User talk: Diannaa

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Ben_Sorensen

Hi Diannaa this article also failed copyright, and also seems to be put on the mainspace by a new user. I also seems to be an article whos draft was deleted previously. How do we deal with these issues so I don't bother you? Geraldine Aino (talk) 12:21, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

The deleted version was about an Augstralian broadcaster, so that article is unrelated to the one that was recently created. Regarding "failed copyright", I assume that you found substantial overlap with material elsewhere online? Could you please be more specific? I am not seeing it.

For general advice on what to do when you discover copyright issues, see Wikipedia:Text copyright violations 101. — Diannaa (talk) 19:31, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Diannaa but we can disregard. Another admin apparently found the deleted draft and removed (or moved) the article out of the mainspace. Thanks again for your assistance! Geraldine Aino (talk) 11:52, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Help needed at CopyPatrol

Hello copyright patrollers, we currently have 73 reports at CopyPatrol that need to be assessed. Assistance would be much appreciated! Pinging some recent contributors as shown on the Leaderboard: DanCherek, GreenLipstickLesbian, Ymblanter, Isochrone, L3X1, and JJMC89. Any assistance you can offer would be perfect, even if you only have time to do a handful of cases. Thanks in advance, — Diannaa (talk) 00:35, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

thumbsup: ^Thanks,L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 02:15, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

A big thank you to those who have stepped up to help clear the cases! You are awesome. — Diannaa (talk) 13:15, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Can you clean, please?

Hi Diannaa I started off dealing with this user as a COI on the Mark Leonard Winter article, doing a quick morning review of notifications on my tablet, before seeing that they had added similar waffly prose to Lotta Crabtree. I reverted both changes and put a note on the talk page, but then realised that the changes probably need hiding, as there's a fair bit of copyvio in them. Can you please do what needs to be done? Laterthanyouthink (talk) 01:03, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

I found the copyvio on Lotta Crabtree but Mark Leonard Winter does not seem to be copyvio. — Diannaa (talk) 01:07, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. What about this? (source) Laterthanyouthink (talk) 01:10, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Got it. Thank you for the helpful link. — Diannaa (talk) 01:13, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

No worries. Thanks for that. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 01:23, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Need some help

Hi, you were listed as someone who knows about copyright. If you have some spare time, would you please help us over at Talk:Horsemanship of Ulysses S. Grant. I am having the weirdest conversation ever. Thank you, Polygnotus (talk) 21:51, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

The first example (the cadet's anecdote): Grant was born in 1822 and would have been 17 in 1839, the year that he and is fellow cadets were at West Point. So the fellow who made the remark would be long dead in 1956, the year the article appeared in Sports Illustrated. So where did the author of the article get the quote? I think it needs to come out, regardless of the copyright issue, unless it can be confirmed in some way that the fellow actually made these remarks. It should definitely not be in the article as though it was verifiable fact; at this point it's just an anecdote from Sports Illustrated, written 117 years after the fact.

Examples 2 and 3 are sourced to web pages of the US National Park Service, US Dept of the Interior, and are therefore are public domain, so that prose is okay to use, as long as attribution is given. This is typically done by including the template {{source-attribution}} as part of the citation. — Diannaa (talk) 22:42, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Copy vio and predatory

Hi Diannaa, This article section appears to be a copy violation, copied directly from this predatory source. Regards CV9933 (talk) 16:12, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Fixed. Thanks for the report. — Diannaa (talk) 22:00, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)

Hi Diannaa. I don't believe we've crossed paths before, but I have a couple questions. You indefinitely semi-protected this article 12 years ago with no prior history of protection. The reason given says persistent vandalism. Okay, that's a valid protection reason, but indefinitely? I'm not an administrator so I only have so much input here, but isn't an immediate indef, you know, not protocol? Wikipedia is supposed to be a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, right? Isn't indefinite protection as the log's first entry a little overkill? I'm sorry if I smack of accusation, I don't mean to attack your actions, but I'm just trying to make things add up. mftp dan ^oops 23:31, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I am removing the protection. It was a long time ago and is likely no longer needed. Please visit RFPP if/when protection needs to be reinstated. — Diannaa (talk) 02:05, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Help me please!

Hi, I’m a Canadian recording artist in Alberta. I need your assistance regarding my rights as an artist being taken advantage of by my label and I am in a situation that is extremely unfair and violates important rights that I have. ZombieGirlOnline (talk) 17:43, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

It sounds like you need a lawyer. I am not a lawyer. — Diannaa (talk) 20:19, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Help needed at CopyPatrol (2)

Hello copyright patrollers, we currently have 125 reports at CopyPatrol that need to be assessed. Assistance would be much appreciated! Pinging some recent contributors as shown on the Leaderboard: DanCherek, GreenLipstickLesbian, Ymblanter, 1AmNobody24, L3X1, and JJMC89. Please stop by and help, even if you only have time to do a few cases. Thanks. — Diannaa (talk) 19:53, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Saw this but a little busy tonight, will have more time to clear out what's left by tomorrow (5/8) evening! DanCherek (talk) 00:49, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Hey Diannaa, this summer I'm really going to be working towards improving Copypatrol and the way we deal with copyright violations on Wikipedia, so you won't have to make these types of posts anymore. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 00:57, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for helping. Because you know I have to make time to watch the Stanley Cup playoffs, or I risk losing my Canadian citizenship! </joke> Good news @Moneytrees, improvements welcome — Diannaa (talk) 01:32, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

I still hope that with T334264 something like {{AfC information}} will be possible, since I'd check that more often than CopyPatrol itself. Nobody (talk) 05:07, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

New alert: We presently have 118 reports at CopyPatrol to assess. Any assistance appreciated. — Diannaa (talk) 19:19, 13 May 2024 (UTC) Pinging some patrollers: DanCherek, GreenLipstickLesbian, Ymblanter, ARandomName123, Moneytrees! — Diannaa (talk) 19:22, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

I don't think the ping worked. Trying again, DanCherek, GreenLipstickLesbian, Ymblanter, ARandomName123, Moneytrees — Diannaa (talk) 19:30, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Help

Hello, Diannaa! Could you please take a look at Talk:Jinn#Pre-RfC, and tell us if there any copyright infringement issues? Please comment there. Thank you!--TheEagle107 (talk) 17:18, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't think I'll have time to do this. — Diannaa (talk) 13:52, 14 May 2024 (UTC)