see what you were working on which led me to the GregBard issue. By bad luck, the first entry I looked at had several problems, which colored my views. My subsequent reviews haven't turned up more copyright issues, although I found problems with uncited claims, bare urls, and other reference issues. I see the indef block, and some discussion about what should be in an unblock request. I have two thoughts, which I want to run by you in case there is any merit.
- First, a declaration that he will abide by copyright policy seems a waste of words, as there is some question whether he fully understands policy. I would prefer to identify a process he would agree to follow, e.g. never copypaste except for names (to ensure correct spelling), and after an edit, running the duplication detector to see if any inadvertent copying took place, with a promise to check with someone if more than n consecutive words are used and the contention is that it is still ok.
- The second aspect is a SMART commitment to helping at CCI. I do not think it is reasonable to say he cannot work on anything other than CCI, but I'm mulling a commitment that half of all edits would be related to CCI issues. For example, pure list articles are less apt to be copyright issues, so one task might be to identify list articles, which someone could them review as a group. Half might be too much, but I think we could find some level of involvement which would be a reasonable request.--S Philbrick(Talk) 14:05, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
- I would agree that we need to be sure that he understands and agrees to abide by copyright policy. His declaration that he disagreed with our approach and so chose to act differently is concerning; I'm much happier to find out that somebody didn't understand the policy than that they did understand and it deliberately disobeyed it. The latter attitude always makes me worry that they'll only follow the rules as long as they think somebody is looking. :/ In terms of "smart" commitment, that makes sense to me. Policy actually says that they may be required to do the cleanup entirely before being unblocked, though, so I'd be okay with that, too. I noted yesterday that he had actually restored one of the copyvios User:Nikkimaria removed when she flagged the problem, leaving it in display for an additional year +. However, I would honestly never take it on myself to unblock somebody in that position without consensus. He's consumed a ton of time from User:Wizardman and User:Diannaa, and I would worry that it would be grossly unfair to them and others who do the work to let him continue without making sure that they are fully confident he won't waste more of their time. That there are now dozens more articles that must be reviewed than there were a year ago is bad enough. --Moonriddengirl 17:48, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
- I sent an email to the editor, hoping to engage in a discussion of how to become unblocked, but no answer. No response as of yet, which is too bad, because some of the articles need more than just cleaning. Not asking you to do anything, just an FYI.--S Philbrick(Talk) 19:23, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
A copyright issues has arisen at the above address. As our resident expert, would you care to comment, one way or the other? BMK (talk) 02:41, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
- Hi, BMK. I really wish that I could give you a definite answer, but images are not really my area, and I am not comfortable with Light show's approach to this content. I see he noted that I edited film still - I did, to correct some serious errors as I described at the CCI opened under his former username. That article is not policy and does not have the weight of policy. It is not a reliable source, any more than any other Misplaced Pages article is. I approached one of the Wikimedia Foundation's attorneys for some general guidance on the question of these images, and she suggested some general practices at Misplaced Pages:Contributor copyright investigations/Wikiwatcher1#Attorney reply. Long after that CCI was started, we continue to find problematic images - such as this one on English Misplaced Pages and this one, where Light show cropped the "copyright" mark out of the image. (He is blocked indefinitely on Commons.) Many of Light show's uploads seem to be perfectly fine - this one may be - but many of them have not been. I attempted an RFC/U in 2012, but it failed to gain enough participants to reach consensus and judging by the File:Ann Sheridan - 1939.jpg photo on Commons where in October 2013 he cropped out the copyright notice on a photograph that he tagged "PD-Pre1978", under claim that it had no copyright notice, it had no influence on his behavior. With respect to the particular image, Ken, you might check with WP:MCQ. Sorry. :( --Moonriddengirl 12:25, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
- About the CCI, can comments or questions still be added there, in the blue section? Being boxed off in blue it seems to be closed. --Light show (talk) 16:33, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
- I like to keep things simple, where possible, but since you took to time to point out the Ann Sheridan image, "which had no influence on my behavior," let me note that there was no valid copyright notice on that image, as it only had a "c" and date with her name, not the studio's. I doubt if anyone can find any copyright notice to any publicity photo ever registered under the name of the celebrity. It would have been simple to explain that, but being that I'm blocked there, anything tagged for any reason always gets deleted. Also, is it always necessary to subtly ABF comments about my uploads, ie. where Light show cropped the "copyright" mark out of the image, thereby accentuating the negative and mostly ignoring the positive? --Light show (talk) 16:56, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
- A c in a circle was a valid copyright notice for images and visual materials and the copyright doesn't have to be held by the studio, it can be held by whomever, including the subject. Cropping it out was definitely an act of obscuring the copyright. Further, copyright notices don't have to appear on the image itself, they can appear on the back of the image. This is all prior to the change of the copyright laws in 1978, when the necessity for any copyright notice was totally eliminated, and any published work was assumed to be copyrighted once published, whether or not it had a copyright notice on it or not. BMK (talk) 17:55, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) That section is "background". If you have additional comments, you can make them at the talk page or place them beneath the blue section to make clear that they are not part of the background section. I'm not assuming bad faith - I'm reporting the conclusion of the deletion debate. Beyond that, though, I've been open about my feelings on your standards of licensing verification. If you think you're being treated unfairly on Commons, you should negotiate an unblock there. --Moonriddengirl 17:06, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
I took your advice and opened a discussion on WP:MCQ, which I think you might find interesting. It's here. Best, BMK (talk) 02:26, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you. I will read through and keep an eye on it, in case I contribute. --Moonriddengirl 12:04, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 11 June 2014
Could you have a look at this article. I recently did a little editorial cleaning up work, but became suspicious that the bulk of the text has been copied and pasted from another site. Sometimes it is difficult to know whether other sites are merely mirroring Misplaced Pages, but I guess that this is probably not the case here. Many thanks,
Derek R Bullamore (talk) 16:58, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you, Derek R Bullamore, you were spot on. :/ This was copied wholesale from AMG. No doubt they had it first - I found places where parts of the AMG profile were copied years ago, long before the pasting of the content here. --Moonriddengirl 17:35, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
El Médico
Hello:
La expresión "El Médico" (o "El Doctor") es un nombre común en español para referirse a los médicos. Que el cantante Reynier Casamayor Griñán use como apodo dicha expresión, no creo que sea suficiente para apropiarse de una denominación común de todos los médicos, por eso trasladé la biografía del cantante a su nombre original. Además, hay otros productos culturales con la misma denominación:
- - Noah Gordon. El médico (The Physician). 1986. ISBN 978-0671477486
- - Antoni Coll Gilabert. El médico. Barcelona: Armonía Poética; 1991. ISBN 978-84-87749-09-4)
- - Francisco de Goya. El médico. 1780.
- - Unsigned. El Médico. 1851.
- - Samuel Luke Fildes. El doctor (The Doctor). 1891.
- - Randa Haines. El doctor (The Doctor). EEUU. 1991, protagonizada por William Hurt
- - Daniel Fridell. El Medico: The Cubaton Story. Suecia, Finlandia, Cuba y Estonia. 2011.
- - Philipp Stölzl. El médico (Der Medicus). Alemania. 2013, basada en la novela The Physician de Noah Gordon.
En mi opinión el artículo "El Médico" debería ser de desambiguación, para indicar que es una expresión común para referirse a los médicos en general, y que numerosos actividades artísticas lo han utilizado como título, incluyendo el apodo del cantante Reynier Casamayor Griñán. Un cordial saludo:--Raimundo Pastor (talk) 17:52, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
- Google translate:
The term "El Médico" (or "El Doctor") is a common name in Spanish to refer to the physicians. The singer Reynier Casamayor Griñán I use this term as a nickname not think it's enough to appropriate a common name for all doctors, so I moved the biography of the singer to his original name. There are other cultural products with the same name:
- - Noah Gordon. El médico (The Physician). 1986. ISBN 978-0671477486
- - Antoni Gilabert Coll. El médico. Barcelona: Harmony Poetics; 1991. ISBN 978-84-87749-09-4)
- - Francisco de Goya. El médico. 1780.
- - Unsigned. El Médico. 1851.
- - Samuel Luke Fildes. El Doctor (The Doctor). 1891.
- - Randa Haines. El doctor (The Doctor). USA. 1991, starring William Hurt
- - Daniel Fridell. El Médico – the Cubaton Story. Sweden, Finland, Cuba and Estonia. 2011.
- - Philipp Stölzl. El médico (Der Medicus). Germany. 2013, based on the book "The Physician" Noah Gordon.
In my opinion the article "El Médico" should be disambiguation, to indicate that it is common to refer to physicians in general expression, and numerous artistic activities have used it as a title, including the singer's nickname Griñán Reynier Casamayor. Regards--Raimundo Pastor (talk) 18:51, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
- Ok, has become the article "El Médico" in disambiguation. Please, review the text that is correct spelling in English. Thank you.--Raimundo Pastor (talk) 11:58, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the corrections. --Raimundo Pastor (talk) 19:51, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
Others getting copyright wrong
Another data point supporting the notion that copyright is hard. If even the US Chamber of Commerce gets it wrong, no wonder some editors struggle.
As a bonus, the article invokes Misplaced Pages, as part of the correction of their error.--S Philbrick(Talk) 19:02, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
- LOL! Yeah, copyright is hard. But that's a fairly boneheaded mistake to make! :) --Moonriddengirl 19:08, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
GordyB investigation
Hi MRG, re the notice placed on WT:CRIC. I've looked at the cricket articles in the list and I believe the only one presenting a problem is the Bangladesh history, but that has now been resolved. The "dateline" was certainly a copy-and-paste from another site which may or not be entirely reliable. The other cricket articles listed need more sources but I haven't seen anything that looks suspicious. The information seems to be correct and I don't have any issues. All the articles are within the scope of CRIC and I would hope they will be improved in due course. I'll put a list of them on WT:CRIC. May we therefore conclude that the cricket part of the investigation is complete?
Looking at the wider investigation, I have no interest in rugby league but I notice that many of the listed articles are about British RL clubs and grounds. I've browsed some of these and they generally show a distinct lack of sourcing despite containing quite a lot of information which must have come from somewhere. Some of the stuff I've read creates the impression of original research because of subjectivity and I would say that there is a lack of literature about rugby league and that contributors are writing from their own knowledge. Cricket has a huge advantage here as there is a massive cricket literature and online presence. One RL book which is mentioned in a few places is The Grounds of Rugby League by Trevor Delaney (1991) and, for your purposes, it would probably be worth running a comparison with that if it is obtainable. I would suggest application of WP:V across British rugby league articles to try and encourage the RL project to dig out more references. Jack | 05:08, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
- Hello, User:BlackJack. :) I really appreciate your looking into this.
- First, let me note that I'm not sure the full scope of the cricket section. CCIs are not segregated by subject, but instead by the listing of articles, according to the size of the change. The cricket part will be over when all articles related to cricket have been reviewed and either found okay or not okay as marked on those two lists. But I don't know if some of the articles that don't have "cricket" in the name are cricket-related - the biographies, for instance. :)
- Anyway, I'm afraid that there are still some issues. I did a random check in the ones that are identified. I clicked on this: July 2009. A text search from that material finds this was posted in February 2009. So I know he didn't write that text, but got it from somewhere else - the question is where? My gut says it's probably another Misplaced Pages article. The person posting on Yahoo probably got the material from the same place. Searching finds the content here in December 2008. It entered there in October 2008, but my red flags are rising that it didn't start there, either. Sure enough, I find it was here in September 2008. A revision history search verifies that's the article of origin. See , for instance ("overtaken by hockey"). That content evolved there naturally.
- So cleaning up just that one edit requires that somebody provide the legally required attribution for the content that Gordy copied from other editors. So I do that. While I'm at it, I will also attribute the copying into the other article. And then I need to look at the other diffs for that listing.
- This work can be pretty tedious, but now at least that edit is copyvio-clear, as it is our position on English Misplaced Pages that attribution can be supplied after the fact (I understand that some other projects treat that differently). I'll go ahead and finish that listing so nobody has to duplicate that labor. :)
- I'll go ahead and finish reviewing edits to that article so I can close that listing out.
- If you review the listing for an article, can you please annotate what you've done at the CCI talk pages? As long as the listing isn't annotated, the investigation remains open into that article, and somebody will eventually be checking it. --Moonriddengirl 12:11, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
- Okay, I'm done with Cricket in Canada. Every substantial edit was copied from another Misplaced Pages article - attribution is all supplied now, so that content is okay. :) After the first edit, it got much easier, as the origin articles were obvious. All I had to do there is verify that the text was in the origin articles before it was posted into Cricket in Canada and then, having verified that, supply the required attribution in the edit summary and on the talk pages. --Moonriddengirl 12:33, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
Request for input on DCM issue
Hello! I am terribly unfamiliar with DCM policy and procedure and have a user with some questions. I see you are actively involved with copyright issues on WP and thought you would be a good person to ask. Would you be so find as to come to User_talk:Kvihill#Mediation_.28statistics.29 and provide input? Thank you! EvergreenFir (talk) 23:10, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
- Have done so, EvergreenFir. :) thanks much for keeping an eye on the issue and assisting! --Moonriddengirl 23:38, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you! EvergreenFir (talk) 01:43, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
Spectra Energy - Page Updates/Edits
Hi Moonriddengirl,
I was hoping you could help in updating the Spectra Energy wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/Spectra_Energy) with the following edits. I have provided sources for each suggested update. Thank you in advance for your assistance!
EDIT 1:
First sentence of first section
from:
Spectra Energy Corp is a S&P 500 company headquartered in Houston, Texas, that operates in three key areas of the natural gas industry: transmission and storage, distribution, and gathering and processing.
to:
"Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE), a FORTUNE 500 company, is one of North America's leading pipeline and midstream companies. Based in Houston, Texas, the company’s operations in the United States and Canada include more than 22,000 miles of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil pipelines; approximately 305 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas storage; 4.8 million barrels of crude oil storage; as well as natural gas gathering, processing, and local distribution operations. Spectra Energy is the general partner of Spectra Energy Partners (NYSE: SEP), one of the largest pipeline master limited partnerships in the United States and owner of the natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil assets in Spectra Energy’s U.S. portfolio. Spectra Energy also has a 50 percent ownership in DCP Midstream, the largest producer of natural gas liquids and the largest natural gas processor in the United States."
sources:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/spectra-energy-issues-2013-sustainability-131500805.html
or
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=SE
EDIT 2:
The second sentence of the first section
from:
Spectra was formed in late 2006 from the spin-off from Duke Energy.
to:
Spectra Energy was formed in 2007 from the spin-off from Duke Energy.
sources:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/01/02/businesspro-spectraenergy-spinoff-dc-idUSN0234024620070102
EDIT 3:
The information box should be updated with the following:
Revenue should be changed from: 5.351, to: 5.518
operating Income should be changed from: 1.763, to: 1.666
Net Income should be changed from: 1.184, to: 1.038
sources:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=SE&annual
EDIT 4:
The last sentence in the HISTORY section
from:
In 2011, Spectra Energy achieved record net income and surpassed its earnings target by more than 7 percent. And, in 2011, the company increased its annual dividend to $1.12, representing a nearly 8 percent increase.
to:
In 2013, Spectra Energy achieved net income from controlling interestes of $1.04 billion, or $1.55 diluted EPS, compared with $940 million, or $1.43 diluted EPS in 2012. Ongoing 2013 net income from controlling interests was $1.10 billion, or $1.64 diluted EPS, compared with $938 million, or $1.43 diluted EPS, in the prior year.
sources:
http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140204-905069.html
EDIT 5:
At the bottom of the OPERATIONS section, please add:
Spectra Energy also operates The Express-Platte Pipeline System which begins in Hardisty, Alberta and terminates in Wood River, IL. It includes the Express and Platte crude oil pipelines.
sources:
http://pipelineandgasjournal.com/spectra-energy-acquire-express-platte-pipeline-system
EDIT 6:
Under the LEADERSHIP section, the first sentence
from:
Gregory L. Ebel (born 1964 in Ottawa, Canada) is president and chief executive officer of Spectra Energy Corp and a member of the company’s board of directors.
to:
Gregory L. Ebel (born 1964 in Ottawa, Canada) is president and chief executive officer of Spectra Energy Corp and chair of the company’s board of directors.
sources:
http://www.rttnews.com/2302208/spectra-energy-names-gregory-ebel-chair-of-board.aspx
64.95.214.18 (talk) 15:58, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
- Hi, 64.95.214.18. :) To request edits to a page that you don't feel you should change yourself due to a conflict of interest, you just need to post your request on the talk page - in this case, Talk:Spectra Energy - along with the following code:
{{request edit}}. Please use the curly brackets and all. This will attract the attention of interested editors, who will evaluate the content for appropriateness. Most of these look pretty straightforward, so I would imagine there will be no issues. --Moonriddengirl 13:08, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your guidance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.95.214.18 (talk) 20:47, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for the help with the copyright question with the article. I have removed the two sections in question. Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. I've been really busy for the past week. Thanks again! -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:22, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- Always happy to help where I can. :) I was amused for a minute, though, after I realized I was misunderstanding the title here - I thought - "I took part in an RFC on the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club?" Misplaced Pages jargon. It becomes normal. :) --Moonriddengirl 13:03, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Copyvio or not a copyvio?
Hi. Quick question about a possible WP:COPYVIOEL on the page Rape fantasy.
I came across the link http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/19887428/647252236/name/Specific_Sexual_Fantasy_Themes.pdf in one of the references and noticed the DOI matched up with the landing-site journal publication at http://psycnet.apa.org/?&fa=main.doiLanding&doi=10.1037/0022-3514.48.2.472, so I removed the full-text link and kept the official publication (containing only an abstract of the study).
Flyer22 and I aren't sure if it's actually a WP:COPYVIO to link to it: we had a brief discussion on her page and she directed me here. She thinks it might be okay to still link to it/use it as a reference for the article. What's your take on this matter? Is it okay to restore the full-text link? meteor_sandwich_yum (talk) 04:48, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- Hi. :) This question would hinge on who is hosting the material - what is "xa.yimg.com"? Is there any reason whatsoever to believe that they host the material with permission, that they have license to do so? Do they permit users to upload files, which would lend to the possibility of it being used to host illegal content? From what I can determine, it seems to be a user server provided by Yahoo with no editorial control at all - . It doesn't look promising. I think you made the right call. --Moonriddengirl 13:02, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
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