User talk:DanCherek

Draft Review

Hello DanCherek, please can you help me out with this [[1]]. It has almost been 24 hours since I submitted it for review but it hasn't been reviewed yet. Thank you so much! Kind regards, 21:19, 7 October 2021 (UTC) Ugochukwu75 (talk)

Hi Ugochukwu75! Unfortunately, I don't have the time right now to give the draft the attention it deserves, sorry. Please feel free to work on other articles or drafts in the meantime, while it is in the queue. DanCherek (talk) 23:25, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Definitely, thanks for replying. 18:58, 8 October 2021 (UTC) Ugochukwu75 (talk)

• @DanCherek:, can you help me, please? I created this Donavon Warren and it's been good till Fred Zepelin showed up and blanked the page for no concrete reason. I don't want to enter a war of reverting edits with Fred Zepelin. Ugochukwu75 (talk) 20:28, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

You re-created a previously-deleted article, in a very devious way (why did you initially name it "EnrgTech LTD"? see: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donavon_Warren&diff=1039655274&oldid=1039380329). You added zero reliable sources. The wanna-be director has achieved no more notability since 2017 when his article was deleted. Given that his one film has dozens of fake user reviews on Metacritic and Amazon, and thousands of perfect "10" votes on imdb (while almost no one has ever seen it, and no actual movie critics have reviewed it) it seems very reasonable to assume that this was a massive astroturfing campaign. Also, you've already been questioned about your suspicious editing pattern, which led other editors to believe you might be getting paid to edit articles. (DanCherek, check Ugochukwu75's talk page). I didn't even know about that when I edited the film's article and the director's newly-restored article. The whole thing stinks to high heaven. Fred Zepelin (talk) 20:55, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

@Fred Zepelin: It looks like Ugochukwu75 used their sandbox as the origin for a previous article, EnrgTech LTD, and then did the same thing for Donavon Warren. Drafting articles in user sandboxes is a common practice, and the various page moves can result in strange-looking histories like this one. I don't see any deceptive intent from Ugochukwu75 in this regard.

@Ugochukwu75: The Donavon Warren article was deleted at AFD after a previous discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donavon Warren. Given this and the fact that the sourcing in your draft doesn't appear to be particularly strong (remember that interviews typically aren't an indication of notability), it would be best to create this as a draft and go through the AFC review process, even if it takes a while. I myself would go through AFC if I wanted to re-create an article that was previous deleted at AFD. I do appreciate your desire to avoid an edit war; those never end well. DanCherek (talk) 00:32, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

DanCherek Thanks for your explanation. Ugochukwu75 (talk) 09:28, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Changes to Cornerstone Barristers Wiki page

Hi Dan,

I hope you are well.

I wanted to get in touch as I am working on behalf of Cornerstone Barristers and they have instructed myself and my team to update their Wikipedia. The current information on there is very outdated and they would like it to reflect how the business operates now.

We went in to make these edits, which is all factually correct information, but we can see that yourself and Hut 8.5 have reverted these changes back.

Please can I ask that you allow us to make these updates on behalf of Cornerstone Barristers themselves. They are not vandalising their own page, simply updating it.

I would really appreciate a response.

Thank you and kind regards, Devon, Head of Client Experience at Evoke Media — Preceding unsigned comment added by Evokemedia (talk • contribs) 08:34, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Evokemedia. First, your username "Evokemedia" is not permitted by Wikipedia's username policy because it is the name of a company and implies shared use. Please visit Special:GlobalRenameRequest and request a new username that identifies you individually, such as "Devon at Evoke Media", or create a new account that complies with the username policy. I see you have been trying to copy text from Cornerstone Barristers' website into that article. Even if it was licensed compatibly, it was extremely promotional—basically pure advertising—and not appropriate for Wikipedia, where articles are written from a neutral point of view and supported by reliable, independent sources.

Please note: as a paid editor, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page, using the {{Paid}} template. Additionally, please read WP:PAID and WP:COI. Paid editors are very strongly discouraged from directly editing affected articles, and should post content proposals on the talk pages of existing articles (e.g., Talk:Cornerstone Barristers). You may find the Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard helpful. DanCherek (talk) 11:43, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Dan, I have changed my name. Firstly, Cornerstone aren't paying us just to change the page. We act as the marketing department and one of our responsibilities is to ensure all information in the public domain is correct. The updates to the page were not being made to be outwardly promotional, but to ensure the page shows relevant and up to date information as the current page is outdated. I am not posting as a 'paid editor' but as someone from the business who would like the information to correctly reflect on said business. I would appreciate information on how it is best to ensure the Wikipedia page is not showing information that is no longer accurate or relevant. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Evokemedia (talk • contribs) 12:00, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

You are "working on behalf of Cornerstone Barristers". That is absolutely considered paid editing on Wikipedia, and the paid-contribution disclosure is required. Even if the additions weren't meant to be promotional, they were, and much of that stems from the fact that paid editors have a significant conflict of interest. If there are changes that you feel should be made to the article, please create an edit request on the talk page at Talk:Cornerstone Barristers (you can use the {{request edit}} template) and it will be evaluated by another editor. DanCherek (talk) 12:09, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

So on Wikipedia you aren't able to edit your own page to provide more up to date information? The changes were in no way promotional. They were to add up to date information on cases, recent testimonials and the full list of notable members. It was also to remove inaccurate information about turnover which is factually incorrect. Will edits to the talk page be visible to other users? Is there not another way to make factual and relevant updates to a page without having to edit the talk page? It's important the page is true and reflects the business as it currently stands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.23.185.205 (talk) 08:42, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Cornerstone Barristers doesn't own their Wikipedia article, and making it a directory of cases and commendations of former members wasn't appropriate when that information wasn't referenced to reliable, independent sources (and contained things like bold and forthright leader of rugby union). When you make an edit request on the talk page using the {{request edit}} template, it will be added to a queue and assessed by an editor who will respond to the request and implement the changes as long as they are supported by a reliable secondary source. I see that none of the editors associated with Evoke Media have disclosed their paid-contributor status yet, and will remind you again that this is required before interacting with that article or its talk page. DanCherek (talk) 12:08, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Question from Salman21391 on Take It Easy (2015 film) (07:52, 15 October 2021)

hi I want to create article for filmmaker & actor how do I do it ? Thanks --Salman21391 (talk) 07:52, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Salman21391! From your talk page, it looks like you're trying to create an article about Sunil Prem Vyas. A very important thing to keep in mind when you're trying to create a new article is that the article's topic should be notable. This generally means that it has already been covered in detail in good references from independent sources. This is particularly important when you're writing a biography of a living person. Your draft currently doesn't have any references, which means that reviewers aren't able to verify whether the person is notable enough for a biography. Please see Help:Referencing for beginners for a guide on how to add reliable sources to the draft, and WP:NACTOR for additional information on how to determine whether an actor is notable. Let me know if you have any questions! DanCherek (talk) 11:51, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Question from Bookwormforevz (22:05, 17 October 2021)

hey i dont kno how to put in a image if it says it is copyright --Bookwormforevz (talk) 22:05, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Bookwormforevz! Welcome to Wikipedia. If the image you wish to upload is not under a free license, but meets all of Wikipedia's fair use criteria, then it can be uploaded directly to the English Wikipedia with a fair use rationale. Keep in mind that it is not permitted to upload fair use images to Wikimedia Commons. Also, please note that you will only be able to locally upload a non-free file on your own after you are autoconfirmed, which happens after you've been registered for four days and have made at least 10 edits. Hope that helps—let me know if you are wondering about a specific image or have any other questions. DanCherek (talk) 22:30, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Chishki, Busk Raion

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the explanation about copyright. New to the world of Wikipedia, and I obviously overstepped lawful boundaries. I happen to know the author of the book. She did NOT have an ISBN number for her work. Now she does. But she still has not applied it. How does copyright work for books that do not have ISBN numbers? Any different? Looking forward to your reply.

Regards, yaktam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yaktam (talk • contribs) 01:22, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Yaktam, thanks for the message and for your contributions to Wikipedia. ISBNs and copyright are not necessarily correlated, meaning that a book (or book description) can be protected by copyright even if it does not have an ISBN. Copyright exists as soon as a work is created, whereas the ISBN is a useful system for identifying and tracking versions of a book even though it might not be immediately issued, like you mention. Generally, everything you add to Wikipedia should be written in your own words unless the material has been explicitly released into the public domain or under a compatible license, which is typically not the case with most books from the past century. Hope that makes sense! DanCherek (talk) 06:00, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Trim, cat

HI Dan, thank you for your message. I am new at this and still learning so any advice is welcomed. I am part of State Library Victoria (Melbourne, Australia) librarians team that are editing and adding information on Wikipedia pages as a side project. The text I added is mine, it is an article that I produced for the Library blog. I also linked the blog to the page and added it in References and the sources of my information are stacked there. The Copyright owners in this case it is me and the State Library from which I have permission to use all the information form the blogs and also to link the blogs and their sources to Wikipedia. I hope this sits well with Wikipedia rules.

Have a great day, AnaMariaSLV (talk) 03:11, 19 October 2021 (UTC)Ana

Hi AnaMariaSLV! Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Because the material has been previously published (by you) on the website which has a restrictive copyright policy, there are a few extra steps that you'll need to take to verify that the material is compatibly licensed with Wikipedia—meaning that it can be shared, distributed, transmitted, and adapted by anyone, as long as they provide attribution. Please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for information on how to do that. Sorry if this seems a little bureaucratic, but it's needed in order to verify that the text is properly released under a compatible license. Let me know if you have any questions! DanCherek (talk) 03:35, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Armand Hammer User talk:173.206.239.134

Hi Dan,

My apologies for unknowingly failing to observe the copyright rules as regards the changes I made to the Armand Hammer entry. However, I think it would still be beneficial to make the changes I suggested, though with different wording and, if necessary, different source material. I was motivated to make the change I did based on the PBS American Experience documentary about William Randolph Hearst which was based on the biographical book, The Chief, by David Nasaw. Part 2 of the four-hour documentary (and I suspect Nasaw's book included this as well) mentioned how Hammer had organized a massive sale of Hearst's artwork that was held on the fifth floor of Gimbels department store. The documentary did not include the other information that I tried to insert. Nevertheless, if there was a way for you to include this interesting tidbit of how Hammer and Hearst's lives intersected, with the American Experience documentary as the source material, I think that would be a worthwhile. I'm not really sure how to make that sort of entry with a television documentary as the source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.239.134 (talk) 06:14, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi there! Thanks for your contributions. I haven't watched the documentary and am not super familiar with the subject matter, so I probably wouldn't be the best person to add that material to the article. But feel free to edit the article again and summarize information from reliable sources in your own words. When writing, I sometimes find it helpful to read the source material, then try to summarize it without directly referring to it (of course you can look at it afterwards, but this might help avoid the temptation of using the same or substantially similar phrasing). The {{Cite AV media}} template can be used to create citations for audio and visual works, including documentaries. Hope that helps! DanCherek (talk) 06:22, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Question from Desi G Music (00:43, 21 October 2021)

How do I input data? is there a template? --Desi G Music (talk) 00:44, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Desi G Music, welcome to Wikipedia! Could you be a little more specific with your question—what kind of data are you trying to input? That will help me give a better answer. I'm also going to post a message on your talk page with some additional links that you may find useful. Feel free to drop me another message if you have additional questions! DanCherek (talk) 01:35, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Cornerstone Solicitors

Dear Dan,

I recently made some changes to Cornerstone Solicitors page that they had requested, and I received a message from you a day later informing me the amends had been reverted. This is the first time I've been asked to amend anything on Wiki so I wondered if you could offer some guidance? It's not simply a case of editing the pages - is there an approvals process or better way to ensure the requested edits are made? I've been supplied a document with the changes that need making.

I look forward to hearing from you MivvyPW (talk) 09:42, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi MivvyPW! As a paid editor, you're required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post this mandatory disclosure to your user page, using the {{Paid}} template – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=MivvyPW|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Additionally, please read WP:PAID and WP:COI. Because paid editors are very strongly discouraged from directly editing affected articles, you should post content proposals on the talk pages of existing articles (e.g., Talk:Cornerstone Barristers). You may find the Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard helpful. Please keep in mind that requested edits should be supported by reliable, independent sources, and that copying text from Cornerstone Barristers' website into the article is not appropriate for multiple reasons. Thanks, DanCherek (talk) 13:23, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Question from BassJoy (19:42, 21 October 2021)

Hello. I am taking a class at OU, and making a Wikipedia page is part of the class. I have been pretty confused. At this point, I am trying to find the Create an article button for the training module I am working. I cannot find it. I think I have made a mess of things. --BassJoy (talk) 19:42, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi BassJoy! It sounds like you are having issues about the Wiki Education module specifically. Perhaps an expert for Wiki Ed like Ian (Wiki Ed) can help? (You can try asking on their talk page at User talk:Ian (Wiki Ed)). I'm happy to answer any general questions about editing that you have, but I just want to make sure you're getting the most accurate information for your course module. Thanks, DanCherek (talk) 23:17, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for pinging me, DanCherek. BassJoy, if you send me an email at ianwikiedu.org we can sort out the problem you're having. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:18, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello

Hi DanCherek, in morning someone said the page I created had a copyright violation, so I was not sure what was it, as you have reverted it back so should I wait for someone to review the page or I can move it by myself? --Static Hash (talk) 18:38, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Static Hash, I have returned the draft to the review queue, so it will be reviewed by an Articles for Creation reviewer at some point. Because it was declined in September for notability reasons, I recommend letting it go through the review process again rather than moving it to mainspace yourself. DanCherek (talk) 18:41, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi yes, I have fixed it on 5 October and sent it for review, I will wait too. Thanks again --Static Hash (talk) 18:59, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

No problem! There were a few drafts that a particular reviewer had declined as copyright violations that in fact were not, and unfortunately yours happened to be one of them. Hopefully the issue has been resolved, thanks for your understanding. DanCherek (talk) 20:53, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

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I am Fail in this Field

@DanCherek: Dancherek At this point in time I am thinking that from today I will not review any draft submissions because I have failed in this area.Best Regards.---✨LazyManiik✨ 13:27, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Lazy Maniik, you are making good contributions to Wikipedia and Articles for Creation, and I hope you won't let a good-faith mistake change that. No one expects any reviewer to be perfect. I've made mistakes before as well (and will absolutely make more in the future), and the best thing any of us can do is learn from them because they help us become better editors and reviewers. Take a break if you feel like you need to, but please don't be discouraged. My talk page is always open if you want to discuss anything. DanCherek (talk) 13:30, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

I am not a good Afc Reviwers and But I'm lost in this area, but I'm a tentative AFC review. I will lose this advance right after 3-6 months.Best Regards.---✨LazyManiik✨ 13:36, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Reviewing can be tricky, and you will get better at it with experience. Again, reviewers (particularly new reviewers) are not expected to be perfect, and there are lot of people who are willing to help with any questions that you might have with any part of the process. For AfC, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation is a particularly helpful talk page where reviewers can ask questions, or get second opinions, about drafts that they're reviewing. DanCherek (talk) 13:40, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Can you help me review this Draft:Lixus: The “Temples quarter”.Best Regards. ---✨LazyManiik✨ 13:50, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

@Lazy Maniik: Another reviewer has pointed out that there is substantial overlap with Lixus (ancient city), and I think I would agree. There's no need to have two articles on Lixus and it would confuse people who wouldn't know which article to add information to. I'll let you make the final call, but if you think the information should be merged to Lixus (ancient city), you can select "mergeto" as a decline reason and write "Lixus (ancient city)" in the "Article which submission should be merged into" field. Hope that makes sense. DanCherek (talk) 13:55, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Please see-Draft:Lixus: The “Temples quarter”.Best Regards.---✨LazyManiik✨ ---✨LazyManiik✨ 14:13, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Looks good to me... nice work. DanCherek (talk) 14:18, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

thanks! and see Draft:Ameya Prabhu.Best Regards. ---✨LazyManiik✨ 14:23, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

There are some good reviews of The Rock Babas and Other Stories, but the sources about Prabhu himself are either interviews, non-independent biographies, or articles don't really talk about him in detail. The draft also has a serious issue in that there is information that is not supported by the given references, which is especially important for biographies of living persons. So my opinion would be that it should not be accepted in its current state. DanCherek (talk) 14:33, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

may i decline or rejected it..Best Regards. ---✨LazyManiik✨ 14:42, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

"Decline" is the right way to go in this case. "Reject" is not commonly used, and is typically reserved for drafts that are hopelessly non-notable or are contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia (here is one that I rejected), but this isn't true for the Prabhu draft. The editor should be given a chance to add more sources and fix the issues in the draft, and resubmit it for reconsideration. DanCherek (talk) 14:48, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

ok ! i gave chance to editor to add more reliable source with contents and thanks! for helping me for in reviwes.

.Best Regards.---✨LazyManiik✨ 14:55, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

No problem, keep up the good work DanCherek (talk) 14:56, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

please see last time this Draft:Ameya Prabhu?..Best Regards.---✨LazyManiik✨ 15:05, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

That looks fine to me, though it might be helpful to leave a draft comment with more explanations about the sources. New editors often aren't familiar with Wikipedia's guidelines on reliable sources and significant coverage. Leaving a comment isn't required of course—and it varies among reviewers—so just be ready to explain the decline if the editor asks you about it. DanCherek (talk) 15:09, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

ok !I am ready for this and once again thank you very much. Best Regards.---✨LazyManiik✨ 15:18, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Question from Anchor Varun on User:Anchor Varun (15:09, 25 October 2021)

How to create wikipedia yourself --Anchor Varun (talk) 15:09, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Anchor Varun, and welcome to Wikipedia! Are you asking about how to create an article about yourself? Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – please see our guideline on writing autobiographies. This is because it is difficult to write a neutral, verifiable autobiography, and there are many pitfalls. Instead, I would encourage you to pick an article that you are interested in and edit it, making sure that what you write is written neutrally, written in your own words, and supported by reliable sources. I'm also going to post a message on your talk page with some additional links that you may find useful as you get started. If I misunderstood your initial question, please let me know! DanCherek (talk) 15:14, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for helping me and appreciating my work. You are my best friend!Thanks ---✨LazyManiik✨ 15:12, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Lazy Maniik! You're doing great. My talk page is always open if you have any questions or want to talk about anything. DanCherek (talk) 15:15, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Please Help Me

@DanCherek: before 1 day ago i accepted a draft submission but he have been adding in discussion of article for deletion and Wouldn't it make any difference to the rights beyond.Please see -Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/British and Romanian Royal Families.Best Regards. ---✨LazyManiik✨ 12:38, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

@Lazy Maniik: Are you asking whether it'll impact your probationary status as a reviewer? I wouldn't focus too much on that, just do your best going forward. Remember that the AfC reviewing instructions say to accept drafts that you think are "likely to survive an AfD nomination", and likely does not mean 100 percent, so it's not the end of the world for one of your accepted drafts to be put up for deletion. I see you have been getting more involved in !voting in AfD discussions which is great, because you'll become more familiar with the notability guidelines and get a better sense for when a draft would or wouldn't survive AfD. DanCherek (talk) 12:45, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! to answer me and please see Draft:Star Wars (2013 comic book) this draft i am searching on google notability of this topic can you help me But I can't confirm whether this topic is worth mentioning or not?.Best Regards. ---✨LazyManiik✨ 12:57, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

What's your thought process so far? What do you think of the draft's sourcing, particularly in the Reception section? DanCherek (talk) 13:02, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Context looks good but welcome is better. In my opinion this submission can be accepted at this time but what is your opinion about this topic?Best Regards.---✨LazyManiik✨ 13:15, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I think the series has received enough significant coverage in reliable sources to be notable. DanCherek (talk) 13:26, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

I can accept this submission at this time and please check my contribution in few minutes I have accepted two articles about one place and looking forward to more draft submissions for review about this topic.Best Regards. ---✨LazyManiik✨ 13:35, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Where should I start?

Following my unblock, I am little confused on where to start(Just finished reading all my AN notice messages). What should I edit first? SoyokoAnis - talk 17:31, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

@SoyokoAnis: Because I think the community is still a little apprehensive about your participation in things like countervandalism, tagging, etc., I would definitely recommend making content creation your primary focus here, at least in the short term. Try to improve articles you're interested in, making sure that what you write is written neutrally, written in your own words, and supported by reliable sources. If that is related to video games, as you indicated in your unblock request, please read WP:VG/RS very closely for guidance. DanCherek (talk) 17:36, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Also, I don't plan on working on CV for a little while now but thanks. SoyokoAnis - talk 17:37, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Cool, good luck DanCherek (talk) 17:44, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

@DanCherek One more question, where would I find a list or category of articles that need editing or copy-editing, for example Simple English has a list and many sublists of articles that need referencing or copy-editing. SoyokoAnis - talk 19:35, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Articles tagged with {{copyedit}} or similar templates are listed in Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit. You can also visit Wikipedia:Community portal/Opentask for a list of random articles that have been tagged for improvement. DanCherek (talk) 19:44, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

ABOUT MY AFC WORKS

@DanCherek: I'm prohibited from not reviewing AFC articles DRAFT Submission.please see my talkpage.(I AM Very Sad for that ,I'm thinking of not editing Wikipedia in a few days now ,I'm telling you because I consider you my best friend).Best Regards.---✨LazyManiik✨ 16:15, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Lazy Maniik, Bonadea is a very experienced editor and reviewer, so I would definitely encourage you to follow their advice. By editing existing articles and continuing to participate in Articles for Deletion discussions, you will gain familiarity with notability guidelines and when a draft is or is not appropriate for mainspace, and that will help you to be a better reviewer in the future. Take a break if you need to; that is healthy, particularly if Wikipedia is causing you to be stressed out. Your contributions are appreciated and I hope you will return once you feel more refreshed. DanCherek (talk) 16:33, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

I'll be on Wikipedia soon for editing thanks for answer me at this time.Best Regards.---✨LazyManiik✨ 16:49, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

A Beautiful Crime

• Thank you! DanCherek (talk) 03:13, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

help with noted Holocaust scholar Wiki entry

Hi DanCherek! I've started a page for Joan Ringelheim, who pioneered the study of women and the Holocaust, and I'm having some trouble getting it accepted. You were so helpful last time, any chance I could ask you to take a look and help? Cheers Mononoke99 (talk) 12:16, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Mononoke99! I think the draft needs better sourcing to demonstrate notability. The Washington Post obituary is substantive but the New York Times source contains only a passing mention of Ringelheim, and the other three references are primary sources. I'd suggest including additional references that cover Ringelheim or her work in detail. Also, I removed some text that was copied from the Holocaust Memorial Museum's website, so please make sure everything is written in your own words. Thanks! DanCherek (talk) 12:43, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi DanCherek! Really helpful, thanks!!! Mononoke99 (talk) 12:46, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi again DanCherek! I've beefed it up some more with some other references to the conference in 1983 with direct mention of Ringelheim's work and influence. Hoping that helps...? ;) Mononoke99 (talk) 13:19, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

It looks like another user has already moved it to mainspace, so nice work. DanCherek (talk) 13:59, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

I don't know how to edit

Hello Dan you've edited something about Will Smith saying "unknown source" or something, while the truth is that it's actually Will Smith "added" that. Talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will_Smith&diff=1040511115&oldid=1040129951 and the sauce is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1r8gpBwxyY&t=314s I'm unsure on how to edit Wikipedia so I'm giving this task to you as you did removed it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.228.63.82 (talk) 11:11, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi there! I don't think that's right—the quotation I removed doesn't correspond to the edit shown in the video, and in fact it had been in the article for quite a while. I removed it because Wikipedia's verifiability policy dictates that all quotations must include an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports the material, and this one did not. Hope that makes sense! DanCherek (talk) 12:34, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello again, OK understood, thanks for the clarification. As stated - I'm unsure of how Wiki does things. All best in your endeavours! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.228.63.82 (talk) 17:31, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

No problem. You too, and thanks for the messages. DanCherek (talk) 19:07, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for fixing my edit here, I forgot to subst the pattern for getting the disambiguation page. ― Qwerfjkltalk 21:12, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

No problem! I figured that's probably what had happened. DanCherek (talk) 21:50, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Close paraphrasing

Hi. I understand that some of my edits breached the copyvio policy, but I didn't copied a whole lot. I tried to rephrase it, so the plot has a meaning. I tried to look for the film Here Comes Hell on Netflix and checked my library even, but found nothing. What should I do?--Filmomusico (talk) 01:16, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Your summary still duplicated phrases from the source, like "Unfortunately, Madame's efforts are too successful", and it's clear that the rest of it was derived from the same source, with a few words replaced with their synonyms ("infamous" → "renown", "chum" → "buddy", etc.). The way to write a plot summary, if you are having issues with paraphrasing, is to watch the film and write it from scratch in your own words, without initially referring to the source as you write it, to avoid retaining its sentence structure and style. DanCherek (talk) 02:05, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Additional note that it's okay to create film articles that don't have a plot summary. There are many such examples on Wikipedia. Eventually someone else will come along and write one, and in the meantime having no plot is preferable to one that is copied from elsewhere. DanCherek (talk) 15:17, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes, but our readers probably would like to know the plot.--Filmomusico (talk) 16:25, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

How about instead of deleting a whole plotline try to rewrite it in your own words, if you seem so knowledgeable? :)--Filmomusico (talk) 16:28, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Sometimes I do, but ultimately the onus is on the editor adding the material. And if an entire plot summary is a copyright violation, then yes, I'll remove it all. It's unreasonable to add copyright material to Wikipedia and then repeatedly expect others to clean up after you. This appears to be a persistent issue, so if you continue to do so, I will raise the issue at AN/I. DanCherek (talk) 16:38, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

I will try my best to avoid AN/I. However, if you are so smart in copyvios then explain to me why IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes can copy plot from each other?!--Filmomusico (talk) 16:45, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Here is a good example: 1, 2, 3. Care to explain?--Filmomusico (talk) 16:49, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia has its own copyright policy which is different from sites like Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb. Every time you press the "Publish changes" button to save an edit, you affirm that you release your contributions under the CC BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL. Copying plot descriptions and presenting them as your original contributions is incompatible with that licensing scheme. DanCherek (talk) 16:51, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Isn't close paraphrasing protected under the CC BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL?--Filmomusico (talk) 16:54, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing, which states: Close paraphrasing without in-text attribution may constitute plagiarism, and when extensive (with or without in-text attribution) may also violate Wikipedia's copyright policy, which forbids Wikipedia contributors from copying an excessive amount of material directly from other sources. This applies to the plot descriptions that you superficially modified. DanCherek (talk) 16:57, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

So, what you are saying is that if I will provide a source for my closed paraphrasing material I should be fine?--Filmomusico (talk) 16:59, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

No, and it feels like we're going in circles while you try to justify your continued copying without reading the policy pages that have the answers to your questions and explain why it's not okay, so I'm not sure how productive this discussion is going to be. DanCherek (talk) 17:04, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

No. I'm not going in circles, I am trying to understand. You quoted that Close paraphrasing without in-text attribution may constitute plagiarism, which as I understand it, if an editor provides a source, he can be scott-free. If, however, this is not how it is, then I am baffled.--Filmomusico (talk) 17:09, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Maybe you will give me that tool that you use to determine copyvios, that might ease my pain and will free you from labeling articles as copyvios?--Filmomusico (talk) 17:20, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

@Filmomusico Let me try to make it clear; you can't add material to an article if that material is substantially similar to another source. If you state (attribute) where that text came from in the text of the article and present the text as something like a quote and cite a source, then that would be ok and would not fall afoul of our guidelines on copyright violations or plagiarism. The plot summary you added to Here Comes Hell was not cited to the source (plagiarism) it was substantially similar (a copyright violation), so it was removed from the article and deleted from the page history. Even if you had provided a source, the content would have been removed as a copyright violation. Does that make things more clear?

A few different tools can be used to detect copyright violations, one of them is Earwig's Copyvio Detector, which compares URL's to Wikipedia articles and shows overlap. It doesn't detect close paraphrasing well, it is more useful with detecting obvious pastes. The percentage is irrelevant to the actual overlap. Moneytrees🏝️^{Talk/CCI guide} 18:32, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

OK. Thank you all. Moneytrees was especially helpful in providing the tool. I will see what I can do and how. Hopefully I won't get in any more trouble. :)--Filmomusico (talk) 19:11, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Love Productions

Hello, can you arranged the productions table in order? 85.255.236.108 (talk) 15:14, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Sure, I've alphabetized them. DanCherek (talk) 15:21, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello, can you rearrange the table in the correct airing order please?. 185.69.145.75 (talk) 19:42, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Multistory Media

Hello can you arrange the table to multistory media programs table in the correct airing order please? 185.69.145.75 (talk) 19:43, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, but no. I took a closer look and it's clear these requests are coming from a blocked user, and I'm not going to be a proxy for block evasion. DanCherek (talk) 20:01, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Dear DanCherek, you marked the page Plant Ecology and Evolution for speedy deletion because of possible copyright infringement. However, I am the current editor in chief of this journal and I wrote both the text on Wikipedia and on the journal website. There are also only so many ways to describe the history of the journal. I hope the tag can be removed now. Orbicule (talk) 08:23, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for how to grant permission to copy material already online. Writing about your own journal is also an obvious conflict of interest which should have been disclosed (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI). DanCherek (talk) 12:01, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Question from RiverKo (14:46, 5 November 2021)

Hi DanCherek, being new to editing I didn't realise that I needed to use the article talk pages to propose a topic to add to an article where I have a disclosed interest /close affiliation, although I am not being paid to edit. I was hoping to propose the topic so that others could then add relevant information to the article to be able to share the knowledge globally. I have now put the main proposed edit forward for consideration in the talk section for other editors to review, given my original edit was understandably deleted from the article. However, the main article has also been flagged as "may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's terms of use. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view." Is there anyway that I can invite a clean up by other neutral editors so that this tag can be removed from the article page or is it best to add a request with full explanation to the original editor that flagged the page for clean up on their talk page? I appreciate there is a backlog for support and everyone is very busy so many thanks in advance for your help! --RiverKo (talk) 14:46, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi RiverKo, welcome to Wikipedia! The edit request on the talk page is the right step and it will be reviewed at some point by another editor. In the article's current state, the excessive amount of detail that is either unsourced or poorly sourced is likely why that tag was applied. You can open a new discussion on the article's talk page and ping that editor to get their thoughts on how the article should be cleaned up, or ask for assistance from more editors at the Teahouse. I expect the answer will involve trimming a lot of that extraneous information and ensuring that the rest is supported by citations to reliable, independent secondary sources. Hope that helps. DanCherek (talk) 19:29, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

West Ninth Street

You marked this page for speedy deletion due to potential copywrite infringement. The original post in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas was written by the Arkansas Dept of Heritage, which I am also an employee of. We reserve the right to duplicate printed materials within our department. Therefor this cannot be a copyright infringement and will need to be restored, thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Courtvonderhaas (talk • contribs) 20:49, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Because the material has been previously published online with a restrictive copyright notice, either the website needs to add a statement that the text is released under a compatible license, or you'll need to go through a special verification process to grant Wikipedia permission to use the material. Please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information about each of those options. DanCherek (talk) 01:40, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Convert the Draft: Buddhism in Tuva to Wikipedia articles

Please bro help to convert it Kheshig samurai (talk) 07:25, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

All of the text in the draft was copied from the Tuva article, which is not particularly long, so I'm not really seeing a reason to split out a stub from the main article. Hope that makes sense. DanCherek (talk) 12:03, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

That text was created by me when I did not created the account Kheshig samurai (talk) 12:54, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

That Time I do not know how to create Wikipedia page. Kheshig samurai (talk) 12:55, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Please change name Buddhism and Eastern religions to Buddhism and East Asian religions

This article is about Buddhism and East Asian religion not Buddhism and Eastern religion

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_Eastern_religions Kheshig samurai (talk) 13:00, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

OP has been checkuser-blocked at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nittin Das. DanCherek (talk) 21:48, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Award

		The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		It seems that you have written 25 Did You Knows (and many more!!) and no one has noticed. That can never be the case, thousands of people will have seen your DYKs and thousands will know just a bit more. You have improved the front page, the DYK project, and to top it all, helped to build an amazing free educational resource. So thanks Victuallers (talk) 10:35, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Victuallers, this was a very nice surprise to wake up to! I appreciate it a lot as well as your occasional assist with improving a DYK-nominated Women in Red article. Thanks for all you do. DanCherek (talk) 11:57, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Ultranet Shpk

Hello Dan, I am Andrea Gjecaj, Network Administrator at UltraNet Shpk, our company is created in 2002 and we now are starting to create website and social media accounts, I have full rights to the website and social media accounts for the posts and articles online. The article at our website is published 3 months ago. Can you please check again our wiki page UltraNet SHPK Thank You Angjecaj (talk) 07:28, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi Angjecaj, thanks for the message. Since you have been editing the article of your company, please read WP:Conflict of interest#Paid editors and provide the proper disclosure as required by Wikipedia's policies. A Wikipedia article is not like a Facebook or LinkedIn profile that you can set up and have full control over, and it is not an avenue for promotion. Previously published content may be released by the copyright owner into either the public domain or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license by following the instructions at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. I will point out, however, that Wikipedia is mostly interested in what independent secondary sources have to say about a particular subject, not what it says about itself. For that reason, basing most of an article on a company's own website isn't appropriate either. Instead, I suggest trying to identify coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the company. Hope that helps. DanCherek (talk) 13:05, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Have the Men Had Enough? ‎

Hi Dan, I added https://www.proquest.com/docview/244518976/CF1258460D614753PQ/7?accountid=196403 to the request but it then disappeared, Can you send it to me ? Thanks GrahamHardy (talk) 18:26, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I thought you had just been asking about whether you could access the original ProQuest document on your own and didn't notice that you added a second request. I've restored it to the main request page for now. DanCherek (talk) 18:57, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Now Sent via email. DanCherek (talk) 19:06, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Thankyou ! GrahamHardy (talk) 19:31, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Question from Sirmasala wawe (20:03, 8 November 2021)

How can you pls assist me with crating my biography? --Sirmasala wawe (talk) 20:03, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi Sirmasala wawe, and welcome to Wikipedia! Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – please see our guideline on writing autobiographies. This is because it is difficult to write a neutral, verifiable autobiography, and there are many pitfalls. Your first attempt at an autobiography has already been deleted by an administrator. Instead, I would encourage you to pick an article that you are interested in and edit it, making sure that what you write is written neutrally, written in your own words, and supported by reliable sources. There are some additional links that have been posted on your talk page that you may find useful as you get started. If you have any other questions, please let me know! DanCherek (talk) 20:08, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Removing speedy deletion tag

We are not promoting or doing the advertisement of our organization.We are just providing information about our organizations and what we are doing for society. This page is still in the development phase and we will soon edit it with more information. Can you please remove the speedy deletion tag on this page .--Centraltpovp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Centraltpovp (talk • contribs) 06:54, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, but it is extremely promotional (phrases like the Institution has majestically scaled the ladder of success with a profundity that aptly reflects its commitment are not appropriate for Wikipedia in any way) and is also a violation of the copyright policy as it is all copied directly from Vidya Pratishthan's website. A Wikipedia article is not like a Facebook or LinkedIn profile that you can set up and have full control over. Additionally, since you have been editing the article of your organization, please read WP:Conflict of interest#Paid editors and provide the proper disclosure as required by Wikipedia's policies. Thanks! DanCherek (talk) 12:40, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Copyright within Wikipedia

Hi DanCherek. Thank you so much for telling me about the copyright violation made inadvertently. And thanks for adding a summary too😀 Vroomair (talk) 00:41, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

No problem! Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and happy editing. DanCherek (talk) 00:47, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

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Since joining in late 2020, User DanCherek has quickly become a highly competent quality editor and a major net positive here. I first met him quickly and helpfully fulfilling requests at the resource exchange and have since seen him around frequently. He is a major asset in copyright cleanup, counter-vandalism, username violations and distinguishes himself with kind and competent answers to questions. More than half of his 33K edits are to mainspace. Dan is also a prolific content writer, with four GAs and one featured list, 59 articles created with 47 of them high quality DYK articles and including many new articles on women in red. Dan somehow does it all, and does it all well! This award was seconded by User:Gwennie-nyan

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