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| ::Thanks for checking. I'm not that sorry, I thought the same but wanted confirmation to be sure. Do the same as with the philippines tag, redirect to ]? ] ] 18:09, 14 April 2007 (UTC) | ::Thanks for checking. I'm not that sorry, I thought the same but wanted confirmation to be sure. Do the same as with the philippines tag, redirect to ]? ] ] 18:09, 14 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :::Yeah. ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 19:01, 14 April 2007 (UTC) | :::Yeah. ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 19:01, 14 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
| == Orbicle's request for unblocking == | |||
| Hello, Zscout. I hope you don't mind if I ask you to take another look at the case of ], whom you blocked indefinitely for copyright violations. I'm hoping that some administrator will agree to unblock him, but I feel it's courteous to ask ''you'', as you were the one who placed the initial block. Please don't think I don't take copyright seriously. I do, and was in fact involved in cleaning up part of the mess, at Jkelly's request. I just don't think that Orbicle was fully aware of how important our copyright policy is. There are people who imagine that if something is published on the internet, it's "up for grabs", so to speak. At the very least, I think we could say that he was surely motivated by a desire to improve the quality of the encyclopaedia, and not by a desire to get the Foundation involved in some messy lawsuit! This case was discussed at the Admin noticeboard, but was then archived, and I feel that Orbicle may have been simply forgotten. It was also discussed ] at the WikiProject Opera talk page, as I was modifying some of Orbicle's edits, and someone wanted to know why. People felt there that he had done good work, apart from this serious violation, and that it would be a pity to leave him blocked permanently. An administrator turned down his request for an unblock, and then there was silence. I don't know if admins are watching his page. | |||
| I left a message for him, suggesting that linking to the page at Meta about avoiding copyright paranoia was not the best way to ask for an unblock. Next time he logged on, which was quite recently, he removed it. He didn't attempt to replace the unblock request template after his request was denied, but I'd like you to consider unblocking him now that the mess has been cleaned up. I really don't think there's any danger that he'll copy sources into Misplaced Pages again, and a lot of the work that he did was untainted. There were stubs and disambiguation pages that I think could ''only'' have been original. I'm sure he'd be prepared to promise to follow our copyright policy in future, but I hate to see people forced to grovel, and I think if he made that promise, it should be enough. I suppose it's not actually necessary for him to ''agree'' with all the policies in order to be a productive Wikipedian. It should be enough simply to ''follow'' them. Thanks for your consideration. Cheers. ] ] 23:55, 17 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
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Belarus Wikiproject, old stuff
Brother Zachary! What would you think of the idea of a separate Belarus Wikiproject, and do you think there would be much support?
- Also, have you had any success with the Scout graphics from Christmastime? Thanks, yours in Scouting, Chris 21:52, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- No, due to the new image licensing scheme by the Foundation. As for the Belarusian Wikiproject, I tried that before but failed. We do have a portal Portal:Belarus and just focus on whatever you like to do. User:Zscout370 23:32, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- What sort of new licensing scheme?
- What made the project fail? Just too polarized because of politics, or what? I proposed a Ukraine Project and it was up and is running within three days, if I tested the water to see if there would be support, would you be involved?
- Finally, I got this from a brother there, I don't understand the reason for the removal, but I figure you would be empathetic with the problem. Chris 05:08, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
- Well, you might know the Army slogan "The Army of One." Well, the BY Wikiproject is the "Wikiproject of One." As for the Belarusian Misplaced Pages, I got those emails a lot because of my work with the Wikimedia OTRS. I am in talks with some folks right now to see if we can get the content restored at a different location. User:Zscout370 05:13, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
- No, due to the new image licensing scheme by the Foundation. As for the Belarusian Wikiproject, I tried that before but failed. We do have a portal Portal:Belarus and just focus on whatever you like to do. User:Zscout370 23:32, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Spam whitelist - what do you think?
At User:Eagle 101's request, I have gone to various editors seeking a consensus on this discussion, as I personally know the artist whose site it is - therefore, there is a small issue of WP:COI. Please take a look and leave your thoughts there.--Vox Humana 8' 23:47, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Template:PD-India-Gov
Per this discussion. Should the same be done to this template? Since it's obviously not free enough either for wikipedia. Garion96 (talk) 17:48, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
- The issue I had with the PH Government template is that it didn't allow for their works to be used commercial. I am not seeing that language in this one, but the no modifications might hurt us with this one. I'll ask around and get back to you. User:Zscout370 18:01, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for checking. I'm not that sorry, I thought the same but wanted confirmation to be sure. Do the same as with the philippines tag, redirect to Template:No license? Garion96 (talk) 18:09, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Orbicle's request for unblocking
Hello, Zscout. I hope you don't mind if I ask you to take another look at the case of User:Orbicle, whom you blocked indefinitely for copyright violations. I'm hoping that some administrator will agree to unblock him, but I feel it's courteous to ask you, as you were the one who placed the initial block. Please don't think I don't take copyright seriously. I do, and was in fact involved in cleaning up part of the mess, at Jkelly's request. I just don't think that Orbicle was fully aware of how important our copyright policy is. There are people who imagine that if something is published on the internet, it's "up for grabs", so to speak. At the very least, I think we could say that he was surely motivated by a desire to improve the quality of the encyclopaedia, and not by a desire to get the Foundation involved in some messy lawsuit! This case was discussed at the Admin noticeboard, but was then archived, and I feel that Orbicle may have been simply forgotten. It was also discussed here at the WikiProject Opera talk page, as I was modifying some of Orbicle's edits, and someone wanted to know why. People felt there that he had done good work, apart from this serious violation, and that it would be a pity to leave him blocked permanently. An administrator turned down his request for an unblock, and then there was silence. I don't know if admins are watching his page.
I left a message for him, suggesting that linking to the page at Meta about avoiding copyright paranoia was not the best way to ask for an unblock. Next time he logged on, which was quite recently, he removed it. He didn't attempt to replace the unblock request template after his request was denied, but I'd like you to consider unblocking him now that the mess has been cleaned up. I really don't think there's any danger that he'll copy sources into Misplaced Pages again, and a lot of the work that he did was untainted. There were stubs and disambiguation pages that I think could only have been original. I'm sure he'd be prepared to promise to follow our copyright policy in future, but I hate to see people forced to grovel, and I think if he made that promise, it should be enough. I suppose it's not actually necessary for him to agree with all the policies in order to be a productive Wikipedian. It should be enough simply to follow them. Thanks for your consideration. Cheers. ElinorD (talk) 23:55, 17 April 2007 (UTC)