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I have reverted yout action and instead started a talk. I have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, I can now create articles without posting a request. and I dont need to "Submit your draft for review!" as you stated. Abdo2905 (talk) 11:04, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
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I added the tage {{non-free fair use}} .. Sorry I should have uploaded from the beiging as non-free fair use as the different versions of the picture exists through the interent and is used by alot of new outlet. I hope that solve this problem Abdo2905 (talk) 18:35, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
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@Whpq I provided some reasoning to most the images you have flagged. I’m not sure if that fully justify usage, although it is make sense to me .. but please feel free to delete them. Thnx for checking - Abdo2905 (talk) 21:08, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
The image was missing a source. A source is needed in order to verify the license. I just looked at the paper that you provided as a source. The version of the paper I am looking at (retrieved from ScienceDirect) does not have a Creative Commons license of any sort, nor is this image in the paper. It instead has the other image. And checking the other source, it has this image so you it looks like you got the two sources swapped. However, for both of these papers, the version I am looking at does not have a Creative Commons license noted. -- Whpq (talk) 03:56, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
@Whpq The articles are open access articles. I can use these images for my thesis and I assumed I can use it here too. I trust your expertise and as I mentioned earlier you can delete them. meanwhile I will email the authors for permission and surely then you can revert you action. Thanks alot for your patience. Images are really tricky -- Abdo2905 (talk) 08:54, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
I'm not very familiar with open access for academic works. My understanding is that open access refers to the fact that access to the papers does not require payment, and not the licensing. Some journals may also provide the papers under some form of Creative Commons license, but that is not the case here. A paper published with a CC-BY-SA 4.0 license would have that explicitly stated in the paper itself. -- Whpq (talk) 12:38, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
Regarding thesetwo messages on the file talk pages, I am not sure what you are trying to communicate. I'm assuming it is a screenshot from Copyright.com that is supposed to show it is free. But that shows that the cost is free. Freely licensed does not refer to cost. It refers to the rights one is granted to use, build on, create derivative works, etc. Also, if that screenshot is from copyright.com, then the screenshot is copyrighted and you need to request its deletion from Commons immediately. It is a copyright violation and cannot be hosted on Commons. -- Whpq (talk) 23:38, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
I disagree. The screenshot shows that I can use the illustration for a non-commercial web page for free.Without spending time in the semantic of your argument, if I don't need to pay to get the image for a non-commercial web page, then it equates to being freely licensed. 'It refers to the rights one is granted to use, build on, create derivative works, etc.' = Creative Commons NonCommercial license.
The point is that there is NO appropriate license. The copyright holder is the only one that can apply a license to the work. We can't just make up licenses and apply them to somebody's copyrighted work. -- Whpq (talk) 12:44, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
Let’s agree to disagree. If a professionally trained lawyer checked these images and allowed me used for the online version of my thesis, then I’m more inclined to believe I’m right. BUT you do whatever you think appropriate, given your wealth of knowledge and wiki-‘rank’.
PS: please don’t interpret challenging your views as more than what it is. I truly learned alot about licensing from fact-checking your views. Thanks — FuzzyMagma (talk) 13:01, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
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All text you add to Wikipedia must be written in your own words. Content copied from or to closely worded to sources is considered a copyright violation and does not need discussion to be removed. Yes, there is some text that is too basic to rephrase and will inevitably overlap with the source, but what I removed did not fall under that. I've seen you've rewritten some of what I removed, I reworded some of your rewrites a little more as they were still close to the source. Wikipedia:Close_paraphrasing#How_to_write_acceptable_content has some information on avoiding close paraphrasing; my advice is to cut out less relevant details and keep prose simple. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk)15:52, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi there - Wikipedia relies on reliable sources to verify information, especially about living people. You didn't provide a source for your changes to the Saber Khalifa article, and I couldn't find one either. If you have a reliable source please let me know and we can change the article. Please let me know if you have any questions. GiantSnowman12:21, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
@GiantSnowman Saber name was listed on the Afro-Arab page with over 80 other names. I added the category to each one of them and then reduced the names to only 5.
the term afro-arab, similar to african American, relates to ethnicity and solely based on “perception”. I’m sure both of us will agree someone like Snoop Dogg is african American not because there is a reliable source says that but mainly because we perceive him as such. That’s might end up being wrong.
As Saber name was listed by someone else as afro-arab and from my own “perception” as being native to the region, I concluded that he Afro-arab. FuzzyMagma (talk) 12:35, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
@GiantSnowman that has nothing to do with what I said.
Make sure to remove O. J. Simpson from the african American category. There is no reference for that too. And he is known for saying, ‘I’m not black, I’m OJ’. Which mean we need to create a new category for ‘OJ’ people.
Sabir is an arabic name for someone who is born in africa. Khalifa, his father, also has an arabic name and he is born in africa.I really think you just want to win this regardless even when I provided examples of why you are wrong FuzzyMagma (talk) 12:53, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
@GiantSnowman I don’t think I need that for the same reason I don’t need to prove Sabir is a human and not a humanoid. I already provided examples.
I think you try to pretend that you don’t understand how ethnicity and race work, and we seem to resch a dead end here, I think getting a third opinion from someone who preferably can see color because I dont agree with you.
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didn’t know such template exist. I will use it - when necessary- going forward and also will apply it to where I previously constructed an article based on translation FuzzyMagma (talk) 08:49, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
@BorgQueen I might know some people who I can entice to share their literature review about irradiation effect on inorganic materials but irradiation itslef will be beyond my expertise. The EBSD article was based on my own PhD literature review as it takes months of focus work to write a coherent literature review.
There are already literature review competitions [1][2] which I am try to literally infiltrate to point them toward contributing to Wikipedia as these literature reviews are reviewed by experts .. but but but for some reason there is a huge disconnect between scientist and Wikipedia.
This might not be the place, but I believe Wikipedia can setup a similar literature review competition for PhD students (which I can easily find the fund for) which will surely help the scientific content on Wikipedia. What do you think? FuzzyMagma (talk) 13:00, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
I see. Well, the word fund alone is a red signal as the Wikipedia community very much frowns upon any amount of money involved, in any way, for any purpose. BorgQueen (talk) 13:07, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
@BorgQueenfund for the prize and ceremony. PhD student already do the work as part of their PhD and an acknowledgement won't be missed. But the appeal (and risk) here is using Wikipedia name to get free labour from a community that does free labour already but for scientific journals that actually earn money from that free labour.
For me the scientific community work ethic and Wikipedia are surely aligned at least when it comes to accessible publications and freedom of knowledge. I think I am asking you (as a well versed admin) to tell me if there is a value to the idea, what can be improved, and how to move it forward? FuzzyMagma (talk) 13:18, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
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But please stop placing the Talk Header template inside the WikiProject banner shell. It's not a WikiProject... lol. BorgQueen (talk) 21:01, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
Lol .. I will stop doing that. I’m a practical learner so I sadly I learn from my mistakes. Thanks alot for the Barnstar ❤️ FuzzyMagma (talk) 21:20, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
I note that neither of the people you asked for a third opinion have responded, so I have added a request to the Third Opinion page to see if there is a possibility for a response there. 84.92.90.18 (talk) 17:08, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
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As long as all the criteria for doing so are met! If there's a service that charges money for a given image, then, as stated above, it isn't to be treated as fair use, regardless of the subject of the image, live or dead, human or inanimate object. See item 7 at WP:GETTY in the list of examples of unacceptable uses of images. Largoplazo (talk) 09:10, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
Hi FuzzyMagma, sorry about The Mafeje Affair for DYK but congratulations and thanks for all the other brilliant articles! I read through the GA review for Archie Mafeje and most of those look like small issues that I (and others) could easily help you with. If you ever need someone to read through and check before submitting to GA, just let me know. Anything to do with history, politics, society is fine...for science topics please find someone else. ;) Cielquiparle (talk) 07:54, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
@Cielquiparle many thanks for the offer. since that GA., I have doubled the article size. User:Hameltion kindly went through the article, copy edit it, and tagged the article where clarification and other things were needed. How about you have a crack at the GA review instead, and if the article is beyond hope, I will respect your quick fail. But if it needs minor work, please give me a chance to learn. How about that? FuzzyMagma (talk) 16:58, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
I checked the GA Review archives to see if this would be considered inappropriate canvassing, but I believe it's not. I think the best thing to do is to submit it for GA Review when you're ready, and if I happen to see it and have the time, maybe I will review it or maybe someone else will get to it first (though they appear to have quite a backlog, so who knows). I think the main thing is to not submit it until you feel that the article is in good enough shape, and you have a week free to respond to any comments (though it's always hard to time it exactly, since some reviews happen right away and others don't). Cielquiparle (talk) 21:09, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
@Cielquiparle it has been nominated since 5th of Feb but I understand you reluctance to review it as you literally doing it because I asked you. No pressure. Can you please then - instead - go through Archie Mafeje and the Mafeje affair and treat as a GA review (not an actual one), just for me to learn from you? FuzzyMagma (talk) 21:16, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
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@Onel5969 thanks. You might not remember this, but when I started editing I had an arguement with you that I took personally, for that I am sorry. I should have consulted 3O or at least not taken things personally. Thanks alot for your work. FuzzyMagma (talk) 16:26, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
No worries. And from my point of view it wasn't personal, I just try to apply the policies and guidelines evenly. You're doing fine work. Keep it up. Onel5969TT me16:44, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
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@Marchjuly I was working under the assumption that pictures for dead people are far game but recently discovered it’s not. Sorry for having to clean after myself FuzzyMagma (talk) 08:06, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
Non-free photos of deceased individuals are generally allowed per item 10 of WP:NFCI, but their uses still need to comply with all ten non-free content use criteria. Unfortunately, any photos attributed to Getty Images or other types of commercial image companies are pretty much never allowed per non-free content use criterion #2 unless the image itself is the subject of sourced critical commentary. If you've done a reasonable search for a free-equivalent image of Winch per WP:FREER and wasn't able to find one, then perhaps another non-free image that's not from Getty or a similar company can be uploaded and used instead. Before you uploading anything though, you might want to try and find out as much as you can about its provenance. A lot of sites use images, but don't say too much about where the image comes from. You may need to try and searching for the origin of the image via Google Images or even maybe something like Tineye to try and narrow down where it originally came from. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:13, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
WP:DECORATIVE non-free use of a non-free movie poster Ibrahim Mursal#Film career which fails WP:NFCC#8. Non-free movie posters are generally allowed when they're used for primary identification purposes in the main infoboxes or at the top of stand-alone articles about the movies they represent, but other types of uses are much harder to justify per WP:NFC#CS. There's no sourced critical commentary specifically about this poster in the paragrah about the film in the "Film career" section of the Mursal article, and there's nothing about what's written about the film that requires the reader seeing its poster to understand; so, there's no real loss of encyclopedic understanding caused by omitting the poster from the article.
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@Marchjuly the way I saw it is that the first paragraph was describing the movie and if you see the Italian movie counterfeit you might understand why I thought the image is needed. If you disagree, then I trust your expertise on this one FuzzyMagma (talk) 08:09, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
A single paragraph describing a movie found within an article about the movie's director is generally not considered sufficient justification for non-free use in and of itself. If there was sourced critical commentary specifically related to the movie poster (e.g. a controversy associated with), then that might be considered a justification for the file. Similarly, if the director was also well-know for designing/creating the poster art for their movies and their efforts have been discussed in reliable sources and sourced content related to their movie poster artwork is added to the article, then this too might be considered a justification for non-free use as a representative example of their work. Any other types of non-free use other than those types of things is likely going to be not allowed per WP:DECORATIVE. You can, of course, disagree with my assessment by WP:DEPRODding the file and itss non-free use can be further discussed at WP:FFD if you like, but I think you're going to have a very hard time establishing a consensus in favor of its non-free use in that article based upon how the file is currently being used. You can also ask for more informal feedback at WT:NFCC or WP:MCQ if you like. The file is not going to be deleted for at least a week from the date it was proposed for deletion; so, you have time to seek other opinions if you want. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:23, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
No need to apologize and there was nothing stupid about what you did. There's nothing wrong with learning by doing and making "mistakes"; that's pretty much how everyone figures things out when it comes to Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:44, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
File:VAMAS 1st Two Chairs.png
You uploaded File:VAMAS 1st Two Chairs.png to Commons, but I'm going to ask you about here. You uploaded the file as "own work", but this has a special meaning when it comes to image copyright and Commons. Did you take this photo yourself back in 1983? Is your uploading it to Commons the first time it has been published if you did? When it comes to scans of somewhat low-resolution files taken years ago that are uploaded to Commons, more formal verification of copyright ownership is often asked for just in case unless there's some way (e.g. EXIF data, online publication) of verifying copyright authorship. Such files can end up tagged for speedy deletion per c:COM:CSD#F5 or nominated for deletion per c:COM:DR when there's doubt about their copyright ownership. So, if you did take this photo, you should consider emailing your c:COM:CONSENT to c:COM:VRT as explained here. FWIW, sending in a CONSENT email is also often a good idea if you plan to upload more of your photos under the same license because it can make individual verification of each upload unnecessary. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:50, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
@Marchjuly no I didn’t take the picture but had the access to some historical files regarding VAMAS made a scan copy of the image among other images and they were meant to be made public. To be honest I was not sure how to tag the image as it’s not licensed and literally found neglected. Do you recommend deleting the image to avoid problems? FuzzyMagma (talk) 21:56, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
You shouldn't being claiming something as your "own work" if you are not its copyright holder. Doing so is a common mistake, but it's nonetheless still a big mistake when it comes to Commons and file licensing. Doing so doesn't mean you're going to be immediately blocked or banned, but you should try and be careful about this in the future. If you can figure out the provenance (who took the photo, where it was taken, when it was taken, etc.) of the image, then it's possible that the file might still be OK for Commons and only need to be relicensed. Being meant to be made public isn't really the same as "not or never being eligible for copyright protection". When it comes to photos, the copyright holder is generally considered to be the photographer; however, in some cases, the photo could be considered a work for hire or might be considered to be within the public domain for some reason. If all you know about the photo was that it was in a historical file with other photos, then it's probably going to be hard to keep by Commons. You probably should ask about the photo at c:COM:VPC because copyright laws often vary quite a bit from country to country, and Commons requires a photo like this to be acceptably licensed under the copyright laws of the US (where the Commons servers are located) and in the country of first publication (country of origin). -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:13, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Ok I included all of what I know about the photo in the photo summary. And will pop the question in the village pump as I have similar pictures and scanned letters that I also don’t know what is appropriate way to tag it. Thanks for extensive and very informative reply FuzzyMagma (talk) 06:19, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
FWIW, I asked Jeff G. to look at the file's licensing since he's a License Reviewer on Commons and is also VRT member on Commons. I didn't do so because I thought you were habitual uploader of copyvios and needed to be warned; I did so only to seek another assessment of the "Two Chairs" photo. What Jeff G. did was of his own accord and was based on his own experience, which is more extensive than mine, when it comes to Commons. Prior to your post on Jeff G.'s Commons user talk page, I hadn't even looked at your Commons user talk page and was just assuming that you were uploading a file to Commons for the first time with the "Two Chairs" photo. It does, however, seem you've been using Commons for quite awhile and have had issues with some of your previous file uploads (many have been deleted), and this might be part of the reason why you received the warning you received.Wikipedia and Commons are separate projects with their own respective policies and guidelines, and the Commons community can be a bit prickly when it comes to repeatedly uploading files with questionable licensing. Tagging the file with "npd" was actually a way of "assuming good faith" and giving you a chance to resolve the issue; the file could've been tagged as a "Copyvio" instead which would've made it subject to immediate speedy deletion.Finally, there's no discussion about the file anywhere on Commons that I can see. I advised you about the issue with the file on here on your Wikipedia user talk page because that's where I thought you were more active, but Commons files ultimately need to be resolved on Commons. So, if you disagree with the assessment of this file's licensing, you can challenge the speedy deletion tagging by following the instructions given on the file's page and clicking "Challenge speedy deletion". If you somehow feel you were inappropriately warned or otherwise treated poorly, you can seek input at c:COM:AN/U. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:41, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
@Marchjulymany have been deleted is not true. I don’t consider less than 5% as many. as I explained in commons. You can have a look and judge for yourself if it was intentional or honest mistakes.
Anyway, I would have appreciate if I was tagged into the discussion and not discovered it because I could have replied by saying that I have already sent an email to the commons team for verification. As the discussion after all was about my upload which now turned to a final warning without any proper discussion. I do no think I will need to escalate things as most seasoned editors here do not take things personally and capable of reasoning and accept other opinions.
All the red links on your Commons user talk page indicate a file has been deleted; it seems there is more red than blue, which to me means "many". I didn't go through your contributions history to check on actual numbers. If it's only 5%, then that might seem low to you but for Commons it could still be too many if you're a very proflic file uploader. If you emailed VRT about the "Two Chairs" photo, you can add c:Template:Permission pending to the file's page. This should ensure the file remains undeleted until a VRT member reviews the email. If the email checks out, the VRT member will replace the "pending" ticket with c:Template:PermissionTicket; if not, they will replace it with c:Template:Permission received, and let you know why. There's nothing more you can do now but wait. Finally, I didn't notify you of that discussion because I was asking for an assessment first to determine what to do next. The warning that was added could've been added at anytime and is sometimes added when Commons user talk pages look like yours. It could've been added by any user who believes it's warranted. It's equivalent to a user warning here on Wikipedia. It doesn't mean your account is certain to be blocked. You should be able to remove it or any other notifications from your user talk page if you want (archiving is preferred though), but it will be assumed that you read it and understood whatever you remove. -- Marchjuly (talk) 20:08, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
I do not want to dwell on this longer or invest time on the semantic of what constitute "many", but basing your conclusions on assumptions is not good. All the red links on your Commons user talk page indicate a file has been deleted first not all are red, there are 3 that were not deleted. So I am not sure what do you gain by this generalisation, because they are not everything I have uploaded. So, it means nothing, if I have uploaded 1000 images and 13 were contested and 8 were deleted for different 'mistakes'. Because this is what I am talking about, these mistakes were different and honest, and I offered @Jeff G. the chance to actually go and have look to amend their conclusion.
Receiving a "final warning" is not a trivial thing. As it seems things here are based on "perception" where someone will see red links in your talk page and might think your are "habitual" copyvios. I also do not want to receive user warning if I can for the same reason.
Again, this is a very thankless place, and I think I have specific gap that I want to fill and would be happy to receive help and guidance, but not "final block" warnings without due diligence.
I have no comment about seeking assessment on my work without me being included in the conversation, if that how you do things, then be it. I do believe you would have come back and discussed it once you got that assessment.
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Hi, as you know, I have copyedited your article on Sara Gadalla Gubara, and learned more about her achievements. As I met her during my time in Khartoum and attended the public screenings of her father's digitised films, I am very pleased about your great efforts (as usual) of researching this article. As I don't read Arabic fluently, I often overlook Arabic sources for articles on Sudanese or other topics relating to the Arab world and appreciate your references to let people know that there are such sources, too, besides others in English. - Of course, it's not always easy to find good sources in Arabic, as Arab media often don't give much importance to thorough cultural journalism. ): And here's a minor comment: WP infoboxes are not meant to carry national flags. Looking forward to more cooperation on Sudanese articles. Munfarid1 (talk) 11:06, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
@Munfarid1 thanks alot. Truly appreciate your kind words, especially because it’s from someone who I really admire. No more flags, I learned that the hard way. I was doing that because Arabic Wikipedia includes flags in the infobox automatically. FuzzyMagma (talk) 14:42, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
@Munfarid1 thnx for the invitation to collaborate on a new article but I’m trying to improve these articles to a GA status until the end of April. After that I’m happy to work on that/your new project. Can I be a little bit selfish and ask for your help bring these articles to GA. The article list:
Impressed by your many projects, I understand your current priorities. I myself don't have a lot of time for editing these days, but I will try my best to add whatever I can to your articles. Of course, I will start with the videos in German on Marianne Bachmeier and whatever I can find on Werner Pinzner, even though they are strange characters...Good luck with the GA nominations, as they can be very time consuming... ;) Munfarid1 (talk) 19:12, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
@Munfarid1 many thanks for your support. I know with your help and expertise, we can get these articles over the GA line. You wrote about far serious topics and got your work to a GA status which to be admired FuzzyMagma (talk) 21:15, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
@Munfarid1 I could not find your invitation for making article about sudanese songs during the revolutions, but by any means, can you kick-off the articke structure and tage me on the draft article talk page FuzzyMagma (talk) 11:59, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
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Hello, please do not add personal details to BLP articles based on primary sources as you did at Carole Souter here. This is against the policy at WP:BLPPRIMARY. I have replaced the official source with a list of old members of Jesus College, Oxford. TSventon (talk) 11:06, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
I think the government website contains public records that include personal detail, so it is covered by the guidance on primary sources, which says Exercise extreme caution in using primary sources. Do not use trial transcripts and other court records, or other public documents, to support assertions about a living person. Do not use public records that include personal details, such as date of birth, home value, traffic citations, vehicle registrations, and home or business addresses.TSventon (talk) 12:11, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
@TSventon it does, these are companies record that are verified by the government and published. I think for some kinda of transparency, see [3] and [4]. So the information there are verified against the government records which make it more reliable than any record
your Jesus College refs: Normally you are approached by the college to provide this information about yourself
I really don’t think your conclusion that the government website can be considered as primary source fit any definition of primary source, and your Jesus ref also does not.
So can you please put it back both of the government refs does not contradict each other but the government ref provides the month (May)
Thank you for doing that, I will wait to see what answers come in. It is possible that alumni provide some of the information on Jesus College's list of notable old members, but I think that it is an acceptable source for a date of birth or maiden name per WP:ABOUTSELF. TSventon (talk) 13:22, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
Hi, a human here. I liked the article, which is solid and very close to GA already. I've mainly made textual comments with the objective of making the article a bit more approachable for the general reader. Hope these are helpful; feel free to ask if you have any questions about the intention of any comments. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:21, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
@Chiswick Chap thanks for taking the time to review the article, and your comments make sense and seems doable. I will start with the easy problems and will ping you once I am done. FuzzyMagma (talk) 18:36, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
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@Diannaa sorry for that copyvio, I really thought I did a good job with paraphrasing (which I corrected it), but one thing to note: Under the 1996 Sudanese law, copyright does not extend to state emblems and symbols or official documents.[1996 Section 6] "Official documents" means the official documents issued by the State or its institution, corporation or unit and which, by virtue of their specialization, are issued for publication to the public, including laws, Presidential or administrative orders, international agreements and judicial judgments, but not including military documents, secret agreements and deliberations of secret sessions in courts or legislative bodies".[1996 Section 3], see Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Sudan#Government works
Nevertheless, I am really sorry, i truly believed that I did a good paraphrasing which I did re-do immediately regardless of the licence FuzzyMagma (talk) 14:19, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
Regardless of what the Wikimedia Commons has to say about copyright law in Sudan, the source webpage says "Copyrights 2016 @ Presidency of the Republic - The Republican Palace. All rights reserved. It's not allowed to re-publish any of the content of this website or transmitted in any way, whether electronic or otherwise without the prior permission from the press office of the Presidency of the Republic - The Republican Palace." I have to assume that they really mean it. — Diannaa (talk) 19:19, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
Tbh I’m not going argue to the contrary and put the Sudanese law before what is written on the website, bas I have already paraphrased all of the contested text. I will leave it to you to decide whether my recent amends to the article can help with removing the copyvio template from the article (you can find the fix article below this comment, deleted). And I’m happy to face the consequences for my foolishness if you upheld what is written rather than the law .. FuzzyMagma (talk) 20:39, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
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I'm a little curious as to why you (FuzzyMagma) felt the need to copy the page to a /Temp page. Does it have something to do with the copyright issue? I'm hesitant to delete it if you need it for purposes of addressing the copyvio, however such temp pages do not belong in mainspace. Before Draft space was a thing that kind of work was usually done in talk space, now it's usually done in draft space. I'm moving the page to draft. If you don't need it, let me know and I'll delete it. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving15:35, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
In the Talk namespace, yes (and even then you would need clear attribution of where you got the text from). But not in the main namespace, where you placed the page. Fram (talk) 15:45, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
@ONUnicorn I have no clue what to do tbh, but the copyvio issue will be reviewed by an admin which I guess can see that the page was deleted and recert it if they wish. The text itself is not different from the text in the page now. Leave it deleted for now FuzzyMagma (talk) 16:00, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
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Please don't be upset about what happened. I've been through such things, too, during my early days on Wikipedia. I certainly hold your contributions at a high esteem; we need more coverage of North African topics, which are very much neglected. BorgQueen (talk) 13:14, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
Really thanks for these words. I took some days off to clear my head. I am sure there was better ways to articulate my argument but I cannot deny that constant “movement of the goalpost” got to me eventually (+ the whole 2023 Sudan conflict.
I opened my accounts today and expected to face more of the same but these kind words truly change my “anxiety” to complete calm. Thanks FuzzyMagma (talk) 11:19, 4 May 2023 (UTC)