User talk:LawrenceScafuri

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Copying within Wikipedia requires attribution

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from First Opium War into Global silver trade from the 16th to 18th centuries. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content, disclosing the copying and linking to the copied page, e.g., copied content from [[page name]]; see that page's history for attribution. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted {{copied}} template on the talk pages of the source and destination. The attribution has been provided for this situation, but if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, please provide attribution for that duplication. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. If you are the sole author of the prose that was copied, attribution is not required. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:22, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of User:LawrenceScafuri

A tag has been placed on User:LawrenceScafuri requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. JustBerry (talk) 02:12, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because... I'll be working to fix the problems highlighted by JustBerry; the page should be all good by Sunday, June 3, 2018. --Lawrence Scafuri (talk) 02:29, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lawrence Scafuri - I'll go ahead and restore the page, but you added enough negative content to the point where I questioned whether or not this was you or an account made to defame another person. I'll assume good faith on your part, but please keep that in mind. Also, you added some personal information about yourself that I removed. I highly recommend that you keep such information (such as your real name, age, location, etc) off of your user page. It's information that can get you identified on the internet and you'll be safer having that information not present. I'll restore your page shortly. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:08, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oshwah - Alright, thanks! I was also wondering if my subpage would be considered being "web-hosting" and therefore not something to have on Wikipedia. Lawrence Scafuri (talk) 03:20, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ehh... possibly, but I was much more concerned about your user page, how the content was mostly negative, and the personal information you disclosed (which I've removed and users cannot see... for your benefit and your safety and protection). That's immensely more serious than whether or not you're writing about yourself a lot on a subpage :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:22, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello LawrenceScafuri, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Joseph Stalin have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues here.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are PD or compatibly licensed) it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, the help desk or the Teahouse before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps in Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate. See also Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 11:41, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Robert W. Strayer

Hello, LawrenceScafuri. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Robert W. Strayer".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Hhkohh (talk) 05:53, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]