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draft submission not taken from copyright website, confusion aka opposite
[edit]Rich, This article Draft:Tatsusaburo Nakayama is not taking from a copyright article. This wiki article is the original source. I own the website you listed as the ‘copy site’ aka ConradJonesKarateArchive. When I tried originally to get the wiki article published, and it was rejected, I copied the wiki article over to my ConradJonesKarateArchive website, so the info wouldn’t be lost, and I could use it to continue working on getting the wiki page more deeply sourced and resubmitted. Sorry for the confusion. If removing that website article will help get the wiki page approved, I can take it down. Please help uncancel and approve my submission.Davidwtaylor1 (talk) 13:54, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Davidwtaylor1: There is no evidence on that site that 1. When the text was added to the page and 2. You are the owner of that page. It is a common practice of editors with ill-intent to copy a draft to a 'personal' site to try and show notability. Either way, an administrator has agreed with the nomination and it has been deleted. You may state your case on WP:DRV - RichT|C|E-Mail 15:04, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- Rich,
- I am so sorry for this misunderstanding.
- I have gone to that web page today Tatsusaburo Nakayama that you mis-understood to be a copy source (instead of a wiki backup), and edited it to both remove the page info in question, and to state from that page specifically, that I am the owner of that page. (no copywrite infringement)
- Please re-review. Noone without ownership of that page could do that.
- I made that page to be an archive page 'after' my wiki draft was rejected last year, so that I would not lose the info, because the rejection told me that it would eventually be deleted unless the draft was re-submitted and worked on.
- Also to further substantiate my claim above here is a link to the 2020 page of that site from WaybackMachine, showing the Nakayama page didn't exist, and also showing again in 2020 on the Home Page, I David Taylor, am the site admin and owner. Wayback Machine 2020.
- I have spent much time re-working the wiki article and adding more researched sources of that time period before my latest re-submission.
- I looked at the WP:DRV page you suggested, and it first suggests trying to explain and correct the misunderstanding with the deleting staff member (you).
- Please verify and just check the link above, and you can see I own and I changed the site today to confirm that. Also, if you go to the home page of the site and scroll to the bottom you would have seen my picture and name and that I am the site admin (same on current home page, and 2020 Wayback page).
- This is not some attempt at trickery or mal-intent, I am just trying to get a page added that I have done much work creating and editing and upgrading and researching on over the last year and a half. Thank You for your consideration. Davidwtaylor1 (talk) 23:13, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Davidwtaylor1: I am not the deleting administrator (I am not an administrator full stop, nor am I a 'staff member'), so if you want to discuss this before WP:DRV, then you'll need to message Jimfbleak unless they want to reply here - RichT|C|E-Mail 12:51, 24 February 2025 (UTC)
- Rich, thanks for ping. @Davidwtaylor1:, although there are some problems with this article, it appears that copyright violation isn't one of them, so I'll restore and let the draft process continue Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:18, 24 February 2025 (UTC)
- Rich, thanks for your help! Davidwtaylor1 (talk) 18:18, 24 February 2025 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi Rich, Rookie question, I'm afraid: I installed ClueBot to help archive my over-long User Talk: ArthurTheGardener page, but I must have done something wrong, because it has automatically created a lot of nonsense headings that I'd love to get rid of. If you have a minute, would you mind telling me where I went wrong, please? Any help would be very much appreciated. ArthurTheGardener (talk) 10:49, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- @ArthurTheGardener: I've fixed what seemed to be an error in your settings which might have been what caused this [16]. I think Cluebot should fix things the next time it runs on your page (which could be the next time it needs to archive something). But I'm not sure about any of this so if Rich isn't able to help and it doesn't fix itself, you might want to ask someone else or try asking at somewhere more general like WP:Teahouse or WP:Help Desk. Nil Einne (talk) 12:26, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you, User:Nil Einne: I appreciate your help! ArthurTheGardener (talk) 12:29, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- @ArthurTheGardener: See, talk page watchers are handy :) Nil Einne is absolutely right, that is what caused the issue. I have cleaned up the Indices so your archive box is now correct :) - RichT|C|E-Mail 12:44, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you: I appreciate it. And I'm sorry if I breached Wikiquette by asking in the wrong place. I'm still finding my way here! ArthurTheGardener (talk) 13:05, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- @ArthurTheGardener: Nope, all good :) - RichT|C|E-Mail 15:59, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you: I appreciate it. And I'm sorry if I breached Wikiquette by asking in the wrong place. I'm still finding my way here! ArthurTheGardener (talk) 13:05, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- @ArthurTheGardener: See, talk page watchers are handy :) Nil Einne is absolutely right, that is what caused the issue. I have cleaned up the Indices so your archive box is now correct :) - RichT|C|E-Mail 12:44, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you, User:Nil Einne: I appreciate your help! ArthurTheGardener (talk) 12:29, 4 March 2025 (UTC)