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April 10

How to flag copyright violation in an article?

I just noticed that basically every sentence in Virtual geographic environments comes from either of its two references: JSTOR 23485401 / doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.08.001. I'm not really sure what the next step is though.

Here is one example. Compare the Annals of the Association of American Geographer text:

Third, social factors can be subsequently incorporated into the virtual environment for geographic analysis and decision making. For example, emissions of polluted air caused by economic development and population expansion can be taken into account as negative impacts for experiments related to air quality management in the workspace. Public users can observe interactions between their activities and the resultant air quality change or directly participate in this virtual environment [...]
— JSTOR 23485401 p. 466

and the article's final paragraph:

Social factors can also be incorporated into the virtual environment. For example, emissions of polluted air caused by economic development and population expansion can be taken into account in experiments related to air quality management. Users can observe the interaction between their activities and air quality changes.

The first paragraph seems fine (w.r.t. plagiarisim), but the second and third paragraphs are similar. They seem to have been added by IP editors with no subsequent history. Thanks! Umimmak (talk) 06:49, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Copyright_violations#Parts_of_article_violate_copyright.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:50, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Help review article : https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Draft:Ramonu_Sanusi

Hello everyone, Can anybody help review this article and publish it? It has been a long time since I submitted it. Many thanks in advance for the great work you guys are doing. ere is the link: Hhttps://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Draft:Ramonu_Sanusi Best, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Winner2022 (talk • contribs) 10:53, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The draft doesn't make it clear to me that he meets either WP:AUTHOR or WP:PROF. (I'm not saying that he doesn't meet either; if he does, then your job is to show that this is so.) -- Hoary (talk) 11:10, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Hoary for your prompt reply. I think the article does meet your requirements. Can you take a look at the reference? The reference was actually longer than this, but someone removed some part. How can you help me? Thanks Winner2022 (talk) 11:45, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How do I add a small piece of vital information to a Wikipedia article?

Hello Wiki - Many years ago I designed a logotype that has since become world famous and I would like to be credited with being the designer of the logo on Wikipedia. How do I best go about it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.221.111.70 (talk) 11:13, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See the article Wikipedia logo. Are you claiming to have designed this in some way?--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 11:26, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think they are saying that they wish to be mentioned as the creator of a logo in the article about that company on Wikipedia, not that they created the Wikipedia logo. 331dot (talk) 11:28, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You should first read conflict of interest. If you have a publicly available independent reliable source that documents you as the creator, please offer it in the form of an edit request on the article talk page. An independent source is necessary for verification. 331dot (talk) 11:27, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unless we have an article on the logo itself, it's incredibly rare that we would comment on who designed it. That's not really what we are for. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:56, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Rand has an entire article, but he has plenty of sourcing.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 13:20, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Help with Election Box Template

I've been working on a draft, Draft:Lillian DeBaptiste, and I need help with one of the Election Boxes I've generated. In the election, one of DeBaptiste's challengers ran under a made-up party, "Liberty for All", and I can't find a way to take away the link to his fake party's non-existent article in the template. Is there any way to do this, or should I just set his party as "Independent"? Thanks! --Physeters (talk) 18:10, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Physeters: looks like you could use Template:Election box candidate no party link no change, emphasis on the "no party link". Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 14:59, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Firefangledfeathers! As the title suggested, it worked perfectly. Physeters (talk) 16:07, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Poem

I don't like to ask the template creator, but does anyone know who to block-indent the poem, so it's not flush with the preceding/following text? Thanks in advance Help Deskers :) SN54129

Hi, Serial Number 54129. {{Poem}} is very basic. You are looking for {{poem quote}}. StarryGrandma (talk) 23:41, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That works a treat! Thanks very much StarryGrandma. SN54129 11:38, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

To have an RfC or to not have an RfC?

On Jean Chrétien, there was an edit conflict over the wording of a sentence in the last paragraph of the lead. I proposed holding a consensus/RfC over changing the wording (because it's been like that for many years).

However, an editor made the argument that three editors in the revision history supported changing the wording (here). So I let the wording be changed without reverting again due to the point he made. However, I still think that three editors is not the right way to go and instead holding an RfC on the talk is better. Thoughts? Ak-eater06 (talk) 19:28, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ak-eater06. I recommend that you discuss the matter at Talk:Jean Chrétien. You have been debating in edit summaries. Please note that Help: Edit summary says Avoid using edit summaries to carry on debates or negotiation over the content. This creates an atmosphere where the only way to carry on discussion is to revert other editors! Cullen328 (talk) 19:51, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

An RFC is not appropriate until the matter has been thoroughly discussed on the talk page first. Cullen328 (talk) 19:54, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

User:Cullen328 okay but what if I keep getting reverted even after the talk page discussion? Ak-eater06 (talk) 19:57, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ak-eater06: Don't engage in an edit war. If discussion on the talk page does not help, see WP:DR for other ways to get help resolving the despute. RudolfRed (talk) 20:06, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ak-eater06, the purpose of the talk page discussion is to reach consensus, and so it is up to you to convince the other interested editors that the content you favor belongs in the article. If you are editing in accordance with consensus, all will be well. Otherwise, do not edit war against consensus. That would probably lead to a block. Cullen328 (talk) 20:11, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

User:Cullen328 but if they're the ones changing the wording from how it was originally, shouldn't they be the ones opening a talk page discussion? Ak-eater06 (talk) 20:14, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ak-eater06, what do you mean "originally"? There have been over 4,600 edits to that article over a 20 year period. You want to restore some content and several other editors disagree. You can either discuss the matter on the talk page or you can walk away. You should be quick to discuss things on the talk page, not reluctant. Cullen328 (talk) 20:31, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]