User talk:Royal Society uploader

June 2016[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.

If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page.

You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 22:10, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry but I have had to block this account. Shared accounts are not permitted. Each person must have their own account, and the account should not be passed along from one employee to another when people's work assignments change. Please create a new account that is controlled by you alone, using the format "John at the Royal Society" or some such username (it does not have to be your real name; use a pseudonym if you like). Please also review our conflict of interest guideline: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. — Diannaa (talk) 22:14, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Diannaa: OK I see what you mean Royal Society uploader (talk) 22:27, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright[edit]

Hello Royal Society uploader, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to John Skehel has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or 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 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 designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk 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 can, but please follow the steps in 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) 22:10, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Diannaa: I don't believe the cutting and pasting of creatively commons licensed text is a violation of copyright, as the license clearly says:
“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies at the Wayback Machine (archived September 25, 2015)
. Please correct me if I have misunderstood this particular license. Royal Society uploader (talk) 22:25, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License is not considered a compatible license with this wiki, as according to the WMF legal team, CC BY-SA 4.0 is not backwards compatible with CC BY-SA 3.0. So we can't accept the content as-is. — Diannaa (talk) 12:54, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Can you point to some documentation that describes why CC BY-SA 4.0 isn't appropriate for wikipedia (how does it differ from 3.0)? The reason that the license was chosen was to allow re-use on wikipedia and elsewhere. If a CC BY-SA 4.0 is not appropriate, what is the recommended alternative? There is no mention of this issue that I can find at WP:COPYRIGHT @Diannaa: @Johnbod:

There's a list of compatible licenses at Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright. This is the page where it explicity states that CC BY-SA 4.0 isn't considered a compatible license. There's details about how to donate copyrighted materials at WP:Donating copyrighted materials. The subsection WP:DONATETEXT specifically talks about compatible licenses. — Diannaa (talk) 14:06, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open![edit]

Hello, Royal Society uploader. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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