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Choate page
I cannot fully express how counterproductive it was to delete the Choate wikipedia page. As per wikipedia policy, if a page is in violation of copyright law, the best course of action would be to flag it, or at most delete anything in the article that violates copyright. Deleting the entire page makes for a whole new pile of effort for others (uploading new templates, etc.) Do you have any of the information you deleted anywhere on your hard drive? I'm not able to view any of it since it was wholesale deleted, and I am loath to have to re-write it all. Apologies for the curtness; it's just a little frustrating. Let me know if you can help. Mjl0509 18:32, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
- The copyvios were present in many copies of the article, so that was the only course of action that I have. Plus, flagging articles that are copyvios is being discouraged; we were told to delete on sight by Jimbo Wales. However, I and other administrators have access with the deleted reversions, so I can readd templates and all of that stuff. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 19:22, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
- Hi: Thanks for getting back to me. I appreciate that, and if that's what the Man said, that's fine, but I don't see the point. Why not delete everything that is infringing on copyright, then ask people to clean the article up? I didn't mean to imply there was some kind of bias here on your part -- that certainly wasn't my intention -- and I appreciate your bring this to people's attention, since a lot of the prep school pages are inexcusably poorly written and often copy entire paragraphs off of the schools' websites. Thanks for giving us a hand putting it back together. Much appreciated. Mjl0509 09:07, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- You are welcome. I can still see why yall are confused; each copyvio situation is handled differently. If it is an image, it is a delete (or revert). Some of it is just reverted (unless emails to Wikipedia require further action) and if most of it is a copyvio, then a deletion will occur. However, I plan on in the future to restore the non-offending edits, so some of your earlier edits will now show back up. I understand most prep-school articles are not that great; Wikipedia has that general problem of many unseen articles looking like trash. Anyways, I don't mind helping yall out. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 09:23, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Good stuff. It's not about my edits. I just don't like deleting articles. :) Mjl0509 00:26, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
- I know, I hate it as much as you do, but some times, you just gotta do it. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 00:51, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
- Good stuff. It's not about my edits. I just don't like deleting articles. :) Mjl0509 00:26, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
- You are welcome. I can still see why yall are confused; each copyvio situation is handled differently. If it is an image, it is a delete (or revert). Some of it is just reverted (unless emails to Wikipedia require further action) and if most of it is a copyvio, then a deletion will occur. However, I plan on in the future to restore the non-offending edits, so some of your earlier edits will now show back up. I understand most prep-school articles are not that great; Wikipedia has that general problem of many unseen articles looking like trash. Anyways, I don't mind helping yall out. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 09:23, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Hi: Thanks for getting back to me. I appreciate that, and if that's what the Man said, that's fine, but I don't see the point. Why not delete everything that is infringing on copyright, then ask people to clean the article up? I didn't mean to imply there was some kind of bias here on your part -- that certainly wasn't my intention -- and I appreciate your bring this to people's attention, since a lot of the prep school pages are inexcusably poorly written and often copy entire paragraphs off of the schools' websites. Thanks for giving us a hand putting it back together. Much appreciated. Mjl0509 09:07, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
{{currency}}
you would need to get the wording of the template changed before trying to remove that category. Anyways, because it is money doesn't mean it is free and needs to have another tag with it --Your edit summary.
- I just changed the wording of the template, can it be removed now? And, yes, sure, it needs another tag, the issue is that including another tag does not remove it from this category, which is being used as a basis to tag images for deletion. See User_talk:Betacommand#Image:Pyat rublei 1997.jpg --Random832 23:04, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
- I talked to the user in IRC. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 23:27, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Can you give any details about the OTRS ticket which got the Talk page blanked, or is that covered by the OTRS complaint? Is it the mention of the IP addresses, which is visible in the history, or can you not even discuss that? The problem is the hoaxer has now managed to get the discussion blanked and will use that as an excuse to re-vandalize the article. Corvus cornix 00:58, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
- The history is still there, so you can just easily check it. Anyways, I noticed the talk page had tons of email addresses, so I hid those, and I kept the IP addresses so admins can deal with the socknet. I cannot say much on here, but the OTRS issues are pretty much resolved and I didn't have to do much stuff (other than that one edit). User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 01:00, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
- OK, I understand. Corvus cornix 01:01, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
- After talks with some of the others involved, I have come to the realization I was being gamed by the spammer, so I am reverting myself. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 01:20, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
- OK, I understand. Corvus cornix 01:01, 9 July 2007 (UTC)